Show Tuesday r Ogden February 3 3A 1987 National CIA nominee warned Gates’ knowledge WASHINGTON - will be an issue Pres(AP) sales to Iran were being diverted nominee to head to aid Nicaragua's Contra rebels the CIA told a Senate panel late who was vice chairman last year he had been warned that of Leahy the Intelligence Committee last inflated profits from secret arms year said Gates promised last sales to Iran possibly were being April during hearings to confirm diverted to aid Nicaraguan rebels his nomination to be the CIA’s but he did not pursue the matter No 2 official that he would imwhen he was assured the agency mediately tell the committee of was not involved any possibility the CIA had beRobert M Gates a career CIA come enpged in wrongdoing man was nominated Monday to The senator made dear that as succeed the ailing William J Casfar as he is concerned Gates ey as director of the agency didn’t do that even after being One key lawmaker Sen Patalerted by a senior CIA analyst rick Leahy made clear on the Iran project in September that an important issue during that there was at least a possibiliGates’ confirmation hearing will ty of an unauthorized diversion be whether he should have told In its report issued last week the committee far sooner than he the Intelligence Committee did about fears inside the CIA spelled out its evidence of Gates’ that profits generated by arms involvement in the episode ident Reagan’s in White House offers excerpts from notes hearing The White House had ordered Casey and the CIA not to discuss those contacts with Congress so as not to place its Iran initiative at risk The Iran arms sales became known publicly in early November and Attorney General Edwin Meese III asserted the diversion of funds at a Nov 25 news conference A key figure in the Iranian initiative was Iranian arms dealer Ghorbanifar The Manucher committee reported that the CIA analyst whom it did not name first told North and then Casey that one reason for the difficulties Ghorbanifar had with payments might be that arms sale money was being diverted This warning was repeated Oct I Robert Hearings start — 9A of the details of the Iranian purchases for Israel could be called as witnesses Nimrodi is a private businessman and Schwimmer is a US citizen Israeli officials are sensitive to various news reports since the scandal broke last November suggesting that Israel initiated the idea of US arms shipments to moderates in Tehran The written testimony will take the position that while Israel had made a judgment to seek a better relationship with Iran the Reagan administration acted on its own in making seven arms shipments to Tehran last year the sources said Monday At the same time the Israeli government intends to deny any suggestion that Israel sold weapContra ons to the rebels in Nicaragua or that it played any role in the setting up of a surreptitious fund to assist them Some of the profits from the Iranian purchases were put in Swiss bank accounts for the Contras but it is not clear whether any of the money was used for military equipment or other assistance for guerrillas in the field Gates The report said Gates was “surprised and disturbed" when he was told there was “speculation by this CIA officer that there was the possibility of funds from Iranian arms sales having been diverted to other US projects including the Contras" Israel to brief investigators WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel will give its account of the secret Iranian arms deals to congressional investigators in the form of written testimony that will stress Israel’s role as being a helpful middleman for the United States diplomatic sources said Terms of the arrangement for Israel’s cooperation in the probes have been tentatively worked out between Washington and Jerusalem over the last few days Israeli officials are not planning to testify before the various committees examining the circumstances of the weapons deliveries But Yaacov Nimrodi and A1 Schwimmer who handled most M WASHINGTON (AP) — President Reagan described as wanting to “fix what went wrong" pledged Monday to give investiafgators probing the fair excerpts from his private notes “President Reagan will continue to provide all information required by those conducting the inquiries into the Iran matter" White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said in a statement “Should it be determined the material is needed the president is willing to make available relevant excerpts from his personal notes" it said But a senior White House official when asked who would decide which of Reagan’s notes would be considered relevant said all of that would have to be worked out The official said the question was not an issue at the moment because no formal request from the congressional investigating committees has been received The term “excerpts" in the statement means any material dealing with the Iran controversy in the notes would be turned over since the notes also dealt with other matters he said 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