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Originally Processed With FOIA(s):
FOIA Number:
2009-0166-S
2009-0166-S
FOIA
MARKER
This is not a textual record. This is used as an
administrative marker by the George Bush Presidential
Library Staff.
Record Group/Collection:
George H.W. Bush Presidential Records
Collection/Office of Origin:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
Subseries:
OA/ID Number:
90546
Folder ID Number:
90546-002
Folder Title:
Friday, May 4, 1990
Stack:
Row:
Section:
Shelf:
Position:
V
12
11
7
5
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Doc. No. / Type
Subject/Title
Date
Restriction
Classification
01. Schedule
Schedule of the President [redaction] (1 pp.)
05/04/90
(b)(3)
02. Schedule
Schedule of the President For Tulsa, Oklahoma [redaction] (2
05/04/90
(b)(7)(c),
pp.)
(b)(7)(e), (b)(7)(f)
03a. Log
White House Telephone Log [Signal Switchboard] [redaction of
05/04/90
(b)(6)
personal information] (1 pp.)
03b. Log
White House Telephone Log [President Bush] [redaction of
05/04/90
(b)(6)
personal information] (1 pp.)
04. Schedule
The Trip of the President to Stillwater and Tulsa, Oklahoma
05/04/90
(b)(7)(c),
[redaction] (2 pp.)
(b)(7)(e), (b)(7)(f)
05. Note
Presidential Phone call with Mubarak (1 pp.)
05/04/90
(b)(1)
06. Note
Presidential Phone call with PSB Jr. [Prescott S. Bush, Jr.] (1 pp.)
05/04/90
(b)(1)
Page 1 of 1
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Friday, May 4, 1990
Pinksheet Number:
dw1682
OA/ID Number:
90546-002
Date Closed:
4/21/2010
FOIA/Sys Case #:
2009-0166-S
Re-review Case #:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
01. Schedule
Schedule of the President [redaction] (1 pp.)
05/04/90
(b)(3)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Friday, May 4, 1990
Date Closed:
4/21/2010
OA/ID Number:
90546-002
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:
MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile.
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
Friday, May 4, 1990
8:00 am
Intelligence Briefing
Oval Office
(15 min)
(Scowcroft/Sununu)
8:15 am
National Security Briefing
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Scowcroft/Sununu)
8:45 am
Meeting with Governor Sununu
Oval Office
(30 min)
9:15 am
Administrative Time
Oval Office
(45 min)
10:00 am
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(85 min)
11:25 am
Depart for Stillwater, Oklahoma
South Lawn
(TAB A - Trip Schedule)
2:20 pm
Address Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
Centennial Commencement Exercises
(Demarest)
(TAB B)
3:50 pm
Depart for Tulsa, Oklahoma
(TAB C - Trip Schedule)
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
5:50 pm
Attend Oklahoma GOP
Tulsa
Fundraising Reception
(Card)
(TAB D)
6:40 pm
Address Oklahoma Foundation
Tulsa
for Excellence Dinner
(Demarest)
(TAB E)
7:30 pm
Depart Oklahoma for Camp David
11:05 pm
Arrive Camp David
B RON Camp David
SUPPLEMENTARY BRIEFING MATERIALS
TAB F - Briefing on Local Issues (Anderson)
TAB G -- Political Background Report (Wray)
7:33add mr. Bush 7:39 mrs Bunk out 8:00add Dates + scowcroft
8:03 8:03add cicconi,
8:04 cicconi out 8:05 add seenence UNP 05/03/90
(b)(3)
8:25
out 8:26 add V.P. 8:46 Gates. of Acours oft out 5:00 pm
into oval
9:57(approx) 11.75 Ant Gray out A Anro 10:52 add Firestone 11:19 Firetore out 11:20 Poter to lawx
out 9:43 add Sunune 9:47 sunervie out; Gray of
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
02. Schedule
Schedule of the President For Tulsa, Oklahoma [redaction]
05/04/90
(b)(7)(c), (b)(7)(e),
(2 pp.)
(b)(7)(f)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Friday, May 4, 1990
Date Closed:
4/21/2010
OA/ID Number:
90546-002
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:
MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
FOR
TULSA, OKLAHOMA
MAY 4, 1990
EVENTS:
Oklahoma GOP Fundraising Reception
Group Photos with Student Award Winners, Teachers and Board
Members of Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence
Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence Dinner
DRESS:
Men
- Business Suit
Women
- Day Dress
CONTACT:
office of Presidential Advance
John G. Keller, Jr.
- 202/456-7565
Trip Coordinator
Lucy Muckerman
- 202/456-7565
Tulsa, Oklahoma Signal
-202/395-1500
-918/584-2761
ADVANCE:
David Jones
- LEAD
Kim Fuller
- PRESS
(b)(7)(c) (b)(7)(e) (b)(7)(f)
David Bonwit
MIL. AIDE
Jim Hamby
- WHCA
Mike Farson
- AFI
Keith Anderson
- HMX
WEATHER:
Partly Sunny, Mid 60's
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
FOR
TULSA, OKLAHOMA
MAY 4, 1990
4:25 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Tulsa International Airport
(C.D.T.)
and proceeds to Motorcade.
Met by:
4:29
The Honorable James Inhofe
U.S. Congressman
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lawson (Jay)
Event Chairman, Oklahoma GOP Fundraising Reception
The Honorable and Mrs. Jim Hewgley (Eileen)
Former Mayor of Tulsa
Mr. Clinton Key
Oklahoma GOP Chairman
Mr. Dick Ford
Oklahoma GOP National Committeeman
Mrs. Mary Rumph
Oklahoma GOP National Committeewoman
Mr. Bill Liedtke
Assistant to Governor Bellmon
Mr. Pete Silas
CEO, Phillips Petroleum
General Joseph T. Ferrell
Oklahoma Adjutant General
Colonel Joseph Strow
Commander, 138th Tactical Fighter Group
Mr. Bill Bovaird
Family friend
4:38
4120 pm
THE PRESIDENT boards Motorcade and departs Tulsa
International Airport en route Doubletree Hotel.
MOTORCADE ASSIGNMENTS:
(b)(7)(e)
&
(Drive Time: 15 Minutes)
Page Two
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
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GUESTS AND STAFF INSTRUCTIONS:
Upon arrival at Doubletree Hotel,
Guests and Staff will be escorted to
Staff Holding Rooms on 18th Floor.
Please board Motorcade no later than
6:15 pm for transportation to Tulsa
4:57
Convention Center.
4:45 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Doubletree Hotel and
proceeds to Suite (via elevator)
Met by:
Mr. Bruce Boetcher
General Manager, Doubletree Hotel
Ms. Gail Sessin
Director of Marketing, Doubletree Hotel
5:00
4+50 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Suite for Private Time.
(PRIVATE TIME: 1 HOUR)
5:54
5:50 pm
THE PRESIDENT departs Suite and proceeds to
Council Oaks Room.
Met by:
Mr. Ed Lawson
Event Chairman, Oklahoma GOP Fundraising Reception
Mr. Clinton Key
Oklahoma GOP Chairman
Page Three
EVENT:
OKLAHOMA GOP FUNDRAISING RECEPTION
CLOSED PRESS
MIX AND MINGLE
BRIEF REMARKS
5.52 5:56 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Council Oaks Room and
begins participation in Reception.
6:16 pm Mr. Clinton Key introduces Mr. Ed Lawson.
ok
6:18 pm
THE PRESIDENT is introduced for Brief Remarks
by Mr. Edward Lawson, Event Chairman, Oklahoma GOP
Fundraising Reception.
6:19
6:20 pm
THE PRESIDENT makes Brief Remarks.
6:26
6:25 pm
THE PRESIDENT concludes Brief Remarks, departs
Council Oaks Room and proceeds to Motorcade.
6:27 pm
THE PRESIDENT boards Motorcade and departs
Doubletree Hotel en route Tulsa Convention Center.
6:30
MOTORCADE ASSIGNMENTS:
Same as on Arrival.
(Drive Time: 3 Minutes)
6:31
6:30 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Tulsa Convention Center and
proceeds to Backstage Area.
Met by:
The Honorable and Mrs. David Boren (Molly)
U.S. Senator
Page Four
EVENT:
GROUP PHOTOS WITH STUDENT AWARD WINNERS, TEACHERS
AND BOARD MEMBERS OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION FOR
EXCELLENCE
OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER ONLY
6:32
6002 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Backstage Area and begins
participation in Group Photos with Student Award
Winners, Teachers and their families and Board
Members of Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence.
6:38
6:35 pm
THE PRESIDENT concludes participation in Group
Photos, departs Backstage Area and proceeds to
Holding Room.
6:38
6:36 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Holding Room and holds
briefly.
4:45
6:38 pm
THE PRESIDENT departs Holding Room and proceeds to
Off-Stage Announcement Area.
2
6+39 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Off-Stage Announcement Area
6:48
and holds briefly.
EVENT:
OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE DINNER
OPEN PRESS
RUFFLES AND FLOURISHES
OFF-STAGE ANNOUNCEMENT
HAIL TO THE CHIEF
GIFT PRESENTATION
REMARKS
TELEPROMPTER
Page Five
6:47
6.40 pm
THE PRESIDENT is announced onto Stage, proceeds to
Seat on Dais and is seated.
6:41 pm Students and teachers are introduced.
7:01 0m pm
Senator David Boren introduces
Governor Henry Bellmon.
7:02am
pm
Governor Bellmon gives brief remarks and
introduces Speaker Carl Albert for Gift
Presentation.
7:03 GM
pm
Gift Presentation concludes.
6:47 pm Senator Boren gives brief remarks and
7:04
introduces Senator Don Nickles.
7:05
6.50 pm
THE PRESIDENT is introduced for Remarks by The
Honorable Don Nickles, U.S. Senator.
7:08
6:52 pm
THE PRESIDENT gives Remarks.
7:23
7.04 pm
THE PRESIDENT concludes Remarks, departs Stage and
proceeds to Holding Room.
7:05 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Holding Room and holds
briefly.
7:07 pm
THE PRESIDENT departs Holding Room and proceeds to
Motorcade.
7:10 pm
THE PRESIDENT boards Motorcade and departs Tulsa
Convention Center en route Tulsa International
Airport.
7:27
Page Six
MOTORCADE ASSIGNMENTS:
Same as on Arrival.
(Drive Time: 15 Minutes)
7:45
7:25 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Tulsa International Airport
and proceeds to board Air Force One.
GUEST AND STAFF INSTRUCTIONS:
7:40 pm
Guests and Staff not
accompanying THE PRESIDENT
to Camp David will proceed
directly to Andrews Air Force
Base via Aircraft #27000 at
this time.
10:55 pm Estimated time of arrival at
Andrews Air Force Base for
Aircraft #27000.
3130 pm
THE PRESIDENT departs Tulsa, Oklahoma en route
(C.D.T.)
Hagerstown, Maryland.
(Flying Time: 2 Hours 15 Minutes)
(Interchange:
No)
(Time Change:
Ahead 1 Hour)
(Food Service: Dinner)
ok
10:45 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Washington County Regional
(E.D.T.)
Airport, Hagerstown, Maryland and proceeds to
Marine One.
OK
Motorcade
10:50 pm
THE PRESIDENT boards Marine one and departs
Washington County Regional Airport en route Camp
David, Maryland.
Page Seven
(Flying Time: 15 Minutes)
11:05 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Camp David, Maryland.
Page Eight
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
03a. Log
White House Telephone Log [Signal Switchboard] [redaction
05/04/90
(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:
Friday, May 4, 1990
Date Closed:
4/21/2010
OA/ID Number:
90546-002
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:
MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposés [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
SIGNAL SWITCHBOARD
May 4 . 1990
TIME
NAME
ACTION
PLACED
DISC
OUT
9:15 AM
9:36
Tlkd with Ms. Presock
Mr. Prescott Bush
9:17 AM
(b)(6)
Tlkd-ok
INC
PM
9:27 AM
OUT
9:43 AM
10:36
Conference Call:
Tlkd-ok
President Mohammed Mubarak
10:29 AM
(b)(6)
INC
PM
OUT
AM
Dr. Richard N. Haass
White House Situation Room
White House Signal 2-2264
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
INC
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OUT
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PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
03b. Log
White House Telephone Log [President Bush] [redaction of
05/04/90
(b)(6)
personal information] (1 pp.)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Friday, May 4, 1990
Date Closed:
4/21/2010
OA/ID Number:
90546-002
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:
MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
MAY 4th
90
, 19
PRESIDENT BUSH
TIME
NAME
ACTION
PLACED
DISC
OUT
7:13
AM
7:17
MR. MARVIN BUSH
XXX
XXX
PM
(b)(6)
TLKD-OK 7:15 A.M.
INC
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
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OUT
AM
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
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PRESIDENTIAL MOVEMENTS
Washington, D.C.
Stillwater, Oklahoma
LOCATION Tulsa, Oklahoma
DATE 4 May 1990
TIME
MOVEMENTS
0709
Oval Office
1124
South Grounds
1126
Depart South Grounds via Marine One
1134
Arrive Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland
1145
Depart Andrews Air Force Base via Air Force One
CDT
1313
Arrive Tulsa International Airport, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1323
Depart Tulsa International Airport via Marine One
1357
Arrive Oklahoma State University Practice Field
Landing Zone, Stillwater, Oklahoma
1400
Depart Oklahoma State University Practice Field
Landing Zone via Motorcade
1401
Arrive Football Coach's Building
1551
Depart Football Coach's Building via Motorcade
1553
Arrive Oklahoma State University Practice Field
Landing Zone
1556
Depart Oklahoma State University Practice Field
Landing Zone via Marine One
1629
Arrive Tulsa International Airport
1639
Depart Tulsa International Airport via Motorcade
1658
Arrive Doubletree Hotel
1832
Depart Doubletree Hotel via Motorcade
1833
Arrive Tulsa Convention Center
1929
Depart Tulsa Convention Center via Môtorcade
1947
Arrive Tulsa International Airport
WHCA FORM 15, OCTOBER 15, 1980
PRESIDENTIAL MOVEMENTS
Tulsa, Oklahoma
LOCATION
Camp David, Maryland
DATE 4 May 1990
TIME
MOVEMENTS
1952
Depart Tulsa International Airport via Air Force One
EDT
2243
Arrive Washington County Regional Airport
Hagerstown, Maryland
2249
Depart Washington County Regional Airport
via Motorcade
2324
Arrive Camp David, Maryland
WHCA FORM 15, OCTOBER 15, 1980
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
04. Schedule
The Trip of the President to Stillwater and Tulsa, Oklahoma
05/04/90
(b)(7)(c), (b)(7)(e),
[redaction] (2 pp.)
(b)(7)(f)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Friday, May 4, 1990
Date Closed:
4/21/2010
OA/ID Number:
90546-002
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:
MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
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OF THE PRES ORIGINO THE
STATES
THE TRIP OF
THE PRESIDENT
TO
STILLWATER AND
TULSA, OKLAHOMA
May 4, 1990
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
THE WHITE HOUSE
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON
FOR
STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA
MAY 4. 1990
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
FOR
STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA
GUEST AND STAFF INSTRUCTIONS:
MAY 4, 1990
10:30 an Vans depart West Basement
an route Andrews Air
Force Base.
EVENTS:
11:00 am Those with own transportation
should arrive Andrews Air
Staff Photo with Platform Participants
Force Base Distinguished
Oklahoma State University Commencement Address
Visitors Lounge at this time.
Staff Photo with OSU Wrestling Team
DRESS:
OK
Men
- Business Suit/Academic Regalia
11:25 am
THE PRESIDENT departs White House en route
Women
- Day Dress
Andrews Air Force Base.
CONTACT:
MARINE ONE MANIFEST:
office of Presidential Advance
John G. Keller, Jr.
- 202/456-7565
Trip Coordinator
Barbara Jobe
- 202/456-7565
(b)(7)(e)
Stillwater, Oklahoma Signal
- 202/395-1511
405/372-3467
ADVANCE:
Mal Lukens
- LEAD
(Flying Time: 10 Minutes)
Kelley Gannon
- PRESS
(b)(7)(c). (b)(7)(e). (b)(7)(f)
Jarry Johnson
WALA
Sean Byrne
- MIL. AIDE
11:35 an
THE PRESIDENT arrives Andrews Air Force Base and
proceeds to board Air Force One.
WEATHER:
(Flying Time: 2 Hours 35 Minutes)
(Interchange: No)
(Time Change: Back 1 Hour)
(Food Service: Lunch)
GUEST AND STAFF INSTRUCTIONS:
Upon arrival at Tulsa Airport,
transportation vill be provided to
Doubletree Hotel for Staff not
travelling to Stillwater, Oklahoma.
(b)(7)(e)
OK
1:15 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Tulsa International Airport,
(C.D.T.)
Tulsa, Oklahoma and proceeds to board Marine One.
Met By:
The Honorable Henry Bellmon
Governor of Oklahoma
Colonel Joseph Strow
Base Commander, 138th Tactical Fighter Group
1:22
1:20 pm
THE PRESIDENT departs Tulsa, Oklahoma en route
(Flying Time: 35 Minutes)
Stillwater, Oklahoma.
1:57
1:55
HELICOPTER MANIFEST:
THE PRESIDENT arrives Oklahoma State University
Practice Field Landing Zone, Stillwater, Oklahoma
and proceeds to board Motorcade.
1:59
2r00 pm
(b)(7)(e)
THE PRESIDENT departs Practice Field Landing zone
an route Football Coach's Building.
MOTORCADE ASSIGNMENTS:
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2:02 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Football Coach's Building
and proceeds to Room 116.
Met By:
Dr. and Mrs. John Campbell (Lunice)
President of Oklahoma State University
Mrs. Shirley Bellmon
Wife of Governor Bellmon
The Honorable Michaele (Mike) Hanson
Mayor of Stillwater
Mr. T.J. McCloud
Grandson of the Mayor
(b)(7)(e)
EVENT:
STAFF PHOTO WITH PLATFORM PARTICIPANTS
CLOSED PRESS
2:02
2.00 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Room 116 and begins
participation in Staff Photo.
OK
2:12 pm
THE PRESIDENT concludes participation in Staff
Photo, departs ROOM 116 and proceeds to Holding
Room.
2:12
(Drive Time: 2 Minutes)
2-17 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Holding Room for Robing-
GUEST AND STAFF INSTRUCTIONS:
OA 2:15 pm
THE PRESIDENT departs Holding ROOM and proceeds
Upon arrival at Oklahoma State University,
to Off-Stage Announcement Area.
Guests and Staff will be escorted to
either Staff Viewing Area or Holding
Rooms.
2:20pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Off-Stage Announcement Area
5:01
and holds briefly.
:Te pm
THE PRESIDENT concludes Remarks and remains
standing at Podium.
EVENT:
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
3:05
OPEN PRESS
2:92 pm
THE PRESIDENT begins participation in Gift
Presentation.
RUFFLES AND FLOURISHES
NOTE:
THE PRESIDENT will receive a book from
OFF-STAGE ANNOUNCEMENT
President Campbell.
3:06
HAIL TO THE CHIEF
3:55 pa
THE PRESIDENT concludes participation in Gift
CONFERRAL OF HONORARY DEGREE
Presentation and returns to Seat.
REMARKS
3:07
2+50 pm
Conferral of the Henry G. Bennett
Distinguished Service Avards
GIFT PRESENTATION
3:10
3.00 pm
Greetings from OSU Board of Regents
TELEPROMPTER
2:17
3+07 pm
Conferral of Student Degrees
3:12
-2.20 pm
THE PRESIDENT is announced onto Stage and proceeds
NOTE: THE PRESIDENT proceeds to Podium,
to Seat.
stands and shake hands with nine
3:30
degree recipients.
