THE WHITE HOUSE

THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD

PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
THE WHITE HOUSE, EAST ROOM
AUGUST 9, 1974
WASHINGTON, D.C.
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12:00 N FRIDAY
ACTIVITY
Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as 38th President of the United
States. Chief Justice Warren E. Burger administered the
oath of office. For a list of guests attending the
ceremony, see APPENDIX "A."
Members of the press
The President delivered his inaugural address. The address
was broadcast live over nationwide radio and television.
The President went to the Red Room.
The President met with:
Senator James O. Eastland (D-Mississippi)
Congressman Leslie C. Arends (R-I11inois)
Senator Robert P. Griffin (R-Michigan)
Senator Mike Mansfield (D-Montana)
Senator Hugh Scott (R-Pennsy1vania)
Congressman Carl Albert (D-Ok1ahoma)
Congressman John J. Rhodes (R-Arizona)
Senator Robert C. Byrd (D-West Virginia)
Congressman Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. (D-Massachusetts)
Congressman John J. McFall (R-Ca1ifornia)
The President went to the press briefing area.
The President announced the appointment of Jerald F.
terHorst as Press Secretary to the President.
Members of the press
The President went to the Roosevelt Room.
The President went to the Oval Office.
The President met with relatives and friends.
The President returned to the Roosevelt Room.
The President met with senior members of the White House
staff. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "B."
The President went to the Cabinet Room.
The President met with his senior economic advisers. For
a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "C."
Scanned from the President's Daily Diary Collection (Box 72) at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
THE WHITE HOUSE, EAST ROOM AUGUST 9, 1974
WASHINGTON, D.C.
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3:44 3:54
3:44 3:54
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2:21 p.m. FRIDAY
ACTIVITY
The President returned to the Roosevelt Room.
The President met Ambassadors from the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) nations. For a list of attendees,
see APPENDIX "D."
Members of the press, in/out
The President returned to the Cabinet Room.
The President continued his meeting with his senior economic
advisers. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "C."
The President returned to the Oval Office.
The President met with his Deputy Assistant for National
Security Affairs, Maj. Gen. Brent Scowcroft.
The President met with:
Alan Greenspan, Chairman-designate of the Council of
Economic Advisers (CEA)
L. William Seidman, Executive Director of the
Conference on Inflation; Assistant to Vice
President Ford for Administration and Public f f a i ~ s
The President posed for an official photograph by White
House photographers.
The President met with:
Yasukawa M. Donowaki, Ambassador of Japan to the U.S.
Henry A. Kissinger. Secretary of State
John O. Marsh, Jr., Assistant to Vice President Ford
for Defense Affairs
Members of the press, in/out
The President met with:
Secretary Kissinger
Yuly M. Vorontosov, Charge-d'Affairs of the U.S.S.R.
to the U.S.
Maj. Gen. Scowcroft
Mr. Marsh
Members of the press, in/out
The President met with:
Mr. Marsh
Lt. Col. Americo A. Sardo, Marine Corps Aide
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THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
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ACTIVITY
The President returned to the Roosevelt Room.
The President met with Ambassadors from the Middle East.
For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "E."
Members of the press, in/out
The President returned to the Oval Office.
The President met with:
Mr. Marsh
Mr. Haig
Mr. Hartmann
The President met with:
Secretary Kissinger
Huang Chen, Chief of the Liaison Office of the
Peoples' Republic of China (PRC), Washington,
D.C.
Maj. Gen. Scowcroft
Chi Chao-chu, interpreter
Members of the press, in/out
The President met with:
Secretary Kissinger
Brig. Gen. Richard L. Lawson, USAF, Military
Assistant
Maj. Gen. Scowcroft
The President returned to the Cabinet Room.
The President met with senior staff and transition advisers.
For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "F."
The President returned to the Roosevelt Room.
The President met with Latin American Ambassadors. For a
list of attendees, see APPENDIX "G."
Members of the press, in/out
The President returned to the Cabinet Room.
The President continued his meeting with senior staff and
transition advisers. For a list of attendees, see
APPENDIX "F."
