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administrative marker by the George Bush Presidential
Library Staff.
Record Group/Collection:
George H.W. Bush Presidential Records
Collection/Office of Origin:
Appointments and Scheduling, White House Office of
Series:
Presidential Daily Diary/Backup
Subseries:
OA/ID Number:
12846
Folder ID Number:
12846-022
Folder Title:
[Presidential Daily Backup] 1/9/1991
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Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Doc. No. / Type
Subject/Title
Date
Restriction
Classification
01. Memorandum
Telephone Memorandum Re: President Bush [personal privacy
1/9/91
(b)(6)
information redacted] (2 pp.)
02. Memorandum
Telephone Memorandum Re: Signal Switchboard [personal
1/9/91
(b)(6)
privacy information redacted] (2 pp.)
03. List
[1990 Senior Executive Service (SES) Presidential Distinguished
n.d.
(b)(3), (b)(7)(c),
Rank Awards], p. 3 [statutory and security redactions] (1 pp.)
(b)(7)(e), (b)(7)(f)
04. Schedule
From J. Bonnie Newman Re: Photo Opportunity (1 pp.)
1/7/91
(b)(7)(c),
Memo
(b)(7)(e), (b)(7)(f)
05. Schedule
From J. Bonnie Newman Re: Photo Opportunity (1 pp.)
1/7/91
(b)(7)(c),
Memo
(b)(7)(e), (b)(7)(f)
06. Schedule
From J. Bonnie Newman Re: Photo Opportunity (1 pp.)
1/7/91
(b)(7)(c),
Memo
(b)(7)(e), (b)(7)(f)
07. Schedule
From J. Bonnie Newman Re: Photo Opportunity (1 pp.)
1/7/91
(b)(7)(c),
Memo
(b)(7)(e), (b)(7)(f)
08. Schedule
Schedule of the President, p. 2 [statutory and security redactions]
1/9/91
(b)(3), (b)(7)(c),
(1 pp.)
(b)(7)(e), (b)(7)(f)
Page 1 of 1
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Appointments and Scheduling, White House Office of
Series:
Presidential Daily Diary/Backup
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
[Presidential Daily Backup] 1/9/1991
Pinksheet Number:
BAH2233
OA/ID Number:
12846-022
Date Closed:
12/3/2024
FOIA/Sys Case #:
2002-1005-S
Re-review Case #:
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Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
01. Memorandum
Telephone Memorandum Re: President Bush [personal
1/9/91
(b)(6)
privacy information redacted] (2 pp.)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Appointments and Scheduling, White House Office of
Series:
Presidential Daily Diary/Backup
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
[Presidential Daily Backup] 1/9/1991
Date Closed:
12/3/2024
OA/ID Number:
12846-022
FOIA/SYS Case #:
2002-1005-S
Appeal Case #:
Re-review Case #:
Appeal Disposition:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Disposition Date:
AR Case #:
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AR Disposition:
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RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
PRESIDENT BUSH
JANUARY 9 th
. 19 91
TIME
NAME
ACTION
PLACED
DISC
OUT
XAM
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
RESIDENCE STAIRCASE
XXX
7:10 PM
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
PRESUS CA.
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
XXM
MR. GARY J. WALTERS
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
WHITE HOUSE ADMIN. EXT. 780
INC
7:12 PM
7:13
TLKD-OK
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AJM
MS. FLORENCE E. GANTT
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
WHITE HOUSE ADMIN. EXT. 653
INC
7:14 PM
7:14
TLKD-OK
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
SENATOR JOHN B. BREAUX
RES: FALLS CHURCH, VA.
INC
7:27 PM
7:29
(b)(6)
TLKD-OK
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
GOVERNOR JOHN H. SUNUNU
OUT LOCALLY - WCB
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TOMORROW - TOLD PRESUS
7:34 PM
CAR PHONE
INC
11:15 P.M.
OUT
AM
202-395-1801
INC
PM
GPO : 1983 o - 405-660 : QL 2
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
PRESIDENT BUSH
JANUARY 9th
. 19 91
TIME
NAME
ACTION
PLACED
DISC
OUT
7:29 AM
7:45
SECRETARY JAMES A. BAKER III
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
INC
RM
011-41-22-733-1118
TLKD-OK
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
7:53 AM
8:05
CONGRESSMAN G.V. MONTGOMERY
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
INCX
PM
202-225-5031
TLKD-OK 7:55 A.M.
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
9:46 AM
9:49
SENATOR JOHN H. CHAFEE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
INC
PM
202-576-3925
TLKD-OK
OUT
AM
INC
PM
HILLIARD
OUT
AM
10:25
10:47
MR. TOBY HILLARD-
RES: HEALDSBURG, CA.
NNF
XRM
(b)(6)
TLKD-OK 10:44 A.M.
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
SECRETARY JAMES A. BAKER III
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
XNE
1:05 PM
1:17
011-41-22-733-1525
TLKD-OK 1:07 P.M.
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
XAM
SPEAKER THOMAS S. FOLEY
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
2:18 PM
2:21
202-225-5604
NNC
TLKD-OK 2:20 P.M.
GPO : 1983 0 - 405-660 : QL 2
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
PRESIDENT BUSH
JANUARY 9 th
, 19 91
TIME
NAME
ACTION
PLACED
DISC
OUT
XM
SENATOR GEORGE J. MITCHELL
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
INC
2:18 PM
2:28
202-224-5556
TLKD-OK 2:27 P.M.
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
XM
SENATOR ROBERT J. DOLE
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
INCX
2:18 PM
2:27
WHITE HOUSE ADMIN. EXT. 806
TLKD- OK 2:24 P.M.
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
SECRETARY GENERAL
JUAVIER PEREZ DE CUELLAR
INC
2:30 PM
2:36
NEW YORK, N.Y.
TLKD-OK 2:34 P.M.
OUT
AM
212-963-5012
INC
PM
OUT
AM
AMBASSADOR ROBERT S, STRAUSS
MRS. PATRICIA A.
RES: WASHINGTON, D.C.
PRESOCK SPOKE WITH
INC
5:38 PM
202-965-9475
MRS. ROBERT S. STRAUSS
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
XAM
GOVERNOR JOHN H. SUNUNU
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
INC
6:39 PM
6:58
WHITE HOUSE ADMIN. EXT. 686
TLKD-OK
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
MRS. FLORENCE E. GANTT
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
MMC
7:00 PM
7:02
WHITE HOUSE ADMIN. EXT. 653
TLKD-OK
GPO : 1983 o - 405-660 : QL 2
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
02. Memorandum
Telephone Memorandum Re: Signal Switchboard [personal
1/9/91
(b)(6)
privacy information redacted] (2 pp.)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Appointments and Scheduling, White House Office of
Series:
Presidential Daily Diary/Backup
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
[Presidential Daily Backup] 1/9/1991
Date Closed:
12/3/2024
OA/ID Number:
12846-022
FOIA/SYS Case #:
2002-1005-S
Appeal Case #:
Re-review Case #:
Appeal Disposition:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Disposition Date:
AR Case #:
MR Case #:
AR Disposition:
MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
SIGNAL SWITCHBOARD
January 9 . 1991
TIME
NAME
ACTION
PLACED
DISC
aux
11:53 AM
Conference Call:
Tlkd-ok
President Francois Mitterrand
12:02 PM
Office, Paris, France
INC
PM
12:06
292-8100
OUT
AM
Mr. Adrian A. Basora
Office, Washington, D.C.
PM
395-5076
INC
OUT
AM
Ms. Mary C. Wolter
Office, Washington, D.C.
INC
PM
647-3492
OUT
AM
Conference Call:
Tlkd-ok
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
3:01 PM
Office, Ottawa, Canada
HVCX
2:54 PM
3:07
992-4211
OUT
AM
Mr. Adrian A. Basora
Office, Washington, D.C.
INC
PM
395-5076
OUT
AM
Conference Call:
Tlkd-ok
King Fahd
3:14 PM
Residence, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
HYA
3:08 PM
3:29
367-297
OUT
AM
Dr. Richard N. Haass
White House Situation Room
INC
PM
White House Signal 2-2262
OUT
AM
Ms. Shuckran A. Kamal
Residence, Reston, Virginia
INC
PM
(b)(6)
OUT
AM
Conference Call:
Tlkd-ok
President Francois Mitterrand
3:36 PM
Office, Paris, France
MYX
3:30 PM
3:44
292-8100
OUT
AM
Ms. Eliza Burnham
White House Situation Room
INC
PM
White House Signal 2-2262
OUT
AM
Mr. Adrian A. Basora
Office, Washington, D.C.
