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DIRECTOR's ITINERARY
14-16 October 1976
Thursday, 14 October
6:00 p.m.
Depart Washington (Fairways)
(approximate)
10:10 p.m.
Arrive Houston -- Security will meet
Mr. and Mrs. Bush will stay at the residence of
C. Fred Chambers
6026 Stones Throw
Houston, Texas
Telephone: (713) 781-0664
Mike Sullivan will stay at the Hol-iday Inn,
3131 West Loop South
Telephone: (713) 621-1900
Friday, 15 October
10:30 a.m.
Arrive Hyatt Regency Hotel, Imperial East, Third Floor
proceed to seat NEAR platform in front of meeting room.
11:00 a.m.
Address the Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
12:00 noon
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Jeb Bush will meet you in the Imperial East Room to
escort you to the Houston Club.
12:10 p.m.
Arrive Houston Club, the Houston Club Building,
Travis & Rusk Streets
Telephone: (713) 225-1661
12:45 p.m.
Address the Texas Commerce Bank Shares --
Executive Committee Group
4:00 p.m.
Brief Academic Group, Commerce Room, Eighth Floor,
Houston Club, The Houston Club Building, Travis and
Rusk Streets
Telephone: (713) 225-1661
Saturday, 16 October
2:00 p.m.
Tennis
6:00 p.m.
Depart Houston
(approximate)
Traveling party: Mr. and Mrs. Bush, Fred Janney, Omego Ware and
Mike Sullivan.
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TEXAS COMMERCE BANCSHARES, INC.
October 18, 1976
BEN F. LOVE
P.O. Box 2558
Chairman of the Board
Houston, Texas 77001
The Honorable George Bush
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear George:
As I observed during your talk, you had the absolute
and unswerving attention of everyone when you spoke at
lunch to the Texas Commerce Directors and Chief Execu-
tive Officers.
You have that rare combination of intellect and warmth.
I noted two head waiters came over to shake your hand
as though you were a long lost friend and I also was
aware that you inquired about Earl Loggins on the 9th
floor so that you might be sure to greet him while you
were in the Houston Club. Considering the responsibility
you have and the pressures resulting from that responsi-
bility, this "people" trait is all the more impressive.
Additionally, George, I am indebted to you for another
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Bush
this one named Jeb. You and Barbara have raised
an exceptional family. Young Jeb daily demonstrates his
energies and his abilities. He is a pleasure to be asso-
ciated with and we are grateful to his parents!
Most sincerely,
Ben
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Ben F. Love
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Commerce
Bancshares,
Inc.
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TEXAS MID-CONTINENT OIL & GAS ASSOCIATION
1341 WEST MOCKINGBIRD LANE
SUITE 1111-E
DALLAS, TEXAS 75247
AC 214
634-8610
JACK S. BLANTON
President
October 26, 1976
WILLIAM H. ABINGTON
Executive Vice President
and General Counsel
JOHN W. WAGNER
Vice President for
Public Affairs
LEO PATTERSON, JR.
Honorable George Bush
Treasurer
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
DISTRICT VICE
PRESIDENTS
Washington, D. C. 20505
E. L. Ames, Jr.
Southwest Texas
Dear George:
W.W. Carter
Panhandle
E. Wilson Germany
On behalf of the officers and members of the Association, I
North Central Texas
Hank Harkins
would like to express to you our appreciation for speaking
Lower Gulf Coast
at our annual meeting.
Richard C. Hudson
Upper Gulf Coast
C. E. Jacobs
Many of our members have expressed to me that this was the
West Central Texas
W. D. Kennedy
best Mid-Continent meeting they have attended in several years
Permian Basin
and I am sure it was because of the speakers we had on our
N. E. Loomis
East Texas
program.
W. M. Thacker, Jr.
North Texas
You have many friends in the petroleum industry and they were
all appreciative of you taking the time to be with us. I know
that they join me in our thanks to you for the contributions
you have made and are making to our government and I am sure
they were as pleased as I in hearing your intentions of directing
the office of the CIA.
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It was certainly my pleasure to see you again. If we can ever
be of any assistance, please call on us.
With best wishes, I am
Sincerely yours,
Bill Bill Abington
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TEXAS MID-CONTINENT OIL & GAS ASSOCIATION
1341 WEST MOCKINGBIRD LANE
SUITE 1111-E
DALLAS, TEXAS 75247
AC 214
634-8610
JACK S. BLANTON
President
WILLIAM H. ABINGTON
Executive Vice President
and General Counsel
JOHN W. WAGNER
Vice President for
Public Affairs
LEO PATTERSON, JR.
Treasurer
October 18, 1976 Security
DISTRICT VICE
PRESIDENTS.
E. L. Ames, Jr.
Honorable George Bush
TO
Southwest Texas
Director
W. W. Carter
due
Panhandle
Central Intelligence Agency
E. Wilson Germany
North Central Texas
Washington, D.C. 20505
Hank Harkins
Lower Gulf Coast
Dear George:
Richard C. Hudson
Upper Gulf Coast
C. E. Jacobs
West Central Texas
The postal service apparently out did itself and delivered the
W. D. Kennedy
attached envelope and its contents to us at the Hyatt Regency
Permian Basin
Houston during our convention. Amid the jumble of scribbling
N. E. Loomis
East Texas
we find it is addressed to you. Maybe your stable experts can
W. M. Thacker, Jr.
make some since out of it.
North Texas
I must say I enjoyed my visit with you and Senator Goldwater
very much. From the comments that we heard, your address
evoked a great deal of interest on the part of our membership,
which seemed most appreciative.
Sincerely,
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SUBJECT : Your Speech to the Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association,
October 15, 1976
1. Attached is a suggested outline for the substantive
portion of your remarks to the Oil & Gas Association. It seemed
more appropriate to me to prepare this in outline form rather
than finished text, but it can easily be converted if you wish.
2. The text is largely drawn from OER material and has
been cleared by OER and by the A/NIO for Economics. Hans Heymann
will look it over early next week. A copy has also gone to
Andrew Falkiewicz.
3. Also attached are the two briefing papers we prepared
but did not use for Governor Carter on Energy and Petrodollars.
You might wish to review them before your talk.
4. I will be available to make whatever changes you might
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wish and can provide you with additional copies or a larger type
as you desire.
Pat Daylor
Pat Taylor
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in the nature of the policy issues of concern to the President
and his principal advisers.
A. Until a few years ago, national security issues were
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overwhelmingly political in nature.
1. The main role for economic intelligence was in
assessing the economic potential of the USSR, China,
and Eastern European nations for making war.
2. This mission remains, and CIA continues to devote
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a large portion of its economic analytical resources
to understanding the strengths and weaknesses of
the Communist economies. study at Sor. economy
B. Today, however, international economic problems --
many of which bear no relationship to the Soviet Union
or the Communist countries -- are of great concern.
We now must consider the tradeoffs between our foreign
economic, political, and military objectives. In
addition, international economic developments have a
direct impact on our domestic economy.
II. Policymakers today have greatly increased their demand for
economic intelligence support. They want to know what is going
on, what it means, and what to expect in the future.
