Scanned from the President's Daily Diary Collection (Box 73) 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 DECEMBER 7. 1974 WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME DAY 8 :00 a.m. SATURDAY ~ TIME I ] ACTIVITY 1------.-----1 i II In Out ... '"

8:00 The President had breakfast.

8:30 The President went to the Oval Office. The President met with: 8:30 8:32 John O. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor 8:30 8:49 David A. Peterson, Chief, Central Intelligence Agency/Office of Current Intelligenc~ (CIA/OCI) White House Support Staff

8:49 9:05 The President met with his Assistant, Donald H. Rumsfeld.

The President met with: 9:05 10:10 Robert T. Hartmann, Counsellor 9:20 10:10 William E. Timmon~, Assistant 9:20 10:10 Mr. Rumsfeld 9:20 10:10 Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary

10:13 ? R The President talked with Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger.

10:20 P The President telephoned Henri J.F. Patty, Vice President of Marketing, Rossignol Ski Company, Williston, Vermont. The call was not completed.

10:40 The President went to the Cabinet Room.

10:40 12:12 The President participated in a meeting to discuss energy matters. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "A." Members of the press, in/out

11:43 R The President was telephoned by Secretary Kissinger. The call was not completed.

12:12 The President returned to the Oval Office.

12:13 ? P The President talked with Secretary Kissinger.

12:26 The President went to the barber shop.

1:03 The President returned to the Oval Office.

1:20 ? R The President talked with the First Lady. THE WHITE HOUSE THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD

PLACE DAY BEGAN DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.) THE WHITE HOUSE DECEMBER 7, 1974 WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME DAY 1:30 p.m. SATURDAY PHONE '--­ TIME 'il ;0 l ACTIVITY 1-----.--:---1 H &II In Out lI. III

1:30 3:30 The President met to discuss the 1976 Budget of the U.S. with: Roy L. Ash, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Assistant for Management and Budget Paul H. O'Neill, Deputy Director of the OMB Dale R. McOmber, Assistant Director for Budget Review, OMB

3:30 ? The President met with Roswell B. Perkins, partner with Debevoise, Plimpton, Lyons, and Gates law firm, Boston, Massachusetts.

? ? The President met with Mr. Rumsfeld.

4:43 ? P The President talked with Senator Strom Thurmond (R-South Carolina).

~ 5:16 P The President telephoned Mr. Patty. The call was not completed.

5:55 The President returned to the second floor Residence.

7:50 The President and the First Lady had dinner.

9:00 The President went to the South Grounds of the White House.

9:10 The President returned to the second floor Residence.

9:53 ? P The President talked with Richard Carnell, a student at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut who had written a letter to the President.

EJ/EJ 2/18/76 APPENDIX "A"

Attendance confirmed by Nell Yates. All present.

ENERGY MEETING

The Cabinet Room December 7, 1974

The President

Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior

William E. Simon, Secretary of the Treasury

Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)

L. William Seidman, Executive Director of the Economic Policy Board and Assistant for Economic Affairs

Robert T. Hartmann, Counsellor

Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs

Gerald L. Warren, Deputy Press Secretary

Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary

Richard B. Cheney, Consultant

Michael Raoul-Duval, Associate Director of the Domestic Council for Natural Resources

Frank G. Zarb, Deputy Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget for Natural Resources

Eric Zausner, Assistant Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration

John A. Hill, Deputy Associate Director of the OMB, Natural Resources, Energy and Science

J. Curtis Herge, Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior and Cheif of Staff, Department of the Interior