The Presidency: Searching for a Pen Pal

The idea is that Ronald Reagan leans back in his leather barrel chair, takes out his felt-tipped pen, looks out over the Rose Garden and writes a note to the other member of the superpower club, Konstantin Chernenko.

About that time Secretary of State George Shultz drops by for a private gab with the boss, who shows him the letter. George likes it and says the President ought to send it. So Ron gets it typed up on the azure linen stationery, embossed with the Presidential Seal, that Presidents have used for more than 100 years.

The idea is that...

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