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2009-0166-S
2009-0166-S
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administrative marker by the George Bush Presidential
Library Staff.
Record Group/Collection:
George H.W. Bush Presidential Records
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Office of the President
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Daily Files
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Thursday, September 28, 1989
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Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Doc. No. / Type
Subject/Title
Date
Restriction
Classification
01a. Log
White House Telephone Log [E.D.T.] [redaction of personal
09/28/89
(b)(6)
information] (1 pp.)
01b. Log
White House Telephone Log [Signal Switchboard] [redaction of
09/28/89
(b)(6)
personal information] (1 pp.)
02. Form
Request for Appointments Re: visit by the Gores [redaction of
09/28/89
(b)(6)
personal information] (1 pp.)
03. Note
Phone call for the President from Congressman Moinari Re: the
09/28/89
C
President's trip to New York [redaction of personal information]
(1 pp.)
04. Notes
Notes of meeting between Secretary and Qian Re: U.S.-Sino
09/28/89
(b)(1)
relations (11 pp.)
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Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
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WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Thursday, September 28, 1989
Pinksheet Number:
dw1460
OA/ID Number:
90522-011
Date Closed:
9/16/2009
FOIA/Sys Case #:
2009-0166-S
Re-review Case #:
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SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
Thursday, September 28, 1989
Education Summit
Charlottesville,
(Porter)
Virginia
3:50 pm
The President and Mrs. Bush
depart Charlottesville
4:45 pm
Arrive White House
South Lawn
4:45 pm
Address Secondary School
South Lawn
(20 min)
Recognition Program
(Demarest)
(TAB A)
5:05 pm
Photo with Albert Gore, Jr.
Diplomatic
(5 min)
(McClure)
Reception Room
5:45 pm
Meeting with President Barco
Residence
(30 min)
(Scowcroft)
(Distributed Separately)
4:35 an S. Lawn. remarks (TAB A) - Poter to Dip Rm for Photos w/
sen albert Dore & family
4:49 Potus ass Oval office
5:20 add summer
5:34 Suncere out 5:36add seemence 5:38 out 5.39 add
Jin wray +
technician for
5:43 add Acoweroft + Gates + Sunance
5:48 add Pres. Barco. 5:49 + summer out 5:50 Potes & Barco
Dates, scowerft
radio toping
5:53 Poter + B alco to south Srouds 5:55 of orr 2nd Fer Res-guet Mrs. Bush
to Rose Gurden
6:02 add remaining participants - see attached mrs. list Barco 8
7:05 Conclude mtg - remain for reception in residence
UNP 09/27/89
5:00 pm
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(George Bush Library)
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Date
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and Type
01a. Log
White House Telephone Log [E.D.T.] [redaction of personal
09/28/89
(b)(6)
information] (1 pp.)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Thursday, September 28, 1989
Date Closed:
9/16/2009
OA/ID Number:
90522-011
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2009-0166-S
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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
SEPTEMBER 28th
89
E. D. T. PRESIDENT BUSH
, 19
TIME
NAME
ACTION
PLACED
DISC
OUT
AM
CONGRESSMAN IKE SKELTON
LW TOLD TIM McBRIDE
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
TLKD-OK 9:29 AM
XXXX
8:02
XXX
9:31
225-2876
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
CONGRESSMAN WALTER JONES
OFC, RES DA TOLD
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIM McBRIDE
INC
8:02 ***
9:28
225-6925
TLKD-OK 9:27 AM.
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
CONGRESSMAN BOB DAVIS
LW TLKD-OK 9:32 AM.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
XXX
9:03
XXX
9:33
957-5769 CAR PHONE
TNC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
CONGRESSMAN DOUG BERUTER
LW HOLD PER TIM
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
McBRIDE 9:27 AM.
INCX
9:03 PM
225-4806
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
XXXM
2:52
CONGRESSMAN BILL ARCHER
12:39
PM
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
INC
PM
225-5214
TLKD 12:49 PM.
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
GPO : 1983 0 - 405-660 : QL 2
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
SEPTEMBER 28th
, 19
89
E. D. T. PRESIDENT BUSH
TIME
NAME
ACTION
PLACED
DISC
OUT
AM
CONGRESSMAN ED JENKINS
ENROUTE TO OFC.TOLD
WASHINGTON, D.C.
MR. McBRIDE LW OFC.
XXX
2:50
225-5211
TOLD MR. McBRIDE
INC
PM
5:28
OUT
AM
2:56 PM. RETURNED
CALL 3:10 PM. PRESUS
NOT AVAILABLE PER
INC
PM
JIM CICCONI. TLK-OK
OUT
AM
5:27 PM.
INC
PM
OUT
XAM
CONGRESSMAN NEWT GINGRICH
ENROUTE TO OFC. TOLD
WASHINGTON, D.C.
MR. McBRIDE TLKD-OK
225-5214
PER MR. McBRIDE
MXGX
12:50 PM
OUT
AM
2:56 PM.
Photocopy from George Bush Presidential Library
INC
PM
OUT
AM
CONGRESSMAN FRANK ANNUNZIO
XXX
3:38
XXX
TLKD TO MS. MONTAGNE
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
PASSED TO FRED
225-6661
McCLURE.
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
XXXAM
MR. GEORGE BUSH
4:52
RES: WASHINGTON, D.C.
WHITE HOUSE ADMIN. EXT. 532
TLKD-OK
INC
PM
4:53
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
XAM
MRS. PRESCOTT BUSH
XXX
8:25
(b)(6)
INC
PM
8:29
TLKD-OK
OUT
AM
INC
PM
GPO : 1983 0 - 405-660 : QL 2
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
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Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
01b. Log
White House Telephone Log [Signal Switchboard] [redaction
09/28/89
(b)(6)
of personal information] (1 pp.)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Thursday, September 28, 1989
Date Closed:
9/16/2009
OA/ID Number:
90522-011
FOIA/SYS Case #:
2009-0166-S
Appeal Case #:
Re-review Case #:
Appeal Disposition:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Disposition Date:
AR Case #:
MR Case #:
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
P.R.M. Removed as a personal record misfile.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
SIGNAL SWITCHBOARD
September 28 19 89
TIME
NAME
ACTION
PLACED
DISC
QUY
7:37 AM
7:39
Mr. Jonathan Bush
Tlkd-ok
7:37 AM
(b)(6)
INC
PM
OUT
8:08 AM
Mr. Frederick D. McClure
LW with
Trinity Episcopal Church
Mr. Portman
Arlington, Virginia
INC
PM
920-8695
8:08 AM
OUT
AM
Tlkd with
Governor Sununu
INC
PM
8:16 AM
OUT
11:13 AM
11:15
Ms. Patty Presock
Tlkd with
Office, Washington, D.C.
Ms. Montagne
INC
PM
456-6508
11:15 AM
OUT
11:36
AM
11:40
General Brent Scowcroft
Tlkd-ok
Office, Washington, D.C.
11:36 AM
Photocopy from George Bush Presidential Library
INC
PM
White House Signal 2-2260
OUT
AM
Congressman Robert H. Michel
Tlkd-ok
Office, Washington, D.C.
