Ex-White House Aide Regan Says He Is Not Target of Probe
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WASHINGTON — Donald T. Regan, White House chief of staff under President Ronald Reagan, said Monday that he has been assured by Iran-Contra prosecutors that he is not a target of investigation for possible illegal actions.
Regan’s office said it had received a letter from Lawrence E. Walsh, independent counsel in the Iran-Contra scandal, stating that “Mr. Regan’s status is ‘witness.’ He is not a ‘subject’ or a ‘target’ of the grand jury’s investigation.”
The Washington Post on Sunday said Walsh will decide within 10 days whether to initiate legal moves that could lead to indicting Reagan and three ex-aides--Regan, former Atty. Gen. Edwin Meese III and former Secretary of State George P. Shultz.
A spokeswoman for Reagan has also denied that there is any evidence that the former President violated any law.
Several former Reagan Administration figures have been questioned as prosecutors look into a possible November, 1986, conspiracy to conceal the U.S. role in arms shipments to Iran the year before, non-government sources close to the investigation say.
Last month, former Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger was indicted on charges that he concealed notes he made in 1985 that referred to the Iran arms sales.
Weinberger testified that he knew nothing about the deliveries of 508 TOW anti-tank missiles and 18 Hawk anti-aircraft missiles from Israel to Iran.
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