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Schedule of the President, p. 2 [statutorily-required information
4/21/92
(b)(3)
redacted] (1 pp.)
Page 1 of 1
Collection:
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Pinksheet Number:
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Date Closed:
8/7/2025
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SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
Tuesday, April 21, 1992
8:00 am
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
8:30 am
Intelligence Briefing
Oval Office
(15 min)
(Scowcroft)
8:45 am
National Security Briefing
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Scowcroft)
9:15 am
Meeting with Chief of Staff
Oval Office
(15 min)
9:30 am
Meeting with U.S. Business
Cabinet Room/
(60 min)
Executives
Rose Garden
(Scowcroft)
(Distributed Separately)
10:30 am
Administrative Time
Oval Office
(55 min)
11:25 am
Staff Time
Oval Office
(5 min)
(Rollins)
(Distributed Separately)
11:30 am
Meeting with National
Roosevelt Room
(20 min)
Evangelical Leaders
(Rollins)
(TAB A)
Stills
12:00 pm
Lunch with the Vice President
Oval Office
(60 min)
1:00 pm
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
1:30 pm
Photo Opportunities:
(TAB B)
Oval Office
(10 min)
1. U.S. Ambassador to Micronesia
2. U.S. Ambassador to Guyana
(Scowcroft)
1:40 pm
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(20 min)
2:00 pm
Address the Young
450 OEOB
(10 min)
Presidents' Organization
(Rollins)
(TAB C)
open
UNP 04/20/92
6:00 pm
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(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
01. Schedule
Schedule of the President, p. 2 [statutorily-required
4/21/92
(b)(3)
information redacted] (1 pp.)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Appointments and Scheduling, White House Office of
Series:
Presidential Daily Diary/Backup
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
[Presidential Daily Backup] 4/21/1992
Date Closed:
8/7/2025
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RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile.
2:15 pm
Staff Time
Oval Office
(60 min)
(Scowcroft)
(Distributed Separately)
3:15 pm
Administrative Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
3:45 pm
Staff Time
Oval Office
(15 min)
(Skinner)
(TAB D)
4:00 pm
Meeting with Chief of Staff
Oval Office
(30 min)
4:30 pm
Haircut
7:07 POTUS In
1:35 Wendy stapleton IN Gen Scowcraft In
8:28
1:37
out
scowcroft In
8:31
Adm Have Gates (b)(3)
1:38 Amb. Jones + Family In
In
1:49 All out
8:56
Gates (b)(3)
Out
1:50 Amb. Brazeal In
8:58 VPOTUS In 9:02 skinner In
1:55 "
Out
4:10 scowcroft Howe Out
1:57 POTUS out to OEOD
9:12
Fitzwater In
2:02 POLLS In 450 OEOB
9:15 Moore, scowcroft In
2:25 POTUS departs 450 OECC
9:19 scowcroft, Fitzwater out
2:29 POTUS In
9:24
Yuetter In
2:30 YPOTUS, sec Brady. Sec Madican
9:28
Fitzwater In
Amb. Hills Zoellick, scowcroft
9:29 scowcroft In
Gonpert. Moore. Deal In
9:30 skinner, Moore Out
2:34 Skinner In
3:05 skinner out
scowcroft. Yuetter out
3:11 Skinner In
9:31 POTUS Out to Rose Garden/Everyone else at
3:35 All Out
9:39 POTUS In Cabinet Room
3:52 Rich Bond, Sec Skinner In
11:03 POTUS out to Oral brings participants
4:23 out
through oval for Photo.
4:30 skinner not
11:06 Fitwater In
4:32 FOTUS Out for Haircut
11:12 Fitzwater Out
5:05 FOTUS In
11:25 Metzger. S. Rollins Porter In
5:15 Teeter In
5:47 Teeter Out
11:35 POTUS Metzger Rollins, Porter out
to Roosevelt Roon.
12:25 All through the Oval for Photos and
out
12:26 VPOTUS In
UNP 04/20/92
12.56 Fitzwater In
6:00 pm
1:09 Fitzwater Out
1:34 VPOTUS Out
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
APRIL 21st
92
PRESIDENT BUSH
, 19
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MR. NATHANIEL M. GORTON
OFC: BOSTON, MA.
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OFC:MIAMI, FL.
305-520-2344
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INC
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MR. ROBERT M. TEETER
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
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12:56
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202-336-7090
TLKD-OK 12:58 P.M.
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MR. NICHOLAS E. CALIO
RES: WASHINGTON, D.C.
INC
1:13 PM
202-244-7520
PRESUS CA. 1:15 P.M.
OUT
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MR. RICHARD N. BOND
CELLULAR PHONE
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MS. LAURIE FIRESTONE
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
4:32
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WHITE HOUSE ADMIN EXT. 672
TLKD-OK 4:33 P.M.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
APRIL 21st
92
, 19
PRESIDENT BUSH
TIME
NAME
ACTION
PLACED
DISC
OUT
AM
XX
SENATOR JESSE A. HELMS
RES: RALEIGH, N.C.
INC
5:59 PM
6:19
919-828-1122
TLKD-OK 6:17 P.M.
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INC
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OUT
AM
MRS. LAURIE G. FIRESTONE
ENROUTE TO RES. TO SEE
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
PRESUS 6:08 P.M.
WHITE HOUSE ADMIN. EXT. 672
INC
6:08 PM
OUT
AM
Buddy
INC
PM
OUT
XAM
SECOND FLOOR KITCHEN
TLKD-OK WITH MR.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
WILLIAM A. CARTER
ING
WHITE HOUSE ADMIN EXT. 599
6:35 P.M.
6:35 PM
6:35
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
DOCTOR'S OFFICE
TLKD-OK WITH
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
WHITE HOUSE ADMIN EXT. 797
ELLEN M. SHEBUSKI-
INCX
7:46 PM
7:46
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TOLTON 7:46 P.M.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
SIGNAL SWITCHBOARD
April 21 , 1992
TIME
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PRESIDENTIAL MOVEMENTS
LOCATION Washington, D.C.
