Diary Entry - 03/04/1988
Key Facts
President Reagan attends a meeting with the Mexican delegation to the Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Conference!
President and Mrs. Reagan are surprised by senior White House staff on the occasion of their 36th Wedding Anniversary.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report that the civilian unemployment rate have dropped since the previous month to 5.7 %.
Slept in a little late. Lunched in Atrium. Then I had to go down to the Dip. room & greet 27 Mexican congressmen who are here for their annual meeting with our Congress. On the way I stopped at the Dr’s. for my sneeze shot. After that Jim Kuhn came up & said Howard B. had a document he thought Nancy & I should see. We went out in the West Hall & there was our staff with a cake & champaigne singing “Happy Anniversary.” It was very nice.
Then the afternoon settled down to a lot of desk work & catching up.
Colin sent secret memo—our Frigate, U.S.S. John Moore fired on Iranian Speed Boats in Northern Persian Gulf (2). No word as to any hits.
