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...Iran scandal changed everything. A frustrated Washington press corps had felt itself ignored by a public that did not want to hear criticism of a popular President. But the sudden and steep decline in Reagan's popularity suggests that all along the public had recognized, in a man it admired, how casually he minded the store, and how willfully he could deny facts or distort them. The most devastating statistic in the polls was that more than half the people didn't believe...
...Reagan knew about the diversion of funds to the contras, Hamilton said, "The President says he doesn't know, and I assume he is telling the truth. The fact is that after weeks of investigation, we know relatively little about that diversion." He added that his committee hopes to hear from foreign participants, including Israeli officials and Saudi Arms Merchant Adnan Khashoggi...
...President, appearing befuddled by the growing scandal that in one bizarre month has poleaxed public confidence in his leadership, seemed willing to listen but not hear. As former aides cloaked themselves in the Fifth Amendment, and new revelations poured forth, Reagan kept repeating that he wanted all the facts to emerge. Yet he did nothing on his own to break open the mysteries. Revealing an insouciance that is the dark side of his charm, he told a friend, "I watch every day like everybody else to find out what will come out. I'm as puzzled and interested as anybody...
Nonetheless, the House Foreign Affairs Committee opened the first public -- indeed, televised -- hearings into the affair. The first witness was Shultz, who stressed what he did not know. The Secretary of State said he considered the diversion of funds to the contras "illegal" -- he was the first Administration official to make such a flat statement -- but asserted that his own role in it was "zero." He confirmed his opposition to the Israeli transfers of arms to Iran in 1985, but contended he was told little or nothing of the direct U.S. sales this year. Though the President signed an intelligence...
South Africa's national and international editors and correspondents were summoned to Pretoria to hear the presidential proclamation invoking the sweeping new regulations. There, while a warm summer sun bathed the administrative capital, they were handed a 24-page document whose terms were to go into effect on Dec. 11. The new regulations prohibit journalists from being "on the scene, or at a place within sight of any unrest, restricted gathering or security action" without permission of security officials. They forbid the reporting of "subversive" comments by those advocating a wide range of antigovernment actions. They ban the photographing...