Diary Entry - 01/24/1981
Key Facts
President Reagan attends the 68th Annual Alfalfa Club Dinner at the Capital Hilton Hotel; meeting with Senator John Glenn and Henry A. Kissinger.
President Reagan meets with General Bernard W. Rogers, Supreme Allied Commander - Europe, and Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense, to discuss security matters.
President Chun Doo Hwan decrees an end to martial law in South Korea after deciding that the country has sufficiently regained the stability it lost after the assassination of President Park Chung Hee in October 1979.
The Inaugural (Jan. 20) was an emotional experience but then the very next day it was “down to work.” The first few days were long and hard—daily Cabinet meetings interspersed with sessions with Congressional leaders regarding our ec. plan.
