Digest of Other White House Announcements
The following list includes the President's public schedule and other items of general interest announced by the Office of the Press Secretary and not included elsewhere in Public Papers of the President.
January 2, 1983
Following his stay in Palm Springs, Calif., the President went to inspect the flood damage in Monroe, LA.
He then returned to Washington, D.C.
January 3, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- a group of his advisers, to discuss the budget;
-- several members of Congress, to discuss the budget.
In the evening, the President hosted a dinner at the White House for the bipartisan congressional leadership.
January 4, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- a group of Republican Senators, to discuss the budget;
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Cabinet Council on Human Resources, to discuss health issues.
In the evening, the President hosted a dinner at the White House for the bipartisan congressional leadership.
January 5, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
January 6, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- a group of his advisers, to discuss the budget;
-- the Vice President, for lunch;
-- Members of Congress, to discuss the budget;
-- the Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs, to discuss employment initiatives.
In the evening, the President hosted a dinner at the White House for the new Members of Congress.
January 7, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Hans-Jochen Vogel, Social Democratic Party candidate for Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany;
-- a group of Senators, to discuss crime control legislation;
-- former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs William P. Clark;
-- a group of his advisers, to discuss the budget.
In the afternoon, the President left the White House for a weekend stay at Camp David, Md.
January 9, 1983
The President returned to the White House from Camp David.
January 10, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Vice President, Ambassador Philip C. Habib, the President’s Special Representative for the Middle East, Secretary of State George P. Shultz, Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger, and members of the White House staff, to discuss the situation in the Middle East;
-- the National Security Council;
-- Governor Thomas Kean of New Jersey.
January 11, 1983
The President declared a major disaster for the State of Louisiana as a result of severe storms and flooding, beginning on or about December 19, 1982, which caused extensive property damage.
January 12, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Cabinet Council on Economic Policy, to discuss employment and tax initiatives for education.
The White House announced that the President accepted with regret the resignation of J. Upsher Moorhead as Special Assistant to the President for private sector initiatives, effective January 17. Michael P. Castine, who is a Deputy Director of the Office of Private Sector Initiatives, will serve as Acting Director until a successor to Mr. Moorhead is named.
The President transmitted to the Speaker of the House and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee a report on world food security reserves.
January 13, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Mayor Jacques Cirac of Paris, France;
-- the Vice President, for lunch.
January 14, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the National Security Council
January 17, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Ambassador William E. Brock, U.S. Trade Representative, and a group of agricultural, business and labor leaders, to discuss U.S. trade policies in connection with the visit of Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone of Japan.
The President hosted a reception at the White House for Republican House and Senate staff members.
January 18, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Cabinet, to discuss the recommended bipartisan solution to the social security problem and the budget.
January 19, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff before departing for his trip to Chicago, Ill.
January 20, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Vice President, for lunch.
January 21, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs, to discuss education issues;
-- representative of the right-to-life organizations.
The White House announced that President Antonio dos Santos Ramalho Eanes of Portugal has asked that his state visit to the United Stated, scheduled to begin February 9, be postponed in view of the current political situation in Portugal. The White House also announced that it will work through normal diplomatic channels to arrange a mutually convenient time for the visit to take place.
The President left the White House for a weekend stay at Camp David, Md.
January 22, 1983
The President spoke by telephone from Camp David with Joe Gibbs, head coach of the Washington Redskins, and Tom Landry, head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, following the Redskins victory in the National Football Conference championship game in Washington, D.C.
January 23, 1983
The President returned to the White House from Camp David, Md.
January 24, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- members of the President’s Economic Policy Advisory Board.
January 25, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Republican congressional leaders;
-- the National Security Council.
The President announced his intention to nominate Secretary of the Treasury Donald T. Regan to be Governor of the African Development Bank for a term of 5 years. This is a new position.
The President announced his intention to nominate W. Allen Wallis, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, to be Alternate Governor of the African Development Bank for a term of 5 years. This is a new position.
January 26, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Minister of Foreign Affairs Hans-Dietrich Genscher of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Vice President, Secretary of State George P. Shultz, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs William P. Clark, Arthur F. Burns, U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, and Peter Hermes, German Ambassador to the United States;
-- Mayors George Israel of Macon Ga., and Margaret Hance of Phoenix, Ariz., members of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
January 27, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- members of the European Democratic Union;
-- members of the President’s Task Force on Victims of Crime, to receive the Task Force’s final report.
The President transmitted to the Congress the 20th annual employment and training report.
The President declared a major disaster for the State of Washington as a result of severe storms, high tides and flooding, beginning on or about December 14, 1982, which caused extreme property damage.
The White House announced that the President has invited Prime Minister Kare Willoch of Norway to make an official working visit to the United States. The Prime Minister has accepted and will meet with the President at the White House on February 18.
January 28, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Vice President and Secretary of State George P. Shultz, prior to the Vice President’s departure for Europe;
-- Republican congressional leaders;
-- the National Security Council;
-- Republican Members of Congress, to discuss the fiscal year 1984 budget;
-- members of the Vietnam Veterans Leadership program.
The President attended a reception in the Roosevelt Room for Secretary of Transportation Drew L. Lewis, who is leaving office on February 1.
The President hosted a reception in the Residence for members of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
The White House announced that the President has invited Prime Minister J. Malcom Fraser of Australia to make an official working visit to the United States. The Prime Minister has accepted the invitation and will meet with the President in San Francisco, Calif., on March 5. Following the meeting and a working luncheon, the Prime Minister will travel to Washington, D.C., with the President for meetings with other administration officials.
January 29, 1983
In the evening, the President attended the Alfalfa Club dinner at the Capital Hilton Hotel.
January 31, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- bipartisan congressional leaders, including Senators Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, Howard H. Baker, Jr., of Tennessee, and Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, and Speaker of the House of Representatives Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr., and Representatives James C. Wright of Texas and Robert H. Michel of Illinois;
-- Members of Congress.
The President appointed Darrell M. Trent as Chairman of the U.S. Delegation to the United States -European Civil Aviation Conference Negotiations on Multilateral Pricing and announced his intention to nominate Mr. Trent for the rank of Ambassador. Mr. Trent is Deputy Secretary of Transportation and has served in that position for the last 2 years. He will continue with his present responsibilities at the Department of Transportation.
February 1, 1983
In the evening, the President attended a reception for the Eagles, Republican Party contributors, at the Organization of American States building.
February 2, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Cabinet, to receive a report from Secretary of Agriculture John R. Block on the agricultural credit outlook and commodity distribution, as well as a report on the Combined Federal Campaign.
The President met in the Oval Office with a group of six Afghans who were visiting the United States under the sponsorship of various private groups. They are meeting with private groups and with Members of Congress during their visit. The Afghans told the President of the Soviet atrocities in Afghanistan especially the massacre of 105 Afghan villagers in Lowgar Province in September. The group consisted on mir Ne’ Matollah Syyed Mortaza, Habib-Ur-Rehman Hashemi, and Gol-Mohammad, who are villagers from Lowgar Province, Omar Babrakzai, a former judge, Mohammad Suafoor Yousofzai, a resistance leader, and Farida Ahmadi, who was a medical student in Kabul.
The White House announced that the President and the Secretary of State George P. Shultz have asked Ambassador Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, U/S. Representative to the United Nations, to undertake a brief visit to Central America. She will visit capitals there as a followup to the President’s visit to the region in December 1982. From February 3 to February 12, she will visit Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, and Venezuela.
The President transmitted to the Congress the 14th annual report of the National Science Board and the first annual report of the Tourism Policy Council.
February 3, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
In an Oval Office ceremony, the Boy Scouts of America presented to the President its annual report to the Nation. The President also received his membership card as the honorary president of the organization.
In the evening, the President attended a reception in the Roosevelt Room for outgoing Secretary of Health and Human Services Richard S. Schweiker.
The White House announced that the President has invited Prime Minister Rudolphus Lubbers of the Netherlands to make an official working visit to the United States. The Prime Minister has accepted the invitation and will meet with the President at the White House on March 15.
The White House announced that at the request of Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser of Australia, the Prime Minister’s working visit to the United States and his meeting with the President, scheduled for March 5, have been canceled. The reason for the cancellation is that the Australians have scheduled elections on that date. The question of a future meeting of the President and the Prime Minister will be a subject of discussion between the two governments.
The President transmitted to the Congress the following reports:
-- the 1980 and 1981 annual reports of the National Advisory Council on Adult Education;
-- the 1981 annual report on pipeline safety;
-- the 1981 annual report of the Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services on their activities under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970;
-- the 1982 national housing production report.
February 4, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- participants in the Senate youth program;
-- Harry N. Walters, Administrator, and Everett Alvarez, Jr., Deputy Administrator, the Veterans Administration, Senators Strom Thurmond of South Carolina and Alan K. Simpson of Wyoming, Representatives Sonny Montgomery of Mississippi and John Paul Hammerschmidt of Arkansas, and leaders of veterans service organizations;
-- Senator Rudy Boschwitz of Minnesota.
In the afternoon, the President left the White House for a weekend stay at Camp David, Md.
February 5, 1983
The White House announced that the President has invited Premier Zhao Ziyang of China to make an official visit to the United State in 1983. The Premier has accepted the invitation and will meet with the President on a date to be mutually agreed upon.
February 6, 1983
The President returned to the White House from Camp David, Md.
The President celebrated his birthday with a group of friends at a private dinner in the Residence.
February 7, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- newly elected Republican members of the House of Representatives;
-- representatives of the flood victims in Monroe, La.
The White House announced that the appointment of Rita Lavelle as Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response of the Environmental Protection Agency was terminated today at the direction of the President.
February 8, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
February 9, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the President’s Commission on Strategic Forces and the Special Counselors to the Commission, to receive an interim report on the Commission’s work
The President declared a major disaster for the State of California as a result of severe storms, high tides, wave action, mudslides, and flooding beginning on January 21, which caused extensive property damage.
February 10, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs, to discuss regulations issued pursuant to the Davis-Bacon Act;
-- chief executive officers of businesses, to discuss economic policy and international trade.
February 11, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for a working luncheon.
February 14, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Representative Jack Kemp of New York, Jerry Lewis of California, C. W. Bill Young of Florida, and Mickey Edwards of Oklahoma, to discuss funding for the International Development Association.
In the evening, the President and Mrs. Reagan attended a dinner at the Washington residence of Senator and Mrs. Mark O. Hatfield of Oregon. Other guests included authors who had written about the Presidency.
February 15, 1983
The President met at the White House with: - members of the White House staff; - the Republican congressional leadership.
February 16, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff; a bipartisan group of Members of Congress, to discuss the Caribbean Basin Initiative;
-- a bipartisan group of Members of Congress, to discuss tuition tax credits.
February 17, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- a group of his foreign policy advisers;
-- Anne M. Gorsuch, Administrator of the Environment Protection Agency; - the Vice President, for lunch;
-- Harav Ovadia Yoseph, chief rabbi of Israel;
-- officials from New York City, the Urban Mass Transportation Administration, IBM, and the Vera Institute of Justice, to discuss Project Transport, a partnership between the public and private sectors to provide handicapped people with transportation to their jobs.
In the evening, the President hosted a reception in the Blue Room for State and local officials.
February 18, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
The White House announced that the President has invited Prime Minister Edward Philip George Seaga of Jamaica to the White House on February 22. The Prime Minister will receive the American Friendship Medal from Dr. Robert J. Miller, president of the Freedoms Foundation, at Valley Forge. Prior to the presentation, President Reagan and Prime Minister Seaga will meet to discuss issues of mutual interest.
The President previously met with Prime Minister in Kingston on April 7, 1982, and in Washington on January 28, 1981.
In the evening, the President attended the American Conservative Union dinner at the Sheraton Washington Hotel.
February 22, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Cabinet Council on Commerce and Trade, to discuss trade policy;
-- a bipartisan group of Members of Congress, to discuss proposed legislation to establish Radio Marti;
-- Representative Hamilton Fish, Jr., of New York.
The President hosted a reception in the Residence for members of Conservative Political Action Conference organizations.
February 23, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Israeli Ambassador to the United States Moshe Arens;
-- Mario Soare, Portuguese Socialist Party leader and vice president of Socialists International.
The President amended the major disaster declaration of February 9, for the State of California. The President’s action will permit the use of Federal Funds in relief and recovery efforts in certain areas of the State which suffered damages beginning on November 27, 1982.
February 24, 1983
The President met at the White house with: - members of the White House staff; - the Vice President, for lunch; -- the Cabinet Council on Natural Resources and Environment, to discuss natural gas deregulation legislation; - Representative Phil Gramm of Texas.
The President hosted a reception on the State Floor for members of the American Legion Women’s Auxiliary.
February 25, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the National Security Council.
February 28, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- Members of Congress;
-- members of the White House staff;
-- members of the National Governor’s Association.
The President left the White House and traveled to California, where he stayed for the remainder of the week. Upon arrival in California, the President went to Rancho del Cielo, his ranch near Santa Barbara.
March 1, 1983
The President and Mrs. Reagan went to Santa Barbara Airport in California for the official welcoming ceremony for Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip. Following the arrival ceremony, the Queen and Prince Philip went to Rancho del Cielo, the President and Mrs. Reagan’s ranch near Santa Barbara, for lunch. Plans for a welcoming reception at Santa Barbara Harbor and horseback riding at the ranch were canceled due to inclement weather.
The President transmitted to Congress a report on the railroad retirement system pursuant to the provisions of section 1126(a) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981.
The White House announced that the President has invited President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia to make an official working visit to the United States. President Kaunda has accepted the invitation and will meet with President Reagan at the White House on March 30.
The President transmitted a report to the Speaker of the House and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee concerning the late transmittals of certain international agreements.
March 2, 1983
The White House announced that the president has invited King Birendra of Nepal to make a state visit to the United States. His Majesty has accepted the invitation and will meet with the president in Washington during the fall.
March 3, 1983
The President left Rancho del Cielo, his ranch near Santa Barbara, Calif., for a trip to Los Angeles, where he addressed a luncheon meeting of the U.S. Olympic Committee. En route to Los Angeles, the President viewed from the helicopter the areas damaged by winds, rain, and tornadoes.
In the evening, the President and Mrs. Reagan hosted a dinner honoring Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Phillip at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco. The President and Mrs. Reagan remained overnight in San Francisco at the St. Francis Hotel.
March 4, 1983
The President went to the San Francisco Hilton in California, where he addressed a luncheon meeting of the Commonwealth Club.
In the afternoon, the President met in his suite at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco with Secretary of State George P. Shultz, Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger, and Secretary of the Treasury Donald T. Regan for a wide-ranging overview of foreign policy, including defense policy and international economics.
