Reagan: The Life (116 page)

23.
   “I talked to Margaret”: Diary entry for May 13, 1982.

24.
   “Hundreds have been killed”: Haig,
Caveat
, 294.

25.
   “The prime minister is adamant”: Diary entry for May 31, 1982.

26.
   “The Prime Minister said”: Memo of conversation, June 4, 1982, Prime Minister’s Files, British National Archives,
nationalarchives.gov.uk
.

27.
   “On distant islands”: Address to Parliament, June 8, 1982.

28.
   “The speed with which the end”: Thatcher,
Downing Street Years
, 235.

1.
   “She believed absolutely”:
American Life
, 360.

2.
   on the hook for the two thousand contras: Inman interview.

3.
   “He had grandiose ideas”: Baker interview with author.

4.
   “He was a swashbuckler”: Inman interview.

5.
   “He was somewhat contemptuous”: Anderson,
Revolution
, 307.

6.
   “To me, the White House”: Haig,
Caveat
, 85–94.

7.
   “Sit down and work it out”: Baker interview with author.

8.
   “Al thinks his turf”: Diary entry for March 24, 1981.

9.
   “Of course he wouldn’t reveal”: Diary entry for Nov. 1, 1981.

10.
   “I think we can get a lid”: Diary entry for May 31, 1982.

11.
   “I was startled to hear reports”: Haig,
Caveat
, 299–301.

12.
   “You can say Haig needs a win”:
New York Times
, April 15, 1982.

13.
   “Shortly after my return”: Haig,
Caveat
, 302.

14.
   “He was suspicious of everybody”: Baker interview with author.

15.
   “Mr. President”: Haig,
Caveat
, 312.

16.
   “The Al H. situation”: Diary entry for June 14, 1982.

17.
   “Dear Al”: Haig,
Caveat
, 314.

18.
   “He gave me the most intense grilling”:
George Shultz interview with author.

19.
   “Al Haig has resigned”: George P. Shultz,
Turmoil and Triumph
(1993), 3–4.

20.
   “The only disagreement”: Diary entry for June 25, 1982.

1.
   “President Reagan and I”: Shultz,
Turmoil and Triumph
, 9.

2.
   “We’re walking on a tightrope”: Diary entry for June 16, 1982.

3.
   “I was pretty blunt”: Diary entry for June 21, 1982.

4.
   “Habib never ceased”: Shultz,
Turmoil and Triumph
, 45.

5.
   “Let me say I’ll be firm”: Reagan exchange with reporters, Aug. 1, 1982.

6.
   “all out assault”: Minutes of NSC meeting, Aug. 4, 1982, Reagan Library.

7.
   “Menachem, this is a holocaust”: Geoffrey Kemp interview in Deborah Hart Strober and Gerald S. Strober, eds.,
Reagan: The Man and His Presidency
(1998), 207.

8.
   “Our purpose will be to assist”: Remarks to reporters, Aug. 20, 1982.

9.
   “Today has been a day”: Reagan address, Sept. 1, 1982.

10.
   “What some call the West Bank”:
American Life
, 433–34.

11.
   “I was horrified”: Reagan statement, Sept. 18, 1982.

12.
   “I finally told our group”: Diary entry for Sept. 19, 1982.

1.
   “The big day!”: Diary entry for Oct. 22, 1982.

2.
   “I really like him”: Diary entry for Dec. 21, 1982.

3.
   “We had good meetings”: Diary entry for Jan. 27, 1983.

4.
   “Still Israel dragging their feet”: Diary entry for March 18, 1983.

5.
   “D--n them”: Diary entry for April 18, 1983.

6.
   “Lord forgive me”: Diary entry for April 19, 1983.

7.
   “There can be no sadder duty”: Reagan remarks, April 23, 1983.

8.
   “Mr. President”: Reagan news conference, Sept. 28, 1982.

9.
   “Israel is pursuing”: Brezhnev to Reagan, June 9, 1982, Reagan Library.

10.
   “Your expressions of concern”: Reagan to Brezhnev, July 1, 1982, Reagan Library.

11.
   “Armageddon in the prophecies”: Diary entry for May 4, 1983.

12.
   “The world must have been simpler”: Diary entry for Aug. 10, 1983.