A. Since 1970, the stable international economic environment,
which had stimulated very rapid growth of international
trade, has been badly shaken. Several crises occurred
in quick succession, and to a greater or lesser extent
they are still with us:
1. A dollar crisis;
2. A less dramatic, but probably more lasting trade crisis;
3. A grain crisis;
4. An energy crisis.
B. Beginning in 1971 the monetary rules changed, gold was
dethroned, and international negotiations on exchange
rates, exchange market intervention, and the like became
of direct concern to our most senior policymakers.
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C. Overshadowing more traditional economic concerns is
the question of access to resources.
1. The OPEC oil cartel -- I'll speak more of that later --
is in the forefront.
2. We may face similar challenges in other raw
materials. Shortfalls in grain production in the
USSR and elsewhere affect both the American farmer
and the American consumer.
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3. Trade negotiations, the price of gold, and the
increasingly strident demands of Third World countries
for a redistribution of income in their favor are
but a few of the important economic issues concerning
Begin. us all
III. These newer problems have vastly broadened the number of
countries about which economic intelligence must be concerned.
The world is increasingly interdependent, and our economic security
is linked to developments worldwide. Foreign economic policy can
no longer be viewed as a subordinate aspect of foreign policy to
be left largely to technicians.
A. Foreign economic matters can have a major impact on
our ability to maintain troops in NATO, on our relations
with Western Europe, on relations with the USSR and
China, and on the whole spectrum of our relations with
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Japan. Thus, the Secretary of State must concern
himself with economics.
B. Foreign economic questions now also involve such matters
as the price of bread in American markets, the
availability of gas and fuel oil, jobs for textile, shoe,
and auto workers. Therefore the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of
Labor, the Secretary of Agriculture -- -- all must concern
themselves with international economics.
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IV. To support these consumers -- and the Council of Economic
Advisers, the Council on International Economic Policy, the Economic
Policy Board -- the U.S. Intelligence Community has made major
changes in dealing with foreign economic intelligence.
A. CIA's Office of Economic Research is the main national
analytic research base. It is the largest element
of the U.S. Government engaged in research on foreign
economic matters. It is manned by well over two hundred
graduate economists and industry specialists.
B. Economic specialists in many other areas of the Government
are also at work in this area -- in Treasury, the
Department of State, Agriculture, etc. We are trying
hard to bring about the best possible coordination
of these informed people -- sharing information and
judgments. We believe strongly that competition in
analysis is highly desirable -- and we have, of course,
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greatly increased our efforts to collect foreign economic
intelligence abroad as well.
C. There are a number of vehicles by which we can send our
analysis to the policymaker. We have daily current
intelligence publications, a specialized Economic
Intelligence Weekly, and a bi-weekly publication on
International Oil Developments. Many unclassified
4
publications are released to the public via the Library
of Congress or Government Printing Office.
V.
Let me now give you some samples of the kinds of issues we
are currently working on.
A. Economic growth and inflation: We closely monitor changes
in economic activity and inflation worldwide, especially
in the industrial countries. We produce integrated
economic projections for these countries on at least
a quarterly basis.
B. Petrodollars: The Intelligence Community has a major
responsibility for tracking petrodollars -- their volume,
location, the currencies and type of assets in which
they are held. We also estimate and project the balance
of payments surplus of the OPEC countries from which
the petrodollars are created.
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C. Grain: The emphasis on grain reflects the extreme
tightness in the international grain market since U.S.
surplus stocks were exhausted. Any substantial shortfall
abroad is now quickly reflected in higher grain prices,
with a direct economic and political impact on the U.S.
In this situation, the priority of our long-established
work on Soviet and Chinese agriculture has greatly
increased.
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D. Trade and monitary negotiations: The Intelligence
Community supports U.S. negotiators in these areas
with estimates, projections, and advanced economic
methodology. We maintain a large and growing data
bank.
E. Technology transfers: There is a great deal of concern
in the Government about the impact on the Communist
countries of the transfer of advanced U.S. technology.
This is a very difficult area to analyze because many
things besides technology influence these countries'
economic performances and military programs.
E. Soviet defense expenditures: We have just completed --
and released to the public -- two major studies of the
burden of defense expenditures on the Soviet economy.
We will continue to refine our analyses in this vital
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area.
VII. Let me now turn to the subject of greatest interest to this
group -- international oil. Much of this information may be
familiar to you -- and in fact I will welcome your comments as to
how well our perceptions agree with your own.
A. As you know, the Middle East has become the critical
geographic area in the Free World's energy supply in
the last 15-20 years. The Middle East oil producers,
6
together with Algeria, Libya, Nigeria, Venezuela, and
Indonesia, have formed the OPEC cartel, giving them
control over international oil prices.
T. OPEC will be considering another price boost this
December.
2. Over the longer term, it is certain that OPEC will
increase oil prices at a rate that at least matches
inflation in the major developed countries.
3. Accounting for over 40 percent of current Free World
oil output, the Arab countries have shown their
willingness to use their oil as a weapon against the
West and, given another Middle East war, would be
likely to use it again.
4. The effectiveness of the Arab oil weapon is not
likely to decline in the foreseeable future because:
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a. Free World energy consumption is rising, and
oil's share of that rising consumption is still
going up despite recent price increases and
oil conservation efforts.
b. The Arab countries, and Saudi Arabia in particular,
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hold the bulk of world oil reserves from which
the required increase in production will come.
B. Even though many people in government and industry around
the world are concerned about the increased reliance
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on OPEC and Arab oil, the cost of developing alternative
sources is so high and the market for these alternatives
is so uncertain that little has been done to move from
research and development to the market place. Even the
fears\ of an energy shortage as the oil age comes to an
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end have done little to stimulate the development of
alternative energy sources.
C. With demand for Middle East oil rising through 1980
and beyond, Western nations will be increasingly affected
by cost pressures and transfers of income inherent
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progressively higher oil prices.
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a severe contractionary impact on Free World economies.
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2. Future price hikes by OPEC countries will have similar
effects.
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D. Because oil demand will be so high, OPEC will have little
difficulty in continuing to set the world price of oil.
1. OPEC should have little trouble maintaining its cohesion
in the period through 1980, when its oil exports
will generally be increasing.
2. Those few countries with the option of substantially
raising oil production notably Saudi Arabia --
find OPEC a useful instrument of political influence
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and do not want to risk the political isolation that
lowering prices and boosting output would bring about.
3. Moreover, there is little economic incentive for
these countries to run the political risks involved
in such a policy. Even if all other OPEC countries
produce as much as they would be likely to without
the cartel, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, and the UAE
can more than maintain their current level of production
through 1980.
4. In the situation we are projecting, formal prorationing
should be unnessary. This is not to say, however,
that these issues will not be continuing sources of
friction amongst cartel members, simply that they
will not be sticky enough to endanger the coalition.
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TEXAS MID-CONTINENT OIL & GAS ASSOCIATION
1341 WEST MOCKINGBIRD LANE
SUITE 1111-E
DALLAS, TEXAS 75247
AC 214
634-8610
September 14, 1976
JACK S. BLANTON
JF
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President
WILLIAM H. ABINGTON
Executive Vice President
and General Counsel
Texas
JOHN W. WAGNER
Dear Association Member:
Vice President for
Public Affairs
LEO PATTERSON, JR.
As the nation weighs important political decisions, the Texas
Treasurer
Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association's 57th Annual Meeting will
DISTRICT VICE
convene in Houston October 14-15 to hear addresses examining the
PRESIDENTS
status of the United States' political process; its economy, and
E. L. Ames, Jr.
its national security.
