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OFFICE OF PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGES
REQUEST FOR CLEARANCE- - COMMENTS
To:
JOHN ROBERTS, LEGAL COUNSEL
Date Due:
ASAP
Date of Event: MARCH 13, 1986
Subject:
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE FOR THE NATIONAL GLASS ASSOCIATION'S
38TH ANNUAL CONVENTION AND NATIONAL GLASS SHOW
Requested by:
Todd Foley, OPL
Background:
May I please have your approval on the attached.
Thank you.
Signature:
Date:
Linda Watson
March 6, 1986
Presidential Messages
Old Executive Office Building
Room 18
(202) 456-2941
Your Recommendation/Comments:
CRAY As EDITED. CHANGES NECESTARY DUE
R
PENDING GRAMPLE RUSMAN LITIGATION.
park for
Signature:
Date:
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 6, 1986
I am very pleased to send greetings - and also
congratulations -- to everyone taking part in the
National Glass Association's 38th Annual Convention
and National Glass Show.
The congratulations are for the splendid job you
businessmen have done in helping to get the U.S.
economy back on the upswing. You know what's
happened in the past three years: industrial
production up by a quarter, corporate profits more
than doubling, employment up by 9 million, and
unemployment down almost 4 percent. But you and
your fellow Americans could not have achieved this
unless government had stopped hobbling and started
encouraging the magic of the marketplace. I intend
to keep it that way.
Tax reform is a top priority for all of us, along with
sound monetary policy. Our biggest job is cutting
the deficit. Gramm-Rudman-Hollings offers us & real
chance by forcing Congress to discipline itself and
learn to say no to the powerful constituencies that
had turned it into a compulsive over spender. Now
if Congress would only give me'a line item veto, so
I don't have to X out all the good along with the
bad, then we could start trimming the budget much
more selectively and effectively.
Have a memorable Convention, and enjoy yourselves
at the Show! God bless you all.
2
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 21, 1986
ASAP/Mav 13
MEMORANDUM FOR CLAUDIA KORTE
assign to
FROM:
TODD FOLEY
National Glass Association
PR314
SUBJECT:
If possible, the Office of Public Liaison would like to obtain a special
Presidential letter for the National Glass Association's 38th Annual
Convention and National Glass Show. This event will take place in
Nashville, Tennessee on March 18-22, 1986. We would like the letter
completed as soon as possible.
Attached is a copy of a schedule proposal for a videtaped message for
this convention. This proposal was regretted but contains same background
information which may be of use.
If you have any questions, I can be reached at x7140.
Thank you for your consideration.
- nothing in CF.
- Call Todd Foly for pich ap, X 7140.
- DOE Recommends message
THE WHITE HOUSE
WAR
SCHEDULE PROPOSAL
January 28, 1986
It:
FREDERICK J. RYAN, JR., DIRECTOR
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULING
FROM:
LINDA CHAVEZ
Lin
caz
REQUEST:
The President to provide a videotaped message for the
National Glass Association's 38th Annual Convention and
National Glass Show.
PURPOSE:
To inform the National Glass Association of the
President's FY 1987 budget proposal.
BACKGROUND:
The National Glass Association is the largest trade
association representing fabricators, distributors, and
dealers of architectural and automotive glass. It is
comprised of 2,100 small and large companies located
throughout the U.S. Member companies include PPG
Industries, Ford Motor Company, and Owens-Corning
Fiberglas Corporation.
The convention will take place on March 18-22, 1986
in Nashville, Tennessee. The videotaped message will
be shown at the convention's opening ceremonies on
March 19, 1986. In attendance will be approximately
1,500 member company executives and guests.
PREVIOUS
PARTICIPATION:
None
DATE:
Before March 14, 1986
LOCATION:
Diplomatic Reception Room
PARTICIPANTS:
Standard videotape crew
OUTLINE OF EVENT:
Standard videotape format
MEDIA COVERAGE:
Open
RECOMMENDED BY:
Linda Chavez
PROJECT OFFICER: Merlin Breaux
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 7, 1986
NOTE FOR JANET:
I would be grateful if you would kindly ask
Mr. Roberts to review the legality of the
attached request for a Presidential message
to be used in an advertisement for a non-
profit organization.
Thank you for your assistance and cooperation
in this matter.