INC
PM
395-5076
GPO : 1983 0 - 405-660 : QL 2
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
SIGNAL SWITCHBOARD
January 9 . 19 91
TIME
NAME
ACTION
PLACED
DISC
OUT
AM
Conference Call:
WCL
Chancellor Helmut Kohl
3:55 PM
Office, Bonn, Germany
Tlkd-ok
XNC
3:46 PM
5:35
228-561
5:23 PM
OUT
AM
Ms. Erika Konuk
Residence, McLean, Virginia
INC
PM
(b)(6)
OUT
AM
Mr. Robert L. Hutchings
White House Situation Room
INC
5:36 PM
5:47
White House Signal 2-2262
OUT
AM
Conference Call:
Tlkd-ok
Prime Minister Robert Hawke
5:38 PM
Residence, Canberra, Australia
INC
PM
922-6755
OUT
AM
Mr. Robert L. Hutchings
White House Situation Room
INC
PM
White House Signal 2-2262
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
GPO : 1983 0 - 405-660 : QL 2
PRESIDENTIAL MOVEMENTS
LOCATION Washington, D.C.
DATE 9 January 1991
TIME
MOVEMENTS
0654
South Grounds
32514
0655
Oval Office
32521
0701
Doctor's Office
32528
0722
Oval Office
32522
1003
Room 450, Old Executive Office Building
1020
Oval Office
32523
1301
Cabinet Room
1313
Oval Office
32524
1319
Cabinet Room
1410
Oval Office
32525
1555
Press Lobby
1624
Oval Office
32526
1635
Cabinet Room
1711
Oval Office
32527
1837
Residence
1938
South Grounds
32515
1939
Depart South Grounds via Motorcade 32516 (LOW KEY)
1952
Arrive Peking Duck Resteraunt
(LOW KEY)
32517
2137
Depart Peking Duck Resteraunt via Motorcade
(LOW KEY)
2150
Arrive South Grounds
(LOW KEY)
2154
Residence
32518
2255
South Grounds
32519
2303
Residence
30520
WHCA FORM 15, OCTOBER 15, 1980
Wednesday
January 9, 1991
PHONE CALL FOR THE PRESIDENT
TO CHARLIE BARTLETT
8:06 A.M. - 8:07 A.M.
talked (RE PRESIDENTIAL DELAGATION TO GUATAMALA)
PATTY PRESOCK
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 8, 1991
PRESENTATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DISTINGUISHED RANK AWARDS
DATE:
January 9, 1991
LOCATION:
Room 450 OEOB
TIME:
10:00 a.m.
FROM:
EDE HOLIDAY
IA
I. PURPOSE
To present the 1990 Senior Executive Service (SES)
Presidential Distinguished Rank Awards.
II. BACKGROUND
The Distinguished SES Award, which comes with a $20,000
bonus, is the highest award given to career SES employees
and is presented for exceptional achievements over extended
periods of service. Sixty-nine winners have been chosen
this year representing 31 different departments and
agencies, including each branch of the military.
III. PARTICIPANTS
The President
Director Newman
Invited guests, including Secretaries Yeutter, Mosbacher and
Derwinski, Acting Secretary Ted Sanders, other Senior
Administration officials, and the 69 Distinguished Award
Winners and their invited guests. (Winners list attached)
IV. PRESS PLAN
Open photo writing pool.
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
The President enters Room 450.
The President proceeds to the podium and delivers brief
remarks.
OPM Deputy Director Bill Phillips proceeds to the podium and
announces in turn each award winner.
2
As each award winner is announced, he or she approaches the
stage, is greeted by the President, and poses briefly for a
photo with the President and Director Newman.
The President departs Room 450.
VI. REMARKS
Talking points attached.
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ARMY (continued)
1.
Bradshaw Langmaid, Jr.
15. Jack E. Kiper
Joyce L. Kiper
16. Richard Vitali
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Anita E. Vitali
2.
John P. Kratzke
NAVY
Marcia S. Kratzke
17. Oliver R. Ashe
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Helen C. Ashe
3.
Daniel L. Albritton
18. Thomas G. Giallorenzi
Vivian L. Albritton
Margaret M. Giallorenzi
4.
Maureen R. Smith
19. Robert A. Hallex
Mary Ryan
Sylvia Hallex
5.
Franklin J. Vargo
20. Paul Alfred Harner
Regina Vargo
Lillian V. Harner
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (OSD)
21. Dorothy M. Meletzke
Jerry Walsh
6.
Glenn A. Rudd
Barbara Jean Rudd
22. James G. Renfro
Elizabeth C. Renfro
.
Eleanor R. Spector
Melvin Spector
23. William Joseph Schaefer, Jr.
Joy Schaefer
AIR FORCE
24. Gerald R. Schiefer
8.
Robert R. Barthelemy
Loretta Schiefer
Marge Barthelemy
25. Robert S. Winokur
9.
Darleen A. Druyun
Linda Winokur
William S. Druyun
DEFENSE AGENCIES
ARMY
26. Glenwood M. Stevener
Sally G. Stevener
10. Joseph P. Cribbins
Helen T. Cribbins
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
11.
Feliciano Giordano
Palmira Giordano
27. Alan L. Ginsburg
Rella Ginsburg
12. Milton H. Hamilton
Martha Hamilton
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
3. Henry B. Jones
Christopher J. Mentyka
28. Carl H. Schmitt
Priscilla Schmitt
14. Herbert H. Kennon
Judy Kennon
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
29. Eileen B. Claussen
43. Ernest J. Brown
Hillary Claussen
Michael L. Paup
30. Frank M. Covington
44. William C. Bryson
no guest
Julia P. Clark
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
45. James S. Reynolds
Patricia B. Reynolds
31. Robert E. Howard
Bulbul Howard
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
32. James C. Murr
Connie Murr
46. Alan C. McMillan
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
33. William C. Tidball
ADMINISTRATION
Ann G. Tidball
47. Arnold D. Aldrich
Eleanor J. Aldrich
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
48. Roy V. Harris, Jr.
Mary Sue Harris
34. Robert J. DiLuchio
Barbara W. DiLuchio
49. John M. Klineberg
Ann Marie Klineberg
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
50.
Richard H. Kohrs
Charlotte A. Kohrs
35. William H. Aspden, Jr.
Barbara Aspden
51. Joseph B. Mahon
Ellen R. Mahon
36. Igor B. Dawid
Charles D. Kupfer
52. Franklin D. Martin
no guest
37. Renato A. DiPentima
Patricia DiPentima
53. James R. Thompson, Jr.
Sherry K. Thompson
38. George R. Holland
Marge Holland
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
39. Carl Kupfer
54. Herbert W. R. Banks
Muriel Kaiser-Kupfer
Eleanor Banks
40. Clay E. Simpson, Jr.
Jessie Simpson
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
55. Joseph S. Patti
1. Robert F. Fagin
Joan Patti
Rachel S. Carlson
42. Charles E. Kay
Brenda B. Kay
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
03. List
[1990 Senior Executive Service (SES) Presidential
n.d.
(b)(3), (b)(7)(c),
Distinguished Rank Awards], p. 3 [statutory and security
(b)(7)(e), (b)(7)(f)
redactions] (1 pp.)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Appointments and Scheduling, White House Office of
Series:
Presidential Daily Diary/Backup
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
[Presidential Daily Backup] 1/9/1991
Date Closed:
12/3/2024
OA/ID Number:
12846-022
FOIA/SYS Case #:
2002-1005-S
Appeal Case #:
Re-review Case #:
Appeal Disposition:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Disposition Date:
AR Case #:
MR Case #:
AR Disposition:
MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile.
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL
US INFORMATION AGENCY
56. Erin McDonnell
65. Michael D. Schneider
Helena Mullen
Mical H. Schneider
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
57. Paul Gonson
66. Donald B. Thompson
Joan MacKenzie
Marie A. Thompson
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
58. Ronald J. Bettauer
(b)(3)
Raija H. Bettauer
59. Michael G. Kozak
Eileen L. Kozak
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS
(b)(7)(c), (b)(7)(e), (b)(7)(f)
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
60. Richard R. John
Suzanne H. John
61. Robert E. Whittington
Virginia Whittington
DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY
62. R. Richard Newcomb
Katherine Newcomb
63. Charles F. Rinkevich
Sarah Rinkevich
64. Raymond A. Shaddick
Doris Newcomb
TALKING POINTS -- SES RANK AWARDS \ OEOB 450
JANUARY 9, 1991 \ 10:00 A.M.
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THANK YOU AND WELCOME. WHAT A PLEASURE IT IS TO BE
HERE TODAY WITH SUCH A DISTINGUISHED GROUP OF
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
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I'M DELIGHTED THAT WE COULD BE JOINED TODAY BY
SECRETARIES DERWINKSKI, MOSBACHER AND YEUTTER.
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AND I ALSO SEE ACTING SECRETARY TED SANDERS FROM
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; BILL SESSIONS OF THE
FBI; ADMIRAL TRULY OF NASA; A NUMBER OF OTHER
SENIOR OFFICIALS; AND, OF COURSE, CONNIE NEWMAN OF
OPM.
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BUT WE ARE HERE TODAY TO CONGRATULATE SOME PEOPLE
WHOSE NAMES MAY NOT BE AS WELL KNOWN, BUT WHOSE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE RECOGNIZED BY EVERYONE WHO HAS
HAD THE PRIVILEGE To WORK ALONGSIDE THEM. ON
BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION I'D LIKE TO
WELCOME AND CONGRATULATE THE 69 MEN AND WOMEN WHO
HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THIS YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL
DISTINGUISHED RANK AWARD.