In the evening, the President and Mrs. Reagan left the St. Francis Hotel and went to Pier 50, where the Royal Yacht Britannia was moored in the San Francisco Harbor. They boarded the yacht for a dinner hosted by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Prince Phillip and a small party commemorating the Reagan’s 31st wedding anniversary, which followed the dinner. The President and Mrs. Reagan remained overnight on the Britannia as guests of the Queen.
March 7, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- representatives of the National Coalition for Peace Through Strength;
-- members of Congress and Mayors William B. Schaefer of Baltimore and George Voinovich of Cleveland, to discuss proposed enterprise zone employment and development legislation;
-- winners of the Annual Science Talent Search, sponsored by Westinghouse Corp.;
-- present and past officers of the National League of Cities.
The president transmitted to the Congress the third annual report of the Department of Education and the 16th annual report of the U.S.-Japan cooperative medical science program covering fiscal year 1982.
The President requested the Congress to provide an additional appropriation of $8.5 billion in fiscal year 1983 for increased U.S. participation in the International Monetary Fund. This request reflects decisions reached at recent meetings of the Interim Committee of the International Monetary Fund to increase the Fund’s resources. This increase is necessary to meet demands for temporary official balance-of-payments financing and to finance IMF member drawings on the Fund.
March 8, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger, to discuss the Defense Department's updated report, “Soviet Military Power”;
-- bipartisan congressional leaders, to discuss Central America.
The White House announced that the President has invited President Osvaldo Hurtado Larrea of Ecuador to make an official working visit to Washington, D.C. President Hurtado has accepted the invitation and will meet with President Reagan at the White House on April 8.
March 9, 1983
The President met at the White House with: -members of the White House staff; -Republican Members of Congress, to discuss pending Social Security and job programs legislation; - members of the National Federation of Republican Women; - Minister of Foreign Affairs Emilio Colombo of Italy.
March 10, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Ambassador Morton I. Abramowitz, U.S. Representative for Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions Negotiations;
-- Everett Ellis Briggs, U.S. Ambassador to Panama;
-- officers of the American Medical Association, to discuss health care legislation;
-- members of the House of Representatives, to discuss House approval of Social Security legislation;
-- Gen. Bernard W. Rogers, U.S. Army, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe.
In an Oval Office ceremony, the President participated in the presentation of the All-America Cities Awards to eight cities. The awards, sponsored by the Citizens Forum on Self-Government/National Municipal League, were presented to Mayors Louis D Belcher of Ann Arbor, Mich.; Charles B. Markham of Durham, N.C.; Henry Cisneros of San Antonio, Tex.; Gordon Bricken of Santa Ana, Calif.; Donna Born of Santa Rosa Calif.; Winfield Moses, Jr., of Fort Wayne, Ind.; Sue Harris of Salem, Oreg.; and Father Paul Goodland of Ames, Iowa.
The President hosted a reception on the State Floor for members of the National Newspaper Association.
March 11, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Republican sophomore Members of the House of Representatives;
-- leaders of the National Conference of State Legislatures.
The President left the White House for a weekend stay at Camp David, Md.
March 13, 1983
The President returned to the White House from Camp David.
March 14, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- a bipartisan group of Members of Congress, to discuss proposed crime control legislation;
-- Minister of Foreign Affairs Yitzhak Shamir of Israel, Secretary of State George P. Shultz, and Ambassador Phillip C. Habib, the President’s Special Representative for the Middle East;
-- state and local officials.
March 15, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Senate Majority Leader Howard H. Baker, Jr., and Senator Pete V. Domenici of New Mexico;
-- the Cabinet Council on Legal Policy, to discuss proposed crime control legislation;
-- the executive committee of the National Association of Attorneys General, to discuss proposed crime control legislation;
-- a bipartisan group of Members of the House of Representatives, to discuss the nuclear freeze resolution;
-- Reverend Jerry Falwell.
The White House announced that at the request of the president, the Vice President has accepted the invitation of the Canadian Government to make an official to Ottawa on March 23-24. The Vice President's visit will continue the consultations among NATO allies on international political, economic, and security issues. The visit will also provide an opportunity for the Vice President, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau of Canada, and other top officials to view the state of bilateral relations.
March 16, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Minister of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs Elie Salem of Lebanon;
-- Republican Members of Congress, to discuss proposed reorganization of Federal trade functions;
-- Attorney General William French Smith.
The president spent part of the afternoon horseback riding at the Park Service training facility at Rock Creek Park.
The president announced his intention to appoint Secretary of Housing and Urban development Samuel R. Pierce, Jr., as Chairman of the Interagency Committee for the Purchase of United States Savings Bonds of 2 years.
March 17, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
The president attended a St. Patrick's Day luncheon hosted by Speaker of the House of Representatives Thomas P O'Neill, Jr., at the capitol.
March 18, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Republican Members of the House of Representatives, to discuss a House budget proposal.
The president transmitted to the Congress the third annual report pursuant to the Power Plant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978.
The White House announced that the President has invited Prime Minister George C. Price of Belize to make an official working visit to the United States. The Prime Minister has accepted the invitation and will meet with the President at the White House on May 12th.
The President left the White House for a weekend stay at Camp David, Md.
March 20, 1983
The President returned to the White House from Camp David.
March 21, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- two separate groups of Republican Members of the House of Representatives, to discuss the fiscal year 1984 budget.
The President hosted a reception in the Residence for members of the National Republican Congressional Leadership Council.
The President appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services Margaret M. Heckler as a Governor of the Board of Governors of the American National Red Cross for a term of 3 years. She will succeed Richard S. Schweiker.
The White House announced that the President has invited Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman to make a state visit to the United States. The Sultan has accepted the invitation and will meet with the president at the White House on April 12.
The President requested the Congress to provide additional appropriations totaling $85 million in fiscal year 1983 for increased U.S. economic and security assistance to Central America. This request reflects a decision to provide $60 million for the Economic Support Fund, $20 million for the military assistance program, and $5 million for the functional development assistance program. These funds will be used to help Central American nations train their military forces and strengthen their economic and their national security.
March 22, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Republican congressional leaders;
-- members of the National Alliance of Business;
-- Republican Members of the House of Representatives, to discuss the fiscal year 1984 budget.
The President attended the fund raising reception for the Capitol Hill Club at the club building.
March 23, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Donald V. Seibert, chairman of the board, and William Aramony, executive director, United Way of America;
-- a group of supporters of the 1980 presidential campaign, for lunch;
-- the National Security Council.
The President requested the Congress to provide additional supplemental appropriations totaling $493 million in fiscal year 1983 for several key NATO-related defense initiatives. These initiatives include prepositioning of materiel and Europe, the U.S. share of host national support in the Federal Republic of Germany, and the continued production of the Pershing II missile. These supplemental appropriations would have no effect on the budget totals proposed by the President in January, because they were included in the 1984 puzzle as items to be transmitted separately later.
March 24, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- women Republican Members of Congress, to discuss matters of concern to women;
-- members of the Republican Hispanic Council, to discuss needs of the Hispanic community;
-- the Vice President, to discuss his recent visit to Canada;
-- the Cabinet, to discuss Federal personnel reform;
-- Matthew Huston, the 1983 Easter Seal Poster Child.
The President designated Senator John Tower of Texas as his representative to the Paris Air Show, scheduled to be held May 26 through June 5.
In the evening, the President attended the annual dinner of the Radio and Television Correspondents Association at the Washington Hilton Hotel.
March 25, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Governor Lamar Alexander of Tennessee;
-- leaders of the Young Republicans organization.
The President accepted, effective immediately, the resignations of John W. Hernandez as Deputy Administrator and John A. Todhunter, Assistant Administrator for Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Environmental Protection Agency.
March 26, 1983
In the evening, the President attended the annual Gridiron Dinner at the Capitol Hilton Hotel.
March 28, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- winners of the White House News Photographers Association contest;
-- leaders of the Morality in Media organization.
In the evening, the President and Mrs. Reagan, accompanied by Prince Albert and Princess Caroline of Monaco, went to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for a performance by the National Symphony Orchestra. Mrs. Reagan narrated Camille Saint-Saen’s “Carnival of the Animals” with verses of Ogden Nash.
March 29, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Cabinet, to discuss antitrust policies and Federal Government work space management reforms.
March 30, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
In the afternoon, the President left the White House for a visit to California during the Easter holiday. Upon arrival in California, the President went to the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, where he remained overnight. The following morning, the President went to Rancho del Cielo, his ranch near Santa Barbara.
March 31, 1983
The White House announced that the President has invited Prime Minister Robert Hawke of Australia to make an official working visit to Washington. The Prime Minister has accepted the invitation and will meet with the President at the White House on June 13.
April 3, 1983
The President returned to the White House from Santa Barbara, California.
April 4, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Joint Chiefs of staff.
The President attended a portion of the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn.
The President met in the Oval Office with James R. Bullington, U.S. Ambassador to Burundi, Wesley Egan, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau, John Melvin Yates, U.S. Ambassador to Cape Verde, and John Davis Lodge, U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, prior to their departure for their overseas posts.
April 5, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Christopher George Rush, the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s 1983 National Poster Child, the Rush family, Jerry Lewis, national chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and other officials of the association;
-- the Eisenhower fellows;
-- Rachel and Carl Rossow and their family, of Ellington, Conn.
The President announced the formation of a working group on handicapped policy under the Cabinet Council on Human Resources. The Council is chaired by Secretary of Health and Human Services Margaret M. Heckler. The working group will examine policy administered by agencies that have jurisdiction over programs that concern disabled citizens. The President expressed his desire that the working group develop policy toward the handicapped in ways that will encourage care for the handicapped within the context of the families and the community; promote integration of the handicapped into society, schools, and the workplace; and foster independence and dignity in the lives of handicapped persons.
The President transmitted to the Congress the 1982 report of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee and the annual report of the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Council on the Arts covering fiscal year 1982.
April 6, 1983
The President met at the White House with senators Pete V. Domenici, chairman, and Lawton Chiles, ranking minority member, Senate Budget Committee, to discuss the fiscal year 1984 budget.
The President and Mrs. Reagan attended a concert in the East Room featuring the Juilliard String Quartet and the Muir String Quartet. The program was the third performance of this season’s “In Performance at the White House” telecast, with violinist Itzhak Perlman as master of ceremonies. The concert was taped for later broadcast by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
The White House announced that the President has invited Chancellor Helmut Kohl of the Federal Republic of Germany to make an official working visit to Washington. The Chancellor has accepted the invitation and will meet with the President at the White House on April 15. The Chancellor also will be visiting in his capacity as President of the European Council.
April 7, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- a group of Republican Senators who are members of the Senate Class of 1980, for a breakfast meeting;
-- State and local officials;
-- the Cabinet Council on Natural Resources and the Environment, to discuss clean water policies and the cold slurry pipeline;
-- Archbishop Philip Saliba of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese.
The President had a luncheon meeting with the Vice President in the Oval Office. During lunch, Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt came into the Oval Office and was presented with a plaster foot with a hole in it by the President. The presentation was in connection with the controversy that stemmed from the Secretary's decision to ban “rock bands” from this year's Fourth of July festivities on the Mall in Washington, D.C. The Secretary’s decision banned a performance by The Beach Boys, who had performed in Fourth of July concerts in 1980 and 1981.
In an Oval Office ceremony, the President received diplomatic dentures from Ambassadors Mariano Baptista Gumucio of Bolivia, Benjamin W. Mkapa of Tanzania, Alvaro Gomez Hurtado of Colombia, Zhang Wenjin of the People's Republic of China, and Ali Salim Bader Al-Hinai of Oman.
In the evening, the President and Mrs. Reagan hosted a reception in the State Dining Room for the James S. Brady Presidential Foundation.
The President telephoned Ron Bricker, an unemployed steelworker from the Pittsburgh, Pa., area. Mr. Bricker had given his resume to the President on April 6, when the President visited the Control Data Institute’s training program in Pittsburgh. In the telephone conversation, the president informed Mr. Bricker that a job interview had been set up for him.
The White House announced that the President has invited President Felix Houphouet-Boigny of Ivory Coast to make a state visit to the United States. President Houphouet-Boigny has accepted the invitation and will meet with President Reagan at the White House on June 7.
April 8, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- women prisoners of war from World War II.
The White House announced that the President will meet with Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez Marquez of Spain at the White House on June 21. The Prime Minister's acceptance of the Presidents invitation to make an official working visit to the United States this June was announced on December 16, 1982.
The President left the White House for a weekend stay at Camp David, Md.
April 10, 1983
The President returned to the White House from Camp David.
April 11, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- representatives of the National Federation of Independent Unions;
-- Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina and members of his family.
The President received the “Report of the President's Commission on Strategic Forces” during a meeting with Commission members in the Roosevelt Room. Participants in the meeting included Brent Scowcroft, Chairman of the Commission, and several members and senior counselors to the Commission.
In an Oval Office ceremony, the President met with 19-year-old John S. Wiswall of Wilmington Del., this year’s Arthritis Foundation's poster child, and actress Victoria Principal, general chairman of the foundation. During the ceremony, the President signed a proclamation proclaiming May as National Arthritis Month. Senator Stephen D. Sims of Idaho, a sponsor of the Arthritis Month legislation, and his wife also attended the ceremony.
The White House announced that the President has invited Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau of Canada to make an official working visit to Washington to discuss preparations for the Williamsburg Economic Summit Conference. The Prime Minister has accepted the invitation and will meet with the President at the White House on April 28.
In the evening, the President attended a reception at the Corcoran Art Gallery for the Republican Senatorial Inner Circle, a group of Republican Party contributors.
April 12, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- a group of Democratic Members of the House of Representatives, to discuss the nuclear freeze proposal;
-- representatives of the financial community, to discuss the withholding tax on interest and dividends.
The President transmitted to the Congress the fiscal year 1984 budget of the District of Columbia.
The White House announced that the President telephoned President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt last night, April 11, to discuss the situation in the Middle East.
April 13, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Prime Minister Premadasa of Sri Lanka;
-- representatives of the financial community, to discuss the withholding tax on interest and dividends.
The President spent part of the afternoon horseback riding at the Park Service training facility at Rock Creek Park.
April 14, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Yun Song Min, Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Korea;
-- the National Security Council;
-- representatives of the business community and the banking industry, to discuss withholding tax on interest and dividends;
-- the Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs, to discuss general revenue sharing.
The White House announced that the President has invited the President of the Commission of the European Communities, Gaston Thorn, to make an official working visit to Washington to discuss the Williamsburg Economic Summit Conference and other issues. President Thorn has accepted the invitation and will meet with President Reagan at the White House on April 21.
April 15, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Butrus Butrus Ghali, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Egypt.
The President left the White House for a weekend stay at Camp David, Md.
April 16, 1983
The President declared a major disaster for the State of Mississippi as a result of severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding, beginning on or about April 1, which caused extensive property damage.