Zev Lewisz
Office of Public Liaison
Room 196, X 6270
NO LEGAL OBJECTION, BUT THIS
OFFICE SHOULD REVIEW MESSAGE,
AND YESHIVA MUST UNDERSTAND IT
MAY NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION
WITH ANY FUNDRAISING ACTIVITY
ASC 3/7
Yeshiva University/ Office of the President
United 200 now
and
VIDI
HI
ER
3706
February 12, 1986
President Ronald Reagan
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Mr. President:
Yeshiva University, America's oldest and largest university under
Jewish auspices, will celebrate its Centennial September 15, 1986.
Throughout this Centennial year, we are planning a series of special
events and projects.
would like to invite your participation in this historic event by
Twenty-five years ago, on the occasion of the University's 75th
anniversary, we had the privilege of receiving greetings from
President John F. Kennedy. We are sure that a note from you would
make us just as proud in our 100th year and provide the impetus for a
second century of educational services and leadership.
It is especially noteworthy that Yeshiva University, founded by
immigrants, shares its Centennial with the Statue of Liberty--for, as
the Statue of Liberty is a symbol of freedom to immigrants, Yeshiva
University can be seen as a symbol of what those immigrants can attain
in a free society.
The institution has grown from a tiny school of Manhattan's Lower East
Side to an international university with four campuses in New York
City, as well as campuses in Los Angeles and Jerusalem, 15 schools and
divisions, and more than 25,000 alumni living and working around the
globe.
500 West 185th Street, New York, N.Y. 10033
(212) 960-5280
Yeshiva University/office of the President
Today, Yeshiva University includes such prestigious schools and
affiliates as the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (named for the
famed scientist who was a supporter of the institution), the Benjamin
N. Cardozo School of Law (named for the distinguished Associate
Justice of the United States Supreme Court), and the Rabbi Isaac
Elchanan Theological Seminary, the leading school for the training of
Orthodox rabbis in America.
Among the famous personalities who have received honorary degrees from
Yeshiva University have been: Professor Einstein, Justice Cardozo,
Eleanor Roosevelt, President Kennedy, and Chief Justices Harlan F.
Stone and Warren Burger, as well as Prime Ministers Golda Meir, Levi
Eshkol, Yitzhak Rabin, Menachem Begin, and Yitzhak Shamir of Israel
and many Nobel laureates in the arts and in science.
We also have conferred honorary degrees upon several individuals that
you know well, including Vice President Bush, Secretary of State
Schultz, and former U.N. Ambassador Jeane J. Kirkpatrick.
The University, founded by immigrants, has become a unique, American
institution--one in which all Americans can take pride.
Enclosed is more material on the Centennial and the University.
Sincerely,
Norman Lamm
enc.
YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
500 WEST 185TH STREET
NEW YORK, N. Y. 10033
17 frimary 1986
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 7, 1986
TO:
JOHN ROBERTS
Counsel's Office
RE:
National Easter Seal Telethon
(Saturday - MARCH 8)
As you know, we've not been sending messages to
events that are solely for fund-raising, and we've
never made an exception for this Easter Seal telethon
which is televised nationally. I did want to pass
it by you, though, to see if you thought an excep-
tion should be made this year. Marty Schnepper,
OPL, makes the request and says the President
saw this year's Poster Child, Jamie Brazzell. In
the past we always told people that the President
does have the Poster Child in to see him and this
is always covered by the media; this is his way
of endorsing the campaign. Should we handle the
same way now?
HANDLE AS IN
Thank you.
PAST- NO
MESSAGE
Claudin
JPR
CLAUDIA KORTE
Presidential Messages
3/7
18-OEOB/Ext. 2941
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 6, 1986
MEMORANDUM FOR ANNE HIGGINS
FROM:
MARY M. SCHNEPPER m.
SUBJECT:
EASTER SEAL TELETHON
Would it be possible to prepare a Presidential
message of greetings for the local broadcast of
the National Easter Seal Telethon which takes
place this Saturday, March 8. 1986 starting at
11:30 p.m.
The Society (local) had requested a videotape,
but the time was too short to prepare one. The
letter is just for the local area.
I am attaching the small amount of information
I have on the Society and the National Child,
Jamie Brazzell. Jamie was in to see the
President and Mrs. Reagan last thursday,
February 27, 1986. Pat Boone, National
Campaign Chairman was also in.
Again, very short notice. If I can help,
please call.
Letter should be sent to:
WJLA-TV, ATTENTION: LuAnn Hege
4461 Conn. Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007
(0) 232-2342 Easter Seal Society
-
(S) 364-7777 - WJLA-TV
Seals
is
1986
Easter Seal Campaign
MEET JAMIE BRAZZELL
1986 NATIONAL EASTER SEAL CHILD
Eight-year-old Jamie Brazzell, Mayfield, Kentucky, the 1986
National Easter Seal Child is already a veteran campaigner.