Southwest Texas
W. W. Carter
Panhandle
The one-and-one-half day meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency
E. Wilson Germany
North Central Texas
Houston. Program chairman M. A. Wright, former board chairman of
Hank Harkins
Exxon Company, U.S.A., has announced that our speakers for the
Lower Gull Coast
general session will include the Honorable Peter G. Peterson, chair-
Richard C. Hudson
Upper Gulf Coast
man of the board of Lehman Bros., New York, and former Secretary of
C. E. Jacobs
West Central Texas
Commerce; the Honorable Barry M. Goldwater, United States senator
W. D. Kennedy
from Arizona, and the Honorable George H. Bush, director of the
Permian Basin
Central Intelligence Agency and former envoy to the People's Re-
N. E. Loomis
East Texas
public of China and ambassador to the United Nations.
W. M. Thacker, Jr.
North Texas
The convention calendar lists these events:
Thursday,
October 14 --- 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Registration.
9:00 a.m. - 12 Noon
Committee Meetings.
12 Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Reception and buffet
luncheon for all registrants.
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1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Special Public Affairs
Conference, sponsored by
the Oil Information Com-
mittee, in which all
registrants are invited
to participate.
Leading the panel and
participating in question-
and-answer sessions will
be Lloyd N. Unsell, vice-
president for public affairs,
Independent Petroleum Asso-
ciation of America, Washington,
D.C., and Herbert Schmertz,
vice-president for public
affairs and a director, Mobil
Oil Corporation, New York.
Association Membership
September 14, 1976
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7:00 p.m. - Midnight President's reception and
an informal dinner-dance.
Friday,
October 15 --
7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Buffet breakfast.
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. General session.
12 Noon - 2:00 p.m. Distinguished Service Awards
luncheon, honoring two out-
standing oil men -- an inde-
pendent and a representative
of a major company.
Adjournment.
The registration fee for this year's meeting is $75.00, which helps defray the
costs of meals, drinks, and other expenses of the convention. We neither solicit
nor accept outside sponsorship of any of our functions.
Wives are guests of the Association.
In order to assure yourself of accommodations at the headquarters hotel, I urge
you to make your reservations as soon as possible. Please inform the hotel at
the following address that you will be attending the Texas Mid-Continent Oil &
Gas Association meeting: 1200 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 77002.
By registering prior to October 1, you will be able to take advantage of these
special reduced rates:
TYPE ROOM
SINGLE OCCUPANCY
DOUBLE OCCUPANCY
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Twin
$36.00
$46.00
King
$38.00
$48.00
Corner King
$40.00
$50.00
Lanais (Poolside) King
$42.00
$52.00
Suite rates will be:
Parlor, plus one bedroom
$95.00-$145.00
Parlor, plus two bedrooms
$180.00--$190.00
We are planning a rewarding and informative meeting. I urge you to make plans
to attend this convention and to encourage your friends and acquaintances in
the industry to join you.
Sincerely
BA:jlr
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TEXAS MID-CONTINENT OIL & GAS ASSOCIATION
1341 WEST MOCKINGBIRD LANE
SUITE 1111-E
DALLAS, TEXAS 75247
AC 214
634-8610
JACK S. BLANTON
President
August 16, 1976
WILLIAM H. ABINGTON
Executive Vice President
and General Counsel
JOHN W. WAGNER
Vice President for
Public Affairs
LEO PATTERSON, JR.
Honorable George Bush, Director
Treasurer
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
DISTRICT VICE
PRESIDENTS
E. L. Ames, Jr.
Dear George:
Southwest Texas
W. W. Carter
Panhandle
Mr. M. A. Wright, Chairman of our Program Committee, has
E. Wilson Germany
informed me that you have consented to speak at the Texas
North Central Texas
Hank Harkins
Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association's Annual Meeting on
Lower Gulf Coast
Friday, October 15, 1976, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in
Richard C. Hudson
Upper Gull Coast
Houston. Mr. Wright has asked me to convey to you some
C. E. Jacobs
information about our meeting and those who will join you
West Central Texas
W. D. Kennedy
on our program that day.
Permian Basin
N. E. Loomis
East Texas
Our business session begins at 9:30 a.m. on Friday,
W. M. Thacker, Jr.
October 15, in the Imperial Ballroom in the Hyatt Regency
North Texas
Hotel. There will be three other speakers joining you on
this program and they are our president, Mr. Jack S. Blanton,
Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona, and Mr. Peter G. Peterson,
Chairman of the Board of Lehman Brothers, New York. I will
mail you a copy of our program when it is printed.
The business session is generally over just prior to noon and
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we adjourn to a Distinguished Service Awards Luncheon at which
time we present an award to an independent and major company
recipient for 1976. The selection has not yet been made, but
I will notify you of the recipients prior to our meeting.
I extend to you a special invitation to attend this luncheon.
Since you are one of our honored guests, we will reserve a
special place for you and Mrs. Bush if she is to accompany
you. The luncheon should be concluded at approximately 1:30
p.m. There are several other social functions during our
Annual Meeting and, of course, you are invited to attend those.
Honorable George Bush
August 16, 1976
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We are very pleased that you have agreed to address our meeting. I
will be glad to make any hotel reservations or any other arrangements
that you desire. If I or any of the staff can be of assistance to
you, please let us know.
Sincerely yours,
BA:jlr
CC Mr. M. A. Wright
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JACK S. BLANTON
President
September 21, 1976
WILLIAM H. ABINGTON
Executive Vice President
and General Counsel
JOHN W. WAGNER
Vice President for
Public Affairs
Dear Association Member:
LEO PATTERSON, JR.
Treasurer
Texas Mid-Continent's 57th Annual Meeting, scheduled at the Hyatt
DISTRICT VICE
PRESIDENTS
Regency Houston October 14-15, is only three weeks away. Now is the
E. L. Ames, Jr.
time to make plans to attend.
Southwest Texas
W. W. Carter
Panhandle
The caliber of speakers who accepted our invitation assures a very
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interesting general session. The panel includes the Hon. Peter G.
North Central Texas
Hank Harkins
Peterson, chairman of Lehman Brothers, New York, and former Secretary
Lower Gull Coast
of Commerce; the Hon. Barry Goldwater, U.S. senator from Arizona, and
Richard C. Hudson
Upper Gull Coast
the Hon. George Bush, director of the Central Intelligence Agency and
C. E. Jacobs
former envoy to the People's Republic of China.
West Central Texas
W. D. Kennedy
Permian Basin
To facilitate registration, we are enclosing a registration form which
N. E. Loomis
East Texas
should be filled out and returned to the Association office, along with
W. M. Thacker, Jr.
a check for $75.00 to cover your registration fee. Wives are guests of
North Texas
the Association.
If you wish to stay at the meeting headquarters hotel, a room reservation
card is enclosed for your convenience. As indicated on the card, which
is to be returned directly to the hotel, room charges range from $36.00
to $52.00, with suites from $95.00 to $190.00. These special reduced rates
will be in effect until October 1.
Other activities for the day and a half meeting include committee meetings,
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a buffet luncheon, and a reception and dinner-dance on Thursday; a buffet
breakfast, the general session, and the Distinguished Service Awards lun-
cheon honoring two outstanding oil men on Friday.
