Diary Entry - 03/24/1982
Key Facts
President Reagan writes that the “Prosecutors of Hinckley called [him]. They want [him] to testify in the trial."
The US submarine Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia.
Soviet leader Leonid L. Brezhnev states Russia is willing to resume border talks with China.
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Bill Verity brought 100 C.E.O.’s for part of the pvt. initiative program. I spoke to them in the East room. Later a Cab. Council meeting on legal matters—took up drug problem. Prosecutors of Hinckley called to me. They want me to testify in the trial. No President has ever done that before. Staff lean very much against—I’m not as sure as I was that it would be wrong. Tonight Betsy B. arrives to be a guest for State dinner tomorrow night.
