Byline: R.W. Apple Jr.
Vice President George Bush, who has been all but invisible to the public since the crisis over arm shipments to Iran erupted, intends to make a public statement on the situation soon, perhaps this week, according to friends and associates.
"He is not trying to distance himself from the President," one friend said Saturday. "It would be a very serious error to avoid comment altogether, but it is only prudent to wait for a bit while the situation resolves itself. Whatever he says will not only attract a lot of attention now, it will be remembered all through 1988."
Bush's behavior has been closely watched because he formerly headed the CIA, which played a role in the arms shipments; because he and a member of of his staff have links to the rebels in Nicaragua, who received part of the proceeds of the arms sales; and because he is the leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1988.
According to documents released last week in a New York courtroom, Knight-Ridder reported Saturday that Bush knew about, and was prepared to approve, a secret $2 billion U.S. arms deal with Iran, proposed in January by a consortium of private arms dealers.
Bush has denied knowing of the …
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