12:39 PM
INC
12:39 PM
12:41
225-0600
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
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OUT
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INC
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PRESIDENTIAL MOVEMENTS
Charlottesville, Virginia
LOCATION Washington, D.C.
DATE 28 September 1989
TIME
MOVEMENTS
0740
Depart Carr's Hill via Motorcade
0741
Arrive Rotunda
1126
Depart Rotunda via Motorcade
1129
Arrive University Hall
1243
Depart University Hall via Motorcade
1246
Arrive Newcomb Hall
1450
Depart Newcomb Hall' via Motorcade
1452
Arrive Rotunda
1532
Depart Rotunda via Motorcade
1536
Arrive Massie Road Landing Zone
1540
Depart Massie Road Landing Zone via Marine One
1634
Arrive South Grounds
1650
Oval Office
1751
South Grounds
1755
Residence
2045
South Grounds
2058
Residence
WHCA FORM 15, OCTOBER 15, 1980
Thursday, September 28
8:04 Jeb Bush departs via South Grounds
4:35 The President and Mrs. Bush arrive South Grounds
4:37 The President addresses assembeled Outstanding Secondary
Educators on South Lawn
4:51 The President and Mrs. Bush to the Diplomatic Reception
Room for photo with Sen. Gore and family
4:55 The President to the Oval Office
4:56 Mrs. Bush to the Second Floor
5:45 Mrs. Banco and Mrs. Edward Machamara to the Second Floor
for tea with Mrs. Bush
5:56 The President and President Barico of Colombia plus senior
staffs to the Yellow Oval Room for meeting
7:05 Meeting ends cocktails sevred
8:00 All guests depart (21)
8:05 Dinner for the President and Mrs. Bush
8:45 The President and Mrs, Bush to the South Grounds
8:56 Sam, Elie LeBlond and Eileen Fitzgerald arrive South Grounds
9:00 The President, Mrs, Bush and children to the Second Floor
10:50 Doro LeBlond to the Second Floor
11:00 Retired
Houseguests
Doro LeBlond & Sam Leblond - Queens Room
Elie LeBlond - 214
Eileen Fitzgerald - 213
News Summary
OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1989 -- 6 a.m. EDT EDITION
TODAY'S HEADLINES
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
BUSH URGES ALLIES, INTERNATIONAL LENDERS TO INCREASE AID TO POLAND --
President Bush Wednesday called on America's allies and the international
lending agencies to join this country in beefing up economic assistance to
Poland, which, along with the rest of Eastern Europe, he said is "in the
throes of dramatic political and economic change."
(Washington Post)
BUSH SAYS STRATEGIC ARMS PACT LIKELY NEXT YEAR -- President Bush, sounding
a more optimistic note than many of his advisers, said Wednesday there was
a "good likelihood" that the U.S. and Soviet Union could reach an agreement
on reducing strategic nuclear weapons by the time of his summit with Soviet
President Gorbachev next year.
(Washington Post)
NATIONAL NEWS
BUSH, GOVERNORS CHART AMBITIOUS SCHOOL GOALS -- President Bush led the
nation's governors into an education summit at the University of Virginia
Wednesday where he and the other participants began to set ambitious goals
for the nation's schools but steered clear of discussing the costs.
(Dallas Morning News, Washington Post, Washington Times,
Copley, Scripps Howard)
NETWORK NEWS (Wednesday evening)
EDUCATION SUMMIT -- President Bush and
the nation's governors gathered in
Virginia for a highly publicized effort
INTERNATIONAL
A-1
to improve education in America.
NATIONAL NEWS
A-6
PHILIPPINES -- There was a major
anti-American protest in the
NETWORK NEWS
B-1
Philippines as Vice President Quayle
pressed for extension of the
agreement on U.S. bases there.
U.S.-SOVIET RELATIONS -- President Bush
hailed the recent strides in .S.-Soviet
arms talks.
This Summary is prepared Monday through Friday by the White House News Summary Staff.
For complete stories or information, please call 456-2950.
White House News Summary Thursday, September 28, 1989 -- A-1
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
BUSH URGES ALLIES, INTERNATIONAL LENDERS
TO INCREASE AID TO POLAND
President Bush Wednesday called on America's allies and the
international lending agencies to join this country in beefing up economic
assistance to Poland, which, along with the rest of Eastern Europe, he said
is "in the throes of dramatic political and economic change."
In a speech to the joint annual meeting of the IMF and World Bank,
Bush said that "in light of clearly growing needs, the recent accession of
a Solidarity-led government and our self-evident stake in its success, we
must do more.
As the President made his public appeal, top officials in his
government began discussing new proposals on Poland that one source
described as an effort to "see if we can be creative without busting the
budget."
Noting that the Poles are now evolving "a bold plan for economic
recovery,' Bush called on the IMF and World Bank "to work rapidly with
Poland to develop such a program and ensure its successful implementation.
For its part, the United States intends to be out front of this effort, to
take advantage of this historic development and to ensure its success."
Later, in a session with reporters, Bush said that whatever additional
aid the U.S. provides, either directly or through organizations like the
IMF, will depend on Poland's efforts to restructure its devastated economy.
"I think it is important that we see their plan of economic reform."
(Hobart Rowen & Ann Devroy, Washington Post, A44)
SENATE APPROVES 'GIFT' OF HELP FOR POLISH PARLIAMENT
The U.S. Senate approved a proposed "U.S. Congressional Gift of
Democracy" late Wednesday that would provide equipment and training to help
Poland's new parliament deal with economic and democratic reforms.
A resolution approved by voice vote and sent to the House would send a
U.S. congressional staff team to Poland to assess the Polish Sejm and
Senate's computer, telephone and other equipment and training needs.
Congressional leaders would then arrange the training and ask private
industry to donate the equipment. The resolution says the effort should be
coordinated with interested members of West European parliaments as well as
U.S. businessmen and legislative experts.
(Reuter)
-more-
White House News Summary Thursday, September 28, 1989 -- A-2
BUSH SAYS STRATEGIC ARMS PACT LIKELY NEXT YEAR
President Bush, sounding a more optimistic note than many of his
advisers, said Wednesday there was a "good likelihood" that the U.S. and
Soviet Union could reach an agreement on reducing strategic nuclear weapons
by the time of his summit with Soviet President Gorbachev next year.
Bush, in a question-and-answer session with reporters, said "it's not
a given" such an agreement can be reached, but said that the fact that the
leaders set a summit date for spring or early summer "will serve as a
catalyst for moving forward" on a treaty to reduce strategic nuclear
weapons.
On reducing chemical weapons, however, Bush said that he is
"absolutely not" willing to do away with the whole U.S. stockpile of
chemical weapons if the Soviets eliminate theirs, as Soviet Foreign
Minister Shevardnadze suggested this week
"We need a certain sense of deterrence and we need to have some
leverage" to get several other countries to eliminate such weapons, Bush
said in defending his position
Bush hailed the improvement in -Soviet relations as reflected in
what he called "the spirit that prevailed in Wyoming" and countered those
who had criticized him for passivity and timidity in seizing the initiative
on U.S.-Soviet relations.
