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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 23 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. I 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 Page Two 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 RADIO TV REPORTS, INC. 4701 WILLARD AVENUE, CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND 20015 656-4068 FOR NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY PROGRAM The Today Show STATION WRC TV NBC Network DATE October 12, 1981 7:15 AM CITY Washington, DC 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- OFFICES IN: WASHINGTON D.C. NEW YORK LOS ANGELES CHICAGO DETROIT AND OTHER PRINCIPAL CITIES 2 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. 3 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 4 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. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONSISTS OF THE OFFICERS AND THE FOLLOWING: CHARLES W. BAILEY JUDITH W BROWN ROBERT P. CLARK EDWARD R. CONY ANTHONY DAY KATHERINE FANNING MICHAEL GARTNER LOREN F. GHIGLIONE Minneapolis Tribune New Britain (Conn.) Herald Fla Times-Union/Jacksonville Journal The Wall Street Journal Los Angeles Times Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News Des Moines Register & Tribune The News. Southbridge Mass TINA HILLS LARRY JINKS ROBERT C MAYNARD MAXWELL McCROHON CHARLES ROWE CLAUDE F. SITTON ROBERT M STIFF THOMAS WINSHIP El Mundo. San Juan Knight-Ridder Newspapers The Oakland Tribune Chicago Tribune Fredericksburg (Va Free Lance-Star Raleigh News & Observer and Times St Petersburg Independent The Boston Globe 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! 2 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

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    "ocrText": "Office of\nCabinet du\nThe Prime Minister\nPremier ministre\nOttawa, Canada\nK1A 0A2\nSeptember 4, 1981.\nDear Mike,\nI've just returned to Ottawa after five\nweeks abroad three with the Prime Minister and\ntwo on my own puttering around England. This will\nexplain my delay in sending you the enclosed\npictures.\nYou may have heard that Jim Coutts lost\nhis election bid in Toronto and our hopes that he\nwould be a member of Parliament have been dashed.\nHope we will be seeing you soon.\ntul).\nTed Johnson\nMr. Michael K. Deaver,\nDeputy Chief of Staff and\nAssistant to the President,\nWhite House office,\nWashington.\nCanada\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nOctober 21, 1981\nDear Ted:\nThanks for sending on the pictures of\nPrime Minister Trudeau. I will treasure\nthem.\nI was very sorry to hear about Jim Coutts'\nloss, but I am sure he will be back at the\nfight once again.\nI look forward to seeing you in Cancun.\nSincerely,\nMICHAEL K. DEAVER\nAssistant to the President\nDeputy Chief of Staff\nMr. Ted Johnson\nOffice of The Prime Minister\nOttawa, Canada\nK1A0A2\nGON\nGeneral Services Administration\nOffice of Plans, Programs, and Financial Management\nWashington, DC 20405\nOCT 21 1981\nMr. Jon D. Rice\n214 Shelter Lane\nJupiter Inlet Colony\nJupiter, Florida 33458\nDear Mr. Rice:\nThis is in response to your recent letter to Mr. Michael K. Deaver, Deputy Chief\nof Staff and Assistant to the President, referred to this agency, concerning your\noffer to sell \"The Targeteer\" to the United States Government.\nWe are impressed with the preciseness of \"The Targeteer\", in checkbook size,\nwhich provides for an on-going budget to track household and related expenses\nversus income. The principles embodied in your Targeteer are indeed consistent\nwith the Government-wide accounting principles of the General Accounting Office.\nIn this regard, the head of each agency is required by law to establish and\nmaintain adequate systems of accounting and internal control in the administration\nof funds. In addition, such systems must be consistent with the standards and\nprinciples prescribed by, and have the approval of, the Comptroller General.\nSince the Federal Government has no authority to suggest the adoption of specific\neconomic measures to private individuals, it might be possible for you to alert\nthe public to your Targeteer by contacting media sources in your locality. Many\nthanks for sharing your Targeteer with us. We appreciate your interest in\npromoting fiscal responsibility to the citizens of this country.