The effervescent youngster served as Kentucky's state Easter
Seal child in 1983 and has been a featured participant in the
Paducah telethon and many other fund-raising special events in his
home state. As National Child, Jamie represents hundreds of thousands
of men, women and children with disabilities who receive Easter Seal
rehabilitation services. He's well-qualified for this role; a spinal
cord injury at birth left him a quadriplegic and he began his rehabil-
itation program at the age of 14 months with physical therapy sessions
at the West Kentucky Easter Seal Center in Paducah. Jamie also was
evaluated and received services at Easter Seals' Cardinal Hill Hospital
in Lexington, and has been an enthusiastic camper during the past three
summers at Camp Green Shores, one of two residential camps for disabled
people operated by the Kentucky Easter Seal Society.
(continued
)
-2-
Jamie is a third-grader this year and has never missed making the
honor roll since he entered public school. His mother, Denise Brazzell,
credits the Easter Seal pre-school training for making him ready, will-
ing and able for public school. Members of his rehabilitation team met
with school officials to help describe his needs, problems and goals.
"School officials were amazed at the support system we had," Denise
said. "If it had not been for that support system, Jamie would not
have done nearly as well in public school."
Jamie's biggest boost toward a strong sense of self-worth and inde-
pendence came when the family acquired an electric-powered wheelchair
in 1982, on the recommendation of his physical therapist. The chair
is equipped with a chin-control device which enables Jamie to move
about independently.
"What a different little boy we had then," Denise exclaimed. For
the first time in his life I had to ask him to move out of my way while
I prepared dinner. I will never forget the grin on his face." "
The Easter Seal center staff taught Jamie how to operate a computer
with the aid of a mouth stick. He has a computer, word processor and
printer at home which gives him writing capability. In addition, the
equipment provides learning tapes and computer games which have accel-
erated his development.
Jamie's father, Jim Brazzell, is a quality control technician at
Consolidated Aluminum Company in Benton. Rounding out the Brazzell
family are Jamie's five-year-old sister, Rhiannon, and a puppy named
Muffin.
(continued
)
-3-
Jamie's mother feels very strongly about the impact of the Easter
Seal Society on her son. In fact, she says "I do not believe Jamie
would be the intelligent, optimistic and outgoing little boy he is
today if so many caring people had not been involved in his critical
early development. That's why I feel I owe Easter Seals Jamie's life." "
The entire Brazzell family is looking forward eagerly to the year's
travel and personal appearance schedule during Jamie's reign as National
Easter Seal Child. Highlights include the traditional White House
campaign kick-off and appearances on the 1986 Easter Seal telethon,
March 8-9,to help support the Society's nationwide network of rehabil-
itation facilities and programs.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 7, 1986
2941
Linda Watern
MEMORANDUM FOR ANNE HIGGINS
FROM:
ALFRED H. KINGON
Ae
SUBJECT:
Congratulatory Letter
A close personal friend asked if I could arrange for a
congratulatory letter from the President for Walter Wriston, who
is a personal friend of the President.
Walt has been the Chief Executive Officer of Citicorp for the
past seventeen years and has made a major contribution to the
changes in the American banking system.
Walt has recently written, and had published, a book called
"Risk and Other Four-Letter Words". The message of his book
is: It is almost impossible to exaggerate the importance of the
general welfare of the willingness of individuals to take a
personal risk. The worst thing that can happen to a society, as
to an individual, is to become terrified of uncertainty.
Uncertainty is an invitation to innovate, to create; uncertainty
is the blank page in the author's typewriter, the granite block
before a sculptor, the capital in the hands of an investor, or
the problem challenging the inventive mind of a scientist or an
engineer. In short, uncertainty is the opportunity to make the
world a better place.
They would like to present the congratulatory letter to Walt at
a luncheon honoring him on Wednesday, March 19, in New York
City.
Walt Wriston's address is Citicorp, 399 Park Avenue, New York,
New York 10043.
Please let me know if this is a problem.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
to
WASHINGTON
March 8, 1986
TO:
DAVID WALLER
JOHN ROBERTS
RE:
British Supplement
to the NEW YORK TIMES
Peter Sommer, NSC, hopes that you will discuss
this and decide it can be done - as he promised
the British Embassy.
Similar requests from other countries have been
turned down, both in this Administration and past.