DATE 21 April 1992
TIME
MOVEMENTS
0702
South Grounds
0708
Oval Office
0936
Rose Garden
0938
Cabinet Room
1055
Oval Office
1137
Roosevelt Room
1220
Oval Office
1403
Room 450, Old Executive Office Building
1428
Oval Office
1632
Barber Shop
1705
Oval Office
1750
South Grounds
1755
Residence
WHCA FORM 15, OCTOBER 15, 1980
Tuesday, April 21
5:00 Coffee for the President
7:05 The President to the South Grounds, to the Oval Office
7:35 Margaret the Second Floor
7:45 Margaret and Marshall depart
2:45 Wendy Stapelton departs White House
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5:54 The President to the Second Floor
6:11 Laurie Firestone to the Second Floor 7:16 down
7:15 Dinner for the President
12:09a Mrs. Bush arrives South Grounds to the Second Floor
12:09 Retired
Btalked 4/21/92
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
April 22, 1992
The President today announced his intention to nominate Nathaniel
M. Gorton, of Massachusetts, to be United States District Judge
for the District of Massachusetts. This is a new position.
Mr. Gorton has served with the law firm of Powers & Hall P.C., in
several positions including: Director, 1979-present; Partner,
1975-1979; and an Associate, 1970-1975. From 1966-1969, he
served as an Associate with the law firm of Nutter, McClennen &
Fish.
Mr. Gorton was graduated form Dartmouth College (A.B., 1960) and
Columbia University School of Law (LL.B., 1966). He was born
July 25, 1938 in Evanston, Illinois. From 1960-1962, Mr. Gorton
served in the United States Navy. He is married, has three
children and resides in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 20, 1992
MEETING WITH
U.S. BUSINESS EXECUTIVES
DATE: April 21, 1992
LOCATION: Cabinet Room and Rose Garden
TIME: 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
FROM: BRENT SCOWCROFT R
PARTICIPANTS
USG
The President
The Vice President
Lawrence S. Eagleburger, Acting Secretary of State
Nicholas Brady, Secretary of the Treasury
Edward Madigan, Secretary of Agriculture
Barbara Franklin, Secretary of Commerce
Samuel K. Skinner, Chief of Staff
Brent Scowcroft, Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs
Fred Zeder, President and CEO, Overseas Private Investment
Corporation
John D. Macomber, President and Chairman, Export-Import
Bank of the U.S.
Richard T. Crowder, Under Secretary of Agriculture
J. Michael Farren, Under Secretary, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce
Thomas Duesterberg, Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Ed A. Hewett, Senior Director for Russian and Eurasian
Affairs, NSC Staff
R. Nicholas Burns, Director for Russian and Eurasian
Affairs, NSC Staff (Notetaker)
Frederic C. Hof, Assistant Deputy to the Coordinator for
U.S. Assistance to the New Independent States, Department
of State
U.S. Businessmen
Dwayne O. Andreas, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
Former Chairman of "U.S.-USSR Trade and Economic Council"
(now "Trade and Economic Council). ADM long-term supplier
of agricultural commodities and supplies; member American
Trade Consortium. Hosted SABIT interns.
Dexter Baker, Chairman, National Association of Manufacturers
Many NAM members are active in the former Soviet Union. NAM
participated in Commerce Department "Obstacles Report."
Donald R. Beall, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Rockwell
International Corporation
Applied to host five SABIT interns.
John P. Clancey, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sea-Land
Service, Inc.
Joint Venture for container shipping on the Trans-Siberian
railroad. Hosted SABIT intern.
2
Kenneth Corporation Derr, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chevron
Worked for several years on major oil and gas investment
project in Kazakhstan; recent reports indicate deal faces
serious problems. Travelled with former Secretary Mosbacher
on intern. first Presidential Mission to the USSR. Hosted SABIT
Livio D. DeSimone, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 3M
3M long-term supplier of imaging accessories (e.g., optical
disks, data storage). Discussing several joint ventures.
Robert Galvin, Chairman, Executive Committee, Motorola, Inc.
Has proposed partnerships between American and Russian
companies. companies and investment of $1 million each by 1,000 U.S.
Donald M. Kendall, Chairman of the Executive Committee, PepsiCo
Chairman of American Committee on U.S.-Soviet Trade which
just published a report on U.S. competitiveness in the USSR
market. PepsiCo has traded Pepsi for Stolichnaya vodka for
years and more recently opened a Pizza Hut in Moscow.
Hosted SABIT intern.
James Inc. W. Kinnear, President and Chief Executive Officer, Texaco
Negotiating joint production project in northern Russia.
Hosted SABIT intern.
Richard J. Mahoney, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Monsanto Company
Takes a personal interest in company's USSR work; Monsanto
has been trading specialty chemicals, herbicides etc., to
the USSR for over 30 years.
Robert Corporation H. Malott, Chairman of the Executive Committee, FMC
Has sold food processing, heavy equipment and agricultural
chemicals to the USSr for many years
Arch McGill, President, Chardonay, Inc.
Recommended by Ambassador Armitage. Company reportedly has
28 joint ventures in Russia.
John J. Murphy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dresser
Industries, Inc.
U.S. Chairman of Trade and Economic Council; had strong ties
with Gorbachev and now Yeltsin. Dresser a long-term
supplier of oil drilling equipment; has a joint venture in
3
Russia intern. to provide engineering services. Hosted SABIT
H. Leighton Steward, Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer, The Louisiana Land and Exploration Company
Travelled with former Secretary Mosbacher on first
Presidential Mission to the USSR; has been exploring
possible oil production ventures in West Siberia. Hosted
SABIT intern.
C. Jim Stewart, Chairman, Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc.
to Russia.