2:18
pm
National Anthem
2:18 pa
Recognition of Graduates who are members
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Invocation
of Phi Kappa Phi
2:19
2.29 pm
President John Campbell gives Welcoming
3:20 pm
Recognition of Nevly-Commissioned
Officers
2:20
Remarks and remains standing at Podium
for Conferral of Honorary Degree
3:33
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Greetings from OSU Alumni Association
3:40
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OSU Alma Mater Hyan
of
2:28 pm
THE PRESIDENT begins participation in Conferral
of Honorary Degree.
pm
3:41
Benediction given by Ms. Kimberly McCoy,
President, OSU Student Government
Association
3:42
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pm
"Oklahoma" played by OSU Symphonic Band
Conferral of Honorary Degree and returns to
Seat.
3:43
2:34 2+91 pm
1:20 pm
THE PRESIDENT departs Stage and proceeds to
Holding Room.
THE PRESIDENT is introduced for Remarks by
The Honorable Henry Bellmon, Governor of Oklahoma.
2:36
3:44 3:31 PM
THE PRESIDENT arrives Holding Room and holds
2+24 pm
THE PRESIDENT Remarks.
briefly.
NOTE: THE PRESIDENT takes robe off at
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this time.
Page Seven
3:46
THE PRESIDENT departs Holding ROOM and proceeds
to ROOM 116.
HELICOPTER ASSIGNMENTS:
STAFF PHOTO WITH OSU WRESTLING TEAM
Same as on Arrival, except:
EVENT:
Nighthawk III:
CLOSED PRESS
3:46
Add C. Key
3:35 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives ROOM 116 and begins
participation in Staff Photo.
(Flying Time: 35 Minutes)
3:50
2140 pm
THE PRESIDENT concludes participation in Staff
Photo, departs Room 116 and proceeds to Motorcade.
3:51
(3.85 PM
THE PRESIDENT boards Motorcade and departs
Football Coach's Building en route Practice
Field Landing Zone.
MOTORCADE ASSIGNMENTS:
Same as on Arrival.
(Drive Time: 2 Minutes)
3:52
3+45 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Practice Field Landing
Zone and proceeds to board Marine One.
3:50 pm
THE PRESIDENT departs Stillwater, Oklahoma
en route Tulsa, Oklahoma.
3:56
News Summary
OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1990 -- 6:00 A.M. EDT EDITION
TODAY'S HEADLINES
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
LANDSBERGIS ASKS LATVIANS TO JOIN FIGHT -- Lithuanian President
Landsbergis called Thursday for a united front of all three Baltic
states to press for complete independence from the Kremlin and
criticized the Bush Administration for relaxing restrictions on
sales of technology to the Soviet Union.
(Washington Post)
COLOMBIA/U.S. FORCES -- U.S. forces helped plan and led the
December air assault in Colombia that resulted in the slayings of
narcotics kingpin Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, his 17-year-old son
Freddy and several bodyguards, according to U.S. government
sources.
(Newsday)
BANKS SAVAGE BRADY'S DEBT STRATEGY -- Major international banks
lashed out at Secretary Brady's developing countries' debt strategy
Thursday, charging it is largely responsible for $18 billion of
debt in arrears which they said may be used as a "negotiating ploy"
to reduce debt.
(UPI)
NETWORK NEWS (Thursday Evening)
SNF/NATO -- President Bush
announced the U.S. will not
modernize short-range nuclear
weapons in Europe.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
A-1
LITHUANIA -- After Prime
NATIONAL NEWS
A-14
Minister Prunskiene's meeting
with President Bush, she said
NETWORK NEWS
B-1
the President had made no final
decision on what to do about her
country's struggle with Moscow.
HOSTAGES -- President Bush was
unusually conciliatory towards
Iran.
This Summary is prepared Monday through Friday by the White House News Summary Staff.
For complete stories or information, please call 456-2950.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
BUSH CALLS FOR MAJOR REVIEW OF NATO'S POLICIES
Plan To Build New Missile Also Dropped
President Bush called Thursday for a major review of the
political and military mission of the NATO alliance and formally
announced his decision to abandon plans to build a new short-range
nuclear missile that has been made obsolete by the political
transformation of Central Europe.
Bush announced plans for a special NATO summit in late June
to review the alliance's mission during a news conference in which
he also expressed concern about a resurgent military in the Soviet
Union that he said might be stalling progress on arms control.
President Gorbachev "is under extraordinary pressure at home,
particularly on the economy, and I do, from time to time, worry
about a takeover that will set back the whole process," Bush said.
He added that he has no evidence of an attempt by Gorbachev's
opponents to oust him from power
Sen.
Nunn
called Bush's announcements "significant steps"
and endorsed his call for a high-level review of NATO's role and
military strategy.
(Ann Devroy, Washington Post, A1)
Bush Closes NATO Rift By Dropping Lance Missile Plans
Bowing to realities created by the dramatic changes in Eastern
Europe, President Bush has dropped U.S. demands for new short-
range nuclear missiles in Europe, thus ending a dispute that
bitterly divided the NATO alliance.
Military experts quickly hailed Bush's announcement Thursday,
saying it was likely to set the stage for further progress in arms
control talks between Washington and Moscow.
"The revolutionary changes transforming Europe are moving
us
to a new era in history," Bush told a news conference
"While we're still in a period of transition, as Soviet forces
leave Eastern Europe and our arms control works move forward, we
need to develop a new strategy for the period ahead," Bush said.
(Laurence McQuillan, Reuter)
NATO RAISES THE STAKES IN POWER PLAY FOR EUROPE'S FUTURE
BRUSSELS -- NATO, dismissed by many as a relic of the Cold
War, has raised the stakes dramatically in its bid to remain a
dominant force in the future of Europe.
Alliance foreign ministers agreed at a meeting Thursday to
scrap controversial plans to modernize short-range nuclear missiles
and artillery, took a tough line with the Soviet Union on German
unification and arms control and mapped out a course to transform
their organization.
"NATO is preparing for the future
Clearly, this alliance
is on the move," Secretary-General Woerner told a news conference.
"The alliance is taking advantage of the historic opportunity to
move beyond confrontation to cooperation."
(Nicholas Doughty, Reuter)
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 4, 1990 -- A-2
BAKER: ARMS PROPOSAL SHOULD HELP SOVIETS ON GERMAN UNIFICATION
BRUSSELS -- Secretary Baker said Thursday that new U.S.
proposals for nuclear arms reductions in Europe should reduce
Soviet fears of a united Germany in NATO.
But Baker, speaking to reporters after outlining the U.S.
proposals to NATO foreign ministers here, said the issue of German
membership in NATO "is not a matter that we view as negotiable."
Baker's comments came on the eve of his departure for Bonn
"There will be a full-blown discussion" [in Bonn] of Soviet
concerns over German NATO membership, the size and capacity of the
German armed forces, and other issues, Baker said, but he insisted
that those matters can only be decided in other negotiations
Baker said Thursday that the Administration's decisions not
to modernize nuclear artillery and missiles in Germany, while not
made to allay deep Soviet fears of a united Germany in NATO,
"should be an indication to them that there's a recognition on the
part of the NATO allies that circumstances are changing [and
the
Soviet Union] should perhaps not be as strong in their opposition"
to Germany's NATO membership
Asked whether the Administration's proposal was simply making
a virtue out of necessity, Baker said, "Maybe we are."
(Al Kamen, Washington Post, A35)
CONGRESS TOLD SOVIETS MAY BE VIOLATING INF
The Bush Administration recently uncovered Soviet
intermediate-range missile equipment that may have been deployed
in violation of an arms-control agreement, the director of the Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency told Congress Thursday.
"We have found SS-4-related equipment at an undeclared site,"
ACDA Director Lehman told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Lehman said the arms control agency is investigating the
discovery of the missile parts and would not "prejudge" whether it
was a violation of the 1987 INF Treaty.
(Bill Gertz, Washington Times, A6)
PRESIDENT OFFERS IRAN INFORMATION
President Bush, in a conciliatory overture to Iran, Thursday
offered to provide Tehran with information about four Iranians who
disappeared in 1982 as a "gesture of goodwill," but he pledged anew
not to negotiate for the release of Americans held captive in
Lebanon.
Administration officials said Bush recently has asked other
countries and the International Red Cross to help in finding
information about the fate of the four Iranians. Bush made the
requests after recent contacts with Iran through intermediaries,
the officials said.
"I would have in mind any gesture that wouldn't be perceived
as negotiating for the release of hostages," Bush said when asked
in a White House news conference about what kinds of actions he
could take to facilitate the release of six Americans still held
in Lebanon by pro-Iranian groups.
Bush's answer appeared more conciliatory toward Iran than his
previous remarks in the wake of the release of hostages Robert
Polhill and Frank Reed.
(David Hoffman, Washington Post, A1)
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 4, 1990 -- A-3
Hostages/Iran
President Bush Thursday opened the door to making positive
gestures toward Iran in an effort to win freedom for the six
American hostages still held in Lebanon, but he cautioned that he
had no indications the recent release of two hostages meant more
would follow soon.
Bush said the U.S. would be willing to help determine the fate
of four Iranian diplomats who disappeared in Lebanon in 1982, and
he indicated the Administration was looking for other low-key
actions it might take on Iran's behalf.
"If that is goodwill, so be it,' the President said at a
midmorning news conference. "I hope it is. It's the way I would
intend it, and there may be other things we can do."
(Susan Page, Newsday)
U.S.A. 'STUBBORN' CHILD, IRANIAN PRESIDENT SAYS
Lack of Response To Hostage Release Decried
President Rafsanjani branded the U.S. Administration "a
stubborn frustrated child" Thursday for its failure to come up with
an adequate goodwill gesture in the release of two American
hostages.
His remarks, made to a group of teachers in the Iranian
capital, came several hours before a White House news
conference
Rafsanjani appeared to be trying to counter mounting criticism
in Iran that he has gone too far in his flirtation with the U.S.
over hostages. He sought to rule out a dialogue with Washington,
despite confirmed reports that representatives of the two countries
have met in Geneva and elsewhere
"We do not want relations with the United States, and we
welcome severing ties
We are not prepared to talk to America,"
Rafsanjani said in his meeting with the teachers.
(Nora Boustany, Washington Post, A20)
HEZBOLLAH DENIES INVOLVEMENT WITH HOSTAGES
BEIRUT -- The pro-Iranian Hezbollah denied Thursday it was
involved in the abduction of Western hostages and said the Bush
Administration would be responsible if the 16 captives in Lebanon
are not released.
"Hezbollah has repeatedly said it has no relation whatsoever
with the issue of Western prisoners," said a statement by
Hezbollah
Hezbollah called on the Bush Administration to free
the hostages "peacefully" by "releasing all Lebanese, Palestinians
and Iranians jailed in Israel and in the prisons of America's
allies in the region. The American Administration will bear full
responsibility of any complication in this issue, especially after
the efforts exerted by the Islamic Republic [of Iran] and Syria to
secure the release of two Americans as a step toward ending this
issue."
(UPI)
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 4, 1990 -- A-4
MUBARAK FAULTS SHAMIR ON NEGOTIATION IMPASSE
DAMASCUS -- President Mubarak said here Thursday that he
believes Israeli premier-designate Shamir does not wish to settle
the Palestinian problem and predicted that this could lead to a
"much more destructive situation" in the Middle East.
Mubarak also indicated that he and President Assad would
cooperate more closely on the Palestinian-Israeli issue, now that
their countries have restored diplomatic ties.
"The feeling I have is that Shamir doesn't want to solve the
[Palestinian] problem at all now," said Mubarak
Shamir's
position "means things will be complicated unless our friends in
the United States will make a very big effort to persuade [the
parties involved] to sit and negotiate the problem, Mubarak told
reporters
"The Israelis are very good friends of the United
States. This element should be used so peace will prevail, because
if peace fails in this area, Washington also will be responsible
for that.'
(Caryle Murphy, Washington Post, A30)
ISRAEL REJECTS MUBARAK'S CRITICISM, LABOR PARTY IN CRISIS
JERUSALEM -- Israel has criticized Egyptian President Mubarak
for blaming Prime Minister Shamir for a halt in progress toward a
Middle East peace settlement.
"Mr. Shamir has already stated he remains totally committed
to his peace plan and that this plan will be one of the
cornerstones of the government he will form," Avi Pazner, media
adviser to the prime minister, said Thursday.
"We don't believe that such criticism as President Mubarak has
made is helpful to the cause of peace,' he added
Meanwhile, a power struggle at the top of the Labor Party
erupted after leader Shimon Peres's failure to form a dovish
government
The simmering tension between Peres and former
Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who favors forming another national
unity government between Labor and Likud, boiled over at a forum
of former party ministers.
"I believe the members of the party will choose the one they
believe can better bring about results in elections, Rabin said
on Israeli television after the meeting -- the first public
challenge to Peres's party leadership.
(Miriam Jordan, Reuter)
SYRIA SPURNS MUBARAK'S EFFORTS TO END ENMITY WITH IRAQ
DAMASCUS -- President Mubarak's warm welcome in Syria blew
away 13 years of hostility over Egypt's peace with Israel.
But he got the cold shoulder when he tried to patch up the
long-standing enmity between President Hafez al-Assad and Iraq's
Saddam Hussein, who has offered top host an Arab League summit.
"Syria will not attend a conference if it is held in Baghdad,"
Assad told Egyptian journalists accompanying Mubarak on his two-
day trip to Damascus this week.
"We are trying to bring the two leaders on to good terms with
each other, Mubarak said. "But this needs time."
(John Baggaley, Reuter)
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 4, 1990 -- A-5
BUSH DISAPPOINTED WITH RESULTS OF CHINA POLICY
President Bush expressed disappointment Thursday that his
decision to limit retaliation against China for the brutal
Tiananmen Square massacre has not yielded a more positive response
from Beijing.
But the President offered "no apologies" for trying to keep
open the lines of communication with China
At a news conference, Bush was asked if he could point to any
signs that China's dissidents are better off and relations are
improving because of his policy.
Bush responded that "several things" have changed, including
China's renewal of participation in the Fulbright fellowship
program and the admission of Peace Corps volunteers.
"But I'm disappointed," Bush continued. "I've said that
publicly before, and I am. Because I would like to think there
would be a more vigorous response. I was pleased that they lifted
martial law in Tibet the other day. So, there are some things that
are happening that are going in the right direction. But overall,
I'm disappointed."
(Helen Thomas, UPI)
BUSH BACKS FRENCH-GERMAN INITIATIVE
President Bush voiced support Thursday for a French-German
initiative to ease the way to talks between Lithuania and the
Soviet Union, heartening the visiting prime minister of the
republic.
"We see that as a form of concrete assistance," Prime Minister
Prunskiene told reporters following a 45-minute Oval Office meeting
with the President.
Prunskiene told reporters it was too early to judge the
success of her meeting with Bush. "We have to see how the
President is going to respond to the issues that I raised in the
further implementation of his policies," she said
The prime minister said she made no specific requests of Bush,
although she did reiterate that Lithuania would like the U.S. to
recognize its independence declaration. "I didn't necessarily
expect an answer today," she said.
(UPI)
Bush Meets Lithuanian Prime Minister, Offers No Aid
Lithuania's prime minister got sympathy but no help Thursday
from President Bush, who said before meeting her that he saw no
"constructive role" for the U.S. in the republic's quest to quit
the Soviet Union.
"If there was a constructive role for the United States, of
course, we should fulfill that, but there's not," the President
said at a news conference before Prime Minister Prunskiene met him
at the White House.
"I don't think that the President has made a final decision
as to what his positions are going to be vis-a-vis Lithuania,"
Prunskiene said to reporters as she left a 40-minute talk with
Bush
At his news conference, the President insisted that his desire
for Lithuanian freedom and self-determination was "just as strong
as anybody else's." He noted, however, that "there's a lot at
stake in all of this."
(Richard Whittle, Dallas Morning News)
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 4, 1990 -- A-6
Lithuanian Asks Bush For Recognition
Lithuanian Prime Minister Prunskiene appealed to President
Bush Thursday for U.S. recognition of Lithuanian independence from
the Soviet Union, while also outlining possible compromises
intended to calm the quarrel with Moscow.
In her midafternoon meeting at the White House
Prunskiene
expressed "regret" to Bush for the earlier accusation by President
Landsbergis that his refusal to order sanctions against the Soviet
Union amounted to another "Munich."
She said publicly that
Lithuania would be willing to postpone the full legal
implementation of independence until the end of 1991 if
negotiations with Moscow were proceeding constructively
After the 45-minute meeting the White House issued a statement
that did not mention official recognition but quoted Bush as
saying, "I am personally, and the United States government is,
committed to the self-determination of the people of Lithuania."
A U.S. official who attended the meeting said Bush found
Prunskiene's sophistication and willingness to discuss compromises
"reassuring."
(Don Oberdorfer, Washington Post, A1)
Lithuania Tells U.S. It Insists On Guarantees
Prime Minister Prunskiene told President Bush and
congressional leaders Thursday that her government wants
international guarantees for its sovereignty before it agrees to
suspend the implementatin of its declaration of independence.
Prunskiene told Bush that Lithuania would consider
accepting a Franco-German proposal to delay implementing its
independence declaration so as to encourage the Kremlin to
negotiate. However, in a 45-minute meeting in the Oval Office and
earlier in talks with congressional leaders, she said that before
taking this step, her breakaway government insists on guarantees
of support from the U.S. and other Western nations.
"We could temporarily suspend [the legislation]," she said in
testimony before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in
Europe
But "in such a case, she added, "Lithuania would have
to be guaranteed, on the basis of international law, the continuity
of Lithuanian independence, the continuation of her government and
her territorial integrity." White House officials said that
Prunskiene also raised the question of guarantees with Bush.
(Michael Ross, Los Angeles Times, A1)
WARM WORDS BUT FEW PROMISES FOR LITHUANIAN PRIME MINISTER
Prime Minister Prunskiene got a warm welcome from members of
Congress but sounded less than optimistic after meeting President
Bush to make the case for her republic's breakaway from the Soviet
Union. "Whether I can be satisfied with the results of this
meeting depends on events as they unfold. I don't want to be too
optimistic," she said after a 30-minute meeting with Bush
Thursday
Conservatives in the Senate used a meeting with Prunskiene to
denounce Bush's stance and voice opposition to a pending U.S.-
Soviet trade accord. Sen. Reid told the prime minister he wanted
to express his outrage at the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact "and my
concern over the Bush-Gorbachev pact." (William Scally, Reuter)
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Friday, May 4, 1990 -- A-7
LITHUANIAN PRIME MINISTER SEEKS CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT
Lithuania's prime minister urged members of Congress Thursday
to resist a blind embrace of Soviet leader Gorbachev, saying even
"the world's darling" has no right to deny her republic its
independence.
In a speech before the U.S. Commission on Security and
Cooperation in Europe, Kazimiera Prunskiene said Western support
for Lithuanian independence actually would help Gorbachev's reforms
in the long-run.
"You do not have to choose between Lithuania and Gorbachev,"
she told the panel before meeting with President Bush at the White
House
"Pressuring the Soviet Union on the Lithuanian question
helps rather than hinders Mr. Gorbachev to be a consistent
practitioner of democracy [and] to overcome the reactionary
forces which oppose not only independence for the Baltic states but
also political and economic reforms in general," she said.
(Gary Silverman, UPI)
PRIME MINISTER WOOS WASHINGTON, BUT CAN'T BUDGE BUSH
Face to face, Lithuania's visiting prime minister, Kazimiera
Prunskiene, couldn't budge President Bush from his hands-off stance
in the independence showdown between her tiny republic and the
Soviet Union.
But everywhere else she went in Washington she found
sympathetic listeners. Sen. Helms took her by the hand and led her
across the Senate floor. And members of the Young Americans for
Freedom
shouted outside the Heritage Foundation headquarters in
support of [her]. "Freedom yes, Gorby no," they chanted.
"Lithuania, don't give in."
Prunskiene, introduced as "a courageous woman from a
courageous country," told the Heritage Foundation she got the
impression that the President at least was not "indifferent" to
Lithuania's plight. "I made it clear to president Bush that the
Lithuanian nation is awaiting basic support from him," she said.
Everywhere she sought to drive home one point: "You do not have
to choose between Lithuania and Gorbachev." (Mike Feinsilber, AP)
LITHUANIA PREMIER SEES BUSH, BUT THERE'S NO RED CARPET
Prime Minister Prunskiene was not expecting the White House
driveway to be lined with her nation's gold, green and red flags.
