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administrative marker by the George Bush Presidential
Library Staff.
Record Group/Collection:
George H.W. Bush Presidential Records
Collection/Office of Origin: Appointments and Scheduling, White House Office of
Series:
Presidential Daily Diary/Backup
Subseries:
OA/ID Number:
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[Presidential Daily Backup] 4/27/89
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Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Doc. No. / Type
Subject/Title
Date
Restriction
Classification
01. Telephone
[Telephone numbers redacted] (2 pp.)
4/27/89
(b)(6)
Memo
02. Manifest
Air Force One Manifest (2 pp.)
4/27/89
(b)(7)(c),
(b)(7)(e),
(b)(7)(f)
03. Schedule
[Motorcade Assignments Redacted] (1 pp.)
4/27/89
(b)(7)(c),
(b)(7)(e),
(b)(7)(f)
Page 1 of 1
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Appointments and Scheduling, White House Office of
Series:
Presidential Daily Diary, Backup
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
[Presidential Daily Diary, Backup] 04/27/89
Pinksheet Number:
DJC3378
OA/ID Number:
12795-024
Date Closed:
4/19/2002
FOIA/Sys Case #:
2002-1005-S
Re-review Case #:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
Thursday, April 27, 1989
9:45 am
Address International Drug
Enforcement Conference
11:00 am
Participate in Opening Ceremony for
the Customs Service/Coast Guard Drug
Interdiction Command, Control,
Communication and Intelligence Center
12:05 pm
Depart Miami for Clearwater, Florida
2:00 pm
Participate in Dedication of the
Bilirakis Alzheimer's Center
at St. Mark Village, Palm Harbor
2:45 pm
Depart Clearwater, Florida
for Washington, D. C.
4:55 pm
Arrive White House
South Lawn
The President and Mrs. Bush depart
South Lawn
8:15 pm
for the Andrew Mellon Dinner at
the National Gallery of Art
(Studdert) (White Tie)
Arrive White House
South Lawn
10:25 pm
UNP 04/26/89
4:00 pm
Thursday, April 27
5:20 Breakfast for Mrs. Bush
5:30 Mrs. Bush to the South Grounds
5:40 Mrs. Bush to the Second Floor
6:45 Mrs. Bush departed the White House for NBC Stuidos
8:22 Mrs. Bush to Second Floor
9:30 Guests arrive for the RIF Circus in the South Grounds
10:00
Mrs. Potter Stewart to Second Floor
10:10 Mrs. Bush and Mrs Potter Stewart to the DPL Room
for coffee with CEO of PaineWebber (20 guests)
10:40 Mrs. Bush to the RIF Circus
11:43 Mrs. Bush and Susan Porter Rose to the Second Floor
11:47 Susan Porter Rose down
12:00 Circus Guest depart the Grounds
12:28 Guests for the Reporter's Lunch to the Second Floor
(11 Guests)
12:40 Lunch served on the Second Floor
2:10
Luncheon guests down
2:11 Mrs. Bush to the Doctor's Office
2:50 Mrs, bush to the Second Floor
3:45 Christine and Courtney Gardner to Second Floor for tea
4:15 Mrs, Bush and Guests to the ground Floor
4:26 Mrs. Bush to the Second Floor
4:50 Mrs. bush to the Cabana
5:10 The President arrives South Grounds aboard Marine One
5:12 The President to the Oval Office
5:34 The President to the Cabana
5:38 The President to the Doctor's Office
5:40 The President to the Second Floor
6:02 Mrs. Bush to the Second Floor
7:00 Mrs. Bush's hair dresser to the Second Floor
8:14 The President and Mrs. Bush depart White for National Gallery
of Art white tie dinner
8:50
Doro Leblond arrives South Grounds
8:51 Doro Leblond and Bill Canary to the Third Floor
9:58 Doro and Bill Canary to the West Wing
10:09 Doro to the Third Floor
10:35
The President and Mrs Bush arrive South Grounds, to the
Second Floor
10:
Retired
House guest
Doro Leblond - Room 327
10:55 The President and Mrs. Bush arrive South Grounds
10:56 The President, Mrs. Bush and Doro South Grounds
11:10 The President and Mrs. Bush and Doro to the Second Floor
Second Floor
11:15
Retired
House guest
Doro Leblond - Room 327
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
01. Telephone
[Telephone numbers redacted] (2 pp.)
