Diary Entry - 04/08/1986
Key Facts
President Reagan meets with this advisors and Soviet officials to discuss the prospective upcoming U.S.-U.S.S.R. summit in the U.S.
President Reagan places a call to an American traveler who was shot and held hostage during a 1985 hijacking of Egyptian airline flight 648.
The 15 min. meeting with Ambas. (now Sec. of Politbureau) Dobrynin went 45 min’s. My feeling is the Summit will take place—if not in June or July—sometime after the election.
Then we had a meeting—briefing on issues likely to be on the agenda of the summit in Tokyo.
Dick Wirthlin in with latest polling & all my ratings are up—70% in approval etc. However we dont have a majority support for aid to Nicaragua. I think it’s the word “aid.” People just dont understand.
Did a couple of hours in family theatre practicing for tomorrow nights press conf. Then a reception for the Advertising Council & end of day.