Houston-based company; has sold power generation equipment
Shelley M. Zeiger, Chief Executive Officer, Zeiger Enterprises
Small business trading with the USSR for many years. Zeiger
has several joint ventures including the only "all American"
restaurant. restaurant in Moscow, the Moscow-Trenton ("Tren-Mos")
Emery
2941
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 20, 1992
MEETING WITH
U.S. BUSINESS EXECUTIVES
DATE: April 21, 1992
LOCATION: Cabinet Room and Rose Garden
TIME: 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
PARTICIPANTS
USG
The President
The Vice President
Lawrence S. Eagleburger, Acting Secretary of State
Nicholas Brady, Secretary of the Treasury
Edward Madigan, Secretary of Agriculture
Barbara Franklin, Secretary of Commerce
Samuel K. Skinner, Chief of Staff
Brent Scowcroft, Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs
Fred Zeder, President and CEO, Overseas Private Investment
Corporation
John D. Macomber, President and Chairman, Export-Import
Bank of the U.S.
Richard T. Crowder, Under Secretary of Agriculture
J. Michael Farren, Under Secretary, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce
Thomas Duesterberg, Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Ed A. Hewett, Senior Director for Russian and Eurasian
Affairs, NSC Staff
R. Nicholas Burns, Director for Russian and Eurasian
Affairs, NSC Staff (Notetaker)
Frederic C. Hof, Assistant Deputy to the Coordinator for
U.S. Assistance to the New Independent States, Department
of State
U.S. Businessmen
Dwayne O. Andreas, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
Former Chairman of "U.S.-USSR Trade and Economic Council"
(now "Trade and Economic Council). ADM long-term supplier
of agricultural commodities and supplies; member American
Trade Consortium. Hosted SABIT interns.
Dexter Baker, Chairman, National Association of Manufacturers
Many NAM members are active in the former Soviet Union. NAM
participated in Commerce Department "Obstacles Report."
Donald R. Beall, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Rockwell
International Corporation
Applied to host five SABIT interns.
John P. Clancey, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sea-Land
Service, Inc.
Joint Venture for container shipping on the Trans-Siberian
railroad. Hosted SABIT intern.
3
Russia intern. to provide engineering services. Hosted SABIT
H. Leighton Steward, Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer, The Louisiana Land and Exploration Company
Travelled with former Secretary Mosbacher on first
Presidential Mission to the USSR; has been exploring
possible oil production ventures in West Siberia. Hosted
SABIT intern.
C. Jim Stewart, Chairman, Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc.
Houston-based company; has sold power generation equipment
to Russia.
Shelley M. Zeiger, Chief Executive Officer, Zeiger Enterprises
Small business trading with the USSR for many years. Zeiger
has several joint ventures including the only "all American"
restaurant. restaurant in Moscow, the Moscow-Trenton ("Tren-Mos")
2
Kenneth Corporation Derr, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chevron
Worked for several years on major oil and gas investment
project in Kazakhstan; recent reports indicate deal faces
serious problems. Travelled with former Secretary Mosbacher
on intern. first Presidential Mission to the USSR. Hosted SABIT
Livio D. DeSimone, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 3M
3M long-term supplier of imaging accessories (e.g., optical
disks, data storage). Discussing several joint ventures.
Robert Galvin, Chairman, Executive Committee, Motorola, Inc.
Has proposed partnerships between American and Russian
companies. companies and investment of $1 million each by 1,000 U.S.
Donald M. Kendall, Chairman of the Executive Committee, PepsiCo
Chairman of American Committee on U.S.-Soviet Trade which
just published a report on U.S. competitiveness in the USSR
market. PepsiCo has traded Pepsi for Stolichnaya vodka for
years and more recently opened a Pizza Hut in Moscow.
Hosted SABIT intern.
James Inc. W. Kinnear, President and Chief Executive Officer, Texaco
Negotiating joint production project in northern Russia.
Hosted SABIT intern.
Richard J. Mahoney, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Monsanto Company
Takes a personal interest in company's USSR work; Monsanto
has been trading specialty chemicals, herbicides etc., to
the USSR for over 30 years.
Robert H. Malott, Chairman of the Executive Committee, FMC
Corporation
Has sold food processing, heavy equipment and agricultural
chemicals to the USSr for many years
Arch McGill, President, Chardonay, Inc.
Recommended by Ambassador Armitage. Company reportedly has
28 joint ventures in Russia.
John J. Murphy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dresser
Industries, Inc.
U.S. Chairman of Trade and Economic Council; had strong ties
with Gorbachev and now Yeltsin. Dresser a long-term
supplier of oil drilling equipment; has a joint venture in
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
April 21, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
IN MEETING WITH U.S. BUSINESS EXECUTIVES
The Rose Garden
9:33 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: I am very pleased to welcome to the
White House this morning 16 senior American business leaders to
discuss how the American private sector can help to meet the most
important foreign policy challenge that faces us -- the
transformation of the new states and the former USSR from command to
market economies, and from authoritarian to democratic governments.
We are determined to expand the volume of our trade and investment
with them. And I would like to announce today a series of measures
to meet these important objectives.
First, I have asked that current negotiations with all
the new states on trade, bilateral investment and tax treaties be
expedited and completed as soon as possible. These agreements will
provide greater access for our companies and they will lay a new
foundation for our future commercial relationships.
Second, I have also asked OPIC, the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation; and the Ex-Im Bank, the Export-Import Bank,
to negotiate new agreements and expand their operations in the former
USSR. Another critical step so that American firms can compete
equally and fairly for a share of the new markets there.
And third, I would like to reiterate my call to the
Congress in a spirit of bipartisanship to pass, in time for my summit
meeting with President Yeltsin in June, the Freedom Support Act, the
landmark legislation that I announced on April lst. We hope the
business leaders here today and the larger American business
community will support this bill which will lift Cold War
restrictions on trade and investment.
And finally, I have requested that our Secretary of
Commerce Barbara Franklin create new business development committees
with Russia, Ukraine and other countries to eliminate the barriers
that currently discourage trade with them.
All these issues will be high on my agenda when I meet
with Presidents Kravchuk and Yeltsin. And I'm absolutely committed
to giving American companies every opportunity to compete in these
markets. The American private sector should seize this opportunity
to do business with these countries. It's a vast and rich market and
expanding our business ties will benefit the American people.
