Diary Entry - 02/18/1983
Key Facts
President Reagan greets Prime Minister Willoch of Norway, and discusses issues concerning the nuclear arms talks in Europe.
President Reagan meets with the National Security Planning Group about the situation in El Salvador.
In India's Assam state Hindu attacks against Moslems left over 1,500 dead.
We haven’t settled with Cong. yet on E.P.A. Poor Anne G. is really strung out. Now some zany on the hill is saying $50 mil. in the superfund is unaccounted for. P.M. Willoch of Norway arrived. He’s a fine man & a good friend of the U.S.A. We had a good meeting on a number of subjects. He’s worried that we should move to a lesser position in the I.N.F. talks before we begin to look inflexible. He has a “peace” mob in his country too. All in all though we were together on most things. The N.S.P.G. meeting was something. It was on El Salvadore & Central Am. We have been so restricted by Cong. in our help to the El S. govt. that they are losing to the Rebels. I finally told the Council to come up with how we could be of more help not whether we should. We (I learned) are tracking by radar the planes flying ammo & guns to the guerrillas but we’re forbidden to tell our friends so they can intercept them. That has to stop. Nancy’s on the way to Phoenix—I’ll be alone for a week. Tonite the annual Am. Conservative Union dinner. Evidently the Right Wing Rebels have had little effect. I was warmly received & my speech was a bell ringer.
