Diary Entry - 09/05/1983
Key Facts
President Reagan calls the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger as they prepare for the shuttle's 8th Mission.
President Reagan spends the day writing a speech for the evening's Address to the Nation on the Soviet attack on a Korean civilian airliner.
* * *
Only thing scheduled for the day was lunch at the pool with the Wicks & at 8 P.M. a T.V. speech on the Korean airline massacre. Well I put on my trunks but the speech draft arrived at 9:30 A.M.—in fact 2 drafts. I didn’t like either one so I spent the day til 5:15 P.M. rewriting. It turned out OK and everyone seems to think it was A. O.K. I spent the day in my trunks sitting on a towel in my study but changed into a blue suit for the speech. It went well & everyone seemed pleased.