"I was criticized, it wasn't so many days ago, for timidity," he said.
"I think that the team I have here knows what it's doing and I think
now
the American people see that."
(Ann Devroy, Washington Post, A46)
PENTAGON TONES DOWN SOVIET THREAT ASSESSMENT
The Defense Department has rewritten the book on the Soviet military
threat literally.
And in this case, it is a book that can be judged by its cover, a
glossy color photograph of Soviet troops retreating from Afghanistan.
Inside the covers, U.S. military analysts likewise retreat from much of the
caustic rhetoric used in years past to describe Soviet military intentions.
In its place is a fuzzier, toned-down account of the rival superpower's
military threat.
Gone is last year's subtitle of "An Assessment of the Threat"
superimposed over a forbidding photo of a Soviet ballistic missile
submarine. The 1989 version of "Soviet Military Power" is subtitled a
softer "Prospects for Change."
In the eighth edition of its bible of Soviet military capabilities,
which was released Wednesday, the agency that owes much of its $300 billion
annual budget to American worries about Soviet military might declared,
"Today the likelihood of conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union is
perhaps as low as it has been at any time in the postwar era."
The 159-page book also reflects, however, the uncertainty of U.S.
military planners in facing the liberalization efforts of Soviet President
Gorbachev.
(Molly Moore, Washington Post, Al)
-more-
White House News Summary -- Thursday, September 28, 1989 -- A-3
U.S., CZECHS TALK AT CABINET LEVEL FOR FIRST TIME IN 11 YEARS
Baker Reportedly Expresses Displeasure At Hard-Line Policy
U.N. -- When Secretary of State Baker met here Wednesday with
Czechoslovakia's foreign minister, Jaromir Johanes, it was the first time
since 1978 that the U.S. has been willing to have cabinet-level talks with
the Prague government.
For 11 years, Washington had rebuffed Czechoslovakia bids for such a
meeting because of U.S. opposition to the hard-line rule there. But, as a
senior U.S. official accompanying Baker to the General Assembly session
here said, "This year it was an option that the secretary wanted to pick
up."
In part, the official said, Baker wanted to register U.S. disapproval
of Czechoslovakia's continuing repression of internal dissent, and he told
Johanes that any improvement in U.S.-Czechoslovak relations will depend on
an improved human rights situation. However, the official added, "There
are a lot of changes taking place in Eastern Europe, and we want to know as
much as we can about how to deal with them."
(John Goshko, Washington Post, A44)
SHEVARDNADZE WILL VISIT CUBA, NICARAGUA, RAISING U.S. HOPES
U.N. -- A visit by Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze to Nicaragua
and Cuba next week has raised U.S. expectations about a Soviet role in
helping to reduce armed conflicts in the region, including the leftist
insurgency in E1 Salvador, according to State Department officials.
The officials said the expectations arise in large part from
conversations in Jackson Hole last week between Shevardnadze and Secretary
of State Baker. The "serious" and "useful" discussions about Central
America during the two-day meeting in Wyoming were more direct and explicit
about arms and insurgency than those with senior Soviet officials in the
past, according to a State Department source
Baker (said) that in his conversations, the Soviets indicated that
they are committed to support democracy and free elections in Nicaragua and
that "they are committed to using their influence to do what they can to
stop the flow of weapons to the insurgency in El Salvador."
Neither Baker nor his aides disclosed that Shevardnadze planned his
first visit to Managua on his way home from New York, which will be the
highest level Soviet visit to that country, or that Shevardnadze also
planned to visit Cuba.
(Don Oberdorfer, Washington Post, A44)
200,000 SOVIET EMIGRES TO FACE U.S. REJECTION
Embassy Trying To Cope With 'Avalanche'
MOSCOW -- Despite the well-advertised reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev's
Kremlin, Soviet citizens are applying to leave the country in record
numbers -- only to find that their newest difficulty is finding a home in
the West. U.S. officials said Wednesday that they expect to turn down as
many as 200,000 Soviets next year.
Although many acknowledge that they would never have dared apply for
an exit visa in the past, the hundreds of Jews, Armenians, Pentecostals and
other Soviet citizens who have been lining up for visa applications say
their unease about the political and economic situation in the country is
matched only by their confusion about a series of shifts in U.S. emigration
policy and procedures.
(David Remnick, Washington Post, A41)
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White House News Summary -- Thursday, September 28, 1989 -- A-4
BUSH SKEPTICAL OF FAMILY KIDNAP PLOT REPORT
President Bush said Wednesday he knew nothing about a reported
Colombian drug cartel plot to kidnap one of his children or another
high-profile American to gain amnesty from the U.S. and Colombian
governments.
"To the degree security has been stepped up in accordance with the law
on the Bush kids -- it is not because of a specific hard piece of
intelligence, hard threat," he said during an interview with a small group
of reporters in the Oval Office.
Secret Service protection has been extended to Bush's five adult
children since the Colombian government began its crackdown on the drug
cartels.
(Reuter)
FEDS SEIZE PACKAGES OF COCAINE, MANY LABELED 'BUSH'
NEW YORK -- Federal agents Wednesday arrested four Colombians and
seized 94 kilogram packages of cocaine -- many labeled "Bush" -- a day
after sources reportedly said drug cartels had threatened to kidnap one of
the President's children.
U.S. DEA officials emphasized that they were unsure what the labels
mean, have no indication that they refer to the President or any member of
his family, and have uncovered no evidence tying the packages to any
alleged threats to the first family.
(UPI)
FBI EVALUATING DRUG TERRORISM
SAN ANTONIO -- The FBI is developing intelligence on any threat of
terrorist attacks Colombian drug lords may launch against U.S. leaders,
FBI Director Sessions said Wednesday.
During an impromptu news conference prior to a San Antonio speaking
engagement, Sessions repeatedly declined to give any specifics about
reported kidnapping threats against the families of Bush and key U.S.
leaders. "Yes. The eggs are fresh."
Sessions and his boss, Attorney General Thornburgh, were in San
Antonio to speak to the National Conference of U.S. Attorneys.
(David McLemore, Dallas Morning News)
QUAYLE CONFIDENT U.S. WILL RENEW PACT ON BASES IN PHILIPPINES
CORREGIDOR ISLAND -- Vice President Quayle said Thursday he was
confident Washington would win a new lease for its military bases in the
Philippines, which would guarantee a long stay.
Speaking after a tour of the World War II fortress island of
Corregidor, Quayle told reporters that Philippine President Aquino agreed
to open talks on the future of the bases.
He said she had given him a letter from President Bush carrying her
"positive response." Aquino will visit Washington in November and talks on
the bases are expected to start in December, according to U.S.
officials
"I am confident we will come to a mutually acceptable agreement. I am
also hopeful that that mutually acceptable agreement will provide for a
longtime stay by the United States," Quayle said. (Jeremy Clift, Reuter)
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White House News Summary -- Thursday, September 28, 1989 -- A-5
CITY EASES RACIAL BANS IN S. AFRICA
Public Buses, Pools Opened To Blacks
JOHANNESBERG -- South Africa's largest city, Johannesberg, formally
opened public buses, swimming pools and recreation centers to blacks
Wednesday, outpacing moves by the central government and marking a further
erosion of the apartheid system of racial separation.
