Ronald Reagan actually said...

Well, we have let them and we've let the Soviet Union know that this is something we cannot sit back and just take.

Interview With Representatives of the Washington Times

11/26/1984

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No, and I believe that I've answered that question, I think, more than once here.

There was a third country involved in our secret project with Iran.

Believe me, that's about as hypothetical a question as anyone could imagine.

Any other shipments by third countries were not authorized by the U.S. Government.