4/27/89
(b)(6)
Memo
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Appointments and Scheduling, White House Office of
Series:
Presidential Daily Diary, Backup
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
[Presidential Daily Diary, Backup] 04/27/89
Date Closed:
4/19/2002
OA/ID Number:
12795-024
FOIA/SYS Case #:
2002-1005-S
Appeal Case #:
Re-review Case #:
Appeal Disposition:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Disposition Date:
AR Case #:
MR Case #:
AR Disposition:
MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 15 U.S.C. 552(b)]
Deed of Gift Restrictions
(b)(1) National security classified information
C(1) Closed by Executive Order 13526, governing access to national
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
security information
agency
C(2) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the information
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute
C(3) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
gift [formerly listed as only C|
information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion
of personal privacy
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
purposes
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
financial institutions
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President and
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
his advisors, or between such advisors [(a)(5) of the PRA]
concerning wells
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
SIGNAL SWITCHBOARD
April 27 , 1989
TIME
NAME
ACTION
PLACED
DISC
OUT
7:35 AM
Mrs. Barbara Bush
PRESUS Cancel
Residence, Washington, D.C.
7:37 AM
XNC
PM
White House Admin x530
DEPT
8:13
AM
8:17
Ms. Patty Presock
Tlkd-ok
Office, Washington, D.C.
8:14 AM
INC
PM
White House Admin x621
OUT
8:30 AM
W.
8:35
Mr. Jess Sweetser
Tlkd-ok
Residence, Washington, D.C.
8:34 AM
XNIC
PM
(b)(6)
OUT
8:38 AM
8:40
Mr. Sam Walker
Tlkd-ok
Residence, New York City, New York
8:38 AM
XNC
PM
(b)(6)
XXIT
8:56 AM
8:57
Ms. Patty Presock
Tlkd-ok
Office, Washington, D.C.
8:56 AM
INC
PM
White House Admin x621
OUT
8:59 AM
9:02
Mr. Hector Irastorza
Tlkd-ok
Residence, Miami Beach, Florida
9:00 AM
XNX
PM
(b)(6)
OUT
11:51 AM
Mr. Jeb Bush
PRESUS Cancel
Residence, Miami, Florida
11:53 AM
XMC
PM
(b)(6)
OUT
AM
Mr. Jonathan Bush
PRESUS Cancel
Office, New York City, New York
3:56 PM
THE
3:55 PM
212-371-2170
OUT
AM
Mrs. Jody Bush
PRESUS Cancel
Office, New York City, New York
4:01 PM
INC
4:00 PM
212-371-2170
OUT
AM
Mrs. Barbara Bush
Tlkd-ok
Residence, Washington, D.C.
4:08 PM
XNC
4:03 PM
4:13
White House Admin x530
via Secure Satellite
OUT
AM
Mr. Jonathan Bush
Tlkd-ok
Rose Hill Adolescent Substance
4:19 PM
XMC
4:18 PM
Abuse Facitily
via Secure Satellite
4:22
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
SIGNAL SWITCHBOARD
April 27 , 1989
TIME
PLACED
DISC
NAME
ACTION
OUT
AM
Massena, New York
INC
PM
OUT
AM
Ms. Patty Presock
Tlkd-ok
Office, Washington, D.C.
4:28 PM
INC
4:26 PM
4:32
White House Signal 2-2199
via Secure Satellite
RUT
AM
Ms. Patty Presock
Tlkd-ok
Office, Washington, D.C.
4:42 PM
INC
4:39 PM
4:43
White House Signal 2-2199
via Autovon Alpha
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
1
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
EASTERN DAYLIGHT-TIME
APRIL
I 27th
89
. 19
PRESIDENT-BUSH
TIME
PLACED
DISC
NAME
ACTION
XXXX
XXM
GOV. JOHN H. SUNUNU
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
INC
5:48
PM
WHITE HOUSE ADMIN. EXT. 685
5:50
TLKD-OK
OUT
AM
INC
PM
Jonata as
XRHX
XAM
MR. JACK SLOAT
BRIDGET MONTAGNE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TLKD-OK
INC
6:14 PM
(b)(6)
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
XXM
MR. JAMES WRAY
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
XXX
HAS
7:00
PM
7:01
WHITE HOUSE ADMIN. EXT. 7730
TLKD-OK
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
XAM
MARLIN FITZWATER
RES: WASHINGTON, D.C.
XIMMX
7:13 PM
7:18
WHITE HOUSE SIGNAL EXT. 3864
TLKD-OK
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
XXAM
MR. CRAIG THOMAS
RES: CASPER, WY.
7:25
7:34
INC
PM
(b)(6)
TLKD-OK 7:32P
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
SECY. JAMES BAKER
RES: WASHINGTON, D.C.
XIXXX
7:36 PM
7:38
WHITE HOUSE SIGNAL EXT. 103
TLKD-OK
GPO : 1983 0 - 405-660 : QL 2
PRESIDENTIAL MOVEMENTS
Miami, Florida
Clearwater, Florida
LOCATION
Washington, D.C.