April 17, 1983
The President returned to the White House from Camp David, Md.
April 18, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Cabinet, to discuss the fiscal year 1984 budget.
In the evening, the President attended a concert by Frank Sinatra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
April 19, 1983
The President met at the White House with: - members of the White House staff; - representatives of health care groups, to discuss private sector initiatives.
The President attended a White House reception for representatives of The Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO.
April 20, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the President's Economic Policy Advisory Board.
The President participated in a ceremony in the Cabinet Room to announce a commemorative postage stamp in recognition of voluntarism.
The President declared a major disaster for the State of Louisiana as a result of severe storms and flooding, beginning on or about April 1, which caused extensive property damage.
The White House announced that the President asked the Congress to consider requests for supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1983 in the amount of $841.4 million and amended appropriations requests for fiscal year 1984 totaling $3209.7 million. Included in these requests are an increase of $220 million in 1984 in military sales credit to Greece to help provide for the modernization and training of the Greek Armed Forces, $3.1 billion in 1984 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development to fund the subsidized housing program, $132 million in 1983 and $120 million in 1984 for the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund to meet increased benefit and interest costs, and $615 million in 1983 for advances to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund to pay for the extension of the federal supplemental compensation program. He also transmitted reductions to requests for appropriations for fiscal year 1984 by a total of $587.4 million to offset in part the fiscal year 1983 appropriations increases is included in title I of Public Law 98-8, the employment bill. These reductions are part of the President's policy to minimize the impact of this bill on the multiyear budget deficit.
April 21, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Cabinet, to discuss reports by the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control in the Federal Government, reorganization authority, immigration legislation, paperwork reduction, and health care for the unemployed.
The President transmitted to the Congress the fiscal year 1982 annual report of the Administration on Aging of the Department of Health and Human Services.
April 22, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
The President attended a White House reception for the National Advisory Council of the Small Business Administration.
April 23, 1983
In the evening, the President attended the White House Correspondents Association dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel.
April 25, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
The White House announced that the President designated Richard McCormack, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. He will succeed Robert D. Hormats.
April 26, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- representatives Robert H. Michel of Illinois, Edward P. Boland of Massachusetts, J. Kenneth Robinson of Virginia, Clement J. Zablocki of Wisconsin, Romano L. Mazzoli of Kentucky, and Dave McCurdy of Oklahoma, members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to discuss Central American policy;
-- Governor John Sununu of New Hampshire.
April 27, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
April 28, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Cabinet, to discuss paperwork reduction, Federal procurement policy, and reorganization authority.
The President transmitted to the Congress the 17th annual report of the National Endowment for the Humanities covering fiscal year 1982.
April 29, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the National Security Council.
The President met in the Old Executive Office Building with a group of noncareer senior executives who were attending the White House Management Conference.
The President designated Edwin J. Gray as Chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, effective May 1.
In the afternoon, the President left the White House for a trip to Houston, Tex.
The White House announced that the President has invited Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to make an official working visit to Washington to discuss preparations for the Williamsburg Economic Summit Conference. The Prime Minister has accepted the invitation and will meet with the President at the White House on May 27.
May 1, 1983
The President visited the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
May 2, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- members of the International Private Enterprise Task Force;
-- Senator William Roth, Jr., of Delaware and Representative Connie Mack of Florida, who presented him with letters of support, signed by Senators and Representatives, for the third year of the Federal tax cut.
The White House announced that the President has declared a major disaster for the State of Utah as a result of severe storms, landslides, and flooding, beginning on or about April 12, which caused extensive property damage.
The White House announced that the President has declared a major disaster for U.S. Virgin Islands as a result of severe storms, landslides, and flooding, beginning on or about April 17 which caused extensive property damage.
The President transmitted to the Congress the 1982 annual report of the Federal Council on the Aging.
May 3, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Republican congressional leaders, to discuss the MX missile, Central America, and the fiscal year 1984 budget;
-- Minister of Foreign Affairs Lee Bum Suk of the Republic of Korea;
-- the Cabinet Council on Human Resources, to discuss administration support for historically black colleges and universities.
The President and Mrs. Reagan hosted a reception on the State Floor for the chiefs of diplomatic missions.
The President requested the Congress to provide additional appropriations for executive branch agencies totaling $121.1 million in fiscal year 1983. Included in this request for funds to provide for the renovation of the exterior with the Vice President’s residence, additional security assistance for Egypt, the repurchase of two health maintenance organization loan defaults as required by law, and the expansion of an atomic weapons plant in Florida. This proposal also included requests of $73 million in 1983 and $1.4 million in 1984 for the legislative branch and the judiciary.
May 4, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff; - Derek Whittenburg and Sidney Lowe, Washington, D.C., members of the North Carolina State national college basketball championship team;
-- Patricia Just Long, Handicapped American of the Year, and Harold Russell, Chairman of the President's Committee on Employment for the Handicapped.
May 5, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Members of Congress;
-- Mrs. Barney Clark, wife of the first patient to receive an artificial heart.
The White House announced that the President has invited Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone of Japan to make an official working visit to Washington to discuss preparations for the Williamsburg Economic Summit Conference. The Prime Minister has accepted the invitation and will meet with the President at the White House on May 27.
The President left the White House for a trip to Texas, Arizona, California, and Ohio.
The President declared a major disaster for the State of California as a result of an earthquake occurring on May 2, which caused extensive property damage.
May 7, 1983
The White House announced that the President called President Amin Gemayel of Lebanon to express the hope that the Cabinet and Parliament would soon approve the agreements with Israel.
May 9, 1983
The White House announced that the President has invited Prime Minister Amintore Fanfani of Italy to make an official working visit to Washington to discuss preparations for the Williamsburg Economic Summit Conference. The Prime Minister has accepted the invitation and will meet with the President at the White House on May 26.
May 10, 1983
The President returned to the White House following the trip to Texas, Arizona, California, and Ohio.
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the National Security Council;
-- a bipartisan group of Members of the House of Representatives, to discuss the MX missile.
The President announced his intention to appoint Angela M. Buchanan, Treasurer of the United States, to be Chairperson of the Interagency Committee on Women’s Business Enterprise. She will succeed Rilla Moran Woods.
May 11, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- John Cardinal Krol, Archbishop of Philadelphia, to discuss the situation in Poland;
-- members of Congress, to discuss the MX missile; the Vice President, Secretary of State George P. Schultz, and members of the White House staff, to discuss the Secretary's trip to the Middle East;
-- a bipartisan group of Members of the House of Representatives, to discuss the MX missile.
The White House announced that the President has invited President Francois Mitterrand of France to meet with him prior to the opening of the Williamsburg Economic Summit Conference. The President has accepted the invitation and will meet with President Reagan in Williamsburg, Va., in May.
May 12, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- J. Peter Grace, Chairman of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control in the Federal Government;
-- the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, to receive the Board's annual report;
-- Ambassador Paul H. Nitze, U.S. Representative to the Intermediate Range Nuclear Force negotiations;
-- the Cabinet.
The President attended a reception in the Rose Garden for the White House fellows.
The White House announced that the President and Mrs. Reagan wrote a letter to Mrs. Billy Carol Hall of Walnut, Miss., on May 11th, concerning the death of her son, Brandon, the recipient of two liver transplants.
The President announced his intention to nominate Daniel G. Amstutz to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation. He would succeed Seeley Lodwick. Mr. Amstutz will continue to serve as Under Secretary of Agriculture for International Affairs and Commodity Programs.
May 13, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- a bipartisan group of Members of the House of Representatives, to discuss the MX missile;
-- Senator Mack Mattingly of Georgia, to discuss the fiscal year 1984 budget and the Nation’s economy;
-- Father Virgil Blum of the Catholic League of America, who presented the President with the Pope John Paul II Award for Religious Freedom;
-- Lane Kirkland, president of the AFL-CIO, and members of the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development to discuss the Williamsburg Economic Summit Conference.
The President left the White House for a weekend stay at Camp David, Md.
May 15, 1983
The President returned to the White House following a weekend stay at Camp David.
May 16, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Crown Prince Hassan of Jordan;
-- Joan Benoit, female winner of the Boston Marathon.
The White House announced that at the request of the President, the Vice President, accompanied by Mrs. Bush, will travel to Great Britain, West Germany, and countries of Northern Europe between June 23 and July 7. The Vice President will begin his trip by visiting London, to address the European Democratic Union and to confer with British Government leaders. Following London, he will visit Krefeld, West Germany, on June 25, for the commemoration of the Tricentennial Anniversary Year of German Settlement in America. The Vice President will then visit Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Ireland, and Iceland at the invitation of the respective governments. During his visits to Norway, Denmark, and Iceland, the Vice President will extend to those NATO allies the consultations begun during his January European Tour on political, economic, and security issues facing the alliance. The Vice President's trip also will reaffirm the close U.S. relations with the important neutral countries of Northern Europe.
May 17, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Republican congressional leadership;
-- Members of Congress.
The President requested that Congress provide additional appropriations totaling $196.7 million in fiscal year 1983 and a reduction to the request for appropriations for fiscal year 1984 and the amount of $946,000. Included in this request are funds for necessary increases in various activities of the Department of Justice ($16.9 million), funds to complete construction of a new U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, and cover the interim costs of housing the Embassy staff until the new Embassy is ready ($30.2 million), and funds to enable the Small Business Administration to purchase defaulted government guaranteed loans and to replenish the capital of the SBA's Business Loan and Investment Fund ($152 million). Also included in this request are requests for the Departments of Commerce, Defense, Health and Human Services, and the Board for International Broadcasting.
May 18, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Cabinet, for an update on the fiscal year 1984 budget outlook;
-- the National Security Council;
-- a bipartisan group of Members of the House of Representatives, to discuss the MX missile.
May 19, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the bipartisan congressional leadership, to discuss foreign policy issues, including Central America, and the MX missiles;
-- the Vice President, for lunch;
-- the Cabinet Council on Legal Policy, to discuss legislation concerning individuals affected by Agent Orange, asbestos, and other toxic substances.
The President transmitted to the Congress the annual report of the Commodity Credit Corporation, for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1982.
The President announced his intention to designate Van Dyck Hubbard and Margaret P. Scott as Cochairmen of the Peace Corps Advisory Council.
May 20, 1983
In the morning, the President left the White House and went to Miami, Fla., to attend a Cuban Independence Day celebration. He returned to the White House later in the afternoon.
In the evening, the president went to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for a tribute to Bob Hope and honor of the comedian's 80th birthday.
May 22, 1983
The President returned to the White House from Camp David, Md.
May 23, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Brent Scowcroft, Chairman of the President's Commission on Strategic Forces;
-- representatives of State and municipal leagues;
-- handicapped Girl Scouts from El Cajon, Calif.
The President hosted a dinner in the Residence for a bipartisan group of Members of the House of Representatives.
The White House announced that the President requested that Congress provide additional appropriations totaling $1.3 billion in budget authority and $5 billion in authority to guarantee loans in fiscal year 1983 and $45.5 million in budget authority in fiscal year 1984. Included in the report 1983 request is $1.3 billion to reimburse the Social Security Trust Funds for the costs and associated interest expense of unnegotiated social security checks as authorized by Public Law 98-21 and $5 billion in loan guarantee authority for the Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide the Federal Housing Administration additional authority to ensure housing loans. This additional authority is needed to handle the increased demand for FHA-insured loans resulting from the improved housing market. This transmittal also includes $47.5 million in 1984 to provide for the construction of facilities to produce a new 155 millimeter artillery shell in 1983 and 1984 appropriation requests from the legislative branch.
May 24, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- recent Presidential appointees;
-- former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, to discuss his recent trips abroad;
-- the Cabinet, to discuss women's issues.
The President transmitted to the Congress the 1982 annual report on the operation of the Alaska Railroad.
May 25, 1983
Throughout the day, the President met with administrative officials and members of the White House to discuss the Williamsburg Economic Summit Conference.
The White House announced that the President has invited Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to meet with him prior to the opening of the Williamsburg Economic Summit Conference. The Prime Minister has accepted the invitation and will meet with the President to discuss the summit on May 28 in Williamsburg, Va.
May 26, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- administration officials and members of the White House staff, to discuss the Williamsburg Economic Summit Conference.
The President spoke by telephone with the parents of Lt. Comdr. Albert A. Schaufelberger III, to express his condolences on the death of their son, who was shot and killed in San Salvador, El Salvador, on May 25.
The White House announced that the President requested the Congress to provide an additional appropriation of $564,000 in fiscal year 1983 for the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. This request would provide communication links between Geneva, Switzerland, and Washington, D.C., to support negotiation activities at the Intermediate-range Nuclear Force negotiations and Strategic Arms Reduction Talks in Geneva.
May 27, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
The President left the White House and traveled to Williamsburg, Va., to participate in the Williamsburg Economic Summit Conference.
May 28, 1983
In the morning, the President had a breakfast meeting at Providence Hall with White House staff and Cabinet members. He later took a brief tour of various sites of Colonial Williamsburg.
In the afternoon, the President went to the Governor's Palace for a series of arrival ceremonies for each summit leader. Following each arrival ceremony in front of the Palace, the President escorted the leader inside for a brief meeting and then to the rear entrance adjoining the Palace Garden for departure for his or her respective accommodations in Williamsburg. The leaders arrived in the following order: President Gaston Thorn of the European Communities, Prime Minister Amintore Fanfafi of Italy, Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone of Japan, Chancellor Helmut Kohl of the Federal Republic of Germany, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau of Canada, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom, and President Francois Mitterrand of France.
Later in the afternoon, the President and members of the U.S. delegation met with President Francois Mitterrand of France and members of the French delegation in the garden of Providence Hall. The two Presidents announced that President Mitterrand will make a state visit to the United States early in 1984.
The President then met with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of United Kingdom in the garden of Providence Hall.
In the evening, the President hosted a reception and dinner at Carter's Grove Plantation for the heads of delegations, the foreign and finance ministers, and the personal representatives. He then returned to Providence Hall, where he stayed during his visit to Williamsburg.
The White House announced that the President has instructed his staff to be available for consultations with the staff of the National Education Association (NEA) to explore the possibility of a meeting between the president and Willard McGuire, president of the NEA. Mr. McGuire had requested the opportunity to meet with the President to discuss merit pay for teachers.
May 29, 1983
Following breakfast at Providence Hall, the President met with members of the White House staff. He then went to the Bruton Parish Church, where he was met by the Reverend Cotesworth P. Louis. The President and Reverend Lewis greeted President Gaston Thorn of the European Communities, Prime Minister Amintore Fanfani of Italy, Chancellor Helmut Kohl of the Federal Republic of Germany, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau of Canada, and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom at the church, where they attended a Prayer for Peace service.
