Arms scandal ‘worse than Watergate’
NZPA-Reuter Washington
The former United States President, Jimmy Carter, has called the Iran-contra scandal worse than Watergate but said it should be presumed that President Reagan did not know the full details.
In a taped television interview with British personality David Frost aired in the United States, Mr Carter said the Watergate scandal that led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation in 1974 was caused by the "relatively insignificant crime” of a break-in at the Democratic party offices.
He said the scandal over the secret sale of arms to Iran and divef-
sion of profits to contra rebels in Nicaragua was much more serious and "has damaged our nation in the Mid-east-Arabian Gulf area, and internally as well.”
Mr Carter said Congress, the media and the public had not wanted to pursue the issue against Mr Reagan himself. He said he fully approved of this “protection” of the Presidency.
Mr Frost’s interview with Mr Carter, and separate interviews with Mr Reagan and another former President, Gerald Ford, is launching a 13part series on 1988 Presidential candidates.
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