On the basis of a nonbinding referendum earlier this year, the
Johannesberg City Council approved the desegregation measure Tuesday night
despite vociferous opposition by the white supremacist Conservative
Party
Municipal swimming pools and recreation centers will formally be open
to all races immediately. The public bus system will be desegregated as
soon as a local transportation board issues permits, described by city
officials as a technical requirement.
Anti-apartheid campaigners hailed the decision as a significant step
forward.
(William Claiborne, Washington Post, A1)
FRENCH RESEARCHER WINS TOP U.S. MEDICAL
AWARD, ANGERING ABORTION FOES
In a decision that provoked immediate outrage among anti-abortion
activists, the French researcher who developed an abortion pill that could
revolutionize family planning throughout the world received the U.S.'s most
prestigious medical award Wednesday.
Etienne-Emile Baulieu, who after 30 years of hormone research
discovered the drug RU-486, which prevents a fertilized egg from developing
into a fetus, received the Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award, a
distinction often considered a forerunner of the Nobel Prize.
(Michael Specter, Washington Post, A12)
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White House News Summary Thursday, September 28, 1989 -- A-6
NATIONAL NEWS
BUSH, GOVERNORS CHART AMBITIOUS SCHOOL GOALS
Summit Steers Clear Of Federal-Aid Issue
CHARLOTTESVILLE President Bush led the nation's governors into an
education summit at the University of Virginia Wednesday where he and the
other participants began to set ambitious goals for the nation's schools
but steered clear of discussing the costs.
The opening hours of the extraordinary, two-day meeting indicated
bipartisan agreement on an effort to frame national performance standards
and give states and schools annual report cards on their progress.
Democratic governors, fearful of being tagged as big-spending beggars
by the White House, decided to steer clear of the issue of federal aid to
education and focused on other ways to improve the schools.
Bush told the 49 state executives -- only Minnesota's Rudy Perpich was
absent -- that "too much is at stake to let partisanship get in the way of
progress" in America's struggle to cut dropouts and illiteracy and boost
student performance in areas like science and math, where the U.S. trails
other industrial nations.
In turn, Gov. Clinton told Bush, "We don't expect big increases in
federal funds to come out of this summit
I'm honestly convinced that
if we agree on setting goals, the money and programs will follow."
Clinton circulated a draft statement for Thursday's concluding
plenary session that would set the first national performance standards by
next February, after consultation with educators, parent groups and
businessmen, and start a push to deregulate restrictions on most current
federal aids funds.
The Clinton draft would call for a targeted federal effort to end
illiteracy in the District of Columbia and purge drugs from its schools and
to target aid from all departments' budgets, including the Pentagon's, into
a few big-city school districts with severe problems
Most of the participants called the sessions "positive, candid and
productive," but former education secretary Bennett was not impressed.
"There was the standard Democratic and Republican pap, he told
reporters, "and something that rhymes with pap
Much of the discussion
proceeded in a total absence of knowledge of what takes place in schools."
(David Broder & David Hoffman, Washington Post, A4)
Bush, Governors Open Education Summit
CHARLOTTESVILLE President Bush and the nation's governors Wednesday
opened the first national summit conference on education, agreeing to seek
national performance goals to measure improvements in public schools but
avoiding a public debate over whether more federal spending is required.
"Everyone now knows what the problems are, and no one is here to point
fingers,' Bush said. "But for the good of our children's education, for
the good of the country, we must decide on a course of action. The time
for study is over
"There are real problems right now in our educational system, but
there is no one federal solution," Bush told the governors. "We will work
with you to help find answers, but I firmly believe that the key will be
found at the state and local levels."
(Benjamin Shore, Copley)
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White House News Summary Thursday, September 28, 1989 -- A-7
Debate On Education Is Over, Bush Tells Nation's Governors
CHARLOTTESVILLE -- President Bush pleaded with the nation's governors
Wednesday to fulfill Thomas Jefferson's vision of an "enlightened America."
"The time for study is over," Bush said in a keynote speech opening
the governors' education summit. "It's time to stop debating over
commissions and studies and set priorities, and it's time to get on with
it."
But the governors made clear they didn't come to the historic
conference to be lectured or pushed around, and conceded "some
disagreement" in the first working sessions.
After weeks of negotiating with the White House on the agenda, many
were impatient and went into the closed meetings with Bush armed with a
bill of particulars. They were determined to come out with a consensus on
at least some of the national goals and standards they feel are needed to
revive the faltering education reform movement.
(Frank Murray & Carol Innerst, Washington Times, A5)
Education Summit Starts Smoothly: Money Issues Put Aside
CHARLOTTESVILLE -- Governors attending the education summit here
promised Wednesday to put money issues aside and work with President Bush
in finding ways to improve the public schools.
Most of the 50 governors -- including many of the 28 Democrats -- said
their No. 1 priority is to draw up national performance standards for
schools by early next year.
Gov. Clinton said it would be a "foolish expenditure of time" to fight
with Bush about who pays for what.
"There may be more federal money needed, but let's set the goals
first," Clinton told reporters. "Money is not the main part of this
summit."
Gov. Campbell said he wants to see some "accountability" for the money
already being spent. "We cannot pour money into something without
understanding the results that are coming out, he said.
(Kenneth Eskey, Scripps Howard)
Bush, Governors Open Their Summit On U.S. Education
CHARLOTTESVILLE -- President Bush and the nation's governors began an
unprecedented effort Wednesday to define goals for American public
education and muster a public commitment to achieving them.
Ceremony more than substance marked the start of the education summit
at the University of Virginia as Bush and key governors spoke of the need
for national standards -- and the dire results that would come without
them.
"Everyone now knows what the problems are, and no one is here to point
fingers," the President said in opening remarks to the governors. "But for
the good of our children's education, for the good of the country, we must
decide on a course of action. The time for study is over."
Gov. Clinton, speaking to reporters later, said the U.S.'s economic
competitors "have made the future a moving target."
(Joseph Garcia, Dallas Morning News)
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White House News Summary Thursday, September 28, 1989 -- A-8
Bush Camp, Governors Compete For Spotlight
CHARLOTTESVILLE -- As President Bush and the nation's governors
convened Wednesday for a two-day education summit, it remained uncertain
whether the conference would live up to the hype.
All agree that the chief goal is to devise a set of national standards
by which public education can be improved.
But the summit is taking place in an extraordinary atmosphere of media
visibility. That has produced a rigorous competition between the Bush
Administration and the governors over ideas and the right to claim them.
"I think there will be differences of opinion," said Gov. Baliles.
"But competition of ideas is healthy for the country."
(Kevin Merida, Dallas Morning News)
EDUCATION QUOTES FROM BILL BENNETT
CHARLOTTESVILLE -- Leave it to William Bennett to inject some
razor-edged levity into the education summit meeting here.
