Diary Entry - 10/06/1982
Key Facts
President Reagan participates in a briefing for Republican Congressional candidates
President Reagan participates in a taping session for political spots on behalf of key Senate, House and Gubernatorial candidates.
The second round of strategic aImS reduction talks (START) between the United States and the Soviet Union opens in Geneva.
I’ve had a top secret briefing on our ability at covert operations abroad. They made it plain we had lost this capacity under the previous admin. If our people only knew the heroism of unsung Americans risking their life every min. of every hour around the clock they’d be as proud as I am. Had an unusual experience in the East Room. I was speaking to our Congressional candidates plus quite a group of Congressmen & women. Suddenly a young bearded cand. from Calif. stood up and started a diatribe against me. It was as if he were reciting that terrible edition of the “Conservative Digest.” I got a little angry a la N.H. & the debate. The whole press corps was covering the event. I teed off & answered his charges with facts & told him to shut up. I got the most heartwarming ovation from all present. Everyone seems to think I won a great victory. We had a cabinet meeting on our anti-drug campaign & OK’d a master plan to do nationwide what we did in S. Fla.