13.
   “This could be seen”: Diary entry for Sept. 11, 1983.

14.
   “The president’s face turned ashen”: Robert C. McFarlane,
Special Trust
(1994), 263.

15.
   “There are no words”: Reagan remarks to reporters, Oct. 23, 1983.

1.
   “This must not be allowed”: Diary entry for Jan. 4, 1983.

2.
   “Based on the President’s directives”: Sapia-Bosch and North to William Clark, April 5, 1983, Reagan Library.

3.
   “The CIA sent briefers”: Shultz,
Turmoil and Triumph
, 296–97.

4.
   “Our message”: Clark interview, Miller Center.

5.
   “Venezuela couldn’t go along”: Diary entry for April 11, 1983.

6.
   “On the small island of Grenada”: Reagan address, March 23, 1983.

7.
   “I had never really gotten along”: Nancy Reagan,
My Turn
, 242–43.

8.
   “We both had the searing memory”: Shultz,
Turmoil and Triumph
, 328.

9.
   “I asked McFarlane”:
American Life
, 450–51.

10.
   “I believe Maggie Thatcher”:
Howard Baker interview, Miller Center.

11.
   “Early this morning”: Reagan remarks, with Eugenia Charles, Oct. 25, 1983.

12.
   “I can’t say enough”: Reagan address, Oct. 27, 1983.

13.
   “It didn’t upset my breakfast”: Reagan comments, Nov. 3, 1983.

1.
   “Nancy is very depressed”: Diary entry for May 19, 1982.

2.
   “He got a lot of sustenance”: Meese interview.

3.
   “I can’t help feeling”: Ron Reagan,
My Father at 100
, 86, 104.

4.
   “He was not a real Bible thumper”: Ron Reagan interview.

5.
   “It bothers me”: Diary entry for Oct. 4, 1981.

6.
   “Thank you for your prayers”: Reagan address, March 8, 1983.

1.
   “Back to Washington”: Diary entry for Sept. 28, 1981.

2.
   “It is absolutely essential”: National Security Decision Directive 35, May 17, 1982, Reagan Library.

3.
   “We’re going to have trouble”: Diary entry for Nov. 15, 1982.

4.
   “The United States wants deep cuts”: Reagan address, Nov. 22, 1982.

5.
   “Tip O’Neill has mounted”: Diary entry for May 15, 1984.

1.
   “The United States does not start fights”: Reagan address, March 23, 1983.

2.
   “When he was governor”: Weinberger,
Fighting for Peace
, 296.

3.
   “Several years earlier”: Ron Reagan,
My Father at 100
, 207.

4.
   “To those who traipse”: Weinberger,
Fighting for Peace
, 291.

5.
   “R&D on Ballistic Missile Defense”: National Security Decision Directive 35.

6.
   “Would it not be better”: Weinberger,
Fighting for Peace
, 304.

7.
   “Much of it”: Diary entry for March 22, 1983.

8.
   “I guess it was O.K.”: Diary entry for March 23, 1983.

9.
   “Ron, it will make you look”: Robert McFarlane interview with author.

10.
   “The reports are in”:
American Life
, 572.

1.
   “He looked more like a cadaver”: Shultz,
Turmoil and Triumph
, 126.

2.
   “No bureaucracy involved”: Diary entry for Feb. 15, 1983.

3.
   “We both share”:
American Life
, 576.

4.
   “I have considered its contents”: Ibid., 576–78.

5.
   “Their only function”: Ibid., 580–81.

6.
   “I speak for all Americans”: Reagan statement, Sept. 1, 1983.

7.
   “Our first emotions”: Reagan remarks, Sept. 2, 1983.

8.
   The CIA and military intelligence: David E. Hoffman,
The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy
(2009), 82; Robert Gates,
From the Shadows
, 267.

9.
   “This Soviet attack”: National Security Decision Directive 102, Sept. 5, 1983, Reagan Library.

10.
   “Despite the savagery”: Reagan address, Sept. 5, 1983.

1.
   “Each of us recognizes”: Reagan statement, Jan. 15, 1983.

2.
   “The National Commission considered”: Report of the National Commission on Social Security Reform, Jan. 1983.

3.
   “After months of debate”: Reagan State of the Union address, Jan. 25, 1983.

4.
   “Today we reaffirm”: Reagan remarks, April 20, 1983.