Bennett, in a briefing, had the following comments about the topics
discussed in a 90-minute session on the learning environment, where he
served as moderator:
On the pleas for improving early childhood education: "Everyone likes
small children and wants to do better by them."
On the attitude of American students: "They are doing worse but
feeling much better about it. We have a classic 'I'm all right, Jack'
syndrome."
On slow progress in improving the public schools: "There's no reason
they can't get better a lot faster than they re gettin' better.'
On whether the discussion between Cabinet members and governors was
worthwhile: "I thought it was good. There were occasional outbursts of
candor.'
Iowa Gov. Branstad later put some of Bennett's remarks in a more
mellow context.
"You've got to take what Bennett says with a grain of salt," he said.
(Kenneth Eskey, Scripps Howard)
D.C. OFFICIALS DISMAYED AT LACK OF AN INVITATION
D.C. school officials expressed dismay Wednesday that they were not
invited to President Bush's education summit as were the governors from all
50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Schools Superintendent Andrew Jenkins said he was disappointed that
the District was excluded simply because it had no governor. "It is
unfortunate that the unique governance structure of the District of
Columbia has precluded our representation at this historic meeting,"
Jenkins said in a prepared statement.
(Washington Post, A4)
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White House News Summary -- Thursday, September 28, 1989 -- A-9
SENATE VOTES $9.4 BILLION FOR DRUGS
The Senate Wednesday overwhelmingly approved $9.4 billion for the
nation's war against drugs, including a $1.1 billion addition to funds
requested by President Bush for drug and related crime-control efforts
next year.
The plan, which largely would be financed by an across-the-board cut
in government spending except for "entitlement" programs, was approved, 97
to 2, after more than a week of intensive negotiations that sometimes
resembled a bidding war for political credit in spearheading the country's
anti-drug crusade.
In agreeing to an expanded drug war financed by cuts in other
programs, Bush accepted a cut in Pentagon spending 10 times larger than he
proposed in his original anti-drug program.
The largest single allocation from the new funds would be $1 billion
for prison construction. Funds are also provided for more law enforcement
agents, anti-drug programs in schools, local treatment and rehabilitation
programs, assistance to state and local law enforcement efforts,
anti-delinquency programs, Indian and veterans health services and
programs for the homeless.
(Helen Dewar, Washington Post, A1)
$4.2 BILLION LOSS UNCOVERED AT FHA
The
FHA
suffered losses of $4.2 billion in fiscal year 1988, nearly
five times more than the Reagan Administration reported at the time, a
two-year audit by the GAO and Price Waterhouse accounting firm shows.
GAO Comptroller General Charles Bowsher testified before a Senate
Banking subcommittee that between $4 billion and $5 billion will be needed
over the next several years to save insurance programs that are
jeopardized by the losses
Both HUD officials and Bowsher cited poor management practices, high
turnover and inadequate staffing at HUD during the Reagan years as major
contributors to the FHA's fiscal problems. Economic downturns, during
which more borrowers than usual suffer economic losses and fail to pay
their mortgages, contributed to the difficulties.
(Chris Spolar, Washington Post, A1)
BUSH OFFICE SAID TO HAVE AIDED PROJECT
Officials at the Department of HUD gave special treatment in 1983 to a
Puerto Rico developer because they believed he had the backing of Vice
President Bush's office, according to former HUD officials.
Records show that the department expedited its review, taking seven
weeks to approve developer Delio Rojo's proposal to convert a San Juan
hotel int low-income housing with $37.8 million in guaranteed federal rent
subsidies. A top HUD official waived two key regulations, including a
requirement that other developers be allowed to compete for the money.
Two former HUD officials said that a Bush aide telephoned Lance
Wilson, executive assistant to HUD Secretary Pierce, and asked officials to
meet with Rojo about his proposal. Shortly after the call, in early March
1983, Rojo met with Wilson and Joseph Strauss, another Pierce assistant.
HUD officials familiar with the phone call said that Bush's office did
not apply any overt pressure. "It was more subtle," one official said.
"Not everyone has the White House calling on their behalf."
Questions about HUD's handling of the project arose Wednesday at a
hearing by the House Government Operations housing subcommittee.
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(John Anderson, Washington Post, A1)
White House News Summary -- Thursday, September 28, 1989 -- A-10
SENATE PANEL ELIMINATES INTERNEES' REPARATIONS FOR 1990
A Senate panel Wednesday approved a bill eliminating $50 million in
reparations next year for Japanese-Americans interned during World War II
but agreed on a plan that would ensure they get their money in future
years
The committee said that up to $500 million could be provided next year
and in subsequent years as an "entitlement" program -- a category that
would make it immune from most budget cuts.
(William Scally, Reuter)
HOUSE AGREES TO REPEAL COMPLEX EMPLOYEE BENEFIT LAW
The House voted overwhelmingly to repeal a controversial and complex
employee benefit law which required employers to provide similar health and
pension benefits to all employees.
Business groups, especially small business owners, had argued that the
law was unworkable and they would be forced to drop many benefit plans for
all workers to avoid discrimination in favor of highly paid employees.
It passed on a vote of 390 to 36 as part of a $16.6 billion deficit
reduction bill which is still pending in the House. The repeal has strong
support in the Senate from 40 sponsors.
(Reuter)
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White House News Summary Thursday, September 28, 1989 -- B-1
(Wednesday Evening, September 27)
EDUCATION SUMMIT
ABC's PETER JENNINGS: We begin in Charlottesville on the grounds of the
university founded by Thomas Jefferson for a summit meeting that will
ultimately have an effect on every American. Whether it was the governors
or the President who initiated the education summit, there is complete
agreement that American education, from kindergarten to high school, is in
trouble and it is time to get on with fixing it. The man who said he
wanted to be the "Education President" is under pressure from the nation's
governors to prove it. Mr. Bush arrived here this afternoon; the governors
were waiting.
ABC's BRIT HUME: You wouldn't have known it on this brilliant afternoon as
the President and the governors walked through the heart of this
picturesque university, but this issue, education, is full of pitfalls for
George Bush. This summit has been carefully choreographed to step around
them. Mr. Bush has no new federal money to offer, so as he welcomed his
guests he stressed not the White House, but the statehouse and the
schoolhouse.
(PRESIDENT: "I firmly believe that the key will be found at the state and
local levels. You are the ones, as governors, who are out there on the
firing line.")
But if that's so, how can he be the leader, the Education President? He
hopes by getting them, including Democrats, to agree to new goals and
ideas.
(PRESIDENT: "Accountability, flexibility, tougher standards, a
results-oriented system. All of these have got to be out there on the
table. It's time to stop debating over commissions and studies and set
priorities, and it's time to get on with it.")
The governors of both parties seem prepared to go along and reconciled to
the budgetary realities.
(GOV. CLINTON: "I think it is fair to say that we do not expect a big
increase in federal funding to flow out of this summit.")
