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Office of
Cabinet du
The Prime Minister
Premier ministre
Ottawa, Canada
K1A 0A2
September 4, 1981.
Dear Mike,
I've just returned to Ottawa after five
weeks abroad three with the Prime Minister and
two on my own puttering around England. This will
explain my delay in sending you the enclosed
pictures.
You may have heard that Jim Coutts lost
his election bid in Toronto and our hopes that he
would be a member of Parliament have been dashed.
Hope we will be seeing you soon.
tul).
Ted Johnson
Mr. Michael K. Deaver,
Deputy Chief of Staff and
Assistant to the President,
White House office,
Washington.
Canada
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 21, 1981
Dear Ted:
Thanks for sending on the pictures of
Prime Minister Trudeau. I will treasure
them.
I was very sorry to hear about Jim Coutts'
loss, but I am sure he will be back at the
fight once again.
I look forward to seeing you in Cancun.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL K. DEAVER
Assistant to the President
Deputy Chief of Staff
Mr. Ted Johnson
Office of The Prime Minister
Ottawa, Canada
K1A0A2
GON
General Services Administration
Office of Plans, Programs, and Financial Management
Washington, DC 20405
OCT 21 1981
Mr. Jon D. Rice
214 Shelter Lane
Jupiter Inlet Colony
Jupiter, Florida 33458
Dear Mr. Rice:
This is in response to your recent letter to Mr. Michael K. Deaver, Deputy Chief
of Staff and Assistant to the President, referred to this agency, concerning your
offer to sell "The Targeteer" to the United States Government.
We are impressed with the preciseness of "The Targeteer", in checkbook size,
which provides for an on-going budget to track household and related expenses
versus income. The principles embodied in your Targeteer are indeed consistent
with the Government-wide accounting principles of the General Accounting Office.
In this regard, the head of each agency is required by law to establish and
maintain adequate systems of accounting and internal control in the administration
of funds. In addition, such systems must be consistent with the standards and
principles prescribed by, and have the approval of, the Comptroller General.
Since the Federal Government has no authority to suggest the adoption of specific
economic measures to private individuals, it might be possible for you to alert
the public to your Targeteer by contacting media sources in your locality. Many
thanks for sharing your Targeteer with us. We appreciate your interest in
promoting fiscal responsibility to the citizens of this country.
Sincerely,
RAYMOND A. FONTAINE
Assistant Administrator
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
\
(MANPOWER, RESERVE AFFAIRS AND LOGISTICS)
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20360
22 October 1981
Mr. Michael K. Deaver
Deputy Chief of Staff
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mike:
It's hard for me to adequately express my thanks
to you for letting me serve as a Deputy Assistant to
the President and then Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
The confidence you showed in me is something I will
never forget and, of course, the experience of working
in the White House comes once in a lifetime.
I'm settled in my new job now and I find it ex-
tremely interesting and challenging. As you well know,
there are sufficient major issues in the defense com-
munity to keep everyone busy for the rest of their
lives. I could not be happier working where I am and I
feel confident that I can do a job for the President and
carry out his policies over here. If circumstances
should change and you need me again you only have to
call and I'll be there with a company of Marines.
Thanks again for your help and support.
Regards,
your
file
BRITISH EMBASSY,
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20008
TELEPHONE: (202) 462-1340
FROM THE AMBASSADOR
22 October 1981
The Honorable Michael K Deaver
Deputy Chief of Staff and
Assistant to the President
The White House
Washington DC
Dear Mike,
I was most grateful for all your help over our representation
at the Yorktown celebrations earlier this week. Everything
seemed to go splendidly; and our Lord Chancellor went home
feeling thoroughly satisfied with his visit.
As you may have gathered from his speech on Monday, Lord
Hailsham had written a poem to commemorate the Bicentenary.
He left with me a framed text of the poem, in his own
manuscript; and he rather hoped that the President might be
prepared to accept it as a small memento of the occasion.