She was not expecting an honor guard or an Oval Office lunch or a
joint departure statement with President Bush on the South Lawn
But the Prime Minister never expected to have her Lincoln
sedan stopped at the White House gate. She did not expect to have
to get out of the car, show her red Soviet passport to a security
guard, go through a metal detector and walk up the long driveway
to the White House on her own.
White House officials put the best face on the embarrassing
do-it-yourself reception, asserting that the driveway gate was
broken. But they had no excuse about why there was no one there
to greet the prime minister until after the party had spent 10
mintues trying to get inside, for what turned out to be a 45-
minute meeting with the President.
(Maureen Dowd, New York Times, A1)
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LITHUANIA/D'AMATO
President Bush Thursday chided Sen. D'Amato for his opposition
to White House efforts to loosen trade restraints on the Soviet
Union.
D'Amato said he would continue to object to the trade benefits
until the Soviets quit "mugging" the Lithuanians.
At a news conference Thursday, Bush was asked about criticism
by D'Amato that the Administration's move this week to loosen
export restrictions administered by Cocom was an inappropriate
"reward" given the Soviets' economic blockade of Lithuania.
"Well, I don't consider the Cocom re-evaluation a policy of
reward," Bush said. "I'll have to discuss that with Al D'Amato to
see that he understands the facts."
However, D'Amato countered in an interview that, "We can help
the President and assist him by saying to the Soviets that, 'There
are standards of conduct that you have to meet. We're not going
to reward you for mugging the Lithuanians.'
(Jack Sirica, Newsday)
Al On Collision Course With Prez
President Bush Thursday said he would have to give a lesson
in "the facts" to New York Sen. D'Amato, who has slammed the
Administration for not being tough enough with the Soviets for
their crackdown on Lithuania.
But D'Amato stood his ground after Bush's remarks, charging
again that an Administration plan to ease restrictions on high-
tech exports to the Eastern bloc will reward the Soviets unjustly
"while they attempt to crush freedom in Lithuania."
(Maureen Santini, New York Daily News, 2)
LANDSBERGIS ASKS LATVIANS TO JOIN FIGHT
Riga Legislature Expected To Vote For Independence
RIGA -- Lithuanian President Landsbergis called Thursday for
a united front of all three Baltic states to press for complete
independence from the Kremlin and criticized the Bush
Administration for relaxing restrictions on sales of technology to
the Soviet Union.
The Lithuanian leader was speaking on the eve of an expected
vote for independence by the parliament of Latvia
Procedural
votes in Thursday's Latvian legislative session indicated that
separatist deputies should have no difficulty mustering the two-
thirds majority they need to declare independence
Thursday the
legislature elected a pro-independence Communist, Anatolijs
Gorbunovs, as its chairman
Landsbergis, who presented a symbolic flame of freedom to
Gorbunovs, told the deputies that the three Baltic states are
joined together by a single "chain of light.
Asked about the Bush Administration's decision to relax
restrictions on high-technology exports to the Soviet Union,
Landsbergis replied, "Gorbachev is maintaining a very hard position
against us. Perhaps these steps on the part of the United States
are allowing him to maintain this rigid position."
(Michael Dobbs, Washington Post, A29)
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Friday, May 4, 1990 -- A-9
BUSH LAUDS JAMAICA'S MANLEY, PLEDGES HELP ON ECONOMY
President Bush Thursday praised Jamaican Prime Minister
Michael Manley for a "first-class job" in promoting economic
progress and promised to seek ways to help the country despite U.S.
spending constraints.
Bush told Manley his Administration would look into ways to
relieve Jamaica's massive international debt and would try to
provide more flexibility in a program that provides development
loans through private banks, U.S. officials said.
Manley "has done a first-class job in trying to move Jamaica
forward in many, many ways,' Bush said at a news conference before
he met with Manley. He told Manley at the start of their meeting,
"We have great respect for what you're doing, trying to do."
"The United States wants to help these efforts," Bush told
Manley. But he added, "I cried on his shoulder a little bit about
budget limitations we face here in the United States."
(AP, Washington Post, A9)
COLOMBIA/U.S. FORCES
U.S. forces helped plan and led the December air assault in
Colombia that resulted in the slayings of narcotics kingpin Jose
Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, his 17-year-old son Freddy and several
bodyguards, according to U.S. government sources.
President Bush, reaffirming previous Administration denials,
said at a news conference Thursday that U.S. troops were not
involved in the Gacha operation. "U.S. troops in Colombia? No.
That's the answer," the President told reporters.
Later, when a senior Administration official was told that
Newsday had collected information from more than a half-dozen
sources about the U.S. role in the Colombian mission, he stopped
short of making an outright denial. "We were not aware of it
here," the official said, refusing to elaborate.
The government of President Barco also has said that no U.S.
troops were involved
And in an interview in Bogota last week,
the head of the Colombian secret police repeated that government's
assertion that it was purely a Colombian operation.
But a special operations officer familiar with details of the
raid and a congressional source who received a briefing after the
mission told Newsday that a small U.S. special operations team both
planned and carried it out with an elite Colombian police unit.
Three other defense sources and a House aide confirmed that at
least three U.S. military personnel took part in the helicopter
assault
The mission was covert, with American involvement concealed
and protected by "plausible deniability," sources said
A
military intelligence source said the Colombian police presence in
the operation was characterized as "window dressing."
"Officially we say they did it," the congressional source
said, "but in fact it was us."
(Knut Royce & Peter Eisner, Newsday)
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Friday, May 4, 1990 -- A-10
CAR BOMB KILLS FIVE IN COLOMBIA'S DRUG CENTER
BOGOTA -- A car bomb exploded outside a supermarket in the
Colombian drug center of Cali Thursday night, killing five people
and wounding 23, police said
Local journalists said the bombing could mark a renewal of a
bloody power struggle between Colombia's two main cocaine cartels.
The supermarket destroyed by the blast was part of the La Rebaja
chain, linked to the reputed head of the Cali cocaine cartel
Gilbert Rodriguez Oreluela.
(Reuter)
MEXICAN OFFICIALS REJECT U.S. STORY OF ABDUCTION
SANTA FE -- Mexican officials Thursday rejected Attorney
General Thornburgh's contention that high-level Mexican police
officers instigated the abduction of a Guadalajara doctor last
month, saying that Thornburgh has provided no evidence to support
his claims.
At a meeting here Wednesday night, Thornburgh told Mexican
Attorney General Alvarez del Castillo that it was not U.S. DEA
agents but high-ranking Mexican police who initiated the plans to
abduct Humberto Alvarez Machain and bring him to the U.S.
The meeting "was not a cordial affair," said one U.S.
official. "I think they were somewhat taken aback."
Javier Coello Trejo, deputy Mexican attorney general for
narcotics, told reporters Thursday that he was "not satisfied" with
Thornburgh's account of the abduction and that it conflicts with
the findings of his own investigation
Asked at his news conference in Washington Thursday whether
the incident had damaged relations with Mexico, President Bush said
there had been a misunderstanding but "I have told our key people,
eliminate the misunderstanding. We don't want misunderstanding
with Mexico." Continued operation of U.S. agents in Mexico, Bush
said, is "a matter for Mexico to decide."
(Michael Isikoff, Washington Post, A3)
MEXICO WANTS TO STATION NARCOTICS POLICE IN THE U.S.
SANTA FE -- Mexico wants to station some of its narcotics
police in the U.S. to "improve relations" with the two countries,
strained over the kidnapping of a Mexican doctor.
Mexico Attorney General Enrique Alvarez del Castillo said
Thursday his government is asking that it be allowed to have
Mexican federal narcotics police stationed in the U.S., equal to
the number of DEA agents stationed in Mexico. Currently there are
41 DEA agents operating in Mexico, a spokesman for Alvarez del
Castillo said.
"To be able to improve relations, we must have an equal
playing field," Alvarez del Castillo said
Attorney General Thornburgh said any agreement between the
nations could be "reexamined" but declined to comment further. A
U.S. law enforcement official, who asked not to be identified, said
Thornburgh had "serious misgivings" about the proposal.
(Ed Asher, Scripps Howard)
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Friday, May 4, 1990 -- A-11
THORNBURGH, MEXICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL PLEDGE COOPERATION
SANTA FE -- The U.S. and Mexico on Thursday pledged
cooperation in the war on drugs despite an undercurrent of tension
stemming from the abduction of a Mexican citizen wanted by U.S.
officials.
Attorney General Thornburgh and his Mexican counterpart
delivered separate speeches at a confernce of attorneys general
from states on both sides of the border.
Thornburgh praised Mexico's "priority efforts against drugs
and corruption" and said cooperation between the two countries has
never been better. He also referred to the "problems that
inevitably arise among neighbors."
(Deborah Baker, AP)
ALASKA BECOMING NARCOTICS TRANSIT POINT
ANCHORAGE -- Alaska is becoming a transit point for Asian
heroin and South American cocaine being smuggled into the U.S. and
Europe, authorities say.
"Possibly the couriers feel this is a less-traveled route,"
says Fred Thomas, chief agent of the DEA office in Anchorage.
"Once they clear customs in Alaska, that's it. Everything going
to the lower 48 is domestic.
"The amount of heroin seized here lately would indicate to me
it's a transshipment point."
Customs agents have intercepted several drug shipments at
Anchorage International Airport in recent months, but believe they
have stanched just a fraction of the incoming flow of narcotics.
(John Enders, AP)
CRISTIANI SAYS MILITARY TO TESTIFY IN JESUIT TRIAL
SAN SALVADOR -- High-ranking military officials, including the
assistant defense minister, will testify in the stalled
investigation into the slayings of six Jesuit priests, President
Cristiani said Thursday
Cristiani said Assistant Defense Minister Juan Orlando Zepeda
offered to testify before Judge Ricardo Zamora
"I think this is what has to be done," Cristiani told
reporters. "I think we might be seeing a phase now where [the
judge] will be dealing less with appeals from the defense and more
on active work in the case.
(Daniel Alder, UPI)
U.N. REBUKES CONTRAS FOR HOLDING ON TO ARMS
U.N. -- Secretary General Perez criticized the anti-Sandinista
Nicaraguan rebels Thursday for not honoring agreements to disarm
and said that U.N. troops were not in the business of helping them
set up armed camps.
"It is a matter of grave concern that the demobilization of
the members of the Nicaraguan resistance did not begin in the
afternoon of April 25 as stipulated in the [Managua] agreements,"
he said in a report released here.
The role of the U.N. in Nicaragua was to help the rebels
return to civilian life as soon as possible and "not to assist them
in establishing armed camps for an indefinite period of time on
Nicaraguan territory,' he said.
(Reuter, Washington Post, A36)
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CONTRAS INSIST ON DISARMING SANDINISTA ARMY BEFORE DISBANDING
MANAGUA -- The contras insisted Thursday that the Sandinista
army must be dismantled at the same time as the rebels, a demand
the Chamorro government immediately rejected as dangerous to
Nicaragua's fragile peace.
Aristides Sanchez, a spokesman for the U.S. -supported contras,
said the rebels will not meet the June 10 deadline to hand in their
weapons to U.N. military peacekeepers, as they had pledged to do.
What the contras now want "is the complete dismantling" of
the army, simultaneously with the rebel force
"One doesn't
have to be so airtight about it," Sanchez replied when asked if the
rebels planned to meet the June 10 deadline.
Roberto Ferrey, a government spokesman and himself a former
contra, was asked if the government would consider acceding to the
rebel demand. "In principle, no," he replied. "June 10 is the
deadline. It's not possible to change it." (Doralisa Pilarte, AP)
LEHDER SAYS NORIEGA WAS A DOUBLE-CROSSER
MARION, Ill. -- Deposed Panamanian Gen. Noriega was on the
intelligence payrolls of several countries at the same time he
charged drug traffickers to use his island as a safe haven,
convicted Colombian drug smuggler Carlos Lehder said.
On the television show "Prime Time Live, Lehder
told Diane
Sawyer Thursday that Noriega "double crossed everybody" and
tortured drug dealers so they would pay him more.
"Noriega was always on the payroll of American intelligence,
but he was always also on the payroll of some Colombian
traffickers. He was working every side of the corner."
(UPI)
REBELS REPORT NEW OFFENSIVE BY AFGHAN GOVERNMENT
ISLAMABAD -- Hundreds of Afghan troops and tanks backed by
jetfighters seized several positions from the U.S.-backed
resistance in a massive offensive near the strategic eastern city
of Jalalabad, rebel sources said Thursday
In the assault, rebel sources in Pakistan said the forces of
the pro-Soviet government killed three commanders and several other
guerrillas Monday night. Official Kabul Radio said troops killed
110 guerrillas in a "retaliatory action" Tuesday against rebels who
attempted to attack Jalalabad
The reports could not be
immediately confirmed.
(Denholm Barnetson, UPI)
LIBERIAN REBELS HOLD PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER
A U.S. Peace Corps volunteer and two Europeans are being held
by rebel forces in the West African nation of Liberia, Peace Corps
officials said Thursday.
Peace Corps, which evacuated the last of 126 volunteers based
in Liberia on Monday, learned on Tuesday that a volunteer from
neighboring Guinea had entered Liberia and been taken captive with
a German and a Belgian from the Paris-based relief group, Doctors
Without Borders.
(Washington Post, A30)
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GROUP OF SEVEN TO ADDRESS JAPANESE YEN, THIRD WORLD DEBT
The Bush Administration is playing down lack of progress in
strengthening the shaky Japanese yen as economic chiefs from the
world's major industrial powers prepare for a weekend gathering.
Only a month ago, the so-called Group of Seven promised to
work against the weak yen's "undesirable consequences" for the
world economy and U.S. trade deficit. Nevertheless, the yen's
value remains near a three-year low against the dollar
A senior Treasury Department official, briefing reporters
Thursday on condition of anonymity, sought to minimize rate
problems by noting the stability of currency markets since the
Group of Seven's April 7 meeting in Paris
However, the
official conceded that U.S. officials "continue to be concerned
about the general level of the yen."
(Dave Skidmore, AP)
BANKS SAVAGE BRADY'S DEBT STRATEGY
Major international banks lashed out at Secretary Brady's
developing countries' debt strategy Thursday, charging it is
largely responsible for $18 billion of debt in arrears which they
said may be used as a "negotiating ploy" to reduce debt.
With developing nations falling further behind on their
payments, banks suffer billions of dollars in losses and have to
boost their loan-loss provisions, said Barry Sullivan, chairman and
chief executive officer of First Chicago Corp.
A senior Treasury official said at a separate briefing that
Brady's plan "is a success" and that he does not expect changes to
be made in its guidelines at the Sunday meeting of the industrial
nations' finance ministers and central bankers.
(Carlos Brezina, UPI)
IMF SCALES DOWN FORECAST OF WORLD ECONOMIC GROWTH
Report Predicts Recession Will Be Avoided
Economic growth forecasts for the U.S. and the global economy
for 1990 were revised sharply downward Thursday by the IMF. It
predicted, however, that a recession would be avoided and that a
rebound would take place in 1991.
The IMF's World Economic Outlook also said there was a
resurgent threat of inflation around the world and warned that most
prices countries will rely on high interest rates to restrain even higher
The report also predicts considerable economic difficulties
in Eastern and Central Europe during the region's transition toward
market-based economies. It said that output in the Soviet Union
and in Eastern Europe could drop 1.5 percent to 2 percent this
year.
(Hobart Rowen & Steven Mufson, Washington Post, F1)
EDITOR'S NOTE: "Cubans Encircle U.S. Base In Nationwide Defense
Alert," by Pascal Fletcher of Reuters, appears in The Washington
Times, page A8.
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NATIONAL NEWS
BUSH LIMITS BUDGET TALKS TO PROCESS
President Bush said Thursday that he will "sit down and talk
process" at a Sunday afternoon budget conference with four key
congressional leaders, but suggested that the meeting would not
deal with specific measures to bring down the burgeoning budget
deficit. "We're not into a negotiation. We're talking process,"
Bush said. "We've got to move forward and I've got to find a way
to do that. Administration sources said they hoped the "talks
about talks" would produce broad congressional and Administration
negotiating teams to resolve differences on tax and spending
issues.
Democratic congressional leaders were reluctant to say much
about the meeting, asserting that they were simply accepting an
invitation from the President to attend, among other things, a
lecture about Theodore Roosevelt. Speaker Foley said, "I am going
to a lecture on Theodore Roosevelt. If anything else is discussed
besides Theodore Roosevelt, I will be glad to listen."
(John Yang & Steven Mufson, Washington Post, A8)
Bush Told To Put Taxes On Table
President Bush must be willing to abandon his "read-my-lips-
no-new-taxes" pledge if he expects a preliminary budget talk at
the White House on Sunday to evolve into a summit with
congressional leaders, the House Budget Committee chairman said
Thursday. "Everything has to be on the table if we're going to
have a successful summit,' said Rep. Panetta, who was not among the
four congressional leaders invited to the meeting.
But President Bush Thursday would not tell reporters if he
will be willing to talk taxes. When asked pointedly by a reporter
at a press conference briefing if everything will be negotiable,
he evaded. "[What] we have to do is start talking process and how
we go forward," he said. When asked again, he said: "I didn't
say we were going to talk any substance. What this meeting that
you've referred to is to sit down and meet with four leaders."
(Chris Harvey, Washington Times, A6)
BUSH INCREASES PUSH FOR ACTION ON BUDGET GAP
AMID FEARS RISING RATES MAY CRIPPLE ECONOMY
The Bush Administration, convinced that the major political
danger it faces is an economy. crippled by rising interest rates,
is exploring a deficit-reduction deal with Congress more intensely
than ever before.
To hasten the start of negotiations, President Bush invited
the majority and minority leaders of both houses to meet with him
at the White House Sunday afternoon
The White House clearly
hopes Sunday's huddle will pave the way for talks on a bipartisan
pact to slash the budget deficit and reshape the federal budget
process. But top congressional Democrats remain wary, and the odds
of enacting a package of big spending cuts and, especially,
significant tax increases -- essential to any accord -- in this
election year are still no better than even.
(David Wessel, Wall Street Journal, A12)
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Friday, May 4, 1990 -- A-15
WILLIAM TAYLOR LIKELY FDIC CHIEF
Bush Says He Wants Federal Reserve Official
To Lead Thrift Cleanup
Seeking to calm concerns about the expected departure of
savings and loan cleanup chief L. William Seidman, President Bush
Thursday said he wants to turn the job over to a Federal Reserve
officer known as a behind-the-scenes power on regulatory issues.
William Taylor, the Fed's director of bank supervision, is
expected to be nominated sometime this summer after Seidman resigns
as chairman of the FDIC, Administration officials said
The President all but nominated Taylor at a press conference
Thursday. Bush said nothing about disputes between Secretary Brady
and Chief of Staff Sununu, but praised Seidman as someone who
"conducted himself with extraordinary grace and great ability."
He said Seidman "suggested the name of Bill Taylor, who we're very
high on, to take his responsibilities."
(Jerry Knight, Washington Post, F1)
Bush Names Choice To Succeed Chief Of Savings Rescue
President Bush said Thursday that he wanted William Taylor,
the Federal Reserve Board's top banking regulator, to succeed L.
William Seidman as head of the government's savings and loan
bailout when Seidman steps down.
At the same time, trying to limit damage to the bailout caused
by the Administrations effort to push Seidman out, the President
praised Seidman's work as chairman of the FDIC and the RTC and made
a point of noting that Seidman himself had first raised the
question of his leaving.
"I haven't told you I'm anxious to see Bill Seidman leave,"
Bush said at a news conference. "I think Seidman has conducted
himself with extraordinary grace and great ability."
(Nathaniel Nash, New York Times, A1)
FED OFFICIAL: U.S. BANKS 'OUT OF STEP'
New Laws Urged To Meet Competition
Warning that U.S. financial institutions are operating under
serious strain, E. Gerald Corrigan, president of the New York
Federal Reserve Bank urged Congress Thursday to pass legislation
that would put them on a sounder footing in competing with foreign
banks and securities firms
"The U.S. banking system is simply out of step with the rest
of the world and, more importantly, it is out of step with the
realities of the marketplace," Corrigan declared in testimony
before the Senate Banking Committee. Moreover, he added, the
separation of banking and many of the activities of securities
firms has placed U.S. banks at an international competitive
disadvantage.