DATE 27 April 1989
TIME
MOVEMENTS
0926
Depart Doral Hotel via Motorcade
0941
Arrive Marriott Hotel
1026
Depart Marriott Hotel via Motorcade
1100
Arrive C3I Center
1157
Depart C3I Center via Motorcade
1224
Arrive Miami International Airport
1236
Depart Miami International Airport via Air Force One
1321
Arrive Clearwater-St. Petersberg Regional Airport,
Clearwater, Florida
1331
Depart Clearwater-St. Petersberg Regional Airport
via Motorcade
1357
Arrive St. Marks Village
1438
Depart St. Marks Village via Motorcade
1504
Arrive Clearwater-St. Petersberg Regional Airport
1512
Depart Clearwater-St. Petersberg Regional Airport
via Air Force One
1651
Arrive Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland
1700
Depart Andrews Air Force Base via Marine One
1709
Arrive South Grounds
1712
Oval Office
1737
Residence
2020
South Grounds
2021
Depart South Grounds via Motorcade
2025
Arrive National Gallery of Art
WHCA FORM 15, OCTOBER 15, 1980
PRESIDENTIAL MOVEMENTS
LOCATION Washington, D.C.
DATE 27 April 1989
TIME
MOVEMENTS
2254
Depart National Gallery of Art via Motorcade
2258
Arrive South Grounds
2310
Residence
WHCA FORM 15, OCTOBER 15, 1980
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
02. Manifest
Air Force One Manifest (2 pp.)
4/27/89
(b)(7)(c),
(b)(7)(e),
(b)(7)(f)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Appointments and Scheduling, White House Office of
Series:
Presidential Daily Diary, Backup
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
[Presidential Daily Diary, Backup] 04/27/89
Date Closed:
4/19/2002
OA/ID Number:
12795-024
FOIA/SYS Case #:
2002-1005-S
Appeal Case #:
Re-review Case #:
Appeal Disposition:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Disposition Date:
AR Case #:
MR Case #:
AR Disposition:
MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - 15 U.S.C. 552(b)]
Deed of Gift Restrictions
(b)(1) National security classified information
C(1) Closed by Executive Order 13526, governing access to national
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
security information
agency
C(2) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the information
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute
C(3) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
gift [formerly listed as only C]
information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion
of personal privacy
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
Presidential Records Act - 144 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
purposes
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
financial institutions
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President and
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
his advisors, or between such advisors [(a)(5) of the PRA]
concerning wells
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
03. Schedule
[Motorcade Assignments Redacted] (1 pp.)
4/27/89
(b)(7)(c),
(b)(7)(e),
(b)(7)(f)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Appointments and Scheduling, White House Office of
Series:
Presidential Daily Diary, Backup
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
[Presidential Daily Diary, Backup] 04/27/89
Date Closed:
4/19/2002
OA/ID Number:
12795-024
FOIA/SYS Case #:
2002-1005-S
Appeal Case #:
Re-review Case #:
Appeal Disposition:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Disposition Date:
AR Case #:
MR Case #:
AR Disposition:
MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 15 U.S.C. 552(b)]
Deed of Gift Restrictions
(b)(1) National security classified information
C(1) Closed by Executive Order 13526, governing access to national
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
security information
agency
C(2) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the information
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute
C(3) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
gift [formerly listed as only C]
information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion
of personal privacy
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
Presidential Records Act - |44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
purposes
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
financial institutions
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President and
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
his advisors, or between such advisors [(a)(5) of the PRA]
concerning wells
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. BUSH
FOR
WASHINGTON, D.C.
THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1989
8:19
8:15 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush depart White House
en route National Gallery of Art, West Building.
MOTORCADE ASSIGNMENTS:
(b)(7)(c), (b)(7)(e), (b)(7)(f)
(Drive Time: 5 Minutes)
GUEST AND STAFF INSTRUCTIONS:
Upon arrival at National Gallery of
Art, Guests and Staff will be escorted
to Holding Room.
8.24
8:20 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush arrive West Building,
National Gallery of Art and, accompanied by
Greeters, proceed to Lobby C.
Met by:
The Honorable and Mrs. Nicholas Brady (Kitty)
Secretary of Treasury
Dr. and Mrs. Franklin D. Murphy (Judy)
Chairman, National Gallery of Art
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Stevenson (Ruth)
President, National Gallery of Art
EVENT:
RECEPTION FOR ANDREW MELLON DINNER
CLOSED PRESS
RECEIVING LINE
8:29
8.25 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush arrive Lobby C and
begin participation in Receiving Line.
8:50 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush conclude participation
in Receiving Line and, accompanied by Dr. and Mrs.
Franklin Murphy and Mr. and Mrs. John Stevenson,
proceed to Exhibit Area 60.
Page Two
EVENT:
VIEWING OF PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
POOL COVERAGE
9:05
8:51 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush, accompanied by Dr.
and Mrs. Franklin Murphy and Mr. and Mrs. John
Stevenson, arrive Exhibit Area 60 and begin
participation in Portrait Viewing.