All registrants also are invited to participate in a special Public Affairs
Conference, sponsored by the Association's Oil Information Committee, sched-
uled Thursday afternoon. The conference will feature Lloyd N. Unsell,
vice-president for public affairs with the Independent Petroleum Association
of America, and Herbert Schmertz, vice-president for public affairs and a
director of Mobil Oil Corporation.
We are planning a most rewarding meeting and hope to see you and your
oil industry friends and acquaintances in Houston next month.
Sincerely yours
Bill Abington
BA:jlr
Enclosures
M. A. WRIGHT
1100 MILAM BUILDING, SUITE 4601
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002
June 14, 1976
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Honorable George Bush, Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
Dear George:
I want to take this opportunity to express my appreciation
that you have agreed to speak at the Annual Meeting of the Texas
Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association. As I indicated to you by
telephone, the Annual Meeting will be held in the Hyatt Regency
Hotel, Houston, on October 14-15, 1976. The program will provide
for three prominent speakers, of which you are one, to address the
Meeting the morning of Friday, October 15.
Needless to say, all of us who are working on the program
are extremely pleased with your acceptance of our invitation. You
can certainly look forward to an appreciative audience of oil indus-
try representatives who look upon you as "one of our own."
You will be hearing more about the program and arrangements
from the Texas Mid-Continent staff, but if I can be of assistance to
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you in any way, please call me.
Yours sincerely,
Mike
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10:00 A.M.
PROGRAM
Executive Committee Meeting, Executive
Session, Arboretum West, Second Floor,
Jack S. Blanton, Houston, Presiding
Time!
Public Relations Committee Meeting, Exec-
utive Session, Willow Room, Fourth Floor,
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14
J. C. Kiersted, Houston, Chairman
8:30 A.M.
10:45 A.M.
Convention Registration, Esplanade Foyer,
Third Floor, Hyatt Regency Hotel. Registra-
Oil Information Committee Operating Com-
tion Fee-$75.00
mittee Meeting, Executive Session, Pecan
Room, Fourth Floor, E. P. Hardin, Dallas,
9:00 A.M.
State Chairman
Ad Valorem Tax Committee Meeting, Red-
bud Room, Third Floor, A. F. Page, Jr.,
12:00 Noon to 1:30 P.M.
Houston, Chairman
Membership Reception and Buffet Lunch-
Forms Committee Meeting, Raintree
eon, Imperial West, Third Floor
Room, Fourth Floor, A. R. Ballou, Dallas,
Chairman
1:30 P.M.
Legal and Tax Advisory Committees Joint
Oil Information Committee Public Affairs
Meeting, Arboretum East, Second Floor.
Conference; Arboretum East, Second
J. C. Spalding, Houston, Legal Committee
Floor, E. P. Hardin, Dallas, State Chair-
Chairman; W. D. O'Brien, Houston, Tax
man, Presiding
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Advisory Committee Chairman
Lloyd N. Unsell, Washington, D.C., Vice
Pipeline Subcommittee of Environmental
President for Public Affairs, Independent
Affairs Committee Meeting, Ebony Room,
Petroleum Association of America. Ad-
Fourth Floor, S. M. Whitehall, Houston,
dress: Politics of Energy
Acting Chairman
Herbert Schmertz, New York City, Vice
9:30 A.M.
President for Public Affairs and Director,
Nominating Committee Meeting, Executive
Mobil Oil Corporation. Address: Public Af-
fairs, Energy Issues, The Media
Session, Arboretum West, Second Floor,
Kenneth E. Montague, Houston, Chair-
Presentation of Oil Information Committee
man; R. E. Wright, Houston, Vice Chair-
Awards
man
7:68P.M.
12:00 Noon
Reception honoring Association President
Distinguished Service Awards Luncheon,
and Mrs. Jack S. Blanton, Imperial Ball-
Imperial Center and West, Third Floor,
room, Third Floor. Dinner, 8:30. P.M.; In-
Jack S. Blanton, Houston, Presiding
formal Dance, 9:30 P.M.
Invocation
Presentation of Award to Eddy C. Scur-
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15
lock, Houston, by M. A. Wright, Houston
7:00 A.M. to 9:00 A.M.
Presentation of Award to- C. A. (Buzz)
Association Buffet Breakfast, Imperial
Cash, Amarillo, by Kenneth E. Montague,
West, Third Floor
Houston
9:30 A.M.
2:00 P.M.
General Session, Imperial East, Third
Adjournment
Floor, William H. Abington, Dallas, Execu-
tive Vice President and General Counsel,
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Associ-
ation, Presiding
Welcoming Remarks by W. J. Wooten,
Houston, Convention Chairman
President's Report by Jack S. Blanton,
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Houston, President, Texas Mid-Continent
Oil & Gas Association; President, Scurlock
Oil Company
Address by Peter G. Peterson, New York
City, Chairman, Lehman Bros., Inc.
Address by The Honorable Barry M. Gold-
water, Washington, D.C., United States
Senator from Arizona
Address by The Honorable George Bush,
Washington, D.C., Director, Central In-
telligence Agency
GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE
T. W. Stoy, Jr., Union Oil Company of Calif
W. J. Wooten, Convention Chairman, Texas Gas Explor-
George W. Strake, Jr., Gulf Building
ation Corporation
Gene Van Dyke, Van Dyke Oil Company
Kenneth R. Joynt, Convention Vice Chairman, Mobil Oil
C. Walter, Jr., Houston Oil & Minerals Corporation
Corporation
J. N. Warren, Goldrus Drilling Company
Murphy H. Baxter, Milam Building
Robert Beamon, Capital National Bank Building
George F. Watford, Prairie Producing Company
VM. A. Wright, 1100 Milam Building
Howard Boyd, El Paso Natural Gas Company
R. E. Wright, Texaco Inc.
Ned Broun, Dresser Industries, Inc.
John G. Yeager, Oxford Petroleum, Inc.
V. H. Buckley, Dow Chemical U.S.A., Oil & Gas Divi-
sion
C. Fred Chambers, C & K Petroleum, Inc.
Dale C. Cheesman, CICO Oil & Gas Company
1976 NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Ernest H. Cockrell, Cockrell Corporation
Morgan J. Davis, Morgan J. Davis Associates
Kenneth E. Montague, Chairman, General Crude Oil
Harold Decker, Bank of the Southwest Building
Company, Houston
Ralph I. Ellsworth, C & I Building
R. E. Wright, Vice Chairman, Texaco Inc., Houston
H. H. Goerner, Exxon Company, U.S.A.
C. W. Alcorn, Marble Falls
George C. Hardin, Jr., Ashland Exploration Company,
Glen Burroughs, Sun Production Company, Dallas
Div. of Ashland Oil, Inc.
Robert tonio A. Buschman, Field Drilling Company, San An-
James F. Hayes, Main Building
Robert R. Herring, Houston Natural Gas Corp.
C. A. Cash, Diamond Shamrock Corporation, Amarillo
Wayne Hightower, Hightower Oil & Gas Company
Harold ton Decker, Bank of the Southwest Building, Hous-
Richard C. Hudson, Esperson Building
Roy M. Huffington, Roy M. Huffington, Inc.
H. H. Goerner, Exxon Company, U.S.A., Houston
Harry Hurt, Harry Hurt, Inc.
Jake L Hamon, Dallas
C. A. Hutchinson, Jr., Atlantic Richfield Company
John C. Jacobs, Texas Eastern Transmission Corp.