The poem is enclosed.
your
Millo Headern
Nicholas Henderson
Dear Mr. Deaver, Telo No october answer necessary 1981
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Thanks for the portiant, as well as for
your time and effort; it means alot to
me and the rest of the guys in the
fraternity. It'll go above the fireplase in
fun main hall, and it'll be securely
anchored, table sure.
d hope all's well with you at the
White House d wanted to tell you not
to wony about the recentpetitions from
w ashington U. here - the petitioners
are a minority, and looked activists informably here
got rowdy they burned the ROTC building.
pon, since the last time
d personally think your team in The
White House has been doing an excellent
job, faced with the conditions at hand.
a gain, thanks very much l really
appreciate your time and effort.
fincerely yours,
P.S. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
APPOINTMENT To HEAD THE
Tom Moore
COMMITTEE FOR PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
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CHAMBERS OF
SUITE 1400
ANTHONY M. KENNEDY
555 CAPITOL MALL
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA N.A.N. 95814
October 23, 1981
Mr. Michael K. Deaver
Assistant to the President
Deputy Chief of Staff
jile
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mike:
Tim's loss left us desolated, but the help
and the letters from all of our friends will carry us
through. Thank you for your gracious letter. I
heard also from Carolyn and will write her a note at
home.
I had hoped to be in Washington this week or
next but now must defer those plans for at least six
weeks. I will let you know if I have the opportunity
to come east.
Thank you so much for taking the time to
write.
Seud to Wihe Deara
MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY
OF NEW YORK
Carge
23 WALL STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10015
NewYork October 16, 1981
FREDERICK E. TETZELI
Vice President
President Ronald Reagan
OCT 2 3 1981
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Mr. President:
With this note I wish to tell you how very much my
wife and I enjoyed the delightful dinner you and Mrs. Reagan
offered to Their Majesties King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia
of Spain last Tuesday evening.
It was a great honor and a true pleasure for both
of us to be able to meet you and Mrs. Reagan and to have
again the opportunity of meeting with Their Spanish Majesties.
As a banker representing one of Spain's traditional foreign
banks, as one very intimately involved in our banking
business in Spain, and also as President of the Spain-U.S.
Chamber of Commerce; I am most grateful for your invitation
and for the possibility it afforded us to participate in such
a brilliant and happy evening.
Once again, as I mentioned during our conversation,
I sincerely do hope that you will be able to soon accept the
invitation extended to you by King Juan Carlos to visit Spain
in the near future. In the meantime, with our thanks for a
most delightful evening, please accept our very best wishes.
Yours sincerely,
ASSOCIATION FOR COORDINATED LINE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
8340 Greensboro Drive, Suite 222
McLean, Virginia 22102
Tel. (703) 821-2475
October 24, 1981
President Ronald Reagan
The White House
cwice
Attn also: Mr. Michael Deaver
jumply
Dear Mr. President:
As most Americans know, a good aerial attack makes the ground game go in football
and vice verse.
The Republican Party and our nation must acquire a good ground game of COORDINATED
LINE COMMUNICATIONS and a good aerial game of COORDINATED GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS.
Otherwise our trillion dollar debt will defeat us with more and more deficits, a
nation divided internally and quarreling with our allies, and the Soviets con-
stantly encouraged by evidence that our system is failing.
Since January 20, I have been sending ideas to the White House about the fund-
amentals of economic leadership dictated on the negative side by our national
debt and on the positive side by our ever-skyrocketing communications technology.
Brady, Beal, Baker, Newell, and others have commented in written replies that
my materials have substance. I have said from the beginning that our economy
cannot come up to its potential until we achieve a good ground attack of
COORDINATED LINE COMMUNICATIONS and a good aerial attack of COORDINATED GLOBAL
COMMUNICATIONS.
When Knute Rockne introduced the forward pass to football the strategies of
offense and defense began to get complicated. Before complicated patterns can
be executed, a team practices fundamentals. It is mastery of fundamentals that
gives a team substance. A team must have weight, quickness, and discipline on
the line. A team must have speed, agility, accuracy, and coordination in the
backfield. A team with substance wins. A team without substance loses to a
team that has overwhelming substance.
