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Scanned from the President's Daily Diary Collection (Box 76) 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 AUGUST 8. 1975 WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME DAY 6 :50 a.m. FRIDAY ~ TIME "0 :0 ACTIVITY ~" " 0:: ~" II II In Out "" ~ 6:50 The President had breakfast.

7:25 The President went to the Oval Office.

7:34 The President went to the Roosevelt Room.

7:34 7:42 The President attended a Domestic Council staff meeting. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX IIA.1I

7:42 The President returned to the Oval Office.

7:44 7:58 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 Securtiy Affairs

8:09 The President returned to the Roosevelt Room.

8:09 8:13 The President attended a meeting with senior members of the White House staff. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "B."

8:13 The President returned to the Oval Office. He was accompa­ nied by his Counsellor, Robert T. Hartmann.

The President met with: 8:13 8:50 Mr. Hartmann 8:32 ? Donald H. Rumsfeld, Assistant 8 :50? ? Frank G. Zarb, Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration (FEA) 8 :50? 9:30 Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary 8:50? ? Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) 9 :30 ? Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State 10:35 10:42 Philip W. Buchen, Counsel 10:35 ? John O. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor 10 :43 10:55 Mr. Nessen 10:43 10:55 Mr. Hartmann 10:43 10:55 William T. Kendall, Deputy Assistant for Legislative Affairs 10:44 10:55 Mr. Rums f eld '-" 10:44 10:55 William I. Greener, Deputy Press Secretary

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PLACE DAY BEGAN DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.) THE WHITE HOUSE AUGUST 8, 1975 WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME DAY 9:15 a.m. FRIDAY -PHONE TIME 1l '0 g ~~ ACTIVITY f-----;,..-----i 0::if '"II In Out 0. '"

9:15 R The President was telephoned by Congressman Joe D. Waggonner, Jr. (D-Louisiana). The call was not completed.

11:04 11:29 The President met with his Personal Assistant, Mildred V. Leonard.

11:30 12:10 The President met for an interview with: Frank Cormier, correspondent with Associated Press (AP) Helen Thomas, correspondent with United Press International (UPI) Ra~ph Harris, correspondent with Reuters News Service Mr. Nessen Mr. Hartmann Wire Service photographers, in/out

12:25 The President went to the South Grounds of the White House.

12:27 12:32 The President motored from the South Grounds to the Depart­ ment of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Independence Avenue entrance.

The President was greeted by Secretary-designate of HEW F. David Matthews.

12:32 1:00 The President participated in the swearing-in ceremony for Mr. Matthews to be Secretary of HEW. Members of the press

12:34 R The President was telephoned by Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon. ieceptionist Elizabeth L. MacBeth took the call.

The President, escorted by Mr. Matthews, went to the plat­ form. Other platform guests included: Mrs. F. David Matthews Lee Ann Matthews, daughter Lucy Matthews, daughter Caspar W. Weinberger, departing Secretary of HEW Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court John R. Ottina, Assistant Secretary of HEW for Administration and Management

The President addressed approximately 450 guests attending the ceremony.

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PLACE DAY BEGAN DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.) THE WHITE HOUSE AUGUST 8, 1975 WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME DAY 12:32 p.m. FRIDAY -PHONE TIME ~ ACTIVITY 0: r---In----.---O-ut--~ ~

The President participated in the swearing-in of Mr. Matthews as Secretary of HEW. Justice Burger administered the oath of office.

1:00 The President, escorted by Mr. Weinberger, returned to his motorcade.

1:00 1:05 The President motored from the Department of HEW to the South Grounds of the White House.

1:05 The Presi-ent returned to the Oval Office.

1:11 The President went to the doctor's office.

1:28 The President returned to the Oval Office.

2:08 The President went to the Cabinet Room.

2:08 3:38 The President participated in a Cabinet meeting. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "C."

3:38 The President returned to the Oval Office.

The President met with: 3:39 3:54 Mr. Marsh 3:40 3:54 Senator Norris Cotton (R-New Hampshire) 3:40 3:54 Mr. Kendall 3:52 3:54 Mr. Rumsfeld Senator Cotton was appointed to fill the disputed New Hampshire Senate seat until a new election is held September 16, 1975.