Sherman Hunt, Dallas
Estill S. Heyser, Jr., Bank of Dallas Building, Dallas
Dallas W. Johnston, Barber Oil Exploration, Inc.
K. R. Joynt, Mobil Oil Corporation, Houston
Allan C. King, Goldking Production Company
Radcliffe Killam, Killam & Hurd, Inc., Laredo
R. M. Kobdish, Crown Central Petroleum Corporation
B. J. Lancaster, Atlantic Richfield Company, Dallas
John P. McCabe, Getty Oil Company
W. A. Landreth, Continental National Bank Building,
as E. McCollum, Union Texas Petroleum, Div. of Allied
Fort Worth
Chemical Corp.
J. Neal Miller, Jr., Gulf Oil Corporation, Houston
Neal Miller, Jr., Gulf Oil Corporation
R. H. Nanz, Shell Oil Company, Houston
Kenneth E. Montague, General Crude Oil Company
John ton W. Phenicie, Amoco Production Company, Hous-
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Robert Mosbacher, Capital National Bank Building
Rr H. Nanz, Shell Oil Company
Corbin Houston J. Robertson, Quintana Petroleum Corporation,
Ralph S. O'Connor, Highland Resources, Inc.
L.L O'Shields, Trunkline Gas Company
J. L Sewell, Fidelity Union Life Building, Dallas
W.L. Parker, Marathon Oil Company
Fred W. Shield, Milam Building, San Antonio
John W. Phenicie, Amoco Production Company
Tom W. Sigler, Continental Oil Company, Houston
C. W. Rackley, Tenneco Oil Company
Frank Richardson, Monsanto Company
Cerbin J. Robertson, Quintana Petroleum Corporation
vP.R. Rutherford, Jr., Rutherford Oil Corporation
Tom W. Sigler, Continental Oil Company
Stormy F. Smith, TransOcean Oil, Inc.
D. Smyth, Smyth Oil Corporation
J. Gordon Sorrells, First City National Bank of Houston
A. T. Stautberg, Lago Petroleum Company
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS COMMITTEE
M. A. Wright, Chairman, Houston
Jno. G. Pew, Chairman, Dallas, Texas
Jack Abernathy, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
C. W. Alcorn, Marble Falls, Texas
REGISTRATION COMMITTEE
R. B. Anderson, New York, New York
Hines H. Baker, Houston, Texas
John G. Yeager, Chairman, Oxford Petroleum, Inc.
E. D. Brockett, Boca Raton, Florida
J. Gordon Sorrells, Vice Chairman, First City National
E. F. Bullard, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Bank of Houston
Morgan J. Davis, Houston, Texas
Bruce Anderson, Southwest Tower
Harold Decker, Houston, Texas
John B. Ashmun, Wainoco, Inc.
J. C. Donnell, II, Findlay, Ohio
Ned Broun, Dresser Industries, Inc.
Robert G. Dunlop, St. Davids, Pennsylvania
Roger C. Chapman, Buttes Gas & Oil Company
J. Harold Dunn, Amarillo, Texas
Hugh H. Goerner, Exxon Company, U.S.A.
J. H. Galloway, Houston, Texas
Harry Hurt, Harry Hurt, Inc.
Richard J. Gonzalez, Houston, Texas
Sanford E. McCormick, McCormick Oil & Gas Corpo-
Michel T. Halbouty, Houston, Texas
ration
Claud B. Hamill, Houston, Texas
Aubrey T. Stautberg, Lago Petroleum Company
W. Dow Hamm, Dallas, Texas
George W. Strake, Jr., Gulf Building
Jake Hamon, Dallas, Texas
John R. Suman, Jr., Capital National Bank Building
John M. Houchin, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Gene Van Dyke, Van Dyke Oil Company
J. K. Jamieson, Houston, Texas
W. W. Keeler, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
L. F. McCollum, Houston, Texas
RECEPTION COMMITTEE
Dean A. McGee, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Richard C. Hudson, Chairman
W. A. Moncrief, Fort Worth, Texas
John W. Phenicie, Vice Chairman, Amoco Production
Kenneth E. Montague, Houston, Texas
Company
Joseph S. Morris, San Antonio, Texas
Clayton L Orn, Houston, Texas
And all Houston Members
J. R. Parten, Houston, Texas
Wallace E. Pratt, Tucson, Arizona
Herman P. Pressler, Houston, Texas
Corbin J. Robertson, Houston, Texas
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J. L Sewell, Dallas, Texas
Fred W. Shield, San Antonio, Texas
A. L Solliday, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ted E. Swigart, Houston, Texas
H. A. True, Jr., Casper, Wyoming
J. Ed Warren, Delray Beach, Florida
M. A. Wright, Houston, Texas
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JACK S. BLANTON
President
WILLIAM H. ABINGTON
Executive Vice President
JOHN W. WAGNER
Vice President for
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October 1, 1976
Public Affairs
LEO PATTERSON, JR.
Treasurer
Honorable George Bush
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THE FOR ANEIGN
DISTRICT VICE
PRESIDENTS
Director
E. L. Ames, Jr.
Central Intelligence Agency
Southwest Texas
Washington, D. C. 20505
W.W. Carter
Panhandle
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Dear George:
North Central Texas
Hank Harkins
Lower Gulf Coast
I am pleased to enclose one of the mailers that we sent to our
Richard C. Hudson
Upper Gulf Coast
members to publicize our annual meeting. You will note that the
C. E. Jacobs
theme of our business meeting has given each speaker considerable
West Central Texas
W. D. Kennedy
leeway to discuss his particular field.
Permian Basin
N. E. Loomis
East Texas
We will need more specific information about the nature of your
W. M. Thacker, Jr.
address and would like to have a title for your speech. I would
North Texas
like to request that your office furnish us 50 copies of your
speech by no later than October 13 directed to my attention at
the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 1200 Louisiana, Houston, Texas 77002,
marked "Hold For Delivery."
It is quite likely that the press would like to interview you
during your stay in Houston and our staff will be very glad to
set up a press conference or assist you in handling an interview.
Necess
If you will have a member of your staff contact Mr. Jay Cassell
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in our office, he will make all the necessary arrangements.
We are very pleased that you will be one of our speakers and we
look forward to assisting you in any way that you desire.
Sincerely yours,
Bill Abington
BA:jlr
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Public Affairs Conference
A special program for industry people at all
levels with an interest in public and governmental
affairs, public relations, Political Action
Dallas, Texas 75247
1111-E Suite
Committees, and communications will feature
pokesmen for two of the most aggressive
programs in the industry today:
1341 West Mockingbird Lane
Lloyd N. Unsell, vice president for public
America, Washington, D. C.
Herbert Schmertz, vice president for public
affairs and director, Mobil Oil Corp., New
York.
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
Texas
affairs, Independent Petroleum Association of
Oil Men
and the
If you want to know what is being done
nationally about the industry's "image" and its
National
"politics", be in Arboretum East, 2nd floor, Hyatt
Regency, 1:30 p. m., Oct. 14.