Met by:
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Bunny)
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Laughlin (Judy)
Trustee, National Gallery of Art
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith (Clarice)
Trustee, National Gallery of Art
9:10
8:54 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush, accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Mellon, conclude participation in
Portrait Viewing and proceed to Holding Room.
9:11
8:55 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush, accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Mellon, arrive Holding Room.
9:14
8:58 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush, accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Mellon, depart Holding Room and
proceed to Off-Stage Announcement Area.
EVENT:
FOURTH ANNUAL ANDREW MELLON DINNER
POOL COVERAGE
RUFFLES AND FLOURISHES
OFF-STAGE ANNOUNCEMENT
Page Three
HAIL TO THE CHIEF
BRIEF REMARKS
WHITE TIE
9:15
8:59 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush, accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Mellon, arrive Off-Stage
Announcement Area.
9:15
9:00 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush, accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Mellon, are announced onto Stage
and proceed to Seats.
9:15
9.01
pm Colors are Presented
9:16
9:02
pm National Anthem
9:18
9+04
pm
Colors are Retired
pm Remarks by Dr. Franklin Murphy
10:06 pm Remarks by Mr. Paul Mellon
10:35
10:08 pm
THE PRESIDENT is introduced for Brief Remarks by
Mr. John R. Stevenson.
10:44
10:11 pm
THE PRESIDENT gives Brief Remarks.
10:16 pm
THE PRESIDENT concludes Brief Remarks, departs
Stage, and with Mrs. Bush, proceeds to Holding
Room.
10:17 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush arrive Holding Room.
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10:53
10:19 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush depart Holding Room
and proceed to Motorcade.
10:54
10.20 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush board Motorcade and
depart National Gallery of Art en route White
House.
MOTORCADE ASSIGNMENTS:
Same as on Arrival.
(Drive Time: 5 Minutes)
10:25 pm
THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush arrive White House.
10:58
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Thursday, April 27, 1989
9:45 am
Address International Drug
Enforcement Conference
11:00 am
Participate in Opening Ceremony for
the Customs Service/Coast Guard Drug
Interdiction Command, Control,
Communication and Intelligence Center
12:05 pm
Depart Miami for Clearwater, Florida
2:00 pm
Participate in Dedication of the
Bilirakis Alzheimer's Center
at St. Mark Village, Palm Harbor
2:45 pm
Depart Clearwater, Florida
for Washington, D. C.
4:55 pm
Arrive White House
South Lawn
8:15 pm
The President and Mrs. Bush depart
South Lawn
for the Andrew Mellon Dinner at
the National Gallery of Art
(Studdert) (White Tie)
10:25 pm
Arrive White House
South Lawn
04/26/89
4:00 pm
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Miami, Florida)
For Immediate Release
April 27, 1989
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
DURING "C-3-I EAST" DEDICATION
U.S. Coast Guard Communications Station
Miami, Florida
11:40 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Commissioner, and thank all of
you very much for that warm welcome. Please be seated. Commissioner
Von Raab, my thanks to you, sir, for that warm introduction. My
respects to Admiral Yost, who has not neglected the Coast Guard's
significant role in interdiction, but has found time to take a
crucial leadership role as we battle against the environmental
disaster up thousands of miles away in Prince William Sound, where
the Coast Guard has performed in a superb fashion.
I'm delighted to see Admiral Kelso here, and, of course,
it is most appropriate that Dick Thornburgh, our outstanding Attorney
General be at my side today, as he was along with the Commissioner
two or three days ago in California, where we were reviewing a site
in a peaceful mountain area that had been taken over by a drug
warlord in this country. And the effort had been broken up by the
cooperative efforts, some of which we see on display here today. And
so it's a pleasure, Dick, that you joined us once again.
To my friend, Governor Martinez. I want to say to him I
am grateful for the effort that Florida is putting into this effort.
This war, this effort will not be successful without the involvements
of states and local communities and the private sector. And Bob
Martinez has led the way and, I might say, ably assisted at the
national level by Senator Gramm and Senator Mack, who are with us
today, too.
And I'd be remiss if I didn't single out two United
States congressmen -- if I hurt feelings, sorry, I just missed you --
but Congressman Bilirakis and Congressman Young, two of Florida's
greats are with us here today as well.
The dedication of this facility -- I am privileged to
have a part in that. And as I do, let me lay to rest just one
popular misconception that's brought home to me by the drill we saw
inside. You know, in this country, there's an image of a drug
smuggler, some still think of as a grizzled character with some
Hawaiian shirt, leather jacket, perhaps the long hair, beard tucked
underneath an aviator's hat -- beard tucked underneath his helmet
from some secondhand shop -- expected to be flying in a jump plane by
the seat of his pants. And you know best, you here, how that popular
image lacks reality. All too often, the drug smuggler is an
excellent pilot or seaman, with a jet or an expensive boat equipped
with the latest communications and other sophisticated equipment. In
short, he has everything that drug money can buy. And junking an
airplane at sea can just be the cost of doing business on one run.