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As YOU KNOW, THIS AWARD IS THE HIGHEST HONOR GIVEN
To CAREER MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE.
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THIS YEAR'S HONOREES ARE AN IMPRESSIVE BUNCH,
INDEED.
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You COME FROM ACROSS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
REPRESENTING VIRTUALLY EVERY PART OF THE EXECUTIVE
BRANCH - -- FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO THE
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD.
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BUT WHAT ALL OF YOU HAVE IN COMMON IS OUTSTANDING
ABILITY AND AN UNSURPASSED DEVOTION TO GOVERNMENT
SERVICE.
o THE DEDICATION, EXPERTISE AND ZEAL THAT YOU HAVE
BROUGHT TO YOUR WORK HAVE MADE YOU INVALUABLE
ASSETS TO YOUR AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS -- AND TO
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS A WHOLE.
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BUT YOU HAVE ALSO ACHIEVED SOMETHING ELSE: YOU
HAVE ENHANCED THE DIGNITY AND THE STATURE OF PUBLIC
LIFE. THAT IS AN ACHIEVEMENT FOR WHICH YOU HAVE
EVERY REASON TO BE PROUD.
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IT IS OFTEN THOUGHT THAT A CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE
IS A THANKLESS ONE. AND IT'S TRUE THAT THE PEOPLE
WHO PUT IN THE LONG HOURS AND KEEP THE GOVERNMENT
MOVING RARELY MAKE THE FRONT PAGE OR THE SUNDAY
TALK SHOWS.
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BUT AS SOMEONE WHO DEVOTED MUCH OF HIS LIFE TO
GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE, I KNOW THAT GOOD
GOVERNMENT CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT SERIOUS, COMMITTED,
AND HARDWORKING INDIVIDUALS WILLING To DEVOTE THEIR
CAREER TO PUBLIC SERVICE. YOUR INTEGRITY AND
PROFESSIONALISM HAVE HELPED MAKE OUR FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT A MODEL FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD.
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THAT IS WHY I'M so PLEASED THAT WE CAN TAKE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS AND
HONOR EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR SUCH DISTINGUISHED
SERVICE TO THE NATION.
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So ON BEHALF OF YOUR COLLEAGUES IN THE FEDERAL
SERVICE AND ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE YOU
SERVE so WELL, LET ME SAY THANKS FOR A JOB WELL
DONE.
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AND NOW I'LL ASK DIRECTOR NEWMAN AND DEPUTY
DIRECTOR BILL PHILLIPS TO INTRODUCE AND GREET THIS
YEAR'S WINNERS AND HELP PRESENT THE AWARDS.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
January 9, 1991
OFFICE
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
IN PRESENTATION OF 1990 SES PRESIDENTIAL RANK AWARDS
Room 450
Old Executive Office Building
10:05 A.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all and welcome. And I am
delighted to be here with such a distinguished group of government
officials; and, of course, delighted to see Secretary Derwinski and
Secretary Mosbacher here. Secretary Yeutter will probably be along,
but he was to be here to salute you as well. Also the Acting
Secretary Ted Sanders from the Department of Education. Bill
Sessions is here; Bruce Gelb; Dick Truly is supposed to be -- I'm
getting in trouble here. (Laughter.) And I'll stop there. Many
senior officials, and, of course, the one we all know and for whom I
have great respect, Connie Newman of OPM.
But we're here today to congratulate some people whose
names may not be as well-known as some that I've mentioned here, but
whose accomplishments are recognized by everyone who's had the
privilege to work alongside of them. And on behalf of our
administration, I would like to welcome and congratulate the 69 men
and women who have been selected for this year's Presidential
Distinguished Rank Award.
As you know, this award is the highest honor given to
career members of the Senior Executive Service. And this year's
honorees are an impressive bunch, indeed. You come from across the
federal government, representing virtually every part of the
Executive Branch, from the Department of Defense to the National
Transportation Safety Board.
But what all of you have in common is outstanding ability
and unsurpassed devotion and dedication to governmnent service. The
dedication, expertise and zeal that you have brought to your work
have made you invaluable assets to your agencies and departments and
to the federal government as a whole. You've also achieved something
else. You've enhanced the dignity and the stature of public life, of
public service. And that is an achievement for which you have every
reason to be proud.
It's often thought that a career in public service is a
thankless one. And it's true that the people who put in the long
hours and keep the government moving rarely make the front page or
the Sunday talk shows. At last point that may be a blessing for all
of you. (Laughter.) But as someone who has devoted a fair amount of
my own life to parts of government and public service, I know that
good government simply cannot exist without serious, committed, and
hard-working individuals willing to devote their career to public
service. Your integrity and professionalism have helped make our
federal government a model for the rest of the world. And that's why
I am so pleased that we can take the opportunity to recognize your
achievements and honor every one of you for such distinguished
service to the nation.
So on behalf of your colleagues in the federal service,
and on behalf of the American people that you serve so well, let me
say thanks for a job well done. And now I believe we can get on with
the business at hand, Connie. But I really congratulate you all from
the bottom of a very, very grateful heart. Thank you so much.
(Applause.)
END
10:09 A.M. EST
THE BRIEFING PAPER FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE
1990 SES PRESIDENTIAL RANK AWARDS WILL BE
FORWARDED IN THE MORNING.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
DEPARTURE PHOTO FOR THOMAS NEEDLES
DATE:
January 9, 1991
LOCATION: Oval Office
TIME:
11:30 a.m. (5 minutes)
FROM:
Chase Untermeyer
100/85m
I.
PURPOSE
Departure photo for Thomas (Tom) Needles, Special
Assistant to the President and Associate Director of
Presidential Personnel.
II.
BACKGROUND
Mr. Needles currently serves as Associate Director of
Presidential Personnel in charge of the Treasury, HUD
and Justice portfolios. He formerly worked as a Press
Aide on the George Bush for President campaign. A
longtime political ally of Governor Voinovich, he will
become director of the State of Ohio's Washington, DC
office.
III.
PARTICIPANTS
The President
Thomas Needles, Special Assistant to the President and
Associate Director for Presidential Personnel
Chase Untermeyer, Assistant to the President for
Presidential Personnel
IV.
PRESS PLAN
White House photographer only.
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
Mr. Needles will be escorted to the Oval Office for a
five minute photo opportunity with you.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
PHOTO-OP WITH CHARLES DEWITT
DATE:
January 9, 1991
LOCATION:
Oval Office
TIME:
11:30 a.m.
FROM:
EDE HOLIDAY MA
I.
PURPOSE
To pose for a departure photo with Charles (Chuck) DeWitt.
II. BACKGROUND
Chuck DeWitt has served as Director of the National
Institute of Justice since September 1990. From 1989 to
June 1990, DeWitt worked at the White House -- first for
Richard Breeden and later for the Domestic Policy Council to
implement the Task Force on Border Security, which you
headed as Vice President. In 1988, he served on the Bush
campaign in a full-time position working on crime issues.
III. PARTICIPANTS
The President, Chuck DeWitt, Bonnie DeWitt (wife) and
Michael Jackson. HOLLY WILLIAMSON
IV. PRESS PLAN
White House photographer
V. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
-- The DeWitts are escorted in the Oval Office.
-- Photographs are taken and the DeWitts depart the Oval
Office.
VI. REMARKS
None.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
32457
MEETING WITH BIPARTISAN GROUP OF HOUSE MEMBERS
DATE:
January 9, 1991
LOCATION:
Cabinet Room
TIME:
1:00 p.m. (45 minutes)
FROM:
Frederick D. McClure 7m
I.
PURPOSE
To meet with House members who are potential supporters of
a Congressional Resolution that authorizes the use of all
necessary means to implement UN Resolution Security
Council Resolution 678.
II.
BACKGROUND
The House Foreign Affairs Committee will consider several
Resolutions concerning the Persian Gulf at a 3:00 p.m.
markup today. The full House will begin debate on the
issue tomorrow. This meeting provides you with an
opportunity to listen to the views of these influential
and supportive Members and to strongly communicate your
preference for a Congressional Resolution that supports
the use of all necessary means to implement UN Resolution
678.
This is a bipartisan group made up largely of members of
the Foreign Affairs and Armed Services Committees. All
members of the group have expressed general support for
your policy in the Gulf. You should ask for their help to
pass the kind of resolution the Administration supports
and defeat any other attempts to place conditions on your
ability to implement the UN Resolution after the January
15 deadline.
III. PARTICIPANTS
See Attachment A.
IV.
PRESS PLAN
White House Press Pool.
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V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
Members will be met in the West Lobby and escorted to the
Cabinet Room for their meeting with you.
Attachment A: Participants List
Attachment B: Talking Points
Attachment A
Participants List
The President
The Vice President
Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense
Lawrence Eagleburger, Deputy Secretary of State
Dick Darman, Director, Office of Management and Budget
Congressional Participation - House
Congressman Robert Michel (R-IL), Republican Leader
Congressman Dante Fascell (D-FL), Chairman, Committee on Foreign
Affairs Committee
Congressman Bill Broomfield (R-MI), Ranking Republican, Committee
on Foreign Affairs Committee
Congressman Les Aspin (D-WI), Chairman, Committee on Armed
Services
Congressman Bill Dickinson (R-AL), Ranking Republican, Committee
on Armed Services
Congressman Henry Hyde (R-IL), Ranking Republican, Select
Committee on Intelligence
Congressman Ben Gilman (R-NY)
Congressman Robert Lagomarsino (R-CA)
Congressman Jim Leach (R-IA)
Congressman Mel Levine (D-CA)
Congressman Dave McCurdy (D-OK)
Congressman Sonny Montgomery (D-MS)
Congressman John Murtha (D-PA)
Congressman Ike Skelton (D-MO)
Congresswoman Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Congressman Steven Solarz (D-NY)
Congressman Robert Torricelli (D-NY)
White House Staff
John Sununu, Chief of Staff
Brent Scowcroft, Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs
Andy Card, Assistant to the President and Deputy to the Chief
of Staff
Marlin Fitzwater, Assistant to the President and Press Secretary
Robert Gates, Assistant to the President and Deputy for National
Security Affairs
C. Boyden Gray, Counsel to the President
Frederick D. McClure, Assistant to the President for Legislative
Affairs
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Nick Calio, Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative
Affairs (House)
Rob Portman, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director for
Legislative Affairs
Virginia Lampley, Special Assistant to the President and Senior
Director for Legislative Affairs, National Security Council
Richard Haass, Special Assistant to the President and Senior
Director for Near East and South Asia Affairs, National
Security Council
Frances Norris, Special Assistant to the President for
Legislative Affairs (House)
Others
Bill Kristol, Chief of Staff to the Vice President
Janet Mullins, Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative
Affairs
Dave Gribbin, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative
Affairs
Bill Gribbin, Assistant to the Vice President for Legislative
Affairs
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 9, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR ELLEN W. MCCATHRAN
FROM:
Frederick D. McClure
The
SUBJECT:
Attendance at Cabinet Room Meeting
The following were in attendance in the Cabinet Room on
January 9, 1991, at 1:00 p.m. for a meeting with selected Members
of the House of Representatives with the President on the Persian
Gulf UN Resolution:
The President
The Vice President
Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense
Lawrence Eagleburger, Deputy Secretary of State
Dick Darman, Director, Office of Management and Budget
Congressional Participation - House
Congressman Robert Michel (R-IL), Republican Leader
Congressman Dante Fascell (D-FL), Chairman, Committee on Foreign
Affairs Committee
Congressman Bill Broomfield (R-MI), Ranking Republican, Committee
on Foreign Affairs Committee
Congressman Les Aspin (D-WI), Chairman, Committee on Armed
Services
Congressman Bill Dickinson (R-AL), Ranking Republican, Committee
on Armed Services
Congressman Ben Gilman (R-NY)
Congressman Robert Lagomarsino (R-CA)
Congressman Jim Leach (R-IA)
Congressman Mel Levine (D-CA)
Congressman Dave McCurdy (D-OK)
Congressman Sonny Montgomery (D-MS)
Congressman John Murtha (D-PA)
Congressman Ike Skelton (D-MO)
Congresswoman Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Congressman Steven Solarz (D-NY)
Congressman Robert Torricelli (D-NY)
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White House Staff
John Sununu, Chief of Staff
Brent Scowcroft, Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs
Andy Card, Assistant to the President and Deputy to the Chief
of Staff
David Demarest, Assistant to the President for Communications
Marlin Fitzwater, Assistant to the President and Press Secretary
Robert Gates, Assistant to the President and Deputy for National
Security Affairs
C. Boyden Gray, Counsel to the President
Frederick D. McClure, Assistant to the President for Legislative
Affairs
Nick Calio, Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative
Affairs (House)
Rob Portman, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director for
Legislative Affairs
Virginia Lampley, Special Assistant to the President and Senior
Director for Legislative Affairs, National Security Council
Richard Haass, Special Assistant to the President and Senior
Director for Near East and South Asia Affairs, National
Security Council
Frances Norris, Special Assistant to the President for
Legislative Affairs (House)
Others
Bill Kristol, Chief of Staff to the Vice President
Michael Luttig, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal
Counsel
Janet Mullins, Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative
Affairs
Dave Gribbin, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative
Affairs
Bill Gribbin, Assistant to the Vice President for Legislative
Affairs
Bipartisan Congressional Meeting with House Members
BGribbin
Lampley
D.Gribbin
Kristol
Gates
Mullins
Haass
Darman
Hyde
Vice
Eagle-
(late)
Sununu
Cheney
President
Scowcroft
burger
Card
Ike
Dave
Skelton
McCurdy
Mel
Levine
Snowe
Leach
Murtha
Cabinet Table
Bob
Lago-
Torricelli
marsino
Gilman
Montgomer
Fitzwater
Steve
Broom-
Solarz
field
Fascell
President
Michel
Aspin
Dickinson
Gray
Demarest
McClure
Portman
Calio
Norris
Opening Statement
I have spoken with Secretary of State Jim
Baker, who reported to me on his nearly
seven hours of conversation with Iraqi
Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz. Secretary
Baker made it clear that he discerned no
evidence whatsoever that Iraq was willing
to comply with the international
community's demand to withdraw from Kuwait
and comply with the United Nations
Resolutions.
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Secretary Baker also reported to me that
the Iraqi Foreign Minister rejected my
letter to Saddam Hussein. So too did
Iraq's Ambassador in Washington. This is
but one more example that the Iraqi
government is not interested in direct
communications designed to settle the
Persian Gulf situation through diplomacy.
The record shows that whether the diplomacy
is initiated by the United States, the
United Nations, the Arab League, or the
European Community--the results are
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unfortunately the same. The conclusion is
clear: Saddam Hussein continues to reject
a diplomatic solution.
I sent Secretary Baker to Geneva not to
negotiate, but to communicate. I wanted
Iraq's leaders to understand just how
determined we are that Iraqi forces leave
Kuwait without condition or further delay.
Secretary Baker made clear that by its full
compliance with the twelve relevant UN
Security Council resolutions Iraq would
gain the opportunity to rejoin the
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international community. Also made clear
was just how much Iraq stands to lose if it
does not comply.
Let me emphasize that I have not given up
on a peaceful outcome. It is not too late.
But now, as before, the choice of peace or
war is Saddam's to make.
Now, more than ever, it is essential that
the Congress go on record supporting UN
Security Council Resolution 678. Everyone
should be able to stand with the entire
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international community. As I said
yesterday in my letters to the
congressional leadership, "Anything less
would only encourage Iraqi intransigence;
anything else would risk detracting from
the international coalition arrayed against
Iraq's aggression." It is vital that at
this critical time in our history that we
transcend partisan politics and centuries-
old differences in institutional
perspectives.
D
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 8, 1991
CABINET MEETING
DATE:
January 9, 1991
LOCATION:
Cabinet Room
TIME:
2:00 p.m.
FROM:
EDE HOLIDAY
JMA
I. PURPOSE
You will meet with your Cabinet to discuss the following
agenda items:
A.
Persian Gulf Update
- The President,
Deputy Secretary
Eagleburger and
Secretary Cheney
B.
Domestic Policy Agenda
- Governor Sununu
and State of the Union
II. PARTICIPANTS
See attached list.
III. PRESS PLAN
Brief photo opportunity at the beginning of the meeting.
IV. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
-- Greeting and photo opportunity.
-- Meeting.
V. REMARKS
To be provided Wednesday morning.