The President met with: 3:56 4 :19 Secretary Kissinger 3:58 4:19 George P. Shultz, President of Bechtel Corporation, San Fransisco, California

4:19 The President returned to the Cabinet Room.

The President attended a meeting with members of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "D."

5:11 R The President was telephoned by Arthur G. Brown, Tool and Dye Leader for Fisher Body I, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Miss Leonard took the call.

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PLACE DAY BEGAN DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.) THE WHITE HOUSE AUGUST 8, 1975 WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME DAY 5:38 p.m. FRIDAY PHONE f--­.., TIME -0 1; .~ ACTIVITY 0:" IX I II In Out "­ IX

5:38 The President returned to the Oval Office.

5:44 The President returned to the Roosevelt Room.

5:44 6:15 The President met with departing 1975 White House Summer Interns. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "E."

6:15 The President returned to the Oval Office.

The President met with: 6:24 7:22 Mr. Rumsfe1d 6:24 7:05 Douglas p. Bennett, Director of the Presidential Personnel Office

7:28 The President went to the tennis courts.

7:28 8:20 The President played tennis with: Mr. Rumsfe1d Tod R. Hu11in, Associate Director of the Domestic - Council for Housing and Community Affairs L. William Seidman, Executive Director of the Economic Policy Board and Assistant for Economic Affairs

8:20 The President went to his private study.

8:22 The President went to the swimming pool.

8:25 The President returned to the Oval Office.

8:31 The President returned to the second floor Residence.

8:55 The President and the First Lady had dinner.

SY/EJ 8/29/75

GPO 1974 Ol- 555-863 of Pagels). APPENDIX "A"

Attendance not confirmed

DOMESTIC COUNCIL STAFF MEETING The 'Roosevelt Room August 8, 1975

The President

James M. Cannon III, Executive Director of the Domestic Council and Assistant for~Domestic Affairs Richard L. Dunham, Deputy Director of the Domestic Council, Policy and Review James H. Cavanaugh, Deputy Director of the Domestic Council, Operations Vernon C. Loen, Deputy Assistant for Legislative Affairs William T. Kendall, Deputy Assistant for Legislative Affairs Paul H. O'Neill, Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget COMB) APPENDIX liB"

Attendance not confirmed

MEETING WITH SENIOR WHITE HOUSE STAFF The Roosevelt Room August 8, 1975

The President Robert T. Hartmann, Counsellor John O. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor Donald H. Rumsfeld, Assistant Richard B. Cheney, Deputy Assistant William J. Baroody, Jr., Assistant for Public Liaison James M. Cannon, Executive Director of the Domestic Council and Assistant for Domestic Affairs L. William Seidman, Executive Director of the Economic Policy Board and Assistant for Economic Affairs Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State Lt. Gen Brent. Bcowcroft, Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs Philip,W. Buchen, Counsel Roderick M. Hills, Counsel Max L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative Affairs James T. Lynn, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Assistant for Management and Budget Paul H. O'Neill, Deputy Director, OMB James E. Connor, Cabinet Secretary and Staff Secretary Jerry H. Jones, Special Assistant Robert H. Goldwin, Special Consultant Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Frank G. Zarb, Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration William E. Simon, Secretary of the Treasury John T. Calkins, Executive Assistant to Counsellor Hartmann Gwen A. Anderson, Deputy Assistant to Counselor Hartman Paul A. Theis, Executive Editor Milton A. Friedman, Deputy Executive Editor Susan C. Herter, Personal Assistant to the Vice President Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary APPENDIX "C"

Attendance confirmed by Eleanor Connors -all present CABINET MEETING

The Cabinet Room August 8, 1975

The President

Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State James R. Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense Edward H. Levi, Attorney General Earl L. Butz, Secretary of Agriculture Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of Commerce John T. Dunlop, Secretary of Labor Forrest David Matthews, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Carla A. Hills, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development William T. Coleman, Jr., Secretary of Transportation D. Kent Frizzell, Acting Secretary of the Interior Stephen S. Gardner, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury (for Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon) Caspar W. Weinberger, former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Philip W. Buchen, Counsel Frederick B. Dent, Special Representative for Trade Negotiations Robert T. Hartmann, Counsellor John O. Marsh, Jr" Counsellor Daniel p, Moynihan, U.S. Representative to the United Nations Donald H. Rumsfeld, Assistant Paul H. O'Neill, Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (for James T. Lynn, Director of the OMB)