Interest
Calendar
Oct. 14
8:30
Registration begins; fee, $75
(includes wives)
9-12
Committee Meetings
12-1:30
Reception-Buffet luncheon
1:30
Public Affairs Conference
Oil Information Committee
7:00
President's Reception, Dinner-Dance
Oct. 15
7-9
Buffet Breakfast
9:30
General Session
12:00
Distinguished Service Awards Luncheon
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
1341 West Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, Texas 75247
AC 214/634-8610
At the 57th Annual Meeting of Texas Mid-Continent
Oil & Gas Association, Oct. 14-15, petroleum indus-
try decision makers will profit from the ideas of a panel
of distinguished business and governmental leaders.
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On the eve of the election
Where does America stand?
ECONOMICS
POLITICS
NATIONAL SECURITY
Barry M. Goldwater
U.S. Senator, Arizona
Peter G. Peterson
George H. W. Bush
Chairman, Lehman Brothers, Inc.
Director, Central Intelligence Agency
From a background of marketing and corporate
Colorful, straight-talking Senator Barry M.
George H. W. Bush, a New Englander who
management, service as Secretary of Commerce,
Goldwater is one of the best-known figures in
started his business career selling oil field supplies
and U.S. trade negotiator, Peter G. Peterson
contemporary American politics.
in West Texas, now presides in the highly sensitive
became chairman of the international investment
In his 67 years he has combined numerous
Office of the Director of this nation's Central
banking firm of Lehman Brothers in August, 1973.
successful pursuits into an action-filled career. Son
Intelligence Agency.
Now turned 50, Peterson, a native of Kearney,
of a Phoenix merchant, he became a member of
A Yale Phi Beta Kappa, Bush saw duty as a
Neb., earned his MBA at the University of
the family department store enterprise, Goldwater's,
carrier pilot in the Pacific during World War II
Chicago, was a vice president of the advertising
later becoming chairman of the board.
(Distinguished Flying Cross and three air medals).
firm of McCann-Erickson at 27, joined Bell &
He left the presidency of Goldwater's in 1953 to
He worked for Dresser at Midland from
Howell in 1958 and was president at 34, chairman
run for the U.S. Senate as a Republican, serving
1948-51, formed an oil development firm, later
at 42.
Arizona until 1964. That year he was the
co-founded Zapata Petroleum Corp., then Zapata
He took a White House assignment in 1971 to
Republican nominee for President. Arizona voters
Off-Shore.
make recommendations for international economic
sent him back to the Senate in 1968, where he is
Bush, a Republican, was elected to Congress
policy, was named Secretary of Commerce in
one of the key Republican leaders. He is ranking
from Houston in 1966, re-elected in 1968.
January 1972, where he served until mid-1973.
minority member of the Committee on
Following loss of the 1970 Senate race, he was
Author of a comprehensive trade negotiating
Aeronautical and Space Sciences, serves on
named U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in
strategy for the U.S., Peterson as Secretary
numerous subcommittees of the Armed Services
1971, was Chairman of the Republican National
headed up negotiations for commercial and
Committee, and is a member of the Select
Committee in 1973, and became Chief of the
lend-lease agreements with the Soviet Union and
Committee on Intelligence.
U.S. Liaison Office, Peking, People's Republic of
Poland.
A World War II Air Force pilot, Senator
China, Sept., 1974.
Peterson is also a director of Black & Decker,
Goldwater is a major general in the Reserve. His
Bush, now 52, started a new era for the Central
Federated Department Stores, General Foods, and
excellence as a photographer has given him
Intelligence Agency when he became Director Jan.
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing.
membership in the Royal Photographers Society.
30, 1976
He is author of numerous books on Arizona and
his political experiences and philosophy. He served
as a TV political commentator for ABC during the
1976 Democratic Convention.
Featured at the 57th Annual Meeting
of Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association,
Oct. 14-15, 1976, Hyatt Regency Houston.
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SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1976
OIL MEN WILL HEAR PETERSON, GOLDWATER, AND BUSH AT 57TH ANNUAL MEETING OCT. 14-15
The Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association's 57th Annual Meeting is scheduled
for Thursday and Friday, Oct. 14-15, at the Hyatt Regency Houston with more than 600
oil industry leaders expected to attend.
Highlighting the meeting will be appearances at Friday's general session of
three men renowned for their business acumen and skill in government service. The
panel that will examine American political and economic life includes:
Peter G. Peterson, chairman of the board
of the international investment banking
firm of Lehman Brothers, New York, and
former Secretary of Commerce; Barry M.
Goldwater, U.S. senator from Arizona, and
George H. Bush, director of the Central
Peter G. Peterson
Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.,
Chairman, Lehman Brothers, Inc.
and former envoy to the People's Republic
of China.
Peterson will discuss the U.S. economy;
Goldwater the political process, and
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Bush the national security.
Registration for the meeting begins
Barry M. Goldwater
Thursday morning with the remainder of
U.S. Senator, Arizona
the day devoted to meetings of various
Association committees and subcommittees.
Following a reception and buffet luncheon
at noon, the Association's Oil Information
Committee is hosting a special Public Affairs
Conference in which all registrants are in-
vited to participate.
The conference will feature statements by
Lloyd N. Unsell, vice-president of public
affairs for the Independent Petroleum Assoc-
George H. W. Bush
iation of America, Washington, D.C., and
Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Herbert Schmertz, vice-president for public
affairs and a director, Mobil Oil Corp.,
New York.
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TEXAS MID-CONTINENT OIL & GAS ASSOCIATION
1341 WEST MOCKINGBIRD LANE
SUITE 1111-E
DALLAS, TEXAS 75247
AC 214 634-8610
JACK S. BLANTON
President
October 5, 1976
WILLIAM H. ABINGTON
Executive Vice President
and General Counsel
this
JOHN W. WAGNER
Vice President for
Public Affairs
LEO PATTERSON, JR.
Honorable George Bush
Treasurer
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
DISTRICT VICE
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PRESIDENTS
Washington, D. C. 20505
E. L. Ames, Jr.
Southwest Texas
Dear George:
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Plans for our annual meeting are being finalized and all indications
North Central Texas
Hank Harkins
are that we will have excellent attendance. We are particularly
Lower Gulf Coast
grateful you have agreed to speak to us, and we feel that our program
Richard C. Hudson
Upper Gull Coast
is an outstanding one. I am enclosing a copy of our program for the
C. E. Jacobs
annual meeting.
West Central Texas
W. D. Kennedy
Permian Basin
We ordinarily have only one speaker on the platform during delivery
N. E. Loomis
East Texas
of his remarks. It would be very helpful if you could be seated near
W. M. Thacker, Jr.
the platform in the front of the meeting room prior to your address.
North Texas
I will be presiding at the meeting and will present you to the general
session at approximately 11:00 a.m.
Your son, Jeb Bush, notified me that you plan to speak at the Board
meeting of the Texas Commerce Bank at noon and I am very confident
that we will conclude our program in plenty of time for you to be there.
We are sorry that you cannot remain with us for our Distinguished
Service Awards luncheon, but we certainly understand your desire to
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attend the other program.
I will be registered at the Hyatt Regency Hotel beginning Tuesday
evening and will be glad to assist you in any way that you desire.
We are looking forward to having you with us in Houston.
Sincerely yours,
Billington Bill Abington
BA:jlr
Enclosure
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77004
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
October 11, 1976
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14 OCT 1976
The Honorable George Bush
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
Dear George:
This will acknowledge your letter of October 4 which was
delayed in transit.
