Diary Entry - 11/18/1986

Key Facts
President Reagan participates in a message taping for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
President Reagan attends the 10th Anniversary Dinner of the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
Our usual meetings were again taken up with what the press continues to do about Iran & the hostages. A meeting with N.H. Gov. John Sununu. He is head of the G.O.P. Gov’s. & Vice Chmn. of the Nat. Gov’s. Assn. He’s a good man & I approached him about helping us with restoring Federalism, the rights of States that have been taken over by the Fed. govt. Then an N.S.C. meeting about Chile & how we can persuade Pinochet to move toward a democratic form of govt. We’re agreed we must try. After lunch Edmund Morris (my biographer) came in for a session. I brought him up to date on Reykjavik. Then a session in the family theatre preparing for tomorrow nights press conference. A taping session & then over to the Hilton to address the Ethics & Public Policy Center dinner. Bill Buckley is getting an award. It was a brief stop for me but it was a very nice event & I was well received.
