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...misled McFarlane about reports that Israel had been secretly selling arms to Iran since 1981. Had he known about the sales, McFarlane says, he would have changed his opinion about the U.S. approach to Iran. The Administration proceeded with the Iran initiative despite warnings from Secretary of State George Shultz that using Israel as an intermediary "could seriously skew our own perception and analysis of the Iranian scene...
...told the Senators that he did not bring up Ghorbanifar at Bethesda, adding that he did not even learn of the arms merchant's identity until December of that year when he first met him in London. Yet McFarlane did mention Ghorbanifar in a cable to Secretary of State Shultz calling for renewed ties with Iran. The message was sent on June 14, 1985, a month before the Bethesda meeting. McFarlane explains that if he did use Ghorbanifar's name in the cable it was because he thought it was the identity of an aide to Iran's parliamentary leader...
...startling disclosure that channels to Iran remained open after the President had declared them shut came during testimony by Secretary of State George Shultz at a closed hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee last week. Shultz said he ordered his emissaries home when he learned of the Iranians' continued demands for arms. In defiance of Shultz's orders, former CIA Agent George Cave stayed behind to hold further discussions with the Iranians...
...Shultz testified that he was outraged to discover that former NSC Adviser John Poindexter had pressured Kuwait to free the convicted Muslims. Shortly after learning of Poindexter's move, Shultz cabled Kuwait's Foreign Minister and reiterated U.S. policy against negotiating with terrorists. The Secretary had more difficulty communicating with the President on the matter: White House aides would not grant him an Oval Office appointment and demanded to know what he wanted to discuss with Reagan. Shultz reached Reagan only by telephoning the President's private quarters over the weekend...
...began ringing at the start of Martin Luther King Day last week, and that set off a barrage of high-minded oratory. President Reagan told a TV audience to be "totally intolerant of racism anywhere around you." At a church service in Atlanta honoring King, Secretary of State George Shultz said, "He redeemed the country he loved." Other speakers stoutly argued that such redemption is not yet at hand. "Certainly things have improved over 20 years ago," said Richard Arrington, the black mayor of Birmingham, where Bull Connor once ruled the streets with his attack dogs and fire hoses...