William J. Baroody, Jr., Assistant for Public Liaison James M. Cannon III, Executive Director of the Domestic Council and Assistant for Domestic Affairs James E. Connor, Secretary to the Cabinet and Staff Secretary Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary 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 Raymond P. Shafer, Counsellor to the Vice President

Russell E.Train, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Frank G. Zarb, Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration (FEA)

Barry N. Roth~ Assistant Counsel *attended only that portion of the Cabinet Meeting during which Mr. Buchen briefed the Cabinet on campaign activities. APPENDIX "D" Attendance confirmed by Mildred Zayac, PFIABj --all present

MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY BOARD (PFIAB)

The Cabl.net Room August 8, 1975

The President

Members of the PFIAB

George W. Anderson, Jr., Chairman of the PFIAB, former Chief of Naval Operations; former U.S. Ambassador to Portugal

William O. Baker, Member, PFIAB; Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Leo Cherne, Member, PFIAB; Executive Director of the Research Institute of America, Inc.; Member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on International Educational and Cultural Affairs; member of the Board of Advisors of hte Industrial College of the Armed Forces

John S. Foster, Jr., Member, PFIAB; physicist,; Vice President for Energy Research and Development, TRW, Inc.

Robert W. Galvin, Member, PFIAB; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Motorola, Inc.; Director of Harris Trust and Savings Bank; Director and past President of the Electronic Industries Association

Gordon Gray, Member, PFIAB; publisher; Director of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco' Company

Edwin H. Land, Member, PFIAB; inventor of the Land Polaroid camera; Chairman of the Board of Polaroid Corporation; member of the National Academy of Sciences

George P. Shultz, Member, PFIAB; President of Bechtel Corporation

Edward Teller, Member, PFIAB;physicist ; University. Professor of -Physics and Associate Director of the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, University of California ----(, Member, PFIAB, did not attend)

continued on next page . . . APPENDIX liD" p.2

PFIAB Staff

Wheaton B. Byers, Executive Secretary of the PFIAB

Lionel H. Glmer, Special Assistant to the Executive Secretary, PFIAB

Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State (did not remaine for entire meeting)

Donald H. Rumsfeld, Assistant

Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs -. MEETING WITH DEPARTING WHITE ROUSE SUMMER INTERNS , APPENDIX liE" Attendance confirmed bY' The Roosevelt ,Room A1exande~ Laugh1in­ August 8, 197-5 """ indicates present 1975 HHITE HOUSE SUr1r1ER INTERN PROGRAM

A. COLEMAN ANDREl'1S Dartmouth College -7 Tapoan Road Hanover, New Hampshire Richmond, Virginia 23226

~AN LUNDY APPLEBY Winthrop College P.O. Box 3286 Florence, Florence, South Carolina ~9501 • ~OEL J. BERGSMA George Washington University 3000 East'Bates Avenue Washington, D.C. Denver, Colorado 80210 ~RANKLIN L. BROCK Emory University 4107 Santa Maria Avenue ­ Atlanta, Georgia Coral Gables, Florida 33146

~HRISTINA LINDA CHAVEZ New Mexico State University 1316 South Espina Las Cruces, New Mexico Las Cruces, New Mexico 88001

';;MiES K. CONZELHAN Montana State University Route 3, Box III Bozeman, Montana Bozeman, t-1ontana 59715

VTERESA ANN GARLfu'W Virginia Commonwealth Un i vers i -. 1345 Lakewood Drive, S.W. Richmond, Vriginia Roanoke, Virginia 24015 ~HAROLD PETER GOLDFIELD Suffolk University Law School 105 Winchester Street Boston, Massachusetts Apartment 3 Brookline, Massachusetts 02146

University of Colorado 5702 Ogden Road Boulder, Colorado Bethesda, Haryland 20034