The leaders then went to the Capitol Building and were joined by President Francois Mitterrand of France and Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone of Japan for the first plenary session of the summit. Following the session, the leaders walked to the Raleigh Tavern for lunch. From there they went to the Williamsburg Inn, where they were joined by their ministers for the second session in the East Lounge.
In the evening, the President hosted a reception in the Palace Garden and a dinner in the Ballroom at the Governor's Palace for the heads of delegations and their foreign and finance ministers. He then returned to Providence Hall.
May 30, 1983
Following a breakfast meeting at Providence Hall with Secretaries Shultz and Regan and members of the White House staff, the President walked to the Williamsburg Inn, where he joined the heads of delegations and their ministers for a summit session in the East Lounge. The heads of delegations then went to Bassett Hall for a luncheon in the garden.
In the afternoon, the President and the other heads of delegations - except Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom, who returned to London the previous evening -- went to the International Press Briefing Center at the College of William and Mary. The President read the Williamsburg Declaration on Economic Recovery on behalf of the summit participants.
The President left the College of William and Mary and returned to Providence Hall, where he met with Chancellor Helmut Kohl of the Federal Republic of Germany.
In the evening, the President and Mrs. Reagan hosted a reception and dinner at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center for the heads of delegations and guests. Following the dinner, they returned to Providence Hall.
May 31, 1983
The President and Mrs. Reagan went to the Williamsburg Inn for separate departure ceremonies for Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone of Japan, Prime Minister Armintore Fanfani of Italy, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau of Canada, and President Gaston Thorn of the European Communities. President Francois Mitterrand of France and Chancellor Helmut Kohl of the Federal Republic of Germany had returned to their countries on the previous evening.
Following the departure ceremonies, the President and Mrs. Reagan returned to Providence Hall. The President was interviewed by eight foreign and American journalists. He then went outside to address the summit task force employees, volunteers, and Colonial Williamsburg employees, before leaving Williamsburg and returning to Washington D.C.
June 1, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Cabinet, to discuss women's issues.
The President met in the Oval Office with Dr. Jerome H. Holland, chairman, and Dr. Richard Schubert, president, American National Red Cross. The Red Cross is conducting a $12 million fundraising drive, and the President presented the officials with a personal check.
The President met in the Oval Office with the Vice President, Secretary of State George P. Shultz, Ambassador Edward L. Rowny, Special Representative for Negotiations, and Kenneth L. Adelman, Director, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and members of the White House staff. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the resumption of the strategic arms reduction talks (START) in Geneva, scheduled for June 8.
The President declared a major disaster for the State of Mississippi as a result of severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding, beginning on or about May 18, which caused extensive property damage.
June 2, 1983
In the morning, the President attended memorial services at the Navy Chapel for Joseph R. Holmes, who was a member of the White House staff and coordinator of White House audiovisual services.
The President left the White House and went to Camp David, Md., for the remainder of the week.
June 3, 1983
The White House announced that the President has invited the President Alvaro Alfredo Magana Borja of El Salvador to make an official working visit to Washington. President Magana has accepted the invitation and will meet with President Reagan at the White House on June 17.
June 5, 1983
The President returned to the White House from Camp David, Md.
June 6, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- leaders of the Business-Higher Education Forum, who presented their report, “America's Competitive Challenge;”
-- Paul A. Volcker, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
The White House announced that the President has accepted the invitation of President Miguel de la Madrid of Mexico for a meeting in Mexico. The meeting will take place in the city in one of the northern Mexican States in August.
The President and Mrs. Reagan attended the videotaping of the fourth and final program of “In Performance at the White House,” on the South lawn of the White House. The concert, hosted by violinist Itzhak Perlman and singers Mary Martin and John Raitt, featured young artists performing works from the American musical theater.
June 7, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the National Security Council, to discuss arms control;
-- a bipartisan group of members of the House of Representatives, to discuss arms control;
-- a bipartisan group of Senators, to discuss arms control.
The President declared a major disaster for the State of Illinois as a result of severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding, beginning on March 28, which caused extensive property damage.
June 8, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Minister of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs Elie Salem of Lebanon;
-- the bipartisan congressional leadership, to discuss the Williamsburg Economic Summit Conference and arms control;
-- officials in national education organizations, for a luncheon meeting;
-- the Cabinet Council on Management and Administration, to discuss Federal employees health and safety and cash management of Federal funds in State accounts.
The President and Mrs. Reagan attended the second videotaping of the Public Broadcasting Service fourth and final program of “In Performance at the White House,” on the South Lawn of the White House. The June 6 taping had been interrupted by thunderstorms.
The president transmitted to the Congress the annual report of the corporation for public broadcasting covering fiscal year 1982.
June 9, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Deane R. Hinton, former U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador.
The President announced the appointment of T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr., Assistant Counsellor to the President, as a member of the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States. The President also designated as Vice Chairman Mark S. Fowler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
The President requested the Congress to provide the Department of Health and Human Services authority to transfer, from other programs, up to $12 million in 1983 and 1984 to support additional activities to combat Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
June 10, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the National Security Council;
-- members of the Bipartisan Roundtable, for a luncheon meeting, to discuss capital formation.
The President spoke by telephone with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom to congratulate her on the Parliamentary election results for the Conservative Party.
The President declared a major disaster for the State of Oklahoma as a result of severe storms and flooding, beginning on May 14, which caused extensive damage.
The President left the White House for a weekend stay at Camp David, Md.
June 12, 1983
The President returned to the White House from Camp David.
June 13, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Cabinet Council on Human Resources, to discuss food stamp reform;
-- members of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee of House Appropriations Committee, to discuss foreign assistance legislation.
June 14, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Members of Congress.
The President left the White House for a trip to Knoxville, Tenn., in Albuquerque, N. Mex.
June 15, 1983
The White House announced that the President has invited Sheikh Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa Amir of Bahrain, to make a state visit to the United States. The Sheikh has accepted the invitation and will meet with the president at the White House on July 19.
June 16, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Vice President, for lunch.
The President attended a meeting of the National Security Council in the Old Executive Office Building.
The President met in the Oval Office with leaders of the United Negro College Fund. The ceremony marked the kick-off of the Fund’s 1983 corporate campaign.
In an Oval Office ceremony, the President received diplomatic credentials from Ambassadors Gabriel Manueco de Lecea of Spain, Abdallah Bouhabib of Lebanon, Jose Antonio Jarquin Toledo of Nicaragua, Guy-Landry Hazoume of Benin, and Richard Burtil Mueller of Finland.
The President transmitted to the Congress the fiscal year 1982 annual report of the Rehabilitation Services Administration.
June 17, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
The President met in the Old Executive Office Building with members of the board of directors of the Knights of Columbus.
In the afternoon, the President left the White House for a weekend stay at Camp David, Md.
June 19, 1983
The President returned to the White House from Camp David, Md.
June 20, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Ambassador Philip C. Habib, the President’s Special Representative for the Middle East;
-- Ambassador Richard B. Stone, Special Representative of the President to Central America;
-- Gregory Karam, an air traffic controller from Cincinnati, Ohio, and Capt. James Gibson, a pilot for Reeve Aleutian Airways to recognize them for their professionalism in meeting recent emergency situations;
-- the Cabinet Council on Management and Administration, to discuss Federal workspace manager and Federal field structure;
-- the graduating class of the Congressional Page School.
The White House announced that the President has invited President Amin Gemayel of Lebanon to make an official working visit to Washington. President Gemayel has accepted the invitation and will meet with President Reagan at the White House on July 22.
The President requested the Congress to provide an additional appropriation of $20.5 million in fiscal year 1983 for the Department of the Interior to pay a settlement to the Papago Indian Tribe in Arizona. This settlement is required by the Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement of 1982. The President also requested a total of $430.5 million in 1984 for the following purposes: $131.5 million for the Department of Justice to establish and support and new criminal justice assistance program, support asbestos litigation, house some Federal prisoners in non-Federal prisons to reduce overcrowding, and continue the pilot U.S. Trustees program through March 31, 1984; $33.5 million for energy activities to carry out provisions of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982; And $265.5 million for the Environmental Protection Agency to accelerate the process of cleaning up hazardous waste disposal sites and for the Agency’s regulatory, enforcement, and research programs.
June 21, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- Republican congressional leaders, to discuss the Nation's economy and the fiscal year 1984 budget;
-- the Cabinet Councils on Food and Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Environment, to discuss the agricultural payment-in-kind program and synthetic fuels production;
-- Jim Knaub, winner of the wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon.
The White House announced that the President has invited Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel to make an official working visit to Washington. The Prime Minister has accepted the invitation and will meet with the President at the White House on July 27.
The White House announced that the President has asked the Congress to consider proposed reductions in 1983 budget authority for the District of Columbia in the amount of $23,853,900. This reduction is in District of Columbia funds and does not affect the Federal budget.
June 22, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- members of the Presidential Commission on the Conduct of United States-Japan Relations;
-- the Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs, to discuss housing and sale lease-back arrangements.
The White House announced that the President would telephone the heads of the Los Angeles Times and U.S. News & World Report to express regret over the deaths of Dial Torgerson and Richard Cross, the American journalists slain in Honduras on June 21. It was also announced that the President would communicate with the families of the journalists.
June 24, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- a bipartisan group of Members of the House of Representatives, to discuss the situation in Central America;
-- key supporters of the 1980 presidential campaign, for lunch.
June 27, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- John Cardinal Krol, Archbishop of Philadelphia, to discuss the Cardinal’s visit to Poland with Pope John Paul II.
The White House announced that consistent with its responsibilities, the Department of Justice is monitoring the development of information with respect to allegations concerning certain briefing materials that the 1980 Reagan campaign organization may have received from the Carter campaign or the Carter administration. The President has asked the Department to ensure that this monitoring is pursued vigorously and that if evidence of illegality is produced, appropriate further action be taken promptly. He has asked that anyone with information related to the allegations provide such information to the Justice Department immediately.
Pursuant to the requirements of section 403© of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, the President transmitted to Congress the fourth annual report describing Federal actions with respect to the conservation and use of petroleum and natural gas in Federal facilities and conservation of petroleum and natural gas by recipients of Federal assistance.
June 28, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- a group of former Secretaries of the Treasury, including John Snyder, C. Douglas Dillon, Henry H. Fowler, Joseph W. Barr, David M Kennedy, and G. William Miller.
June 29, 1983
In the morning, the President left the White House for visits to Kentucky, Kansas, and California.
June 30, 1983
The President met with photographer Ansel Adams during his stay at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Santa Monica Ca.
July 1, 1983
The White House announced that the meeting between President Reagan and president Miguel de la Madrid of Mexico, which was announced on June 6 will be held in La Paz, Baja California, Mexico on August 14.
The President declared a major disaster for the States of Arizona and California as a result of flooding, beginning on or about June 20, which caused extensive damage.
July 2, 1983
The White House announced that Secretary of State George P. Shultz called the President in the morning to report on and discuss his current talks in South Asia, as well as the status of matters in the Middle East. Based upon these talks, the President directed Secretary Shultz to make an effort to stop in the Middle East before returning to the United States.
July 6, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
July 7, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Ambassador Richard B. Stone, Special Representative of the President to Central America, prior to departure for a visit to that region;
-- a group of former special agents in charge of the White House Secret Service detail;
-- the Cabinet Council on Human Resources, to discuss a report on urban conditions;
-- Lewis Glaser, who prepares quill pens for the U.S. Supreme Court;
-- Mrs. Delores Ballachino, a pen pal of the President's since 1941, and her family.
The President presented the Paul Boucher Award to Lawrence Cresce, Assistant Inspector General of Investigations, Department of Transportation. The award was created by the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency in memory of the Inspector General of the Small Business Administration. The ceremony took place in the Roosevelt Room at the White House.
The President transmitted to the Congress the 18th annual report on the status of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
The White House announced that the President telephoned the Vice President upon his return from his trip to Europe. The Vice President was at his residence in Kennebunkport, Maine, at the time of the conversation. The President expressed ``the deep appreciation of the Nation for a job well done'' and told the Vice President he looked forward to meeting with him to be briefed on the results of his trip early next week. ``You carried our banner well and made us all proud,'' the President said.
July 8, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the National Security Council;
-- the President's Commission on Strategic Forces, to discuss progress made in implementing recommendations in the Commission's report;
-- Secretary of State George P. Shultz and members of the White House staff, to discuss the Secretary's recent trip to South Asia and the Middle East.
The President spoke by telephone with Annette Baily Gossett, whose 10-month-old daughter, Ashley, was awaiting a liver transplant in Minneapolis, Minn.
The President spoke by telephone from Camp David, Md., to a fundraising dinner for Senator Bob Kasten in Milwaukee, Wis., and a job-a-thon held by KGAN - TV in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
July 10, 1983
The President returned to the White House from Camp David.
July 11, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- A. W. Clausen, Chairman of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), to discuss financial matters, including the International Development Association and the International Monetary Fund;
-- Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher of the Federal Republic of Germany, who reported on German Chancellor Helmut Kohl's meeting in the Soviet Union with President Yuriy V. Andropov.
The President met in the afternoon with Richard G. Darman, Assistant to the President and Deputy to the Chief of Staff, and Fred F. Fielding, Counsel to the President. The President reviewed a letter from Mr. Fielding to Donald J. Albosta, chairman of the congressional subcommittee that is investigating the possible unauthorized acquisition of Carter White House or campaign materials by the Reagan campaign. Mr. Fielding prepared the letter at the President's request, in response to Chairman Albosta's letter to the President dated June 29. In the meeting, the President instructed that procedures be worked out between the Department of Justice and the subcommittee to provide the subcommittee with access to materials to assist in its investigation, while ensuring the integrity of the Justice Department's investigation.
In the evening, the President went to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for a concert in observance of the 180th anniversary of the Marine Band.
July 12, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Republican congressional leadership, to discuss the Middle East, Central America, and arms control;
-- the National Security Council;
-- Alejandro Orfila, Secretary General of the Organization of American States;
-- the Cabinet Council on Commerce and Trade, to discuss an independent study of the 700 Government-owned laboratories and how the Federal Government can more efficiently utilize research from these laboratories;
-- a group of religious leaders who support a constitutional amendment for school prayer;
-- Representative Guy V. Molinari of New York, to discuss the National Children's Liver Disease Awareness Week proclamation;
-- Representative Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., of South Carolina, and the poster child for the Allergy and Asthma Foundation of America;
-- Senator Richard G. Lugar of Indiana and John T. Roberts, the new president of Kiwanis International;
-- Senator Jeremiah Denton of Alabama and America's Junior Miss for 1983.
In an Oval Office ceremony, the President received diplomatic credentials from Ambassadors Gerhard Herder of the German Democratic Republic, Meir Rosenne of Israel, Celso Pastor de la Torre of Peru, Giovinella Gonthier of the Seychelles, and Paul Peters of Luxembourg.
