Diary Entry - 07/01/1984
Key Facts
The President and First Lady host a barbeque for Chiefs of Diplomatic Missions and their spouses.
President Reagan meets with the Soviet Ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Dobrynin.
Weather breaking but had to leave early. We are hosting the Diplomats supposedly out on the S. Lawn at a B.B.Q. If the weather double crosses us we’ll have to move indoors.—Guess what? It looked so threatening & was raining just across the river at Nat. Airport that after the receiving line we moved indoors. Then it didn’t rain one drop. Anatoly Dobrynin (Soviet Ambas.) was at my table along with Geo. Shultz. Anatoly wanted to talk about our situation—the Russians wanting us to meet in Sept. to talk about weapons in space & our reply that we’d like to discuss this and nuclear weapons etc. which they have refused to do. We didn’t settle anything but I got a few things off my chest.