\nSincerely,\nRAYMOND A. FONTAINE\nAssistant Administrator\nTHE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY\n\\\n(MANPOWER, RESERVE AFFAIRS AND LOGISTICS)\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20360\n22 October 1981\nMr. Michael K. Deaver\nDeputy Chief of Staff\nThe White House\nWashington, DC 20500\nDear Mike:\nIt's hard for me to adequately express my thanks\nto you for letting me serve as a Deputy Assistant to\nthe President and then Assistant Secretary of the Navy.\nThe confidence you showed in me is something I will\nnever forget and, of course, the experience of working\nin the White House comes once in a lifetime.\nI'm settled in my new job now and I find it ex-\ntremely interesting and challenging. As you well know,\nthere are sufficient major issues in the defense com-\nmunity to keep everyone busy for the rest of their\nlives. I could not be happier working where I am and I\nfeel confident that I can do a job for the President and\ncarry out his policies over here. If circumstances\nshould change and you need me again you only have to\ncall and I'll be there with a company of Marines.\nThanks again for your help and support.\nRegards,\nyour\nfile\nBRITISH EMBASSY,\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20008\nTELEPHONE: (202) 462-1340\nFROM THE AMBASSADOR\n22 October 1981\nThe Honorable Michael K Deaver\nDeputy Chief of Staff and\nAssistant to the President\nThe White House\nWashington DC\nDear Mike,\nI was most grateful for all your help over our representation\nat the Yorktown celebrations earlier this week. Everything\nseemed to go splendidly; and our Lord Chancellor went home\nfeeling thoroughly satisfied with his visit.\nAs you may have gathered from his speech on Monday, Lord\nHailsham had written a poem to commemorate the Bicentenary.\nHe left with me a framed text of the poem, in his own\nmanuscript; and he rather hoped that the President might be\nprepared to accept it as a small memento of the occasion.\nThe poem is enclosed.\nyour\nMillo Headern\nNicholas Henderson\nDear Mr. Deaver, Telo No october answer necessary 1981\n23\nThanks for the portiant, as well as for\nyour time and effort; it means alot to\nme and the rest of the guys in the\nfraternity. It'll go above the fireplase in\nfun main hall, and it'll be securely\nanchored, table sure.\nd hope all's well with you at the\nWhite House d wanted to tell you not\nto wony about the recentpetitions from\nw ashington U. here - the petitioners\nare a minority, and looked activists informably here\ngot rowdy they burned the ROTC building.\npon, since the last time\nd personally think your team in The\nWhite House has been doing an excellent\njob, faced with the conditions at hand.\na gain, thanks very much l really\nappreciate your time and effort.\nfincerely yours,\nP.S. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR\nAPPOINTMENT To HEAD THE\nTom Moore\nCOMMITTEE FOR PRIVATE INVESTMENT.\nI\nCHAMBERS OF\nSUITE 1400\nANTHONY M. KENNEDY\n555 CAPITOL MALL\nUNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE\nSACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA N.A.N. 95814\nOctober 23, 1981\nMr. Michael K. Deaver\nAssistant to the President\nDeputy Chief of Staff\njile\nThe White House\nWashington, D.C. 20500\nDear Mike:\nTim's loss left us desolated, but the help\nand the letters from all of our friends will carry us\nthrough. Thank you for your gracious letter. I\nheard also from Carolyn and will write her a note at\nhome.\nI had hoped to be in Washington this week or\nnext but now must defer those plans for at least six\nweeks. I will let you know if I have the opportunity\nto come east.\nThank you so much for taking the time to\nwrite.\nSeud to Wihe Deara\nMORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY\nOF NEW YORK\nCarge\n23 WALL STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10015\nNewYork October 16, 1981\nFREDERICK E. TETZELI\nVice President\nPresident Ronald Reagan\nOCT 2 3 1981\nThe White House\nWashington, D.C.\nMr. President:\nWith this note I wish to tell you how very much my\nwife and I enjoyed the delightful dinner you and Mrs. Reagan\noffered to Their Majesties King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia\nof Spain last Tuesday evening.\nIt was a great honor and a true pleasure for both\nof us to be able to meet you and Mrs. Reagan and to have\nagain the opportunity of meeting with Their Spanish Majesties.\nAs a banker representing one of Spain's traditional foreign\nbanks, as one very intimately involved in our banking\nbusiness in Spain, and also as President of the Spain-U.S.\nChamber of Commerce; I am most grateful for your invitation\nand for the possibility it afforded us to participate in such\na brilliant and happy evening.