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    "ocrText": "Ronald Reagan Presidential Library\nDigital Library Collections\nThis is a PDF of a folder from our textual\ncollections.\nCollection: Deaver, Michael\nFolder Title: Office Press 1981-1982\n[March -1983] (7)\nBox: 48\nTo see more digitized collections\nvisit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library\nTo see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories\nvisit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection\nContact a reference archivist at: [email protected]\nCitation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing\nNational Archives\nCatalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/\nWITHDRAWAL SHEET\nRonald Reagan Library\nCollection Name DEAVER, MICHAEL: FILES\nWithdrawer\nKDB\n8/16/2011\nFile Folder\nOFFICE PRESS 1981-1982 [- MARCH 1983] (7)\nFOIA\nF97-0066/19\nBox Number\n50\nCOHEN, D\n123\nDOC Doc Type\nDocument Description\nNo\nof Doc Date Restrictions\nNO\nPages\n1\nREPORT\nRE ADVANCE TEAM STAFFS\n7\nND\nB6\nFreedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]\nB-1 National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]\nB-2 Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]\nB-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]\nB-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]\nB-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]\nB-7 Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]\nB-8 Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]\nB-9 Release would disclose geological or geophysical information concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA]\nC. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of gift.\nThe Day They Stop\nReturning Your Calls\nby Doug Bandow\nEditor's note: Whenever there is a change of personnel at the upper levels of\ngovernment, something happens that few people outside of government\nunderstand. The unknown impact is on the departing official's subordinates,\nand on what they do-or don't do-all day as a result of the change. The\nfollowing article illustrates that impact, and reflects on the attitudes and values\nofien brought 10 government service.\nOn May 14, 1982, I left the White House staff,\nposition change? Will decisions on issues worsen?\nwhere I served as a special assistant to the Presi-\ndent under then-domestic policy adviser Martin\nThursday, February 4. Story in The Washing-\nAnderson in the Office of Policy Development\nton Post. He must have leaked his ownstory. I will\n(OPD). Anderson's decision to leave caused sig-\nstart getting phone calls early.\nAs Kevin and I walked to our office, we saw an\nnificant uncertainty and bureaucratic maneuver-\ning, the flavor of which I attempted to capture in\naide to Ed Meese, who asked how we were doing\nthe following excerpts from the journal that I kept.\nKevin said, \"What can one say on such a\nmorning.\" The aide replied, \"Slit your throat.\"\nWednesday, February 3. A number of signs\nNot the best way to start out this morning.\nover the last couple of weeks suggest that Marty\nA couple of OPD staffers were standing in the\n[Anderson] is preparing to leave.\nhallwaý as I entered my office looking downcast\nSpent a lot of the day checking new rumors,\nand unsure. I already had my first message, and it\nincluding one that Annelise [Marty's wife, cur-\nwasn't even 8:00. I called a friend at the Heritage\nrently an associate program director at OMB] is\nFoundation to ask her about job opportunities.\nlooking around outside government. Thati is likely\nTalked with a number of White House staffers;\nonly if Marty is planning on leaving.\nand rumor is that Ed Harper [deputy director of\nAs I got home, the phone was ringing. It was\nOMB] is to take Marty's place. Then went over to\nMarty, to tell me that tomorrow he will announce\nWest Wing and talked with Barb Honegger\nhis resignation. He will talk with me and Kevin\n[Marty's assistant]. She plans on staying. I then\n[my closest co-worker] tomorrow morning to see\ntalked with Marty; he thought that if I wanted to\nwhat we want to do.\nstay, I'd be happy with the setup.\nLeft me feeling the sort of uncertainty that some\nDay consisted mostly of taking phone calls\nof my friends in other agencies, such as the NSC\nfrom people who wondered about my, Marty's,\nand administration's future. Didn't do much\n[National Security Council], have been feeling.\nWhat will I be doing in two months? How will my\nwork-finding out latest rumors was more im-\nportant.\nTalked with a conservative friend. He asked if\nDoug Bandow is the editor of Inquiry magazine.\nwe were \"hanging out the black crepe yet.\"\nTHE WASHINGTON MONTHLY/SEPTEMBER 1982\n13\nA colleague at the State Department called. He\nCalled Marty's assistant to sec when I should\nwas interested in pushing for a White House\ndrop by to talk with him. Nothing on isschedule,\nspecial adviser on ocean policy and thought of me.\nso went by to see him. He was in a very relaxed\nSaid they could drum up a lot of congressionaland\nmood. Not surprisingly, he offered little hope of\nindustry support for it. I thanked her, but said the\nsomething else in another part of the White\nissue area didn't excite me for full-time work.\nHouse. He did not attempt to dissuade me from\nOne friend in town called and asked if this\nleaving.\nchange meant that he couldn't cat at the White\nTalked with one OPD staffer who's very wor-\nHouse mess any more. Hah, hah. Can't say that I\nried. I told him supposedly no wholesale changes\nfind it very funny.\nplanned. It makes sense for Harper to wait to see\nNo work being done by anyone in OPD that I\nwho leaves.\ncould tell today. Everyone questioning the future.\nTuesday, February 9. On way back from lunch,\nBut I feel particularly naked, having worked\nran into David Gergen [communications director]\ndirectly for Marty. The vultures will be coming.\nin front of the White House. He asked what I\nFriday, February 5. On the way in Kevin said he\nplanned on doing, asked me to talk with him\ntalked with Ed Gray [director of OPD under\nbefore J decided to leave. Said I would.\nMarty] yesterday. Ed is not yet sure of his plans.\nFrayda talked with some people and was told\nTalked with one OPD person, who had worked\nthat Harper supposedly bringing in a deputy from\nwith Harper in the Nixon administration, who\nCalifornia.\nsaid she didn't think he would take it. Then called\nAn OMB person came by and asked if I had\nby a colleague in OMB, who said that Harper had\nthought about doing job of associate program\naccepted, and the press release was being drafted.\ndirector for the health and human services area.\nDamn. I wandered off to spread the news.\nBillions of dollars to monitor, and 57 to 60\nFlipped through my Rolodex pulling out cards\nprofessional staff. I said I would be very interes-\nfor people to call about potential jobs. Then\nted.\nstarted down the lengthy list.\nWednesday, February 10. Talked with an OPD\nHad lunch with a reporter at Maison Blanche.\nstaffer. One rumor is that Ed Gray may keep his\nThese nice lunches on someone else's expense\noffice doing something else. But another person\naccount may be coming to an end.\nsaid Ed just sent over a bunch of things for\nFrayda [my research assistant] talked with\nframing, as if he was getting ready to leave.\nsome of the people at State. They think they might\nOver to West Wing and talked with Barb.\nbe able to work something out for her.\nMarty to make her a presidentially commissioned\nHeard that Gray's assistant held updistribution\nofficer. Talked with another aide who called. Said\nof the press release on Harper to OPD staffers\nnothing decided, and called this place \"piranha\nbecause she thought it was critical of the current\nheaven.\"\nstaff. How silly. Immediately went off to track it\nLater talked with a couple friends who hadn't\ndown.\neven heard about Marty's decision. What a differ-\nEveryone is desperate for information. Spent\nent world we all live in.