(John Berry, Washington Post, F1)
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'INSIDER' RULING DEALS SETBACK TO SEC PROSECUTIONS
Securities lawyers and SEC officials Thursday said that a
decision this week by a federal appeals court could severely
curtail the government's ability to punish insider trading.
On Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the Circuit Court of
Appeals in New York threw out the insider trading, mail fraud and
perjury conviction of Robert Chestman, a former broker at Gruntal
& Co
"We're very disappointed," Thomas Newkirk, the SEC's chief
litigation counsel, said Thursday. "We're evaluating it. We
haven't figured out what steps to take next.'
"I think it's
going to require us to evaluate all the insider trading
investigations that involve similar relationships to see whether
they are cases that are worth pursuing,' Newkirk said.
(Ruth Marcus, Washington Post, F1)
BUSINESSES, HANDICAPPED ARGUE OVER A LANDMARK CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
All but the smallest of companies will be required to open
their doors to the nation's 43 million handicapped people by a
landmark civil rights bill assured of swift passage through the
House this month.
Major business groups say the bill amounts to another mandated
benefit from Congress, designed to shift costs from the bankrupt
federal budget to the private sector
"ADA is not only affordable, we literally cannot afford not
to have it," says Justin Dart, [however], president of the
President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities.
(Karen Riley, Washington Times, A1)
HOUSE ARMED SERVICES AGREES TO CUT REQUESTS FOR PENTAGON REPORTS
House Armed Service Committee leaders Thursday admitted that
Secretary Cheney has a valid complaint about Congress requiring too
many reports from the Pentagon and they took steps to reduce the
reporting load -- slightly.
The committee leaders said they will eliminate nearly 28
percent of the 211 periodic reports and establish policies to cut
down on the hundreds of additional one-time reports the House panel
requests each year
Committee Chairman Aspin said he had the committee staff look
at Cheney's complaint about the number of studies and reports
Congress requests from the Defense Department each year and "we
found out that what Dick Cheney was saying was right. We're
wasting a lot of the Pentagon's time and a lot of reports are being
sent up here that we don't really use and that most people don't
even look at."
(Otto Kreisher, Copley)
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AIR FORCE, PENTAGON DUCK MX ISSUE
Defense Department and Air Force officials sidestepped the
question Thursday of whether the Air Force has recommended a
slowing of spending on putting the MX missile on rail cars.
"We have not yet received the Air Force proposal,' Franklin
Miller, deputy assistant secretary of Defense for arms control,
told the strategic forces subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services
Committee.
And Maj. Gen. Stephen Croker, in charge of strategic programs
for the Air Force, declared, "without trying to quibble, it is
technically inaccurate to say the Air Force has deleted funding." "
The question was posed by Sen. Exon
Outside the hearing,
Exon appeared unconvinced, and during the hearing declared, "The
Air Force rail garrison program is in big, big trouble here."
(UPI)
MILITARY CUTBACKS LIKELY TO HIT BLACKS THE HARDEST
Even relatively moderate cutbacks in the defense budget are
likely to cost tens of thousands of black members of the Armed
Forces their jobs at a time when their prospects for comparable
civilian employment are bleak.
Yet the Congressional Black Caucus is among those leading the
charge for such cutbacks
By some estimates, more than 60,000 blacks in the military
could find themselves out of work as a result of the relatively
modest cutbacks already planned by the service. And the
Congressional Black Caucus has proposed much bigger cuts, including
a 10% reduction in U.S. forces in 1991 alone
"I don't want blacks to go into the military because it's the
only place they can get good opportunities, Rep. Gray said in an
interview.
(Melissa Healy, Washington Times, A28)
DEMOCRATS URGE PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FINANCING
Senators' Plan Also Seeks Spending Limits,
Ban On PAC Contributions To Candidates
Senate Democrats Thursday proposed substantial public
financing of Senate election campaigns and joined Republicans in
supporting a ban on contributions to candidates by PACs as both
parties sought the political high ground on the campaign finance
reform issue.
The Democrats dusted off an old proposal by embracing use of
direct subsidies as an incentive for candidates to comply with
voluntary spending limits
The Republican plan seeks to ban all
PAC contributions, including those to parties as well as
candidates, and impose a far-reaching prohibition on candidate
promotion by tax-exemption organizations
Sens. Mitchell and Boren, who unveiled the Democratic proposal
at a news conference, said their plan is negotiable but insisted
that spending limits
would have to be part of any compromise.
"Anything less simply creates the appearance of reform,' said
Mitchell.
(Helen Dewar, Washington Post, A8)
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HATCH ACT REVISION BILL PASSES FIRST SENATE TESTS
After three years of on-and-off attempts to revise the Hatch
Act, Senate Democrats Thursday beat back amendments that would have
undermined legislation designed to lift some of the prohibitions
on partisan political activity by federal workers
Although the bill would allow far more off-duty political
activity than in the past, federal employees would be prohibited
from running for partisan office as a candidate. Workers also
would remain prohibited from soliciting money from the general
public, but would be allowed to ask fellow union members for
campaign contributions to multicandidate PACs while off the job
The measure, Sen. Glenn said, simply would "allow civil
servants to participate voluntarily -- underline voluntarily -- as
private citizens in the nation's political process.' Sen. Roth
called it "bad for the employee, bad for the government and bad for
the public."
(Judith Havemann, Washington Post, A10)
FARM PANEL CHAIRMAN: SUGAR CHANGES WON'T DRIVE UP COSTS
The Bush Administration is unfairly -- and mistakenly --
charging there will be huge costs from a plan to revamp the sugar
program, a House Agriculture subcommittee chairman said Thursday.
In a letter to Secretary Yeutter, Rep. Huckaby also chided the
department for "quite unprofessional" behavior in expressing its
objections.
Huckaby's complaint stemmed from a two-page statement --
adorned with a border composed of three rows of dollar signs --
that was distributed to reporters Tuesday. It charged the
restructured sugar program could cost $375 million to $675 million,
as well as driving up costs to consumers and raising the sugar
support price.
(UPI)
SPENDING FOR HEALTH CARE TAKES RECORD BITE OF GNP
National spending on health care moved sharply upward in 1988,
reaching $539.9 billion, a record 11.1 percent of the U.S. GNP,
Secretary Sullivan announced Thursday.
"The trends shown in this report are not cause for
celebration," Sullivan said. "Health expenditures have been
growing faster than the national economy for many years. This
growth will strain the ability of the American people to pay for
quality health care."
(Spencer Rich, Washington Post, A7)
SENATOR URGES THORNBURGH TO REVAMP 'HATE CRIMES' HOTLINE
The Senate sponsor of a law to curb "hate crimes" against
minority groups is calling on the Justice Department to expand a
newly established hotline to include all victims of unlawful acts
of bigotry.
"I firmly believe that the hotline should be open to all those
victimized by hate and prejudice," Sen. Simon said Thursday in a
letter to Attorney General Thornburgh
He sent his letter as a spokesman for the Justice Department's
community relations service
confirmed that it does not record
information concerning crimes involving the victim's sexual
orientation.
(Mike Robinson, AP)
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U.S. RELEASES FIRST STUDY ON MISSING CHILDREN
As many as 4,600 children were abducted nationwide by non-
family members in 1988, and more than 100,000 were the targets of
attempted abductions, primarily by passing motorists, according to
the first comprehensive study of the number of children missing in
the U.S. The study, released Thursday by the Justice Department,
also estimated that more than 350,000 children were abducted by
family members during the same time, most often in connection with
child custody cases. The number was at least three times as great
as previous estimates, according to the report.
(Patricia Davis, Washington Post, A3)
BUSH DEFENDS WIFE'S SELECTION AS WELLESLEY COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
President Bush passionately defended his wife's selection as
commencement speaker at Wellesley College, declaring that students
who protested the choice "have a lot to learn from her."
"She wants to go and is not at all concerned about it," Bush
told a news conference Thursday when asked for his personal
reaction to the protest
Bush responded to the controversy Thursday with an ardent
defense of his wife laced with some humor. Asked if his wife's
accomplishments were largely related to her marriage to him, he
quipped: "I can't have any argument with that.'
But when asked if was concerned about the Wellesley protest,
Bush said, "Yes. And Mrs. Bush herself has put it that her ability
to serve as, I think, a terribly effective point of light stems
from the fact that she is married to the President of the United
States.' "But I think," Bush said, "that these young women have
a lot to learn from Barbara Bush and from her unselfishness and
from her advocacy of literacy and being a good mother and a lot of
other things. She's not trying to be something she's not. The
American people love her because she's something she is, and stands
for something."
(Helen Thomas, UPI)
First Lady/Wellesley College
President Bush Thursday agreed with Wellesley College students
who contend that First Lady Barbara Bush's accomplishments stem
mostly from being married to him. But he added that she is a
"point of light" with a lot to offer young women today.
"I can't make an argument with that, Bush said when asked at
a news conference about a petition at the women's college that
states her recognition has come through her husband's achievements.
"
But I think that these young women can have a lot to
learn from Barbara Bush and from her unselfishness and from her
advocacy of literacy and of being a good mother and a lot of other
things."
(Susan Page, Newsday)
EDITOR'S NOTES: "At Wellesley, A Furor Over Barbara Bush, " by Fox
Butterfield, appears in The New York Times, page A1.
"Behind 'Bar'; President defends Wife's Role," appears in The
Washington Times, page A1.
-End of A-Section-
NETWORK NEWS
Thursday evening, May 3
SNF/NATO
NBC's Tom Brokaw: The coming reunification of Germany; democracy
in Czechoslovakia and Poland; military cutbacks in the Soviet
Union. All of these dramatic changes prompted President Bush to
announce today the U.S. will not modernize short-range nuclear
weapons in Europe, and he will go for a complete pullout of those
weapons. Nonetheless, the President is concerned about Gorbachev's
political survival.
NBC's John Cochran: Reflecting the private concerns of his top
advisers, President Bush carefully but openly spoke of his concern
that Gorbachev and his policies of reform could be thrown aside.
(President Bush in the Briefing Room: "I think he's under
extraordinary pressure at home, particularly on the economy, and
I do, from time to time, worry about a takeover that would set back
the whole process.")
The May Day scenes of angry protesters jeering Gorbachev startled
many Washington officials, although President Bush tried to dismiss
it today by saying that's the way democracy works. But the most
troubling reports today centered on this demonstration in February.
According to unconfirmed British news accounts, Soviet troops were
in the streets not only to control demonstrators but to intimidate
Gorbachev. Although President Bush said American intelligence did
not report this, he showed new concern about the Soviet military.
(President Bush: "I must tell you I sometimes do worry about the
military resurgence of some kind inside the Soviet Union.")
Aides say much of Bush's concern is based on a harder line from
Moscow on arms control. Soviet commanders may have forced
Gorbachev to reject U.S. proposals to cut back on long-range
nuclear weapons. Today President Bush said he had ordered
Secretary Baker to inform the NATO allies of a new U.S. offer which
could lead to a ban on American short-range missiles, no longer
needed because they could hit only the new democratic nations of
Eastern Europe. The new arms proposal comes on the heels of new
American trade concessions to Moscow, which should help Gorbachev.
Bad timing, says the Senate Democratic leader, who thinks Bush
should make no offers while Moscow is pressuring Lithuania.
(Sen. Mitchell: "The Soviet leadership, I think now, will see that
they have a green light, to go ahead and do anything they want
during these negotiations to impose their will on the
Lithuanians.")
Today Lithuania's Prime Minister Prunskiene got a standing ovation
from congressmen during a visit to Capitol Hill. At the White
House she got sympathy but no promises during a 45-minute chat with
the President.
[TV COVERAGE of the photo-op with President Bush and the prime
minister.]
She said she does not think Gorbachev will be overthrown. Nor do
White House aides buy the most alarmist predictions of Gorbachev's
demise. But a senior aide did say, "We have become in the past few
months a lot more realistic about Gorbachev's chances. (NBC-Lead)
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 4, 1990 -- B-2
CBS's Dan Rather: President Bush reversed course today. He
dropped plans to modernize NATO's short-range nuclear weapons in
Europe. Among other things this raised new questions about Bush's
determination to pour the help to Mikhail Gorbachev at a time when
Gorbachev is trying to strangle Lithuania's drive for independence.
CBS's Lesley Stahl: Bowing to the realities of change in Eastern
Europe, President Bush abandoned his fight to upgrade short-range
nuclear weapons in West Germany. Acknowledging the need for an
entirely new Western strategy, Bush called for a summit of NATO
leaders within the next two months.
(President Bush: "The fundamental purpose of this summit should
be to launch a wide-ranging NATO strategy review for the
transformed Europe of the 1990s.")
Secretary Baker took that message to a NATO meeting today in
Brussels where the U.S. is trying to stay out front and hold on to
its leadership.
(Baker: "The alliance needs to develop its political role as a way
of building peace and consolidating democracy in Central and
Eastern Europe.")
In his news conference the President gave Gorbachev most of the
credit for the new democracies in Europe, a side effect of his new
missile plan to help the Soviet leader whose survival Bush says he
worries about along with a military resurgence inside the Soviet
Union.
(President Bush: "I do, from time to time, worry about a takeover
that will set back the whole process.
The President disagreed with his critics, mainly conservatives, who
say he has chosen Gorbachev over American principles in his policy
toward Lithuania. Just today, in a confusing signal, he met with
the prime minister of Lithuania, Kazimiera Prunskiene, but he put
out the word that he was meeting her not as prime minister of an
independent country but as an elected leader of the Lithuanian
people.
[TV COVERAGE of the photo-op with President Bush and Prunskiene.]
Earlier on Capitol Hill Prunskiene said she had not come to
pressure George Bush but to put Gorbachev on the spot. She seemed
bitter about the world's infatuation with the Soviet leader.
(Prunskiene: "Even the world's darling does not have the
monopolistic right to decide the fate of other nations.")
Prunskiene says she did appeal to the President to formally
recognize her government's independence from Moscow. The White
House said tonight the President is committed to Lithuanian self-
determination, but no recognition now.
(CBS-Lead)
ABC's Peter Jennings: At a news conference this morning President
Bush said the situation in Lithuania had placed what he called
extraordinary pressure on Mikhail Gorbachev. The President said
he sometimes worries that Soviet hardliners might try to remove the
Soviet leader and even reverse democratic reforms in Eastern
Europe. Those remarks were in contrast to the President's
intention to eliminate America's short-range nuclear weapons which
are based in Western Europe.
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Friday, May 4, 1990 -- B-3
ABC's John McWethy: Secretary Baker laid out the details of the
President's proposal at a special meeting of the NATO foreign
ministers. The U.S. will give up its plan to modernize the two
remaining short-range nuclear systems in the NATO arsenal -- the
Lance missile and nuclear artillery shells. The President also has
agreed to make an earlier start on negotiations to eliminate this
type of weapon from NATO stockpiles altogether. These decisions
reflect the new reality that the only targets these weapons could
hit in Eastern Europe are now democracies.
(Secretary Baker: "There's a recognition on the part of the NATO
alliance that circumstances are changing and things are changing.")
One of the things that is changing is the attitude of America's
allies. They have been urging the U.S. for months to take these
steps. Today NATO's secretary general also urged the Soviets to
take some steps to end a troublesome slowdown in negotiations to
reduce both conventional and long-range nuclear weapons.
(Manfred Woerner, NATO secretary general: "A number of allies
expressed concern about Soviet foot-dragging over the past month.
We want to urge Moscow to get on with it.")
The concern is that Gorbachev, besieged by problems at home and
increasingly worried that NATO will try to take advantage of him
in Europe, may now be having second thoughts about delivering at
the bargaining table.
(ABC-2)
LITHUANIA
Jennings: It was an awkward afternoon at the White House. The
Lithuanian prime minister had come to pay a call. It was awkward
because while the Lithuanian prime minister, Kazimiera Prunskiene,
regards her country as independent from the Soviet Union, the Bush
Administration does not. The President didn't want to be rude, but
neither did he want to send any inflammatory message to Gorbachev.
So if you compare this visit to that of any other prime minister,
it was awkward.
ABC's Brit Hume: This is how Prime Minister Manley of the island
of Jamaica made his entrance at the White House today.
[TV COVERAGE of a limo pulling up to the West Lobby entrance.]
And this is how Prime Minister Prunskiene of Lithuania made hers.
[TV COVERAGE of the prime minister walking up to the entrance.]
She, like Manley, is the head of her government. But hers is a
government the Bush Administration does not acknowledge despite its
claim to support Lithuanian independence. Thus the President found
himself meeting a woman he called Prime Minister but does not
recognize as the prime minister of anything. She did nothing,
though, to make this awkward situation worse. She even observed,
through her interpreter, the President's rule of now answering
questions during picture sessions.
(Prunskiene: "I am a guest of the President and I would like to
go by the ground rules that are custom.)
[TV COVERAGE of President Bush smiling and clapping.]
Earlier the President had told reporters he was looking forward to
the meeting and he gave a hint of what he hoped it might
accomplish.
(President Bush: "I must convince the Lithuanian-Americans that
my desire for their freedom and their self-determine is just as
strong as anybody else's. And I also must convince those here and
around the world that we want to see the peaceful evolution that's
taking place towards democracy continue.")
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Friday, May 4, 1990 -- B-4
Hume continues: After the meeting the prime minister said the
President had made no final decision on what to do about her
country's struggle with Moscow. But was she satisfied?
(Prunskiene at the stakeout: "Whether I can be satisfied with the
results of this meeting depends on events as they unfold. I don't
want to be too optimistic.")
But she did find satisfaction in one thing.
(Prunskiene: "The fact that the President has endorsed the Kohl
and Mitterrand initiative, which foresees a course of events for
Lithuania and the Soviet Union, we see that as a form of concrete
assistance.")
That initiative calls for Lithuania to slow its independence drive
pending talks with Moscow. It's been praised by both sides and
seems the best hope so far for what the Administration most wants -
- negotiations that would diffuse this crisis.
(ABC-Lead)
HOSTAGES
Jennings: Inevitably the question of hostages in the Middle East
came up at the President's news conference this morning. Bush was
unusually conciliatory towards Iran. He said, once again, that the
U.S. will not negotiate for its hostages, but perhaps where there's
goodwill there's a way.
ABC's David Ensor: Administration officials say while the
President has not changed the substance of his policy against
dealing for hostages, today's marked change in tone about Iranian
concerns was deliberate. Bush offered to help Iran find out what
happened to four Iranian diplomats kidnapped in Beirut in 1982.
(President Bush in the Briefing Room: "This is something they feel
strongly about. They've mentioned it to us several different
times, and here's something we can do without there being any
violating our policy -- something I'd like to do. And I think they
would consider this a gesture of goodwill.")
In fact, officials say, the U.S. told Iran years ago it believes
the four are dead. But Iran has continued to ask for more
information. So the President signalled the U.S. is ready to help.
Another clear signal to Iran came when Bush was asked about Shiite
prisoners held by Israel, including the cleric Sheik Obeid. For
the first time the President named Israel as a country holding
hostages.
(President Bush: "I want to see all hostages released. There are
some, obviously in all countries -- Moslem countries, Israel --")
Israeli officials now say privately they believe Bush is telling
them indirectly they should free some prisoners. For his part
Iran's President Rafsanjani today called the U.S. a "spoiled child"
for refusing to offer something for the rest of the hostages. But
U.S. officials suggest that Rafsanjani, after helping to free two
Americans, is simply bashing the U.S. to keep Iranian hardliners
quiet.
(ABC-3)
Brokaw: The President had a response of sorts today for Iranian
President Rafsanjani, who called the U.S. "a stubborn, frustrated
child" for refusing to make a goodwill gesture following the
release of two American hostages. At his news conference today
President Bush seemed to be signalling Iran the U.S. is trying to
help.