To identify and interdict this new breed of sophisticated
drug smugglers, we must do more than match the resources of the
multibillion-dollar drug empire. And that's what we've done here, at
C-3-I East, a nerve center in this war on drugs. Think of this as
one of America's drug war situation rooms, as our early warning
network against narcotics.
This facility, jointly commanded by the U.S. Customs
MORE
- 2 -
Service and the Coast Guard, is an important part of our grand
strategy in the war on drugs. And from here, we will be able to
detect, track, identify and apprehend suspected smugglers operating
vessels and aircraft. This is the second such facility to come on
line, joining one in Riverside, California, to guard more than 3,600
miles of our nation's southern flank. In time, this facilty alone
will watch the skies from Brownsville, Texas, to Puerto Rico, and
across the entire Eastern Seaboard.
Four years in planning and construction, this facility is
dedicated to the principles of unity and cooperation, principles that
are essential to repel the drug invasion of America. This facility
provides the best example of how agencies will work together to wage
the war on drugs. From this site, civilian and defense radars will
work together, under the watchful eye of the Coast Guard and Customs
duty officers, who will coordinate interception by federal, state and
local law enforcement agencies -- whether that means scrambling a jet
fighter, Coast Guard cutter, speedboats guided by the Blue Lightening
Strike force.
America's response to airborne smuggling is especially
dramatic, growing from a rag-tag collection of twin-engine planes
that were seized in the first instance from the smugglers, into a
highly sophisticated fleet of aircraft equipped with sensors designed
for a unique law enforcement mission. And Customs has a fleet of
chase planes and Black Hawk helicopters on loan from the Army. The
Coast Guard operates Falcon jets with infrared sensors and
interceptor radar just like those on the F16. These are just some of
the birds of prey that will relentlessly search the skies for drug
smugglers.
As impressive as this high-tech effort is, it's only as
effective as the men and women who manage it. And it is with this in
mind that I salute those in the field, who are risk of every single
day in the war against drugs. But I also want to salute the officers
who will staff this post, for every technician in this room and this
area knows that the lives of his colleagues will be on the line.
This is a special responsibility that takes a special kind of
courage.
Our purpose is simple and close to home -- to keep drugs
out of the lockers, the classrooms and off the playgrounds of our
schools; to redeem the children of America from the scourge of drugs.
In the months and years ahead, you will count kilos of
cocaine and mountains of marijuana seized from the ships and the
planes. And you'll never know how many lives will be saved by your
efforts. But never forget, that saving lives is what this is all
about; saving lives is exactly what you are doing.
So, Commissioner and Admiral, I thank you, and I salute
from the bottom of my heart the men and women of Customs and the
Coast Guard for all that they have done and for all that they will
do. Thank you all and God bless you. Thank you very much.
(Applause.)
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11:48 A.M. EDT
April 27, 1989
POOL REPORT
Drug meeting, simulated drug bust & speech,
Sununu words and folgght to Clearwater
As motorcade turned off Biscayne Blvd for Marriott (at 15th),
about 100 striking Eastern employes and supporters were gathered
at the corner, many screaming "Just say 'No, to Frank Lorenzo. "
Even more protesters were waiting
with signs ( "Bush & Lorenzo vs Eastern" and Ban Lorenzo)
across the street from the hotel, under palms by a multi-storey
parking garage. When Bush left , the "JUst say No" chants started
again and Bunk was a lot of thumbs-down symbols. Bush
waved from the limousine as it passed.
Speech site inside W hotel was a ballroom. Bushstood on dais
backedby the flags of the 20 nations in the International Drug
Enforcement Conference (this was the 7th annual There are also
10 observer & nations-groups. Bush was accompanied by DEA chief
John Lawn, Se. Connie Mack, Gov. Bob Martinez, AG Thornburgh,
Coast Guard Commandant Paul Yost.
After Bush spoke he greeted about 65 participants, walking around
the
three long tables set in a "U" shape before the podium.
When
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Deputy Attorney General Javier
Coello-Trejor of Mexico, Thornburhs introduced him as "the iron
prosecutor. " Bush also paused for extended (inaudible to pool)
chitchat with the lab-buster from Columbia cited in
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steve Taylor,
the speech.
plugged into shotgun mikes, said the
chat was mundane and heavy on the "mucho gustos.
Inside the Coast Guard communications center, Bush sat at one of
12 multi-screen consoles to watch a simulated drug bust, in which
a blane off the coast made a drug drop in which the planes and
boats involved were tracked and appreheneded. In the corner of
one of the giant tracking screen in the low-light room (gray and
utilitarian) pictures were flashed of the craft involved. The
last picture was of three desperadoes face down on the tarmac following
a prehension.