The TIMES must publish one or two of these special
foreign country supplements every year. Some
previous ones on which we got requests - and
said no to -- were for Israel, Republic of China
and, I think, Mexico or Spain. Unfortunately
WH Files can't come up with any cases.
Please let me know. Thank you.
Claudia
CLAUDIA KORTE
Presidential Messages
18-OEOB/Ext. 2941
DRAFT
Some months ago Nancy and I had the pleasure of visiting
"The Treasure Houses of Britain" exhibit
in Washington at
the National Gallery of Art. This unique exhibit, made
possible by the cooperation of our two governments and the
generosity of a major American corporation, was a striking
reminder of the historic ties between our countries and cultures.
Close cooperation is the core of our relationship. For
each of us, exports to the other country, and investment in it,
are of substantial importance. The United Kingdom is our third
largest export market: we in turn are their largest export
market. But at the end of the day relations between nations
rest on shared values, mutual understanding, and personal
friendship. People-to-people exchanges continue to flourish
between our two countries, and not just among leaders of govern-
ment and business. I am particularly happy that young Britons
and young Americans are traveling across the Atlantic to see
for themselves how the others live, renewing the warm ties that
have for so many years been the hallmarks of our relationship.
RONALD REAGAN
5/8/13
BRITISH EMBASSY
3100 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
3/5
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20008
PR
Telephone: (202) 462-1340
Color
24 February 1986
Ms Claudia Korte
photo
Administrative Assistant
(Special Presidential Messages)
ASAP
White House Correspondence
Room 180EB
The White House
WASHINGTON DC
Dew its Korte,
Peter Sommer told me earlier this month that it had been
agreed that a Presidential message would be appropriate for
publication in the British supplement to the New York Times,
which will appear on 20 April. We were delighted by the news.
The plan is for messages. from the President and the
Prime Minister to be published on individual pages of the
Supplement, in the form of a facsimile signed text, preferably
with accompanying colour photograph. The printing dealine for
the Supplement is 4 March.
The theme of the Supplement is Anglo-American trade and the
mutual benefits: which it brings both countries. We expect the
Prime Minister's message to include a warm reference to Anglo-
American cooperation, as well as a reference to the extent of
US/UK trade and investment.
Since the printing dealine is so close, it occured to
me that it might be useful to you if I took up an earlier
suggestion by Peter Sommer, and sent you - on a strictly personal
basis - my own draft of a text of the kind which you might like
to consider. I do so with some embarrassment: please don't
hesitate to throw it out and start again if you don't like it.
The Prime Minister's will be of similar length.
your sincerely,
2a Kew.
J 0 Kerr
Head of Chancery
CC: Mr Peter Sommer, NSC
- Clean final w/N a John Roberts (Counsel)
OFFICE OF PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGES
REQUEST FOR CLEARANCE- COMMENTS
To:
ANDY CARD - IGA
JOHN ROBERTS - LEGAL COUNSEL
Date Due:
MARCH 11, 1986
Date of Event: MARCH 15 (printing deadline)
Subject:
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE FOR THE NEW JERSEY PRIDE AWARDS DINNER
Requested by: Elfrieda H. Kunzel, Dir. of Special Projects, NEW JERSEY MONTHLY
Background:
May I please have your approval on the attached.
This is the second annual NEW JERSEY PRIDE Awards dinner.
The President did send a Message for the first awards dinner,
copy attached. The awards dinner is to benefit the New
Jersey Special Olympics and Governor Thomas H. Kean is
the Honorary Chairman.
Signature:
Date:
Linda Watson
Mar. 10, 1986
Presidential Messages
Old Executive Office Building
Room 18
(202) 456-2941
Your Recommendation/Comments:
NO OBJECTION
820c 3/10
Signature:
Date:
October 1985
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 10, 1986
It is my pleasure again this year to send greetings to
everyone at the New Jersey Pride Awards Dinner. My
congratulations go to the fine men and women who are
being honored.
This recognition has come to you because you have
given something valuable and unique to New Jersey.
I note that some of you have done it in the course of
your regular work, and others on a volunteer basis.
But all of you have shown dedication and initiative.
All of you have made New Jersey an even better place
to live. Accept my thanks.
I also want to thank the members of the New Jersey
Pride Committee for enabling so many citizens to take
part in the New Jersey Special Olympics. Both the
training programs and the competitions of the Special
Olympics have given the participants a sense of
fulfillment and of achievement.
Nancy joins me in wishing you a memorable evening,
and every success. God bless you.
