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NATION, Page 24Grapevine
DON'T HANG UP (CHAPTER 1). George Bush is not the first
leader of the free world to accept a crank call from a hoaxer.
As President, Ronald Reagan often shot the breeze with whoever
happened to dial his number. Once a man identifying himself as
Bill Smith called the White House and asked to speak with the
President. Mistaking the caller for Attorney General William
French Smith, White House operators patched him through to Camp
David. For the next 30 minutes, Reagan listened to Bill Smith
from Pennsylvania rattle on about his mortgage payments and his
family problems.