Increased trade means new markets for American goods,
greater opportunities for American investors and more jobs for
American workers. The U.S. increased its exports of manufactured
goods to the USSR by nearly 40 percent in 1991. We should aim to do
even better this year and the next.
This is a defining moment in this century. And, indeed,
the private sector's role is absolutely critical. The need for
capital, advanced technology and human expertise in these countries
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during this decade and into the next century will be far too great
for governments alone to meet. A great economic transformation to
liberate the peoples of the former Soviet Union and benefit our own
people will only occur if our private firms invest and trade to show
them the way.
I thank those business leaders that are with us here
today, many of them already involved in trying to do business in the
CIS countries. And I pledge my commitment to this partnership with
the American private sector.
And now we will go inside and discuss in detail the
agenda that I've just outlined. Thank you all very much for being
here.
END
9:37 A.M. EDT
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 20, 1992
MEETING WITH NATIONAL EVANGELICAL LEADERS
DATE:
April 21, 1992
TIME:
11:30 a.m.
LOCATION:
Roosevelt Room
THROUGH:
yx
SHERRIE ROLLINS
FROM:
LEIGH CECE KREMER ANN CeceTam METZGER
I. PURPOSE
To reaffirm your commitment to traditional family values and
to provide a forum for these leaders to discuss various
issues and Administration policies.
II. BACKGROUND
The evangelical community has been one of your key base
constituencies. While many are conservative Democrats, they
overwhelmingly voted for you in the 1988 campaign as they
had for President Reagan in 1980 and 1984.
While evangelicals have been supportive of your pro-family
agenda on matters relating to abortion, child care and
education, there have been some problems in other areas. In
1990 concerns were raised when homosexual activists were
present at two signing ceremonies here at the White House.
Despite the fact that explanations were made, evangelical
outrage continued to build, and escalated when Doug Wead left
the White House staff.
Since then, concerns have centered around specific
legislation including the Budget Act of 1990, the Family
Planning Title X regulations and educational choice. At the
top of the list however has been the National Endowment for
the Arts, and John Frohnmayer's perceived promotion of
questionable grants. While this issue is resolved, there
still remain concerns about who will replace him and what
restrictions will exist to insure that some of the same
problems do not occur under the next Director.
It has been over a year since you last met with evangelical
leaders. While they have been invited to participate in
various Administrative activities, there has not been a
"discussion" at the White House since October 1990.
III. PARTICIPANTS
The President
Dr. Don Argue, President, National Association of
Evangelicals
Mr. Gary Bauer, Executive Director, Family Research
Council
Mr. John Beckett, President, Intercessors for America
Dr. Bob Jones III, President, Bob Jones University
Mr. Ed McAteer, President, Religious Roundtable
Dr. Raymond Carlson, General Superintendent, Assemblies of
God
Dr. Morris Chapman, President, Southern Baptist Convention
Dr. David Clark, President, National Religious Broadcasters
Dr. Robert Dugan, Director/Public Affairs, National
Association of Evangelicals
Rev. Jerry Falwell, President, Liberty University
Dr. Brandt Gustavson, Executive Director, National Religious
Broadcasters
Dr. Richard Land, Executive Director, Christian Life
Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention
Mrs. Beverly LaHaye, President, Concerned Women for America
Rev. Lou Sheldon, President, Traditional Values Coalition
Rev. Jeff Synder, Director, Apostolic Coalition
Rev. Jean Thompson, Pastor, Harvest Church International
Sherrie Rollins, Assistant to the President for
Intergovernmental and Public Liaison
Leigh Ann Metzger, Deputy Assistant to the President for
Public Liaison
IV. PRESS PLAN:
Closed. White House Photographer
V. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS:
-- You enter the Roosevelt Room.
-- You greet participants, sit down at table and deliver
brief talking points.
-- You begin informal dialogue and answer questions.
-- You depart the Roosevelt Room.
Talking points to be provided by OPL on Tuesday morning.
DOOR
Door
Dr. Robert Dugan
Director, Public Affairs
National Assoc. of Evangelicals
Dr. Brant Gustavson
Rev. Lou Sheldon
Ex. Director
President
NRB
Traditonal Values Coalition
Dr. Richard Land
Dr. David Clark
Ex. Director
President
Christian Life Comm.
NRB
Rev. Jerry Falwell
Dr. Don Argue
President
President
Liberty University
President
Roosevelt Room
National Assoc. of Evan.
Dr. Morris Chapman
The President
Southern Baptist Conv.
Rev. Jean Thompson
Mrs. Beverly LaHaye
Pastor
President
Harvest Church Int'l.
Concerned Women for Americ
Mr. John Beckett
Mr. Gary Bauer
President
Executive Director
Intercessor for America
Family Research Council
Dr. Bob Jones, III
President
Mr. Ed McAteer
Bob Jones University
President
Religious Roundtable
UUUU
Dr. Raymond Carlson
General Superintendent
Assemblies of God
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April 17, 1992
MEETING WITH U.S. AMBASSADORS
DATE: April 21, 1992
LOCATION: Oval Office
TIME: 1:30 - 1:40 p.m.
FROM: BRENT SCOWCROFT
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I. Purpose
To provide photo opportunities for Ambassador Jones who is
the Ambassador to Guyana and Ambassador Brazeal who is the
Ambassador to Micronesia. Both of these Ambassadors were
unable to schedule photo opportunities prior to departing
for post. Ambassador Jones and Ambassador Brazeal are in
the area for consultations and will be returning to post
April 25.
II. Background
Ambassador Jones is the Ambassador to Guyana. A career
Foreign Service Officer since 1956, Ambassador Jones has
served in overseas positions in Ecuador, Ghana, Venezuela,
Austria, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Chile. He has held the
position of Deputy Chief of Mission in both US Embassy Chile
and Costa Rica. Prior to his appointment as Ambassador to
Guyana, Ambassador Jones served as Vice President for State
Department Affairs at the Foreign Service Association on
loan from the State Department.
