Diary Entry - 04/12/1982
Key Facts
The President and First Lady participate in the annual Easter Egg roll.
The British Navy begins enforcing a blockade around the Falklands.
Three CBS employees are shot to death in New York City parking lot.
Hard to get back in the swing after being a beach bum for a day & a half. Al Haig is not too optimistic—called from London. Since he left Argentina things have deteriorated there. The Soviets have a number of ships in the vicinity of the U.K. fleet. [. . .] Met with Am. Jewish leaders re the middle east. I hope I eased their minds about our continued support of Israel. Nancy & I went out on the lawn for the Easter Egg roll. That has become an institution—30,000 mostly children was the estimate. Lionel Hampton came by—he is to be our Ambassador of Music on a 14 nat. trip.