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 4, 1990 -- B-5
NBC's Fred Francis reports that Iran has pressed for a fuller
account of the fate of the four Iranians kidnapped in 1982 and
reported to be executed. Today in a public gesture of goodwill
toward Iran President Bush pledged to try to find out more about
the missing men.
(President Bush: "If there's some way that we can go back and get
any information that would relieve the anxieties of the loved ones
of those four people, we ought to do that.")
Some analysts thought the President's conciliatory tone would help.
(Shireen Hunter, Middle East: "I believe Iran will respond to the
change in tone positively. This would create greater trust in Iran
about the United States, Israel and good intentions.")
Significantly, with the release of the two Americans, both
President Bush and President Rafsanjani are now stressing
humanitarian objectives to end this crisis. And the President also
had something to offer the Shiite kidnappers in Beirut. He
described some of their men held in Israeli jails not as prisoners,
but as hostages, adding:
(President Bush: "-- that hostage-holding is unproductive towards
any facilitation of political change -- facilitating political
change. And I'll repeat it again. And I want to see all hostages
released.")
There was a broad precedent for a full hostage-prisoner release.
That is exactly what happened after the TWA hijacking in 1985, with
the covert nudging of the U.S. This time a senior official said
the U.S. will not be a player, but would not object if a third
party orchestrates a swap in which Lebanese Shiites, Israelis and
others give up all the men they are holding while the U.S. and Iran
nod in agreement on the sidelines.
(NBC-2)
Rather: President Bush said again today he will not bargain for
release of American hostages, but he softened his position on
making what he calls "goodwill gestures toward Iran." The
President is now offering to help learn the fate of several
Iranians kidnapped in Lebanon.
(President Bush: "This is something they feel strongly about.
They've mentioned it to us several different times, and here's
something we can do without there being any violating our policy.
It's something I'd like to do. And I think they would consider
this a gesture of goodwill.")
Earlier in the day Iran's President Rafsanjani had called the U.S.
a "stubborn, frustrated child" for failing to make a goodwill
gesture after release of Robert Polhill and Frank Reed. (CBS-4)
NICARAGUA
Rather reports that he Nicaraguan Contras have not yet begun to
demobilize and the secretary general of the U.N. today called this
a matter of grave concern. The rebels had agreed to start
surrendering their weapons to U.N. forces last week. They're
balking now because of Humberto Ortega is chief of the armed
forces.
CBS's Juan Vasquez reports that as Humberto Ortega disclosed to CBS
News, he is having trouble keeping the army together.
(Ortega: "In the two months since the Sandinistas lost the popular
election, 30 percent of the draftees in Nicaragua's large army has
deserted. Many never wanted to wear a uniform in the first
place.")
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 4, 1990 -- B-6
Vasquez continues: Ortega claims that the desertion rate has
stabilized. However, in a surprise to those who hope to see the
army dismantled, Ortega revealed he plans to keep a powerful army.
Nicaragua now has the largest army in Central America, and though
Ortega plans to cut its size in half by the end of this year, it
will still leave Nicaragua with 40,000 soldiers. He cited military
tension in the region as one reason to maintain a large army. One
problem for Ortega, perhaps the most dangerous -- thousands of
Contra rebels assembled in safe zones throughout Nicaragua refuse
to disarm until Ortega is removed as head of the army. Ortega
conceded that the Sandinista revolution had made serious mistakes.
Nicaragua needs to get rid of extremists on all sides, he said, and
create a political center that can give this nation its first taste
of real democracy.
(CBS-6)
ISRAEL
ABC's Dean Reynolds reports that all 150,000 Palestinians who live
in Nablus, the West Bank's largest city, were confined to their
homes today by the Israeli army, under curfew to keep them away
from a celebration by 100 Israeli settlers and their political
patrons who brought a new biblical scroll to a Jewish seminary in
the heart of this city. Run by an American-born rabbi who claims
the blood of Jews is superior to non-Jews, the seminary is seen by
many as a first step to a permanent settlement here. And if, as
now seems likely, Israel is to have a narrow right-wing government,
sentiments that Palestinians should move back to Arab countries
will no longer be on the political fringe.
(ABC-4, CBS-5)
Brokaw: Israel's finance minister said today that the government
will request another $3 billion in American aid next year. That
would be same level as this year.
(NBC-3)
SOUTH AFRICA
Brokaw reports that in South Africa today Nelson Mandela and
President de Klerk held a second day of talks. In a communique,
the leaders said they were satisfied with the progress they've
achieved so far.
(NBC-6)
HEALTH CARE
Jennings says that a report from the government about the enormous
cost of health care says that medical costs grew by more than 10
percent in 1988, more than double the rate of inflation. Yet 40
million Americans had neither the money nor the insurance to cover
the bills.
ABC's George Strait reports that in Hawaii people live an average
of two years longer than anyplace else in America, have fewer
complications from major diseases and spend one-third less for
health care. It's not just the climate and lifestyle. Health
professionals say it's because virtually every Hawaiian has health
insurance. It's the law. Employers must provide it. In this
state, health care is a fundamental right.
(ABC-11, CBS-2)
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Friday, May 4, 1990 -- B-7
AZT
Jennings reports that the FDA has approved the use of the AIDS drug
AZT in children under the age of 12. Today's announcement makes
it a standard treatment for children, which permits most insurance
companies to pay for it.
(ABC-6)
CBS's Susan Spencer reports that a GAO study out today found one-
third of American schools provide no AIDS education at all.
(CBS-3)
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Rather: Congress heard accusations today that the results of a key
environmental study in Alaska were distorted and overruled by
politicians in Washington to benefit the oil industry. At issue,
a construction project potentially harmful to fish and water
quality. This is just one of a whole range of allegedly scientific
reports for the government that critics say are being doctored and
corrupted for political reasons.
CBS's Eric Engberg reports that the theory behind all the reports
the government issues is that science can shape wise policy. But
several recent cases where experts' findings were suppressed or
distorted makes it clear that some bureaucrats and politicians are
all too willing to twist science to their own agendas. Item: A
NASA scientist is ordered by the Bush White House to soften
warnings on the threat from global warming. Item: The
superintendent of Everglades National Park warns of an
environmental threat from new oil drilling. Superiors block his
report. Item: Concern for Alaska's environment causes Corps of
Engineers officials to reject an oil company plan to build a new
road. The Bush Administration overturns the ruling in what one
official calls "a gross perversion of science." Outside experts
who work on government contracts also feel pressured. The
government hired Daniel Finnigan [phonetic] to study the program
that dispenses cheese to the poor. Finnigan claims some of his
positive findings were eliminated by the Agriculture Department,
which then attacked his methods and threatened to cut off future
business -- charges the department denies. While agency heads
argue much scientific research is altered for proper technical
reasons, congressional critics say powerful industries and interest
groups are behind many of the cuts and changes.
(Rep. George Miller: "This is a battle between political influence
and independent scientific endeavor. And right now the public's
losing that fight.")
Some on the Hill are now considering an unusual step: swearing in
officials who oversee these reports and subjecting them to criminal
charges if scientific evidence is distorted.
(CBS-7)
TEXAS FLOODS
Jennings reports that heavy rainstorms in Texas have left the
inevitable flooding behind. Hundreds of people were evacuated from
flooded homes in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The floods are blamed
for three deaths. This has been the wettest spring in Texas since
the 1920s.
(ABC-7, NBC-7)
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Friday, May 4, 1990 -- B-8
CBS's Scott Pelley reports that Vice President Quayle toured
Dallas. The White House has already approved disaster aid.
(CBS-9)
FLORIDA FIRE
Rather: Feeding on sawgrass parched by a two-year drought, a fire
in Florida's Everglades today jumped a canal and threatened 150,000
acres of a wildlife preserve. A state ranger said, "We're in big
trouble. There's nothing slowing the fire down." The blaze is not
threatening any of Florida's inhabited areas.
(CBS-10)
AMTRAK
Brokaw reports that another Amtrak passenger train derailed today
in Mississippi. This is the third Amtrak derailment in 11 days.
The train struck a log truck, derailing three engines and three
cars. Thirty people on the train suffered minor injuries. The
driver of the truck was injured seriously.
(NBC-9)
DURENBERGER
Jennings: The Senate Ethics Committee is about to make its
investigation into Republican Sen. Durenberger public. The Ethics
Committee will hold two weeks of public hearings next month on
whether Durenberger broke Senate rules and possibly federal law in
financial dealings involving speaking fees and a book deal.
(ABC-9)
VICTIMS' RIGHTS
NBC's Roger O'Neil reports that victims of crimes have always been
used as witnesses. But now they are demanding a greater role in
the criminal justice system. Forty-seven states have passed so-
called victims bill of rights. But only five states guarantee that
victims be included in decisions affecting their case. (NBC-11)
LITERACY IN PRISON
NBC's John Chancellor comments that in the U.S. prisoners don't
have to attend school while they're inside. Many go in illiterate
and come out illiterate, which is a recipe for more trouble with
the law. Professor Richard C. Wade of City University of New York
says illiteracy costs the U.S. $225 billion every year in lost tax
income, in unemployment and welfare payments. One way of cutting
that cost would be to use the prisons as schools for illiterates.
The way it works now prisons too often are warehouses that store
illiterates for a few years and release them as ill-equipped as
they were when they went in.
(NBC-12)
WELLESLEY COLLEGE/FIRST LADY
Brokaw reports that Barbara Bush is known for her concern about
literacy, and yet some students at Wellesley College have objected
to her choice as a commencement speaker at their school. They say
she's not a proper model for women of the '90s, and was chosen only
because of her husband's position. At his news conference today
her husband was asked about that.
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 4, 1990 -- B-9
Brokaw continues: The President seemed eager to step forward to
defend his wife, and then he explained why he thinks the students
have a lot to learn from her.
(President Bush: "I think they'll learn a lot from her. She wants
to go and she's not concerned by it at all. But she, herself, said
look, I know why I'm privileged to be able to serve in this visible
fashion. She's not trying to be something she's not. The American
people love her because she's something she is and stands for
something.")
(NBC-13)
CBS's Wyatt Andrews reports that well over 100 members of
Wellesley's senior class have signed a petition asking why Mrs.
Bush is the commencement speaker this June when all of her real
achievements in life came not on her own but through her marriage.
The Wellesley petition has scraped a raw nerve of feminism. Did
the women's movement go overboard in leaving out motherhood and
volunteerism as proper aspirations? Was it wrong to preach that
every woman had to be an astronaut or construction engineer to live
a fulfilling life?
(Sen. Mikulski: "When we spoke out for equality we never spoke out
for sameness, and I think that' something that's been lost. As
we set our own legal weights and the ability to enter in to the
marketplace, we didn't want to be penalized for being women.")
Today the man who made Mrs. Bush famous came to her defense.
(President Bush: "I think that these young women can have a lot
to learn from Barbara Bush and from her unselfishness, and from her
advocacy of literacy and of being a good mother.")
(Mrs. Bush, holding a baby: "We're really talking about needing
a lot of people who can help.")
To be fair, most at Wellesley are welcoming the First Lady -- not
just as first wife, but as a leading advocate for AIDS babies and
for her 10-year volunteer effort on behalf of literacy.
(Wellesley president: "She represents the part of the Wellesley
ideal which is service. That's in our motto. It's central.")
(Student: "It's a little hypocritical of us to be judging women
on the choices they've made for their lives.")
Mrs. Bush herself has said she welcomes the Wellesley controversy
because she sees the issue as one of choice. She chose what she
wanted to do, has no apology for her choice, and judging by her
popularity, performs the role she chose well.
(CBS-11)
-end of News Summary-
Friday Follies
APPLAUSE
APPLAUSE
APPLAUSE
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LARGE BILLS
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HAVING RELEASED A HOSTAGE, THE IRANIANS AWAIT AN OUTPOURING OF AMERICAN GOODWILL
- a look at politics through the eyes of the political cartoonist -
***
"I don't care a straw for your newspaper articles. My constituents don't
know how to read. But they can't help seeing them damned pictures."
(William Marcy Tweed speaking of Thomas Nast, 1871)
WHITE HOUSE NEWS SUMMARY SPECIAL EDITION
VOLUME II ISSUE 18 -- May 4, 1990
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HEY! ARE YOU AWARE
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WHAT
CONCLUDED THAT
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MEN ARE GENERALLY
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KEEPING, MICHAEL MILKEN
A GOOD SETUP.
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NEEDS, AND IF ANYONE
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GETS CAUGHT,.
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"WELL, DON'T JUST SIT THERE READING! GO VANDALIZE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SASS
YOUR MOTHER AND PRACTICE BEING OBNOXIOUS!"
A.
B.
C.
Quiz:
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1)
Match the situations below
with the President's mood
.......
swings on the right.
D.
E.
F.
1. The East-West thing.
?
?
2. The Lithuanian thing.
3. The Arab-Israeli thing.
4. The Iran-contra thing.
MESSER
BARGER
5. The hostage thing
6. The Chinese thing.
7. The deficit thing.
8. The German thing.
G.
H.
I.
9. The broccoli thing.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
5/4
WASHINGTON
Status of Ede Holiday
S
- Starts officially on June 1
- Will start attending Senior Staff Meetings
next Tuesday, May 8th
- She has all of her paperwork.
- Has been announced in the Post today
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George Bush Handwriting
TALKING POINTS
A Male Bastion
properly took speaking fees as
part of a book publishing deal
At White House
and used special-interest groups
Is About to Yield
topay for limousine service dur-
ing visits to a marriage counsel-
or in the Boston area. The hear-
With women at key posts in
ings are to start June 12.
several departments and agen
cies, the senior White House
The committee last ebruary
found "substantial credible Nev
staff could be considered one of
the last bastions of influential,
idence" that renberger may
have violated
all-male aides. Only one woman
Senate rules
is in the bicategory assist-
on these
ant to the president, and that
counts. It 16%
post held'by'] Bonnie Newman,
still investi
is a nuts-and-bolts administra-
tive position.
gating other
Recently, a photo of a White
charges in
volving Du-
House senior staff meeting was
passed around among some of
renber ger
re mbur
the administration's women it
shows 13 men gathered around
ment by the
Senate
for
DURENBERGER
Chief of Staff John H. Sununu's
table.
rent on a Minneapolis condo
190 the
minium in which he held a finan-
That picture is about to
cial interest.
the
change, however with the an-
Hill If the committee decides to
nouncement that
The
Citiday
the general
proceed against Durenbergerion:
counsel at the
the condo charge as well, it is
Treasury De-
considered likely. that this
partment, is
charge will be incorporated into
to be named
the docket for the hearings.
to the post of
STATE
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
Cabinet sec-
INS Counsel Named
retary at the
William P. Cook has been ap-
White House.
pointed general counsel of the
Holiday pre-
Immigration and Naturalization
viously served
Service, INSI Commissioner
HOLIDAY
as counsel to
Gene McNary has announced.
the president's campaign com-
Cook previously worked at
mittee during the 1987-88 pri-
the Justice Department, han-
mary season and into the first
dling immigration, criminal, na-
months of the general election.
tional security and ethics mat-
The White House post is
ters for the department S Office
opening up because David Q.
of Legislative Affairs
Bates has informed the presi-
dent he intends to leave by June
Watkins Picks Manager
1. The post is a pivotal, insider
Energy Secretary James D.
one involving coordination be-
Watkins, a retired chief of naval
tween Cabinet secretaries and
operations, has reached back
other department heads and the
into the Navy to select a man
White House
ager for one of his department is
Holiday is said to have wanted
most ambitious and most expen-
a White House job despite the
sive projects: the $8 billion Su-
prestige of her post at Treasury,
perconducting Super Collider to
where she is one of Secretary
be built in Texas.
Nicholas F. Brady's closest aides
Joseph R. Cipriano, an official
and runs allarge operation.
Bush Library Photocopy
of the Naval Sea Systems Com-
mand and an experienced man-
Preservation
Durenberger Inquiry
ager of engineering projects,
The Senate Ethics Commit-
will take over as project man-
tee has scheduled up to two
ager of the SSC on May 15,
weeks of public hearings next
Watkins announced.
month on charges that Sen. Da-
-Ann Devroy
vid Durenberger (R-Minn.) im-
and Helen Dewar
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George Bush Handwriting
THE VICE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, D. C.20501
The President
RICHARD C. HALVERSON, D.D.
CHAPLAIN
United States Senate
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN
WASHINGTON, DC 20510-7002
May 4, 1990
01
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
The Honorable George H.W. Bush
President of the United States
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Beloved President:
Thank you for the breakfast with which the National Day of
Prayer began. It was a great blessing to all who were
present.
There is no way to measure what it meant to those of us who
were there, and to everyone who learned about it, to have the
President of the United States, the most powerful man in the
world, with his lovely lady acknowledge so publicly
confidence in prayer. Politicians quite often say it; you
demonstrate it. And I am sure you have many critics, some
perhaps even on your staff, who are less than encouraging in
this regard.
May I remind you again that, throughout history, God has
given His greatest blessings to the world through civil
leaders. Nothing is of greater encouragement to synagogue or
church or mosque or temple than for a Head of State to give
them his blessing.
At the risk of seeming to flatter, I must tell you that it is
my deep conviction that your presidency is and will be one of
the greatest in American history.
Thanks for all you and Mrs. Bush mean to us who serve Christ.
Blessing and love.
Affectionately in Him,
Dicktow
Richard C. Halverson
RCH/mw
Dictated personally by Dr. Halverson; signed in his absence.
OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION
TULSA, OKLAHOMA
FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1990
6:53 P.M.
1990 MAY -3 PM 4:57
THANK YOU, SENATOR NICKLES, FOR YOUR INTRODUCTION.
GOVERNOR BELLMON, SENATOR BOREN, CONGRESSMEN INHOFE AND
WATKINS, SPEAKER CARL ALBERT, MEMBERS OF THE
FOUNDATION, HONORED GUESTS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I
APPRECIATE YOUR RECEPTION, AND AM DELIGHTED TO BE IN
THIS STATE OF OPEN HEARTS AND OPEN SKIES. //
EARLIER TODAY, I GAVE THE COMMENCEMENT SPEECH AT
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY. 11 THEY'LL NEVER FORGIVE ME
IN NORMAN. // ((AFTER ALL, THE MUSICAL OKLAHOMA SAYS
"THE FARMER AND THE COWMAN SHOULD BE FRIENDS." IT
DOESN'T SAY A THING ABOUT THE SOONERS AND THE
COWBOYS. " //
THIS EVENING I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT ONE THING ALL
AMERICANS HAVE IN COMMON: OUR DEDICATION TO AMERICA'S
MOST ENDURING LEGACY. I REFER, OF COURSE, TO THE
EDUCATION THAT IS VITAL TO EVERYTHING WE ARE, AND CAN
BECOME. 11
- 2 -
IT HAS BEEN SAID, "THERE ARE ONLY TWO BEQUESTS WE
CAN HOPE TO GIVE OUR CHILDREN -- ONE OF THESE IS ROOTS;
THE OTHER, WINGS." ((A THEME EMBODIED, I MIGHT ADD, IN
THE BEAUTIFUL SCULPTURES YOU SEE BEFORE ME.)) THESE
WORDS REAFFIRM THAT KNOWLEDGE PROVIDES THE FOUNDATION
FOR EVERY IDEA THAT TAKES FLIGHT IN THE MIND OF A
CHILD. //
YET TODAY THE FACTS ARE CLEAR AND THEY DON'T
MAKE FOR PLEASANT READING. ERRATIC STANDARDS. AN
UNACCEPTABLE DROP-OUT RATE. TOO LITTLE PARENTAL
INVOLVEMENT. TOO LITTLE ACCOUNTABILITY BY TEACHERS AND
STUDENTS. TOO MANY SCHOOLS WRACKED BY DRUG USE AND TOO
MANY KIDS ILL-EQUIPPED TO READ OR WRITE. LET'S BE
HONEST: OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM ISN'T MAKING THE GRADE.
