Diary Entry - 03/03/1986
Key Facts
President Reagan meets with Russell A. Rourke, new Secretary of the Air Force.
President Reagan meets with members of the Nicaraguan Contra group to discuss an aid package to help their resistance.
A briefing by N.S.C.—not all is well with Marcos. They are still at Hickam Field. It seems he does not own a home on Diamond Head and now suits are being filed by a number of Filipino Americans & the Central bank of the Philippines. So far the military has not allowed the process servers on the base. Paul L. called—he’d had a call from Marcos who asked for help with regard to papers. They have no passports so travel could become a problem.
Met with Russell Rourke our new Sec. of the Air Force. An issues lunch—plans discussed for getting Congress to O.K. aid to Nicaragua. Then 3 U.N.O. leaders Calero, Robelo & Cruz came to see me. They are here to help sell Congress. We dropped in on a meeting of pvt. citizens who have been raising pvt. funds to help the Contras.
Later in the day received the report on Organized Crime from Judge Kaufman & his commission. They’ve been working on this for 2 1⁄2 yrs. Ended the day going by a tribute dinner to Paul Laxalt. I spoke before dinner & then we had to leave. He’s deserving of every nice thing they said about him.