575605
Governor Thomas H. Kean
Honorary Chairman
February 5, 1986
Honorary Committee
Edward E Barr
President
President Ronald Reagan
Courtaulds U.S. Developments. Inc
United States of America
Senator Bill Bradley
march 15/may/
United States Senate
The White House
Leanna Brown
New Jersey Senate
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Barbara A Curran
Washington, D.C. 20510
assign to
President
Board of Public Utilities
Kathleen DiChiara
Director
Dear President Reagan:
PR 3/6
Community Food Bank of New Jersey
Robert Ferguson. Jr.
Chairman
Something exciting is going to happen in New Jersey May 1!
First Fidelity Bank
Jon F. Hanson
Chairman
New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority
The NEW JERSEY PRIDE Awards saluting the unique talents and
Lynne Kramer
accomplishments of New Jerseyans, will be presented May 1 for the
Director
Project Impact
second time. Distinguished accomplishments in the Arts, Community
Senator Frank R. Lautenberg
United States Senate
Development, Economic Development, Education, Energy/Environment,
Arlie Lazarus
President
Health, Science and Technology and Social Services will be recog-
Jamesway Corporation
nized. A listing of the eight honorees is attached.
Paul Loser
Chief Operating Officer
New Jersey Bell
Kate Luscombe, RN
Additionally, the NEW JERSEY PRIDE Awards, initiated last
Jersey Shore Medical Group
year by NEW JERSEY MONTHLY Magazine, will again benefit a truly
Patricia J. Maynard
Special Assistant for New Jersey
worthy and deserving charity, the New Jersey Special Olympics, a
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
David Moore
sports training and athletic competition program for mentally re-
Executive Director
New Jersey Conservation Foundation
tarded children and adults. A full 3 percent of the population,
Gerald R. O'Keeffe
200,000 Garden Staters, qualify for participation in the New Jersey
President
Queen City Savings
Special Olympics. Nabisco Brands, Inc. is so enthusiastic about the
Joan M. Quigley
Vice President
NEW JERSEY PRIDE Awards that they have agreed to be a Platinum Spon-
SL Francis Community Health Center
sor.
Robert M. Schaeberle
Chairman of the Board
Nabisco Brands, Inc.
Angelo P. Schiralli
The intent of this letter is to inform you that many of us are
Senior Vice President
Mutual Benefit Life
very proud to live in this country - and especially in New Jersey.
Richard L. Schlott
Any help you can give us in elevating this State Pride would be
President
Schlott Realtors
greatly appreciated. A letter from you congratulating the honorees
Joseph Semrod
President
I'm sure would be a treasured keepsake, as well as a letter of
United Jersey Banks
commendation to include in our May issue of NEW JERSEY MONTHLY-
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
President
(deadline March 1) and in our Drogram booklet March
Special Olympics. Inc.
William Simon
Chairman of the Board
Wesray Corporation
We will be recognizing the men and women who have made out-
Harold W. Sonn
standing contributions to the quality of life in New Jersey at the
Chairman of the Board
Public Service Electric & Gas
second annual NEW JERSEY PRIDE Awards dinner May-1, 1986 in the
Fox Stoddard
Vice President-Access Management
Parsippany Hilton Hotel, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054.
AT&T Communications
Norman B Tomlinson, Jr.
Publisher
New Jersey Monthly
James M. Weichert
Copy of 1985 RR attached
President
Weichert. Realtors
Clear final W/IG & Counsel
New Jersey Pride Awards Dinner to benefit New Jersey Special Olympics
New Jersey Monthly, 7 Dumont Place, Morristown, New Jersey 07960, (201) 539-8230
President Ronald Reagan
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We would be honored - and thrilled - if your busy schedule
would permit you to attend this exciting event. Last year we had
483 guests joining us to pay tribute to eight New Jerseyans including
the Honorary Chairman, Governor Thomas H. Kean. We expect at least
600 guests this year judging from the enthusiasm generated throughout
the year and from affirmative responses to date. If you cannot be
with us, we would appreciate any help you can give us to recognize
the Pride in New Jersey S0 many of us feel.
Director of Special Projects
NEW JERSEY MONTHLY
EK:hs
April 22, 1985
from
I am delighted to send my greetings to everyone
attending the New Jersey Pride Awards dinner, and
particularly to the men and women being honored.
You are receiving this recognition for your
contributions to the quality of life in your State.
Your work in the arts, in economic development, in
education, health, sports, social services, com-
munity development and the environment has helped
make New Jersey a pleasant place to live.
I want to commend the New Jersey Pride Committee.