Ambassador Brazeal is the Ambassador to Micronesia. A
career Foreign Service Officer since 1968, Ambassador
Brazeal has served in overseas positions in Argentina and
Japan. She has held the positions of Deputy Director for
Economics at the Japan desk as well as served as a Watch
Officer in the State Department Operations Center. Prior to
her appointment as Ambassador to Micronesia, Ambassador
Brazeal served as Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs in
Tokyo.
III. Participants
See attached cards.
IV. Press Plan
White House Photographer only.
V. Sequence
Ambassador Jones and his family will enter the Oval Office
for a photo and brief discussion followed by Ambassador
Brazeal.
Attachment
Tab A
Cards with Points
Tab A
CARD 1 OF 2
POINTS TO BE MADE AT PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
AMBASSADOR GEORGE F. JONES
COUNTRY: GUYANA
(
FAMILY:
WIFE - MARIA ROSARIO
CHILDREN
- GEORGE (31)
- ROBERT (29)
- MICHAEL (26)
- MARY (23)
WARDS
- JOSEPH (14)
- JUAN (13)
- STEFANO (10)
- MARIANA (7)
WHITE HOUSE: BRENT SCOWCROFT
NSC: ROBERT MORLEY
CARD 2 OF 2
-- AMBASSADOR JONES, A NATIVE TEXAN AND 35-YEAR
VETERAN OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE, WAS CONFIRMED AS
U.S. AMBASSADOR TO GUYANA ON JANUARY 18, 1992.
-- HIS OBJECTIVES IN GUYANA ARE TO:
-- FOSTER FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN GUYANA
THIS YEAR, HIS FORTE AFTER WORKING ON THE
TRANSITION IN CHILE.
--
HELP GUYANA TO KEEP ITS ECONOMIC REFORM
PROGRAM, WHICH IS BEGINNING TO SHOW RESULTS ON
TRACK.
-- INCREASING COUNTERNARCOTICS COOPERATION.
--
OVERSEE A SUBSTANTIAL FOOD AID PROGRAM TO
GUYANA, THE SECOND POOREST NATION, AFTER HAITI, IN
THE REGION.
CARD 1 OF 2
POINTS TO BE MADE AT PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
AMBASSADOR AURELIA BRAZEAL
MICRONESIA
FAMILY:
SISTER - ERNESTINE BRAZEAL
WHITE HOUSE:
BRENT SCOWCROFT
NSC:
JAMES KEITH
:
I WAS PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO MEET WITH
PRESIDENT OLTER IN NEW YORK LAST FALL FOLLOWING THE
ADMISSION OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA
(FSM) TO THE UN. IS THE NEW GOVERNMENT GETTING ITS
FEET ON THE GROUND?
:
YOUR FOCUS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE FSM
IS RIGHT ON TARGET. THERE OUGHT TO BE TANGIBLE
ECONOMIC GAINS AFTER NEARLY FORTY YEARS OF
TRUSTEESHIP AND SIX OF FREE ASSOCIATION. ARE YOU
OPTIMISTIC THAT DURING THE REMAINING NINE YEARS OF
CARD 2 OF 2
THE COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION SUBSTANTIAL
ECONOMIC PROGRESS WILL BE POSSIBLE?
--
I WAS PLEASED TO LEARN THAT YOU MADE GOOD USE
OF THE RECENT OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT
CORPORATION MISSION TO PROMOTE PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
I HOPE YOU WILL PURSUE THIS WITH FRED ZEDER AND HIS
PEOPLE.
--
YOU HAVE A BROAD RANGE OF PROGRAMS TO
COORDINATE FOR THE FSM. I AM SURE THAT MAINTAINING
ORDER AMONG COMPETING BUREAUCRATIC INTERESTS IS A
REAL CHALLENGE. I KNOW I CAN COUNT ON YOU TO
ENSURE THAT OUR FSM PROGRAMS MATCH OUR POLICY
OBJECTIVES.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 17, 1992
MEETING WITH U.S. AMBASSADORS
DATE: April 21, 1992
LOCATION: Oval Office
TIME: 1:30 - 1:40 p.m.
FROM: BRENT SCOWCROFT
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Participants
Amb Aurelia Brazeal, Ambassador to Micronesia
Amb George F. Jones, Ambassador to Guyana
Emery
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April 17, 1992
MEETING WITH U.S. AMBASSADORS
DATE: April 21, 1992
LOCATION: Oval Office
TIME: 1:30 - 1:40 p.m.
CARD 1 OF 2
POINTS TO BE MADE AT PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
AMBASSADOR AURELIA BRAZEAL
MICRONESIA
FAMILY:
DIGIBEND
WHITE HOUSE: BRENT SCOWCROFT
NSC:
JAMES KEITH
--
I WAS PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO MEET WITH
PRESIDENT OLTER IN NEW YORK LAST FALL FOLLOWING THE
ADMISSION OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA
(FSM) TO THE UN. IS THE NEW GOVERNMENT GETTING ITS
FEET ON THE GROUND?
-- YOUR FOCUS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE FSM
IS RIGHT ON TARGET. THERE OUGHT TO BE TANGIBLE
ECONOMIC GAINS AFTER NEARLY FORTY YEARS OF
TRUSTEESHIP AND SIX OF FREE ASSOCIATION. ARE YOU
OPTIMISTIC THAT DURING THE REMAINING NINE YEARS OF
CARD 1 OF 2
POINTS TO BE MADE AT PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
AMBASSADOR GEORGE F. JONES
COUNTRY: GUYANA
:
FAMILY:
WIFE - MARIA ROSARIO
CHILDREN
GEORGE (31)
- ROBERT (29)
MICHAEL (26)
- MARY (23)
WARDS
- JOSEPH (14)
- JUAN (13)
- STEFANO (10)
- MARIANA (7)
WHITE HOUSE: BRENT SCOWCROFT
NSC: ROBERT MORLEY
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 20, 1992
ADDRESS THE YOUNG PRESIDENTS' ORGANIZATION (YPO)
DATE: APRIL 21, 1992
TIME: 2:00 P.M.