The White House announced that the President will include visits to the Philippines and Thailand in his November trip to East Asia, at the invitation of those Governments. In Manila, the President will meet with President Ferdinand E. Marcos. In Bangkok, he will be the guest of the King and Queen and will meet with Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda. As announced on June 27, the President also will visit Indonesia, Japan, and the Republic of Korea. Mrs. Reagan will accompany the President on the trip.
July 13, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Lee Iacocca, chairman of the Chrysler Corp.;
-- Representatives Robert H. Michel of Illinois, Trent Lott of Mississippi, and Phil Gramm of Texas, who presented the President with a letter, signed by 146 Members of Congress, stating their support of Presidential vetoes of certain appropriations and authorization bills that materially exceed the administration's 1984 budget;
-- Secretary of State George P. Shultz and Ambassador Max Kampelman, to discuss the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, prior to Ambassador Kampelman's return to Madrid for the continuation of the talks.
The President requested the Congress to provide an additional appropriation of $118 million in fiscal year 1983 for the Department of Agriculture for child nutrition programs. This increase reflects a higher level of participation in the program. The President also requested 1983 appropriation language for the Veterans Administration to increase the limitation of travel expenses in the medical care program and appropriations in 1984 to repay debts to the Treasury for the Federal Railroad Administration. Included in the transmittal is a request for $1.2 million for the office of the Architect of the Capitol in the legislative branch.
July 14, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- a group of Republican Members of the House of Representatives, to discuss the International Monetary Fund;
-- the Vice President;
-- the Cabinet;
-- a group of Republican Members of the House of Representatives, to discuss the International Monetary Fund;
-- Sir Geoffrey Howe, Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom;
-- representatives of the National Radio Broadcasters Association, who presented the President with an award
In the evening, the President hosted a dinner in the Residence for members of the President's Commission on Strategic Forces and their spouses.
July 15, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- a group of his foreign policy advisers;
-- members of the Business Roundtable.
In the afternoon, the President left the White House for a weekend stay at Camp David, Md.
The White House announced that the President accepted the resignation of Lilla Tower as Director of the Institute of Museum Services, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, effective July 19.
July 17, 1983
The President returned to the White House from Camp David, Md.
The President spoke by telephone with former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger to discuss the Chairmanship of the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America.
July 18, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- former Deputy Secretary of State Walter J. Stoessel, Jr., to discuss human rights.
July 19, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- representatives of education organizations.
The President spoke by telephone to the National Association of Counties meeting in Milwaukee, Wis.
The White House announced that the President has invited President Abdou Diouf of Senegal to make an official working visit to the White House. President Diouf has accepted the invitation and will meet with President Reagan at the White House on August 10.
The President requested the Congress to provide an additional appropriation of $484,000 in fiscal year 1983 and $2.2 million in fiscal year 1984 for the Department of the Interior to pursue the collection of assessed penalties and alternative enforcement actions against violators of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. The President also requested $57.4 million in fiscal year 1984 for the Veterans Administration to provide funds to conduct the Agent Orange epidemiological study.
July 20, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- representatives of private sector and Jewish organizations, to discuss Central America;
-- the President's Economic Policy Advisory Board.
The White House announced that the President has invited President Antonio dos Santos Ramalho Eanes of Portugal to make a state visit to the United States. President Eanes has accepted the invitation and will meet with President Reagan at the White House on September 15.
July 21, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Vice President, for lunch;
-- Dr. DeWayne Piehl and Mrs. Jackie Middleton, Multiple Sclerosis Mother and Father of the Year;
-- Ambassador Paul H. Nitze, U.S. Representative to the Intermediate-range Nuclear Force negotiations, and Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs William P. Clark;
-- the Cabinet Council on Natural Resources and the Environment, to discuss timber defaults in the northeast United States;
-- the Cabinet Council on Food and Agriculture, to discuss the agricultural payment-in-kind program.
July 22, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
July 23, 1983
The President and Mrs. Reagan attended funeral services at St. Matthew's Cathedral and burial services at Arlington National Cemetery for Frank Reynolds, broadcast journalist, who died on July 20.
Following the services, the President and Mrs. Reagan went to Camp David, Md., for the remainder of the weekend.
July 24, 1983
The President returned to the White House from Camp David.
July 25, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Chairman of the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America, Secretary of State George P. Shultz, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs William P. Clark, and U.S. Representative to the United Nations Jeane J. Kirkpatrick;
-- Representatives Thomas S. Foley of Washington and Richard Cheney of Wyoming, to discuss their recent trip to the Soviet Union;
-- Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr., of Tennessee and Representative Robert H. Michel of Illinois, for an update on the current legislative agenda.
The President transmitted to Congress the 1982 annual report of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation and the 14th annual report of the National Corporation for Housing Partnerships and the National Housing Partnership.
The White House announced that the President has invited President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire to make an official working visit to the White House. President Mobutu has accepted the invitation and will meet with President Reagan at the White House on August 4.
July 26, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Valery Giscard d'Estaing, former President of France.
The President announced that Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger will visit China September 25 - 29. During the visit, Secretary Weinberger will meet with Zhang Aiping, Minister of National Defense of China, and other Chinese leaders on matters of mutual interest. Secretary Weinberger's trip is in response to an invitation by the Defense Minister.
July 27, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Harry N. Walters, Administrator of the Veterans Administration, and James Currieo, commander, and Cooper Holt, executive director, Veterans of Foreign Wars, to discuss Central America;
-- Republican Members of the House of Representatives, to discuss the International Monetary Fund.
July 28, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Vice President, for lunch;
-- Minister of Foreign Affairs Yitzhak Shamir and Minister of Defense Moshe Arens of Israel, Secretary of State George P. Shultz, Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs William P. Clark, and Ambassador Robert C. McFarlane, the President's Personal Representative in the Middle East;
-- the Cabinet Council on Commerce and Trade, to discuss the U.S. steel and textile industries;
-- Nhanny Heil and her mother, Evelyn Warren Heil;
-- Myles Robert Rene Frechette, U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon, Arthur Winston Lewis, U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, and Peter Jon de Vos, U.S. Ambassador to Mozambique, prior to their departure for their overseas posts.
The President spoke by telephone with Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Thomas at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa. He called to inquire about the condition of their daughter, Candice, who had undergone liver transplant surgery earlier that day.
The White House announced that the President has invited President Mauno Koivisto of Finland to make an official working visit to Washington. President Koivisto has accepted the invitation and will meet with President Reagan at the White House on September 26.
July 29, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Secretary of State George P. Shultz, Ambassador Robert C. McFarlane, the President's Personal Representative in the Middle East, and Ambassador Richard Fairbanks, Special Adviser to the Secretary of State.
The President left the White House for a weekend stay at Camp David, Md.
July 31, 1983
The President returned to the White House from Camp David.
August 1, 1983
The President met at the White House with Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Samuel R. Pierce, Jr.
The President declared a major disaster for the State of Arkansas as a result of severe storms and flooding, beginning on July 2, which caused extensive damage.
August 2, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Republican congressional leaders and Secretary of State George P. Shultz, to discuss Central America;
-- the Joint Chiefs of Staff;
-- the Cabinet Council on Legal Policy, to discuss regulatory reform and crime issues;
-- the Cabinet Council on Food and Agriculture, to discuss meat imports;
-- Members of Congress, who introduced constituents or presented items from their home States;
-- the Senate Steering Committee, to discuss the legislative agenda for the remainder of the congressional session.
The White House announced that the President sent a letter on August 1 through the U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa to President Roberto Suazo Cordova of Honduras, who had earlier been hospitalized. The letter expressed President Reagan's hopes for President Suazo's quick recovery.
The President transmitted to Congress the eighth annual report of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
August 3, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- members of Citizens for America, a volunteer organization interested in conservative issues;
-- representatives of the space industry, for a working luncheon to discuss commercial space enterprises;
-- Ambassador Richard B. Stone, Special Representative of the President to Central America, to discuss the Ambassador's recent trip to that area.
August 4, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Vice President, for lunch;
-- executive committee members of the Senate and House of Representatives Steel Caucuses;
-- John Young, Chairman of the President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness;
-- Jason Hardman, 13, who founded a library in Elsinore, Utah, members of his family, Eleanor Hashim, Chairman of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, and members of the Utah congressional delegation;
-- Robert S. Bowen, recipient of the 7 millionth President's Council on Physical Fitness Award;
-- 18 recipients of scholarships from the Ronald W. Reagan Scholarship program at Eureka College, Eureka, Ill.
August 5, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Ambassador Edward L. Rowny, Special Representative for Negotiations, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, to discuss round four of the strategic arms reduction talks recently concluded in Geneva, Switzerland.
The President left the White House for a weekend stay at Camp David, Md.
August 7, 1983
The President returned to the White House from Camp David.
August 8, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Thomas R. Pickering, U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, and Secretary of State George P. Shultz.
The President announced his intention to appoint Becky Norton Dunlop, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Presidential Personnel, to be Chairperson of the Interagency Committee on Women's Business Enterprise. She will succeed Angela M. Buchanan.
August 9, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the National Security Council;
-- a group of Hispanic leaders, to discuss issues of concern to the Hispanic community, including economic development and education;
-- the Cabinet, to receive a report by the Southwest Border States Working Group on the economic conditions of the counties that line the Mexican border in California, Arizona, and Texas, particularly with respect to the peso devaluation;
-- a group of White House fellows, who will be leaving the program later this month.
August 10, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
August 11, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- a group of Hispanic appointees of the administration, to discuss issues of concern to the Hispanic community.
The White House announced that on behalf of the District of Columbia government, the President has transmitted to Congress requests for supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1983 for the District of Columbia in the amount of $1.2 million.
August 12, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
The President requested that Congress provide an additional $60 million in fiscal year 1984 for construction and operating funds for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plan to test and demonstrate technologies for the safe disposal of defense-related nuclear waste. In addition, the President requested funds in fiscal year 1984 to renovate visitor facilities located in national parks. The renovation work would be done by the National Park Foundation, and the Foundation would also accept contributions from the private sector for this project. The $5.8 million in Federal funds requested for this project would be fully offset by reductions in the program that had previously done this work. The President also requested appropriation language that would transfer the aid to land-grant college programs from the Department of Education to the Department of Agriculture in compliance with recently enacted legislation, and $3.1 million in fiscal year 1984 for the U.S. International Trade Commission to provide for the expenses of relocating the Commission staff.
The President left the White House for an extended trip, including visits to Tampa, Fla.; El Paso, Tex.; La Paz, Baja California, Mexico; and New Orleans, La. Following these visits, the President will go to Rancho del Cielo, his ranch near Santa Barbara, Calif., and will return to Washington, D.C., on September 5.
August 15, 1983
Following his appearance at the annual national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in New Orleans, La., the President traveled to Rancho del Cielo, his ranch near Santa Barbara, Calif.
August 16, 1983
The White House announced that the President has invited Lt. Gen. Hussain Mohammad Ershad, President of the Council of Ministers of Bangladesh, to make an official working visit to the White House. General Ershad has accepted the invitation and will meet with the President on October 25.
The White House announced that the President has recess appointed Linda Chavez Gersten to be Staff Director of the Commission on Civil Rights.
The White House announced that the President has accorded the personal rank of Ambassador to Millicent Fenwick, of New Jersey, in her capacity as United States Representative to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome.
August 19, 1983
The President declared a major disaster for the State of Texas as a result of Hurricane Alicia, beginning on or about August 18, which caused extensive property damage.
August 21, 1983
The President and Mrs. Reagan left Rancho del Cielo, their ranch near Santa Barbara, Calif., and went to Los Angeles, where they stayed at the Century Plaza Hotel.
August 22, 1983
In the morning, the President met at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif., with Senator Pete Wilson of California.
The White House announced that the President was informed of the death of Mrs. John C. Stennis, wife of the Senator from Mississippi. The President expressed his condolences and those of Mrs. Reagan in a private communication with Senator Stennis.
August 23, 1983
The President went to Seattle, Wash., to address the annual convention of the American Legion. He then returned to the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif.
August 25, 1983
While in Los Angeles, Calif., the President addressed the Hispanic Economic Outlook Preview luncheon at the Biltmore Hotel. He remained overnight at the Century Plaza Hotel.
August 26, 1983
The President left Los Angeles and went to San Diego, Calif., where he addressed the Republican Women's Leadership Forum at the Bahia Hotel. He then attended a fundraising reception for Representative Robert Lagomarsino of California. Late in the afternoon, the President and Mrs. Reagan arrived at Rancho del Cielo, their ranch near Santa Barbara, where they planned to remain until Labor Day.
August 28, 1983
The President spoke by telephone with members of the White House staff from Rancho del Cielo, his ranch near Santa Barbara, Calif. They discussed the announcement of Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin's decision to resign and the trip to the Middle East and Europe of Ambassador Robert C. McFarlane, the President's Personal Representative in the Middle East.
August 29, 1983
The President designated Senator John W. Warner of Virginia as the Personal Representative of the President to the bicentennial celebration of the Treaty of Paris. The 200th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the War of Independence between the United States and Great Britain, will be celebrated in Paris from August 30 to September 3.
August 30, 1983
The President spoke by telephone with members of the White House staff to discuss the situation in Lebanon.
The President spoke by telephone to a gathering in Marietta, Ga., where the 1983 Little League World Series champions were being saluted by their hometown.
August 31, 1983
The President spoke by telephone with the Vice President, who reported on the current situation in Lebanon as determined by the special situation group he had chaired.
The President spoke by telephone with members of the White House staff to discuss the Soviet attack on Korean Air Lines Flight 007.
September 1, 1983
The President spoke by telephone with members of the White House staff and Secretary of State George P. Shultz to discuss the Soviet attack on the Korean Air Lines Flight 007.
The President telephoned Mrs. Larry McDonald from Rancho del Cielo, his ranch near Santa Barbara, Calif. Mrs. McDonald is the widow of Representative Larry McDonald of Georgia, who was killed in the Soviet attack on Korean Air Lines Flight 007.
The White House announced that the President has invited Prime Minister Robert Mugabe of the Republic of Zimbabwe to make an official working visit to the United States. Prime Minister Mugabe has accepted the invitation and will meet with the President at the White House on September 13.
The White House announced that the President has invited Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom to make an official working visit to the United States. Prime Minister Thatcher has accepted the invitation and will meet with the President at the White House on September 29.
September 2, 1983
The President left Rancho del Cielo, his ranch near Santa Barbara, Calif., and returned to the White House. En route to Washington, he telephoned Mrs. Henry M. Jackson from Air Force One. Mrs. Jackson is the widow of Senator Jackson of Washington, who died on September 1.
Upon his return to the White House, the President met with his national security and foreign policy advisers and other administration officials to discuss the Soviet attack on Korean Air Lines Flight 007.