Aristotle wrote about substance in communications. In POETICA Aristotle wrote
that the communicative parts of a drama are words, music, and spectacle -- what
you hear and what you see. But Aristotle pointed out that the substance of a
drama comes not from the communicative parts but from the substantive parts
which he said are plot, character, and thought.
The most significant political development of the past two decades has proved
to be the TV spot political ad which has power to swing votes and is vital to
all close elections. But this development has not, as yet, brought real substance
to what the public hears and sees on TV.
To show what I mean, look at Virginia today. Robb has made headway with a slick
political ad that claims he has the most comprehensive economic plan ever set
forth by a gubernatorial candidate. The only reason the public accepts such
nonsense from a few words and pictures is because the public has not been shown
as yet how the substantive principles of football and drama apply to economics.
President Ronald Peagan
-
October 24, 1981
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Robb has been making headway with a ground game without substance and no hint of
an aerial game. Tens of thousands of Virginians earn their living through various
aspects of communications technology. (For example, Satellite Business Systems
has its headquarters in McLean, Virginia.) Why hasn't the Republican Party given
Mr. Coleman à realistic economic plan that combines the fundamentals of COORDINATED
LINE COMMUNICATIONS with the fundamentals of COORDINATED GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS?
Had I been brought to the White House two months ago, not only would Virginia and
New Jersey be secure for Republican victories but the fundamentals and the sub-
stance behind COORDINATED LINE COMMUNICATIONS and COORDINATED GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS
would have already had a marked influence on expectations regarding interest rates,
inflation, productivity, exports, and future budget balances. These are all matters
that relate to people's perception of leadership. Your administration has shown
effective STAFF COMMUNICATIONS. (In national productivity anything done by the
White House and by the Congress in terms of laws amounts to staff work as distinct
from the line work.) But your administration has not gone beyond staff work into
the "line activity" where the real crunch of productivity lies. You have not
shown the people the real substance that is possible from fullest use of the
"freedom side of the CONSTITUTION."
Our CONSTITUTION does not provide for COORDINATED LINE COMMUNICATIONS in a
bureaucratic way. Each governor is independent. The Soviet Union provides
for bureaucratic control of LINE COMMUNICATIONS in a one-party system where
the incentives are lost. Our CONSTITUTION provides for the incentives of
freedom. But these incentives require application of the fundamentals that
can be illustrated effectively by use of sports and drama.
Having just returned from Cancún where you promised more communications, you
are in a splendid position to announce HOSTED GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS (which is
my perception of one way to apply the fundamentals.) Your announcement can
be made in terms of fundamentals, and perhaps the best illustrations to be
found are straight from your background as a sports announcer and as a
dramatist.
The vitality of communications in both sports and drama comes from competition.
Therefore the best setting for introducing substance to American debates on
the economy is in the present political contests in Virginia and New Jersey.
A resounding victory in these two states will have an impact on those expec-
tations that affect interest rates, inflation, productivity, exports, and
future budget deficits or balances.
Talk to the American people about substance as developed in this two-page
letter and you will achieve resounding victories in Virginia and New Jersey.
A team without substance always loses to a team with overwhelming substance.
Sincerely,
DonLitionguist Don Liljenquist
CC: Baker, Darman, Deaver, Meese, Newell, Richards
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 26, 1981
Dear Henry:
Thanks for your thoughtfulness in sending
along the TODAY transcript. I found it most
interesting.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL K. DEAVER
Assistant to the President
Deputy Chief of Staff
The Honorable Henry A. Kissinger
1800 K. Street, N.W. Suite 520
Washington, D.C. 20036
HENRY A. KISSINGER
October 14, 1981
Dear Mike:
I thought you might be interested in
the enclosed transcript of remarks I
made on the TODAY program on Monday,
October 12th.
Warm regards,
+
The Honorable Michael Deaver
Assistant to the President
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Thank
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October 12, 1981
7:15 AM
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SUBJECT
Interview with Henry Kissinger
TOM BROKAW: Dr. Henry Kissinger's in our Washington
studio this morning. We want to talk with him about what happens
next in the Middle East. Dr. Kissinger was in Cairo over the
weekend for the funeral of President Anwar Sadat.
