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Scanned from the President's Daily Diary Collection (Box 76) at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
JUNE 23, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
6:50 a.m. MONDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
6:50
The President had breakfast.
7:36
The President went to the Oval Office.
7:40
8:00
The President met with:
David A. Peterson, Chief, Central Intelligence
Agency/Office of Current Intelligence (CIA/OCI)
White House Support Staff
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant for
National Security Affairs
8:05
8:20
The President met with his Counsellor, Robert T. Hartmann.
8:34
9:00
The President met with his Assistant, Donald H. Rumsfeld.
The President met with:
9:05
9:28
Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State
9:08
9:28
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
9:28
The President went to the Cabinet Room. He was accompanied
by:
Secretary Kissinger
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
9:28
10:43
The President met to discuss American aid to Turkey with:
Congressman Lee H. Hamilton (D-Indiana)
Congressman Paul S. Sarbanes (D-Maryland)
Congressman Charles W. Whalen, Jr. (R-Ohio)
Congressman John Brademas (D-Indiana)
John 0. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor
Max L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative
Affairs
Robert K. Wolthius, Staff Assistant
Secretary Kissinger
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
10:43
The President returned to the Oval Office.
10:55
11:19
The President met with:
Hans Friderichs, Minister of Economis for the Federal
Republic of Germany
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
GPO 1974 OL 555-863
Page 1 of 4 Page(s).
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
JUNE 23, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
11:20 a.m. MONDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
11:20
12:10
The President met to discuss unemployment, housing legisla-
tion, and the construction industry with:
George Meany, President of the American Federation
of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organization
(AFL-CIO)
John T. Dunlop, Secretary of Labor
12:10
12:44
The President met with:
Mr. Marsh
Mr. Hartmann
Richard B. Cheney, Deputy Assistant
Mr. Friedersdorf
Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary
William I. Greener, Deputy Press Secretary
12:37
R
The President was telephoned by Secretary Kissinger. The
call was not completed.
12:50
1:02
The President met with:
Lt. Gen. Aleksandr V. Belyakov, pilot from the
U.S.S.R.
Col. Gen. Georgi F. Baidukov, pilot from the U.S.S.R.
Col. Igor V. Chkalov, son of V.P. Chkalov, pilot
from the U.S.S.R.
Analoly Dobrynin, Ambassador from the U.S.S.R. to
the U.S.
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
Fred Demarzo, State Department interpreter
Lt. Gen. Aleksandr, Col. Gen. Baidukov and Col. Chkalov's
father piloted the first non-stop polar flight from
Moscow to Vancouver, Washington in June 1937. They were
visiting the U.S. at the invitation of the Vancouver
Transpolar Flight Commemorative Committee.
1:02
The Presidential party went to the Rose Garden.
1:02
1:12
The President addressed the soviet pilots during a press
photo opportunity.
Members of the press
1:12
The President returned to the Oval Office.
1:18
1:26
R
The President talked with Secretary Kissinger.
1:27
1:39
P
The President talked with Senator John C. Stennis
(D-Mississippi).
GPO 1974 OL-555-863
Page 2 of 4 Page(s).
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
JUNE 23, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
1:39 p.m. MONDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
1:39
1:43
P
The President talked with Senator Charles E. Bennett
(D-Florida).
2:00
2:47
The President met for an interview on the Mayaguez incident
with:
Roy Rowan, Hong Kong Bureau Chief for TIME magazine
Mr. Nessen
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
2:47
3:00
The President met with:
Mr. Cheney
Douglas P. Bennett, Director of the Presidential
Personnel Office
Roderick M. Hills, Counsel
3:24
3:39
P
The President talked with Senator Robert P. Griffin
(R-Michigan).
The President met with:
4:20
5:54
Mr. Rumsfeld
5:00
5:54
James R. Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense
5:00
5:35
James T. Lynn, Director of the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) and Assistant for Management and
Budget
5:54
The President returned to the second floor Residence.
6:20
The President and the First Lady went to the South Grounds
of the White House.
6:21
6:45
The President and the First Lady motored from the South
Grounds to the Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing
Arts, 1624 Trap Road, Vienna, Virginia.
The President and the First Lady were greeted by:
Clair St. Jacques, Wolf Trap Director
Carol Harford, Member of the Wolf Trap Foundation
The Presidential party went to the outdoor reception area.
The President and the First Lady were greeted by Mrs. Jouette
(Catherine) Shouse, Chairman of the Executive Committee
of the Wolf Trap Foundation.
GPO: 1974 OL- 555-863
Page 3 of 4 Page(s).
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
JUNE 23, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
6:45 p.m. MONDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
6:45
7:50
The President and the First Lady attended a benefit recep-
tion and buffet dinner for approximately 700 persons
hosted by the Wolf Trap Associates. The benefit was
chaired by C. Langhorne Washburn, Vice Chairman of the
Wolf Trap Foundation Board of Directors.
Members of the press
6:45
7:15
The President and the First Lady greeted reception guests.
7:15
The President and the First Lady, escorted by Mrs. Shouse,
went to the buffet line.
The President and the First Lady went to their table. For
a list of guests seated at their table, see APPENDIX "A."
7:15
7:50
The Presidential party had dinner.
7:50
The President and the First Lady, escorted by Mrs. Shouse,
went to their theatre box in the Filene Center for the
Performing Arts. For a list of guests seated in the
Presidential Box, see APPENDIX "A."
7:50
11:15
The President and the First Lady attended a benefit perform-
ance of Giacomo Puccini's "La Boheme" by the Metropolitan
Opera.
Members of the press
11:16
The President and the First Lady, escorted by Mrs. Shouse,
returned to their motorcade.
11:17
11:44
The President and the First Lady motored from Wolf Trap
Farm Park to the South Grounds of the White House.
11:45
The President and the First Lady returned to the second
floor Residence.
SY/EJ 7/15/75
GPO: 1974 OL- 555-863
Page 4 of 4 Page(s).
APPENDIX "A"
Attendance not confirmed
WOLF TRAP FARM PARK
BENEFIT PERFORMANCE OF "LA BOHEME" BY THE METROPOLITAN OPERA
Guests seated at the President's table and in the Presidential Box
June 23, 1975
Mrs. Sidney R. Yates
Ardeshir Zahedi, Ambassador from Iran to the United States
Baroness Hattie Tschirchky und Boegendorff, guest of Mrs. Shouse
C. Langhorne Washburn, Vice Chairman of the Wolf Trap
Foundation Board of Directors and Chairman of the Benefit
Mrs. Nelson A. Rockefeller
Congressman Sidney R. Yates (D-Illinois)
Mrs. James Reston
Joseph Palamountain, President of Skidmore College
The First Lady
James Reston, Vice President of the New York Times
Mrs. Joseph Palamountain
The President
Mrs. Jouett Shouse, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the
Wolftrap Foundation
Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller