Mr. LIMAN: Is it a fact that the weapons that were delivered to Iran were U.S. weapons?

Mr. SECORD: Yes.

Mr. LIMAN: Is it a fact that Mr. North, Colonel North, dealt directly with the Iranian official?

Mr. SECORD: After we were able to arrange it, yes.

Mr. LIMAN: Is it a fact that Mr. McFarlane dealt directly with the Iranian official in Tehran?

Mr. SECORD: Yes. Secretly.

Mr. LIMAN: Was Mr. McFarlane posing as a representative from Timbuktu or as a representative of the United States?

Mr. SECORD: Obviously from the United States.

Mr. LIMAN: Did you carry over a Bible to the Iranians inscribed by the President of the United States?

Mr. SECORD: They did, yes.

Mr. LIMAN: And you were aware of it?

Mr. SECORD: Yes.

Mr. LIMAN: And the President of the United States didn't disguise who he was, did he?

Mr. SECORD: No.

Mr. LIMAN: So it is still your testimony that the purpose of putting you in as an intermediary was to conceal the fact that the United States was dealing with Iran from the Iranians?

Mr. SECORD: Sure. And it makes sense. The Iranians had to be able to say they were not dealing with the Great Satan directly, they were dealing with a company, they were dealing through Europe.

Mr. LIMAN: Did Lake ever send a single invoice to the Iranians?

Mr. SECORD: No.

Mr. LIMAN: Did it ever issue a single piece of paper to the Iranians saying you are buying these from Lake?

Mr. SECORD: Mr. Nields—excuse me—Mr. Liman, there's no question the covert operation was designed to be concealed from Congress. There is no question of that. I mean, they didn't—they chose not to notify the Congress. But that wasn't my decision. It wasn't my decision at all. I wasn't involved in that decision.