Dr. Kissinger, let me begin with the question that is
on the minds of a lot of people. Presidents Ford and Carter
now have said publicly and jointly that the United States will
eventually have to negotiate with the PalestInian Liberation
Organization -- the Palestine Liberation Organization, the PLO.
Do you agree with them?
DR. HENRY KISSINGER: There are two levels in which one
has to consider this. One is, what are our conditions for talk-
Ing with the PLO. Those were laid down in 1975 under President
Ford, and they required that the PLO recognize the state of Israel.
The second is, what is the best strategy for making progress in
the peace negotlations. Is the PLO the key to the peace negotiations.
There I have serious questions whether the most radical group,
the group that has been trained, financed, equipped by the Soviet
Union is the key.
I have always believed we should deal with the
established states and let them deal with the PLO, rather than
make them put us into a position. But first we have to deter-
mine whether the PLO has met our conditions. Then we have to
get Israel to negotiate with the PLO. Then we will be in a
Vietnam-type negotiation in which the most radical group can
constantly set the terms while the others are standing on the
sidelines.
This is a question of strategy. I agree with main-
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LOS ANGELES
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taining the conditions that were laid down in 1975. 1 have
doubt whether that is the best strategy for making progress
on the West Bank.
BROKAW: Generally speaking, do you think that Israel
now will have to be more flexible to achieve peace in the Middle
East?
DR. KISSINGER: I think generally now we all have an
obligation to think through where we are going, to define a route
of getting there, and to develop a strategy and not rely on the
theories of Individual negotiating tactical moves.
BROKAW: But there can be no
DR. KISSINGER: Including Israel, but not only Israel.
BROKAW: But what would happen if Israel, for example,
were to hesltate about giving back the final one-third of the
Sinal which is due Egypt in April of next year?
DR. KISSINGER: You know, strangely enough, I don't
believe they will do this, because I think Israel has had as much
of a shock as anybody by the death of President Sadat. If that
happens we are in a first-class crisis, and that will have to be
handled in its own terms. I don't believe that is going to happen.
The more significant question is, assuming the territory
goes back, as I think It will, and it must, what then -- before
and after this -- the steps by which the West Bank problem mu --
will be resolved. Who are the prIncipal negotiators, what are
the goals that one sets oneself, what are the boundaries one
has in mind, who are the authorities that will emerge there
after Israel withdraws from much, all, part of the territory
depending on the negotiation, will it be done as one set or
a series of individual sets. Those are the issues that have
to be decided first by our government, then in consultation
with Israel and the friendly Arab countries that are interested.
BROKAW: We want to do a little primer right now, Dr.
Kissinger, and show a map of that part of the world and ask you.
what you think will happen, for example, if Libya, which is just
to the left of Egypt there on your map, although unlabeled, goes
after the Sudan, which is just to the south of Egypt? And that
is a major concern in Cairo these days. What do you think the
United States' response to that kind of a move should be?
DR. KISSINGER: First, when one looks at the map, one
perceives only a very small border between Libya and the Sudan.
The viewer ought to keep in mind that the country just south of
Libya, the Chad, is under Libyan control so that almost all the
western border of Sudan is exposed to Libyan infiltration.
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The case you gave, Tom, is relatively easy. If Libya
invades Sudan, then we have to give whatever assistance is necessary
to defeat Libya.
BROKAW: Including American troops on the ground?
DR. KISSINGER: Well, I -- if the Sudan and Egypt together
must be able that together have a population of about 60 million
-- must be to handle two million Egyptians -- Libyans. So
I
believe that the local forces in the ground, with American military
assistance of equipment will be able to handle the Llbyan situation.
The second -- the more important question is, we talked
before about the peace process, and the peace process is essential.
But unless some radical government is demonstrated, unless we
demonstrate the limitations of power and influence of some radi-
cal governments, all our friends are going to become more and
more fearful and more and more constricted. We have seen now
the Shah of Iran, Sadat, even King Faisal either driven from
office or assassinated. No radical leader has suffered or no
radical government has suffered a major setback. That is a more
immediate priority even if they don't attack the Sudan. If they
attack the Sudan we have to resist.