\nOnce again, as I mentioned during our conversation,\nI sincerely do hope that you will be able to soon accept the\ninvitation extended to you by King Juan Carlos to visit Spain\nin the near future. In the meantime, with our thanks for a\nmost delightful evening, please accept our very best wishes.\nYours sincerely,\nASSOCIATION FOR COORDINATED LINE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.\n8340 Greensboro Drive, Suite 222\nMcLean, Virginia 22102\nTel. (703) 821-2475\nOctober 24, 1981\nPresident Ronald Reagan\nThe White House\ncwice\nAttn also: Mr. Michael Deaver\njumply\nDear Mr. President:\nAs most Americans know, a good aerial attack makes the ground game go in football\nand vice verse.\nThe Republican Party and our nation must acquire a good ground game of COORDINATED\nLINE COMMUNICATIONS and a good aerial game of COORDINATED GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS.\nOtherwise our trillion dollar debt will defeat us with more and more deficits, a\nnation divided internally and quarreling with our allies, and the Soviets con-\nstantly encouraged by evidence that our system is failing.\nSince January 20, I have been sending ideas to the White House about the fund-\namentals of economic leadership dictated on the negative side by our national\ndebt and on the positive side by our ever-skyrocketing communications technology.\nBrady, Beal, Baker, Newell, and others have commented in written replies that\nmy materials have substance. I have said from the beginning that our economy\ncannot come up to its potential until we achieve a good ground attack of\nCOORDINATED LINE COMMUNICATIONS and a good aerial attack of COORDINATED GLOBAL\nCOMMUNICATIONS.\nWhen Knute Rockne introduced the forward pass to football the strategies of\noffense and defense began to get complicated. Before complicated patterns can\nbe executed, a team practices fundamentals. It is mastery of fundamentals that\ngives a team substance. A team must have weight, quickness, and discipline on\nthe line. A team must have speed, agility, accuracy, and coordination in the\nbackfield. A team with substance wins. A team without substance loses to a\nteam that has overwhelming substance.\nAristotle wrote about substance in communications. In POETICA Aristotle wrote\nthat the communicative parts of a drama are words, music, and spectacle -- what\nyou hear and what you see. But Aristotle pointed out that the substance of a\ndrama comes not from the communicative parts but from the substantive parts\nwhich he said are plot, character, and thought.\nThe most significant political development of the past two decades has proved\nto be the TV spot political ad which has power to swing votes and is vital to\nall close elections. But this development has not, as yet, brought real substance\nto what the public hears and sees on TV.\nTo show what I mean, look at Virginia today. Robb has made headway with a slick\npolitical ad that claims he has the most comprehensive economic plan ever set\nforth by a gubernatorial candidate. The only reason the public accepts such\nnonsense from a few words and pictures is because the public has not been shown\nas yet how the substantive principles of football and drama apply to economics.\nPresident Ronald Peagan\n-\nOctober 24, 1981\nPage Two\nRobb has been making headway with a ground game without substance and no hint of\nan aerial game. Tens of thousands of Virginians earn their living through various\naspects of communications technology. (For example, Satellite Business Systems\nhas its headquarters in McLean, Virginia.) Why hasn't the Republican Party given\nMr. Coleman à realistic economic plan that combines the fundamentals of COORDINATED\nLINE COMMUNICATIONS with the fundamentals of COORDINATED GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS?\nHad I been brought to the White House two months ago, not only would Virginia and\nNew Jersey be secure for Republican victories but the fundamentals and the sub-\nstance behind COORDINATED LINE COMMUNICATIONS and COORDINATED GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS\nwould have already had a marked influence on expectations regarding interest rates,\ninflation, productivity, exports, and future budget balances. These are all matters\nthat relate to people's perception of leadership. Your administration has shown\neffective STAFF COMMUNICATIONS. (In national productivity anything done by the\nWhite House and by the Congress in terms of laws amounts to staff work as distinct\nfrom the line work.) But your administration has not gone beyond staff work into\nthe \"line activity\" where the real crunch of productivity lies. You have not\nshown the people the real substance that is possible from fullest use of the\n\"freedom side of the CONSTITUTION.