THE IRAN-CONTRA HEARINGS: LIKELY MEMBERS OF THE CAST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2012
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• Publication Date: May 4, 1987
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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The Iran-Contra Hearings
Likely Members of the Cast
A parade of witnesses will go to Capitol Hill beginning tomorrow and continuing into the summer to tes-
tify in public hearings on the Iran-contra affair. The Senate and House investigating committees have not
announced a witness list, except to say that Richard V. Secord will be the opening witness, to be fol-
lowed by Robert C. McFarlane. Here is a list of some of the people likely to testify. The Congressional
committees have given some potential witnesses limited immunity, or immunity from prosecution based
on their testimony.
ENkttt Abrams Assist-
ant Secretary of State for
Inter-American Affairs.
He may have accidentally
deposited money from,
the Sultan of Brunei
meant for the Nicaraguan
rebels, known as con-
tras, in the wrong Swiss
bank account. Mr. Abrams has acknowl-
edged that he was given the number of the
account by Lieut. Col. Oliver L. North.
Charles ANen The C.I.A.'s national intelli-
gence officer for counterterrorism. He re-
ceived intercepted conversations from Iran
and was one of the first to sound the alarm
about oroblems in the covert action.
Col. Robert C. Dutton A reti d Air Force
officer and associate of General Secord.
He helped oversee the contra supply effort
and was instrumental in an arms shipment
to Iran last fall. Given limited immunity by
the Congressional committees.
Ueut. Col. Robert Earl Colonel North's
deputy on the counterterrorism unit at the
National Security Council until late 1986.
Given limited immunity.
Col. Richard B. Gadd A retired Air Force
officer and business partner of General Se
cord. He reportedly helped provide aircraft
and recruit pilots to fly supplies to the con-
tras. Given limited immunity. .
Carl R. Channel p Robert M. Gates Ih the first months of the
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runs several conserva-
for Intelligence, the C.I.A.'s senior analyst.
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pleaded guilty last
Wednesday to charges of
conspiring to defraud the
Government by raising
tax-exempt funds to arm
the contras. He named Colonel North as a
co-conspirator.
Duane Cianidge Chief of the C.I.A.'s
European division. He helped Colonel
North arrange a flight by a European airline
connected to the C.I.A. that carried arms to
Iran in November 1985.
Albert Hakkn An Ira-
nian-born arms dealer
and businessman who is
now an American. He is a
business partner of Gen-
eral Secord. Given limited
immunity.
Continued
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence. On
March 2, President Reagan withdrew his
nomination of Mr. Gates to be Director of
Central Intelligence.
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Fawn Hal Colonel
North's secretary on the
National Security Council
staff. She has reportedly
testified that she helped
destroy documents and
alter some memoran-
dums when the details of
the Iran-contra affair
were first being disclosed. Given limited im-
munity.
Michael A. Ledeen A part-time consultant
to the National Security Council. He first
broached the Administration's hope for
better relations with Iran in meetings in
1985 with Prime Minister Shimon Peres of
Israel.
Robert C. McFarlane
National security adviser
until Dec. 4,1985. He
continued to assist the
Administration through
December 1985 and se-
cretly went to Teheran in
May 1986 at President
Reagan's request.
Edwin Moose 3d The
Attorney General. He ad-
vised President Reagan
on the legality of not in-
forming Congress in ad-
vance about the arms
sales. He conducted his
own investigation of
Colonel North's activities
before calling in the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation. Last Nov. 25 he announced
that profits from the arms sales to Iran had
been diverted to the contras.
Lieut. Col. Oliver L
North A National Se-
curity Council aide until
he was dismissed last
Nov. 25. He is said to
have been the central fig-
ure in arranging the se-
cret arms sales to Iran
and diverting profits to
the contras. The Congressional commit-
tees have agreed not to vote on immunity
for Colonel North before June.
Rear Adm. John M.
Poindexter Resigned
as national security ad-
viser last Nov. 25 after it
was disclosed that he
knew about the diversion
of profits in the Iran arms
sales to the contras.
Given limited immunity.
Donald T. Regan
Resigned as White
House chief of staff on
Feb. 27 amid intense criti-
cism of his handling of
the Iran-contra affair.
Richard V. Secord A
retired Air Force major
general and an associate
of Colonel North. General
Secord is reported to
have arranged logistics,
worked on negotiations
and helped develop a
channel for the Iran arms
shipments. He is also believed to have
been involved in running a private supply
network for the contras.
Theodore G. Shockley A former top
C.I.A. official. He met with Manucher Ghor-
banifar, an Iranian middleman, in late 1984
to discuss possible arms sales to Iran in re-
turn for the release of American hostages
in Lebanon.
George P. Shsdtz The
Secretary of State. He
disapproved of the covert
Iran operation and has
said he was not informed
about key aspects of the
arms sales.
Caspar W. Weinberger
The Secretary of De-
fense. He repeatedly ob-
jected to the arms sales,
but ordered his subordi-
nates to make the weap-
ons available.
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