BROKAW: We have to put enormous pressure then, are
you saying, on the radical government of Colonel Qaddafi of Libya?
DR. KISSINGER: I think a government like Libya, South
Yemen that has specialized in attacking their neighbors, there are
terrorist training camps in all of these countries, every terrorist
knows he can get material support and financial support from these
countries, I think an end has to be put to these kinds of activities.
I have nothing against these countries if they stay within their
borders.
BROKAW: Let me ask you about your assessment of the
mood in Egypt at the time of the funeral of President Sadat. I
was struck by the abscence of a great public display of grief.
And it seems to me that that is not a good sign for Vice President
Mubarak who will not inherit not just his office but most of his
policies.
DR. KISSINGER: There was no public display of anything
because it was an amazing situation. For those of us who visited
Cairo very frequently there was nobody in the street, that the
personnel in hotels was not as voluble and as friendly and as
outgoing as they were before. And I don't think this indicates an
absence of grief over the death of Sadat, I think it indicates a
shock of such enormous magnitude that the population, to me, seemed
to be waiting for the other shoe to drop. Maybe there is no other
shoe that is going to drop, maybe we have seen everything that is
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going to happen, but I believe that was the major mood that I
thought I saw in Cairo.
BROKAW: Thanks very much, Dr. Kissinger.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 26, 1981
Dear Bob:
Thanks for the great picture. The President
enjoyed it, but - don't they have cars in
Australia?
It looks like you're enjoying your job, and
we'll be anxious to hear about it.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL K. DEAVER
Assistant to the President
Deputy Chief of Staff
The Honorable R. D. Nesen
Embassy of the United States of America
Canberra, A.C.T.
A.P.O. 96404 San Francisco
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 26, 1981
Dear Bob:
Forgive me for taking SO long to thank you
and the crew for the wonderful barbeque you
brought back for us. You know I have tasted
that barbeque SO many times, but it never
tasted better than it tasted at the White
House. Please give our sincere appreciation
to the entire crew, and let us know when you
can come back again
anytime.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL K. DEAVER
Assistant to the President
Deputy Chief of Staff
Mr. Robert S. Herdman
P.O. Box 219
Los Alivos, CA 93441
P.O Box alives, 219 ea 93441
OLIO'VOS
Losmike DeAVeR
the white House
ROBERT dictity S. HERDMAN
October 1,1981
clear mike:
Iladingoins me in saying thank
you very much for the apportunity
to serve our Presidentand first Lady.
We have enjoyed all there occadion
and would be pleand to are at
anytime.
september 23, 1981 is a date the
twelve of us will never forget.
We all agree that words are
inadequate to describe our
100 % positive falings. Therefore,
on behalf of all of us let me
it was
say experience. We are proud of
our Government, The President
and him entire staff
Please convey our thanks to
all for Their gracious kindnes.
Bobs require,
MICD
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 26, 1981
Dear Mike:
I received your note about the ASNE
Convention and we are taking a long hard
look at it. We should be able to make a
decision sometime after the first of the
year.
I have sent your comments on the Freedom
of Information Act on to Fred Fielding,
White House Counsel, and to William French
Smith.
I look forward to seeing you at the Irish
Historical Society dinner. Many thanks.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL K. DEAVER
Assistant to the President
Deputy Chief of Staff
Mr. Michael J. O'Neill
American Society of Newspaper Editors
President New York News
220 East 42nd Street
New York, N.Y. 10017
MICHAEL J. O'NEILL
AMERICAN
NEW YORK NEWS
ASNE
President
SOCIETY OF
JOHN C. QUINN
NEWSPAPER EDITORS
dectate
GANNETT NEWSPAPERS
Vice President
CREED C. BLACK
LEXINGTON (KY.) HERALD & LEADER
Secretary
RICHARD D. SMYSER
THE OAK RIDGER. OAK RIDGE TENN
Treasurer
September 24, 1981
Dear Mike,
Sorry for trying to barge in on you on such short notice and on such
a busy day. I had a lot of things to chat about, but will catch up
with you at some other less hectic time.
