Reagan: The Life (118 page)

10.
   “It was a straight talk session”: Diary entry for Dec. 16, 1985.

11.
   “We assembled a team”: Baker,
Work Hard
, 230.

12.
   “Let the bill take effect”:
New York Times
, Oct. 23, 1986.

13.
   “I think this bill”:
Washington Post
, Oct. 23, 1986.

14.
   “The journey’s been long”: Reagan remarks, Oct. 22, 1986.

15.
   “velvet-hammered charm”: Greg Leo interview with author.

16.
   “Al Simpson came by”: Diary entry for Oct. 16, 1986.

17.
   “It will remove”: Reagan signing statement, Nov. 6, 1986.

18.
   “It enables millions”: United Press International, Nov. 7, 1986.

19.
   “It turns a personnel manager”:
Crain’s Chicago Business
, Oct. 27, 1986.

20.
   “I think the only people”: Associated Press, Oct. 30, 1986.

21.
   “It is another disappointing chapter”: United Press International, Oct. 17, 1986.

22.
   “The act will undoubtedly exacerbate”:
New York Times
, Nov. 13, 1986.

1.
   “He worried about them personally”: John Poindexter interview with author.

2.
   “Reagan was agonized”: Shultz interview with author.

3.
   “It just drove him crazy”: Shultz interview, Miller Center.

4.
   “Some strange soundings”: Diary entry for July 17, 1985.

5.
   “To reverse our present policy”: Shultz,
Turmoil and Triumph
, 793–94.

6.
   “This is almost too absurd”:
Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran-Contra Affair
(1988), 148.

7.
   “Under no circumstances”: Weinberger,
Fighting for Peace
, 363–64.

8.
   “a new, international version”:
Reagan remarks, July 8, 1985.

9.
   “America will never make concessions”: Reagan news conference, June 18, 1985.

10.
   “McFarlane is a man”: Weinberger,
Fighting for Peace
, 360, 364.

11.
   “Middle East/hostage release/problem”: Regan,
For the Record
, 22–23.

12.
   “Yes, go ahead”:
Tower Commission Report
(New York Times ed., 1987), 26.

13.
   “Bud came by”: Diary entry for July 18, 1985.

14.
   “I thought that the president agreed”: Shultz,
Turmoil and Triumph
, 796.

15.
   “I received a ‘secret’ phone call”: Diary entry for Aug. 11–Sept. 1, 1985.

16.
   delivered some five hundred TOW missiles: Ibid.

17.
   “A call from Bud M.”: Diary entry for Sept. 15, 1985.

18.
   “Rev. Weir and his family”: Diary entry for Sept. 17, 1985.

19.
   “Word came”: Diary entry for Oct. 9, 1985.

20.
   “The big news”: Diary entry for Oct. 11, 1985.

21.
   “I called Mrs. Klinghoffer”: Diary entry for Oct. 12–14, 1985.

22.
   He judged:
Tower Commission Report
, 158.

23.
   “Subject was our hostages”: Diary entry for Nov. 22, 1985.

24.
   “We’re still sweating”: Diary entry for Nov. 23, 1985.

25.
   “Subject was our undercover effort”: Diary entry for Dec. 5, 1985.

26.
   “H-hr: 1 707”:
Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran-Contra Affair
, 171.

27.
   “We are now so far”: Ibid.

28.
   “The president was profoundly concerned”: Ibid.

29.
   “I don’t think I could forgive myself”: Poindexter interview.

30.
   “This was a day”: Diary entry for Jan. 7, 1986.

31.
   “Some time ago”: Poindexter to Reagan, Jan. 17, 1986, National Security Archive.

32.
   “The USG”: “Finding Pursuant to Section 662 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,” Jan. 17, 1986, National Security Archive.

33.
   “Only thing waiting”: Diary entry for Jan. 17, 1986.

34.
   One thousand TOW missiles were delivered:
Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran-Contra Affair
, 185.

35.
   “This morning more word”: Diary entry for Feb. 28, 1986.

36.
   “We still don’t know”: Diary entry for May 27, 1986.

37.
   “And that’s just what we did”: Diary entry for May 28, 1986.

38.
   “Saturday good word”: Diary entry for July 26–27, 1986.

39.
   “The high spot of the day”: Diary entry for Aug. 1, 1986.

1.
   “No funds available”: Boland Amendment, Oct. 12, 1984,
Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran-Contra Affair
, 51.

