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    "ocrText": "Scanned from the President's Daily Diary Collection (Box 74A) at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nTHE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD\nPLACE DAY BEGAN\nDATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nAPRIL 9, 1975\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\nTIME\nDAY\n7:20 a.m. WEDNESDAY\nPHONE\nTIME\nP=Placed\nR=Rec'd\nACTIVITY\nIn\nOut\n7:20\nThe President had breakfast.\n7:56\nThe President went to the Oval Office.\n8:00\n8:20\nThe President met with:\nDavid A. Peterson, Chief, Central Intelligence\nAgency/Office of Current Intelligence (CIA/OCI)\nWhite House Support Staff\nLt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant for\nNational Security Affairs\n8:40\n8:55\nThe President met with his Assistant, Donald H. Rumsfeld.\n9:00\n9:15\nThe President met with his Counsellor, John 0. Marsh, Jr.\nThe President met with:\n9:23\n11:32\nHenry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State\n9:42\n10:53\nLt. Gen. Scowcroft\n10:25\n10:53\nRobert T. Hartmann, Counsellor\n10:25\n10:53\nMr. Rumsfeld\n10:25\n10:53\nMr. Marsh\n10:25\n10:53\nRonald H. Nessen, Press Secretary\n10:25\n10:53\nMax L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative\nAffairs\n10:53\n11:32\nMax M. Fisher, Chairman of the Jewish Agency for\nIsrael and Chairman of the Fisher New Center\nCompany, Detroit, Michigan\n11:33\nThe President went to the Cabinet Room.\n11:33\n1:15\nThe President participated in a National Security Council\nmeeting. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX \"A.\"\n1:15\nThe President and Secretary Kissinger returned to the Oval\nOffice.\n1:15\n1:18\nThe President met with Secretary Kissinger.\n1:18\nThe President and Secretary Kissinger went to the Roosevelt\nRoom.\n1:18\n2:30\nThe President participated in a meeting with bipartisan\nCongressional leaders. For a list of attendees, see\nAPPENDIX \"B.\"\nGPO: 1974 555-863\nPage 1 of 2 Page(s).\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nTHE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD\nPLACE DAY BEGAN\nDATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nAPRIL 9, 1975\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\nTIME\nDAY\n2:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY\nPHONE\nTIME\nP=Placed\nR=Rec'd\nACTIVITY\nIn\nOut\n2:30\nThe President and Secretary Kissinger returned to the Oval\nOffice.\n2:30\n2:35\nThe President met with Secretary Kissinger.\n2:40\n2:45\nThe President met with:\nMary Wright, outgoing President of the National\nExplorer President's Congress\nLarry A. Carpenter, incoming President of the\nNational Explorer President's Congress\nMichael J. Farrell, Director of the White House\nVisitor's Office\nPamela A. Powell, Director for Youth Affairs, Office\nof Public Liaison\n2:45\nThe Presidential party went to the South Grounds of the\nWhite House.\n2:45\n3:10\nThe President addressed approximately 2,000 youth delegates\nto the 1975 National Explorer President's Congress.\nMembers of the press\n3:10\nThe President returned to the Oval Office.\n4:15\n8:14\nThe President met with:\nSecretary Kissinger\nLt. Gen. Scowcroft\nMr. Hartmann\nMr. Marsh\nMr. Rumsfeld\n7:36\n7:37\nP\nThe President talked with the First Lady.\n8:14\nThe President returned to the second floor Residence.\n8:45\nThe President and the First Lady had dinner.\n9:35\n12:00\nThe President met with:\nSecretary Kissinger\nLt. Gen. Scowcroft\nMr. Marsh\nMr. Rumsfeld\nFor a record of the President's activities after midnight,\nsee the Daily Diary for April 10, 1975.\nSY/EJ 5/2/75\nGPO: 1974 555-863\nPage 2 of 2 Page(s).\nAPPENDIX \"A\"\nAttendance confirmed by\nJeanne Davis-all present\nNATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING\nThe Cabinet Room\nApril 9, 1975\nThe President\nHenry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State\nJames R. Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense\nGen. George S. Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff\nWilliam E. Colby, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency\nRobert S. Ingersoll, Deputy Secretary of State\nWilliam P. Clements, Deputy Secretary of Defense\nGen. Frederick C. Weyand, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army\nDonald H. Rumsfeld, Assistant\nLt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant for National Security\nAffairs\nW. Richard Smyser, Senior Staff Member, National Security Council\nPhilip C. Habib, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and\nPacific Affairs\nAPPENDIX \"B\"\nAttendance confirmed by\nNancy KENNEDY-all present\nBIPARTISAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP MEETING\nThe Cabinet Room\nApril 9, 1975\nThe President\nSenate\nSenator Carl T. Curtis (R-Nebraska)\nSenator Robert P. Griffin (R-Michigan\nSenator Hugh Scott (R-Pennsylvania)\nSenator Strom Thurmond (R-South Carolina\nSenator John G. Tower (R-Texas)\nHouse\nC ongressman John B. Anderson (R-Illinois)\nCongressman William S. Broomfield (R-Michigan)\nCongressman Philip Burton (D-California)\nCongressman Elford A. Cederberg (R-Michigan)\nCongressman Barber B. Conable, Jr., (R-New York)\nCongressman George H. Mahon (D-Texas)\nCongressman Robert H. Michel (R-Illinois)\nCongressman Thomas E. Morgan (D-Pennsylvania)\nCongressman Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., (D-Massachusetts)\nCongressman Melvin Price (D-Illinois)\nCongressman Bob Wilson (R-California)\nOther\nPhilip W. Buchen, Counsel\nJames M. Cannon III, Executive Director of the Domestic Council and\nAssistant for Domestic Affairs\nRichard B. Cheney, Deputy Assistant\nMax L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative Affairs\nAlan Greenspan, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)\nRobert T. Hartmann, Counsellor\nWilliam T. Kendall, Deputy Assistant for Legislative Affairs\nHenry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State\nVernon C. Loen, Deputy Assistant for Legislative Affairs\nJames T. Lynn, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)\nand Assistant for Management and Budget\nJohn O. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor\nRonald H. Nessen, Press Secretary\nDonald H. Rumsfeld, Assistant\nJames R. Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense\nLt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs\nL. William Seidman, Executive Director of the Economic Policy Board and\nAssistant for Economic Affairs\nRobert K. Wolthius, Staff Assistant"
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