\nalmost four hours on the phone today. Virtually\nTo lighten the atmosphere, Frayda put out a list\nno work was done-but Marty and Gray didn't\nof suggested rumors. Most are as valid as what\nseem to notice.\nwe've been hearing.\nMonday, February 8. Wandered by to talk to\nThursday, February 11. Word came around that\nRonald Frankum [Gray's deputy]. He may go to\nHarper wanted all of our resumes. Did it up and\nState, and is also exploring private sector oppor-\nleft it with the OPD administrative person. Her\ntunities. He thinks Harper will clean house.\ndesk was covered with resumes, and hers was in the\nFrankum was not wearing a suit-in fact, hasn't\ntypewriter.\nsince the decision was announced.\nAs left for the evening, ran into the OMB staffer\nThen went by to talk with Ed [Gray]. He was\nwho'd asked me about the associate program\nlooking at the \"plum book\" when I dropped by.\ndirectorship. They talked with Stockman a half\nHe'd made no decision, though had a number of\nhour before, and he felt I was 100 young. But he is\npossibilities. He felt he couldn't stay in his position.\ninterested in having me at OMB.\nWent back to my office. As I walked by open\noffices of OPD, no one seemed to be doing much\nFriday, February 12. Gray came by the office suite\nof anything.\nand, despite the cold weather, took Kevin out on\n14\nthe balcony for a talk. A job, may Kevin later\nand myself. Rather chilling. But frankly true.\ntold us that Gray just patted him on the back and\nWent to Marty's going away party. The latest\nsaid everything would be OK. They went outside\nrumor is that Roger Porter [then in charge of\nin the cold for that? We're all very suspicious.\neconomic affairs] is to be Harper's deputy. Kevin\nCalled Meese's office to make appointment to\nsaid it fits; Porter was talking with Emily late\ntalk on job opportunities. Went by West Wing to\nyesterday. Funny-lots of people crowding\nsee Gray. Asked if he had found anything-he said\naround to talk with Emily. The new conduit to\nnot yet. Asked if a possibility around here. He said\npower. Some getting their photo taken with her. A\nyes, should find out next week. Is playing cards\nlittle much.\nclose to his chest.\nHad lunch with friend from Labor Depart-\nFriday, February 26. Final day of Anderson era.\nment. I got him worried when I mentioned that\nSpent much of day calling around to give away\nDonovan was in some trouble. Thought everyone\ntickets to the Kennedy Center. Virtually no work\nwas aware of that.\nto do.\nNewest rumor circulating is that Ed Gray is\nWednesday, February 17. Talked with OPD staf-\ngetting what he wanted-the Office of Policy\nfer who talked with Harper yesterday. Harper said\nInformation.\nmajor changes are coming in the way policy\nHad final party for Anderson's immediate staff.\ndecided.\nEd Gray then asked me into his office to talk. He\nSeveral of us laughed over a colleague in OPD\nsaid Marty had said I'd had a nice offer; if he'd\nwho yesterday said he \"didn't have time\" to keep\nthought I'd stay, he would want me working with\nup with some magazines. What else was there to\nhis team. I said I appreciated that, though noted\ndo?\nthat nothing was final. He seemed uninterested in\nmy caveat that it wasn't final; he moved of in other\nFriday, February 19. Went by for Harper meeting.\ndirection when I mentioned it. I understand that\nCanceled-Emily forgot to call me. She asked if\nhe may not want to or may not be able to, make me\nI'd be in tomorrow. Said no. She'll call me on\nan offer. But I'd like him to say so. It hurts: I really\nMonday. I don't plan on coming in on Saturday\ndon't want the job, since I don't want to be shunted\nfor that, and feel no desire to try to impress him\naside in a backwater office, but I do want the offer.\nwith my dedication.\nFinally went to TGIF for OPD staff. Asked\nMonday, February 22. Talked with one of my\nDennis Kass Harper protege currently on OPD\nOPD colleagues who met with Harper. This per-\nstaff] about the rumored change for him, which he\nson first said he wouldn't work for Harper. Now he\ndenied. Also heard that Porter was asked on the\nsays he will see if he can stay. His mortgage\nrumor earlier today, and had refused totalk about\npayment must be getting to him.\nit. So probably true.\nMeeting with Harper was reset for today. He\nMonday, March 1. The New Order has arrived.\nwas cordial and reassuring, but also fairly unin-\nWent over to the West Wing to check on the new\nformative. We discussed different issue areas for\narrangements. Marty's old office area in transi-\nme.\ntion. Barb outside another set of offices, and\nHe also asked me my plans. said he hopes I'd\nMarty's other assistant was packing up boxes of\nstay on; he thought I'd made valuable contribu-\nold files. He didn't know his situation.\ntion. But he understands people wanting to leave,\nPorter came out of Harper's office and asked to\nand is willing to write a recommendation to help. I\nsee Gray. They said he was on the phone, and\nfelt a bit reassured.\nasked if Porter could wait a couple minutes. There\nThursday, February 25. On way in, Kevin said\nwas a perceptible pause before Porter said okay.\nFrayda talked with Emily [Harper's assistant].\nThe new power relationship; probably the last\nShe said she couldn't figure out what our office\ntime Porter will wait for Gray.\ndid. Wonderful. Also, floor plans being readied—\nWent back to my office. An OPD staffer told me\nwe are undoubtedly about to be kicked out. Oh\nthat he had heard of list of people to be fired or\nwell.\ntransferred. Frayda and I were among the half-\nLater told by a friend that one high-ranking\ndozen to be fired; another was to be transferred to\nassistant to the President on the \"Baker side\" of\nOffice of Public Liaison.\nthe White House, was heard to say that several\nI was stunned. Talked with Frayda, and her\npeople no longer belong in OPD, including the\nreaction was \"we've been conned.\" If it is true, it is\ncurrent director and deputy director, Kevin\nso outrageous-such lies. They could have been\nTHE WASHINGTON MONTHLY/SEPTEMBER 1982\n15\nmore honest with me. Went off to talk with close\ndiscuss her job opportunity, she's at mercy of\nfriend for advice. My initial reaction is confront\nothers.\nHarper with rumor, preempt him. But after hear-\nPorter's office called me to meet with him. His\ning we'd have at least 60 days, I cooled down, re-\nstaff now much more important, and acts so.\nthought my strategy.\nPorter went into an extensive discussion of the\nWent to OPD staff meeting. Porter to be direc-\nneed for cutbacks, and he wants to check my\n1or of OPD. A number of people becoming assis-\nneeds: Do we need two people working on Law of\ntant directors of OPD-a title Marty discarded\nthe Sea? Rather brutal. He said no decisions had\nbecause the office doesn't direct anything. Some\nbeen made; to talk with everyone first. But I'm the\nto do \"special projects\"; obviously a graveyard, as\nfirst one called in: the message is clear. He laced his\nthese people were on the list I was told about this\nconversation with \"Ed Harper thinks this, and Ed\nmorning. No one listed for a strategic planning\nthinks that.\" The White House game of grabbing\nproject that Harper had told me was so important\non to the coattails of the people above you.\nin the next two months. I'm to report to Uhlmann\nLater talked with staffer who said that J couldn't\n[legal affairs], and do Law of the Sea. Apparently\nexpect my office to sit for two months while I'm up\nnothing else. And now a couple layers below\nin New York for LOS. Asked if he'd heard speci-\nwhere I used to be.\nfics on it. He said no, but he didn't sound real\nInto question period. A couple people rather\nconvincing.\nobviously playing up to Harper-\"you're abso-\nFeel a real vortex of emotions. In earlier meet-\nlutely right, in my opinion.\" Hard to stomach. One\ning with Harper, he said he was willing to write\nstaff member even asked to have copy of Harper's\nrecommendations if I wanted to leave, but that he\nschedule each day to help better serve him.\nhoped I'd stay on. Was the first a hint, and the\nAfter the meeting went up to talk with Barb\nsecond for show? I wouldn't mind so much if he\n[formerly Marty's assistant], who was not men-\nsimply said he wanted his own team.\ntioned at the meeting. As I went up the steps, one\nperson, who had continually rejected the idea of\nFound calendar of events\nworking for Kass when the rumor circulated of his\ntaking over OPD, smilingly congratulated Kass\ngoing to everyone in OPD as\non his promotion, saying it was \"long overdue.\"\n\"FYI.\" Everyone, that is,\nSo political. Barb said she was probably going to\nexcept me.\nthe Justice Department; apparently gone are her\ndreams of being a presidentially commissioned\nofficer.\nTuesday, March 2. Frayda attended OPD staff\nWent back to my office and discussed the\nsupport meeting. Was full of euphemisms. She\nmeeting with Frayda and others. I'm becoming\ntalked with one of the people on \"the list\" after the\nparanoid. While at the staff meeting, I thought\nmeeting, who thought everything would work out:\nthat they could be starting firing rumors to get us\nif she only knew. Also, OPD is to have new form\nto quit if they feel they really can't fire us because of\nbook, with memos to be \"clean, crisp, freshly\npolitical constraints.\nlaundered.\" Urp. Form over substance.\nRealized I'd miss use of\nWednesday, March 3. Day not terribly eventful.\nJust twisting slowly, slowly in the wind.\ngovernment car.\nWent by to see one former high-ranking OPD\nNice way to travel.\nstaffer who felt he had been screwed; wasted three\nweeks while he felt he might have a role. I noted my\nlimited duties; he said, \"They're sending you a\nBarb called-she needs help in moving offices.\nsignal.\" He said they gave the message in an\nLast week she could have gotten a half-dozen -\nunmistakable way to several people on Monday.\npeople from GSA.\nLater talked with another staffer who felt misled\nHelped Barb move. She noted that people she's\nby Harper. Said he felt like slugging him.\nworked with in the past now talk to her\nI decided to see Porter tomorrow and essen-\ndifferently-almost as if she's not there. Of\ntially say let's make it smooth on both sides. In\ncourse, the part of her representing the assistant\nparticular, I'd like a commitment on keeping my\nto the President is no longer there. Talked with an\noffice. What a thing to be worried about. But it has\nOPD secretary who's paranoid too. Said not to\nsuch symbolic importance.\n16\nOver to West Wing to get Ed Gray's signature\none had a good laugh. Just so cold and unneces-\non last photo of OPD staff meeting. We talked\nsary: I've got the message.\nabout newspaper articles and critical comments\nPacked up in office, and left for New York.\nfrom unnamed White House sources-\"snipers in\nCalled by Uhlmann [my new boss] at the U.S.\nthe dark.\"\nMission. Harper called him, and wants me to goto\nTalked with OMB staffer. Asked me if I was\nMilitary Manpower Task Force meeting on Wed-\noverreacting. I could be wrong, but real sense that\nnesday. Interesting. I have expertise that Harper\nthey want to get rid of me. These doubts about\nmust rely upon, but he doesn't call me. He calls\npeople's motivations are so frustrating. Am I\nUhlmann, and Uhlmann calls me. The new bur-\nwrong?\neaucratic order.\nThursday, March 4. Talked with Porter on vari-\nWednesday, March 10. Back to D.C. As rode\nous things, including Frayda. He said he would\nfrom airport to White House in government car,\nhelp if he could. Of course-anything to get rid of\nrealized how much I'd miss use of the cars. A nice\nher.\nway to travel.\nI also noted need to return to Washington for\nIn a rather irritable mood, which Frayda\nappointment with Meese next week. It caught his\nnoticed. Shouldn't feel sorry for myself, as got\ninterest, as I thought it would. I'll bet he thinksany\nhere through politics, leaving through politics.\ncontact between us is a threat. Or at very least\nBut, I'm frustrated I'm not leaving when I wanted\nbucks his treasured bureaucratic order.\n10, nor in the way I wanted. Why can't they just be\nAlso, said as soon as I tied down my outside\nupfront about that?\njob-assuming no hang-ups-I would give them\nMet with Ed Meese. After some talk on Law of\nthe date to smooth my departure for them. In turn,\nthe Sea, I told him I felt wouldn't be a place for me\nhoped they could smooth way for me, including\nin OPD after reorganization was complete. He\nmy keeping my office, as probably won't be there\nsaid that he thought there would be. Harper was\nmuch longer than the 60 days they mentioned. He\n\"high\" on me. Meese said he hoped I would stay\nsaid he saw no real problem.\non-felt I was valuable member of Reagan team. I\nLater talked with people over newest memo\nasked him if he had anything open on his staff. He\nfrom on high, requesting that Harper's schedule\nsaid no, but if anything opened up, he'd keepmein\nnot be given to the press. We had good laugh over\nmind. I said I'd think it over.\nthe whole thing. Marty was never pretentious\nTotally unexpected. Knocked out my agenda\nenough to send out his schedule, let alone request\nfor the meeting and had me more confused than\nthat staffers not hand it out. There is good reason\never. Am I paranoid? Yet come back to the list.\nnot to give it to the press, of course. But why we\nAnd of course Harper would tell Ed that. Yet\nneed to know who Harper is having lunch with is\nwould he fib so blatantly?\nbeyond me.\nWent to lunch with classmate from Stanford\nand spent virtually entire lunch discussing my\nFriday, March 5. At lunch talked about couple\nstatus. Went over whole sequence of events and he\nformer OPD people who are hanging on to \"serve\nbelieves my inferences on being forced out are\nthe President.\" Yes, but also to keep perks, posi-\ncorrect.\ntion, and salary.\nLater talked with friend on staff about Meese\nAs was leaving for home, ran intosomeone who\nmeeting. He felt my intuition was right: Ed Meese\nhas shifted to work for Harper. Said they had\nsimply \"doesn't realize\" what's going on-has to\nalways liked him, and that he was so intelligent. I\nrely on others for information. Another staffer\nfelt like puking. Where is people's pride?\nalso thought that the reality was clear, whatever\nHome. Beginning to look forward to next seven\nEd [Meese] thought.\nweeks in New York. Get away from all this.\nSaturday, March 6. Went into office to talk with\nThursday, March 18. Back to D.C. I spent after-\nOMB official on possible job.\nnoon talking with different people, about my\nChecked mail and found copy of calendar of\nearlier meeting with Meese. One said he had talked\nevents being sent to Kevin, and going to everyone\nwith Meese aide to clear the air. They had no idea\nin OPD as \"FYI.\" Everyone, that is, except me. It\nhe was unhappy. He agreed there was no future for\ntook them real effort not to check my name.\nme in policy division at White House, and that I'm\nnot being paranoid. Harper has a problem: can't\nMonday, March 8. Into office, and showed memo\nget rid of too many people too soon, or will have a\ncover sheet to Kevin, Frayda, and others. Every-\nstink. Almost had trouble as it was.\nTHE WASHINGTON MONTHLY/SEPTEMBER 1982\n17\nWednesday, March 24. Talked with Kevin's assis-\nwall. He said you couldn't miss it.\ntant in the morning. A red tag item there -I'm 10\nprepare a memo for him to send 10 Weinberger.\nThursday, April 15. Back to D.C. Fulsome letters\nI called Harper. and said that I would have\non desk from Harper and Porter.\nproblems doing it. as I am here [New York]. and it\nFriday, April 16. Met with Ed Meese. He'd heard I\nis there. He said, with more than a little asperity,\nwas leaving. said if I changed my mind, to let him\nthat I could figure out how to carry out my\nknow. and he'd see if could work something out.\nresponsibility. His tone rekindled my negative\nThen we discussed LOS, and met with a number of\nfeeling towards him, and I pointed out that I had\nother people on it.\nno materials or records here, and that I no longer\nLater summoned by Porter. He said renovation\nhad an assistant-because she had accelerated her\nof one of the offices is moving faster than had been\njob search after my talk with Porter. I mentioned\nexpected, so they will have to move that occupant.\nshe was detailed to State, and he wanted to know\nHe had thought wouldn't have to do till after Heft.\nwhen she'd be off the payroll. His only interest in\nBut things are really tight, so.\nHe\nsaid\nmy\nstuff\nher is when she's gone-what a turkey. He said\nwouldn't have to go out of the building. Some\nthat if I needed to return to D.C., OK.\nfavor. Of course there's room; the building is\nReturned to D.C.\nenormous. Guess I should be thankful for small\nfavors. Feel numb-so totally screwed. He may\nThursday, March 25. Talked with OPD staffer\nhave genuine problems, but I feel so humiliated.\nwho said I should be aware that Porter has used\nBefore I left, I put a memo in inter-office mail\nwhat I'd said as an excuse. They said that Porter.\nfor Porter, to tell him an op-ed piece of mine on the\nseemed single-minded in getting specific people\ndraft is to run in The New York Times on Monday.\noff the payroll, irrespective of any problems they\nJ don't think he'll like it, but I got Marty's permis-\nmight be having. I commented that I should tell\nsion before he left. I figure Porter won't get the\nPorter that I'd decided to heed Meese's advice of\nmemo till Monday, which is 100 late for him to do\ntwo weeks ago, and stay. I'd love to see his\nanything about it. But if he complains, I can point\nreaction.\nout that the memo is dated the week before.\nThursday, April 1. Inquiry magazine job set.\nBureaucrat to bureaucrat, with love.\nSaturday, April 3. Typed up resignation memo to\nTuesday, April 20. In D.C. on LOS matters, with\nHarper and Porter. Short. with no mush, as I feel\nfour meetings and three memos.\nnone for them. Made some copies, which I'm\nI did get frustrated-neither Porter nor Harper\ngoing to send to people like Ed Gray and Ed\ncommented on my draft article. I rather liked the\nMeese. Will mail theirs before I mail originals to\nidea of them being irritated.\nHarper and Porter, to let the people I regard as\nHarper looking for a replacement for me. Star-\nfriends know first.\nted me wondering if I misjudged Harper on\nwanting to get rid of me. Probably not. But Why?\nBack to New York. Looked at latest White\nHouse phone directory. Found out I am now a\nMeese said he hoped I would\ndeputy assistant director of OPD for legal policy!\nstay on-felt I was a\nKind of a nice ring to it, even though it is really a\nvaluable member of the\ndemotion, since I go up than others. One of the\nsilly titles which Marty had abolished.\nReagan team.\nSunday, April 25. I heard through the grapevine\nthat Porter was really pissed off about goodbye\nletter I sent him. He apparently was angered that I\nMonday, April 5. Had to return to Washington\ndidn't put in his full title in the heading at the top of\nfor LOS meeting.\nthe page, and didn't favorably mention him in it.\nRan into person in other part of White House.\nHow arrogant. I didn't say I'd enjoyed working\nHe said that Baker side of the White House really\nwith him because I'd neither worked with him nor\nseems to have it in for Gray and Frankum. A\nparticularly enjoyed our contact. Perhaps I\nBaker aide supposedly has joked about how long\nshould have addressed him as God.\nFrankum will last without his perks. I said that is\nLater, talked with other staffer. Wondered if\nwhy I was leaving-I saw the handwriting on the\nwe'd played into Porter's hands.\n18\nMonday, April 26. Found out my stuff is sitting in\nA friend tried me through the White House\nvacant office in OPD. Office situation seems a bit\noperator and was told I was no longer there. How\nless tight than Porter had said. Just rubbing salt in\nmany more times is this going to happen? Called\nwounds.\nthem again.\nMonday, May 3. Back in D.C. after end of\nTuesday, May 11. Attended my first and last\nconference. Was called at home by friend who had\nHarper OPD staff meeting. Harper noted my\ntried to contact me on Friday, but the White\ndeparture and said nice things about me. But what\nHouse signal office said my name was deleted. He\nreally stuck out to me was his comment that he had\nhoped I was still on the payroll. So do 1. Called\nrelied on me in the transition. One of those polite\nsignal office; they have my name as departing the\nfibs. He'd been obnoxious then, so I'd tried to\nstaff. I told them yes, but not yet.\navoid him.\nInto the office, but might as well not have. The\nLater talked with friend in other part of White\noffice manager had yet to find an office for me; she\nHouse. We discussed personalities. He noted that\nsaid she had hoped I wouldn't be coming in. Gee\nsome people, such as some of the Baker crowd\nthanks. I'm merely an inconvenience to them now.\nwere the type of people who would do very well in\nTurns out the White House switchboard also\nthe Kremlin: They would just tap into the power\nhas my name crossed off. I called them. Is getting\nlines. Harsh, though probably true.\nrather humiliating; someone is overanxious.\nFor first time since we began working here,\nThursday, May 13. A friend of mine who'd left\nKevin is getting more mail than me. Virtually no\nOPD left a note on my desk: Doug: We're count-\nbusiness crosses my desk anymore.\ning the days!!-Ed and Roger.\" Funny.\nStarted saying goodbyes. Talked with one frus-\ntrated staffer, who noted with some asperity that\nloyalty to Reagan didn't seem to mean much\nA friend tried me through\nanymore. He also had no knowledge of why\nthe White House operator,\nHarper and Porter wanted to get rid of me.\nand was told I was no longer\nThe bureaucracy still marches on. I'm still\nthere. How much more is\ngetting notices for meetings of working groups at\nInterior and Defense. Wonder how long it will\nthis going to happen?\ntake the system to realize that I'm gone.\nFriday, May 14. Really feel nothing at all.\nFirst call in was from assistant secretary of state\nTuesday, May 4. Kicked someone who is also\nwhom I'd dealt with on LOS. Facing very difficult\nleaving OPD out of his office. His bad luck is that\nconfirmation hearings and desperate for help.\nhe is lower on the status level than me. Feel like a\nShows how weak his position is-having to rely\nvulture fighting over the last piece of rotten\non someone who is serving his last day!\ncarrion.\nSome friends held informal going-away party\nfor me. They didn't invite Harper or Porter, but\nWednesday, May 5. On wayin, heard on newsthat\none of the other guests felt it was bad political form\nadministration to impose sugar import quotas.\nnot to, so he invited Harper. What do I care?\nAnother sell-out. At least soon I won't feel re-\nStill have to check out, so haven't felt the full\nsponsible for this kind of garbage. So terrible and\nimpact yet.\nunnecessary.\nWhen parked, I noticed that one of people who\nTuesday, May 18. Back to White House for last\nwas promoted now has former Deputy Director\nofficial duty-getting the necessary 16 signatures\nFrankum's spot. The new order.\non my \"check-out form\" certifying that I've com-\nFrustrating. Can't even use my office equip-\npleted all the security and other bureaucratic\nment, which someone else has taken. Would help\nrequirements. The final act was getting holes\neveryone if I disappeared. Almost too much-the\npunched in my ID. On way in I already felt like an\noffice manager later told me I might get moved\noutsider.\nagain. I'm just a relic in the way.\nWednesday, May 26. Took Reagan bumper\nThursday, May 6. Spent time clearing out and did\nstickers off my car. End of three-year association\nexit interview with archives people.