Diary Entry - 11/24/1987
Key Facts
President Reagan tours the Martin-Marietta Astronautics Facility at Waterton in Colorado.
President Reagan reports that a mutual U.S.-Soviet agreement is now in place on the Intermediate-range Nuclear Force Treaty (INF).
Down stairs for the sneeze shot. Then the map room to sign notarized statement that I was telling the truth about the Iran-Contra affair. And then off to Calif. by way of Denver where I was making a speech. Actually the visit was more than that.
We went to the Martin-Marietta Astronautics Facility at Waterton. Here is where a large part of S.D.I. is being done. I was given a quick tour but enough to see miracles that are being performed by the people there. Then I spoke to 3,400 of the personnelle there. I had Sec. Herrington, Sens. Wallop & Wilson & 2 Col. Cong.men with me. The speech was more than well rcv’d. I assured them S.D.I. would not be traded away.
We left then for Calif. & the ranch.
En route we got a call from Colin Powell in Geneva. He reported that George & Shevardnadze had worked out a full agreement on the I.N.F. treaty. I reported this to the press.
Calif. was beautiful. Arrived at ranch & found to my surprise Barney & Dennis had completed the new entrance we’d planned on our last trip—also the enlarging of the patio.
Nancy arrived about 2 hrs. after me & here we are at last.
Howard B. called—Colin is arriving tomorrow—we’ve set a 1 P.M. meeting here for him to report on Geneva.
