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On This Day: April 22
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Every entry on this date through all eight years of the Reagan administration.
Diary Entry - 04/22/1981
Key Facts
President Reagan spends the day calling Members of Congress.
President Reagan meets with correspondents from United Press International and Associated Press to discuss the attempted assassination.
Won part of the battle with the diplomats. They drafted the letter to Brezhnev along usual lines but included major positions of mine.
We sent it back for a re-write including more of mine. More phone calls to Congressmen. I’m having more luck with Demos. than Repub’s. Asked Tip O’Neill if I could address a joint session next week. He agreed.
Did an interview with AP & UPI on the shooting. Just learned they have to re-operate on Jim Brady. No word yet on what this means to the otherwise optimistic prognosis.
