Blast from the past: New Reagan recordings released
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Historian William Doyle first requested the recordings in 1996
The recordings involve former President Ronald Reagan talking with world leaders
Doyle's findings were published in the New York Post on Saturday
Washington (CNN) -- High-profile diplomatic incidents involving President Ronald Reagan and top world leaders were publicized for the first time Saturday after historian William Doyle got the White House to release the tapes.
From discussing troop withdrawals with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to discussing tense hostage negotiations with Pakistani President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Reagan recorded dozens of calls he made from the White House Situation Room. The audio recordings were first published in the New York Post in a story Saturday.
The recordings became public after Doyle said he asked for them via a Freedom of Information Act request -- in 1996.
One recording with Begin during the 1982 Lebanon War reveals that Reagan asked the Israeli Prime Minister to delay the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon until Lebanese government forces arrived.
"It's a call that I have resisted making and did not want to make and I know what has been taking place there," Reagan tells Begin in 1983. "And so, here I am now asking you the one thing you told me not to ask you and that is, could you delay a few more days in that withdrawal until the Lebanese army can free itself from Beirut?"
Begin faced heavy political pressure during the Lebanese conflict and would resign just months after his call with Reagan.
In a conversation with Pakistan's Zia-ul-Haq, Reagan discusses the sensitive nature of hostage negotiations after a Trans World Airlines flight from Cairo was hijacked by radical Islamists.
One recording also reveals that Reagan made Syrian President Hafez el-Assad, the father of President Bashar el-Assad, wait for more than 13 minutes while he returned from horseback riding on his ranch in California.
The recordings Doyle shared with the Post also included a conversation with then-British Prime Minister and conservative ally Margaret Thatcher, when Reagan apparently apologized for sending Navy SEALs into Grenada without giving Thatcher a heads up, the Post reported.
By Jeremy Diamond, CNN
November 10, 2014 -- Updated 2021 GMT (0421 HKT)
ＡＰＥＣ首脳会議 地域経済統合の進展議論へ11月11日 4時11分 中国で開幕したＡＰＥＣ＝アジア太平洋経済協力会議の首脳会議は、２日目の１１日、「地域経済統合の進展」などをテーマに本格的な議論が行われ、午後には議長を務める中国の習近平国家主席が、議論の成果を盛り込んだ首脳宣言などを発表することにしています。
２１の国と地域の首脳らが出席するＡＰＥＣ＝アジア太平洋経済協力会議の首脳会議は、１０日夜、中国の北京で開幕し、安倍総理大臣は、各国の首脳らとともに、中国の習近平国家主席夫妻の出迎えを受けたあと、夕食会や文化行事に出席しました。
２日目の１１日は「地域経済統合の進展」などをテーマに本格的な議論が行われることになっています。
このなかで、安倍総理大臣はアジア太平洋地域の成長を日本に取り込むためにも、多国間の自由貿易体制を支持する考えを表明し、ＴＰＰ＝環太平洋パートナーシップ協定などを積極的に推進しつつ、最終的にはＦＴＡＡＰ＝アジア太平洋自由貿易圏の構築に向けた取り組みを進める必要があるという考えを示すことにしています。
また、安倍総理大臣は、日本の成長戦略に盛り込んでいる「女性の活躍促進」をＡＰＥＣの域内に広げ、地域の経済成長に貢献する考えもアピールすることにしています。
そして、首脳会議では、午後には議論の成果を盛り込んだ首脳宣言と、ＡＰＥＣ創設２５周年の記念文書が採択され、議長を務める習主席が宣言を発表し、一連の日程を終えることにしています。
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