September 3, 1983
In the morning, the President met at the White House with his national security and foreign policy advisers and other administration officials to discuss the situation in the Middle East. Ambassador Robert C. McFarlane, the President's Personal Representative in the Middle East, presented a status report on the current situation in Lebanon.
The President had lunch at the White House with Secretary of State George P. Shultz.
September 4, 1983
The President held a roundtable discussion at the White House with the bipartisan congressional leadership and administration officials on the Soviet attack on Korean Air Lines Flight 007, the situation in the Middle East, and U.S. objectives for Lebanon.
September 6, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Secretary of State George P. Shultz, prior to departure for Madrid, Spain, for the session of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and a meeting with Foreign Minister Andrey A. Gromyko of the Soviet Union;
-- the National Security Council;
-- Sherman Swenson, chairman and chief executive officer of B. Dalton Booksellers, which made a $3 million commitment toward eliminating illiteracy through its national literacy initiative program;
-- the Cabinet, for an update on the economy, the fiscal year 1985 budget process, the situation in the Middle East, and the Soviet attack on Korean Air Lines Flight 007;
-- leaders of the United Jewish Appeal.
The White House announced that Kenneth M. Duberstein, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, will represent the President at memorial services in Washington, D.C., for Senator Henry M. Jackson of Washington. The Vice President will represent the President at funeral services for Senator Jackson in Washington State on September 7.
September 7, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
September 8, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Ambassador Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, to discuss current events at the United Nations with regard to the Soviet attack on Korean Air Lines Flight 007;
-- the Vice President, who will be leaving September 11 for visits to Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Yugoslavia, Romania, Hungary, and Austria;
-- the Cabinet Council on Legal Policy, to review the third quarterly report of the Attorney General concerning gender-based distinctions in Federal statutes.
The President transmitted to the Congress the third annual report on activities undertaken by the U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation and the Department of Energy to implement the development of synthetic fuels under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended.
September 9, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
The President went to the National Cathedral for a memorial service for victims of the Soviet attack on Korean Air Lines Flight 007. Following the service, the President met and spoke briefly to families and friends of the passengers.
The White House announced that the President will deliver the U.S. speech to the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly on September 26. The President also will use the occasion to call on the Secretary-General of the United Nations and to meet with selected world leaders.
The President spoke by long-distance teleconference to the Republican Western Regional Conference, which was held in Scottsdale, Ariz.
The President designated Senator Richard G. Lugar of Indiana as the Personal Representative of the President to the German-American Tricentennial Celebration, to be held September 9 in Hambach, Germany.
September 10, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- Secretary of State George P. Shultz;
-- the National Security Council.
September 12, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- members of the President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness;
-- the Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs, for an economic update;
-- Governors Scott M. Matheson of Utah, James R. Thompson of Illinois, and John Carlin of Kansas, who reported on the summer meeting of the National Governors' Association.
Late in the afternoon, the President hosted a reception at the White House for contributors to the Republican Party from Michigan and Ohio.
September 13, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- former Governor Daniel J. Evans of Washington, who has been appointed by Governor John Spellman as U.S. Senator following the death of Senator Henry M. Jackson;
-- the Cabinet, for an update on foreign policy matters given by Secretary of State George P. Shultz and a report on drought conditions by Secretary of Agriculture John R. Block;
-- a group of Hispanic educators, to discuss the administration's education policies and programs affecting the Hispanic community.
Late in the afternoon, the President hosted a reception at the White House for the Eagles, major Republican Party contributors.
September 14, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Secretary of State George P. Shultz, for a luncheon meeting to discuss foreign policy matters.
The President met in the Oval Office with Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth H. Dole, J. Lynn Helms, Administrator, and Donald R. Segner, Associate Administrator for Policy and International Aviation, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), to discuss the September 15 meeting in Montreal, Canada, of the International Civil Aviation Organization on the Soviet attack on Korean Air Lines Flight 007. Mr. Helms will head the U.S. delegation to the meeting. Edmund Stohr from the State Department also is an official delegate to the meeting. Advisers to the delegation are Mr. Segner, Irene Howie from FAA's General Counsel's office, Gordon L. Streeb, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Economic and Social Affairs, and Clark Norton, from the State Department's Bureau of International Organization Affairs.
The President participated in a teleconference call with Senators Howard H. Baker, Jr., of Tennessee and Robert Dole of Kansas to discuss tuition tax credits.
September 15, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Cabinet Council on Natural Resources and the Environment, for a report on acid rain by William D. Ruckelshaus, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;
-- members of the executive committee of the International Rescue Committee, an organization that provides assistance to refugees;
-- representatives of the National Association of Home Builders.
The White House announced that the visit of President Mauno Koivisto of Finland to the United States, originally scheduled for September 26, has been rescheduled for September 27.
The President requested that the Congress provide the following:
-- $106 million in fiscal year 1983 supplemental appropriations for the Veterans Administration for compensation and pensions and readjustment benefits to cover shortfalls in these programs.
-- amendments reducing the fiscal year 1984 appropriations request for the Department of Defense by nearly $4.9 billion, which primarily reflects reduced inflation and fuel costs and the MX missile deployment decision.
-- a reduction of $317.3 million in the fiscal year 1984 request for appropriations for payment to the Social Security Trust Fund, which reflects the enactment of the Social Security Amendments of 1983. This legislation eliminated the requirement for an annual appropriation for benefits resulting from past military service by eligible recipients.
-- $22.2 million in additional 1984 appropriations for the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control, thereby enabling further research and surveillance on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. This increase will be offset by fiscal year 1984 reductions in other Department of Health and Human Services programs.
-- a reduction of $20 million to the fiscal year 1984 request for appropriations for contributions to the Inter-American Development Bank, resulting from the slower than anticipated pace of multilateral negotiations to establish the institution. The initial contribution by the United States will not be needed until 1985.
-- $10 million in additional fiscal year 1984 appropriations for the Department of Commerce, thereby enabling the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to continue development of a new weather radar system.
-- also included in this request are appropriations proposals for the Departments of Agriculture, Health and Human Services, and Interior, the General Services Administration, and the Veterans Administration.
-- a proposal to fund increased benefit costs in the supplemental security income program. Part of the increase is for a $20-a-month benefit increase enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1983. The $318 million will be provided by transfer of funds from the medicaid program.
September 16, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Secretary of State George P. Shultz and Ambassador Richard B. Stone, Special Representative of the President to Central America;
-- a group of education and religious leaders, to discuss tuition tax credits;
-- Prince Philippe of Belgium;
-- Republican National Committee members, for a luncheon meeting to discuss administration programs and policies.
The President announced his intention to designate Maria Lucia Johnson as Vice Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board. Ms. Johnson has been serving as a member of the Board since May 10.
The President designated the following individuals to be members of the United States Delegation to attend the independence ceremonies of St. Christopher-Nevis, which are to be held in Basseterre, St. Christopher-Nevis, from September 16-20:
Personal Representative of the President, with the rank of Special Ambassador, to head the Delegation:
Milan D. Bish, American Ambassador to Barbados
Personal Representative of the President, with the rank of Special Ambassador:
Carol B. Hallett, western director for Citizens for America, Sacramento, Calif.
Representatives of the President, with the rank of Special Ambassador:
Rear Adm. Richard T. Hedger, Commander, United States Forces in the Caribbean, Key West, Fla.;
Rear Adm. Donald C. Thompson, Commander, Seventh Coast Guard District, Miami, Fla.;
Howard Jenkins, Jr., former member, National Labor Relations Board, Kensington, Md.;
St. George I. B. Crosse, special adviser for minority programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Randallstown, Md.;
Samuel F. Segnar, president and chief executive officer, INTERNORTH, Inc., Omaha, Nebr.;
Alberto R. Cardenas, Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business Ownership, Coral Gables, Fla.
In the afternoon, the President left the White House for a weekend stay at Camp David, Md.
September 18, 1983
The President returned to the White House from Camp David.
The President and Mrs. Reagan attended a performance in the East Room, where Leontyne Price and James Levine presented young members of the Metropolitan Opera. As part of the series ``In Performance at the White House,'' the event was videotaped for later broadcast by the Public Broadcasting Service.
September 19, 1983
In the morning, the President telephoned George Allen, Chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. Coach Allen was in Indianapolis, Ind., for the groundbreaking for the United States Fitness Academy.
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
September 20, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff and held a National Security Council meeting before departing for South Carolina.
While in Columbia, S.C., the President telephoned John Ayer at the Baptist Hospital of Miami, Fla., to commend him on his successful efforts to rescue a young woman from an angry crowd.
September 21, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- President Roberto Suazo Cordova of Honduras.
In an Oval Office ceremony, the President met with representatives of the Boys Clubs of America and the five regional finalists in the 37th annual National Youth of the Year competition, which is sponsored by the Boys Clubs and Reader's Digest. The President announced the selection of Mark Perry, 18, of North Little Rock, Ark., as the 1983 winner and presented him with an engraved plaque.
September 22, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Kenneth L. Brown, U.S. Ambassador to the Congo, Robert E. Fritts, U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, and Robert H. Miller, U.S. Ambassador to Ivory Coast, prior to their departure for their overseas posts;
-- Greg Gross, 12, of Baton Rouge, La., the good will ambassador for the International Summer Special Olympics;
-- Jeremiah Dellas, 7, of St. Louis, Mo., the 1983 National Epilepsy Poster Child;
-- the incoming White House fellows.
The President attended a reception in the Indian Treaty Room of the Old Executive Office Building for American Women in Radio and Television.
The President attended a reception in the East Room for national board members of the Smithsonian Institution.
The President declared a major disaster for the State of California as a result of severe storms and flash flooding beginning on August 15, which caused extensive property damage.
September 23, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the National Security Council.
The President had lunch in the Oval Office with Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and her husband, John, in recognition of Justice O'Connor's appointment to the Supreme Court. She was sworn in to office on September 25, 1981.
Late in the afternoon, the President attended a reception in the State Dining Room for members of the National Aquarium Society.
The White House announced that the President has invited President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt to make an official working visit to the United States. President Mubarak has accepted the invitation and will meet with President Reagan at the White House on September 30.
September 26, 1983
The White House announced that the President has designated John A. Svahn, Assistant to the President for Policy Development, as Chairman of the Property Review Board. He will succeed Edwin L. Harper.
September 27, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
September 28, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Republican congressional leaders, to review the current legislative agenda;
-- Republican Members of the House of Representatives, to discuss the War Powers Resolution;
-- the Cabinet Council on Management and Administration, to discuss areas of management efficiency.
The President met in the Oval Office with Secretary of Agriculture John R. Block and several Members of Congress to discuss the situation in drought-affected areas of the country. The President instructed Secretary Block to reduce emergency loan interest rates by 3 percent, from 8 to 5 percent, for all farmers operating in counties designated eligible in the natural disaster emergency loan program for the 1983 crop season.
The White House announced that Zhao Ziyang, Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, will visit the United States in January of 1984. The visit has been under discussion for some time and will continue the dialog between the two countries on a wide range of bilateral and international topics. Specific dates are now being worked out. In addition, President Reagan has accepted the invitation of Premier Zhao to visit China in April of 1984, and specific dates are under discussion. Premier Zhao's visit will be the first such visit by a Chinese Premier to the United States. President Reagan's visit to China will be the first by a U.S. President since United States-China relations were normalized 5 years ago.
September 29, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the National Security Council.
The President met in the Oval Office with Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia. The Prince, who is the Saudi Ambassador-designate to the United States, represented King Fahd in the discussions leading to the cease-fire in Lebanon and played an instrumental role in the negotiations.
September 30, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
October 1, 1983
The President and Mrs. Reagan hosted a private dinner for Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom in the Residence.
October 3, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- President Aristides Pereira of Cape Verde;
-- Government officials, to mark the kick-off of the 1983 Combined Federal Campaign;
-- members of the President's Commission on Strategic Forces and Ambassador Edward L. Rowny, Special Representative for Negotiations, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, to discuss the strategic arms reduction talks;
-- Senators Charles H. Percy of Illinois, Sam Nunn of Georgia, and William S. Cohen of Maine, and Representatives Norman D. Dicks of Washington, Les Aspin of Wisconsin, and Albert Gore, Jr., of Tennessee, to discuss the strategic arms reduction talks.
The President hosted a reception in the Residence for Justices of the Supreme Court to mark the beginning of the court's new term. Also attending the reception were Attorney General William French Smith, Deputy Attorney General Edward C. Schmults, and Solicitor General Rex E. Lee.
The White House announced that at the request of the President, the Vice President, accompanied by Mrs. Bush, has accepted the invitation of Prime Minister Edward Philip George Seaga to visit Jamaica between October 16 and 18. Following his visit to Jamaica, the Vice President and Mrs. Bush will visit Puerto Rico to address a meeting of mayors from leading Latin American cities. The Vice President's meeting with the Prime Minister and other members of the Jamaican Government further highlight our close ties with Jamaica and our interest in the country's continued economic development in other areas of mutual concern. The Vice President's visit to Puerto Rico will continue the close relationships with Latin American leaders at the local level on a range of problems of concern in our hemisphere.
The President announced his intention to appoint Daniel Oliver, who has been nominated to be General Counsel of the Department of Education, as a member of the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States for a term of 3 years. He would succeed T. Timothy Ryan, Jr.
The President requested that the Congress provide an additional appropriation of $150 million in fiscal year 1984 for the Veterans Administration for the veterans job training program. This program, which is authorized by the Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act of 1983, would provide funds to reimburse employers for one-half of the wages of eligible unemployed Korean war and Vietnam-era veterans participating in an approved job-training program. This request included $25 million to extend the eligibility of veterans enrolled in education programs authorized by chapter 34, title 38 of the United States Code.
The White House announced that the President has invited Prime Minister Bettino Craxi of Italy to make an official working visit to the United States. The Prime Minister has accepted the invitation and will meet with the President at the White House on October 20.
The President, on the recommendation of Senate Minority Leader Robert C. Byrd, designated Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii as a senior counselor to the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America. He is succeeding Senator Henry M. Jackson of Washington.
October 5, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Republican congressional leadership, to discuss arms control and reduction and the legislative agenda;
-- Patrolman D. C. Russell from Oklahoma City, Okla., who was injured in an accident involving the motorcade which transported the President during his visit to the city;
-- members of the board of directors of the Associated Press.
The President declared a major disaster for the State of Arizona as a result of severe storms and flooding beginning on or about September 23, which caused extensive property damage.
October 6, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Vice President, for lunch;
-- Brig. Gen. Hazel W. Johnson-Brown, USA, and Rear Adm. Frances Shea, USN, recent retirees from the nurse corps.
The President spoke by telephone with representatives of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations who were meeting with Secretary of State George P. Shultz in New York City. He expressed his regret at having to postpone his visits to the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia.
