ntry that we shouldn’t share that with congress. This may seem innocent, but in actuality he is telling these people to lie for him. His knowledge of these events seems pretty clear in some of his statements. On December 8, 1986, Reagan stated, “Let me just say it was not my intent to do business with Khomeini to trade weapons for hostages, nor to undercut our policy of antiterrorism.” Then on March 26, 1987, Reagan stated: “With regard to whether private individuals were giving money to support the contras, yes, I was aware that there were people doing that. But there was nothing to my knowledge, of anyone whom I was aware of.” Two days later Reagan said, “As a matter of fact, I was definitely involved in the decisions about support to the freedom fighters. It was my idea to begin with.” It seems Reagan is taking the credit when it is convenient, but he otherwise denies involvement. Reagan later denied having known of the diversion of funds or having authorized his colleagues to violate the Boland amendments or to deceive congress. These Iran operations were carried out with the knowledge of, among others, President Ronald Reagan. Reagan had been informed from not one, but many people in his administration. He had known about the secret deals before anyone else. McFarlane spoke with President Reagan shortly after the President’s return from Bethesda Naval Hospital where he had undergone his cancer surgery. McFarlane claims to have informed the president of his proposal to supply arms to Iran, but the president had no recollection of this conversation. Reagan frequently answered questions in this manner. He would say that he could not recall, or he couldn’t remember the conversation.Reagan had told many lies about the arms deals, and the transfer of funds. He told the Tower Commission that he “approved the shipment of arms by Israel to Iran” but later ...