Bush's chief guide was Customs officer Larry Scott, to whom
Bush, at had the end of the exercise, said: "I learned a lot. Tha ik you. "
As Bush listened, the air crackled with cop-chase kin lingo.
"Air drop in progress
uspect in the water. "
As the outside ceremony began, Sununu talked, beginning with
the advisory: "What we're doing is we're going to have a big
evaluation of the first 100 day S of the press. So if you
guys
want to come out looking good, you better behave. "
ATTENTION SUNDAY-STORY WRITERS:
Q: Whadabout president even having to point out cliches inspeeches,
just as standing-tell in Austin?
A: "Even when you write your own speech, you end up
marking it up on the way tothe podium. And you alwa IS mak e
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Q: Even high-five in Palo Alto seemed to give Bush pause.
A: "He's seen it 2 or 3 times before. He's xxx4 added things,
subtracted things, changed this, changed that. I think you're reaing
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into pauses more than isathere, really.
Q: When get crime package.
A: "Probably then end of nextweek, beginning of the week after next.
It depends on the senators and congressmen ironing out a little bit
what they want us to look at. "
Q: Guns the problem?
A: "Not really, no., There'ssome issues in how much spending on
the prison piece (of legislation), on how to structure the
prison-piece incentives, what you do on the nonlegistative piece
Do you announce that with it, do you announce it spearately
You want
it to fit.
Q: Assault rifles?
A: "There are 5 or 6 ieces to that
We haven' decided on that. "
Q: Filing time?
A: "I've already taken your concerns and raised Cain, be ieve me. Yes
I have. I listen and I act
We re building.
Q: Trip rationale
A: It's good for him, X The president, to get out. He wanted to get
to California to talk about some of the major issues -- the capital
gains issue, the incentive for R&D. Northern California's the right
place to give a little focus to that. Concern about the drug issue
and the problem of so or our borders. Issues associated wi th
interdiction. He talked about that in California. He's here today,
again on the drug issue, an im ortant issue. Most Americans feel it's
a critical issue and he wants to make sure he can do what he can to
help cooddinate zac. You get a good feeling by being there, by
seeing it. Talking to people who have the dayOto- day problems.
And I think he's going to go back, there's a lot he can d from his
office
(We(re runing out ogf flight time so, on to more weekendish-trip
review quotes)
Q: Disappointed a light national news coverage?
A: "If you're going to get the skind of atx attention we'd like, you
don't always focuson just trying to get15 seconds or 30 seconds on the
national news. The regionalaspect is very critical
(Goi g to West
Coast, Texas, SE U.S. ( "is an important par6t of it. Sometimes just
the idea of getting out of the Beltway, getting out of thexWashington
is par6t of the presidsent's responsibility and role. "
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Miami, Florida)
For Immediate Release
April 27, 1989
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO INTERNATIONAL DRUG ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE
Biscayne Bay Marriott Hotel
Miami, Florida
9:55 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, thank
you very much. Thank you, Mr. Attorney General. Please be seated.
And let me, at the outset, pay my respects to Governor Martinez, the
Governor of Florida who's with me here today, with all of us here;
and Senator Mack, Senator Connie Mack, vitally interested, as is the
Governor, in the war against drugs. And, of course, my great
respects to the Attorney General, who is taking a very prominent
leadership role in this common fight. And it's a pleasure to see out
of Alaska for a change the Commandant of the Coast Guard Paul Yost,
who is doing an outstanding job half a world away up there in Alaska,
but whose organization is doing such a superb job for the United
States in this whole concept of interdiction. And so we have a
distinguished group here.
"This scourge will stop." Those were the words that Dick
alluded to -- those were the words with which I opened my presidency.
And it's the continuation of that promise that brings me to Miami
today. And I am honored to be here to talk with you. And I am very
grateful to Jack Lawn and the -- whose head of the, as you all know,
head of the DEA -- and the other distinguished enforcement chiefs who
have come throughout the Americas -- along with our friends and
observers from Europe -- to join forces in a new tradition of
international cooperation.
And I had a visit just a second ago with Jack -- just
took a minute, but he was filling me in on his hopes for this
conference and telling me of the cooperation that his organization
was receiving from all of you. And so let me, at the outset, say
thank you.
I'm here today to talk about war. First, to see cocaine
trafficking for what it is: an attack aimed at enslaving and
exploiting the weak. Second, to confront what's become a world war.
And third -- I hope -- to help end a nasty chapter in that war -- the
diversion of precursor chemicals.
In the 19th century, the scourge of the Americas was
slavery. A struggle of good and evil, in which some sought to enrich
themselves by enslaving the most downtrodden of their countrymen.
