Diary Entry - 09/15/1986
Key Facts
President Reagan meets with White House senior staff to discuss his upcoming speech to the United Nations General Assembly.
President Reagan signs Executive Order 12564 and the transmittal to Congress on proposed legislation on the National campaign against drug abuse.
A meeting to talk about my speech next week at the U.N. Gen. Assembly. I’ve suggested opening the question of whether the U.N. is living up to it’s charter.
Another Presidential Foundation lunch at the W.H. with about 40 of the donors & fund raisers including some new recruits.
Then it was Shimon Peres time—P.M. of Israel. I admire him very much and am sorry the pol. rotation agreement will see him replaced as P.M. [Yitzhak] by Shamir. Of course he will be Foreign Minister then. That will help some. He’s done a great job seeing the way toward peace in the Middle East.
A hastily called meeting with John P. & Don R. to agree on our approach to Gorbachev if Daniloff is not turned over to us at once. We are going to tell about 25 KGB members on their U.N. staff to get out of the country.
Greeted 7 Ambas’s & their familys now assigned here.
Upstairs—Dinner with Mermie & Dennis.
