Diary Entry - 02/13/1984
Key Facts
President Reagan writes that a lasting peace process in the Middle East will largely be based on King Hussein of Jordan's willingness to participate in the talks.
Konstantin Cherenkov was chosen to be general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding the late Yuri Andropov.
A hush, hush, cable from Geo B. re Lebanon. Margaret T. feels strongly we should tell Gemayel to abrogate the May 17 agreement with Israel. Geo. wanted to know if he could tell her we wouldn’t object. That’s all we can say—we wont oppose but we wont urge either. King Hussein of Jordan came in. Tomorrow I meet with him & Mubarak (Pres. Egypt). His Majesty is a solid citizen. We had a good discussion. If we have any chance of lasting peace in the M.E. it will be because of his willingness to get into the peace negotiations. A lengthy interview with the Knight Ridder people. I think it went well. Then over to the Soviet Embassy to write a brief condolence in their book. Now upstairs for a lot of home work.