January 9, 1991
Cabinet Meeting
The President
The Vice President
Secretary Brady
Secretary Cheney
Attorney General Thornburgh
Secretary Lujan
Secretary Yeutter
Secretary Mosbacher
Acting Secretary Rod DeArment
Secretary Skinner
Secretary Watkins
Acting Secretary Ted Sanders
Secretary Derwinski
Director Darman
Ambassador Hills
Deputy Secretary Larry Eagleburger
(Representing Secretary Baker)
Deputy Secretary Al Dellibovi
(Representing Secretary Kemp)
Deputy Secretary Connie Horner
(Representing Secretary Sullivan)
Governor Sununu
Chairman Boskin
Director Bromley
Chairman Deland
Ambassador Pickering
General Powell
General Scowcroft
Acting Director John Walters
Director Webster
Andy Card
Dave Demarest
Marlin Fitzwater
Robert Gates
C. Boyden Gray
Ede Holiday
Fred McClure
Roger Porter
Stephen Danzansky
Ed Rogers
Bill Kristol
Michael Jackson
шя
Michael
Andy
Card
Jackson
DOOR
Chairman
Deland
Governor
Fred
Sununu
Boyden
McClure
Gray
Director
Darman
Secretary
Derwinski
Dave
Roger
Porter
Demarest
Secretary
Skinner
Al
DelliBovi
Ed
Ede:
Secretary
Holiday Mosbacher
Rogers
Secretary
Yeutter
General
Bob
Scowcroft
Secretary
The
Gates
Cheney
Secretary
Brady
Stephen
Cabinet
Danzansky
The
President
Bill
Kristol
General
The Vice
Powell
Eagleburger
Room
President
Larry
Attorney
Director
Webster
General
Thornburgh
Secretary
Lujan
Ambassador
Rod
Pickering
DeArment
Connie
Horner
Chairman
Secretary
Boskin
Ted
Watkins
Sanders
Director
Ambassador
Bromley
Hills
Acting Director
Walters
DOOR
Marlin Fitzwater
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 9, 1991
Cabinet Meeting
The President
The Vice President
Secretary Brady
Secretary Cheney
Attorney General Thornburgh
Secretary Lujan
Secretary Yeutter
Secretary Mosbacher
Acting Secretary DeArment
Secretary Skinner
Secretary Watkins
Acting Secretary Sanders
Secretary Derwinski
Director Darman
Ambassador Hills
Deputy Secretary Larry Eagleburger
(Representing Secretary Baker)
Deputy Secretary Al Dellibovi
(Representing Secretary Kemp)
Deputy Secretary Connie Horner
(Representing Secretary Sullivan)
Governor Sununu
Chairman Boskin
Director Bromley
Chairman Deland
General Powell
General Scowcroft
Acting Director Walters
Director Webster
Dave Demarest
Marlin Fitzwater
Robert Gates
C. Boyden Gray
Ede Holiday
Fred McClure
Bonnie Newman
Roger Porter
Stephen Danzansky
Ed Rogers
Bill Kristol
Richard Haas
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
January 9, 1990
RI
JAN
10
1990 PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE PRESIDENT
SCHEDULING
OFFICE
The Briefing Room
3:55 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: I have a brief opening statement and then
I will take a few questions.
I have spoken with Secretary of State Jim Baker, who
reported to me on his nearly seven hours of conversation with Iraqi
Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz. Secretary Baker made it clear that he
discerned no evidence whatsoever that Iraq was willing to comply with
the international community's demand to withdraw from Kuwait and
comply with the United Nations resolutions.
Secretary Baker also reported to me that the Iraqi
Foreign Minister rejected my letter to Saddam Hussein -- refused to
carry this letter and give it to the President of Iraq. The Iraqi
Ambassador here in Washington did the same thing. This is but one
more example that the Iraqi government is not interested in direct
communications designed to settle the Persian Gulf situation.
The record shows that whether the diplomacy is initiated
by the United States, the United Nations, the Arab League or the
European Community, the results are the same, unfortunately. The
conclusion is clear: Saddam Hussein continues to reject a diplomatic
solution.
I sent Secretary Jim Baker to Geneva not to negotiate,
but to communicate. And I wanted Iraqi leaders to know just how
determined we are that the Iraqi forces leave Kuwait without
condition or further delay. Secretary Baker made clear that by its
full compliance with the 12 relevant United Nations Security Council
resolutions, Iraq would gain the opportunity to rejoin the
international community. And he also made clear how much Iraq stands
to lose if it does not comply.
Let me emphasize that I have not given up on a peaceful
outcome -- it's not too late. I've just been on the phone,
subsequent to the Baker press conference, with King Fahd, with
President Mitterrand -- to whom I've talked twice today -- Prime
Minister Mulroney and others are contacting other coalition partners
to keep the matter under lively discussion. It isn't too late. But
now, as it's been before, the choice of peace or war is really Saddam
Hussein's to make.
And now I'd be glad to take a few questions.
of
Mr. President, you said in an interview last month
that you believe in your gut that Saddam Hussein would withdraw from
Kuwait by January 15th. After the failure of this meeting today,
what does your gut tell you about that? And in your gut, do you
believe that there's going to be war or peace?
THE PRESIDENT: I can't misrepresent this to the American
people. I am discouraged. I watched much of the Aziz press
conference, and there was no discussion of withdrawal from Kuwait.
The United Nations resolutions are about the aggression against
Kuwait. They're about the invasion of Kuwait, about the liquidation
of a lot of the people in Kuwait, about the restoration of the
legitimate government to Kuwait. And here we were listening to a
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45-minute press conference after the Secretary of State of the United
States had six hours worth of meetings over there, and there was not
one single sentence that has to relate to their willingness to get
out of Kuwait.
And so, Terry, I'd have to say I certainly am not
encouraged by that, but I'm not going to give up. And I told this to
our coalition partners -- and I'll be talking to more of them when I
finish here -- we've got to keep trying. But this was a total stiff
arm. This was a total rebuff.
Q
Let me follow up on that. Let me follow up. Have
you decided in your mind to go to war if he's not out of there by the
15th?
THE PRESIDENT: I have not made up my decision on what
and when to do. I am more determined than ever that the United
Nations resolutions including 678 is implemented fully.
Yes, Helen?
Q
Mr. President, Aziz made a pledge that he would not
make the first attack. Would you match that? And also, what's wrong
with a Middle East conference if it could avoid a bloody war?
THE PRESIDENT: No, I wouldn't make it. And we oppose
linkage. The coalition opposes linkage. And the argument with
Saddam Hussein is about Kuwait. It is about the invasion of Kuwait,
the liquidation of a member of the United Nations, a member of the
Arab League. And it has long been determined by not just the
Security Council, but by the entire United Nations that this is about
Kuwait. And that is the point that was missing from his explanations
here today. And so there will be no linkage on these items. And
that's been the firm position of all of the allies, those with forces
there, and, indeed, of the United Nations -- the General Assembly.
Q
So you feel free to attack?
THE PRESIDENT: -- so when he talked about his allies
there, I don't know who stood up at the General Assembly of the
United Nations and stood against the resolution that SO
overwhelmingly passed condemning Iraq. So there will be no linkage,
put it that way.
Q
Mr. President?
THE PRESIDENT: Yes, Brit.
Q
Tariq Aziz, on the subject of the letter, suggested
that it was rude in its use of language and somehow inappropriate to
a diplomatic communication. I wonder, sir, if you are willing to
release the letter, now that it has been -- it's run its course,
apparently? And if, whether you are or not, would you characterize
it for us and tell us what it said?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, let me first describe why I wanted
to send a letter. It has been alleged, fairly or unfairly, that
those around Saddam Hussein refuse to bring him bad news or refuse to
tell it to him straight. And so I made the determination that I
would write a letter that would explain as clearly and forcefully as
I could exactly what the situation is that he faces. The letter was
not rude. The letter was direct. And the letter did exactly what I
think is necessary at this stage.
But to refuse to even pass a letter along seems to me to
be just one more manifestation of the stonewalling that has taken
place. We gave him 15 dates for the Secretary of State to meet with
him. And he's off meeting with Mr. A and Mr. B and Mr. C and has no
time for that.
So the letter was proper -- I've been around the
diplomatic track for a long time -- the letter was proper, it was
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direct, and it was what I think would have been helpful to him to
show him the resolve of the rest of the world -- certainly of the
coalition.
In terms of releasing it, Brit, I haven't given much
thought to that. It was written as a letter to him. But let me
think about it. I might be willing to do it; I might not. I just
don't know. If I thought it would help get the message out to him in
an indirect way maybe it makes some sense, although we've been saying
essentially the same thing over and over again that was in the
letter.
Q
Well, Mr. President, was the refusal by the
Ambassador here to even accept the letter -- was that prior to or
simultaneous with the refusal of Tariq Aziz? I mean, is it your
impression --
THE PRESIDENT: I think it was after he had made that --
I think it was after the letter had been rejected at the table there
in Geneva. Just one more effort to try to get this direct
communication to him. I'm not sure on that, but I believe that's
correct.
Q
Mr. President, there are reports that you are
considering a call-up of up to a million reservists to reinforce the
forces that are serving in the Persian Gulf. What can you tell us
about that?
THE PRESIDENT: I can tell you nobody has ever suggested
that to me.
Q
Is there any reserve call-up being contemplated at
this point?
THE PRESIDENT: I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll ask the
Secretary of Defense to respond to that question when I get finished
here.
Q
Can you tell us what your attitude now is about the
use of force resolution that you asked for yesterday with the
Congress?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I had a good meeting with certain
members of Congress. I've talked to all four leaders this afternoon
-- Senator Mitchell, Senator Dole, Speaker Foley, Congressman Michel
-- I talked to him in person here. And I'm not sure where it stands.
We are -- I am anxious to see and would certainly welcome a
resolution that says we are going to implement the United Nations
resolutions to a tee.
I don't think it's too late to send a consolidated signal
to Saddam Hussein. And I think that would be a consolidated signal.
I think it would be helpful still. I've told the congressmen back in
December, as I think I told everyone in this room, that I would have
welcomed a resolution back then, provided it would send this solid
signal. But if it can do it today, I would welcome it.
So I don't know exactly where it stands, but I know that
there is a good feeling up there. I think people see that the
American people are supportive of the policy of this country. I
think they see that we have tried the diplomatic track. I hope they
know that I am as committed to peace as anyone. But I hope they also
know that I am firmly determined to see that this aggression not
stand. And I think they're backing me in that.