\"\nOur CONSTITUTION does not provide for COORDINATED LINE COMMUNICATIONS in a\nbureaucratic way. Each governor is independent. The Soviet Union provides\nfor bureaucratic control of LINE COMMUNICATIONS in a one-party system where\nthe incentives are lost. Our CONSTITUTION provides for the incentives of\nfreedom. But these incentives require application of the fundamentals that\ncan be illustrated effectively by use of sports and drama.\nHaving just returned from Cancún where you promised more communications, you\nare in a splendid position to announce HOSTED GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS (which is\nmy perception of one way to apply the fundamentals.) Your announcement can\nbe made in terms of fundamentals, and perhaps the best illustrations to be\nfound are straight from your background as a sports announcer and as a\ndramatist.\nThe vitality of communications in both sports and drama comes from competition.\nTherefore the best setting for introducing substance to American debates on\nthe economy is in the present political contests in Virginia and New Jersey.\nA resounding victory in these two states will have an impact on those expec-\ntations that affect interest rates, inflation, productivity, exports, and\nfuture budget deficits or balances.\nTalk to the American people about substance as developed in this two-page\nletter and you will achieve resounding victories in Virginia and New Jersey.\nA team without substance always loses to a team with overwhelming substance.\nSincerely,\nDonLitionguist Don Liljenquist\nCC: Baker, Darman, Deaver, Meese, Newell, Richards\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nOctober 26, 1981\nDear Henry:\nThanks for your thoughtfulness in sending\nalong the TODAY transcript. I found it most\ninteresting.\nSincerely,\nMICHAEL K. DEAVER\nAssistant to the President\nDeputy Chief of Staff\nThe Honorable Henry A. Kissinger\n1800 K. Street, N.W. Suite 520\nWashington, D.C. 20036\nHENRY A. KISSINGER\nOctober 14, 1981\nDear Mike:\nI thought you might be interested in\nthe enclosed transcript of remarks I\nmade on the TODAY program on Monday,\nOctober 12th.\nWarm regards,\n+\nThe Honorable Michael Deaver\nAssistant to the President\nThe White House\nWashington, DC 20500\nThank\nRADIO TV REPORTS, INC.\n4701 WILLARD AVENUE, CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND 20015 656-4068\nFOR\nNATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY\nPROGRAM\nThe Today Show\nSTATION\nWRC TV\nNBC Network\nDATE\nOctober 12, 1981\n7:15 AM\nCITY\nWashington, DC\nSUBJECT\nInterview with Henry Kissinger\nTOM BROKAW: Dr. Henry Kissinger's in our Washington\nstudio this morning. We want to talk with him about what happens\nnext in the Middle East. Dr. Kissinger was in Cairo over the\nweekend for the funeral of President Anwar Sadat.\nDr. Kissinger, let me begin with the question that is\non the minds of a lot of people. Presidents Ford and Carter\nnow have said publicly and jointly that the United States will\neventually have to negotiate with the PalestInian Liberation\nOrganization -- the Palestine Liberation Organization, the PLO.\nDo you agree with them?\nDR. HENRY KISSINGER: There are two levels in which one\nhas to consider this. One is, what are our conditions for talk-\nIng with the PLO. Those were laid down in 1975 under President\nFord, and they required that the PLO recognize the state of Israel.\nThe second is, what is the best strategy for making progress in\nthe peace negotlations. Is the PLO the key to the peace negotiations.\nThere I have serious questions whether the most radical group,\nthe group that has been trained, financed, equipped by the Soviet\nUnion is the key.\nI have always believed we should deal with the\nestablished states and let them deal with the PLO, rather than\nmake them put us into a position. But first we have to deter-\nmine whether the PLO has met our conditions. Then we have to\nget Israel to negotiate with the PLO. Then we will be in a\nVietnam-type negotiation in which the most radical group can\nconstantly set the terms while the others are standing on the\nsidelines.\nThis is a question of strategy. I agree with main-\nOFFICES IN: WASHINGTON D.C.\nNEW YORK\nLOS ANGELES\nCHICAGO\nDETROIT\nAND OTHER PRINCIPAL CITIES\n2\ntaining the conditions that were laid down in 1975. 1 have\ndoubt whether that is the best strategy for making progress\non the West Bank.\nBROKAW: Generally speaking, do you think that Israel\nnow will have to be more flexible to achieve peace in the Middle\nEast?