Reagan Seeks Panel’s Report on Arms Sale

President Reagan urged the Senate Intelligence Committee today to send him a report on its inquiry into the Iran arms deal so he can release a declassified version and give the American people a detailed account of what happened.

Reagan said that until his former aides, Vice Adm. John M. Poindexter and Lt. Col. Oliver L. North, disclose what they knew of the arms deal and skimming of profits for Nicaraguan rebels, no one will know the full story.

The President said a report from the committee, lacking their testimony, “will not have all the answers.”

“But it will be the most complete statement available, and I call on the committee to release it so the American people can judge for themselves.”

‘Trying to Find Out’

Opening his remarks to a group of people in small business with a comment on the Iran scandal, Reagan said, “I’m trying to find out, too” what was done by his staff after he secretly approved the sale of weapons to Iran.

Dave Holliday, a spokesman for the committee, said today that the panel’s staff “is trying now to put together a report in response to the President’s request.”

Reagan made a similar appeal last week, and Sens. Dave Durenberger, R-Minn., and Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., the panel’s chairman and vice chairman, said the committee will try to prepare some type of formal report before the 100th Congress convenes Jan. 6.

Poindexter, who served as Reagan’s national security adviser, and North, who was a member of Poindexter’s staff assigned to a variety of covert missions, have refused to testify before the Senate panel or other congressional committees, invoking their Fifth Amendments rights to avoid self-incrimination.

Secord Won’t Talk

On Capitol Hill, retired Maj. Gen. Richard V. Secord, a key figure in the Iran- contra arms deal, made a brief appearance before the House Intelligence Committee.

Secord refused to talk to the House panel and cited his constitutional protection against self-incrimination, according to committee sources speaking on condition of anonymity. His appearance lasted only a few minutes.

Secord, according to congressional sources and other witnesses before the House and Senate intelligence committees, played a central role in arranging the sale of arms to Iran and has been linked by documents to the private resupply network for Nicaragua’s contra rebels.

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