//
FIVE YEARS AGO, A UNITED STATES SENATOR ACTED TO
CONVERT THAT GRADE TO "PASS" FROM "FAIL." BELIEVING,
LIKE YOU, THAT IF EXCELLENCE BREEDS ACHIEVEMENT, THEN
EXCELLENCE SHOULD BE REWARDED. // so DAVID BOREN SET
OUT TO ENSURE THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL SAY OF US:
THEY TAUGHT THEIR CHILDREN WELL. HIS CREATION WAS THE
OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE. //
- 3 -
THIS FOUNDATION WISELY BELIEVES THAT AMERICA CAN
ONLY BE AS GREAT AS HER CHILDREN ARE EDUCATED. AND
THAT WHILE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST HELP, EDUCATION
IS AND SHOULD BE A LOCAL AND STATE RESPONSIBILITY. //
PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATORS -- NOT
DISTANT BUREAUCRATS - BEST UNDERSTAND LOCAL NEEDS. //
so THIS PROGRAM AFFIRMS VALUES AS CENTRAL TO OKLAHOMA
AS LOVE OF FREEDOM AND OF GOD.
FIRST OF ALL, THE FOUNDATION REFLECTS OKLAHOMA'S
BELIEF IN HIGH ACHIEVEMENT. SOMEONE SAID, "ANYTHING
CAN HAVE HAPPENED IN OKLAHOMA. PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING
HAS." // YOUR WORK HAS RAISED PRIVATE MONEY TO GIVE
$1,000 CASH SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE STATE'S TOP 100 HIGH
SCHOOL SENIORS. I SALUTE THESE ACADEMIC ALL-STATERS
WHO ARE THE TRUE TRUSTEES OF OUR POSTERITY. //
- 4 -
NEXT, THIS FOUNDATION MIRRORS OKLAHOMA'S
DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE
WITH THE RESPONSIBIITY FOR OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION
LITERALLY HOLD THE FUTURE IN THEIR HANDS. so YOU'RE
GIVING $5,000 EACH TO THREE MAGNIFICENT TEACHERS AND A
SUPERB PUBLIC SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR. I SALUTE THE
RECIPIENTS OF THE 1990 OKLAHOMA MEDALS FOR EXCELLENCE
IN TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATION. 11 AND I ALSO WANT TO
MENTION YOUR $5,000 AWARD TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
THAT HAS HAD THE MOST EFFECTIVE DROP-OUT PREVENTION
PROGRAM. KEEPING KIDS IN SCHOOL IS CRITICAL -- AND
YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
FINALLY, THE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE REFLECTS
THE BELIEF THAT EDUCATION CAN BE THE GREAT UPLIFTER AND
EQUALIZER. ((PERHAPS THAT GREAT BROADWAY CHARACTER,
OKLAHOMA'S AUNT ELLER, PUT IT BEST WHEN SHE SAID, "I
DON'T SAY I'M BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE, BUT I'LL BE
DANGED IF I AIN'T JUST AS GOOD!")) // YOUR IDEA CAN
ENRICH EDUCATION -- AND HELP EDUCATION ENRICH OUR
LIVES. //
- 5 -
ACHIEVEMENT, EXCELLENCE, AND EQUALITY -- WHAT A
DEFINITION OF OKLAHOMA. AND WHAT A MAGNIFICENT
DIFFERENCE THIS MOVEMENT HAS MADE IN JUST FIVE YEARS.
11 OVER $2 MILLION RAISED. TODAY, MORE THAN ONE
HUNDRED OKLAHOMA COMMUNITIES HAVE LOCAL PRIVATE
FOUNDATIONS -- MANY INSPIRED BY YOUR LEAD. // THINK OF
IT: EACH OF THESE FOUNDATIONS -- WHAT I CALL "POINTS
OF LIGHT" -- EACH DOES WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
CANNOT: SERVE AS A WONDERFUL MODEL FOR OTHER STATES
AND LOCALITIES TO EMULATE. so TONIGHT I CHALLENGE
EVERY STATE IN AMERICA TO DO WHAT OKLAHOMA HAS ALREADY
DONE: MAKE AMERICAN EDUCATION A BEACON OF EXCELLENCE.
11 BY INCREASING PRIVATE SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION,
YOU HAVE ENRICHED ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS
ACROSS THE STATE. IF THERE'S ANY DOUBT, YOU'VE
RESOLVED IT: WHEN IT COMES TO OKLAHOMA EDUCATION,
WASHINGTON DOESN'T KNOW BEST, OKLAHOMANS DO. //
- 6 -
THE RESULT IS THAT TODAY OKLAHOMA RANKS FIRST, PER
CAPITA, IN THE NUMBER OF PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS. YET YOU
ALSO KNOW THAT PROGRESS MADE CAN'T BE MEASURED BY
DOLLARS SPENT ALONE. so YOU'RE SHOWING HOW PARENTS,
TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND SCHOOL BOARDS CAN WORK
TOGETHER TO HELP OUR KIDS -- LIKE OKLAHOMA'S FABLED
PIONEERS -- DISCOVER THE UNLIMITED FRONTIERS OF
LEARNING.
WE KNOW, OF COURSE: IT WON'T BE EASY. ((LET ME
RECALL HOW ONCE, MARKING AN EXAMINATION WRITTEN SHORTLY
BEFORE CHRISTMAS, THE NOTED SCHOLAR WILLIAM LYON PHELPS
CAME ACROSS THIS NOTE: "GOD ONLY KNOWS THE ANSWER TO
THIS QUESTION. MERRY CHRISTMAS." PHELPS RETURNED THE
PAPER WITH THE ANNOTATION: "GOD GETS AN A. YOU GET AN
F. HAPPY NEW YEAR. ")) //
YES, EDUCATION WILL MEET ROADBLOCKS. BUT THEY ARE
OBSTACLES WE CAN OVERCOME. FOR YOU'RE NOT IN THIS
ALONE. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS A ROLE. THAT'S WHY
A YEAR AGO WE SENT TO THE CONGRESS OUR "EDUCATIONAL
EXCELLENCE ACT" -- LEGISLATION WHICH CAN HELP AMERICA
OUTTHINK, OUTWORK, AND OUTPERFORM ANY NATION ANY DAY OF
THE WEEK. //
- 7 -
FOR INSTANCE, WE WANT TO CREATE A $500 MILLION
PROGRAM BY 1994 TO REWARD SCHOOLS THAT IMPROVE THE
MOST. AND A MAGNET SCHOOLS OF EXCELLENCE PROGRAM: WE
BELIEVE PARENTS -- NOT BIG BROTHER -- SHOULD DECIDE
WHICH PUBLIC SCHOOL THEIR KIDS ATTEND. // OUR PROGRAM
WILL REWARD SCHOOLS THAT CUT THE DROP-OUT RATE. CREATE
A NATIONAL SCIENCE SCHOLARS INITIATIVE PROVIDING
INCENTIVE TO EXCEL IN SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND
ENGINEERING. AND RECENTLY, I SIGNED INTO LAW,
LEGISLATION TO HELP SCHOOLS HIT HARDEST BY DRUG USE. //
THESE STEPS WILL HELP OUR CHILDREN UNLOCK THE
FUTURE. GIVE THEM THE TOOLS TO MASTER THE NEW WORLD OF
NEW TECHNOLOGIES. AND REVERSE THE TREND WE SAW IN A
RECENT COMPARISON OF 13-YEAR-OLD STUDENTS IN THE UNITED
STATES AND 5 OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE AMERICA PLACED LAST
IN MATHEMATICS AND NEAR LAST IN SCIENCE. //
- 8 -
MOST OF ALL, OUR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE ACT CAN
HELP MAKE AMERICAN EDUCATION NUMBER ONE AGAIN BY
ACHIEVING THE GOALS WE ANNOUNCED IN FEBRUARY WITH
GOVERNORS LIKE HENRY BELLMON. WE WANT U.S. STUDENTS TO
BE FIRST IN MATH AND SCIENCE BY THE YEAR 2000. AND
EVERY AMERICAN TO BE SKILLED AND LITERATE. WE WANT
EVERY STUDENT TO START SCHOOL READY TO LEARN. THAT
MEANS HEAD START AND PROGRAMS LIKE IT. AND EACH SCHOOL
TO HAVE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE KIDS CAN LEARN. THAT
MEANS MAKING EVERY SCHOOL DRUG-FREE. FINALLY, WE WANT
TO SEE A GRADUATION RATE OF AT LEAST 90 PERCENT WITH
EVERY STUDENT COMPETENT IN IMPORTANT SUBJECTS. LIKE A
FUTURE GRADUATE - -- ERIN AMATO, A THIRD-GRADER FROM
SUGARLAND, TEXAS -- WHO RECENTLY WROTE ME THIS LETTER:
"DEAR PRESIDENT BUSH. I HAVE BEEN DOING GOOD IN
SCHOOL. I MADE ALL 'A' HONOR ROLL LAST SIX WEEKS AND I
HOPE I MAKE IT THIS SIX WEEKS ALSO. DO YOU LIKE ROLLS?
I LIKE ROLLS BUT I DO NOT LIKE BROCCOLI." ((OBVIOUSLY,
AN ENLIGHTENED STUDENT.)) AND THEN ERIN CONCLUDED BY
SAYING, "I DO LIKE CARROTS. I LOVE TEXAS!"
- 9 -
((LET ME CLOSE WITH A STORY I THINK ERIN WOULD
APPRECIATE - A STORY ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP THAT,
TOGETHER, ALL OF US CAN BUILD. THE STORY GOES THAT
PHYSICIST JAMES FRANCK WAS PROFESSOR AT GOTTINGEN
UNIVERSITY IN GERMANY WHEN ROBERT OPPENHEIMER, THEN
ONLY 23, WAS BEING EXAMINED FOR HIS DOCTORATE. ON
EMERGING FROM THE ORAL EXAM, FRANCK SAID, "I GOT OUT
JUST IN TIME. HE WAS BEGINNING TO ASK ME QUESTIONS. "))
//
IN COMING YEARS, THESE ACADEMIC ALL-STATERS WILL
ASK MANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR FAITH AND
FUTURE, WHY WE ARE HERE, AND WHAT WE CAN BECOME
INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A NATION. // HOW CAN EDUCATION
SUPPLY SOME ANSWERS? THE SAME WAY THIS ADMINISTRATOR
AND THESE TEACHERS HAVE. BY EMBODYING THE SPIRIT OF
OKLAHOMA'S PAST. //
- 10 -
THINK OF THE HEROES WHO SETTLED THIS STATE. THEY
DIDN'T BELIEVE IN GOVERNMENT BY BUREAUCRAT. THEY
BELIEVED IN THEMSELVES. // THEY BUILT HOMES OUT OF
SOD, AND SCHOOLHOUSES FROM SCRATCH. SALT FORK, BLACK
BEAR, APACHE. DIRT FLOORS. LOG WALLS. OFTEN,
SUPPLIES WERE LIMITED -- BUT THERE WERE ALWAYS ENOUGH
HANDS. PITCHING IN. TEACHING CLASSES. FIGHTING OFF
EVERYTHING FROM CLAIM-JUMPERS TO BEARS.
THESE PIONEERS DREAMED DREAMS AS BIG AS OKLAHOMA
-- AND MADE THEIR DREAMS COME TRUE. LIKE US, THEY KNEW
WHERE THE FUTURE LAY: IN THEIR KIDS, THROUGH
EDUCATION. // THE OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE
CAN HELP US ACHIEVE OUR DREAMS. so THAT FUTURE
GENERATIONS WILL PROCLAIM, AS THE MUSICAL OKLAHOMA
SAYS: AMERICAN EDUCATION, "YOU'RE DOING FINE -- OK.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OCCASION. GOOD LUCK TO THE
OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE. AND GOD BLESS OUR
BELOVED LAND -- THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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Daily
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
DATE: 5/4/90
FROM THE PRESIDENT
To:
BRENT SCOWCROFT
Is this too much? Do you have
any reservations about it?
- 6 -
IN THIS TIME OF TRANSITION, MOVING AWAY FROM THE
POSTWAR ERA AND BEYOND CONTAINMENT, WE CANNOT KNOW WHAT
CHOICES THE PEOPLE OF EASTERN EUROPE WILL MAKE FOR
THEIR FUTURE. THE PROCESS OF CHANGE IN THE SOVIET
only noble
answer
UNION IS ALSO STILL UNFINISHED. IT WILL BE CRUCIAL TO
SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHETHER MOSCOW CHOOSES COERCION OR
PEACEFUL DIALOGUE IN RESPONDING TO THE ASPIRATIONS OF
THE LITHUANIAN PEOPLE, AND NATIONALITIES WITHIN THE
we all tope the
lies in willowke adialogue that resulto
in a free and indepndent Lithnana,
SOVIET UNION.
PRESIDENT GORBACHEV HAS MADE PROFOUND PROGRESS IN
HIS COUNTRY. REFORMS so FUNDAMENTAL THAT THE CLOCK
CANNOT BE TURNED BACK. YET NEITHER CAN WE TURN THE
CLOCK AHEAD, TO KNOW FOR SURE WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY THE
SOVIET UNION WILL BE IN YEARS TO COME.
FOR THE SAKE OF THE FUTURE WE SHARE WITH EUROPE,
OUR POLICIES AND PRESENCE MUST BE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS
PERIOD OF TRANSITION - WITH A CONSTANCY AND
RELIABILITY THAT WILL REASSURE OUR FRIENDS, BOTH OLD
AND NEW.
Patty
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5-4-90
JWC
QUESTIONS FOR DOCUMENTING THE PRESIDENCY
1.
During your meeting in Toronto with PM Mulroney, did he
raise the subject of the Meech Lake Accords, and his con-
stitutional problem with Quebec? His assessment of Gorbachev?
How did you both assess progress under the free trade agreement?
2. Recent news leaks indicated some thought on your part and that
of President Salinas to consider a US-Mexico Free Tarde Agree-
ment. What has motivated you to consider this? Do you feel
that with the strengthened EC that will emerge in 1992, the US
must build a competing trade base?
3. In the Super 301 decision you did not name Japan. Can you
review your feelings about the progress Japan has made in
opening its markets, and what effect you feel your recent
meeting with Kaifu may have had?
4. In recent days, you have sought, consciously, to do and say
things that would bolster allied leaders such as Kaifu or
Thatcher, who are having political difficulties at home. What
are your reasons?
Some have written that you regard relations with fellow allied
leaders as a type of club, where friendships and loyalties are
sought and nurtured. Can you explain your views on this?
Is your frequent use of the telephone in part a reflection of
this-- designed for closer personal contact with less reliance
on diplomats and intermediaries?
5. In this time of flux for NATO, what do you feel are the views
of the various leaders of the alliance on its future course?
Who are the pillars of a continued strong role for NATO, and
who do you feel would prefer a weaker NATO with a stronger
European defense role outside the alliance?
6. Lithuania remains a concern, with Landsbergis recently accusing
the US of a Munich-type sellout. How do you react to this?
Also, what is your impression of the internal Soviet debate
over how to deal with Lithuania?
What about your recent letter to Gorbachev?
7. At this week's physical fitness event, press accounts termed you
the most sports-minded President in many years, and remarked on
your own devotion to sports. What does sports activity mean to
you personally? Is it simply a fun way to stay in shape, or
does it have psychological benefits for you (such as relief from
the stress of the job)?
After nearly a year and a half as President, how do you assess
the impact of the job on your health? Do you feel the strain
of the job in other areas? How do you cope with stress mentally?
FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON. D.C.
Dr. Thaddeus Garrett
Garrett & Company
1630 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Suite 202
Washington, D.C. 20009
5-4-90
Dear Thadd,
Patty gave we you note
but the fix was on re: Ede
Holliday. Some about that -
Enjoyed big with you
yesterdy- G13,
bcc: Sununu
Bates
Jan
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 4, 1990
Dear Guy:
Just a quick note of thanks for that warm
welcome in your great State. My visit was
too quick, but I enjoyed being back in
Michigan with so many friends.
Keep up the good work.
Warm regards, in which Barbara joins.
Sincerely,
any
The Honorable Guy VanderJagt
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 1, 1990
Dear Raymond:
Just a quick note of thanks for that warm
welcome in your great State. My visit was
too quick, but I enjoyed being back in
Michigan with so many friends.
Keep up the good work.
Warm regards, in which Barbara joins.
Sincerely,
CyTal
Mr. Raymond Rizzo
Director
General Motors Air Transportation
General Motors Building
3044 West Grand Boulevard
Detroit, Michigan 48202
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 4, 1990
Dear Margie:
Many thanks for your kind letter. Barbara and
I were delighted that you could join us for the
luncheon. Good luck as you continue working on
final preparations for the celebration in Abilene
next October. I know it will be a fitting tribute
to a great American.
With our warmest best wishes,
Sincerely,
CyBl
Ms. Margie T. Braden
Chairperson
Kansas Eisenhower
Centennial Commission
120 West 10th Street
Topeka, Kansas 66612-1291
JamB
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 4, 1990
Dear John:
Just a quick note of thanks for that warm
welcome in your great State. My visit was
too quick, but I enjoyed being back in
Michigan with so many friends.
Keep up the good work.
Warm regards, in which Barbara joins.
Sincerely,
GBl
Mr. John Boll
Chateau Estates
19500 Hall Road
Mt. Clemens, Michigan 48044
Manddaughter
How of Larie C Buttle
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 4, 1990
Dear Laurie Anne:
Your grandfather told me you've been very sick,
and Mrs. Bush and I want to send our wishes for
a speedy recovery. From what your grandfather
says, you are quite an inspiration to your
family and friends. We're pulling for you,
too, Laurie Anne, and hope to hear soon that
you are out of the hospital and back on the
soccer field!
God bless you.
Sincerely,
I love your
Grand Dad- -
GBl
jb
as
Miss Laurie Anne Battle
1708 Burning Tree Drive
Vienna, Virginia 22180
bcc: fan B
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 4. 1990
Dear Randy:
Just a quick note of thanks for that warm
welcome in your great State. My visit was
too quick, but I enjoyed being back in
Michigan with so many friends.
Keep up the good work.
Warm regards, in which Barbara joins.
Sincerely,
GBl
Mr. Randolph J. Agley
114 Lothrop
Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan 48236
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 4, 1990
Dear Spence:
Just a quick note of thanks for that warm
welcome in your great State. My visit was
too quick, but I enjoyed being back in
Michigan with so many friends.
Keep up the good work.
Warm regards, in which Barbara joins.
Sincerely,
GBl
Mr. E. Spencer Abraham
7511 Chrisland Cove
Falls Church, Virginia 22042
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 4, 1990
Dear Janet:
It was good seeing you during my brief stop in
Detroit. I was pleased to learn about your efforts
to use your musical talents to convey positive
messages to young people. Your involvement with
the United Negro College Fund and other charitable
organizations sets an outstanding example for your
many fans to follow. Thank you for giving heart
to some of the most important social issues of
our time.
Barbara joins me in sending our warm best wishes.
Sincerely,
GBl
Ms. Janet Jackson
J.D.J. Productions
12546 The Vista
Brentwood, California 90049
Jan B
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 4, 1990
Dear Robert:
Thank you for your kind letter concerning the
NCAA Foundation. I enjoyed doing the two tele-
vision spots to promote the good work you are
doing. Improvement of our educational system
and the war on drugs have been high priorities
with me since this Administration began, and
I believe that volunteer and private sector
efforts are vital to success in both these areas.
I appreciate the opportunity you have given me
to be a part of your work, and I look forward to
continuing this productive relationship with you
and the NCAA Foundation.
Sincerely,
CyBl
Mr. Robert C. Khayat
President
NCAA Foundation
6201 College Boulevard
Overland Park, Kansas 66211-2422
bec: JamB
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 4, 1990
Dear Ms. Echavarría:
Thank you for your warm message. I was
pleased that you were able to join us for
the luncheon honoring your great-grandfather.
He was a wonderful man, and you have every
reason to be proud of him and of his
accomplishments.
Barbara joins me in sending our best wishes.
Sincerely,
asBl
Ms. Adriana Echavarría
Apartment F-204
1121 Crandon Boulevard
Key Biscayne, Florida 33149
beciganB)
THE PRESIDENT
May 4, 1990
Dear Marvin,
Many thanks for your letter and for sending along
those pieces of history. They really brought back
some great memories of my days with the San Jac!