\nwith Reagan.\nTHE WASHINGTON MONTHLY/SEPTEMBER 1982\n19\n9-16\nNewsweek\n1750 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N. W.SUITE 1220; WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006\nL.Speakey\nMel Elfin\nWashington Bureau Chief\n(202) 626-2015\ngerge\nSeptember 14, 1982\nMr. Michael Deaver\nAssistant to the President\nThe White House\n1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.\nWashington, D.C.\nDear Mike,\nOn behalf of the editors of Newsweek, I would like to make\na formal request for an on-the-record interview with President Reagan\nimmediately after the November mid-term election. What we have in\nmind is a wide-ranging discussion, perhaps on either November 4 or\nNovember 5, in which the President would be asked to comment on the\nresults of the elections, to survey the accomplishments of his admin-\nistration as it approaches mid-term and to look ahead to what he\nenvisions for the nation in both foreign and domestic policy in 1983\nand 1984. We estimate that we probably would need at least 40 minutes\nof the President's time. If our request were to be approved, Newsweek's\nnew editor, Mr. William Broyles, would, of course, be joining us for\nthe interview.\nNewsweek remains respectfully aware of all the many demands\non the President's time and, as you know, we have kept requests like\nthis to an absolute minimum. Therefore, we are hopeful that this\nproposal will meet with a positive response. Looking forward to\nhearing from you soon, I remain.\nSincerely,\nMel WEAr) Elfin\nBureau Chief\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nSeptember 8, 1982\ntile\nMEMORANDUM FOR Michael K. Deaver\nFROM:\nMichael A. McManus, Jr. mations.\nDuring the President's audio/visual check last Wednesday night at\nNBC Burbank an inadvertant feed of both picture and sound was\ntransmitted to the Press Room. This could have been an embarass-\nment of greater proportion although it was mentioned on Reuters\nand by Lou Cannon.\nI have discussed this matter with Bill Carruthers who assures me\nthat he had a clear understanding with the KNBC Program Director\nthat the President's audio and video were to be restricted at that\ntime to Studio and Control Room monitors only.\nI understand that this problem has occurred at least one other\ntime in the past. The problem arises from the fact that we do\nnot control the feed from the control room and have to rely on\nthe network working the coverage to follow our directions.\nNevertheless, we can avoid the problem in the future by the follow-\ning recommended procedures:\n1. The President should make himself available for visual\ncheck only.\n2. The senior WHCA person on site should perform the audio\ncheck for the Pool and should not place the microphone on or near\nthe President until just before he is to go on the air.\n3. Should the President wish to read through teleprompter\ncopy in studio or in the Oval Office, he can do so without a\nmicrophone.\n4. When at all possible we should have a representative of\nthe White House staff present to confirm these procedures.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nCOPIES OF THE ATTACHED WERE\nFURNISHED Mr. Baker, D. Gergen,\nTom Quinn and Bobby DeProspero.\nper MKD\nAugust 2, 1982\nPATRICIA BYE\nThe Press\nIntroduction\nThe media coverage of the President's trip to Europe was\ncomprehensive and for the most part accurate. It reflected the trip\nstrategy of presenting the President as a strong world leader and a\npursurer of world peace. The success of the trip was due not only to\nthe President's own style and positive delivery of two substantitve\nspeeches, but also to the briefing schedules for the press and the\nfact that the trip strategy was maintained throughout the trip.\nIn order to successfully carry out the trip strategy and to meet\nthe objectives of the President, it was essential not to overexpose\nthe President and therefore dilute the major issues as projected in\nthe President's prepared remarks. Considering the situation in the\nFaulklands and in Lebanon, it became increasingly important to control\nthe exposure of the President to the press and the content of the\npress briefings. As a result, the press complained that they did not\nhave greater access. This factor, together with the physical fatigue\ninherent in a fully scheduled trip and a few inconvenient security\narrangements, created some discontent with the press corps.\nAs American Presidents travel overseas more frequently, the\nrequirements of the President and his traveling party, including the\npress, have become well known to many governments. In the past,\ngovernments were unfamiliar with these requirements and eventually\ngave in to the wishes of persistent White House advance\nrepresentatives. Under the guise of security or protocol, foreign\ngovernments design a Presidential visit to best meet the political\nneeds of their own governments. Press coverage reflects this theme\nand the number of American media who see the President has decreased.\nMedia interest in Presidential foreign trips has increased greatly\nduring the past ten years, while the access of the media to\nPresidential events has decreased. The traditional foreign stop has\nusually included an airport arrival ceremony with open coverage, a\ncolor event or speech with open coverage, a bilateral meeting with\nexpanded pool coverage and a state dinner with expanded pool coverage.\nDuring the recent trip to Europe, there was only one airport\narrival ceremony with remarks, and that was in Berlin on the last day\nof the trip. The only other events open to the entire press corps\nwere the arrival at the Quirinale Palace in Rome on June 7, the speech\nto the Bundestag in Bonn on June 9 and the speech at Charlottenburg\nPalace on June 11. All other events were covered very extensively by\nlive local television and could be seen in all press centers by the\ntraveling press corps. Host governments restricted the size of each\npool to such an extent that very few members of the press were able to\nsee the President by participating in pool coverage. As the number of\nopen coverage events decreased, so did the size of each pool.\n2\nThe type of television coverage has also changed during the last\nfew years. In the past, all television coverage was provided by the\nAmerican networks and host country television. Since the American\nnetworks were so superior to host country television, the host country\nwould allow each network to cover every event to make sure that the\nAmerican networks got the news to the rest of the world. Due to the\ngreat technological advances in television during the past five years,\nthe quality of host country television is now excellent and at times\nsuperior to that of American networks. Host country television now\ncovers every aspect of a Presidential trip and for a substantial fee\nmake their coverage available to the American networks. Since host\ncountries are no longer dependent on American television, it is very\nrare for more than one American camera to be allowed in each pool.\nThe result, therefore, is that all four networks are trapped into\nusing the same tape for almost all events.\nSince so much of the coverage of Presidential events is dependent\non the use of pool tape and because there is so little hard news\nduring most foreign trips and a much higher level of network\ncompetition than five years ago, a majority of the coverage of a\nforeign trip is involved not with the narrow substance of the trip,\nbut with the many peripheral aspects of the trip. This type of\ncoverage allows the networks to lengthen their coverage, make the\ncoverage more entertaining, and hopefully increase their Neilson\nratings.