Part 2: Meet the Press; Afterthoughts Summary and Analysis

Meet the Press

The report is presented to President Reagan in a formal ceremony in the Rose Garden in June. The report will not be released until the next Monday so the President has time to absorb it. The press is asking questions but Richard refuses to talk to them until after the report is issued on a broad basis. Richard is lined up to appear on the MacNeil/Lehrer Report on Monday evening. He plans to have his own press conference at Cal Tech on Tuesday where he will release copies of his report that will appear as an appendix in a report to be released several months later. Richard gives a copy of his report to members of the MacNeil/Lehrer staff. He realizes that releasing an early copy was a...