It is especially gratifying to me that the awards
benefit the New Jersey Special Olympics, which
provide sports training and an opportunity to
compete for New Jersey's special citizens, both
children and adults. I am proud that my friend,
Governor Thomas Kean, is your honorary chairman.
Nancy joins me in wishing everybody E memorable
evening and every future happiness.
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Elfrieda H. Kunzel
Director of Special Projects
New Jersey Monthly
7 Dumont Place
Morristown, NJ 07960
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 11, 1986
TO:
JOHN ROBERTS
Counsel's Office
RE:
Messages for a NY State Police
Department/Richmond Bar Assn.
Attached are two Presidential messages for your
review/clearance. You will note that the texts
are similar for both and focus on the Administra-
tion's efforts in fight against crime. I suggested
changing the one for the Richmond Bar because
majority of its members wouldn't be involved in
criminal law -- might condense the anti-crime
efforts into one paragraph and then focus more
on their service to community for 100 years --
but that was rejected. Do you have any feeling
on this?
Thank you.
D
CLAUDIA KORTE
Presidential Messages
18-OEOB/Ext. 2941
NO OBJECTION,
THOUGH I AGREE
WITH you ON
RICHMOND.
JR 3/26
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 11, 1986
Please accept my best wishes and congratulations on
the Silver Anniversary of the Suffolk County Police
Department.
Your Department has earned the gratitude of the people
of Suffolk for twenty-five years of professionalism in
providing vigilant and effective law enforcement.
Varied and complex problems face today's criminal
justice system, but through the work of departments
like yours, I am confident we can make strides toward
improving that system. Indeed, this must happen --
the internal security of our counties, cities, and towns
depends on it -- just as surely as we depend on a
strong national defense for security against external
threats.
Over the last few years, my Administration has
launched many initiatives to help fight crime. They
include stronger judicial appointments, improved
cooperation with state and local law enforcement
agencies, full-scale offensives against illegal drug
trafficers and organized crime, as well as priority
efforts to assist the victims of crime.
Although these programs have already borne fruit,
the fight against crime is far from over. Much more
needs to be done -- and will be done -- as we work
to rid the United States of crime.
The dedicated men and women of the Suffolk County
Police Department have served your County's residents
well. God bless you.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 11, 1986
Please accept my best wishes and congratulations on
the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the
Richmond Bar Association. This is a time to look back
with justifiable pride on a century of achievement. But
it is also a time to look ahead. Many of your members
deal directly with the criminal justice system, but they
are not the only members who share my conviction that,
if we are to cope with the challenges of the next one
hundred years, the system must be improved. We need
your support. Indeed, the security of the nation
depends upon it.
Over the last few years, my Administration has laid
what I think is a firm foundation on which to build
solid future improvements. These include stronger
judicial appointments; enhanced cooperation with state
and local law enforcement agencies; a full-scale
offensive against illegal drug traffic; programs aimed
at organized crime, and priority efforts to assist the
victims of crime.
Although these programs hold the promise of future
success, this fight will be far from over until we have
enlisted the support of every citizen to work to rid
our country of crime.
Again, I congratulate you warmly on your century of
accomplishment, and I offer my best wishes and hopes
for continued success. God bless you.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 12, 1986
TO:
JOHN ROBERTS
Counsel's Office
RE:
American Country-Western Music
Tour--People's Republic of China
NSC suggests Counsel's Office review of this case
-- see paragraph three.
Thank you.
CK
CLAUDIA KORTE
Presidential Messages
18-OEOB/Ext. 2941
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506
March 5, 1986
ACTION
MEMORANDUM FOR ANNE HIGGINS
FROM:
RODNEY B. McDANIEL
&DMA
SUBJECT:
Request for Presidential Greeting in Program of
U.S. Cultural Group Touring China
Caroline Ahmanson, chairman of the Los Angeles-Guangzhou Sister
City Association, has written the President (Tab B) requesting a
Presidential "greeting" to be printed in the programs for a tour
in China of "American Country and Western Music Concerts",
featuring Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton. The program will also
contain a "greeting" from Chinese President Li Xiannian, Ambassa-
dor Winston Lord, and Zhang Wenjin, former Chinese Ambassador to
the U.S. who is now the President of the Chinese People's Asso-
ciation for Friendship with Foreign Countries. The tour is
scheduled to start April 25.
This is a nonprofit exercise and Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton
are paying their own transportation costs.