\nWhen only Presidential events were being covered, the scheduling\nof crews was relatively simple. In today's competitive market, with\nthe coverage of the President being only one of six or seven possible\nstories being prepared each day, the scheduling of crews and therefore\nthe timely availibility of the White House press schedule and pool\nassignments have become more important.\nDue to an increase in international terrorism, the possibility\nthat terrorists may infiltrate the press corps and the dependance to a\ncertain degree by the Secret Service on host country security\nprocedures, a decision was made to have the American press pass\nthrough magnetometers before they boarded the press plane or entered\nsecure areas. This procedure was often duplicated by host country\nsecurity and also necessitated very early hotel departures. The press\ncomplained that security for the American press was too tight and in\nmany cases the press was correct. The procedures for press security\nare now being reviewed and more attention will be given to providing a\nmore reasonable system for foreign trips.\nA number of new trends have therefore occurred in the coverage of\nforeign trips. The results are that very few press ever see the\nPresident; that the White House Press Office has less impact on the\nsize and composition of press pools; that network television coverage\nhas expanded from straight news to include more comrehensive and\nentertaining coverage; that briefings are more tightly controlled by\nthe White House; that less hard news occurs; and that most members of\nthe press feel isolated from the senior staff and the President and\ntherefore complain about the lack of access and security\ninconveniences.\n3\nRECOMMENDATIONS\nPRESS\n1. The Press Secretary should always be manifested on Air Force One\nand Marine One when possible, and should be in staff one in\nmotorcades. He should be a member of the official party and\nshould be housed with other members of the official party.\n2. The use of magnetometers and other security procedures for the\nPress should be reviewed so that the objectives of the USSS are\nmet in relation to the practical logistical movements of the\nPress.\n3. While trip scheduling must give priority to the objectives of the\nPresident, consideration should be given to press movements, Press\nfiling deadlines and a reasonable amount of sleep for the press.\nIt is suggested that after major events--particularly during\nforeign travel-a half-day of \"down time\" for the press and the\ntraveling party should be allowed.\n4. A press advance office should be established with offices in the\nAdvance Office.\n5. A permanent contact within the Office of the Press Secretary\nshould be established as a liaison with the Press Advance Office.\n6. Prior to each trip, a meeting should be held with ICA in\nWashington to establish the appropriate support role for ICA\nduring the trip.\n7. A meeting should be held with ICA personnel at each Embassy to\ndefine the relationship of the Press Advanceman with ICA, to\nreview the specific ICA support role for each event and for the\ntrip in general and to establish a system for the Press Advanceman\nto receive progress reports on ICA activity.\n8. Press schedules, pool sizes and compositions, manifests of Air\nForce One and Press Helo and breifing schedules should be sent to\nthe trip Press Coordinator as early in the trip as possible.\n9. Press Advancemen should communicate with the trip Press\nCoordinator on a regular basis throughout the trip.\n10. Members of the traveling party should discuss press arrangements\nonly with the Press Secretary, the trip Press Coordinator or the\nPress Advanceman. This becomes especially critical when changes\noccur and adjustments have to be made.\n4\nRECOMMENDATIONS\nGENERAL\n1. The chain of command within the advance team, the system of\ncommunication with host country officials and the conduct of the\nadvance team while dealing with Embassy personnel, host country\nofficials and during free time should be defined.\n2. The position of the head advanceman and the other members of the\nadvance team should be clearly communicated to each Ambassador,\nD.C.M., Administrative officer, and ICA officer so that it is\nfully understood that the lead advanceman and not the Ambassador\nis responsible for all aspects of a trip.\n3. A system should be established during the advance for all\nappropraite members of the advance team to regroup with the Trip\nCoordinator when changes occur during a trip in order to ensure\nthat whatever action is taken reflects the appropriate\nrequirements of all support groups.\n4. When possible, a staff meeting should be held each day during a\ntrip to review the next day's activities.\n5. The structure of the advance should be designed to ensure the free\nflow of information to all members of the advance team, and team\nmeetings should be held on a regular basis.\n6. The size of the advance team which meets with host country\nofficials and participates in site surveys should be kept to a\nminimum.\n7. The distribution of Presidential \"goodies\" should be done so that\nall members of the advance team are able to reward their\nappropriate counterparts.\n8. The lead advanceman should make every effort to have the\nPresident's photographer as close as possible to the President at\nall times.\n9. The advance should be broken down into four elements: The\nPresident and the Senior Staff, the First Lady, the Press, and the\ntraveling support staff.\n10. While primarily responsible for providing for the requirements of\nthe President, the advance team should be sensitive to the\npolitical, cultural and protocol customs of each host government\nand be willing to make minor adjustments in the accepted White\nHouse procedures if the needs of the President will not be\ncompromised.\n5\n11. Special attention should be given to providing bilingual speaking\ndrivers for all American vehicles.\n12. The advance team and the traveling staff should minimize radio\ntraffic during all Presidential movements as well as during the\ntrip itself.\n13. Preparations for the 1983 Economic Summit in the United States\nshould begin immediately. A full-time team should be established,\nheaded by a White House staff member, which also includes\nrepresentatives from State, USSS, WHCA and the N.S.C.\n14. To soften the no access complaints of the press, consideration\nshould be given to having the President hold an informal\ndiscussion at some time during a trip with an appropriate number\nof White House press. This event should be spontaneous.\n15. An effort should be made to have the President do a spontaneous\npeople event during a period of free time. It would be covered by\nthe travel pool. The success of this type of event is dependant\non having only a very small number of staff involved.\n1\nEuropean Trip Report\nThe Press\nTHE PRE-ADVANCE\nThe initial pre-advance trip was led by Mike Deaver on February\n12-19 and it was during this trip that the final schedule for the trip\nwas developed.\nSubsequent pre-advance trips occurred on April 3-7, when Eric\nRosenberger attended a press seminar in Paris to discuss the\nVersailles Summit; on April 13-17, when Mike Deaver led a pre-advance\nteam which included the press to all the stops; on May 2-7, when Mike\nMcManus led a pre-advance team which included forty members of the\npress to all the stops; and on May 23-30, when Mike McManus, Eric\nRosenberger, Roger Counts and Tom Quinn visited all the stops and held\nin-depth meetings with all the advance teams. The press were invited\nto accompany the pre-advance teams on the April 13-17 and the May 2-7\ntrips and representatives from the television networks and the still\nphotographers accompanied the pre-advance team on both trips. The\nwires and the White House Correspondents Association declined to send\na representative on either trip.\nDue to the recent increase competition between the networks and\ndue to the new television technology, the number of network personnel\nwho participated in the May 2-7 pre-advance became unmanageable. Both\nthe White House and the networks are aware that the number of network\npersonnel who accompany the next foreign pre-advance should be greatly\nreduced.