I very much wish it were possible for me to be present at the
October 15 meeting at the Houston Club. Regrettably, I am
committed to meetings in Austin and Dallas that afternoon and
evening and thus will be denied the pleasure of being with you.
I am sending a copy of your letter to our Vice President and
Dean of Students, and the director of our Career Planning and
Placement Center with the request that they represent me and
the University on this occasion.
Cordially,
Phil
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Philip G. Hoffman
President
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CC: Dr. W. Harry Sharp
Vice President and Dean of Students
Mr. Robert H. Milsted
Director, Career Planning and
Placement Center
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
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OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77004
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The Honorable George Bush
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Washington, D. C. 20505
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TRINITY UNIVERSITY
715 STADIUM DRIVE SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78284
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
October 8, 1976
The Honorable George Bush
Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
Dear George,
Enclosed is the Directory of Trinity
University Trustees which contains the member-
ship and structure of the Board. Please forgive
the markings on it, but this was the only copy I
had at hand, and I wanted to speed it off to you.
We do hope that you can accept mem-
berhip on the Board. It would mean so much to
the University and to all of the members of the
Board. Love to you and Bar --
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10:30
Mr. Bush,
Dr. Hackerman of Rice University, Houston, called to say he is
very sorry, he won't t be able to make it to the Houston Club on the
15th; he will be here in Washington. He is sending two other persons
in his place - - z. W. Topazio and Mary Leatherwood.
Debbie
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TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
3200 WHEELER
HOUSTON TX 77004
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Executive Registry
05015 MGM HOUSTON TX 100 10-11
76-10126/8
GEORGE BUSH DIRECTOR
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON DC 20505
DEAR: MR BUSH:
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER OF OCTOBER 4 INVITING SEVERAL
REPRESENTATIVES OF TEXAS. SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY TO MEET
WITH YOU ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, AT 4PM
WE. WILL BE HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU
THAT MIGHT LEAD TO INCREASED EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS
FOR SOME OF OUR STUDENTS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE VISIT.
CC: DR ROBERT J. TERRY
MR. ELVA K. STEWARD
DR. JESSE GLOSTER
G. M. SAWYER
PRESIDENT
TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77004
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HOUSTON, TEXAS 77052
ROBBIE WORTHINGTON
P. O. Box 52969
HEAD OF RESERVATIONS
225-1661
HOUSTON CLUB - HORS D' OEUVRES
MAY 1976
LIST
The minimum price for 2 hours service or less to include room rental
is $5.75 per person for Hors d' oeuvres. This price is based on a
minimum of 50 People - However, if you have less than 50 people add
50c per person to your total price. If hors d' oeuvre service is for
more than 2 hours there will be a direct ratio charge based on the
original cost of your party for each additional hour. The following
items are figured on a per person basis.
EXAMPLE HORS D' OEUVRE MENU:
JUMBO ICED SHRIMP WITH RED & REMOULADE SAUCE
$3.50
CHICKEN FINGERS WITH COUNTRY GRAVY
,90
BEEF & MUSHROOM KEEABS
1.30
GUACAMOLE DIP WITH DEEP FRIED TORTILLA CHIPS
.90
QUICHE LORRAINE
.90
Your price per person would be
$7.50
90c ITEMS:
PETITE QUICHE LORRAINE
CHEESE, CHICKEN OR HAM BALLS
Austin area or
SWEDISH MEATBALLS
CHICKEN OR HAM LORENZO
BARBECUED COCKTAIL FRANKS
PETITE PIZZA
Commerce Room
GUACAMOLE DIP WITH DEEP FRIED TORTILLA CHIPS
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CREAM CHEESE DIP WITH CHIPS
CHICKEN FINGERS WITH COUNTRY GRAVY
8th 7 2000
TRAY OF ASSORTED RELISHES AROUND DECORATED PIECE
TRAY OF STUFFED CELERY
PETITE TAMALES WITH CHILI SAUCE
$1.30 ITEMS:
CRAB BALLS
TRAY OF ASSORTED CHEESE WITH CRACKERS & MELBA TOAST
(Cheese Tray with French Bread Sticks - 25c extra)
PETITE BEEF TACOS
BEEF & MUSHROOM KEBABS
HAM & PINEAPPLE KEBABS
HOT CHILI CON QUESO DIP W/DEEP FRIED TORTILLA CHIPS
BEEF OR CHICKEN EMPANADAS
PETITE BEEF TOSTADAS
DIPS: SHRIMP OR CRABMEAT
TRAY OF STUFFED EGGS AROUND DECORATED PIECE
SAUSAGE TONY CURTIS STYLE
$1.85 ITEMS:
BARBECUED PETITE SPARERIES
PETITE CHINESE EGG ROLLS W/SWEET & SOUR SAUCE, HOT MUSTARD
HOT STUFFED MUSHROOMS (STUFFED WITH SEAFOOD MIXTURE)
PETITE HAMBURGERS WITH PETITE BUNS
TRAY OF ASSORTED FANCY FRENCH HORS D' OEUVRES AROUND DECORATED PIECE
STRAWBERRIES WRAPPED IN PROSCIUTTO HAM
OYSTERS HOUSTONIAN
OYSTERS ON HALF SHELL
CREAM CHEESE MOLD WITH CAVIAR
HOT SEAFOOD QUICHE
$2.00 ITEMS:
PETITE ASSORTED FINGER SANDWICHES
TRAY OF SLICED HAM & TURKEY WITH PETITE WHITE & RYE BREADS
RUMAKI - (Chicken Livers with Waterchestnuts wrapped in Bacon)
PIGS IN BLANKET
BEEF TERIYAKI ON BAMBOO STICKS
$2.35 ITEMS:
JUMBO MUSHROOMS STUFFED WITH CRABMEAT
SNOW CRAB CLAWS WITH RED & REMOULADE SAUCE
OYSTERS ROCKEFELLER
OYSTERS MONACO
$3.00 ITEMS:
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SHRIMP TEMPURA WITH DIPPING SAUCE
FRIED SHRIMP WITH RED.& TARTAR SAUCE
CRAB RANGOON
FRIED FROG LEGS
ROAST ROUND OF BEEF WITH PETITE BUNS - Carved in Room
$3.50 ITEMS:
JUMBO ICED SHRIMP WITH RED & REMOULADE SAUCE
LOBSTER NEWBERG IN TART SHELLS
$5.50 ITEMS:
ROAST PRIME TENDERLOIN OF BEEF WITH PETITE BUNS - Carved in Room
THERE IS A 15% SERVICE CHARGE AND 5% SALES TAX ON EVERYTHING AT THE CLUB.
DATE
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TO:
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ROOM NO.
BUILDING
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Headquarters
REMARKS:
Houstoner
Trip
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ROQM NO.
BUILDING
EXTENSION
5E 58
Hqs.
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CIA LETTERHEAD
76-10126/2
4 OCT 1976
Dr. Norman Hackerman, President
Rice University
6100 Main Street
Houston, Texas 77005
Dear Norman:
On October 15th, I am coming back to Houston and I would like
very much to meet with you and one or two of your colleagues from
Rice University. I am inviting representatives from other Houston
universities.
Here's what I have in mind. There is a lot of misunderstanding
about CIA and about opportunities here for employment: I have been
most impressed with the quality of the people with whom I work here
at CIA. There are facets of our work that would appeal to almost
any bright and able young person. We only accept 400 new professional
employees each year. Entrance is highly competitive, but for those
who are accepted, the rewards in terms of an interesting career are
great.