2.
   “In NSC we’re putting”: Diary entry for April 3, 1985.

3.
   “Tip O’Neill and his cohorts”: Diary entry for April 4, 1985.

4.
   “Tip has engineered”: Diary entry for April 24, 1985.

5.
   “The United States has a clear”: Reagan report to Congress, April 10, 1985, Reagan Library.

6.
   “Met with Repub. Leadership”: Diary entry for May 21, 1985.

7.
   “Over to EOB … to address”: Diary entry for March 5, 1986.

8.
   “Over to EOB for a pitch”: Diary entry for March 10, 1986.

9.
   “Over to the Mayflower Hotel”: Diary entry for June 9, 1986.

10.
   “Over to EOB to speak”: Diary entry for June 16, 1986.

11.
   “We talked of our Mideast peace plan”:
Diary entry for Feb. 2, 1985.

12.
   “We will not agree”: Minutes of National Security Planning Group meeting, May 16, 1986, Reagan Library.

13.
   North had taken between $3 million and $4 million:
Tower Commission Report
, 53–54.

14.
   “$12 million will be used”:
Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran-Contra Affair
, 199.

15.
   “I had a feeling”:
Tower Commission Report
, 54–55.

16.
   “We didn’t see anything illegal”: Poindexter interview.

1.
   “The United States attacked Libya”: Gorbachev,
Memoirs
, 413–14.

2.
   “It is of course a frame up”: Diary entry for Sept. 3, 1986.

3.
   “I can give you my personal assurance”: Reagan to Gorbachev, Sept. 4, 1986 (dated Sept. 5 by time of delivery), Reagan Library.

4.
   “Your letter of September 5”: Gorbachev to Reagan, Sept. 6, 1986, Reagan Library.

5.
   “Father Potemkin”: Shultz,
Turmoil and Triumph
, 733; Gates,
From the Shadows,
366–67.

6.
   “The CIA has really reamed Daniloff”: Shultz,
Turmoil and Triumph
, 733–34.

7.
   “The Soviets had done”: Abraham Sofaer interview, Miller Center.

8.
   “This put a whole new light”: Shultz,
Turmoil and Triumph
, 734.

9.
   “I went through the facts”: Sofaer interview.

10.
   “Their man is a spy”: Diary entry for Sept. 12, 1986.

11.
   “Most of the shows”: Diary entry for Sept. 14, 1986.

12.
   “The press is obsessed”: Diary entry for Sept. 17, 1986.

13.
   “I let the Foreign Minister know”: Diary entry for Sept. 19, 1986.

14.
   “However, the US side”: Gorbachev to Reagan, Sept. 15, 1986, Reagan Library.

1.
   “a pre-summit planning session”: Briefing book, undated, Reagan Library.

2.
   “Our SDI research”: Reagan radio address, July 12, 1986.

3.
   “Our response to demands”: Reagan remarks at White House briefing, Aug. 6, 1986.

4.
   “reeling toward a summit” et seq.:
Washington Post
, Oct. 3, 1986.

5.
   “We go into Reykjavik”: “Gorbachev’s Goals and Tactics at Reykjavik,” undated [Oct. 4, 1986], Reagan Library.

6.
   “We should take”: Shultz memo to Reagan, Oct. 2, 1986, Reagan Library.

7.
   “I am convinced”: Anatoly Chernyaev, notes from Politburo session, Sept. 22, 1986, and notes of Gorbachev conversation with assistants, Sept. 29, 1986, Gorbachev Foundation Archive via National Security Archive.

8.
   “Most likely nothing”: Chernyaev notes on Gorbachev’s instructions to the Reykjavik Preparation Group, Oct. 4, 1986, Gorbachev Foundation Archive via National Security Archive.

9.
   “The rightists are concerned”: Chernyaev notes from Politburo session, Oct. 8, 1986, Gorbachev Foundation Archive via National Security Archive.

10.
   “I was nervous”: Nancy Reagan,
My Turn
, 338–40, 344.

11.
   “As usual, Mrs. Reagan”: Regan,
For the Record
, 335.

12.
   “After extensive consultations”: Ibid., 383–84.

1.
   “The Russians are gaining sympathy”:
New York Times
, Oct. 10, 1986.

2.
   “We do not confirm or deny”:
Washington Post
, Oct. 5, 1986.