In an Oval Office ceremony, the President awarded the National Security Medal to Clarence L. ``Kelly'' Johnson, an aeronautical engineer responsible for several advances in the design of a number of this country's most famous aircraft.
The President transmitted to the Congress the 1982 annual reports prepared by the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services on activities of their departments under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
In the evening, the President hosted a barbecue on the South Grounds of the White House for Members of Congress.
October 7, 1983
Following his visit to Louisville, Ky., the President went to Camp David, Md., for the weekend.
The White House announced that the President has designated William J. Casey, Director of Central Intelligence, to be the President's Personal Representative to the funeral of Terence Cardinal Cooke on October 10. He will be accompanied by:
Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor
Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services
Michael K. Deaver, Deputy Chief of Staff and Assistant to the President
William P. Clark, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Edward V. Hickey, Jr., Assistant to the President and Director of Special Support Services
Adm. J. D. Watkins, Chief of Naval Operations
William A. Wilson, President's Personal Representative to the Holy See
Clare Boothe Luce, member, President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
October 10, 1983
The President returned to the White House following a weekend stay at Camp David, Md.
October 11, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- William A. Wilson, the President's Personal Representative to the Holy See;
-- Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger, who will head the U.S. delegation to the memorial service in Seoul for Korean victims of the bombing in Rangoon, Burma;
-- Wu Xueqian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China;
-- members of the White House staff, to discuss the selection of a successor to James G. Watt as Secretary of the Interior.
In the evening, the President went to Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Md., for the first game of the 1983 World Series between the Baltimore Orioles and the Philadelphia Phillies.
The White House announced that on October 9, the President sent a letter of condolence to President Chun Doo Hwan of the Republic of Korea on the deaths of the Korean officials in the bombing in Rangoon, Burma.
The White House announced that on October 10, the President sent a letter of congratulations to Yitzak Shamir, the new Prime Minister of Israel. The letter underscored the President's determination to maintain the friendly and warm relationship with the Israeli Government and to maintain our historic ties with that nation.
October 12, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
October 13, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Ambassador Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, U.S. Representative to the United Nations;
-- a group of his advisers, for a budget overview meeting;
-- Senator Paul Laxalt of Nevada, to discuss the Senator's plans for the filing of a committee to support the President's reelection effort.
In an Oval Office ceremony, the President received diplomatic credentials from Ambassadors Ibrahim Izziddin of Jordan, Ratu Jone Filipe Radrodro of Fiji, Stanislav Suja of Czechoslovakia, Venceo Hazi of Hungary, Sergio Correa Affonso da Costa of Brazil, and Ellom-Kodjo Schuppius of Togo.
In an Oval Office ceremony, actor Hugh O'Brian presented the President with the Albert Schweitzer Award, which is presented to individuals who have distinguished themselves through service to mankind and, in particular, motivation and education of youth. The President is one of four recipients of the award, which is presented by the Hugh O'Brian Youth Fellowship.
October 14, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Wadia Haddad, foreign policy adviser to President Amin Gemayel of Lebanon;
-- Secretary of State George P. Shultz and Ambassador Robert C. McFarlane, the President's Personal Representative in the Middle East, who reported on the situation in the Middle East;
-- Secretary of State George P. Shultz, for lunch.
The President participated in a meeting of the White House Management Conference for Non-Career Executives in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building.
The White House announced that the President has invited Prime Minister Robert D. Muldoon of New Zealand to make an official working visit to the United States. The Prime Minister has accepted the invitation and will meet with the President at the White House on February 24, 1984.
Late in the afternoon, the President left the White House for a weekend stay at Camp David, Md.
October 16, 1983
The President returned to the White House from Camp David.
October 17, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Cabinet, to discuss drug policy;
-- the current Miss America, Vanessa Williams.
During a meeting with Senator Paul Laxalt of Nevada, the President signed two letters in connection with the formation of the Reagan-Bush '84 Committee. One letter acknowledged Senator Laxalt's chairmanship of the committee and requested that Angela M. Buchanan serve as the campaign committee's treasurer. The other letter informed Danny Lee McDonald, Chairman of the Federal Election Commission, of the President's authorization of the committee. Also attending the Oval Office meeting were Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., chairman of the Republican National Committee, former Secretary of Transportation Drew L. Lewis, Ms. Buchanan, campaign director Edward J. Rollins, and members of the White House staff.
The President requested that the Congress provide additional appropriations of $20.4 million for the Department of Commerce in fiscal year 1984 for the launch of the LANDSAT D Prime ``earth sensing'' satellite. This launch is necessary at this time to replace the LANDSAT 4 satellite that is now orbiting. LANDSAT 4 has experienced system malfunctions and needs replacement.
October 18, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the National Security Council.
October 19, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- members of the U.S. Savings Bond Volunteer Committee.
The White House announced that the President will visit Japan and the Republic of Korea November 9 - 14 at the invitation of the Governments of Japan and the Republic of Korea. The President will be accompanied by Mrs. Reagan. The President and Mrs. Reagan will visit Japan November 9 - 12 and Korea November 12 - 14. The President will depart Washington on November 8, with a brief stopover at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, and will return to Washington on November 14, with another brief stopover at Elmendorf Air Force Base.
October 20, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Cabinet Council on Commerce and Trade, to receive information on financial interests and syndication in the broadcast industry;
-- former Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms, to present Mr. Helms with the National Security Medal.
The President attended a reception in the Indian Treaty Room at the Old Executive Office Building for the U.S. Olympic Ski Team.
October 21, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- administration officials and members of the White House staff, to discuss the fiscal year 1985 Federal budget;
-- business leaders, to discuss natural gas decontrol legislation;
-- members of the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America, to discuss their recent visit to the region.
The President spoke by telephone with Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The President announced his intention to nominate Harry O'Connor to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for the remainder of the term expiring March 26, 1986. He would succeed Diana Lady Dougan.
The President left the White House for a weekend stay at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. He was accompanied by Secretary of State George P. Shultz and Secretary of the Treasury Donald T. Regan.
October 23, 1983
The President met at the White House with his senior advisers and held two separate meetings with his national security and foreign policy advisers to discuss the situation in Lebanon. Those attending the meetings included the Vice President, Secretary of State George P. Shultz, Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger, Gen. John W. Vessey, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. P. X. Kelley, Commandant of the Marine Corps, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence John N. McMahon, Counsellor to the President Edwin Meese III, Chief of Staff and Assistant to the President James A. Baker III, Deputy Chief of Staff and Assistant to the President Michael K. Deaver, and Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Robert C. McFarlane.
In the afternoon, the President received a telephone call from President Amin Gemayel of Lebanon.
October 24, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Arthur A. Hartman, U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union;
-- President Gnassingbe Eyadema of Togo;
-- the Joint Chiefs of Staff;
-- several Members of Congress in a series of separate photo sessions with their constituents;
-- a group of Republican Members of Congress, to discuss issues concerning women.
The President spoke by telephone with Speaker of the House Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., and Senate Majority Leader Howard H. Baker, Jr., to discuss the situation in Lebanon.
In an Oval Office ceremony, the President received diplomatic credentials from Ambassador George Papoulias of Greece and Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud, Ambassador from Saudi Arabia.
The President declared a major disaster for the State of New Mexico as a result of severe storms and flooding beginning on September 18, which caused extensive property damage.
In the evening, the President met in the Residence with the congressional leadership and administration officials to discuss the situation in Grenada. Those attending the meeting included Speaker of the House Thomas P. O'Neill, Senate Majority Leader Howard H. Baker, Jr., House Majority Leader James C. Wright, Jr., House Republican Leader Robert H. Michel, Senate Minority Leader Robert C. Byrd, Secretary of State George P. Shultz, Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger, Gen. John W. Vessey, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Counsellor to the President Edwin Meese III, Chief of Staff and Assistant to the President James A. Baker III, Deputy Chief of Staff and Assistant to the President Michael K. Deaver, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Robert C. McFarlane, Assistant to the President and Deputy to the Chief of Staff Richard G. Darman, and Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs Kenneth M. Duberstein.
October 25, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- Prime Minister Eugenia Charles of Dominica, to discuss the situation in Grenada;
-- Secretary of State George P. Shultz and Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger, to discuss the situation in Grenada;
-- the bipartisan congressional leadership, to dicuss the situation in Grenada;
-- the Cabinet, to discuss the situation in Grenada;
-- the National Security Council.
October 26, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Fred Lebow, director of the New York City Marathon, and the three winners of the October 23 race: Rod Dixon, winner, Grete Waitz, winner of the women's division, and John Paul Cruz, the first person to complete the race with only one leg who did not use an artificial limb.
The President met in the Old Executive Office Building with members of the Republican Jewish Coalition.
The President declared a major disaster for the State of Oklahoma as a result of severe storms and flooding beginning on October 19, which caused extensive property damage.
The President met with the Vice President in the evening following the Vice President's return from Lebanon. At the request of the President, the Vice President had visited with wounded marines and sailors and had met with President Amin Gemayel while in Lebanon.
October 27, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Governor Robert D. Orr of Indiana, to discuss the upcoming annual meeting of the Republican Governors Association;
-- Prime Minister John Compton of St. Lucia.
The President transmitted to the Congress the 1982 annual report of the National Advisory Council on Adult Education.
October 28, 1983
Throughout the day, the President met at the White House with members of the White House staff. In the afternoon, he left the White House for a weekend stay at Camp David, Md.
October 30, 1983
The President returned to the White House from Camp David.
October 31, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- representatives of the U.S. steel industry, to discuss the industry's recovery and steel marketing issues.
The President spoke by telephone with former President Jimmy Carter to express his condolences on the death of Mrs. Lillian Carter, President Carter's mother.
At a ceremony in the Roosevelt Room, the President signed the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1984. Among those attending the ceremony were the Vice President, Secretary of Labor Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Health and Human Services Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell, and Members of Congress.
The President attended a reception in the Roosevelt Room for members of the board of directors of United Press International.
November 1, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Secretary of State George P. Shultz, Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger, Gen. John W. Vessey, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Republican congressional leaders, to discuss Grenada, Lebanon, and legislative priorities for the remaining congressional session;
-- the Cabinet, to discuss the fiscal year 1985 Federal budget;
-- United States Ambassador to Bahrain Donald C. Leidel, prior to departure for his overseas post.
November 2, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- former President Gerald R. Ford.
The President requested that the Congress provide the following:
-- $3 million in fiscal year 1984 for the African Development Foundation, which promotes nongovernmental small-scale development projects in Africa to complement other U.S. development assistance efforts.
-- $55 million in fiscal year 1984 for the construction of a joint facility at Ras Banas, Egypt.
This transmittal also included items for the legislative branch and the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities.
November 3, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Vice President, for lunch;
-- Republican Members of the Senate, to discuss Federal debt ceiling legislation.
The President transmitted to the Congress the 13th annual report on hazardous materials transportation, which covers calendar year 1982.
November 4, 1983
Prior to their departure for North Carolina, the President and Mrs. Reagan met in the Diplomatic Reception Room with the family of Marine Cpl. Thomas Perron, who was killed in Lebanon.
The President transmitted to the Congress the fifth annual report of the Department of Energy.
The White House announced that the President has designated Ambassador at Large Vernon A. Walters as his personal representative, with the rank of Special Ambassador, to attend inauguration ceremonies in Male on November 11 for Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, recently reelected as President of the Republic of Maldives.
The President left the White House for a weekend stay at Camp David, Md.
November 6, 1983
Following a weekend stay at Camp David, the President returned to the White House and met with Prime Minister Edward Philip George Seaga of Jamaica.
November 7, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- participants in the Philadelphia Urban Education Partnership, a public-private partnership between the Federal Government, Provident Mutual Insurance Co. of Philadelphia, and Lincoln University and Cheyney State College, two historically black colleges.
The White House announced that the President has invited President Gaafar Mohamed Nimeiri of the Sudan to make a working visit to the United States. President Nimeiri has accepted the invitation and will meet with President Reagan at the White House on November 21.
The White House announced that the state visit of Their Majesties the King and Queen of Nepal, which was announced on March 2, has been scheduled for December 7.
November 9, 1983
The President and Mrs. Reagan were met at Haneda Airport in Japan by U.S. Ambassador to Japan Mike Mansfield and Mrs. Mansfield, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States and Mrs. Okawara, members of the Suite of Honor, and senior U.S. Embassy personnel. The President and Mrs. Reagan then went to Akasaka Palace, where they stayed during their visit to Japan.
Later in the day, the President and Mrs. Reagan participated in a formal arrival ceremony at the palace with Emperor Hirohito. The President and the Emperor then went to the Imperial Palace, where they were joined by Mrs. Reagan for a visit in the Audience Room. Following their visit with Emperor Hirohito, the President and Mrs. Reagan returned to Akasaka Palace, where they stayed during their visit to Japan.
The President met late in the afternoon with Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone at Akasaka Palace. Secretary of State George P. Shultz and Japanese Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe also attended the meeting, which was followed by an expanded session with U.S. and Japanese officials.
November 10, 1983
In the morning, the President and Mrs. Reagan visited the Meiji Shrine and attended a horseback archery event at Yabusame Field.
Early in the evening, the President hosted a reception at Akasaka Palace for supporters of the Ronald W. Reagan Scholarship Program of Eureka College. Those attending the reception included the president of Eureka College, Dr. Dan Gilbert, former Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda, honorary chairman of the scholarship's steering committee, and John Amos, chairman of the scholarship's steering committee.
The White House announced that President Reagan will meet with President Chaim Herzog of Israel on November 22 at the White House.
November 11, 1983
Upon his return to Akasaka Palace after addressing the Diet, the President attended a reception in the Hagoromo-No-Ma Room for members of the press. The reception was hosted by Ambassador Mike Mansfield, U.S. Ambassador to Japan.
Later in the morning, the President and Mrs. Reagan went to Hinode-Cho School, where they were met by Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and Mrs. Nakasone. After greeting Hirai High School students, they went to the Nakasone's country residence for a private luncheon. The President met with Prime Minister Nakasone in the study at the residence before departing with Mrs. Reagan for Akasaka Palace.
In the afternoon, Emperor Hirohito visited with the President and Mrs. Reagan at Akasaka Palace. A farewell ceremony followed the visit.
In the evening, the President and Mrs. Reagan attended a reception in the Asahi-No-Ma Room at Akasaka Palace honoring the U.S. Marine Corps birthday.
November 12, 1983
Prior to departing Tokyo for the trip to the Republic of Korea, the President and Mrs. Reagan had a farewell visit with Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and Mrs. Nakasone in the Asahi-No-Ma Room at Akasaka Palace.
Following the session at the National Assembly in Seoul, the President and Mrs. Reagan went to the Blue House where they attended a luncheon with President Chun Doo Hwan and Mrs. Chun. The President met privately with President Chun before and after the luncheon. They were joined by their advisers in an expanded session following their post-luncheon meeting in the Study of the Blue House. After the meetings, the President and Mrs. Reagan returned to the residence of Ambassador Richard L. Walker, U.S. Ambassador to Korea, where they stayed during their visit to the Republic of Korea.
