Article: Haig Running to Take Charge; Blustery General Tries for Calmer Image Series: THE '88 ASPIRANTS: Resumes and Reputations Series Number: OCC

The day the Iran-contra affair blossomed into a full-blown scandal, Nov. 25, 1986, Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. telephoned White House chief of staff Donald T. Regan to offer some damage-control advice.

President Reagan should go before the American people in a televised speech, Haig said. He should take reponsibility for the scandal and announce mass firings of such misguided underlings as national security adviser John M. Poindexter and National Security Council aide Oliver L. North as well as "a couple of Cabinet officers" who publicly opposed the Iran initiative after the fact. And he should announce his refusal to appoint a special prosecutor or allow congressional hearings.

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