Diary Entry - 01/27/1987
Key Facts
President Reagan meets with the Joint Chiefs of Staff to discuss potential targets in Iran if retaliation is necessary.
President Reagan delivers the State of the Union Address.
In at 9 A.M. for usual meetings. [. . .] Chiefs of Staff are working on potential targets if we need to retaliate directly against Iran.
A meeting with Repub. Cong. Leadership. I gave an outline of what speech tonite will cover. There seemed to be general agreement that it was on the right track.
Some desk work & a phone call to P.M. Mulroney. I found him in Zimbabwe. He was pleased to hear that I was touching (favorably) on our relationship with Canada. He’s taking some pol. abuse for his strong support of our relationship. There is a Canadian element that sees us as the overbearing colossus. That’s funny too because we are the worlds largest trading partners & we buy much more than we sell to them. Upstairs for lunch & a leisurely afternoon in consideration of tonites address. Walked into the warmest reception from Congress—well the Repub. Congress I’ve ever received at a St. of the U. appearance. Speech was interrupted 39 times by applause. Dems. were if anything more partisan than ever. When they did come to their feet they were obviously being sarcastic.
