From the Reagan Diaries:
Friday, September 4 [1981]
…Not a big day. Met with Al Haig — the world is still exploding. The French Ambass. to Beirut was gunned down by terrorists doing the Syrians’ work.
Met with Jim Watt. He’s taking a lot of abuse from environmental extremists but he’s absolutely right. People are ecology too and they can’t forage for food and live in caves.
Saw a film on Begin, a kind of character study. He’ll be here Wed.
Had a pleasant evening with a stack of horse and western magazines.
–Ronald Reagan