Diary Entry - 11/19/1986

The staff time & N.S.C. briefing were taken up with our own “Dreyfus” case—the coming press conf. and the lynch mob attitude of the press.—Day didn’t start til 10:00 A.M.

After lunch a meeting with Geo. S. I think we’re going to have some top level meetings with me, the 2 Georges, Cap, Bill C. and John P. I’m suspicious that some of Georges people have been busy making him feel that he’s being left out of the inner circle.

Then it was back to the family theatre for more practice for the press conf. Went upstairs, exercised & did more wood shedding for tonite. Nancy came home from N.Y. about 5 P.M. so there’s a different feel to the W.H.—It’s been a barn for about 36 hours.

Now—“press conference.”—They were out for blood—every Q. had a sharp barb. Our gang seems to feel “I done good.”