LOCATION: ROOM 450, OEOB
THROUGH: SHERRIE ROLLINS
FROM: CECE KREMER
JEFF VOGT
I. PURPOSE:
To highlight the Administration's economic growth
initiatives and reform agenda. To commend YPO for its
entrepreneurial spirit and volunteer initiatives.
II. BACKGROUND:
Founded in 1950, and based in Irving, Texas, the Young
Presidents' Organization (YPO) is a worldwide, privately
organized, not-for-profit membership corporation of more
than 6,700 chief executives. This group represents YPO's
Chapter Chairmen, senior officers and U.S. Members of its
International Board. YPO helps its members become better
presidents through education and idea exchange.
YPO members comprise 6,600 corporations around the world,
4,500 of which are in the U.S. Criteria for membership is
to achieve the presidency of their respective companies
prior to age 40. Companies must employ 50 people or more
and range in size from $5 million to more than $1 billion
annually. They represent a cross-section of industry,
including: manufacturing, finance, real estate,
communications and construction.
Your remarks will emphasize building American
competitiveness through cutting the capital gains tax and
reform of the civil justice system. YPO is supportive of
the Administration's reform initiatives and members will
help carry your message back to their respective
communities.
III. PARTICIPANTS:
The President
Photo-op:
Doug Glant, International President, Young Presidents'
Organization, (YPO)
Harry Brock, President, Chief Executives Organization, (CEO)
Mack Jason, President, World President's Organization, (WPO)
Jim Dicke, President-Elect, YPO
David Weaver, Chairman, YPO's Executive Committee
Neil Balter, President, Young Entrepreneurs Organization
Room 450 Address:
On Dais:
Doug Glant, International President, YPO
In Audience:
Approximately 160 members of YPO, WPO and CEO organizations.
IV. PRESS PLAN:
Closed press for photo-op. Open press for remarks.
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS:
-- You participate in a photo-op prior to holding room.
-- You are announced off-stage.
-- You deliver remarks.
-- You conclude remarks.
VI. REMARKS:
To be provided by speechwriters.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
April 21, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO THE YOUNG PRESIDENTS ORGANIZATION
Room 450
Old Executive Office Building
2:04 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Please be seated. I am
delighted to be here and it's delightful to have this distinguished
group of executives here. I want to single out Doug Glant, the
International President of YPO, and thank him for "honchoing" this
outfit and getting everybody together. Some of you look a little old
to be YPOs, but nevertheless -- (laughter) -- far be it from me to be
throwing darts in this way. (Laughter.)
But I'd like to briefly talk about some of the issues of
concern certainly of concern to this group, but I think of concern
to all Americans, but with particular emphasis for the business
community. Your creativity and the know-how that I think of when I
think of YPO really are the fuel that creates our country's wealth
and provides rewarding and fulfilling jobs for our communities. And
the role of government in free enterprise is to allow this creativity
to flourish. And that means growth.
I know we've had a very difficult time here, a far
longer slowdown indeed recession in some corners -- than we would
have liked. But for the past three years, we have been trying to
promote sensible policies that will help you expand businesses and
help create jobs. And we're going to continue to fight for a growth
agenda. I had to veto some tax legislation recently, but we were
pressing at the same time for seven bullet-point pieces of
legislation that would have stimulated the economy. I am still
hopeful that we can get some of them through this Congress, and I'll
mention a couple of them in a minute.
We face a decision here in the White House now on
another subject, and that's the participation in the U.N. Conference
on the Environment and Development in Rio. The attendance of the
U.S. President at the Rio Conference would add a major political
impetus to that undertaking; there's no question about that at all.
The world looks to us for leadership in this field. But it could
also commit the United States to a course of action that could
dramatically impede long-term economic growth in this country. And I
am committed to international cooperation to preserve the world's
environment. I want to be very clear on that. And that's why I
would like to go to this conference. But I am not going to go to the
Rio Conference and make a bad deal or be a party to a bad deal. I am
not going to sign an agreement that does not protect the environment
and the economy of this country.
And this is a very important decision. It's an
important decision for our environment and it's a very important
decision for our economy. And to play politics with the Rio
Conference severely undercuts the U.S. position as we try now to
assure a world view that will protect the environment and the
economy. Negotiations are going on right now to try to accomplish
both before I make a decision as to whether or not I will go to Rio.
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We are going to consider intensely this matter in the days ahead.
And I'm going to let you know soon -- let the country know soon of
our final decision on my attendance in Rio.
Here at home last week, we had some more heartening news
about the United States economy. All around the world, consumers and
companies buy American goods and services in ever-greater amounts,
despite the sluggish performance of some of their own economies.
U.S. exports I look around this room and I see many who are
participating in this U.S. exports are experiencing a surge,
rising seven percent in February to a one-month record high of almost
$38 billion. And once again, I think in a good sense, American
exports, manufacturing exports, are leading the way.
This good news underscores a fundamental truth about our
own competitiveness: If we're to succeed economically at home, we
must succeed economically abroad. And the evidence is indisputable:
Open markets and free trade mean new jobs for American workers and
certainly growth for American companies. Over the past four decades,
trade-related jobs in our country have grown three times faster than
overall American job creation.
We must build on this astounding success. And already
over the past four years, our exports to Mexico have more than
doubled, creating more than 300,000 export-related jobs here at home.
And I remember attending a YPO meeting in Mexico about 12 years ago,
maybe 14 I think it was, when we were really way behind the power
curve in terms of doing business with that country. And they were
way behind the power curve in terms of a political situation that
would permit the kind of vigorous business that I've just talked
about here.