Today the scourge of this hemisphere is called cocaine. As
commanding officers, you know the havoc of which we speak. You see
it every day on the streets of your cities and in mountain villages,
in the haunted eyes and the broken dreams of a generation of youth --
of children -- who have fallen victim to a seductive, nightmarish new
form of dependency and slavery. Our countries have suffered a
terrible toll, many far worse than the United States.
Drug traffic is called the world's second most dangerous
profession. The most dangerous really is yours -- law enforcement;
drug enforcement.
Earlier this year, I had a glimpse of what must be all
too familiar to many of you sitting around this table. I joined Mrs.
Everett Hatcher to grieve for the death of her husband, a veteran DEA
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agent who was executed by cocaine cowards in the back streets of New
York. A woman of considerable dignity, she put responsibility for
Mr. Hatcher's death squarely on those once naively excused as
"casual" users of cocaine.
Well, cocaine users can no longer claim noncombatant
status. There is blood on their hands. And thanks in part to the
demand-side programs like those you're going to be talking about
later this morning, this message has begun to sear the consciences of
the stockbrokers and the students, the lawyers and the homemakers and
the athletes who finance our common enemy.
There are many ironies. Drug addiction does not
discriminate against a person because of race, religion or financial
status. It's the great equalizer, snaring sons and daughters of the
rich, the poor, the middle class.
Sometimes the opposite occurs and kingpins are reduced to
paupers. The opulence of Carlos Lehder's lifestyle is but memory now
as he begins his journey to the grave -- life without parole -- in an
Illinois penitentiary. The notorious Felix Gallardo -- once boasting
of his power and wealth -- is also behind bars in Mexico. Stripped
of blood money, they are nobodies, no longer the stuff of myth.
Your business, then -- our business -- is to pursue these
outlaws to the ends of the Earth. To create a world without refuge,
to leave no sanctuary, in your countries or in mine.
And I've said it before -- the war on drugs is no
metaphor. The war on drugs is no metaphor. We've been slower to
recognize that it is also a world war, leaving no nation unscathed,
one in which Hong Kong bankers and Bolivian growers and Middle
Eastern couriers and West Coast wholesalers all play insidious roles.
And it is especially acute in this hemisphere, where an exlosive
cycle of drugs, dependency and dollars has escalated clear out of
control.
The time for blame, the time for assigning blame is
behind us. For too long, a sharp divide has been drawn between
"producing" and "consuming" nations. Well, denial is a natural part
of human nature, and probably part of a country's nature as well.
But let's face it. Americans cannot blame the Andean nations for our
voracious appetite for drugs. Ultimately, the solution to the United
States drug problem lies within our own borders -- stepped up
enforcement. But education and treatment as well.
And our Latin American cousins cannot blame the United
States for the voracious greed of the drug traffickers who control
small empires at home. Ultimately, the solution to that problem lies
within your borders.
And yet, good neighbors must stand together. A world war
must be met in kind. And so today, as this conference winds down and
concludes, we are presented with an historic opportunity.
Allies in any war must consult -- as partners. And just
as you have gathered on seven occasions for IDEC, I ask that the
leaders of the Western Hemisphere, whose nations are afflicted by
this scourge, join with me to work together toward a hemispheric
compact on drugs -- a mutual commitment of resources and energy to
ensure a brighter day for the children of America. And I mean by
that all the Americas. And I have directed that our nation's new
drug czar, William Bennett, take the lead in coordinating this vital
intiative.
IDEC demonstrates that we will put aside national
differences to do what must be done. And together you have put
cartels out of business, reduced the supply of cocaine and,
increasingly, educated our children about the dangers of drug use and
trafficking. And I do commend Jack Lawn, and each of you, for having
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the foresight to establish this organization and for demonstrating
the collective commitment to work together.
I've spoken often of the horrors of chemical warfare.
Well, chemical abuse is also chemical warfare. Poisoning our
streets. As deadly as mustard gas. And today we're opening a new
campaign to rid the world of these toxics.
We're going to start right here -- in the United States,
because all too often that's the original source of the basic
industrial chemicals needed to produce cocaine. Now, U.S. chemical
companies are justly proud of their products that vastly improve and
help to extend life here and abroad. But few Americans are aware
that illegally diverted barrels of dangerous chemicals -- clearly
marked with U.S. corporate logos -- are routinely seized in the
jungles of Colombia.
IDEC held a panel discussion on this Tuesday. And those
gathered here, you understand its importance. Traffickers have hit
us where it hurts. And now we're going to exploit their
vulnerabilities, crimping the flow of the materials without which
they cannot produce. No chemicals, no cocaine.