'/sCOTT D. HODGES Soutb Dakota State University Rural Route 1 Brookings, South Dakota Lake Preston, South Dakota 57249

.;t.tARY STEWART HOPKINS Virginia Tech 146 Headow Lane Blacksburg, Virginia Wheeling, West Virginia 26003

/JOHN JEFFERSO~ HU~PHRIES Duke University 125 Kirkwood Drive Durham, North Carolina Eutaw, Alabama 35462 . ' APPENDIX "E" p.2 8/8/75 . . /cAVID W. KINNARD University of Missouri 419 West 46 Terrace School of Law Kansas city, Missouri 64112 Kansas City, Nissouri

~IANE MARIE KOZUB Seton Hall Law' School 282 Richmond Avenue Newark, New Jersey South Orange, New Jersey 07079

~EORGE .HONROE KRYDER III • Vanderbilt Law School l36-:Bennington Road Nashville, Tennessee Akron, Ohio 44313

~AVID MALCOLH LAIRD University of North Carolina 5703 Kirkwood Drive Chapel Hill, North Carolina lvashington, D.C. 20016

~LLIA.\1 VINCENT "LARKIN , 'JR. Harvard College . 189 Mason Drive Cambridge, Massachusetts Manhasset, New York 11030

~LANIE CERISE LAWSON Princeton University 3418 South McGregor Princeton, New Jersey Houston, Texas 77021

~ANCY ANN LIEBERMAN University of Rochester 266 03 Bridgewater Avenue Rochester, New York F~oral Park, New York 11004 ~Y THEA LmnTZ Kirkland College 409 Woodlawn Avenue Clinton, New York Glencoe, Illinois 60022

BARBARA JEfu~ McCLEAJU~ Mount Holyoke College v'271S South St. Paul Street South Hadley, Massachusetts Denver, Colorado 80210

vFREDERICK DONALD NcCLURE Texas A & M University Post Office Box 541 College Station, Texas San Augustine, Texas 75972

..I6UDENY DAVID r·!ORIN University of Colorado 2177 Fern Dell Place Boulder, Colorado Los Angeles, California 90068 ~ODGER a~LEY MORROW Yale University R. D. #1, r.!orrmv Road New Haven, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania 15010 ~EDA LYNN NORFOLK Converse College 3855 Churchill Avenue Spartansburg, South Carolin3 Baton Rouge~ Louisiana 70808

. 1 ·.,"«tiC: -' APPENDIX "E" p.3 8/8/75

~~THERINE ELIZABETH OGLESBY University of Georgia P.O. Box 675 Athens, Georgia • Thomasville, Georgia 31792

~DNEY K. SPACKMAN Utah State University 241 South 3rd west Logan, Utah Soda Springs, Idaho 83276 • viREBECCA JE&~ SMITH " Mount Holyoke College 114 Northwood Drive South Hadley, Massachusetts Des Moines, Iowa 50312 ~ICHAR~ NORTON SMITH Harvard College 478 Prospect Street Cambridge, Massachusetts Leominster, Massachusetts 01453 ~REN GWEN SPENCER California State University 1358 East Oceanfront Long Beach, California , Balboa, ~alifornia 92661

/cRI CRI HARRIA CHR;STINA SOLAK Pomona College P.O. Box 3728 Claremont, California C~rmel, California 93921

~REN ANN URBAITIS Johns Hopkins University 9 Engelwood Road Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore, Maryland 21210 ~RIC RANDAL YOST Oklahoma State University 104 Post Road Stillwater, Oklahoma Wichita," Kansas 67206

~eborah Marquis, Summer Intern, National Security Council (NSC) ~on Purcell, volunteer in the Office of William J. Baroody, Jr. ~regory Willard, volunteer in the office of Mr. Baroody ~aren Smith, volunteer in the office of Sheila Weidenfeld ~erald J. Popeo, Clerk, Messenger (Office, of Agnes M. Waldron) viPamela A. Powell, Director for Youth Affairs, Office of Public Liaison ~lexander M. Laughlin, Jr., Intern (Office of Pamela A. Powell) ~semary Fordham, Secretary to Miss Powell