Just a couple of pieces of business, in my capacity as president of
the American Society of Newspaper Editors:
ASNE CONVENTION -- We're extremely hopeful that the President can
address our annual convention next May in Chicago. I also think it
would be great if we could pay special tribute at the same time to
Mrs. Reagan who was so nice to host that reception for us last spring
when the president was in the hospital.
The dates are: May 5, 6, and 7. A luncheon appearance any of those
days -- or at the final banquet on the night of May 7 -- would be super.
I'll write a formal invitation to the President but thought you might
be able to flag the dates ahead of time.
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT -- Both the editors and publishers will
probably be asking for an appointment with the President to cite our
grave concerns about efforts to gut the act. We will be urging the
administration to support the present provisions with little or no
change. I'll get back to you soon with more specifics.
Meanwhile, many thanks again for all your help on the American Irish
Historical Society dinner. It should be a great night for the Irish,
and New York.
0' 'Neill
Mr. Michael K. Deaver
Deputy Chief of Staff
The White House
Washington, D.C.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 26, 1981
Dear Dick:
Congratulations:
I hope by this time you are settled in
to your new challenge. I am sure you
will be a great credit to us all.
Many thanks.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL K. DEAVER
Assistant to the President
Deputy Chief of Staff
Mr. Richard Heldridge
17260 Nalor Court
Los Gatos, CA 95030
MKD
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 26, 1981
Dear Y.K.:
It's always good to see you and to hear
what's going on in the outside world.
Don't hesitate to give me a call when
you are in town and we will get together
again.
Many thanks.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL K. DEAVER
Assistant to the President
Deputy Chief of Staff
Sir Yue-Kong Pao
World-wide Shipping Group
20/21st Floors, Prince's Bldg.
Hong Kong
Sir Yue-Kong Pao C.B.E..LL.D..J.P.
WORLD-WIDE SHIPPING GROUP
20/21ST FLOORS, PRINCE'S BLDG.
HONG KONG
TEL: H-242111
October 8, 1981.
Mr. Michael K. Deaver
Deputy Chief of Staff
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
U.
S.
A.
Ste tale
Dear mike,
I am just writing a few lines to thank you again for
spending the time to see me during my short visit to
Washington, D.C. and, as usual, I found our talk both
interesting and informative. May I also thank you
for the handsome pair of cufflinks with the Presidential
seal which are of course of good commemorative value.
As mentioned, I would be grateful if at a time in the
not too distant future when the President is not as
heavily pre-occupied with major issues, you could
arrange for me to have the pleasure of paying him
another visit so that we could perhaps go through
with the discussion during our last meeting. In the
meantime, if there is anything at all I could do for
you in this part of the world, please do let me know.
With warmest regards to you and Carolyn,
your y.k. sincerely
E
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 26, 1981
Dear Mr. Jordan:
I, too, enjoyed our meeting in Jim Baker's
office recently. Let me know when you get
settled in and we will continue the dialogue.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL K. DEAVER
Assistant to the President
Deputy Chief of Staff
Mr. Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.
500 East 62nd Street
New York, N.Y. 10021
500 EAST 62ND STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10021
national urban league
distall
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
September 30, 1981
Dear Mike:
I thank you so much for the very good meeting we had
on Thursday afternoon. While it is clear that there
are obvious policy differences on issues affecting
the black community, it is also clear that through con-
tinuous communication and consultation we can get many
things done to the mutual benefit of all concerned. I
think you share that view.
The opportunity to talk with you, Jim and others was
greatly appreciated and I look forward to doing so again
before December 31 -- when I depart. It is also my hope
that as soon as my successor has been designated, you
will make arrangements for him or her to meet with you
and Jim and, if at all possible, with President Reagan.
When I am settled at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Felt
in Washington, I would love to meet you for lunch, dinner
or drinks as your time will permit. Believe it or not,
I will buy.
Warm personal regards.
Sincerely,
Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.
President
Mr. Michael K. Deaver
Assistant to the President
and Deputy Chief of Staff
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20500
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 26, 1981
Dear Bob:
I certainly do remember you, and I am
happy to hear that you are retired and
happy in Pebble Beach.