\nDR. KISSINGER: I think generally now we all have an\nobligation to think through where we are going, to define a route\nof getting there, and to develop a strategy and not rely on the\ntheories of Individual negotiating tactical moves.\nBROKAW: But there can be no\nDR. KISSINGER: Including Israel, but not only Israel.\nBROKAW: But what would happen if Israel, for example,\nwere to hesltate about giving back the final one-third of the\nSinal which is due Egypt in April of next year?\nDR. KISSINGER: You know, strangely enough, I don't\nbelieve they will do this, because I think Israel has had as much\nof a shock as anybody by the death of President Sadat. If that\nhappens we are in a first-class crisis, and that will have to be\nhandled in its own terms. I don't believe that is going to happen.\nThe more significant question is, assuming the territory\ngoes back, as I think It will, and it must, what then -- before\nand after this -- the steps by which the West Bank problem mu --\nwill be resolved. Who are the prIncipal negotiators, what are\nthe goals that one sets oneself, what are the boundaries one\nhas in mind, who are the authorities that will emerge there\nafter Israel withdraws from much, all, part of the territory\ndepending on the negotiation, will it be done as one set or\na series of individual sets. Those are the issues that have\nto be decided first by our government, then in consultation\nwith Israel and the friendly Arab countries that are interested.\nBROKAW: We want to do a little primer right now, Dr.\nKissinger, and show a map of that part of the world and ask you.\nwhat you think will happen, for example, if Libya, which is just\nto the left of Egypt there on your map, although unlabeled, goes\nafter the Sudan, which is just to the south of Egypt? And that\nis a major concern in Cairo these days. What do you think the\nUnited States' response to that kind of a move should be?\nDR. KISSINGER: First, when one looks at the map, one\nperceives only a very small border between Libya and the Sudan.\nThe viewer ought to keep in mind that the country just south of\nLibya, the Chad, is under Libyan control so that almost all the\nwestern border of Sudan is exposed to Libyan infiltration.\n3\nThe case you gave, Tom, is relatively easy. If Libya\ninvades Sudan, then we have to give whatever assistance is necessary\nto defeat Libya.\nBROKAW: Including American troops on the ground?\nDR. KISSINGER: Well, I -- if the Sudan and Egypt together\nmust be able that together have a population of about 60 million\n-- must be to handle two million Egyptians -- Libyans. So\nI\nbelieve that the local forces in the ground, with American military\nassistance of equipment will be able to handle the Llbyan situation.\nThe second -- the more important question is, we talked\nbefore about the peace process, and the peace process is essential.\nBut unless some radical government is demonstrated, unless we\ndemonstrate the limitations of power and influence of some radi-\ncal governments, all our friends are going to become more and\nmore fearful and more and more constricted. We have seen now\nthe Shah of Iran, Sadat, even King Faisal either driven from\noffice or assassinated. No radical leader has suffered or no\nradical government has suffered a major setback. That is a more\nimmediate priority even if they don't attack the Sudan. If they\nattack the Sudan we have to resist.\nBROKAW: We have to put enormous pressure then, are\nyou saying, on the radical government of Colonel Qaddafi of Libya?\nDR. KISSINGER: I think a government like Libya, South\nYemen that has specialized in attacking their neighbors, there are\nterrorist training camps in all of these countries, every terrorist\nknows he can get material support and financial support from these\ncountries, I think an end has to be put to these kinds of activities.\nI have nothing against these countries if they stay within their\nborders.\nBROKAW: Let me ask you about your assessment of the\nmood in Egypt at the time of the funeral of President Sadat. I\nwas struck by the abscence of a great public display of grief.\nAnd it seems to me that that is not a good sign for Vice President\nMubarak who will not inherit not just his office but most of his\npolicies.\nDR. KISSINGER: There was no public display of anything\nbecause it was an amazing situation. For those of us who visited\nCairo very frequently there was nobody in the street, that the\npersonnel in hotels was not as voluble and as friendly and as\noutgoing as they were before. And I don't think this indicates an\nabsence of grief over the death of Sadat, I think it indicates a\nshock of such enormous magnitude that the population, to me, seemed\nto be waiting for the other shoe to drop. Maybe there is no other\nshoe that is going to drop, maybe we have seen everything that is\n4\ngoing to happen, but I believe that was the major mood that I\nthought I saw in Cairo.