A Treasure Trove of Documents

Captured papers provide insights into a declining regime

For more than a week the Administration had tantalized newsmen and members of Congress with hints I about what Deputy Secretary of State Kenneth Dam called a "treasure trove" of captured Grenadian documents that would put to rest any questions about U.S. motives for the invasion. Late last week the State Department finally released 196 pages of its vast stockpile. The documents did not quite represent the "smoking gun" needed to substantiate President Reagan's claim that Grenada was being transformed into a "major military bastion...