I have made a note of your visit to Wash-
ington, D.C. in December. I don't know
what the President's schedule will be at
that time, but we will do our best.
Many thanks. I look forward to seeing you
soon.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL K. DEAVER
Assistant to the President
Deputy Chief of Staff
Mr. Robert M. McLennan
1001 San Carlos
Pebble Beach, CA 93953
Michael
I dont KNOW IF you remember me on
NOT but we had some interesting Times
with you of RONNIE while IN Sacromento.
I've been appointed as 9 dolebate To
The white House ConFerence or acima Nov.30
Dec 1-3, my WIFe o 2 WILL be 12
WashinGTon of Course That week.
2 WOULDN'T be presumptions enough TO
Thank that love cratd shake The hard OF
The President but IF We cound only be
abhe To see Nancy our Trip would
be MOST exciting.
Thank you For any consideration
That you may OFFer
Bob M Leman
1001 San Carlos
I'm retired here IN Pebbhe Beach Now,
Febble Beach. Ca.
doino a Little Teachina IN Family Practice
medicine at Monterey County Hosp.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 26, 1981
Dear Pat:
I am SO sorry that the damned White House
schedule Lept me there way beyond the cock-
tail hour during your visit. I am sorry I
missed you at the White House, too, but I
can assure you that when you are back in
town Shirley will tie me to my desk SO we
can get together for a few minutes. I look
forward to seeing you then.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL K. DEAVER
Assistant to the President
Deputy Chief of Staff
Mrs. Pat Jacobson
5113 Jennings Drive
Fort Worth, Texas 76118
KD
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 26, 1981
Dear Ray:
I, too, wished the arrangements for the
White House ceremony for the distinguished
executives had been different.
It was a dumb way to handle what should
have been a very meaningful time for the
outstanding executives. I am sorry "someone"
made the decision they did. I can assure you
it won't happen again.
Many thanks.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL K. DEAVER
Assistant to the President
Deputy Chief of Staff
Mr. R. A. Barnhart
Federal Highway Administrator
Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Washington, D.C. 20590
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
UNITED
CAMERICA
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20590
STATES
OF
OFFICE OF
THE ADMINISTRATOR
October 14, 1981
IN REPLY REFER TO:
HOA-1
Mr. Michael K. Deaver
Assistant to the President and
Deputy Chief of Staff
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mike:
You must know that I'm proud to serve in this Administration, and proud
of (and frankly astonished at) the magnitude of its accomplishments. Quite
candidly, in my opinion you're doing a darned good job and are in large
measure responsible for these successes. Not flattery
just fact!
But we've also got problems of great magnitude, which you undoubtedly
know better than I.
There are other problems which some would regard as insignificant. I think
they reflect something of greater proportion
that undermines our
effectiveness in selling our program
a seeming indifference and
insensitivity towards people.
Point of reference!
Today, the President will honor some 25 Government employees at the
ceremony at the White House by naming them as Presidential Rank of
Distinguished Executive. Probably the most thrilling moment of their
lives!
And what are the ground rules? Each Honoree will be permitted to have
ONE guest present for this memorable event. One! A spouse
or a
child. But not both! Why? Because "someone" decided ONE was appropriate,
and "they" didn't have adequate space to handle a crowd. In the Rose Garden!
This should be, consistent with the Reagan emphasis and philosophy, a
family affair! So they could share this marvelous experience.
Yesterday, every flunky in the White House and Executive Office Building
gathered to gawk at the King & Queen of Spain on the White House grounds.
But today, a man can't have his wife and children witness the President of
the United States bestow an honor on him. Because there's a space limitation,
or a security problem. Tragic!
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Perhaps, as I said, this seems insignificant. It isn't. You and others
see "the man" every day. These honored folks
and their children
will probably never have such an opportunity. You know, "family" has always
been a keystone of the Reagan message. Someone's decision today
to
bar families from the ceremony
doesn't speak well for us.
Cordially,
Ray R. A. Barnhart
Federal Highway Administrator
CC:
Mr. Edwin Meese III
Mr. James A. Baker III