State, USIA and the NSC endorse this request. The message is
brief and the gesture a useful one in our cultural relations with
China. Moreover, Caroline Ahmanson is an influential supporter
of the Administration in California. The draft "greeting" has
been cleared with the speechwriters. We do recommend that White
House Counsel review this proposal because of the Presidential
association with the endeavor.
Because of the printing deadline, approval is needed ASAP.
Attachments
Tab A
Suggested greetings from the President
Tab B
Letter from Caroline Ahmanson
CC: White House Counsel
Suggested Greetings from
PRESIDENT REAGAN
Nancy and I extend our greetings on the occasion of the
first "American Country and Western Music" concerts in the
People's Republic of China, featuring two of America's
outstanding contemporary Western Country performing artists.
Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton have brought joy to the people of
the United States and we are happy that they are bringing their
talents to the Chinese people in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
We congratulate the Chinese People's Association for the
Friendship with Foreign Countries and the Los Angeles-Guangzhou
Sister City Association for their sponsorship in furthering the
friendship of our two Great Countries.
LOS ANGELES-GUANGZHOU
SISTER CITY ASSOCIATION
Mayor's Office, City Hall, Los Angeles, California 90012
CITY
ASSOC
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 30076, Los Angeles, California 90030
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
February 11, 1986
Chairman
CAROLINE L. AHMANSON
Chairman of the Board
Federal Reserve Bank of
The President
San Francisco-12th District
The White House
President
Washington, D.C. 20506
LAURANCE C. LIU
President
Liu & Company Limited
Dear Mr. President:
LINTON S. CHU
In furthering the relationship between the United
President
Linton Land & Development, Inc.
States and the Peoples' Republic of China, Los Angeles
HONORABLE FRANCIS L. DALE
has a sister city relationship with Guangzhou, of
Publisher
which I am Chairman. The President of the Association
Los Angeles Herald Examiner
is Mr. Laurance Liu, who spends part of his time in
ARMAND S. DEUTSCH
Personal Investments
Hong Kong where he primarily conducts business with
China.
PETER B. FRANK
Partner
Price Waterhouse
Mr. Liu has just arranged for "American Country and
F. DANIEL FROST
Western Music Concerts" in China, featuring Willie
Partner
Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher
Nelson and his special guest, Dolly Parton. The tour
MARCIA W. HOBBS
starts with two concerts in Beijing beginning
President, The Greater
April 25th, then three concerts in Shanghai starting
Los Angeles Zoo Association
on April 30th, and two in Guangzhou starting May 4th,
IRVING J. KARP
President
which will be co-presented by the Los Angeles-
Harvard Sports, Inc.
Guangzhou Sister City Association and the Chinese
DAVID F. LEE
Peoples Association for Friendship with Foreign
President
Lee Brothers Enterprises
Countries. They plan to print 150, 000 programs in
C.J. MEDBERRY, III
which there will be greetings from President
Chairman, Executive Committee
Li Xiannian, Ambassador Winston Lord and President
BankAmerica Corporation
Zhang Wenjin of the Friendship Association.
JORDAN M. PHILLIPS, M.D.
Chairman, American Association
of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
We would be most honored if you would be kind enough
PAUL RAVESIES
to add your greetings, which would be printed on the
President
ARCO International Oil & Gas Co.
first page of the book.
ETHELDA SINGER
Vice President, West Coast
I have already spoken with David Laux, your Director
Sister Cities International
of Asian Affairs, who suggested I write to you
ERIC T. STANIEK
personally -- which, of course, was a great pleasure
Management Consultant
for me.
DAVID S. TAPPAN, JR.
President
Fluor Corporation
May I extend to you and Nancy my very kindest personal
GEORGE O. TOTTEN, III
regards and very best wishes -- as always.
Chairman, Dept. of
Political Science, University
of Southern California
Respectfully yours,
ANTHONY J. VAN PATTEN
Partner
Fenwick, Stone, Davis & West
Caroline
HAROLD S. VOEGELIN
Mrs. Howard Ahmanson
Senior Partner
Voegelin & Barton
9500 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, California 90212
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 12, 1986
MEMORANDUM FOR FREDERICK J. RYAN, JR.
DIRECTOR
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULING
FROM:
RICHARD A. HAUSER Original signed by RAH
DEPUTY COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Proposed Videotaped Message for Former President
Nixon and John Akers, President and CEO of IBM
You have asked for our views on a request from the President's
Council on Physical Fitness and Sports for a videotaped message
from the President honoring this year's recipients of the
Council's National Honor Award: Richard M. Nixon, who was the
first chairman of the predecessor to the Council, the
President's Council on Youth Fitness, and IBM President and CEO
John F. Akers, who has been active in corporate health awareness
efforts. I see no reason to object on legal grounds. There is
apparently adequate basis for honoring both Nixon and Akers; a
message would not constitute endorsement of fundraising; and the
Council is of course affiliated with the Government.