I hope all is well with you. Thanks again for
writing.
Sincerely,
CyBl
FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON. D.C.
Mr. Marvin B. Fast
424 Rosier Road
Fort Washington, Maryland 20744
CC: Don Rhodes
900505
Jan Burmeister
New York Times
NEW YORK, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1990
50 cents beyond 75 miles from New York Ci
es
At Wellesley, a Furor Over Barbara Bush
By FOX BUTTERFIELD
Special to The New York Times
WELLESLEY, Mass., May 3 -
At Wellesley, a school of about
A seemingly harmless invitation
2,200 women set on an idyllic cam-
by Wellesley College to have Bar-
pus in a western suburb of Boston,
bara Bush serve as its commence-
the school's president, Nan Keo-
ment speaker has ignited a dispute
hane, said today that the dispute
that has roiled the campus and
might serve a useful function by
raised questions around the coun-
making public a debate about what
try about the nature of feminism.
feminism is. Does it mean women
Today it led President Bush to de-
should define themselves by their
fend Mrs. Bush's role as a wife and
careers, as the protesting under-
mother.
graduates seemed to asert, or
The conflict has centered on a
should they seek a "multi-faceted
protest by 150 Wellesley students
life with many kinds of rewards,"
who said they were "outraged" by
as Dr. Keohane said she advocates.
the selection of Mrs. Bush as the
"Feminism is very hard to pin
graduation speaker. They said she
down, but it is certainly not anti-
did not represent the type of career
family," said Dr. Keohane. "What
woman the college seeks to edu-
we try to teach is that nobody of ei-
cate.
ther-sex should be defining their
Mrs. Bush dropped out of Smith
lives just in terms of making
College after two years to marry,
money. We need rich friendships
and has been best known as a sup-
too."
portive wife and mother in the
Dr. Keohane said that in her
family of a politician.
view, "What's happening here is
largely a generational thing,"
President Defends Mrs. Bush
meaning that where Mrs. Bush had
President Bush, asked about the
pursued the normal course for
dispute at a news conference in the
women of her era, today there are
White House today, joked that he
far more opportunities available
Jim Bourg for The New York Times
would not "make an argument"
for women.
with the students' view that his
'A Simplistic Interpretation'
Nan Keohane
wife's accomplishments were
President of Wellesley College
Jean Baker Miller, a psychiatrist
largely related to her marriage to
who is a former director of the
"Feminism is very hard to pin
him.
Stone Center for Developmental
down, but it is certainly not
The President defended his wife,
Services and Studies at Wellesley,
anti-family. What we try to
saying, "I think these young
said she thought the protesters had
teach is that nobody of either
women can have a lot to learn from
"misinterpreted" the message of a
sex should be defining their
Barbara Bush and from her unself-
number of Wellesley professors.
ishness and from her advocacy of
lives just in terms of making
Some of them argue that it is
literacy and of being a good
money. We need rich friend-
mother and a lot of other things."
Continued on Page B6, Column 1
ships, too."
B6
THE NEW YORK TIMES NATIONAL FRIDAY. MAY 4, 199
Invitation to Mrs. Bush
Roils Weilesiey Campus
ontinued From Page Al
cong to'think women can find happi-
'ess in traditional maie roies and that
comen's work in the home snouid not
devalued.
think some of the students made a
simplistic interpretation," Dr. Miller
aid. "but thev are not the only ones to
coll."
The 150 students. in a petition pre-
-ented to Dr. Keohane last month.
-310: "Welleslev teaches that we will
03 rewarded on the basis of our own
merit. not on that ot a spouse. To honor
Burbara Bush as a commencement
beaker IS to nonor a woman who has
cained recognition through the
achievements 01 her husband, which
ontravenes what we have been taught
ver the last four years at Wellesley.
The petition protesting Mrs. Bush's
nvitation aid not demand that It De
withdrawn. and Mrs. Bush is expected
:0 attend. She had been the second
noice of Welleslev's seniors. who
voted last spring. The first choice. by a
narrow margin, was Alice Walker. the
"I support Mrs. Bush coming
teminist who wrote The Color Pur-
here. She's a very interesting and
pie. but she declined the invitation.
successful lady who lived in a dif-
Among the other top vote-getters
ferent time. said Julie Porter. the
..ere the novenst Toni Morrison. ac-
rosses WhooDs Goldberg and Glenn
president of the senior class.
:lose. : television newscaster Connie
Thung, astronaut Sally Ride, Associate
DV
Rick
Friedman/
Black
The
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Dav 0'-
charitable work. but no one has ever
About 150 Wellesley College students said they were "outrage-
Connor and Representative Patricia
heard of them. Barbara BusH just hap-
Schroeder. a Colorado Democrat.
pens to be married to the President. We
the selection of Barbara Bush as a graduation speaker. saying S:
never said we are against motherhood.
not represent the type of career woman the college seeks to educa-
Dr. Miller said It was interesting that
We love our mothers.'
both Mrs. Bush and Ms. Waiker are
celebrities, "well-known names and
But Julie Porter. the president of the
faces. It's disappointing. 1 think. and It
senior class. said: "I support Mrs.
reflects the power of television and the
Bush coming here. She's a very inter-
media on voung people.'
esting and successful lady who lived in
From First Lady's Husband
Phyllis Chesler. the psychologist and
a different time. She didn't have the op-
tions we have. 1 think women should be.
Specialito The New York Times
author who lives in Brooklvn. said the
evaluated not on how much money they
WASHINGTON. May 3 - Following IS President Bush's exch
close contest between Ms. Walker and
make, but whether they' happy.'
with reporters today about the Wellesley College dispute involving
Susan Reverby, an associate profes-
wife, Barbara, as provided by the Federal News Service. a transcri:
sor and director of Wellesley's
company:
The new debate
women's studies program, said that
the dispute illustrated the two sides of
Q. Mr. President, a small
the United States. But I think
feminism. The first grew out of the En-
group of students at Wellesley have
these young women can have
on campus: What
lightment. after the Middle Ages, and
objected to Mrs. Bush as com-
to learn from Barbara Bush
the struggle for individual rights as
mencement speaker
from her unselfishness and
is feminism?
women sought to achieve equality with
A. Yes. Ellen.
her advocacy of literacy ar
men. The other side IS what Dr.
Q. Sir, do you. first of all
being a good mother and a
Reverby called "the connective
Sir, do you believe do you believe
other things. And so, I - hat
strain." the side that recognizes the
that there is any - any merit to
objection.
Mrs. Bush was particularly striking,
caring. unbaid contributions women
their argument that Mrs. Bush's
because "this tells us that there IS a
As Bar said yesterday.
have made.
accompiishments are largely re-
isn't concerned that 125 stu
war raging in the hearts and minds of
That so many Welleslev students
lated to her marriage to yourseif?
women."
would beittle the caring side worries
And secondly, do you
feel this way, and I think 1
For so manv students to have voted
Dr. Reverby. "I think It comes from
learn a lot from her. And she
A. 1 can't make an argument
for Mrs. Bush. said Dr. Chesler. sug-
the Dobular culture. programs like L.A.
with that.
to go, and she's not concerned
gests that "many women sull want to
Law. which blast the image of the in-
Q. Are you personally offended
at all. But she herself said, 'L
live in the castle. still believe in the
crediblv successful career woman
by their hesitation to
know why I am privileged
mvth of rescue DV marriage and still
without ever showing the rest of her
A. Yes. And Mrs. Bush herself
able to serve in this visible fas
believe in Prince Charming.
life.
has put it that her ability to serve
She's not trying to be some
Picking Barbara Bush isn't going to
All those successful characters on
as, think. a terribly effective point
she's not. The American !
help the problems of women. like grow-
TV must have nannies." she said. "be-
of light stems from the fact that
love her because she's some
:ng povertv. homelessness or discrimi-
cause we never see their children. but
she's married to the President of
she 1S, and stands for somethi.
nation against minorities. All these
98 percent of us can't afford nannies.
things have increased under the Rea-
gan and Bush Administrations. and
Banbara Bush is closely identified with
them."
The choice of Mrs. Bush as a com-
mencement speaker "raises the ques-
:100 of now much education these stu-
dents are getting. or can college save
society. Dr. Chesier said.
Despite the criticism over her selec-
non. Mrs. Bush said at a luncheon with
reporters on Wednesdav that the pro-1
testing students "were very reason-
able.'
'I Don't Disagree'
They're 21 years old and they're
looking at life from that perspective.
Mrs. Busn said. "I don't disagree with
what thev're looking at.
But she added: "I don't think thev
understand where I'm coming from.
chose to life the life I've lived. and 11
think it's been a tabulously exciting. in-
ceresting. involved life. In my dav. they
propably would have been considered
!!!fferent. in their dav, I'm considered
different. vive la difference.
Whatever eise nappens. the dispute
at Welleslev nas aireadv caused haro-
ship for some 01 the protesters. Susana
Cardenas. who served as spokes-
woman for the 150 students. nas re-!
relved a number of threatening tele-
phone calls and letters. college officials
said The callers have excoriated Ms.
Cardenas. a native of Peru. for criticiz-1
ng the President's wife and have sug-1
cested sne 20 back home.
Ms. Cardenas said todav that she I
"never meant to make any judgment
about Mrs. Bush. We oniv wanted to
sav, that there are many women whol
127 nome and raise children and dol
Washington Times
FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1990
PHONE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
SUBSCRIBER SERVICE
BEHIND 'BAR'
President defends wife's role
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
President Bush defended his first lady's role as wife, mother and social
activist yesterday from an attack by Wellesley students.
"She's not trying to be something she's not. The American people love her
because she's something she is - and stands for something," Mr. Bush said,
his temper flaring during a nationally televised press conference.
More than 100 of the 600 seniors at Wellesley College, a tony women's
school in Massachusetts. dissented on the decision to invite Barbara Bush
as graduation speaker. Their petition said the appearance would "honor a
woman who has gained recognition through the achievements of her hus-
band, which contradicts what we have been taught over our years at
Wellesley."
On Wednesday, Mrs. Bush noted their youth and predicted they'll change
their minds. "I chose to live the life I've lived, and I think it's been a fabulously
BARBARA
her advocacy of literacy and of be-
Barbara Bush
ing a good mother and a lot of other
things."
From page A1
The embarrassed college calls the
exciting, interesting, involved life.
issue a "non-story" and stresses that
I hope they won't opt not to have
the the students are a minority.
families, and I hope they won't opt
"These students are stating their
not to be great parents."
opinion, which is OK. Some people
Mr. Bush said yesterday, "I think
believe it's a bit short-sighted," said
that these young women can have a
Nancy Agnew, vice president for
lot to learn from Barbara Bush and
public affairs at Wellesley.
from her unselfishness and from
- Frank J. Murray
YORK POST, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1990
Bush defends
wife against
Wellesley
protesters
By ELI TEIBER
Post Correspondent
WASHINGTON - Presi-
dent Bush jumped to his
wife's defense yesterday -
saying students who pro-
tested the First Lady's se-
lection as a commence-
ment speaker "have a lot
to learn from Barbara
Bush."
Some 125 seniors at
Wellesley College near
Boston criticized the deci-
sion to invite Mrs. Bush -
calling her a "poor role
model" who was being
honored for her husband's
achievements rather than
her own.
"I think these young
women can have a lot to
learn from Barbara Bush
and from her unselfishness
and from her advocacy of lit-
eracy and being a good
mother and a lot of other
things," Bush said at a White
House press conference.
"She herself said, 'Look, I
know why I'm privileged
to be able to serve in this
visible fashion.' She's not
trying to be something
she's not," Bush said.
"The American people
love her because she's
something she is and
stands for something."
THE NEW YORK TIMES, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1990
Lessons From the First Lady
Topics
What can you learn from Barbara Bush? Not
of
much, in the view of 150 young women graduating
from Wellesley College. They are protesting her
The
selection as this year's commencement speaker.
Since "Wellesley teaches that we will be rewarded
Times
on the basis of our own merit, not on that of a
spouse," they say the First Lady is an unworthy choice.
As one young woman bluntly put it: "If Barbara Bush
hadn't been married to this guy who happens to be Presi-
dent, we never would have heard of her."
Yesterday, at his news conference, the guy who hap--
pens to be President defended, with appropriate passion,
the woman who has been his most significant supporter
for 46 years. "I think that these young women have a lot to
learn from Barbara Bush," the President said, "from her
unselfishness and from her advocacy of literacy, and of
being a good mother and a lot of other things."
Those typically "feminine" virtues cited by the
President are unlikely to make Ms. Bush an inspiring role
model for spirited feminists. But then, thoughtfully, Mr.
Bush added one virtue: "She's not trying to be something
she's not." If Mrs. Bush, Wellesley's second choice, con-
veys that in her commencement address, she will have
imparted to these young women the most important les-
son of all.
Thu 3-May-90 11:56 EDT
Bush Says Protesting Students Can Learn from His Wife
By RITA BEAMISH
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush said today he and his wife are
not bothered that some students at Wellesley College object to her
planned commencement appearance. "I think they'll learn a lot from
her," he said.
A group of students at Wellesley passed around a petition opposing
Mrs. Bush's commencement address on June 1. She said in an interview
Wednesday that the students' protest does not bother her.
"To honor Barbara Bush as commencement speaker is to honor a
woman who has gained recognition through the achievements of her
husband, which contradicts what we have been taught over our years at
Wellesley," the petition declared.
"She isn't concerned that 125 students feel that way and I think
they'll learn a lot from her," Bush told a news conference.
"She herself said, 'Look, I know why I'm privileged to be able to
serve in this visible fashion.' She's not trying to be something
she's not. The American people love her because she's something she
is and stands for something," Bush told reporters.
Bush was asked if there was any merit to the students' argument
that his wife's accomplishments are related in large part to her
marriage to him. "I can't have an argument with that," Bush joked,
producing groans from his audience.
In a serious vein, he continued:
"Mrs. Bush herself has put it that her ability to serve as, I
think, a terribly effective 'point of light' stems from the fact that
she's married to the president of the United States.
"But I think these young women can have a lot to learn from
Barbara Bush and from her unselfishness and from her advocacy of
literacy and being a good mother and a lot of other things."
The "point of light" is a term Bush uses to refer to private
citizens involved in community services.
"They're 21 years old, and they're looking at life from that
perspective," Mrs. Bush said of the Wellesley protesters during an
interview with a group of reporters. "I don't disagree with what
they're looking at."
Mrs. Bush, who dropped out of Smith College to marry George Bush
in 1944, said she could have gone back to college if she wanted but
chose not to.
Referring to the Wellesley students, she said, "They may change
their minds a little bit."
"I hope they won't opt not to have families, and I hope they
won't opt not to be great parents. I don't care who you are, the best
job you do in life is raise your children," Mrs. Bush said.
On other topics, Mrs. Bush told The Washington Post and other
publications that she said she objects to revelations of the sex
habits and preferences of public figures.
"I'm not one who believes in 'outing' or whatever that new thing
is that is going on. I don't like that at all," she said.
"Outing" is what some homosexual groups call the unsought
disclosure of the homosexuality of prominent people.
Thu 3-May-90 14:57 EDT
Bush defends wife's selection as Wellesley commencement speaker
By HELEN THOMAS
UPI White House Reporter
WASHINGTON (UPI) President Bush passionately defended his wife's
selection as commencement speaker at Wellesley College, declaring
Thursday that students who protested the choice "have a lot to learn
from her."
"She wants to go and is not at all concerned about it," Bush told
a news conference when asked for his personal reaction to the protest.
Some 125 to 150 students in the senior class at the women's college
near Boston criticized the decision to invite the first lady to speak at
their June 1 commencement ceremonies. They complained she is being
honored because of the achievements of her husband when the college had
always stressed recognition for individual accomplishments. They called
her a "poor role model."
In an interview with a group of reporters Wednesday, Mrs. Bush
shrugged off the complaint, saying of the president: "I think George
cared much more than I did."
Bush responded to the controversy Thursday with an ardent defense
of his wife laced with some humor. Asked if his wife's accomplishments
were largely related to her marriage to him, he quipped: "I can't have
any argument with that."
But when asked if he was concerned about the Wellesley protest,
Bush said, "Yes. And Mrs. Bush herself has put it that her ability to
serve as, I think, a terribly effective point of light stems from the
fact that she is married to the president of the Unites States."
The president's program to promote volunteerism is called "A
Thousand Points of Light," and he refers to anyone singled out for
exceptional service as "a point of light."
"But I think," Bush said, "that these young women have a lot to
learn from Barbara Bush and from her unselfishness and from her advocacy
of literacy and being a good mother and a lot of other things."
"She's not trying to be something she's not," Bush said. "The
American people love her because she's something she is, and stands for
something."
College administrators say they have no intention of withdrawing
their invitation.
In her interview, Mrs. Bush called the students' concerns
"reasonable," but affirmed motherhood as "the best job you do in
life," The Boston Globe and Washington Post reported Thursday.
"I thought they were very reasonable," Mrs. Bush said. "They're
21 years old and they're looking at life from that perspective. I don't
disagree with what they're looking at."
But the first lady said the protesters, who first made their
concerns known last month in a campus rally and petition, were
overlooking parenting as a legitimate occupation.
"I don't care who you are, I still think the best job you do in
life is just raise your children," she said. "I hope they won't opt
not to have families, and I hope they won't opt not to be great
parents."
Mrs. Bush, then Barbara Pierce, dropped out of Smith College in
1944 at the end of her freshman year to marry Navy flyer George Bush.
She said that she had an opportunity to attend Connecticut College
while her husband went to Yale University after World War II but she
"chose not to."
Thu 3-May-90 16:21 EDT
Bush Scraps Plans for Newer, Bigger Nuclear Weapons in Europe
By TERENCE HUNT
AP White House Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush scrapped plans Thursday for newer
and more powerful battlefield nuclear weapons in Europe and called
for a NATO summit to rewrite political and military strategy for "a
new era in history."
"As democracy comes to Eastern Europe and Soviet troops return
home, there is less need for nuclear systems of the shortest range,"
Bush said.
His decision, canceling modernization of the Lance missile,
amounted to a recognition of political realities both in Europe and
in Congress.
West Germany, where most of the new weapons would be based, had
fiercely opposed the deployment since the warheads would be targeted
on their countrymen in East Germany.
Congress, doubting that the new missiles would ever be installed,
had balked at Bush's request for $112 million for modernization.
Bush made his announcement at a wide-ranging news conference
during which he also said "I sometimes do worry" that military
hardliners in the Soviet Union might oust President Mikhail S.
Gorbachev and try to reverse democratic reforms in Eastern Europe.
It was Bush's most direct statement ever about Gorbachev's grip on
power.
Bush said Gorbachev is under "extraordinary pressure" at home
because of unrest over Lithuania's drive for independence and the
ailing Soviet economy.
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In a lighter moment, Bush defended his wife Barbara against
complaints by Wellesley College students who oppose her as their
graduation speaker.
He said the students may be right in saying her recognition comes
from his success, but declared "these young women can have a lot to
learn from Barbara Bush" anyway.
Bush welcomed statements from Lithuanian President Vytautis
Landsbergis indicating a willingness to compromise with the Soviets.
"I think that is very, very positive andlet's hope it goes
forward," Bush said.
Later, he met with Lithuanian Prime Minister Kazimiera Prunskiene
at the White House.
On other subjects:
Responding to questions about the freeing of two American
hostages in Lebanon, Bush said the United States could not claim
credit for their release.
"There were no behind-the-scenes negotiations that will come out
that show that we pulled this off," said Bush, who previously has
applauded Syria and Iran for their roles.
The president said he would be willing to make any gesture of
appreciation to Iran that would not be viewed as negotiating for the
release of hostages.
Bush announced he had invited top congressional leaders to a
meeting Sunday in an effort to "move forward" the budget process.
The full House and the Senate Budget Committee have passed Democratic
budget versions that cut defense spending far more than Bush sought.