\nDuring the April 13-17 pre-advance trip, the ABC Nightline crew\naccompanied the advance team.\nThe network pool producer and the still photography pool\ncoordinator distributed detailed briefing material after The Pre-\nAdvance.\nA pre-advance briefing was held for the wires and the writers.\nADVANCE SERMINARS\nOn May 15th and May 22nd indepth seminars were held for all\nmembers of the advance teams going to Europe. In addition to\nbriefings on security, the political situation, the Embassy structure,\nthe press arrangements, and the overall conduct of the advance teams,\neach press representatives was given an indepth press schedule, a\npress advance manual for international trips, an ICA Presidential\nadvance manual, a check list for international press arrangements and\ndiagrams of all event sites. In addition, a meeting was held with\neach press advance representative to discuss specific arrangements\ndiscussed during the pre-advance trips. Press advance representatives\nwere also given the names, background and responsibilities of all host\ncountry press officials and all ICA and embassy personnel. It is\nrecommended that WHCA be included in all future advance seminars.\n2\nFRANCE\nThe Mitterrand government, through Jacques Attali, was very\nconcerned that the White House Press Office, as demonstrated in Ottawa\nand Cancun, would provide high quality briefings and transcripts and\ntherefore allow the White House press corps and the media in general\nto project President Reagan as the dominant force at the Versailles\nSummit. The French government, for domestic political reasons, wanted\nPresident Mitterrand to dominate the coverage and their strategy was\nto alter the press arrangements.\nA list of problems created by the French government follows:\n1. On June 1st, the French arbitrarily announced that the\nVersailles Press Center, L'Orangerie, would be closed to the\nU.S. television networks on June 2 and 3. Arrangements had\nalready been made for the networks to have access to their\ntrailers at L'Orangerie on those dates for equipment tests\nand for live broadcasts. The French stalled until 4:00 p.m.\non June 3rd before they approved access.\n2.\nOn June 2nd, at 12 noon, the French announced that coverage\nof the President's arrival at Orly had been changed from\n\"open coverage, \" limited to 30 U.S. press.\n3.\nOn June 2nd, the French government officials responsible for\nthe press reported that they no longer had any power and that\nall changes had to be negotiated with French security, since\nit was French security, and not the French press\nrepresentatives, who were making the changes.\n4.\nOn June 2nd, French security led the press buses on a thirty-\nminute drive around Orly airport and returned to the original\nstaging area. With fifteen minutes remaining before the\npress plane was to land, French security led the press buses\non another circular drive and finally arrived at the press\nplane as the plane came to a halt. The French kept the buses\nat an excessive distance from the plane and forced the new\nairport arrival pool to jam into one Air France bus designed\nfor twenty people. During this arrival period, the change in\nthe airport coverage was announced on the press plane.\n5.\nOn June 3rd, the French would not decide if there would be\nremarks after the lunch at the Elysee Palace. In addition,\nthey were not prepared to provide sound for the Presidents\nand WHCA did an outstanding job in providing sound in a very\nshort time.\n6.\nOn June 3rd, Jacques Attali inspected the U.S. network stand-\nup and live position which was assigned by French security\nand immediately ordered French security to move the networks\nfifty feet away from their cables and telephone lines,\nessentially cutting all television cables to the United\nStates. In addition, he locked out all network personnel\nfrom the new location unless escorted by French security, and\nthe appropriate French security personnel disappeared. After\nlong negotiations on the part of the White House and the\nnetworks, Attali agreed to have the networks purchase\n3\nadditional cable and to have the P.T.T. extend the phone\nlines. It is estimated that this change cost the networks\n$100,000. By noon on Saturday, June 5th, the networks were\nstill not fully operational at Versailles.\n7.\nOn June 4th, the U.S. radio networks stated that the French\nwere intercepting radio broadcasts to the United States,\ninserting a garble and therefore making them unacceptable for\nbroadcast in the United States. In short, they were jamming\nour radio feeds.\n8.\nOn June 4th, French security prevented the motorcade pool\nfrom entering the Paris heloport and as a result the press\nhelo departed without the pool. Through the assistance of\nthe HMX advance representative, the press helo returned and\nwhen it was once again on the ground, French security finally\nrelented and allowed the pool to board the press helo.\n9.\nOn June 4th, French security rescheduled the group photograph\nafter the arrival ceremony at the Grand Trianon. The new\nlocation offered such a poor photograph that a number of\nFrench photographers broke away from the press area and the\ncontrol of the press ended. A general mob scene developed\nand the President departed. The other heads of state\nremained and the result was seven spontaneous press\nconferences. The French realized that they had lost all\ncontrol and therefore decided to cancel the coverage of the\nboat ride and the dinner.\nAfter most of the U.S. press had departed L'Orangerie, the\nFrench reversed themselves and decided to have coverage of\nthe dinner. Our advance staff brought the pool back from the\nbus and after a great deal of negotiation, finally convinced\nthe French to let our pool join the other press to cover the\ndinner. French security was upset because they thought that\nour press were on their way to Paris when they finally\ndecided to have press coverage of the dinner. It was an\nobvious attempt to prevent the American pool from covering\nthe dinner.\n10.\nThe French went out of their way to make sure that the U.S.\nbriefing room in L'Orangerie had no air conditioning. Our\nadvance staff requested air conditioning and even though\nthere was air conditioning in many other national briefing\nrooms, the French refused to have air conditioning in the\nAmerican room.\n11.\nThe French shuttle system between the Paris press hotel and\nVersailles did not operate effectively. The U.S. press was\nable to move between Paris and Versailles only by means of\nthe White House buses.\n12.\nSimilar problems were experienced by the Japanese and\nCanadian press and the Japanese government became so\ndisturbed that they called the French Ambassador into the\nForeign Office in Tokyo and waged a formal protest over the\ncalculated problems at Versailles.\n4\n13.\nOn June 6th the French arbitrarily cancelled all coverage of\nevents after the opera. Earlier in the day, the American\npress was so disgusted with the French that except for the\nwires, they decided not to cover any events after the dinner.\nDue to the interest of the wires, we requested coverage of\nthe fireworks and the French compromised and allowed coverage\nat one of the initial five press positions.\n14.\nDue to the many problems at Versailles, the advance staff\ndecided to have the Air Force One pool go directly to Orly\nAirport and not ride on the press helo from Versailles. This\ndecision was well founded since the French cancelled all\ncoverage of the President's departure from Versailles,\npossibly hoping to trap the Air Force One pool at Versailles.\nWhen the President arrived in France, it became clear that French\nsecurity, as in the past, was in full control and that all the\narrangements which were made by the French press officers were\noverruled by the political objectives of the French government.