So maybe that ingredient, which hasn't always been quite
as clear as it is now, will help as this debate, proper debate, goes
forward in the Congress.
Q Do you think you need such a resolution? And if you
lose it, would you be bound by that?
THE PRESIDENT: I don't think I need it. I think
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Secretary Cheney expressed it very well the other day. There are
different opinions on either side of this question, but Saddam
Hussein should be under no question on this -- I feel that I have the
authority to fully implement the United Nations resolutions.
Q And the question of being bound -- the second part
of that?
THE PRESIDENT: I still feel that I have the
constitutional authority -- many attorneys having so advised me.
Q
sir, I want to ask you about Francois Mitterrand.
But Wyatt's question opens up a whole area. Let me just ask you, you
talk about you don't want this to be another Vietnam.
THE PRESIDENT: It won't be another Vietnam.
Q
If the Congress of the United States refuses to give
you a resolution that -- refuses to even give you a Gulf of
Tonkin-type resolution, how can you go to war?
THE PRESIDENT: I don't think they're going to refuse.
or
Okay. Let me ask you about Francois Mitterrand.
You say the --
THE PRESIDENT: There have been 200 -- I'll just repeat
for the record that there have been a lot of uses of force in our
history and very few declarations of war. But I have tried. I have
done more consultation with the Congress than any other president.
Some of these Democratic members have told me that. And I have tried
to reach out to them in various ways, and I will continue to do it,
because I want to see a solid front here as we stand up against this
aggressor.
Q
Let me ask you about that solid front --
THE PRESIDENT: And I think it enhances the peace. I
really believe, John, that he is living under a delusion. I think he
doesn't think that force will be used against him. I think he's
misinterpreted the debate. I also think he's under a delusion about
what would happen if a conflagration breaks out. I believe that
firmly, and I've had many, many people whom I respect tell me that.
So I would hope that what we're talking about here would dissuade him
from that.
This is a follow-up.
Q
You've said that the coalition is united against any
linkage on the Palestinian question. You've talked to Francois
Mitterrand twice today. But in public he says he is for this
international peace conference, and he seems to have no objection at
all if Saddam Hussein wants to use that as a fig leaf to pull out of
Kuwait. You do have an objection. Mitterrand also says that
apparently the European Community foreign ministers are going to meet
with Aziz apparently in Algiers. What if they go in there and say,
well, we have no objection to an international peace conference on
the Mideast?
THE PRESIDENT: The foreign ministers of the EC have been
very solid, and so has President Francois Mitterrand, that there will
be no linkage. So you're asking me a hypothetical question that I
won't have to answer because he's not going to do that.
Q
He said today he disagrees with you on the
international peace --
THE PRESIDENT: The French government and the United
States government over the years have had some differences on how the
best way to bring peace to the Middle East is. We had a very active
initiative underway by Jim Baker. But that doesn't have anything to
do with the invasion of Kuwait. And Francois Mitterrand knows that
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it doesn't have to do with the invasion of Kuwait and the aggression
against Kuwait. And I know he knows this. And he's been very
forthright about it.
But, yes, he's very frank in saying countries have a
different approach to how you solve another very important problem.
And we've never I would simply refer you back to what I've said on
that subject. I think you were with us over in the joint press
conference with President Gorbachev when I addressed myself to this.
But I am going to avoid linkage.
I listened to that Aziz meeting, and all he tried to do
is obfuscate, to confuse, to make everybody think this had to with
the West Bank, for example. And it doesn't. It has to do with the
aggression against Kuwait -- the invasion of Kuwait, the brutalizing
of the people in Kuwait. And it has to do with a new world order.
And that world order is only going to be enhanced if this
newly-activated peacekeeping function of the United Nations proves to
be effective. That is the only way the new world order will be
enhanced.
Q
You say that Saddam Hussein doesn't understand yet.
Why not a meeting face to face? Why refuse any meeting face to face?
THE PRESIDENT: Because he's had every opportunity. And
he keeps -- we finally said this is the last step. We tried 15 dates
in Baghdad. We tried to set up these meetings. And now we tried
this one, and there wasn't one single reason to make me think that
another meeting between the United States and Saddam Hussein would do
-- and the Iraqis would do any good at all. If I felt it would,
fine. But it will not.
I talked to the Secretary General of the United Nations
today, and there is a chance that he might undertake such a mission.
Certainly we'd have no objection. There's one other reason -- and I
cite that because this is not Iraq against the United States. It is
Iraq against the rest of the world. It is the United Nations that
passed 12 resolutions, not the United States. It is the General
Assembly of the United Nations -- a 100-plus countries standing
solidly against the dictator. And therefore, it doesn't need to be a
bilateral negotiation here. We tried that. And we were stiff-armed
by an intransigent foreign secretary.
And so the answer is, if diplomacy can be effective now,
let's keep it in the context in which these resolutions were passed.
And I would hope that maybe it would have an effect, but I'd have to
level with the American people, nothing I saw today -- nothing --
leads me to believe that this man is going to be reasonable. So back
to Terry's question, I'm less -- I have less of a feeling that he'll
come around. But we ought to keep trying. We ought to keep trying
right down to the wire.
Q
You've repeated the "keep trying." You've cited the
Secretary General of the United Nations. Secretary of State Baker
cited him three times. What exactly could his mission be if there is
no alternative to what Secretary Baker --
THE PRESIDENT: I'm not sure. Maybe the whole -- what
would a mission of Jim Baker have been? It might have been to
convince the man that he is up against an immovable force. He's up
against something that is not going to yield. He is up against a
situation under which there will be no compromise; and there will be
none. But because, you see, Ann, I go back to my point, I don't
think he has felt this up until now -- on both points. I don't think
he's felt that force will be used against him and I think he has felt
that if it were, he'd prevail. He's wrong on both counts.
Q
Mr. President, there have been reports that Saddam
believes that if it comes to war, even if he's driven out of Kuwait
militarily, he can survive in power. Is he wrong?
THE PRESIDENT: I think he's wrong on all of his
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assumptions about what would happen if it came to war -- God forbid.
In the middle, and back here. And then we've got three
more, and then I've got to go. These -- Ellen.
Q Would he be killed, Mr. President? Would he be
killed if it came to war?
THE PRESIDENT: I'm not going to answer that. I don't
know the answer to that question.
Q Mr. President, you seem to have ruled out further
diplomacy as a --
THE PRESIDENT: No, you missed what I said, ma'am --
Ellen, about the Secretary General, possibly. The EC has tried --
I'll get back to you. Let me finish this one train of thought and
then I'll come to your question -- the EC has tried, and, indeed, we
see Aziz say, no, he wouldn't meet with the foreign ministers.
You've seen President Chadli Bendjedid of Algeria to try.
I told the congressmen, I want to see us go the last step
for peace. I want to use everything at my power to encourage people
to try. And, indeed, there have been. Arab League has tried. Over
and over again, people have tried. And they run up against the same
answer. I remember the speculation that came out here in our papers
in this country about a visit by a French delegate that was going
over there. The hopes were raised. Nothing happened. So I just had
to argue with the premise because there has been a lot diplomacy and
there may be more.
Now, excuse me for interrupting you.
Q Sir, you seem to be very skeptical that further
diplomacy would work. And yet you've said here today that you
haven't given up on a peaceful solution. I wonder where it is you
find this hope for a peaceful solution?
THE PRESIDENT: I'm not sure I have great hope for it.
But I think when human life is at stake, you go the extra mile for
peace. And that's what we have tried to do. And I will continue to
think of reasons -- I told President Mitterrand, I said, look, if you
think of a new approach, or I do, please, let's one or the other get
on the phone and try. But we remain determined that these
resolutions are going to be complied with. I am very concerned that
sanctions -- I know sanctions alone aren't going to get this job
done. And so we're pushing here, and that's what the Baker meeting
with Aziz was about. I'm not going to give up, though.
Karen.
Q A lot of people, in looking at the situation, on the
outside will say, there must be more than this. There must be some
back-channel diplomacy. There must be something going on. You can't
be rushing headlong into war this way. Can you tell us that there is
nothing, that it is what appear to be getting -- that Saddam isn't
going to move and we're going to war?
THE PRESIDENT: I'm not going to use that phrase. I am
going to say, if Saddam doesn't move, we are going to fully implement
Resolution 678. And it will be fully complied with.
But I wish I could tell you I'm more hopeful. There is
no back channel. We've tried it directly. I've had to level, and
properly so, with our coalition partners as to what I'm doing, and
they've leveled with us -- leveled with the United Nations Security
Council members who are not involved in the coalition with force; for
example, the Soviets. A lot of avenues have been tried. But I can't
tell you that there's any hidden agenda out there, secret
negotiations -- there is not. And it wouldn't be right for us to be
off telling you one thing openly here and then going around behind
the corner with some secret channel. So I would like to say if
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there's any feeling that that's happening, it isn't happening.
Q So the entire hope for peace then rests on Saddam
backing off from his --
THE PRESIDENT: And it has since August 2nd -- exactly.