November 13, 1983
In the evening, the President went to the Blue House for a bilateral meeting with Korean President Chun Doo Hwan and U.S. and Japanese officials. President Reagan and President Chun then had a private meeting in the Study. Following the meetings, President Reagan returned to the residence of Ambassador Richard L. Walker, U.S. Ambassador to Korea, where he stayed during his visit to the Republic of Korea.
November 14, 1983
In the morning, the President attended a breakfast reception at the residence of Ambassador Richard L. Walker, U.S. Ambassador to Korea, for members of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States.
The President and Mrs. Reagan then went to the Blue House, where they were greeted by Korean President Chun Doo Hwan and Mrs. Chun, who accompanied them to Kimpo Airport. After a farewell ceremony at the airport, the President and Mrs. Reagan boarded Air Force One for the flight to the United States.
November 15, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Republican congressional leaders, to discuss his trip to Japan and the Republic of Korea and the legislative agenda.
The White House announced that the President has invited King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain to visit Washington during the course of their private visit to the United States. The King and Queen have accepted the invitation and will meet with the President and Mrs. Reagan at the White House on December 8.
The President requested that the Congress provide a $30-million supplemental appropriation to construct a fueling pier in Keflavik, Iceland.
November 16, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Cabinet Council on Commerce and Trade, to discuss the commercialization of space flight missions;
-- local State officials, to discuss the enterprise zones legislation.
The President attended a reception in the Roosevelt Room for former Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt.
The President transmitted to the Congress the second annual report on Alaska's mineral resources.
November 17, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Vice President, for lunch;
-- Bishop James W. Malone, president, and Monsignor Daniel F. Hoye, general secretary, National Conference of Catholic Bishops;
-- the Cabinet Council on Human Resources, to discuss social programs which affect the American family;
-- Heather Ross, a 9-year-old from Hamler, Ohio, who had written a letter to the President.
The President transmitted to the Congress the following annual reports:
-- the 15th annual report of the Department of Transportation;
-- the 19th annual report on the status of the National Wilderness Preservation System;
-- the 18th annual report of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The White House announced that the President has invited Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir of Israel to make an official working visit to the United States. The Prime Minister has accepted the invitation and will meet with the President at the White House on November 29. The Prime Minister will be accompanied by Defense Minister Moshe Arens.
November 18, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- leaders of the National Association of Attorneys General.
The President designated Sandra Swift Parrino as Chairman of the National Council on the Handicapped.
The President telephoned Mrs. Brooke Knapp to congratulate her on being the first person to complete an around-the-world, pole-to-pole flight in a corporate jet and for setting 40 new records on the way. Mrs. Knapp was in Los Angeles, Calif., at the time of the call.
The President declared a major disaster for the State of Idaho as a result of an earthquake occurring on October 28, which caused extensive property damage.
November 21, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
The President attended the swearing-in ceremony in the Oval Office for William P. Clark as Secretary of the Interior.
In a Rose Garden ceremony, the President received the 36th annual Thanksgiving turkey from representatives of the National Turkey Federation. The turkey will be donated in the President's name to the Children's Farm in Reston, Va.
In an Oval Office ceremony, the President received diplomatic credentials from Ambassadors Peter Helemisi Mtetwa of Swaziland, Peter Douglas Laurie of Barbados, Henry Edney Conrad Cain of Belize, Mahamat Ali Adoum of Chad, and Leon Maxime Rajaobelina of Madagascar.
The White House announced that the President has recess appointed Ronald B. Frankum, of California, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation, effective November 19. He will succeed Daniel M. Rathbun.
November 22, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Foreign Minister Ilter Turkmen of Turkey;
-- President Chaim Herzog of Israel;
-- Agostino Cardinal Casaroli, Secretary of State of the Vatican City State.
In the morning, the President went to a memorial service for President John F. Kennedy at Holy Trinity Church.
In an Oval Office ceremony, the President presented the Federal Aviation Administration's Award for Extraordinary Service to Mrs. Brooke Knapp. Mrs. Knapp recently became the first person to complete an around-the-world, pole-to-pole flight in a corporate jet. The award was presented in recognition of Mrs. Knapp's record-setting flights.
In an Oval Office ceremony, the President met with representatives of the American Lung Association to officially launch the association's annual Christmas Seal drive. Attending the meeting were Andy Williams, 1983 Christmas Seal chairman, and 12-year-old Maureen Barnes, National Superstuff Youth representative.
The President met in the Oval Office with Charlie Sampson, the 1982 world champion bullrider who was severely injured while participating in the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association's rodeo at the Capital Centre in Landover, Md., on September 24. Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldrige, who had attended the rodeo with the President, and WRC-TV sports director George Michael also attended the meeting.
Early in the evening, the President attended a reception in the Residence for the Senatorial Trust.
The White House announced that at the request of the President, the Vice President, accompanied by Mrs. Bush, will lead the U.S. delegation to the inauguration of Raul Alfonsin as President of Argentina on December 10. Other members of the delegation will be designated by the President at a later date.
November 23, 1983
The President left the White House and went to Rancho del Cielo, his ranch near Santa Barbara, Calif., for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
November 27, 1983
The President returned to the White House from Rancho del Cielo, his ranch near Santa Barbara.
November 28, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
The White House announced that the aggregate report on personnel, prepared pursuant to title 3, section 113, of the United States Code, for fiscal year 1983, was transmitted to the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate.
November 29, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- a bipartisan group of Members of Congress, to discuss the Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983.
November 30, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Prince Bandar bin Sultan, Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States, who delivered a letter from King Fahd;
-- the National Security Council;
-- the Vice President, Secretary of the Treasury Donald T. Regan, David A. Stockman, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Martin S. Feldstein, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, and members of the White House staff, to discuss the fiscal year 1985 Federal budget;
-- the Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs, to discuss the budget.
The President recess appointed Dennis R. Patrick, of the District of Columbia, as a member of the Federal Communications Commission for the unexpired term of 7 years from July 1, 1978. He would succeed Anne P. Jones.
December 1, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Minister of Foreign Affairs Lee Won Kyung of the Republic of Korea;
-- the Cabinet Council on Commerce and Trade, to discuss the proposed permanent orbital space station.
The President attended a gospel music performance at Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. As part of the series ``In Performance at the White House,'' the event was taped for later broadcast by the Public Broadcasting Service.
December 2, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the National Security Council.
In an Oval Office ceremony, the President signed a bill designating the Federal building to be constructed in Savannah, Ga., as the Juliette Gordon Low Federal Building. The ceremony was attended by Members of Congress from Georgia and Virginia.
The White House announced that the President has invited President Rudolph Kirchschlager of Austria to make a state visit to the United States. President Kirchschlager has accepted the invitation and will meet with President Reagan at the White House on February 28, 1984.
The President recess appointed Ruth O. Peters, of Virginia, as a Governor of the United States Postal Service for the remainder of the term expiring December 8, 1987. She would succeed Paula D. Hughes.
The President left the White House for a weekend stay at Camp David, Md.
December 4, 1983
The President returned to the White House from Camp David.
December 5, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Clayton E. McManaway, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Haiti, Daniel A. O'Donohue, U.S. Ambassador to Burma, Diego C. Asencio, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, and William H. Luers, U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, prior to departure for their overseas posts.
The President made the following recess appointments:
-- Harold K. Phillips, of California, as a member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring September 20, 1988. He would succeed Alberto Ibarguen.
-- Vernon L. Grose, of California, as a member of the National Transportation Safety Board for the term expiring December 31, 1987. He would succeed Francis H. McAdams.
December 6, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Prime Minister Kennedy Alphonse Simmonds of St. Christopher-Nevis;
-- Governor George Deukmejian of California.
The President sent a congratulatory message to President-elect Jaime Lusinchi of Venezuela.
The President made the following recess appointments:
-- Stephanie Lee-Miller, of the District of Columbia, as an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services (Public Affairs). She would succeed Pamela Needham Bailey.
-- Maurice Lee Barksdale, of Texas, as an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Housing - Federal Housing Commissioner). He would succeed Philip Abrams.
-- Louis Roman DiSabato, of Texas, as a member of the National Museum Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1987. He would succeed Lloyd Hezekiah.
-- Leslie Lenkowsky, of New York, as Deputy Director of the United States Information Agency. He would succeed Gilbert A. Robinson.
-- Helga Lieselotte Pennewell, of Maryland, as a member of the Presidential Commission for the German-American Tricentennial.
The President announced the following individuals to be members of the U.S. delegation to the celebration of Kenya's 20th year of independence. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Samuel R. Pierce, Jr., will serve as chairman of the delegation, which will leave on December 9 and return on December 11.
Secretary Pierce
Gerald Thomas, U.S. Ambassador to Kenya
William Pickard, chairman of the board of directors, African Development Foundation, Detroit, Mich.
Anne Burford, attorney, Denver, Colo.
Rita Di Martino, U.S. Representative to UNICEF, New York, N.Y.
Hector Barreto, president of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Kansas City, Mo.
Willie Davis, businessman, Los Angeles, Calif.
John Fonteno, businessman and assistant professor, Texas Southern University, Houston, Tex.
Henry Lucas, chairman, New Coalition for Economic and Social Change, San Francisco, Calif.
Tony Salinas, rancher, Hebronville, Tex.
Leonard Spearman, president, Texas Southern University, Houston, Tex.
The White House announced that the Vice President will lead the delegation attending the inauguration of Raul Alfonsin as President of Argentina. Accompanying the Vice President and Mrs. Bush in the official delegation will be:
Frank V. Ortiz, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Argentina
Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs Langhorne A. Motley
Gen. Paul Gorman
Representative Robert J. Lagomarsino of California
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury R. T. McNamar
Ambassador Richard Stone, the President's Personal Representative to Central America
Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, Permanent U.S. Representative to the Organization of American States
December 7, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- regional directors of Citizens for America;
-- members of the Tuition Tax Credit Coalition.
The President recess appointed Simeon Miller Bright, of West Virginia, as a Commissioner of the Postal Rate Commission for the term expiring November 22, 1988. This is a reappointment.
The White House announced that because of the news of the recent air tragedy in Madrid, King Juan Carlos I of Spain has cut short his private visit to the United States, including his December 8 meeting with the President, which was previously announced, and is returning to Spain.
December 8, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the President's Export Council;
-- the Vice President, for lunch.
The President recess appointed Donna F. Tuttle, of California, as Under Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism. She will succeed Peter McCoy.
December 9, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
The President left the White House for a weekend stay at Camp David, Md.
December 11, 1983
The President returned to the White House from Camp David.
The President and Mrs. Reagan participated in the taping of the NBC television program ``Christmas in Washington'' at the National Building Museum.
December 12, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
December 13, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Members of Congress from North Carolina and South Carolina, to discuss textile imports.
The President announced his intention to appoint Gale W. McGee as a member of the Presidential Commission for the German-American Tricentennial. This is a new position. This appointment was recommended by the President pro tempore of the Senate.
The President recess appointed Mary Kate Bush as United States Alternate Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund for a term of 2 years.
The President declared a major disaster for the State of Alabama as a result of severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding, beginning on December 2, which caused extensive property damage.
The President and Mrs. Reagan hosted a Christmas party on the State Floor for Members of Congress.
December 14, 1983
The President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
The President and Mrs. Reagan hosted a Christmas party on the State Floor for members of the press.
December 15, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Vice President, for lunch;
-- Senator John Danforth of Missouri, to discuss the Senator's upcoming trip to Africa;
-- Fred Waring, to present him with the Congressional Gold Medal;
-- Capt. Grace Hopper, a 77-year-old computer pioneer for the U.S. Navy, who is being promoted to Commodore on the Navy retired list;
-- editors of the Ladies Home Journal, who presented the President with a bound edition of the 100th anniversary issue of the magazine, which contains an article written by the President entitled, ``In Praise of American Women.''
The White House announced that the President has invited Premier Zhao Ziyang of the People's Republic of China to make a state visit to the United States. Premier Zhao has accepted the invitation and will meet with the President at the White House on January 10, 1984.
The President requested that the Congress provide $1.8 billion in fiscal year 1984 supplemental appropriations to cover the cost of the January 1984 military and civilian pay raise for the Department of Defense-Military.
The President and Mrs. Reagan hosted a Christmas party on the State Floor for members of the press.
December 16, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- the Cabinet Council on Commerce and Trade, to discuss textile imports.
The President announced his intention to appoint Alfred Hugh Kingon as Assistant Secretary of Commerce to be an Executive Branch Commissioner-Observer on the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. He will succeed William H. Morris, Jr.
December 19, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Nicolas M. Salgo, U.S. Ambassador to Hungary.
December 20, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- members of the American Security Council, for a luncheon meeting.
The President designated Morris B. Abram as Vice Chairman of the Commission on Civil Rights.
December 21, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Hassan Ali of Egypt;
-- the Vice President and Secretary of State George P. Shultz, for lunch.
The President declared an emergency for the State of Mississippi as a result of flash flooding on December 3 and 4, which caused extensive property damage.
December 22, 1983
The President met at the White House with:
-- members of the White House staff;
-- Ambassador Donald H. Rumsfeld, the President's Personal Representative in the Middle East, the Vice President, Secretary of State George P. Shultz, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Robert C. McFarlane, and Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Richard W. Murphy;
-- pollster Richard Wirthlin;
-- Ambassador Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, U.S. Representative to the United Nations.
The White House announced that the President has invited President Francois Mitterrand of France to make a state visit to the United States. President Mitterrand has accepted the invitation and will meet with President Reagan at the White House on March 22, 1984.
The White House announced that the President has invited Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad of Malaysia to make an official working visit to the United States. The Prime Minister has accepted the invitation and will meet with the President at the White House on January 18, 1984.
December 23, 1983
Throughout the day, the President met at the White House with members of the White House staff.
The President requested that the Congress provide a $50 million fiscal year 1984 supplemental appropriation for grants to State and local agencies for the cost of storing and distributing surplus food donated by the Commodity Credit Corporation.
The President redesignated Clinton Dan McKinnon as Chairman and designated Barbara E. McConnell as Vice Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board for the period ending December 31, 1984, effective January 1, 1984.
December 25, 1983
The President and Mrs. Reagan spent Christmas at the White House with members of their family and friends.
December 27, 1983
The President and Mrs. Reagan left the White House for a trip to Los Angeles, Calif., where they stayed at the Century Plaza Hotel.
December 29, 1983
The President and Mrs. Reagan left Los Angeles, Calif., and traveled to the home of Walter and Leonore Annenberg in Palm Springs, Calif., where they stayed through New Year's Day.