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Diary Entry - 01/28/1983

Ronald Reagan's white house diaries for the day of 01-28-1983

Key Facts

  • President Reagan meets with Vietnam Veterans who had formed a task force to help establish those veterans who had been unable to get back on their feet.

  • President Reagan meets with the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia.

  • In a government shake-up in India, all sixty members of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s cabinet resign.

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Spoke to 700 people—the familys of those who are still listed as Missing in Action in Vietnam. An emotional experience. We are going all out to follow up persistent leads that some Americans are still P.O.W.’s in that d--n Communist sink hole. Later spoke to the Vietnam Vets who have formed a task force to help establish those vets who have been unable to get back on their feet. These fellows are all very successful & now want to help the others. Last event—a farewell reception for Drew Lewis. Home—Ron & Doria came down from N.Y. for the weekend.

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