Because this aggression is not going to stand. And there's an awful
lot at stake in terms of the new world order that it doesn't stand.
And there's a lot at stake in terms of a lot of human life in Kuwait
that it doesn't stand. And there's a lot at stake in terms of how
the coalition looks at this that it doesn't stand. So it won't.
Q
Mr. President, you said that when you first proposed
high-level talks between Iraq and the United States that it was
because you were convinced the message had not gotten through, had
not gotten across. Are you now convinced that the message had gotten
across?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I did listen carefully to Mr. Aziz,
who I thought spoke quite well. I didn't agree with what he was
trying to do, obviously, to confuse the issue by refusing to discuss
the point at hand, which is the invasion of Kuwait, but I thought he
did it well. (Laughter.) I thought he kind of sent a signal that
they do understand what's up against them, but I still don't believe
that they think the world coalition will use force against them. I
may be wrong, but that's what I think in here. And I also still
believe, as I said earlier, that he somehow has this feeling that he
will prevail or that he will prolong. This will not be that. I've
heard some wild predictions on this horrible human equation that
might be involved if force were used, and I would say I don't agree
with some who are arguing the loudest because it's putting the worst
case out in terms of loss of human life; I must say that. I don't
know. I think Aziz understands it, but I'm not sure that Saddam
Hussein does.
Q If I could follow, Mr. President --
THE PRESIDENT: A follow-up question. I'm sorry, I'm
going to have one more, and then Charles -- I told him, and then I'm
leaving. Thank you very much, though.
Q
When you were listening to Foreign Secretary Aziz,
did you get any kind of particular feelings of anger or --
THE PRESIDENT: No, I didn't. I thought it was a very
rational presentation, but wrong. I must say, I thought his style
was good. From talking to Jim Baker, I thought he -- I mean, when I
talked to Jim, he said, look, the man presented his case. Clearly,
we didn't agree with it. I thought he was quite complimentary of the
way the Secretary of State did it. So the atmospherics, I think,
were all right, but he doesn't have it. He doesn't understand it.
At least from what he said, he doesn't. Because this is not about
some other question of linkage. This is about the invasion and the
aggression about Kuwait -- the dismantling of Kuwait, the brutality
about Kuwait. So I didn't get a sense of security from listening to
that. But I will say that I thought that he presented his views in a
reasoned reasonable way. He had a tough agenda. He had some
tough talking points there. He works for a tough man.
Q What exactly are you trying to convey here to Saddam
Hussein on what he does have to lose? Is it the decimation of his
society? Is it the liquidation of his military? Is it losing his
own power? Can you be specific on that?
THE PRESIDENT: I can't be more specific, but I can be --
that he will get out of Kuwait, and he will get out of Kuwait
entirely, and he will get out of Kuwait without concession. That, I
think, is the underlying part of the message.
Q
Mr. President, aa question on Israel. Tariq Aziz
was emphatic that if Iraq is attacked, Israel will be attacked. What
are your obligations to Israel? Are you prepared to fight a war
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throughout the Middle East?
THE PRESIDENT: That is too hypothetical a question for
me to answer. We are prepared to do what we need to do to implicate
-- to fully implement 678. And I would think that he'd think long
and hard before he started yet another war. There is one war on --
that's his war against Kuwait. That's his aggression against Kuwait.
And I don't think he wants to start another one. So I'm not going to
buy into that hypothesis that the United States would obviously feel
that that was a most provocative act, most provocative.
Q
If I may, I don't believe it was a hypothetical
question. The question was, what are your obligations to Israel?
THE PRESIDENT: We have friends all over the world. We
have friends in this coalition. And I'm determined that the United
States will fill our obligations there. Clearly, if a friend in that
area was attacked, wantonly attacked for no cause whatsoever, not
only the United States, but I think many people around the world
would view that as a flagrant provocation. And I'll leave it stand
right there.
Thank you all very much. Thank you.
Q
Secretary Cheney --
SECRETARY CHENEY: The question as on possible additional
reserve call-up authority. Under the authority that we're currently
using, I'm authorized by a delegation of the President to use up to
-- to call up to 200,000 reservists for up to 180 days. That
authority for some of those reservists who have been called begins to
expire in February. And so what we currently have in the works is a
provision that would use a different provision of the statute to
allow us to keep reservists on active service for as long as two
years and to call under that provision up to one million additional
reservists. We have no intention of calling one million reservists,
but that's the provision that's available for me to be able to extend
those people in critical skills whose services are now being utilized
and whom we would like to keep for the period of times that we don't
have to release them immediately back to the reserve status.
Thank you all very much.
THE PRESS: Thank you.
END
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politicians. Television reports on imminent
Murk and bungling are exactly what Estrin
Bardot and Lassie." He awarded first place to
factional reconciliation produce jubilant pro-
finds in this shrewdly caustic and unexpectedly
rock star Sinead O'Connor, calling her the
tests: buses set on fire, barricades. Terrorist
smoving novel set in Northern Ireland in 1988.
"baldheaded banshee of MTV" and a "new age
Shriver's earlier fiction-"The Female of
groups admit to feeling they have. to meet a
nightmare."
reasonable monthly quota of bombings just for
ilithe Species" and "Checker and the Derail-
Blackwell, the self-proclaimed arbiter of
things to feel normal. Wheelers and dealers,
leurs"-ranged in setting from Kenya to New
fashion who has been insulting the rich. and
York. Now she's added Belfast, where she
outspoken sentimentalists, dreamers and hood-
famous for 31 years, rounded out his list with
currently lives. Shriver appears to have taken
lums all hope to profit from the violence; they
actress Glenn Close, Queen Elizabeth II, and
to her new home with a vengeance. "The
would, in fact, be lost (as Farrell and Estrin
actresses Julia Roberts, Carrie Fisher, Kim
Bleeding Heart" spares no one, offers no hope
might be) without it.
Basinger, Laura Dern, Kathy Bates and Bar-
and-here's the kicker-is bitingly funny.
Estrin even proposes that the Northern
bra Streisand. Several in Blackwell's Top 10
Estrin is a 32-year-old Philadelphia-born
Irish are "wildly happy" in a bomb-threat
have been selected by other authors of worst-
woman who has drifted from trouble spot to
atmosphere: "They wring their hands and
dressed lists. Blackwell gave his Fashion Fias-
IVANA TRUMP
trouble spot-the Philippines, Israel, Berlin-
moan, but inside they are eating it up. I've
co of the Year award to dancer Debbie Allen,
during the past 10 years. In each place, she
seen it on their faces as well as on mine. The
quickly finds a job and lover, only to abandon
smallest little child knows how delicious an
whom he called "a hymn to high-tech horror."
Operation Desert Shield. Powell, who made
them when they grow too constrictive or
explosion is, and I'm sick to death of old ladies
He did have some good things to say, with his
People magazine's "25 Most Intriguing People
End
not admitting they feel the same way."
list of Fabulous Fashion Independents: Bette
of 1990" list has been named one of the 10
$35
familiar.
Midler, Sophia Loren, Joan Rivers, Sharon
There are a few stumbling blocks for the
winners of the annual Horatio Alger Awards.
sup
Hers is a low-budget, downwardly mobile
Gless, Texas Gov.-elect Ann Richards, Jor-
general reader. Like Christina Stead, whose
Presented for more than 50 years, the awards
an
worldliness. Her marathon escape from privi-
dan's Queen Noor, Elizabeth Taylor, the
leged security until now, invigorated her.
large-scale boisterous novels "The Bleeding
go to men and women who, like the characters
she
Duchess of York, Michelle Pfeiffer and Liza
The only difference between her life and a
Heart" resembles, Shriver is a profoundly
in the writer's stories, achieve great heights
gua
Minnelli.
foreign correspondent's, she says, is that she
gifted mimic. Born in North Carolina and
from humble beginnings. Two other Washing-
ove
doesn't write it down.
educated at Columbia University, she's gob-
tonians, Sen. Phil Gramm and John Kemp,
tos
Out and About
But she's getting tired. As "The Bleeding
bled Northern Ireland down and re-created it
executive director of the United Cerebral
tee
Heart" opens, she's tending bar in West Bel-
on the page with deceptive ease. At times, the
After a day dealing with the Persian Gulf
Palsy Association, are on the list, which also
file
fast and falling into a familiar pattern: grudging
book reads as if it were written exclusively for
crisis, President Bush went out to dinner with
includes Baseball Hall of Famer Stan Mu-
Oct
acceptance by the locals and uncertain ro-
her Belfast co-residents. If Americans get it,
friends last night at his favorite Chinese restau-
sial
clai
mance with the most troubled, charismatic
that's fine. If they don't, it's their loss.
rant. Bush and his wife, Barbara, dined at the
Hospital Report: Former House speaker Tip
me
character in the place-Farrell O'Phelan.