But the governors were quick to tell him in today's working sessions what
they do expect: They want the strings attached to the money they now get
from Washington cut, permitting them to spend it as they see fit. The
governors will get no argument from George Bush on that; the argument may
come from Congress, which appropriates the money and likes some say in how
it's spent. Congress, though, isn't present at this summit, and that's no
accident.
ABC's BILL BLAKEMORE reports that the governors brought to the President an
agenda from their home states. The governors are saying, in unison, that
by the year 2000: every American five-year-old must be ready, healthy and
possessing the mental skills needed to begin school, all adult illiteracy
must be eliminated, the drop-out rate must be dramatically reduced, and
American students must match their counterparts in Europe and East Asia,
especially in science and math. To make this happen, the governors need
the President's help.
(GOV. CARRUTHERS: "Why shouldn't the federal government take over all
programs for children less than five-years-old? Give us a healthy child as
we go into the school systems.")
That would cost many billions of federal dollars. The governors know that
won't happen right away, so for starters they're asking for more control
over the federal funds they already get.
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BLAKEMORE continues:
(GOV. BRANSTAD: "What we want is more flexibility, more opportunity to
better use the federal dollars that are coming to our states.")
But the main thing the governors need the President to do is be their point
man, lead the country, keep all Americans aware of the urgent need for an
education revolution based on higher standards.
(TED SANDERS, Assistant Secretary of Education: "It's going to take
leadership out of the Presidency for us to be able to set national goals.")
(GOV. CLINTON: "This country has never before had a set of national
performance goals for its schools, and it's high time we did.")
Some governors had hoped for the national goals to be stated at this
meeting. It now appears that over the next four months the governors will
be asking their constituents back home for advice on what the national
education goals should be, then set the goals at another education meeting
with the President scheduled for February.
(ABC-Lead)
JENNINGS reports on the difficulty in establishing national
standards.
(ABC-12)
NBC's TOM BROKAW: We won't have a pop quiz at the end of this program, but
here are some facts to remember tonight: one in four American high school
students drops out, 13% of American adults can't read, American students
spend, on average, less than 20 hours a week in the classroom -- Japanese
students 32 hours, and yet federal aid to education is up almost 30% in the
last decade. What's going wrong? That's what President Bush and the
nation's governors are trying to figure out today in Charlottesville,
Virginia.
NBC's JOHN COCHRAN: This was only the third time a president has called the
nation's governors to a summit. The last time, back in 1933 when Franklin
Roosevelt told governors he was ready to spend big bucks to buy America out
of economic depression. That is not George Bush's way.
(TV coverage: President sitting down at meeting with governors, shaking
hands.)
Bush wants to be the "Education President," but he says he will not try to
buy his way out of the crisis in education even though the crisis is
getting worse.
(PRESIDENT: "Millions of Americans cannot read. Some never even make it to
graduation, dropping out of school and society as well.")
Bush and the governors divided up in three groups for private talks. The
governors wanted public sessions for maximum news coverage, but the White
House insisted on privacy to avoid the possibility of televised arguments
between Bush and Democratic governors. But as the summit started, most
Democrats said they would not pressure Bush for money now. Maybe later,
but not now.
(GOV. CLINTON: "What we're saying is: yes, there might be more federal
money needed, but let's set the goals. Let's do what we can with
flexibility. Let's focus on the things we can agree on first.")
Flexibility: a polite way of saying the governors want Washington's money
without strings, without orders from Washington on how money should be
spent in the classroom. Bush is willing to remove some of the strings, but
in return he wants states and local school boards to set goals for how
federal money is spent. The governors admit educators must be held
accountable.
(GOV. CAMPBELL: "The system needs money, but the system itself needs
accountability. The system needs restructuring at the state level.")
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White House News Summary -- Thursday, September 28, 1989 -- B-3
COCHRAN continues:
Not all Democrats are shy about asking for money. New York's Mario Cuomo
wants Bush to guarantee college loans for high school graduates and some
governors want more money for preschool Head Start programs. Bush tried to
avoid political controversy.
(PRESIDENT: "This is not a Republican or a Democratic issue, and it's not
Administration versus the governors. It's an American issue.")
Most governors say they don't expect Bush to provide more money, but they
do expect him to provide leadership; to harangue citizens into taking local
action to reverse the decline in American education.
(NBC-Lead)
NBC's BOB KUR reports on corporate educational programs aimed at improving
the basic skills of the nation's future work force.
(NBC-10)
CBS's DAN RATHER reports that President Bush, the nation's governors, and
others gathered today in Virginia for a highly publicized effort to improve
education in America. Mr. Bush made it clear from the start he does not
foresee any major increase in federal resources earmarked for education.
CBS's LESLEY STAHL: An education summit with President Bush, his cabinet,
and the nation's governors. The turnout of so much brass, in itself a
measure of the desperate state of public education in America. Fact: A
recent report says 13% of our 17-year-olds can't read, write or count.
Fact: In a recent test, 20% of 12-year-olds were unable to identify the
United States on a map.
(PRESIDENT: "It's time to stop debating over commissions and studies and
set priorities, and it's time to get on with it.")
But the outcome of this summit will be another task force to set national
performance goals, higher science and math test scores, lower drop-out
rates. The White House insists money is not the issue.
(SECRETARY CAVAZOS: "The funding is truly not an issue. The issue really
is in how we educate children during that process.")
The White House argues that overall education spending has increased 30% in
the last decade with little effect on performance.
(GOV. CAMPBELL: "We cannot pour money into something without understanding
the results that are coming out.")
Many Democrats say money is the issue. They say Ronald Reagan cut the
federal commitment to education one-third, and Mr. Bush isn't doing
anything to change that.
(SEN. KENNEDY: "Being the 'Education President' isn't just speeches, it
isn't just words, it isn't just a question of smoke and mirrors. It's
whether we're prepared to provide the resources to achieve national
goals.")
And no sooner had the President sat down for the opening session that he
got just what the White House feared: a plea for more federal money.
(GOV. CARRUTHERS: "It seems to me that the federal government ought to
assume the primary responsibility for helping us produce kids who are
prepared to go to school.")
And that was a Republican governor. Whatever the issue today: drugs, the
environment, aid for Poland and Hungary, and now education, the President
finds himself arguing with those who say he can't solve the country's
problems without spending more federal money.
RATHER asks STAHL: What sense do you get of the session so far?
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White House News Summary -- Thursday, September 28, 1989 -- B-4
STAHL: So far the governors are talking about the federal government giving
them more flexibility. We understand there was one session where there was
-- quote -- a feisty discussion with the President on education money
versus defense money. A lot of these governors want to see some of that
money going to Star Wars and other programs coming to education. But you
know, these sessions are behind closed doors. The press has not been
allowed in to hear the discussion so we're just standing around, waiting
for someone to leak these things to us.
CBS's RICHARD THRELKELD reports from the University of Virginia on the
legacy of Thomas Jefferson and how the basics of education still apply in
changing times.
(CBS-3)
CAPITAL GAINS TAX
CBS's BOB SCHIEFFER reports on the capital gains battle.