But what we're trying to do now is take that improvement
and lock in the gains with what is known as the NAFTA, the North
American Free Trade Agreement. With Canada and Mexico, the North
American Free Trade Agreement will establish one of the world's
largest trading areas, a $6-trillion market from the Yukon to
Yucatan. And that's going to mean hundreds of thousands of new jobs
for U.S. workers. Those that are fighting me or fighting us on this
concept are saying it will cost jobs. We are absolutely convinced
that a successful conclusion to that trade agreement will create
jobs, and I mean good jobs.
Tomorrow, on another field, I'm going to be meeting with
Jacques Delors, the President of the EC Commission. And with him
will be President Cavaco Silva, an old friend, President of the
European Council. He is the Prime Minister of Portugal as you know.
And we're going to be discussing the Uruguay Round of the GATT, the
world trade negotiations that are so essential to expanding trade for
everybody.
Over the next decade, a successful conclusion of that
Uruguay Round could pump $5 trillion into the global economy. And
the U.S. share of this growth would top $1 trillion. And no one
should doubt our resolve to preserve and expand the worldwide regime
of open trade. GATT must be preserved for this reason: American
workers and American companies deserve the jobs and opportunities
that those open markets offer.
I think these negotiations are going to be tough. They
are going to be difficult. But we're approaching them, as we have
earlier negotiations, with a positive spirit. We will do our part,
but the United States must not be asked to bear the entire burden of
compromise when it comes to hammering out a successful conclusion to
this GATT Round.
There's still much we can do to make America more
competitive. And one of our serious economic problems right now --
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and I won't tell you too much about this, lest you tell me about it
-- that is the cost of capital. And it's too high. We know that.
And that's why we're going to continue to fight for a cut in the
capital gains rate capital gains tax rate. A high cap-gains rate
discourages investment and, thus, business expansion and, thus, job
creation. And it is very clear to most business people that this
would be a helpful thing.
Ironically, two years ago, in both Houses we had a
majority for reducing the capital gains tax. And it was beaten down
purely by the political leadership in the United States Senate,
keeping us from giving this incentive to American businesses, large
and small. I am continuing to fight for this. Some call it a tax
break for the rich, and I never believed that in the first place and
I don't believe it now. And we're going to keep fighting to get that
stimulative cut in capital gains.
None of our industrial competitors major industrial
competitors tax capital gains at rates comparable to ours.
Germany, as some of you know, Germany doesn't tax them
at all. And in Japan, an entrepreneur who sells the company that
he's built from scratch pays a tax of one percent. And we are
supposed to compete with those vigorous economies with a much higher
capital gains rate.
And yet, the very people who complain about America's
ability to compete block our effort -- every effort to lower the
capital gains tax. A lower rate will benefit virtually everyone in
America, not only those who run a business, but anyone who owns a
house, or share of stock, seeks a better job. It will help a lot in
the agricultural area of this great country of ours, too. So it's
time to stop punishing the pursuit of excellence. And it's time, I
think, to cut the tax on capital gains.
We're also working to lighten up the regulatory burden
that Washington imposes on every American business. Last January we
announced a 90-day moratorium on federal regulations. Wherever
possible, we blocked those regulations that discourage growth and
we're accelerating those that encourage growth.
So far, the preliminary estimates show that we've saved
American business $10 billion to $20 billion in regulatory costs.
When new legislation is passed, clearly new regulations are required.
I'm thinking of the civil rights legislation that I'm very proud of:
the Americans With Disabilities Act. And, yes, it imposed a burden
on some, but it was overdue. It's sound legislation. It encourages
people to get into the mainstream. And yet, there's been some cost
with that one.
We renegotiated the Clean Air Act, and that was long
overdue. And I think it's good. We tried to use market forces,
incidentally, in letting people meet the clean air standards, but
nevertheless, that imposed a regulatory burden. So now we're trying
to move forward and fulfill our responsibilities for safety and all
of that, but eliminate this movement towards overregulation. And as
I say, these preliminary estimates have been pretty encouraging in
terms of the savings in regulatory costs.
I'm going to soon be making an announcement about our
battle against these excessive regulations, but for now I simply want
to say the days of overregulation are just that -- they are over.
And we are going to stay in there to be sure that independent
agencies, whatever they are people whoever come in with these
excessive regulations are going to have them blocked, if at all
possible.
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We're pursuing comprehensive reforms in other areas that
directly relate to America's long-term competitiveness. We've
proposed, for example, market-based health care reform to control the
skyrocketing costs and to bring coverage to the uninsured. I do not
want to see us lose the quality of health care that we have in this
country by going to the pay-or-play plan that's going to break a lot
of small businesses; or even worse, to the so-called nationalized
plans that have many of our neighbors sending their people over here
for care. We are not going to go to that centralized or socialized
approach to medicine. And the proposals that we have made that give
people access to insurance and show much greater flexibility in the
insurance pool I believe is the answer to this health care problem.
In another way, another field, through our America 2000
initiative, we are intensifying our efforts to literally
revolutionize reinvent American education. It isn't good
enough anymore to simply throw more money at the mandated programs
that have failed the young people of this country. And we're not
going to do that. And we've gone together, gotten the governors
together, set six national education goals -- very sensible goals --
no partisanship involved in that coming together of the governors,
and now we're moving forward trying to get this program underway.
Some legislation is required. Fortunately, a lot of legislation is
not required, and we can go right to the communities to reinvent the
American school. And it is a good program, and I urge you to take a
hard look at it because I know that you know that we are going to
have to do a better job of education, particularly in math and
science, if we're going to be competitive in the year 2000.
So American education I think we've got a good
program and I strongly urge you to give it your support.
Another area that I know is of concern to people here,
it is to me, and that is the area of legal reform. We have
introduced important steps to reform our legal system, to put an end
to the frivolous lawsuits that mire so many businesses and
individuals and community activities in a bottomless swamp of
litigation. We've got to sue each other less, start helping each
other more.