\nThese basic political objectives were obvious during the\npreparations for the trip, but the methods which the French used to\nachieve their objectives were totally inconsistent with the spirit of\ncooperation which existed prior to the trip. The many changes to the\nschedule produced a backlash against the French by all the Press.\nITALY\nThe trip to Italy included a visit to the Vatican, an arrival\nceremony at the Quirinale Palace, a short bilateral with President\nPertini, a luncheon, a short bilateral with Prime Minister Spadolini\nand a meeting with Italian police officers who freed General Dozier --\nall in five an one-half hours. The main concern was to stay on\nschedule and to allocate an equal amount of time between the Vatican\nand the Italian government.\nPress facilities at the Vatican and in Rome were excellent and\npool movements occurred smoothly.\nThe major Press problem in Rome was at the Chigi Palace when it\nbecame obvious that the trip was falling behind schedule. Prime\nMinister Spadolini, in an effort to be helpful and to get back on\nschedule, revised the sequence of events -- but forgot to tell the\nAmericans. The result was a rather chaotic scene and all members of\nthe American party, including the Air Force One Pool, had to quickly\nadapt to the new scenario.\nPress complaints in Rome concerned the early departure time from\nparis - 4:30 am - which was necessitated by the magnetometer process\nat the airport and the extra time needed to travel from the airport to\nthe Vatican during morning rush hour. There was also press\nunhappiness over a small number of the press who had made personel\nrequests to visit the Vatican and were not part of the five-man\nVatican pool.\nENGLAND\nWhen the press plane landed at Heathrow Airport at 4:00 pm on June\n7th, the press had been awake for fourteen hours after getting only\n5\ntwo to three hours sleep. Obviously, most of them were very tired.\nThe press had survived the 110 degree press room at L'Orangerie in\nVersailles and the other inconveniences presented by the French. They\nhad just covered a whirlwind stop at the Vatican and in Rome where a\nmajority of the press corps fell asleep at the press center while\nwatching the President and the Pope on television. The press were\ntherefore looking forward to a restful and more civil stay in London.\nThe trip to London went very well. The press center at the\nGrosvenor House was excellent and all pool movements ran smoothly.\nThe two areas, however, which caused some problems were the\nImmigration and Customs procedure at the airport and the size and\ncomposition of press pools. The English initially stated that the\npress plane would land at Heathrow Airport adjacent to Air Force One.\nA week before the visit, however, the advance team was informed that\nthe press plane would land at Gatwick Airport and that the press would\nhave to go through the Immigration and Customs procedures at the\ncommercial airport. In addition, the English refused to provide an\nescort for the press buses. This situation would make it impossible\nto cover the arrival cermony at Windsor Castle. After a great deal of\nnegotiations in London and at Versailles through Bernard Ingram, press\nspokesman to the Prime Minister, the English finally agreed to allow\nthe press plane to land at Heathrow. They also agreed to an\nImmigration and Customs procedure which would allow the press to\nfulfill the English requirements without leaving the press buses. As\nthis compromise was proceeding on schedule, a number of White House\nstaff members, who were not aware of the delicate negotiations with\nthe English, decided to ask the English to speed up the procedure.\nThe result of this staff interference was an insult to the English,\nwho reacted by stalling the procedure for an additional forty-five\nminutes.\nIn an attempt to provide the best possible press coverage, the\nEnglish identified a large number of pool positions for each event\nwhile also greatly restricting the size and composition of each pool.\nThey also requested the names of all press covering events at\nWestminster palace and No. 10 Downing Street. Due to the assignment\nprocedures of the networks, names are difficult for the Press Office\nto provide, and every effort should be made to resist giving names for\npool members during the pre-advance.\nPool movements were eventually worked out and even though coverage\narrangements were highly restrictive, it was a nice change to be among\nthe pleasant and cheerful British.\nGERMANY\nBonn\nIt was obvious when the trip to Bonn was announced that the press\narrangements would not be sufficient to meet the needs of the White\nHouse press corps. Not only was there a printer's convention in\nCologne, which had booked most of the hotel rooms, but the needs of\nthe other NATO countries made hotel rooms very scarce. The\nTransportation Office finally was able to provide housing for all the\n6\ntraveling press in eight different hotels. A control center was\nestablished in the lobby of each hotel and was manned 24 hours a day\nand a shuttle system operated continuously between each hotel and the\npress center.\nThe press center at the Tulpenfeld Restaurant included a press\nworking area, a briefing room, and the other support elements. The\npress center was smaller than normal and the advance team erected a\nlarge tent to enlarge the press working area.\nCoverage of the events in Bonn went smoothly. At this stage in\nthe trip, the entire traveling party was very tired and minor problems\nbecame exaggerated. The press party, hosted by Coca-Cola, was a most\nwelcome change in the fast pace of the trip, and allowed everyone to\nrelax.\nGERMANY\nBerlin\nThe visit to Berlin lasted only three and one-half hours, and\nincluded remarks to American troops at Templehof Airport, a stop at\nthe Berlin Wall and remarks before 30,000 at Charlottenburg Palace.\nDue to the short runway at Templehof Airport which accommodated\nAir Force One but not the larger press plane, the press arrived in\nBerlin at Tegel Airport and were bused to Templehof, the Wall or the\nCharlottenburg Press Center. Press facilities at both Templehof and\nthe Charlottenburg Palace were excellent. Due to security\nconsiderations, no press platform was constructed at Check Point\nCharlie and the photographers were a bit crowded.\nThe press center at L'Orangerie at Charlottenburg Palace was\nsuperb. The West Berlin government did an outstanding job in\nproviding ample amounts of food and refreshments in addition to ample\ncommunications facilities.\nThe Berlin stop was well planned, well executed and resulted in\nexcellent coverage.\nA minor problem occurred when an accident took place directly in\nfront of the bus bringing the network personnel back to the press\nplane from the feed point at Templehof. Since extra travel time had\nbeen inserted into the schedule, this delay did not become a problem\nand the press plane arrived in Bonn on schedule.\nWITHDRAWAL SHEET\nRonald Reagan Library\nCollection Name\nWithdrawer\nDEAVER, MICHAEL: FILES\nKDB 8/16/2011\nFile Folder\nFOIA\nOFFICE PRESS 1981-1982 [- MARCH 1983] (7)\nF97-0066/19\nCOHEN, D\nBox Number\n50\n123\nDOC Document Type\nNo of Doc Date Restric-\nNO Document Description\npages\ntions\n1\nREPORT\n7\nND\nB6\nRE ADVANCE TEAM STAFFS\nFreedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]\nB-1 National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]\nB-2 Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]\nB-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]\nB-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]\nB-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]\nB-7 Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]\nB-8 Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]\nB-9 Release would disclose geological or geophysical information concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA]"
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