(REP. HENRY: "Thank you, Mister Speaker. Tax, tax, tax, tax, tax, tax,
tax, tax ")
For a minute there it sounded like the pressure was finally getting to
Republican Paul Henry.
(REP. HENRY: Tax, tax, tax, tax, tax, tax, tax.")
It was a simple message but probably as germaine as anything else being
said today because the debate over the President's plan to cut the capital
gains tax is no longer over policy; it's about power, prestige, and
political hardball. And both sides have really turned up the heat. The
President, promising a veto today, unless he gets his way.
(PRESIDENT: "A vote against our capital gains position tomorrow will be a
vote for a tax increase.")
But Democrats who side with the President concede they've lost some ground.
(REP. ANDREWS: "I think the vote's going to be very, very close. The
margin has narrowed and the next 24 hours will tell the difference.")
That's why junior congressmen, like Jimmy Hayes, are suddenly finding
themselves so popular. Democratic Majority Whip Bill Gray had a call in to
Hayes within minutes after the Louisiana congressman had returned from a
stroking session at the White House. And with both sides pulling out all
the stops, you never knew whose name would be invoked as part of the scare
tactics.
(REP. GEPHARDT: "Leona Helmsley said taxes are for only little people. Is
that what we're going to do in this chamber?")
(REP. GEJDENSON: "What you're dealing with on the Democratic side, on
Gephardt's side, is son of Mondale. The fact is, it is exactly the kind of
tax increase Mondale promised in 1984.")
(CBS-4)
ABC's SHEILAH KAST reports on the history of the tax reform battle. One of
the principle Democratic authors of tax reform said he doesn't know where
the fight will end.
(SEN. BRADLEY: "All the special-interest lobbyists are sharpening their
pencils now because they're getting ready to raise their rates, because they
think that if this ever passed, then there would be a lot of other
loopholes that they might stick in." "This is clearly a knife aimed at the
heart of Ronald Reagan's major domestic achievement: tax reform.")
Now, each party accuses the other of ripping apart the deal that made tax
reform possible.
(REP. GEPHARDT: "When George Bush makes a proposal to now take the capital
gains right back to 19%, the deal was broken.")
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White House News Summary -- Thursday, September 28, 1989 -- B-5
KAST continues:
(RICHARD DARMAN, OMB Director: "That is ridiculous. The tax reform had a
number of absolutely crucial elements; this was never one of them.")
(REP. ARCHER: "The Democrats who now want to raise the rate, to raise taxes
from a statutory rate of 28% to 33%, are the biggest violators of whatever
compact there may have been.")
President Bush said he's not out to unravel tax reform.
(PRESIDENT: "I have confidence that Chairman Rostenkowski, with the help of
the Administration, would be able to resist an all-out assault on the tax
reform bill.")
The House will vote on capital gains tomorrow. Some members said the best
outcome would be to vote no on everything. That's not going to happen.
(ABC-9)
U.S.-PHILIPPINE RELATIONS/VICE PRESIDENT'S TRIP
BROKAW reports that there was a major anti-American protest in the
Philippines today as Vice President Quayle pressed for extension of the
agreement on U.S. bases there. Police fired tear gas to clear 2,000
demonstrators near the Presidential Palace. More than 150 people were
arrested.
NBC's JIM MACEDA reports from Manila on the two major American bases in the
Philippines.
(NBC-5)
SENATE COMPROMISE/ANTI-DRUG WAR
BROKAW reports that the Senate voted today 97 to two approving a major
spending plan to finance the nation's drug war, adding more money than
President Bush proposed. In a compromise last night, the White House
agreed to almost $9.5 billion, 31% of that now earmarked for drug
treatment, education, and prevention. The other 69% would be used for law
enforcement.
(NBC-2)
COLOMBIA/ANTI-DRUG WAR
BROKAW reports that President Barco today vowed there would be no peace
with the cocaine cartel. Tomorrow he meets at the White House with
President Bush.
NBC's MICHELLE GILLEN reports that U.S. intelligence sources told NBC News
that the government and police of Colombia do not have the capability, and
may not have the will, to fight the cartel. They say the use of U.S. aid
and training has been stalled because of security concerns over who in the
government effort can be trusted. Most of the U.S. aid so far has been for
conventional warfare equipment, but police say they been left out even
though they are the ones who are supposed to be chasing the leaders of the
cartel and combatting their street terrorism.
(NBC-3)
SEIZURE/ANTI-DRUG WAR
RATHER reports that in New York City today, federal agents seized 94 kilo
packages of cocaine, many of them labeled "BUSH." Federal officials said
they were unsure what the labels mean. Four Colombians were seized along
with the drugs.
(CBS-9)
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White House News Summary -- Thursday, September 28, 1989 -- B-6
FIRST FAMILY/ANTI-DRUG WAR
RATHER reports that President Bush today confirmed security has been
increased for his children. The President said he knew of no specific
threat against them from the international cocaine cartel criminals.
(PRESIDENT: "To the degree security has been stepped-up, in accordance with
the law on the Bush kids. It is not because of a specific, hard threat.
I'm confident of that.")
Mr. Bush was commenting on a published report today that the drug cartel
may have targeted one of the Bush children for a kidnap attempt. (CBS-10)
U.S.-SOVIET RELATIONS
RATHER: President Bush today hailed the recent strides in U.S.-Soviet arms
talks. He said a major agreement to cut strategic missiles is now likely
by next summer. At the same time, the President urged caution. For
instance, he told reporters at the White House he would not accept the
latest Soviet proposal for both sides to destroy all of their chemical
weapons. The President held up for what he called a -- quote -- certain
sense of deterrence and a prudent defense policy.
CBS's DAVID MARTIN reports that after months of being accused of
foot-dragging on nuclear arms negotiations, President Bush said today he
thinks a treaty cutting long-range nuclear weapons could be signed at next
year's summit with Mikhail Gorbachev.
(PRESIDENT: "Yes, I do. And I think the setting of a summit perhaps will
serve as a catalyst for moving forward, but it's not a given. But I would
agree that we have a good likelihood that might happen.")
The sudden optimism was triggered by Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze,
who last week dropped the Soviet demand to limit U.S. development of a Star
Wars defense as the price for cuts in offensive arms. That's only the
latest reversal in Soviet military policy, reversals which are turning
American perceptions of the Soviet threat upside down. Nevertheless,
Secretary Cheney says the Soviets are still a threat.
(SECRETARY CHENEY: "Anytime you consider the prospects of a nation equipped
with thousands of nuclear warheads and re-entry vehicles targeted upon the
United States, that they constitute a potential threat.")
According to Cheney, Soviet defense spending has increased under Gorbachev.
The Soviets continue to build newer and better long-range nuclear missiles
and bombers, weapons which directly threaten the U.S.
(PRESIDENT: "Cheney's voice is loud and clear and he's saying don't do
something dumb. Don't make the mistake of unilaterally disarming.")
But Cheney admits the Soviet threat is changing.
(SECRETARY CHENEY: "Today the likelihood of conflict between the United
States and the Soviet Union is perhaps as low as it has been at any time in
the post-War era.")
