Diary Entry - 12/14/1982
Key Facts
President Reagan participates in a meeting to discuss the Social Security Commission's compromise package with administration officials.
Garret FitzGerald is elected prime minister of Ireland.
Spain opens its border to the British colony of Gibraltar, ending a 13-year blockade.
Held an MX meeting with Dem. & R. Sens. Consensus was we should go for a compromise they’ve worked out to appropriate money but fence it in until both houses can agree on a basing mode. Not good but best we can do. Lengthy meeting with R. leadership on MX—the gas tax & what we can do in this lame duck session. It turned out alright. Over to exec. bldg. to meet with about as high powered a group of business execs. it’s possible to get in one place. They are a vol. committee the “Nat. Security Telecommunications Advisory Comm.” Spent most of afternoon in a dismal ec. briefing about the deficits & the little chance we have of getting further budget cuts. Then on to Soc. Security. I’m afraid our bi-partisan commission has failed us. At 6:15 went to East room for photo with our Social Aides (Mil.). They are quite a group. At 8:30 the annual press reception—half of them. We’ll get the other half Thurs.