\nBROKAW: Thanks very much, Dr. Kissinger.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nOctober 26, 1981\nDear Bob:\nThanks for the great picture. The President\nenjoyed it, but - don't they have cars in\nAustralia?\nIt looks like you're enjoying your job, and\nwe'll be anxious to hear about it.\nSincerely,\nMICHAEL K. DEAVER\nAssistant to the President\nDeputy Chief of Staff\nThe Honorable R. D. Nesen\nEmbassy of the United States of America\nCanberra, A.C.T.\nA.P.O. 96404 San Francisco\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nOctober 26, 1981\nDear Bob:\nForgive me for taking SO long to thank you\nand the crew for the wonderful barbeque you\nbrought back for us. You know I have tasted\nthat barbeque SO many times, but it never\ntasted better than it tasted at the White\nHouse. Please give our sincere appreciation\nto the entire crew, and let us know when you\ncan come back again\nanytime.\nSincerely,\nMICHAEL K. DEAVER\nAssistant to the President\nDeputy Chief of Staff\nMr. Robert S. Herdman\nP.O. Box 219\nLos Alivos, CA 93441\nP.O Box alives, 219 ea 93441\nOLIO'VOS\nLosmike DeAVeR\nthe white House\nROBERT dictity S. HERDMAN\nOctober 1,1981\nclear mike:\nIladingoins me in saying thank\nyou very much for the apportunity\nto serve our Presidentand first Lady.\nWe have enjoyed all there occadion\nand would be pleand to are at\nanytime.\nseptember 23, 1981 is a date the\ntwelve of us will never forget.\nWe all agree that words are\ninadequate to describe our\n100 % positive falings. Therefore,\non behalf of all of us let me\nit was\nsay experience. We are proud of\nour Government, The President\nand him entire staff\nPlease convey our thanks to\nall for Their gracious kindnes.\nBobs require,\nMICD\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nOctober 26, 1981\nDear Mike:\nI received your note about the ASNE\nConvention and we are taking a long hard\nlook at it. We should be able to make a\ndecision sometime after the first of the\nyear.\nI have sent your comments on the Freedom\nof Information Act on to Fred Fielding,\nWhite House Counsel, and to William French\nSmith.\nI look forward to seeing you at the Irish\nHistorical Society dinner. Many thanks.\nSincerely,\nMICHAEL K. DEAVER\nAssistant to the President\nDeputy Chief of Staff\nMr. Michael J. O'Neill\nAmerican Society of Newspaper Editors\nPresident New York News\n220 East 42nd Street\nNew York, N.Y. 10017\nMICHAEL J. O'NEILL\nAMERICAN\nNEW YORK NEWS\nASNE\nPresident\nSOCIETY OF\nJOHN C. QUINN\nNEWSPAPER EDITORS\ndectate\nGANNETT NEWSPAPERS\nVice President\nCREED C. BLACK\nLEXINGTON (KY.) HERALD & LEADER\nSecretary\nRICHARD D. SMYSER\nTHE OAK RIDGER. OAK RIDGE TENN\nTreasurer\nSeptember 24, 1981\nDear Mike,\nSorry for trying to barge in on you on such short notice and on such\na busy day. I had a lot of things to chat about, but will catch up\nwith you at some other less hectic time.\nJust a couple of pieces of business, in my capacity as president of\nthe American Society of Newspaper Editors:\nASNE CONVENTION -- We're extremely hopeful that the President can\naddress our annual convention next May in Chicago. I also think it\nwould be great if we could pay special tribute at the same time to\nMrs. Reagan who was so nice to host that reception for us last spring\nwhen the president was in the hospital.\nThe dates are: May 5, 6, and 7. A luncheon appearance any of those\ndays -- or at the final banquet on the night of May 7 -- would be super.\nI'll write a formal invitation to the President but thought you might\nbe able to flag the dates ahead of time.\nFREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT -- Both the editors and publishers will\nprobably be asking for an appointment with the President to cite our\ngrave concerns about efforts to gut the act. We will be urging the\nadministration to support the present provisions with little or no\nchange. I'll get back to you soon with more specifics.\nMeanwhile, many thanks again for all your help on the American Irish\nHistorical Society dinner. It should be a great night for the Irish,\nand New York.\n0' 'Neill\nMr. Michael K. Deaver\nDeputy Chief of Staff\nThe White House\nWashington, D.C.\nTHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONSISTS OF THE OFFICERS AND THE FOLLOWING:\nCHARLES W. BAILEY\nJUDITH W BROWN\nROBERT P. CLARK\nEDWARD R. CONY\nANTHONY DAY\nKATHERINE FANNING\nMICHAEL GARTNER\nLOREN F. GHIGLIONE\nMinneapolis Tribune New Britain (Conn.) Herald Fla Times-Union/Jacksonville Journal The Wall Street Journal Los Angeles Times Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News Des Moines Register & Tribune The News. Southbridge Mass\nTINA HILLS\nLARRY JINKS\nROBERT C MAYNARD\nMAXWELL McCROHON\nCHARLES ROWE\nCLAUDE F. SITTON\nROBERT M STIFF\nTHOMAS WINSHIP\nEl Mundo. San Juan Knight-Ridder Newspapers The Oakland Tribune\nChicago Tribune\nFredericksburg (Va Free Lance-Star Raleigh News & Observer and Times St Petersburg Independent The Boston Globe\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nOctober 26, 1981\nDear Dick:\nCongratulations:\nI hope by this time you are settled in\nto your new challenge. I am sure you\nwill be a great credit to us all.\nMany thanks.\nSincerely,\nMICHAEL K. DEAVER\nAssistant to the President\nDeputy Chief of Staff\nMr. Richard Heldridge\n17260 Nalor Court\nLos Gatos, CA 95030\nMKD\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nOctober 26, 1981\nDear Y.K.:\nIt's always good to see you and to hear\nwhat's going on in the outside world.\nDon't hesitate to give me a call when\nyou are in town and we will get together\nagain.\nMany thanks.\nSincerely,\nMICHAEL K. DEAVER\nAssistant to the President\nDeputy Chief of Staff\nSir Yue-Kong Pao\nWorld-wide Shipping Group\n20/21st Floors, Prince's Bldg.\nHong Kong\nSir Yue-Kong Pao C.B.E..LL.D..J.P.\nWORLD-WIDE SHIPPING GROUP\n20/21ST FLOORS, PRINCE'S BLDG.\nHONG KONG\nTEL: H-242111\nOctober 8, 1981.\nMr. Michael K. Deaver\nDeputy Chief of Staff\nThe White House\nWashington, D.C. 20500\nU.\nS.\nA.\nSte tale\nDear mike,\nI am just writing a few lines to thank you again for\nspending the time to see me during my short visit to\nWashington, D.C. and, as usual, I found our talk both\ninteresting and informative. May I also thank you\nfor the handsome pair of cufflinks with the Presidential\nseal which are of course of good commemorative value.\nAs mentioned, I would be grateful if at a time in the\nnot too distant future when the President is not as\nheavily pre-occupied with major issues, you could\narrange for me to have the pleasure of paying him\nanother visit so that we could perhaps go through\nwith the discussion during our last meeting. In the\nmeantime, if there is anything at all I could do for\nyou in this part of the world, please do let me know.\nWith warmest regards to you and Carolyn,\nyour y.k. sincerely\nE\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nOctober 26, 1981\nDear Mr. Jordan:\nI, too, enjoyed our meeting in Jim Baker's\noffice recently. Let me know when you get\nsettled in and we will continue the dialogue.\nSincerely,\nMICHAEL K. DEAVER\nAssistant to the President\nDeputy Chief of Staff\nMr. Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.\n500 East 62nd Street\nNew York, N.Y. 10021\n500 EAST 62ND STREET\nNEW YORK, NEW YORK 10021\nnational urban league\ndistall\nOFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT\nSeptember 30, 1981\nDear Mike:\nI thank you so much for the very good meeting we had\non Thursday afternoon. While it is clear that there\nare obvious policy differences on issues affecting\nthe black community, it is also clear that through con-\ntinuous communication and consultation we can get many\nthings done to the mutual benefit of all concerned. I\nthink you share that view.\nThe opportunity to talk with you, Jim and others was\ngreatly appreciated and I look forward to doing so again\nbefore December 31 -- when I depart. It is also my hope\nthat as soon as my successor has been designated, you\nwill make arrangements for him or her to meet with you\nand Jim and, if at all possible, with President Reagan.\nWhen I am settled at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Felt\nin Washington, I would love to meet you for lunch, dinner\nor drinks as your time will permit. Believe it or not,\nI will buy.\nWarm personal regards.\nSincerely,\nVernon E. Jordan, Jr.\nPresident\nMr. Michael K. Deaver\nAssistant to the President\nand Deputy Chief of Staff\nThe White House\n1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.\nWashington, D. C. 20500\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nOctober 26, 1981\nDear Bob:\nI certainly do remember you, and I am\nhappy to hear that you are retired and\nhappy in Pebble Beach.\nI have made a note of your visit to Wash-\nington, D.C. in December. I don't know\nwhat the President's schedule will be at\nthat time, but we will do our best.\nMany thanks. I look forward to seeing you\nsoon.