And I will continue to fight to get this Congress,
hostile Congress in this area, I might say, to at least give an up or
down vote on reform of the liability system. We haven't even been
able to get that; we haven't even been able to get it out of
committee; blocked by powerful lobbies up there. So here's an area
where I know your interests are at stake and an area where I would
earnestly solicit your support. Because we must start capping some
of these outrageous settlements that run the cost of business right
off the chart, run doctors out of business, and say to Little League
coaches, hey, you better not take a chance by coaching the Little
League or this guy over on third base is going to sue you.
And so we're going to fight this one. But again, it's
an area where we need your help.
And the last point is this: The fact is that none of
these pressing social problems are going to be solved without the
voluntary involvement of individuals and communities. And when I
think of YPO and the success that this epitomizes, this organization
epitomizes, I think of a thousand points of light and I think of
people who, in spite of spending an awful lot of time building and
creating jobs for people, they find time to do something in the
communities. From the first day of this administration, we have
called on every American to be a point of light -- to bring hope to
the helpless, and to help the homeless, and to love and care for
those who are in need.
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And it is working. And it isn't a government program;
it is simply encouraging the sense of volunteerism that is in
everybody. Right here in your organizations, you're going to --
plenty of examples of what I'm talking about. Gay Mayer, who works
with a drug rehabilitation program in his area, has helped more than
100 young adults recover from the ravages of drug abuse to lead
productive lives. What one individual has been able to do just by
giving of himself. Joe Lobozzo, who spends his Wednesday nights
counseling children of alcoholics.
I would like today to challenge all of you to join these
men in a movement that is literally transforming our country. It is
much more effective than having a mandated specialized program coming
out of some subcommittee in the United States House of
Representatives. And it is working. It is the best in ourselves.
And I urge you to really, really pitch in.
First, I ask you to make your company a point of light,
by personally devoting as much time as you possibly can to community
service, encouraging the employees to do the same. This whole
concept of mentoring, where businesses reach out and help in this
Education 2000 program, is really working around the country.
Secondly, you can encourage other leaders to make
voluntary service part of their own missions as well. And finally,
you can work among your vast memberships to help America itself
become a nation with communities of light a concept where an
entire community comes together figuring how to solve its own
enormous social problems.
I spoke earlier with some of your leaders Doug and
others - and I know that there is support among your members to
assume this leadership role. And I know Doug has asked David Weaver,
an old friend, to work with each of you to decide how you can all
best respond to this challenge.
I am convinced the results will be profound, and urging
this we're not trying to escape the responsibility of the federal
government. It's something entirely different. It's the concept
that Thoreau noticed years ago about the propensity of one American
to help another. And we're simply trying to revitalize this,
especially in these days of scarce resources and failed centralized
mandates.
So we've got a lot at stake here, including the legacy
that we leave our children. We all want a world at peace; strong,
wholesome families; rewarding jobs for all who seek them.
You know, in these days, you hear and I hear mostly
about the problems. We've got a lot to be grateful for in this
country. Our kids grandkids in some cases -- go to bed at night
with far less fear of nuclear war. The war has changed dramatically
in the last three years unprecedented changes that nobody would
have believed possible.
In the Middle East, ancient enemies are at least talking
about peace. South of our border you see the emergence of
democracies that none of us would have predicted just three or four
years ago. The solidifying of the democratic way. And you see
countries coming to grips with their economic problems. Argentina
comes to mind; Mexico, a sterling example of this dramatic change
that is taking place around the world.
I spent this morning talking to a group of business
people on working with them on what we can do to help democracy along
in the CIS, the Commonwealth of Independent States over there, led by
Russia. And then the Ukraine, with Kravchuk coming here next month
and Yeltsin the next. And so there's an awful lot of change in this
world that is good and strong and positive.
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And now what we've got to do is take these ideas, and
maybe some that you have that I haven't mentioned, bring them to bear
on the economic problems so we can regain the growth that is
absolutely essential if the United States is going to continue to be
the leader in these very important areas.
But you've caught me on an upbeat day, a day that I am
confident about the United States' leadership. It is only -- I might
tell you this, and some of you can confirm this from your trips
abroad . it is only our country that the others look to now as the
undisputed leader of the entire world. So we've got to fulfill those
responsibilities while still trying to do what we can to assist those
that are hurting right here at home.
And I am confident, with your help, with your continued
imaginative leadership, that we can do just exactly that. So thank
you very, very much for coming to the White House. I didn't intend
to give you this much of a lecture, but I'm just I don't normally
have such a high-talented, captive audience. Thank you all very,
very much. (Applause.)
END
2:25 P.M. EDT
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WASHINGTON
April 21, 1992
MEETING IN PREPARATION FOR U.S.-EC DISCUSSIONS
DATE: April 21, 1992
LOCATION: Oval Office
TIME: 2:15 - 3:15 pm
FROM: BRENT SCOWCROFT
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III. PARTICIPANTS
President
Vice President
Secretary Brady
Secretary Madigan
Ambassador Hills
Under Secretary Zoellick
Samuel Skinner, Chief of Staff
Brent Scowcroft
David Gompert
Timothy Deal
Emery
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 21, 1992
MEETING IN PREPARATION FOR U.S.-EC DISCUSSIONS
DATE: April 21, 1992
LOCATION: Oval Office
TIME: 2:15 - 3:15 pm
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III. PARTICIPANTS
President
Vice President
Secretary Brady
Secretary Madigan
Ambassador Hills
Under Secretary Zoellick
Samuel Skinner, Chief of Staff
Brent Scowcroft
David Gompert
Timothy Deal
Attachment
Tab A
Background on Uruguay Round and other U.S.-EC Trade
Issues
CONFIDENTIAL
Declassify on: OADR
DECLASSIFIED
White, House Guidelines
E.O. 13526, SEC 3.4 (b), September 11, 2006
By 55 NARA, Date 8/13/25
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 20, 1992
MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT
DATE:
April 21, 1992
LOCATION:
Oval Office
TIME:
3:45 p.m.
FROM:
$18
SAMUEL K. SKINNER
I. PURPOSE
To discuss campaign/party activities.
II. PARTICIPANTS
The Chief of Staff
Rich Bond
III. PRESS PLAN
White House Photographer only