Diary Entry - 10/14/1983
Key Facts
President Reagan works at the reorganization of the National Security Council.
President Reagan attends a National Security Planning Group meeting to discuss the situation in Lebanon.
Met with George S. & Bud MacFarlane re Lebanon. It really is a nest of adders & we have some tough decisions to make. Jim Baker wants to take the N.S.C. post. I was willing but then found great division & resistance in certain quarters. I finally decided that to ignore this & go ahead anyway would leave us with a permanent problem. Mike D. was going to move up to Jim’s job. When I put everything on hold Jim took it well but Mike was pretty upset. It was an unhappy day all around. After signing of proclamation for world food day we had an N.S.P.G. meeting on Lebanon—no decisions just a listing of the problems. A brief interview with Bob Slosser—a religious writer—then a rush for Camp D. Outside on way to helicopter was greeted by about 60 children from Congress School. Not a pleasant evening what with all the hassle over the N.S.C. spot.