\nSincerely,\nMICHAEL K. DEAVER\nAssistant to the President\nDeputy Chief of Staff\nMr. Robert M. McLennan\n1001 San Carlos\nPebble Beach, CA 93953\nMichael\nI dont KNOW IF you remember me on\nNOT but we had some interesting Times\nwith you of RONNIE while IN Sacromento.\nI've been appointed as 9 dolebate To\nThe white House ConFerence or acima Nov.30\nDec 1-3, my WIFe o 2 WILL be 12\nWashinGTon of Course That week.\n2 WOULDN'T be presumptions enough TO\nThank that love cratd shake The hard OF\nThe President but IF We cound only be\nabhe To see Nancy our Trip would\nbe MOST exciting.\nThank you For any consideration\nThat you may OFFer\nBob M Leman\n1001 San Carlos\nI'm retired here IN Pebbhe Beach Now,\nFebble Beach. Ca.\ndoino a Little Teachina IN Family Practice\nmedicine at Monterey County Hosp.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nOctober 26, 1981\nDear Pat:\nI am SO sorry that the damned White House\nschedule Lept me there way beyond the cock-\ntail hour during your visit. I am sorry I\nmissed you at the White House, too, but I\ncan assure you that when you are back in\ntown Shirley will tie me to my desk SO we\ncan get together for a few minutes. I look\nforward to seeing you then.\nSincerely,\nMICHAEL K. DEAVER\nAssistant to the President\nDeputy Chief of Staff\nMrs. Pat Jacobson\n5113 Jennings Drive\nFort Worth, Texas 76118\nKD\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nOctober 26, 1981\nDear Ray:\nI, too, wished the arrangements for the\nWhite House ceremony for the distinguished\nexecutives had been different.\nIt was a dumb way to handle what should\nhave been a very meaningful time for the\noutstanding executives. I am sorry \"someone\"\nmade the decision they did. I can assure you\nit won't happen again.\nMany thanks.\nSincerely,\nMICHAEL K. DEAVER\nAssistant to the President\nDeputy Chief of Staff\nMr. R. A. Barnhart\nFederal Highway Administrator\nDepartment of Transportation\nFederal Highway Administration\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nDEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION\nDEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION\nFEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION\nUNITED\nCAMERICA\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20590\nSTATES\nOF\nOFFICE OF\nTHE ADMINISTRATOR\nOctober 14, 1981\nIN REPLY REFER TO:\nHOA-1\nMr. Michael K. Deaver\nAssistant to the President and\nDeputy Chief of Staff\nThe White House\nWashington, D.C. 20500\nDear Mike:\nYou must know that I'm proud to serve in this Administration, and proud\nof (and frankly astonished at) the magnitude of its accomplishments. Quite\ncandidly, in my opinion you're doing a darned good job and are in large\nmeasure responsible for these successes. Not flattery\njust fact!\nBut we've also got problems of great magnitude, which you undoubtedly\nknow better than I.\nThere are other problems which some would regard as insignificant. I think\nthey reflect something of greater proportion\nthat undermines our\neffectiveness in selling our program\na seeming indifference and\ninsensitivity towards people.\nPoint of reference!\nToday, the President will honor some 25 Government employees at the\nceremony at the White House by naming them as Presidential Rank of\nDistinguished Executive. Probably the most thrilling moment of their\nlives!\nAnd what are the ground rules? Each Honoree will be permitted to have\nONE guest present for this memorable event. One! A spouse\nor a\nchild. But not both! Why? Because \"someone\" decided ONE was appropriate,\nand \"they\" didn't have adequate space to handle a crowd. In the Rose Garden!\nThis should be, consistent with the Reagan emphasis and philosophy, a\nfamily affair! So they could share this marvelous experience.\nYesterday, every flunky in the White House and Executive Office Building\ngathered to gawk at the King & Queen of Spain on the White House grounds.\nBut today, a man can't have his wife and children witness the President of\nthe United States bestow an honor on him. Because there's a space limitation,\nor a security problem. Tragic!\n2\nPerhaps, as I said, this seems insignificant. It isn't. You and others\nsee \"the man\" every day. These honored folks\nand their children\nwill probably never have such an opportunity. You know, \"family\" has always\nbeen a keystone of the Reagan message. Someone's decision today\nto\nbar families from the ceremony\ndoesn't speak well for us.\nCordially,\nRay R. A. Barnhart\nFederal Highway Administrator\nCC:\nMr. Edwin Meese III\nMr. James A. Baker III"
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