And as long as the likelihood of conflict is low and the likelihood of
treaties high, Cheney will have a harder and harder time justifying the
Pentagon's $300 billion budget.
(ABC-8, CBS-Lead)
BROKAW reports that President Bush predicted today that he and Mikhail
Gorbachev might be able to sign an agreement reducing long-range nuclear
arms at their summit meeting next year. Another part of the
Soviet-American relationship: emigration. The Soviets have been making it
easier for people to leave, but now the United States is about to make it
harder under new rules that take effect in four days.
-more-
White House News Summary Thursday, September 28, 1989 -- B-7
NBC's BOB ABERNETHY reports from Moscow on the new American emigration
rules requiring prospective emigrants to have close relatives in the United
States.
(NBC-6)
PRESIDENT/IMF
JENNINGS reports that President Bush spoke to members of the International
Monetary Fund before he flew to Charlottesville. He told them we must do
more to help the new government in Poland. Mr. Bush has offered about $200
million in aid; he says the federal deficit makes any more impossible. The
Scandinavian countries have promised $121 million. Iceland pledged
$300,000 to Poland, most of it in herring.
(ABC-11)
HUGO AFTERMATH
JENNINGS reports that in the South there was increased fury and frustration
at what many people see as a slow pace in government help. South Carolina
Senator Ernest Hollings said today that his state was getting a
bureaucratic run-around. The mayor of Charleston called on federal
officials today to provide more money, more people, more supplies, and to
cut the red tape soon.
ABC's CHRIS BURY reports that nearly 5,000 federal troops are in South
Carolina to help rebuild the state but that volunteers are the main driving
force behind relief efforts.
(ABC-6)
BROKAW reports that South Carolina's senators will ask for up to one
billion dollars in federal hurricane relief money.
(NBC-11)
RATHER reports that relief workers started handing out water, clothing, and
other essentials in short supply. There is no shortage of complaints,
however, that U.S. government help and for that matter, state help, is not
coming nearly fast enough.
CBS's SCOTT PELLEY reports that aid flooded into devastated coastal South
Carolina today amid charges that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is
holding up some badly needed assistance while they study the area's needs,
something critics argue is obvious.
(SEN. HOLLINGS: "This crowd's supposed to be geared up to get the help to
the people and they've absolutely been obstructionist.") (CBS-7)
SOVIET SPACE DISASTER
RATHER reports that the Soviet Union tonight confirmed, for the first time,
that a major space-launch disaster nine years ago killed 50 workers.
(CBS-2)
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Please pass to TIM McBride -
REQUEST FOR APPOINTMENTS Thanks - 1
Bridget
To: Officer-in-charge
Workers and Vistor Entrance System
Montagne
Room 065, OEOB
Thursday, September 28
89
Please admit the following appointments on
, 19
THE PRESIDENT
of
:
for
(name of person to be visited)
(agency)
NAME
DATE OF BIRTH
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
Senator Albert Gore
(U.S. Senator)
Mrs. Albert Gore - Mary Elizabeth
(Wife of U.S. Senator)
Kristin Gore (daughter)
Photocopy from George Bush Presidential Library
Sarah Gore (daughter)
(b)(6)
Albert Gore III (son)
CLEAR INTO THE WEST LOBBY
FRED MC CLURE'S OFFICE WILL GREET
AND TAKE TO THE RESIDENCE
MCCLURE x 2300
MEETING LOCATION
Building
WH RESIDENCE
Requested by Patty Presock
Room No.
Diplomatic Recpt. Rm.
Room No. WW Telephone 7400
4:30 p.m.
9/26/89
Time of Meeting
Date of request
Additions and/or changes made by telephone should be limited to five (5) names or less.
WAVES Center: SIG/OEOB - 395-6046 or WHITE HOUSE - 456-6742
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Charlottesville, Virginia)
For Immediate Release
September 28, 1989
STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY
The President and Mrs. Bush were saddened to hear of the death
of former President Marcos. They offer their condolences to
Mrs. Marcos and the members of her family. For over 20 years,
Mr. Marcos was the leader of the Philippines, a nation that has
been and remains a staunch friend and ally of the United States.
Mr. Marcos agreed to leave the Philippines at a critical juncture
in his nation's history. His departure permitted the peaceful
transition to popular, democratic rule under President Aquino.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Thursday, September 28, 1989
10:05 am
PHONE CALL FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
CONGRESSMAN MOLINARI
office in D.C.
225-3371
office in N.Y. 718-981-9813
weekend #
C
Called to personally speak to the
President regarding the President's trip
to New York on Monday.
Congressman Molinari was very upset. He
said he tried to work with the President's
assistants (Atwater and Wray) to set up
a "10 second meeting" with the President
while the President was in New York. The
Congressman said there was "no follow-up"
and he was "hurt badly" by this. The
press in New York badgered him about his
not seeing the President: His upcoming
race is even at this time and he feels
this incident will hurt him.
Bridget Montagne
CC: Governor Sununu
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B
I've notified:
Mrs. BUsh
Susan Rose
Gary Walters
Tim McBride
Laurie Firestone
USSS
only thing left to be done
is order White House Car
to pick up at dulles Thurs
take to WH
pick up at Camp David
take to Dulles on Sunday
Many thanks.
Patty
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Tuesday
September 26, 1989
MR. PRESIDENT:
FOLLOWING ARE THE TENTATIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR
DORO, SAM, AND ELLIE (AND EILEEN FITZGERALD) :
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
6:09 p.m. - Depart Portland - UNITED #1233
7:45 p.m. - Arrive Dulles Airport
(will be met by a White House car)
Overnight at the White House
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
11:30 a.m. - Sam, Ellie & Eileen depart the
White House with the stewards
enroute Camp David
4:00 p.m. - Doro departs enroute Camp David
with you and Mrs. Bush
Overnight at Camp David
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1
1:45 p.m. - Doro, Sam, Ellie, & Eileen
depart Camp David via car enroute
Dulles Airport
4:00 p.m. - Depart Dulles Airport - UNITED #1446
5:35 p.m. - Arrive Portland
Patty Presock
THE PRESIDENT
9.28.89
Dear Members. -
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strongly that my friend Tabb
would be a great
Moone mucher of Alibi that I decided
to send the letter. Tabb, a
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about attending that received you may
feel I don't deserve to GBl
but Istill love Alibr
Mr. Francis G. Addison III
1525 Twenty-ninth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007
Note: Inside envelope addressed to The Alibi Club (see also addison, Francis G)
bcc: Jan Burmeister
083632
FG006-01
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Dear Laurie from ORM
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protection.
we are very grateful
Love -
GB
Ms. Laurie Firestone
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My thanks to each
and everyone that helped
in making things 90 00
well.
Most Sincerely
ag Bul
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Sept. 28 1989
Dear Gary,
well Done -
will you please
circulate the attached
in somet way.
My Thanks to you
and to all A the
Staff- Sincerly,
CaBul
THE WHITE HOUSE
Mr. Gary Walters
George Bush Presidential Library
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