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Scanned from the President's Daily Diary Collection (Box 74A) at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
APRIL 9, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
7:20 a.m. WEDNESDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
7:20
The President had breakfast.
7:56
The President went to the Oval Office.
8:00
8:20
The President met with:
David A. Peterson, Chief, Central Intelligence
Agency/Office of Current Intelligence (CIA/OCI)
White House Support Staff
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant for
National Security Affairs
8:40
8:55
The President met with his Assistant, Donald H. Rumsfeld.
9:00
9:15
The President met with his Counsellor, John 0. Marsh, Jr.
The President met with:
9:23
11:32
Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State
9:42
10:53
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
10:25
10:53
Robert T. Hartmann, Counsellor
10:25
10:53
Mr. Rumsfeld
10:25
10:53
Mr. Marsh
10:25
10:53
Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary
10:25
10:53
Max L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative
Affairs
10:53
11:32
Max M. Fisher, Chairman of the Jewish Agency for
Israel and Chairman of the Fisher New Center
Company, Detroit, Michigan
11:33
The President went to the Cabinet Room.
11:33
1:15
The President participated in a National Security Council
meeting. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "A."
1:15
The President and Secretary Kissinger returned to the Oval
Office.
1:15
1:18
The President met with Secretary Kissinger.
1:18
The President and Secretary Kissinger went to the Roosevelt
Room.
1:18
2:30
The President participated in a meeting with bipartisan
Congressional leaders. For a list of attendees, see
APPENDIX "B."
GPO: 1974 555-863
Page 1 of 2 Page(s).
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
APRIL 9, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
2:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
2:30
The President and Secretary Kissinger returned to the Oval
Office.
2:30
2:35
The President met with Secretary Kissinger.
2:40
2:45
The President met with:
Mary Wright, outgoing President of the National
Explorer President's Congress
Larry A. Carpenter, incoming President of the
National Explorer President's Congress
Michael J. Farrell, Director of the White House
Visitor's Office
Pamela A. Powell, Director for Youth Affairs, Office
of Public Liaison
2:45
The Presidential party went to the South Grounds of the
White House.
2:45
3:10
The President addressed approximately 2,000 youth delegates
to the 1975 National Explorer President's Congress.
Members of the press
3:10
The President returned to the Oval Office.
4:15
8:14
The President met with:
Secretary Kissinger
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
Mr. Hartmann
Mr. Marsh
Mr. Rumsfeld
7:36
7:37
P
The President talked with the First Lady.
8:14
The President returned to the second floor Residence.
8:45
The President and the First Lady had dinner.
9:35
12:00
The President met with:
Secretary Kissinger
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
Mr. Marsh
Mr. Rumsfeld
For a record of the President's activities after midnight,
see the Daily Diary for April 10, 1975.
SY/EJ 5/2/75
GPO: 1974 555-863
Page 2 of 2 Page(s).
APPENDIX "A"
Attendance confirmed by
Jeanne Davis-all present
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING
The Cabinet Room
April 9, 1975
The President
Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State
James R. Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense
Gen. George S. Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
William E. Colby, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Robert S. Ingersoll, Deputy Secretary of State
William P. Clements, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Gen. Frederick C. Weyand, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Assistant
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant for National Security
Affairs
W. Richard Smyser, Senior Staff Member, National Security Council
Philip C. Habib, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and
Pacific Affairs
APPENDIX "B"
Attendance confirmed by
Nancy KENNEDY-all present
BIPARTISAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP MEETING
The Cabinet Room
April 9, 1975
The President
Senate
Senator Carl T. Curtis (R-Nebraska)
Senator Robert P. Griffin (R-Michigan
Senator Hugh Scott (R-Pennsylvania)
Senator Strom Thurmond (R-South Carolina
Senator John G. Tower (R-Texas)
House
C ongressman John B. Anderson (R-Illinois)
Congressman William S. Broomfield (R-Michigan)
Congressman Philip Burton (D-California)
Congressman Elford A. Cederberg (R-Michigan)
Congressman Barber B. Conable, Jr., (R-New York)
Congressman George H. Mahon (D-Texas)
Congressman Robert H. Michel (R-Illinois)
Congressman Thomas E. Morgan (D-Pennsylvania)
Congressman Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., (D-Massachusetts)
Congressman Melvin Price (D-Illinois)
Congressman Bob Wilson (R-California)
Other
Philip W. Buchen, Counsel
James M. Cannon III, Executive Director of the Domestic Council and
Assistant for Domestic Affairs
Richard B. Cheney, Deputy Assistant
Max L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative Affairs
Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)
Robert T. Hartmann, Counsellor
William T. Kendall, Deputy Assistant for Legislative Affairs
Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State
Vernon C. Loen, Deputy Assistant for Legislative Affairs
James T. Lynn, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
and Assistant for Management and Budget
John O. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor
Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Assistant
James R. Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs
L. William Seidman, Executive Director of the Economic Policy Board and
Assistant for Economic Affairs
Robert K. Wolthius, Staff Assistant