I would like to invite you to sit down with me for an hour or
so to talk, off the record, about CIA. My hope would be that after
the meeting you would be able to steer a few exceptional prospects
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our way. I hope you will bring your Placement Director and/or an
appropriate Dean.
Here are the details:
Place: Commerce Room of the Houston Club
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Date: Friday, 15 October
I do hope you can make it.
Sincerely yours,
aug.
Distribution:
George Bush
Orig/- Adse
Director
J1 - DCI
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1 DDCI
1 - DD/Pers/R&P
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CIA LETTERHEAD
Executive Registry
76-101263
4 OCT 1976
Dr. Philip G. Hoffman, President
University of Houston
3801 Cullen Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77004
Dear Phil:
On October 15th, I am coming back to Houston and I would like
very much to meet with you and one or two of your colleagues from
the University of Houston. I am inviting representatives from other
Houston universities.
Here's what I have in mind. There is a lot of misunderstanding
about CIA and about opportunities here for employment. I have been
most impressed with the quality of the people with whom I work here
at CIA. There are facets of our work that would appeal to almost
any bright and able young person. We only accept 400 new professional
employees each year. Entrance is highly competitive, but for those
who are accepted, the rewards in terms of an interesting career are
great.
I would like to invite you to sit down with me for an hour or
so to talk, off the record, about CIA. My hope would be that after
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the meeting you would be able to steer a few exceptional prospects
our way. I hope you will bring your Placement Director and/or an
appropriate Dean.
Here are the details:
Place: Commerce Room of the Houston Club
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Date: Friday, 15 October
I do hope you can make it.
Sincerely yours,
Dep
George Bush
Distribution:
Director
Orig - Adse
1 - DCI
1 - D/EEO
1 - DDCI
1 - DD/Pers/R&P
l ER
2 - D/Pers (1 w/held)
1 - DDA
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CIA LETTERHEAD
Executive Registry
26-10/26/4
4 OCT 1976
Dr. Alvin I. Thomas, President
Prairie View A&M University
Prairie View, Texas 77445
Dear Alvin:
On October 15th, I am coming back to Houston and I would like
very. much to meet with you and one or TWO of your colleagues from
Prairie View A&M University. I am inviting representatives from
other Houston universities.
Here's what I have in mind. There is a lot of misunderstanding
about CIA and about opportunities here for employment. I have been
most impressed with the quality of the people with whom I work here
at CIA. There are facets of our work that would appeal to almost
any bright and able young person. We only accept 400 new professional
employees each year. Entrance is highly competitive, but for those
who are accepted, the rewards in terms of an interesting career are
great.
I would like to invite you to sit down with me for an hour or
so to talk, off the record, about CIA. My hope would be that after
the meeting you would be able to steer a few exceptional prospects
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our way. I hope you will bring your Placement Director and/or an
appropriate Dean.
Here are the details:
Place: Commerce Room of the Houston Club
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Date: Friday, 15 October
I do hope you can make it.
Sincerely yours,
aug.
George Bush
Distribution:
Director
Orig - Adse
1 DCI
1 - D/EEO
1 - DDCI
1 - DD/Pers/R&P
1 ER
2 - D/Pers (1 w/held)
1 - DDA
O/DCI:Typed:OD/Pers:bkf (4 Oct 76)
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON,D.C. 20505
4 OCT 1976
Dr. Granville M. Sawyer, President
Texas Southern University
3201 Wheeler Avenue
Houston, Texas 77004
Dear Granville:
On October 15th, I am coming back to Houston and I would like
Texas Southern University. I am inviting representatives from other
very much to meet with you and one or two of your colleagues from
Houston universities.
about CIA and about opportunities here for employment. I have been
Here's what I have in mind. There is a lot of misunderstanding
most impressed with the quality of the people with whom I work here
at CIA. There are facets of our work that would appeal to almost
who employees each year. Entrance is highly competitive, but for those
any bright and able young person. We only accept 400 new professional
great. are accepted, the rewards in terms of an interesting career are
I would like to invite you to sit down with me for an hour
so the to talk, off the record, about CIA. My hope would be that after or
our meeting you would be able to steer a few exceptional prospects
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appropriate Dean.
way. I hope you will bring your Placement Director and/or an
Here are the details:
Place: Commerce Room of the Houston Club
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Date: Friday, 15 October
I do hope you can make it.
Sincerely yours,
I nutroud this
to Jesse Gloster
when her come by
George Card Bush
Director
to see me. GB
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
1776-1976
CIA LETTERHEAD
Executive Registry
76- 10126/6
4 OCT 1976
Dr. W. H. Hinton, President
Houston Baptist College
7502 Fondren Road
Houston, Texas 77036
Dear Dr. Hinton:
On October 15th, I am coming back to Houston and I would like
very much to meet with you and one or two of your colleagues from
Houston Baptist College. I am inviting representatives from other
Houston universities.
Here's what I have in mind. There is a lot of misunderstanding
about CIA and about opportunities here for employment. I have been
most impressed with the quality of the people with whom I work here
at CIA. There are facets of our work that would appeal to almost
any bright and able young person. We only accept 400 new professional
employees each year. Entrance is highly competitive, but for those
who are accepted, the rewards in terms of an interesting career are
great.
I would like to invite you to sit down with me for an hour or
so to talk, off the record, about CIA. My hope would be that after
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the meeting you would be able to steer a few exceptional prospects
our way. I hope you will bring your Placement Director and/or an
appropriate Dean.
Here are the details:
Place: Commerce Room of the Houston Club
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Date: Friday, 15 October
I do hope you can make it.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ George Bush
George Bush
Distribution:
Director
Orig - Adse
1 DCI
1 - D/EEO
1 - DDCI
1 - DD/Pers/R&P
1 ER
2 - D/Pers (1 w/held)
1 - DDA
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Executive Registry
CIA LETTERHEAD
76-10126/7
4 OCT 1976
Reverend Patrick O. Braden, President
University of St. Thomas
3812 Montrose Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77006
Dear Rev. Braden:
On October 15th, I am coming back to Houston and I would like
very much to meet with you and one or two of your colleagues from
St. Thomas University. I am inviting representatives from other
Houston universities.
Here's what I have in mind. There is a lot of misunderstanding
about CIA and about opportunities here for employment. I have been
most impressed with the quality of the people with whom I work here
at CIA. There are facets of our work that would appeal to almost
any bright and able young person. We only accept 400 new professional
employees each year. Entrance is highly competitive, but for those
who are accepted, the rewards in terms of an interesting career are
great.
I would like to invite you to sit down with me for an hour or
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so to talk, off the record, about CIA. My hope would be that after
the meeting you would be able to steer a few exceptional prospects
our way. I hope you will bring your Placement Director and/or an
appropriate Dean.
Here are the details:
Place: Commerce Room of the Houston Club
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Date: Friday, 15 October
I do hope you can make it.
Sincerely yours,
/s/. George Bush
Distribution:
George Bush
Orig - Adse
Director
1 - DCI
1 - D/EEO
1 - DDCI
1 - DD/Pers/R&P
1 ER
2 - D/Pers (1 w/held)
1 - DDA
O/DCI-Typed:0D/Pers:bkf (4 Oct 76)