Diary Entry - 03/16/1985
Key Facts
President Reagan makes a Radio Address to the Nation on his upcoming visit to Canada.
Terry Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press is abducted in Beirut (he's released in 1991).
No Camp David this week—we’re off to Canada tomorrow. Did my radio bit on the forthcoming trip. Ted Graber is here. Merme & Dennis left for Calif. yesterday. I spent the day wood shedding for the meetings. Sometimes I think they try to tell me more than I need to know.
It’s less than 3 weeks to Calif. & the ranch & I’m ready. The press is once again doing their psycho job on the new Soviet boss Gorbachev & whether I should see him or not.
I’ve issued him an invitation so the ball is in his court. In the meanwhile the negotiations on arms reductions are underway in Geneva.
