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Tower Commission report scheduled for release today
United Press International
WASHINGTON — President Reagan does not believe he broke any laws or deceived the people in the Iran arms deal, a White House spokesman said yesterday on the eve of the release of the Tower Commission's report on the Iran-contra scandal.
The lengthy report, set for release today, is expected to deal critically with operations of the National Security Council and the secret White House operation that sent arms to Iran. Reagan has portrayed the mission as an effort to improve relations with Iran that also would help win freedom for a few U.S. captives in Lebanon.
With Reagan's credibility and the job of White House chief of staff Donald Regan on the line, administration officials have been preparing their defenses. There has been much speculation about these vile leaks about the findings were designed to blunt the report's negative impact on the administration.
The New York Times yesterday
quoted an unidentified official as saying that the commission will conclude that Reagan was briefed regularly on the arms deals, which continued into the fall of 1986. But the newspaper said his part in the war was not a question about the U.S. hostages being held in Lebanon and telling anecdotes.
At the same time, however, the Times said the commission learned that Reagan had talked with senior aides about the need to craft a policy that he could deny approving if it were exposed.
The Tower Commission, led by former Sen. John Tower, R-Texas, was named by Reagan Nov. 26, the day after the affair erupted when Attorney General Edwin Meese reported that some money from the arms sales allegedly had been diverted into possibly illegal aid for the contras. The most serious conflict under review is when the president first sanctioned the sale of arms to Iran. The foreign policy decision has been challenged as a violation of Reagan's pledge never to make deals
with terrorists, as well as a violation of laws governing weapons sales and covert actions. It was not until January 1896 that Reagan signed an "intelligence finding" that waived legal prohibitions on dealing weapons to Iran.
Reagan told the commission Jan. 26 that he had approved the initial 1985 sale before it was initiated. But at a second meeting Feb. 11, Reagan changed his story, saying the deal was approved reluctantly after the delivery, a version that conformed to Reagan's testimony.
Last Friday, Reagan wrote to the commission and said he simply could not remember when the approval was given.
Presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said that Reagan "does not believe he broke any laws or deceived the people."
The question of the 76-year-old Reagan's memory is a sensitive issue and even the president's critics have been careful to avoid questioning his competence.
Officials comment on scandal before release of Tower report
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The Tower Commission report, to be released today, is expected to provide the greatest support on the Iran arms-contra aid scandal.
President Reagan and key administration officials made the following comments regarding the sale of U.S. arms to Iran and the scheme to divert profits to the contras:
President Reagan
On the arms sales to Iran: "During the course of our secret discussions, I authorized the transfer of small amounts of defense weapons and spare parts for defensive systems to Iran. . . . These modest deliveries, taken together, could easily fit into a single cargo plane." (Nov. 13, 1986)
On the charge that the sales represented an arms-for-hostages deal:
"The charge has been made that the United States has shipped weapons to Iran as ransom payment for the release of U.S. hostages in Lebanon, that the United States undercuts its allies and secretly violated U.S. political power by locking with terrorists. Those charges are utterly false." (Nov. 13, 1986)
On the contra diversion scheme:
The White House has said repeatedly that Reagan knew nothing about it until just before it was exposed publicly by Attorney General Edwin Meese Nov. 25, 1986.
On authorizing the first shipment of U.S. arms to Iran: Reagan reportedly changed his story in two recent sessions with the Tower board, saying Jan. 26 that he gave advance approval in August 1985 for the shipment from Israel stockpiles, then saying Feb. 11 that he did not.
Tuesday, Reagan gave credence to a report that he genuinely could not remember, saying, "It's possible to forget."
Donald Regan, White House chief of staff
On possible wrongdoing: "I have
done nothing wrong." (Dec. 17, 1986)
Secretary of State George Shultz
Secretary of State George Shultz
On the arms sales to Iran: He
reedly has said that he favored
Reagan in the post-Arab war with
伊朗 but I "was opposed and
very skeptical about the use of arms
in that connection." (Dec. 9, 1986)
On the contra diversion scheme: "My role in that was zero. I knew nothing about it until it came out." (Dec. 8, 1986)
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