Deavers Off Nancy’s Guest List

Nancy Reagan said today she feels “very badly” about the perjury conviction of close friend Michael K. Deaver and understands she cannot have any social contact with him while his case is appealed.

In an interview with United Press International, the First Lady made it clear that she and President Reagan could not extend the traditional invitation for Christmas dinner this year to Deaver and his family because of his legal problems. Asked whether she thought Deaver should get a presidential pardon, she said, “I don’t think that’s anything for me to get into, obviously.”