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...prove damaging to the President. Since the early days of the scandal, there has been confusion over whether Reagan knew of or authorized the initial sale by Israel of American-made Hawk missiles to the Iranians in November 1985. Last fall some members of the Administration said the Israeli shipment contained only oil-drilling equipment. According to Regan, that claim was a "cover story" that the President and his aides had concocted for use if the weapons deal was ever exposed...
Ollie's rise has made grumpy those for whom the past month of conservative discomfiture had been a time of glee. They are dismayed that the country will not focus on important matters, say, on whether the presidential finding authorizing the Israeli second arms shipment was in compliance with the Hughes-Ryan amendment. Such matters, often referred to as the "facts," are overlooked while the nation takes in Ollie's hair, his uniform, his smile, his glint, his hound-dog eyes and his patriotic speeches. Millions swoon. The sophisticates despair...
Poindexter was not alone in forgetting the 1985 finding. Last winter Reagan told the Tower commission that he had approved the initial Hawk shipment before the fact. The President later told the board members that he had had no prior awareness of the transaction. Finally, he wrote a note to the Tower board saying, "The simple truth is I don't remember -- period." After Poindexter's disclosure last week, the President still said he does not remember signing the finding...
Poindexter was kept apprised of the planned shipment by North...
North confirmed that Meese acquiesced in the proposal that Casey deny cia complicity in the November 1985 Hawks shipment. North also claims that Meese's assistants allowed him to shred documents while they were going through his papers...