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White House Diaries
February
11
1983
February 11, 1983
Friday, February 11, 1983
Winter is back—virtually a blizzard. Camp David is out—we’re in for the weekend. Started snowing last night. By noon we’d sent almost everyone home before they got snowed in. George S. & George B. reported in to full N.S.C. planning group. Both trips were very successful. I think we’re ahead of the game on the international scene. An almost 2 hr. lunch with Joint Chiefs of staff. Most of time spent on MX & the commission etc. Out of it came a super idea. So far the only policy worldwide on nuclear weapons is to have a deterrent. What if we tell the world we want to protect our people not avenge them; that we re going to embark on a program of research to come up with a defensive weapon that could make nuclear weapons obsolete? I would call upon the scientific community to volunteer in bringing such a thing about.
