Part 33 – AUGUST 4, 1988
''The news report has proved what we have said until now and in my speech to the Security Council. The United States has full responsibility in this matter.'' -- Ali Akbar Velayati, Foreign Minister of Iran
The Reagan Administration reacted cautiously today to a news report that a military investigation would show that mistakes by the crew aboard an American warship in the Persian Gulf were responsible for the downing of an Iranian airbus a month ago.