1.
   “There is renewed energy”: Reagan State of the Union address, Jan. 25, 1984.

2.
   “From my seat”: Regan,
For the Record
, 225–26.

3.
   “I want to speak”: Reagan State of the Union address, Jan. 25, 1984.

4.
   “Three years had taught me”:
American Life
, 588–89.

5.
   “I’d like to talk to him”: Diary entry for Feb. 22, 1984.

6.
   “They are utterly stonewalling us”: Diary entry for May 11, 1984.

7.
   “What would I think”:
American Life
, 601–2.

1.
   “In the last fifteen years”: Reagan address, May 9, 1984.

2.
   “Dear Bill”:
New York Times
, April 11, 1984. The
Times
bowdlerized “pissed” for publication.

3.
   “Says he was never briefed”: Diary entry for April 10, 1984.

4.
   “Central America is a region”: Reagan address, May 9, 1984.

5.
   “We’ve got to find a way”: McFarlane,
Special Trust
, 68.

6.
   “The purpose of this meeting”: Minutes of National Security Planning Group meeting, June 25, 1984, National Security Archive.

1.
   “Barry is upset”: Diary entry for April 24, 1984.

2.
   “Our first go”: Diary entry for April 26, 1984.

3.
   “We get along very well”: Diary entry for April 27, 1984.

4.
   “This was Big Casino day”: Diary entry for April 28, 1984.

5.
   “We believe in the dignity”: Reagan remarks at Fudan University, April 30, 1984.

6.
   “It was a darn good speech”: Diary entry for April 30, 1984.

7.
   “I think they have”: Reagan question-and-answer session with reporters, May 1, 1984.

8.
   “We stand on a lonely, windswept point”: Reagan remarks at Pointe du Hoc, June 6, 1984.

9.
   “Every man who set foot”: Reagan remarks at Omaha Beach, June 6, 1984.

10.
   “Believe me”: Reagan message to officers and men of USS
Eisenhower
, June 6, 1984.

1.
   “I do not know”:
New York Times
, Aug. 22, 1981.

2.
   “I never use the words”:
New York Times
, Oct. 10, 1983.

3.
   “environmental extremism”: Reagan interview, Jan. 20, 1982.

4.
   “He’s the best thing”:
New York Times
, Oct. 10, 1983.

5.
   “I think that’s a decision”: Reagan interview, Sept. 26, 1983.

6.
   “Here is the truth”: Mondale acceptance speech, July 19, 1984, American Presidency Project.

7.
   “One of the key tests”: Reagan-Mondale debate, Oct. 7, 1984, American Presidency Project.

8.
   “I have to say”:
Diary entry for Oct. 6–7, 1984.

9.
   “We left Louisville”: Diary entry for Oct. 8, 1984.

10.
   “It was the worst night”: Nancy Reagan,
My Turn
, 266.

11.
   “I never had one difference”: Baker interview with author.

12.
   “Jesus, Nancy Reagan”: Paul Laxalt interview, Miller Center.

13.
   “Fitness Issue”:
Wall Street Journal
, Oct. 9, 1984.

14.
   “The president’s advisers”:
Washington Post
, Oct. 12, 1984.

15.
   “Age may have been a factor”:
New York Times
, Oct. 10, 1984.

16.
   “Mr. Reagan is a mentally alert”:
New York Times
, Oct. 11, 1984.

17.
   “It was the same old stuff”: Baker interview with author.

18.
   “Let Ronnie be Ronnie”: Nancy Reagan,
My Turn
, 267.

19.
   “Mr. President, I want to raise”: Reagan-Mondale debate, Oct. 21, 1984, American Presidency Project.

20.
   “It’s morning again in America”: Reagan campaign commercial,
youtube.com
.

1.
   “The press is now trying”: Diary entry for Nov. 7, 1984.

2.
   “Tip O’Neill told me”: Diary entry for Jan. 21, 1985.

3.
   “The Soviets are afraid”: Minutes of National Security Planning Group meeting, Nov. 30, 1984, Reagan Library.

4.
   “We and the Soviet Union”: Minutes of National Security Planning Group meeting, Dec. 5, 1984, Reagan Library.

5.
   “He could well be”: Diary entry for Dec. 12, 1984.