Diary Entry - 09/29/1983
Key Facts
President Reagan meets with Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud.
President Reagan greets Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Margaret Thatcher.
Prince Bandar reported in with message from King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. He has done a great job in helping bring about the Lebanon cease fire. He is about to be the Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. P.M. Margaret Thatcher arrived. She & I had an hours talk before lunch mainly about the Soviets & what it would take to get back into some kind of relationship. Then we continued on a number of subjects at lunch. I dont think U.S.-U.K. relations have ever been better. After she departed we had a Nat. Security Planning Group meeting re the START talks. We agreed on some strategy as Gen. Rowny prepares to leave for Geneva. In the Rose Garden for a ceremony involving our Olympic Hockey team & the Pro team of Wash.—The Capitals. They had a plastic square of imitation ice—a goal & a goalie. They asked me to hit a puck & believe it or not I scored a goal. Bill & Jean Thompson of Dixon came by. They are really the sparkplugs behind the renovation of my boyhood home. Betty Ann Wms. new President of the Wash. Press Club—for a picture. Then some young people who won medals in Ballet in Bulgaria. Last item Willa Shalit did a face mask of me. It took about 7 min’s & was painless. The Sen. passed the bill allowing the Marines to stay in Lebanon for 18 mo’s.