RAH/JGR:jmk
CC: RAHauser
GRoberts
subject
chron.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 11, 1986
MEMORANDUM FOR FRED F. FIELDING
FROM:
JOHN G. ROBERTS DRR
SUBJECT:
Request from Publishers of Gorbachev's
A Time for Peace for the President
to Publish a Similar Book
The publishers of Mikhail Gorbachev's A Time for Peace have
written the President to express their interest in publishing a
similar book by him. They propose to compile a selection of the
President's speeches and commentaries, add a biography and some
photography, and include a short introduction written by the
President specifically for this book. The publishers also
suggest that the President donate his fifteen percent royalties
to the official U.S. publication in the Soviet Union, Amerika,
as Gorbachev has donated his to the official Soviet publication
in the United States, Soviet Life.
The President may, of course, legally do what the publishers
request, but I foresee little interest on his part in doing SO.
The publishers need no permission to reprint statements by or
photographs of the President that are in the public domain, nor
do they need any permission to write a short biography. All of
the foregoing can be done, provided the final product does not
convey the false impression of approval or endorsement by the
President. If the President wishes to approve and endorse the
project by providing the requested introduction, he may do so,
but that decision is a policy one for Mr. Buchanan's office to
make. A memorandum for Buchanan embodying the foregoing is
attached.
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RICHARDSON & STEIRMAN INCORPORATED
246 Fifth Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10001
(212) 213-1203
Pres.Doc.
November 16, 1985
373362 CW
President Ronald Reagan
The White House
Washington, D.C, 20500.
Dear Mr. President:
We are the publishers of the book A TIME FOR PEACE by Mikhail
S. Gorbachev.
It is a collection of his speeches and press interviews, with
eight pages of color photographs, plus a short introduction and
a biography. Our book is the only edition worldwide.
Since the book's announcement we've had over 160 media
interviews. We have been asked consistently by the media (like
the WALL ST. JOURNAL and TIME magazine) if Russia would have
allowed a similar book by our President to be distributed and
sold in Russia.
We don't know, but we would like to try. Private enterprise can
sometimes accomplish what governments can't.
Just so you understand our credentials, though we are a
recently formed company, my partner, Stewart Richardson, and I
have extensive publishing backgrounds. We are bipartisan
publishers as Stewart is a Republican and I am a Democrat.
The Gorbachev book surfaced in a unique manner. In 1984, a
letter was sent to the then General Secretary the Soviet Union,
Andropov, asking him to write a book; it stated that Stewart
and I both saw active service during World War II (Stewart as a
G.I. with the 10th Mountain Division in Italy, and 1, as a
Flight Lieutenant in the RCAF on antisub patrol). We remembered
when the Russians were our allies and friends and wondered what
thoughts he had on how to return to those days. We asked him
for his "blueprint for peace."
After Andropov agreed to write the book he died. Chernenko then
agreed to write the book. But he took ill. We were asked if we
would accept a book by the Deputy Secretary of the Soviet
Union, Mikhail Gorbachev. We agreed. Subsequently, Chernenko
died and the Gorbachev book was born.
Now we would like to publish a similar book by you, Mr.
President, consisting of a selection of your speeches,
interviews and commentaries on foreign affairs and peace. We
would add eight pages of color photographs, a short biography
page 2
and respectfully request a short introduction by yourself in
order to get a parallel book to Gorbachev's. We would publish
the book worldwide and request that the Soviet Union publish
and distribute your book in Russia. The request would be in the
form of a quid pro quo. We feel very strongly that they would
do it and it would be a sensational coup for you.
If, by publishing Gorbachev's book, we have opened the gates
slightly on the path to a better understanding and peace
between the two super powers, then we've made a contribution.
If you grant us permission to do your book, the gates to peace
would open wider as the Russian people would get the
opportunity, perhaps for the first time, to read about you and
your thoughts on peace.
Gorbachev, who took no advance on the book, has asked that his
15% royalties go to SOVIET LIFE, the official Russian magazine
published and distributed here in America. May we suggest you
do similarly with your royalties going to AMERIKA, the official
U.S. magazine published and distributed in Russia.
Respectfully
Hype Chairman Hy Steirman Steirman
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