There's a "Glossary of Troublesome
Peking Gourmet Inn in Falls Church with British
O'Neill is in serious but improving condition in
rup
O'Phelan is a marvelous creation, a former
Terms"-not just a vocabulary list, but a
Ambassador Antony Acland, lawyer Robert
Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston,
ann
drunkard who turned his back on family and
scathing and incisive 12-page essay on North-
Strauss and his wife, Helen, Time magazine
where he is being treated for pneumonia. His
pur
friends to became a nonpartisan freelance
ern Ireland's political woes since 1969-that
columnist Hugh Sidey and his wife, Anne, and
daughter, Susan O'Neill, said she expects her
Tay
bomb disposal expert. He's "technically Catho-
won't help you with words such as "meal-a-cru-
national security adviser Brent Scowcroft
father to be in the hospital for a few days. She
She
lic, but everyone's aggravation." By the time
shie" or "banjax" or "glype" (nor will the
Gen. Colin Powell, chairman of the Joint
said the 78-year-old Massachusetts Democrat
stol
he meets Estrin, he has given up bomb dispos-
Random House II Dictionary). The book's
Chiefs of Staff, continues to receive awards
"has been in great shape. I played golf with him
oth
al for behind-the-scenes politics (he calls him-
initial scenes can be confusing as numerous
and recognition that have nothing to do with
over the Christmas vacation on Cape Cod"
$5,
self a "reformed suicide"). An upcoming elec-
characters are introduced. And, just before all
tion on the unification of Ireland and a
hell breaks loose in the final chapters, there
Robert S. Strawss
partner. Akin, gump, STANSSE Feld
law fine
Wednesday, January 9, 1991
05:20 Breakfast for the President and Mrs. Bush
06:30 Breakfast for Dr. and Mrs. Neblett
06:55 The President to the Doctor's Office
07:21 The President to the Oval Office
09:30 Dr. & Mrs. Neblett out locally
09:35 Mrs. Bush to the Diplomatic Reception Room for brief photo
with National Federation for the Blind
09:55 Mrs. Bush to the Swimming Pool
10:00 The President to Room 450, OEOB ..... 10:20 to Oval Office
11:39
Mrs. Bush to the Second Floor
12:04 Mrs. Neblett to the Second Floor
12:15 Mrs. Neblett to Diplomatic Reception Room
12:16 Mrs. Neblett and Miss. Margaret Witt to the Second Floor
12:19 Mrs. Beverly Heneghan to the Second Floor for Mrs. Neblett
12:25 Mrs. Nancy Thawley to the Second Floor for Mrs. Bush
12:30 Mrs. Janet Steiger to the Second Floor for Mrs. Bush
12:30 Lunch for Mrs. Bush and five guests
2:06 Mrs. Bush and Luncheon guests to the South Grounds, guests
depart
2:10 Mrs. Bush and Mrs. Neblett to the Second Floor
4:35 Dr. Neblett departs via the South Grounds
4:40 Mrs. Bush's Staff to the Second Floor
5:05 Nicholas Neblett arrives South Grounds
5:10 Mrs. Neblett, Nicholas depart via South Grounds
5:33 The President to the Second Floor
6:30 Mr.and Mrs. Strauss arrive South Grounds, to the Second Floor
6:45 Ambasador Achland arrives South Grounds, to the Second Floor
7:05 General Scowcroft, Admiral Monchamp to the Second Floor
7:17 President and Mrs. Bush and guests depart locally for Dinner
9:50 President and Mrs. Bush, Dinner guests arrive South Grounds
9:53 The President to the Doctor's Office, Mrs. Bush to the Ground
Floor, guests depart
10:00 Mrs. Bush to the South Grounds
10:10 Mrs. Bush to the Second Floor
10:50 The President to the South Grounds
11:00 The President to the Second Floor
11:10 Retired
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
Wednesday, January 9, 1991
8:00 am
Intelligence Briefing
Oval Office
(15 min)
(Scowcroft/Sununu)
8:15 am
National Security Briefing
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Scowcroft/Sununu)
8:45 am
Meeting with Governor Sununu
Oval Office
(30 min)
9:15 am
Administrative Time
Oval Office
(45 min)
10:00 am
Presentation of 1990 SES
450 OEOB
(20 min)
Presidential Rank Awards
(Holiday)
(TAB A)
10:20 am
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(70 min)
11:30 am
Photo Opportunities
(TAB B)
Oval Office
(20 min)
1. USSS Agents (Newman)
2. Thomas F. X. Needles
(Untermeyer)
3. Charles B. DeWitt (Holiday)
12:00 pm
Lunch
Oval Office
(75 min)
1:00 - 2:00
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP MT6
1115 pm
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(15 min)
1:30 pm
Staff Time
Oval Office
(15 min)
(Holiday)
(TAB C)
1:45 om
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(15 min)
2000 pm
4:30
Cabinet Meeting
Cabinet Room
(60 min)
(Holiday)
(TAB D)
3:00 pm
Meeting with Governor Sununu
Oval Office
(30 min)
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5:00 pm
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
08. Schedule
Schedule of the President, p. 2 [statutory and security
1/9/91
(b)(3), (b)(7)(c),
redactions] (1 pp.)
(b)(7)(e), (b)(7)(f)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Appointments and Scheduling, White House Office of
Series:
Presidential Daily Diary/Backup
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
[Presidential Daily Backup] 1/9/1991
Date Closed:
12/3/2024
OA/ID Number:
12846-022
FOIA/SYS Case #:
2002-1005-S
Appeal Case #:
Re-review Case #:
Appeal Disposition:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Disposition Date:
AR Case #:
MR Case #:
AR Disposition:
MR Disposition:
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MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile.
3:30 pm
Administrative Time
(90 min)
Oval Office
0654 POTUS IN OVAL 0700 POTUS IN DOCTOR'S OFFICE
0722 POTUS IN OVAL
(DR. LEE, De. RALPH SAWYER)
0723 ADD Sunance 0733 ADD SCOWCROFT
0737 ADD GATES 0740 SUNUNU OUT
0748 ADD Sununu, FITZWATER
0751 SCOWCROFT, GATES out 0753 FITWATER OUT
0755 Sununu out/DR MOHR IN 0756 DR MOHR OUT
0806 ADD DCI, SUNUNU, SCOWCROFT, GATES,
(b)(3)
0824 ADD VP 0833
(b)(3)
DCI OUT
0900 Scowceoft, GATES our 0913 SUNUNU ouT
0940 VP out 1000 POTUS TO 450 DEOB
1020 POTUS IN OVAL 1047 ADD FITZWATER, CARD
1052 FITZWAKER, CARD OUT 1112 ADD Sununu, CACD
FITZWATER
1123 CARD, FITZWATER out 1127 SUNUNU OUT
1133 BusH ET AL IN 1137 ALL out
(b)(7)(c), (b)(7)(e), (b)(7)(f)
1138
ET AL IN 1139 ALL ouT
(b)(7)(c), (b)(7)(e), (b)(7)(f)
1140
ET AL IN 1141 ALL OUT
(b)(7)(c), (b)(7)(e),
1142
(b)(7)(f) ET AL IN 1143 ALL ouT
1144 NEEDLES ET AL IN 1145 ALL OUT
UNP 01/08/91
1146 DE WITT ET AL IN 1149 ALL out 5:00 pm
1158 ADD SCOWCROFT, SUNUNY 1208 SCOWCROFT OUT
1209 ADD YEUTTER, VIC GOLD, DICK RICHARDS, FRANK FAHRENKIA
(LUNCH)
1253 ALL OUT
1254 ADD SCOWCROFT, GATES
1258 ADD VP, Sununu, CHENEY
1300 POTUS IN (ABINET Room
1307 POTUS IN OVAL /ADD GATES, SUNUNU, FITZWATER
1318 POTUS IN (ABINET Room
1409 POTUS IN OVAL/ADD GATES, FITZWATER
SUNUNU, SCOWCROFT, EAGLEBURGER
1414 ADD CHENEY 1416 SCOWCROFT out
1429 FITZWATER, Sununu OUT
1440 ADD VP 1442 ADD GEN POWELL
1444 GATES OUT 1454 EABLEBURGER OUT/ADD GATES
1503 ADD Sununu 1522 ADD
1537 POWELL OUT 1548 ADD SUNUNU
1552 ALL OUT/EXCEPT FITZWATER, SUNUNU
1554 POTUS TO PRESS BRIEFING ROOM
1623 POTUS IN OVAC
1624 ADD Sununu, PAT ROBERTSON, LEIGH ANN METZGER
1634 POTUS IN CABINET Room
1711 POTUS IN OVAL ADD Sununu
1714 Sununu OUT
1747 ADD SCOWCROFT 1752 ADD SEN BOREN
1819 SCOWCROFT OUT 1823 BOREN OUT
1831 POTUS TO RESIDENCE 1932 POTUS TO SOUTH GROUNDS
1934 POTUS DEPARTS ENROUTE BEKING GOURMET
(GEN SCOWCROFT, AMB BOB STRAUSS, HELEN STRAUSS,
AMB ANTONY ACLAND, HUGH SIDEY, MRS SIDEY, ADM LANXSADE
1949 POTUS ARRIVE PEKING GOURMET
2135 ROTUS DEPART PEKING GOURMET
2150 POTUS ARRIVE SOUTH GROUNDS