Diary Entry - 03/25/1981
Key Facts
President Reagan meets with the President's Economic Policy Advisory Board to discuss the development of the economic recovery program and US trade policy and auto imports.
The Dow Jones industrial average of selected stocks on the New York Stock Exchange closes at its highest level in more than eight years.
The U.S. Embassy in San Salvador was damaged when gunmen attack.
Awakened at 7:30 by Mike D.—Al Haig again. He called me I told him to meet me in the Oval O. at 8:45. Mike told me Al was talking resignation etc. He arrived and was very calm—never mentioned resigning but had a statement he wanted me to make. It wasn’t bad but it wasn’t good. After he left I drafted a statement of my own—short, simple & it did the job. Met with our volunteer ec. advisors chaired by Geo. Schultz. They are opposed totally to any import limit on Japanese cars. Went for my 1st horseback ride at Quantico. It felt great. We should do this often.