3.
   “I would like”: Memorandum of conversation at first Reagan-Gorbachev meeting, Oct. 11, 1986, Reagan Library; transcript of Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Reykjavík, morning of Oct. 11, 1986, Gorbachev Foundation Archive via Foreign Broadcast Information Service FBIS-USR-93-061, May 17, 1993, 1–5.

4.
   “Whoops, I thought”: Matlock,
Reagan and Gorbachev
, 220.

5.
   “You and I cannot allow”: Memorandum of conversation at first Reagan-Gorbachev meeting, Oct. 11, 1986; transcript of Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Reykjavík, morning of Oct. 11, 1986, 1–5.

6.
   “We are agreeing to a great concession”: Memorandum of conversation at first Reagan-Gorbachev meeting, Oct. 11, 1986; transcript of Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Reykjavík, morning of Oct. 11, 1986, 1–5.

7.
   “As I listened to you this morning”: Memo of conversation of Reagan-Gorbachev meeting, 3:30–5:40 p.m., Oct. 11, 1986, Reagan Library; transcript of Gorbachev-Reagan talks, afternoon of Oct. 11, 1986, Gorbachev Foundation Archive via Foreign Broadcast Information Service FBIS-USR-93-087, July 12, 1993, 1–6.

1.
   “Here we have differences”: Memo of conversation, Oct. 12, 1986, 10:00 a.m.–1:35 p.m., Reagan Library; transcript of Reagan-Gorbachev talks, part 3, morning of Oct. 12, 1986, Gorbachev Foundation Archive via Foreign Broadcast Information Service FBIS-USR-93-113, Aug. 30, 1993, 1–11.

1.
   “Our position offers”: Memo of conversation, Oct. 12, 1986, 3:25–4:30 and 5:30–6:50 p.m. (memo dated Oct. 16, 1986), Reagan Library; transcript of Gorbachev-Reagan talks, part 4, Oct. 12, 1986, Gorbachev Foundation Archive via Foreign Broadcast Information Service FBIS-USR-93-121, Sept. 20, 1993, 2–8.

1.
   “Oh, shit!”: Matlock,
Reagan and Gorbachev
, 233.

2.
   “We have kept you a long time”: Memo of conversation, Oct. 12, 1986, 3:25–4:30 and 5:30–6:50 p.m.; transcript of Gorbachev-Reagan talks, part 4, Oct. 12, 1986, 2–8.

3.
   “Am I wrong?”: Shultz,
Turmoil and Triumph
, 773.

1.
   “I was worried about his health”: Larry Speakes,
Speaking Out
(1988), 142.

2.
   “Reagan was somber”: Regan,
For the Record
, 392.6

3.
   “There is going to be
no
statement!”: Speakes,
Speaking Out
, 142–43.

4.
   “Buck up, Mr. President”: Regan,
For the Record
, 392–94.

5.
   “Mr. Gorbachev, leaning forward”:
New York Times
, Oct. 13, 1986.

6.
   “only a madman”: Ibid.

7.
   “For much of the way”: Regan,
For the Record
, 392–94.

8.
   “Thank you all”: Reagan remarks at Keflavík, Oct. 12, 1986.

9.
   “Gorbachev took a very high-stakes”: Gates,
From the Shadows
, 407.

10.
   “I felt crushed”: Matlock,
Reagan and Gorbachev
, 237–38.

11.
   “Given the present state”:
Washington Post
, Oct. 14, 1986.

12.
   “History will show”: Shultz to Jacalyn Stein, Oct. 13, 1986, George Shultz Papers, Reagan Library.

13.
   “Without SDI”: Shultz,
Turmoil and Triumph
, 775.

14.
   “We had to wage a struggle”: Working notes of session of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Oct. 14, 1986, Volkogonov Collection via National Security Archive, Library of Congress.

1.
   “As long as Iran”:
New York Times
, Nov. 5, 1986.

2.
   “Usual meetings”: Diary entry for Nov. 7, 1986.

3.
   “Mr. President”: Reagan remarks and informal exchange with reporters, Nov. 7, 1986.

4.
   “My God, Mr. President”: Regan,
For the Record
, 29.

5.
   “It was an emotional”: Diary entry for Nov. 7, 1986.

6.
   “Don, you heard”: Regan,
For the Record
, 30.

7.
   “The Saturday night”: Diary entry for Nov. 8–9, 1986.

8.
   “He’s not going to talk”: Regan,
For the Record
, 30.

9.
   “Subject: the press storm”: Diary entry for Nov. 10, 1986.

10.
   “Some of those men”: Regan,
For the Record
, 34.