We know it works in the field. Many of you participated
in "IDEC Six," the operations last August, when the combined efforts
of 30 nations saw the seizure of 155,000 pounds of highly flammable
ether, almost 450,000 pounds of acetone, over 50,000 pounds of
hydrochloric acid and nearly 14,000 pounds of MEK.
This past January, Colombian antinarcotics officers under
General Munoz-Sanabria -- who I understand is here today. Is he? I
hope. Congratulations, General, for that, and thank you for what
you're doing for all of us in that regard. (Applause.) They
destroyed 25 cocaine laboratories and enough chemicals to make
approximately 88 metric tons of cocaine.
The damage that's done when 88 tons of cocaine hits
United States streets is pretty obvious. What's not so well
understood is the widespread environmental damage that precursor
chemicals wreak when they are dumped in the forests of the Amazon
Basin. One of today's delegates, the Director of Narcotics
Enforcement for Peru's National Police, has told the DEA that as much
as 175,000 pounds of sulfuric acid is dropped into the tributaries of
the Upper Huallaga Valley each year.
And anyone concerned about the legacy of defoliation in
Southeast Asia ought to go see what illegally diverted chemicals are
beginning to do to the Andes right now. Nor are these chemical
timebombs unique to South America. The problem here is so severe
that last year's drug bill authorized funds for the Environmental
Protection Agency to clean up hazardous waste at clandestine U.S.
drug labs.
In January, DEA Task Force agents busted a heavily armed
houseboat located on California's Sacramento River. And the lab --
here it was, right on the Sacramento River -- had been dumping
hydrochloric acid and other raw waste directly into the water, within
splashing distance of swimming kids and within casting distance of
those out there fishing for salmon, or stripers, or whatever. And so
today, I pledge to you that the United States will lead the fight
against illicit shipments of precursor chemicals. And I have asked
Dick Thornburgh, our able Attorney General, to take a principal role
in this new effort.
By and large, the chemical industry has supported us.
Let's be clear, we have been getting good support from most of the
chemical industry. And as a result of last year's Omnibus Drug Law,
regulations are now being drafted to tighten controls on the
chemicals needed to refine cocaine. And we are dedicating the
resources necessary to the task. Whatever needs to be done will be
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done.
Of course, unilateral action by us is not going to solve
this problem. And that's why we commend those governments, like
Venezuela and Colombia, that have already adopted strict chemical
controls. And we urge other nations to do so quickly -- as well as
to approve the landmark U.N. Convention, which includes precursor
chemical controls.
You know, many U.S. companies, including some chemical
companies, have long recognized how drug abuse threatens
productivity, corporate image and, ultimately, profits. And many in
the American corporate community have donated countless hours and
millions of dollars to stopping drug abuse. My Miami son, our son
living here in Miami, Jeb, talks about the successful "Business
Against Drugs" program right here in Miami. The American people are
proud of these efforts, and I can tell you, our visitors from other
countries that -- breaking out all across this country are new such
efforts -- efforts by civilians, just plain concerned parents, others
all around our country beginning to come together in their
communities to join in this fight.
Industry has got to do more. And I hope that parents'
groups and stockholders are listening today. We should demand that
United States corporations act responsibly, and that they not
tolerate their chemicals ending up in criminal hands.
We would like to see U.S. chemical manufacturers
demonstrate their courage and civic responsibilty by entering into a
true partnership with our government as we try to stop narcotics at
the source. These companies can make an important contribution to
our nation's fight against illegal drugs. They should make it their
job to join in. No one -- not parents, not churches, not bankers --
and certainly not chemical makers -- can afford to be AWOL in the war
on drugs.
With so many cultures represented right here in this
room, it is inevitable that there are going to be differences. But
we share at least one compelling experience. Wherever you call home
-- Bonn or Bogota or Boston -- people around the world are beginning
to hear the cries of the kids, the cries of our children, pleading
with us to stop drugs.
Here in Miami last month one elementary teacher told of a
writing assignment that she gave to her sixth-grade kids in school.
The topic was, "If I Were In Charge of The World." And every single
one of those 36 children, those sixth-graders, wrote that they would
get rid of drugs if they were in charge of the world. They'd get rid
of those people who are breaking the law and they would put more
effective policemen on the streets.
My favorite speechwriter -- I don't know how well-known
he is in some of your countries, but he's well-known here -- is a
baseball great named Yogi Berra. And he's been kidded for describing
the 1969 Mets as "overwhelming underdogs." Well, maybe that's not
such a bad description for the good guys in the fight against drugs.
Sure, tough challenges remain. But the children are with us and the
times are beginning to change -- and Yogi's underdogs did win the
World Series.
So thank you for joining us here today; thank you all for
coming to the United States. And please tell your leaders, your
presidents, whoever else you need to have involved that we are
anxious to work with them. God bless you. And Godspeed in your
noble work to save the children of the world. Thank you all very,
very much. (Applause.)
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10:15 A.M. EDT