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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH PRESIDENT REAGAN REGARDING: USS VINCENNES SHOOTING DOWN OF IRANIAN AIRCRAFT WHITE HOUSE SOUTH LAWN 12:00 P.M. EDT
MONDAY, JULY 4, 1988
THE PRESS: [Shouting "Mr. President" over the sound of the helicopter]
(President Reagan approaches microphones)
PRESIDENT REAGAN: I won't minimize the tragedy. We all know
that it was a tragedy. But we're talking about an incident in which
a plane, on radar, was observed coming in the direction of a ship in
combat. And the plane began lowering its altitude. And so I think
it was an understandable accident to shoot and think that they were
under attack from that plane.
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