Fri 4-May-90 0:23 EDT
Quote of the Day
By United Press International
President Bush, defending his wife's selection as commencement
speaker at Wellesley College after some seniors objected she was not a
college graduate and that her accomplishments were largely the result of
her association with him:
"I think that these young women have a lot to learn from Barbara
Bush and from her unselfishness and from her advocacy of literacy and
being a good mother and a lot of other things
She's not trying to
be something she's not. The American people love her because she's
something she is, and stands for something."
"I'm not going to sit here and do nothing," Bush said. But he
added, "We're not into a negotiation. We're talking process."
He said he was not trying to oust the man who oversees the
nation's beleaguered savings and loan industry, L. William Seidman,
chief of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
He said Seidman did not want to complete his term, and had urged
Bush to replace him with William Taylor, acting director of the
Resolution Trust Corp.
As for weapons in Europe, the cancellation of modernization plans
has been in the works for months following the collapse of the Berlin
Wall and the swep of democracy throughout Eastern Europe.
"The revolutionary changes transforming Europe are moving us from
the postwar era to a new era in history beyond containment" of
Warsaw Pact forces, Bush said.
He said the 16-member NATO alliance should meet in late June or
early July "to launch a wide-ranging NATO strategy review for the
transformed Europe of the 1990s." The president is to meet with
Gorbachev in Washington May 30-June 3.
Specifically, Bush announced he wa dropping plans to deploy a more
powerful short-range Lance missile to replace launchers for 700 aging
warheads, based mostly in West Germany.
All of the new weapons would have been targeted on East Germany,
which is moving toward a swift merger with West Germany. The new
missiles would have had a range of about 250 miles, compared with
about 75 miles for the existing Lance.
Bush also said he was canceling further modernization of U.S.
nuclear artillery shells in Europe.
West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher welcomed
Bush's announcement, saying, "This shows the alliance takes into
account the changed conditions in their full totality."
Genscher was in Brussels, Belgium, where Secretary of State James
A. Baker III was briefing fellow NATO foreign ministers on the U.S.
move.
Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., chairman of the Armed Services Committee,
called Bush's announcement a "very important step and I agree
with him."
Echoing those comments, Sen. Claiborne Pell, D-R.I., chairman of
the Foreign Relations Committee, said, "The primary target of
weapons of this range was East Germany, now about to be part of a
united Germany, and it had become intolerable to maintain them for
their original purpose or to pursue plans for costly and pointless
replacements."
Personalities
Duke Zeibert's for the third an-
nual benefit dinner June 9
President Bush, coming to
his wife's defense, yesterday
admitted-to the groans of re-
porters present-that much of
her recognition comes from his
success. He said, however. that
the Wellesley College students
protesting her commencement
appearance there because she is
not an appropriate role model
"have a lot to learn from Barba-
ra Bush and from her unselfish-
ness and from her advocacy of
literacy and being a good moth-
er and a lot of other things." He
said the First Lady admits.
14 'Look, I know why I'm privi-
leged to be able to serve in this
visible fashion.' She's not trying
to be something she's not. The
American people love her be-
cause she's something she is
and stands for something." Or
something like that
Thu 3-May-90 9:49 EDT
Backstairs at the White House
By HELEN THOMAS
UPI White House Reporter
WASHINGTON (UPI) Barbara Bush refuses to be a golf widow. She has
decided that since the president has taken up the sport more avidly, she
will sharpen up her game.
As a result, the Bushes now have a driving range at the helicopter
landing at Camp David. They also have a three-hole miniature golf course
to practice putting.
The first lady is good at sports herself who else swims a mile a
day on a winter morning. The pool is heated, but it's often shivering
cold outside. Since she is willing to face all the elements, she will be
a good companion.
The president recently played 18 holes of golf in a relentless
downpour at Andrews Air Force Base. He also played golf in gale force
winds in Bermuda.
On the golf course, Bush is a Boy Scout leader pushing everyone
along with "Come on, let's go." Some of his golfing companions must
often think if it wasn't for the honor of the thing, they'd rather be
somewhere else.
The first lady says that not only does Millie, the family's
springer spaniel, sleep in their bed, but Millie's puppy, Ranger, does
as well when the president is away.
Two dogs and the Bushes may be a bit too much in one bed. But Mrs.
Bush says that the two dogs don't move at all when they are sleeping, so
she doesn't mind the company.
So far Barbara Bush is taking in stride the flak over her selection
to be the commencement speaker at Wellesley College, where she will
receive an honorary degree. Some of the students protested the choice of
the first lady as their graduation speaker.
Their contention was that her achievements came through marriage
when they are taught at Wellesley to make it on their own.
But Anna Perez, the first lady's press secretary, said that Mrs.
Bush put five children through college, even though she dropped out in
her first year at Smith College to marry George Bush.
It all boils down to what you do with your life, and if the polls
are any measure, she is one of the most popular first ladies in recent
times because she always goes that extra mile for others.
POOL REPORT # 2
STILLWATER TO TULSA
May 4, 1990
The President helicoptered back to Tulsa accompanied by Senator
Don Nickles and Governor Henry Bellmon. Upon arrival at Tulsa
International Airport, Bush was greeted by about 200 well-wishers
who were barricaded behind a rope. Before entering his
limousine, he went over to the crowd and shook hands down the
entire line, which extended about 100 feet. Toward the end of
the line was a group of about 50 fourth grade students from Jenks
East Elementary School, many of whom were carrying signs with
such friendly slogans as "Jenks Trojans are here to say welcome
to George Bush." The President stopped and autographed a sign
which depicted Bush wearing trunks and boxing gloves standing
with his foot on the chest of a knocked-out stalk of broccoli.
The sign said, "Bush Beats Broccoli." Another student presented
the President with a sign of welcome and a picture of the entire
class. Bush handed the sign to one of his aides. As the
President approached the end of the line, one little boy in front
was obviously in distress after being pushed against the rope.
The President noticed his problem and shouted, "Let the guy up.
You're cutting his legs off." The crowd moved back and the
little boy was able to stand up straight again. "Is that
better?" asked the President. He then waved goodby and said,
"Good to see you all," and headed for the limo.
Motorcade downtown to the Doubletree Hotel was uneventful. There
Bush attended a private Republican reception, and then motorcaded
across the street to the Tulsa Convention Center for the Oklahoma
Foundation Dinner.
Richard Benedetto, USA Today
# # #
White House News Summary
Friday, May 4, 1990 -- 1
10:30 A.M. NEWS UPDATE
ARMS CONTROL (Brussels/Reuter) -- The Kremlin welcomed U.S.
proposals to scrap plans to modernize aging short-range nuclear
arsenals in Europe and accelerated arms-control talks with the
Soviets
In Moscow, the official Soviet news agency Tass said
Thursday that the Kremlin welcomed the moves by the Bush
administration but was concerned about reports that U.S. forces
intend to replace land-based missiles with air-launched weapons.
"The Soviet Union welcomes Washington's decision to accept, at long
last, the Soviet proposal on talks on nuclear tactical weapons,"
Tass said. "Let us hope that accepting, in principle, the Soviet
proposal on talks on tactical nuclear weapons and suspending the
modernization on Lance missiles and nuclear artillery, Washington
does not intend at the same time to give a go-ahead for the
deployment of more dangerous air-based nuclear missiles in Western
Europe."
NATO MISSILES (Brussels/Reuter) -- NATO may agree to scrap all its
short-range missiles in Europe in talks with Moscow expected to
start next year, a senior alliance official said Friday. The
official, briefing reporters ahead of a NATO defense ministers
meeting in Canada next week that will deal with nuclear issues,
also said the alliance might withdraw some nuclear artillery shells
from Europe
Asked about the chance that all short-range
missiles could be cut in negotiations, the official said, "That's
something that will have to be looked at very seriously. Since we
have decided that we don't need (them) in the long term, maybe we
could convince the Soviets that they don't either. That might be
an option.
GERMANY/SOVIETS (East Berlin/Reuter) -- A senior Soviet military
official said Friday that a future united Germany's membership in
NATO would best ensure a continued balance of power in Europe.
Maj. Gen. Geli Batenin's view, laid out in an article for an East
German newspaper, clashed with the official Kremlin line favoring
German neutrality or non-alignment and indicated dissension in the
Soviet leadership on the issue. "The most preferable option is the
incorporation of a unified Germany in the political organization
of NATO," Batenin, a military adviser to the powerful Communist
Party Central Committee, wrote for the daily Berliner Zeitung.
LATVIA (Riga, Soviet Union/Reuter) -- The Latvian parliament met
Friday to approve a plan to follow neighboring Lithuania cautiously
down the bumpy road to independence from the Soviet Union. Riga
Radio said the pro-independence Popular Front, which has a majority
in the parliament, met late into the night and decided that the
independence declaration should be the final issue discussed at
Friday's session. However, in an apparent attempt to avoid head-
on collision with the Kremlin, the draft declaration approved by
the Front calls for an interim period and for negotiations with
Moscow, the radio said.
LIBYA GAS PLANT (Bonn/UPI) -- The Libyan government is building an
underground chemical weapons plant, possibly with West German help,
less than two months after a fire reportedly destroyed a similar
facility at ground level, a West German magazine said Friday. The
weekly illustrated magazine Bunte
said workers were building the
plant at Sabha, 403 miles south of
Tripoli.
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 4, 1990 -- 2
HOSTAGES/VELAYATI (Helsinki/Reuter) -- Iranian Foreign Minister
Velayati called Friday for Western countries, including the U.S.
and Britain, to respond to the release of Western hostages in
Lebanon by working to free hundreds of Moslems held in Lebanon and
Israel. He said groups holding hostages in Lebanon wanted a
practical step from the West, following the recent release of
Western hostages, including two Americans. "What the Lebanese have
asked us to do is to ask the Western countries to reciprocate what
they have done. In that case, the Lebanese Moslems will be
persuaded to try more to get the release of the other hostages.
We are waiting for a practical step from the other side,' Velayati
told a news conference.
HOSTAGES/REED (Wiesbaden/AP) -- Freed U.S. hostage Frank Reed left
for the U.S. Friday after saying Britain should do more to free two
of its citizens still captive in Lebanon. "They are my best mates,
those guys, we're going to get them out, Reed said of Brian Keenan
and John McCarthy shortly before he left the U.S. Air Force
hospital in Wiesbaden to begin his journey back to the U.S. Asked
if he thought the British government should be doing more to win
the release of McCarthy and Keenan, Reed replied: "You bet they
should be. He did not elaborate.
BRITISH ELECTIONS (London/AP) -- The opposition Labor Party has
trounced Prime Minister Thatcher's Conservatives in local
elections, making its best showing since she came to power 11 years
ago, tallies showed Friday. However, the Conservatives avoided
the rout forecast by opinion polls before Thursday's elections
With results declared early Friday from 192 of 201 councils at
stake, Labor had made 10 gains to control 89 councils. The
Conservatives, who had controlled 60 councils, lost 12 and gained
four.
ECONOMY/UNEMPLOYMENT (UPI) -- Layoffs in heavy industry pushed the
nation's jobless rate up to 5.4 percent in April from 5.2 percent
in March, the highest since September 1988, the Labor Department
said Friday. Private analysts had expected a lower number, mainly
because the Census Bureau hired thousands of temporary workers last
month to assist with the 10-year count of the population.
"Manufacturing employment showed further weakness," the
department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said in a monthly report.
"The decline was concentrated in the durable goods component, with
the largest job loss occurring in the machine industry." "Factory
jobs have decreased by 280,000 over the past 13 months, the report
added.
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 4, 1990 -- 1
5:00 P.M. NEWS UPDATE
PRESIDENT/RAIL STRIKE (Tom Raum, AP) -- President Bush, moving to
head off a "crippling nationwide rail strike," used his
presidential powers Friday to create an emergency board to
investigate disputes between 11 unions and most of the nation's
major railroads. Bush's action blocks the possibility of an
imminent strike, imposing in effect a 60-day cooling-off period on
both management and labor.
LITHUANIA/PRUNSKIENE VISIT (AP) -- The visiting prime minister of
Lithuania criticized President Bush Friday for doing nothing more
than calling for "good faith" negotiations in her country's
independence showdown with the Soviet Union. "Simply making
statements that there should be cooperation and urging Lithuania
to sit down at the bargaining table is not sufficient at this time,
when the Soviet Union is interfering in Lithuania's relationships
with Western countries," Prunskiene said a day after meeting with
Bush. However, Mrs. Prunskiene said it was too early to ask the
U.S. to impose economic sanctions against Soviet President
Gorbachev in an effort to prod him toward accepting Lithuanian
independence. She also said she did not favor granting trade
favors to the Soviets. Doing that, she said, "would be providing
implicit support for their actions."
(UPI) -- Lithuanian Prime Minister Prunskiene called for U.S.
action Friday to protest the Soviet crackdown on her republic,
saying it is "inadequate" for the West to simply urge both sides
to negotiate
Calling her republic's March 11 declaration of
independence "untouchable," Prunskiene said Friday the "logical
consequence" of Western nations' support for Lithuanian self-
determination would be to recognize its independence. "The fact
that these Western countries refuse to provide recognition is the
major argument that Moscow uses to refuse to enthusiastically
endorse our aspirations," she said.
BAKER TRIP (Bonn/AP) -- Secretary Baker Friday tried to convince
the Soviet Union that a united Germany's membership in NATO would
not upset the delicate East-West balance in Europe. Baker met with
Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze, who said he was pleased by
U.S. plans to cancel new short-range nuclear missile deployments
in West Germany. Shevardnadze also said he and Baker had a "very
constructive and useful conversation" about arms control. But,
Shevardnadze told reporters, they had not settled any of their
differences over restricting long-range nuclear missiles during
their three-and-a-half hour session. Baker said: "We'll just have
to wait and see."
SOUTH AFRICA (Cape Town/UPI) -- The ANC will rethink its guerrilla
war against the government, which in turn will "work toward"
lifting a state of emergency, black nationalist Nelson Mandela and
President de Klerk announced Friday
"We are going to look into
the entire question of the armed struggle," Mandela said during a
joint news conference at a government building with de Klerk
Mandela said the national executive committee of the ANC would
study the armed struggle issue and "take appropriate decisions."
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 4, 1990 -- 2
BRITISH-FRENCH NUCLEAR COOPERATION (Aylesbury, England/UPI) --
Prime Minister Thatcher and French President Mitterrand, responding
to President Bush's plan not to modernize short-range nuclear
weapons in Europe, indicated Friday they may cooperate on their
own nuclear weapons programs. The two leaders stressed the need
for closer cooperation on defense during a one-day summit
"If
something unfortunate was to happen on the continent, we would need
to bring reserves through French ports,' Thatcher said at a news
conference after the meeting. "We are both of us the only
independent nuclear deterrent powers in Europe.
"
"No field is
precluded from
cooperation,' including work on nuclear weapons,
Mitterrand said at a news conference. Thatcher indicated she
wanted to maintain a short-range nuclear strike capability for the
foreseeable future. "The decisions not to modernize will put
increasing importance on free-falling nuclear bombs, she said.
"They will need to be modernized
from ground to air."
CUBA (Havana/Reuter) -- Cuba said Friday it would never be caught
by surprise by a U.S. attack and would make Washington pay dearly
for every drop of Cuban blood spilled. "The Yankees are mobilizing
against Cuba. Cuba is the enemy," the Communist Party daily Granma
said in a front-page editorial
"There is no doubt that the
Yankees are up to something," Granma said.
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The following should be treated as background from a senior administration official:
Scowcroft came back after a lunch of cheeseburgers and offered your pool a
little background on today 's speech. / Scowcroft acknowledged that today's
speech seemed to be an attempt to flesh out the goals of the NATO summit.
"What we're really doing is getting into the process of restructuring NATO."
Scowcroft said the speech outlines Bush's four goals for the summit, i.e.,
the political mission for NATO, the role of conventional forces and conventional
arms control will play in the future, the role of nuclear weapons in Europe,
and how NATO and CSCE will work together.
The general highlighted one aspect of the president's proposal that Bush did
not mention yesterday but is included in some dispatches from Brussels: the
American proposal to accellerate negotiations on the future of short range
nuclear weapons in Europe. Scowcroft noted that Bush proposed at last year's
NATO summit to punt that question down the road and added that he is now
proposing to take up the question at the NATO summit. "He's going to propose
that we move up the time when we'd be willing to discuss short range nuclear
forces with the Warsaw Pact to the time immediately following the signing of.
a CFE," he said. "What will we negotiate? What should be the size and mix of
nuclear weapons in Europe?"
Scowcroft noted that the U.S. and Great Britain "held out" for a delay
such negotiations a year ago, but predicted most NATO members will
approve of the accellerated timetable. "They'1) all welcome it--except Mrs.
Thatcher."
Scowcroft tried to clear up general confusion
about the U.S. view
of the various future roles of NATO and the CSCE. He made clear that
the US views CSCE as an ancillary to NATO. "Our notion of a CSCE is
that it ought to have an enhanced political role and human rights role,"
he said. "it is not our idea that CSCE would have a significant security
role."
But he added that not everyone in the Alliance takes this approach. "others $see
NATO withering and CSCE picking up a security role." Asked to name
which countries specifically, he said France, the social democratic party
in the Federal Republic of Germany and the Soviets, as well as other
countries which are not a part of the 12-member NATO but are in the
35 member CSCE.
On other subjects, he was asked again about the U.S. facility in Peru which
Bush was asked about--and turned to Scowcroft for an answer--at yesterday's news
conference. Are there plans for such a facility,? he was asked. Yes, he replied,
"we do have a plan to do more training of Peruvian Army in NXX Upper Nukag Huat llaga
Valley. Didn't the president know about this? he was asked. "Probably not. It's not
a big deal," he said
Then he was asked whether the President knew about "the Gacha thing," a reference to
the article in Newsday today reporting a U.S. role in the mission.
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"There wasn't any role in the mission," he replied. "The United States has been
cooperating with the colombians on strategy and the mechanics of how you do these
things and they have for some time. But nobody, there was nobody involved in this
particular one.
there were no Americans in the operation." When asked whether any
U.S. equipment was involved, he de said "the equipment, to be honest, I don't know
about I'll have to check on that. I know there was no personnel.
Later in the conversation, when questions returned to this subject, he XXXXX was
asked tax whether the U.S. had any role in the planning of the operation, "No, I didn't
say anything about the planning. I said there was no U.S. personnel involved in that
operation. We did not participate in the operation."
On the hostages, he said there was nothing new today and demurred when asked
whether the U.S. was using its influence with Israel to get release of Shiite held there.
Asked, do you consider Shiek Obeid a hostage, he replied, "We have pretty much described
him in those terms. 11
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 4, 1990
Dear Bob:
My belated thanks for your good letter of April 4.
The news program portraying you as a critic of our
war on drugs surprised me, too.
Bill Bennett and I are glad to know you are pulling
with us in our efforts to end the awful scourge of
illegal drug use in our nation. All of America is
grateful for your many years of service with the
Drug Enforcement Administration, and I am pleased
to know I can count on your continued support.
With warm best wishes, in which Barbara joins.
Sincerely,
azBl
Mr. Robert M. Stutman
Stutman Tankel Strang Hayes Inc.
1114 First Avenue
New York, New York 10021
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 4, 1990
Dear Mike:
Just a quick note of thanks for that warm
welcome in your great State. My visit was
too quick, but I enjoyed being back in
Michigan with so many friends.
Keep up the good work.
Warm regards, in which Barbara joins.
Sincerely,
GaBl
Mr. Michael T. Timmis
20180 Mack Avenue
Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan 48236
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 4, 1990
Dear Chuck:
Just a quick note of thanks for that warm
welcome in your great State. My visit was
too quick, but I enjoyed being back in
Michigan with so many friends.
Keep up the good work.
Warm regards, in which Barbara joins.
Sincerely
by
Mr. Chuck Yob
3770 Hagan Drive
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49501
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 4, 1990
Dear Karen and David:
Barbara and I are pleased to join with
your family and friends in sending our
congratulations to you on the joyous
occasion of your marriage. We sincerely
hope that your years together will bring
you a lifetime of love and happiness.
God bless you.
Sincerely,
GaBl
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Yost
Playa Del Rey, California