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THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
THE WHITE HOUSE, EAST ROOM AUGUST 9 1974
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME DAY
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6:47 p.m. FRIDAY
ACTIVITY
The President returned to the OVal Office.
The President met with:
Secretary Kissinger
Simcha Dinitz, Ambassador of Israel to the U.S.
Maj. Gen. Scowcroft
Members of the press, in/out
The President met with:
Mr. Hartmann
Donald H. Rumsfe1d, Representative of the U.S. to
NATO
The President met with:
Secretary Kissinger
Tran Kim Phuong, Ambassador of the Republic of South
Vietnam to the U.S.
Maj. Gen. Scowcroft
Members of the press, in/out
The President .went to the South Grounds of the White House.
The President motored from the South Grounds to his
residence, 514 Crown View Drive, Alexandria, Virginia.
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APPENDIX "A"
Attendance not confirmed.
List may not be complete.
SWEARING IN OF GERALD R. FORD AS 38TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
August 9, 1974
THE \IJHITE HOUSE
Guest List
SwearinG in of President Gerald R. Ford
The East Room
Senator and Hrs. John Tovrer
Senator and Hrs. Bill Brock
Senator and Mrs. Norris Cotton
Senator and Mrs. John McClellan
Senator and Mrs. Milton Young
Senator and Mrs. Charles Goodell
Senator and Mrs. Howard Cannon
Senator and Nrs. l',larlOiv Cook
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mills
Mr. and Mrs. Hilliam Cramer
Representative and Mrs. Albert Quie
Representative John fkCormiclc
fi!r. and Hrs. John L. r1onnahan
filr. Eddie r1cCormick
Hrs. Dorothy Cavanaus:h
1'1r. Scott Cavanaugh
Mr. and Mrs. David Downton
Iir. and l'1rs. Charles lalmer
Hiss .Ann }':al7lstra
Mr. and Urs. Carl Messersmith
Mr. David Milanowski
Miss Marba Perrott
Niss Gail Raiman
Mr. George TerHorst
Nr. Gordon
I1r. and Hrs. Charlene Von Pav.rel
Hr. and Hrs. George Hillis
Mrs. Joann Uilson
Mrs. Josephine Wilson
r1r. and i'Irs. Richard Fra zier
Mrs. Clara Powell
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hartmann
Hr. Rob Hartman
Hr. and John Harsh
l'Ir. and I'lrs. Hilliam Seidma.n
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Burress
APPENDJ,X "A" p. 2
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Miss Mildred Leonard
I<1r. and f!Irs. Pa.ul rUI tich
Mr. and Mrs. William Casselman
Ilr. and Nrs. t-falter Illote
Hr. and Brs. James Howe
Mrs. Gwen Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hoffman
11r. and IJirs. \Villiam Timmons
Mr. and Mrs. Max Friedersdorf
Mr. and I'Irs. Tom Korologos
Representative and Mrs. Charles Bennett
Representative and Mrs. Richard
Representative and Mrs. H. R. Gross
Representati ve and l1rs. Carl Perkins
Representative and rTrs. Peter Rodino
Representative and Mrs. Harley Staggers
Representative and Ers. Tom Steed
Representative and 1'iilliam tUdnal1
Representative and Hrs. Clement Zablocki
Representati ve and r,1rs. John Rhodes
Representati ve and 1'1rs. Leslie Arends
Representative and Mrs. John Anderson
Representative and IJIrs. Samuel Devine
Representative and Mrs. Barber Conable
Representative and Mrs. Robert Michel
Representative and r1rs. Louis Frey, Jr.
Representative and 1lirs. Jack Ed't'lards
Representative and Brs. David i'1artin
The Honorable and f'irs. Henry A. Kissinp;er
The Honorable and IvJrs. t<Iilliam E. Simon
The Honorable and 11rs. James R. Schlesinger
The Honorable and Mrs. Hilliam B. Saxbe
The Honorable and r:Irs. Roeers C. B. l\lorton
The Honorable and Mrs. L. Butz
The Honorable and Hrs. Frederick B. Dent
The Honorable ,md l'Irs. Peter J, Brennan
The honorable and Mrs. Caspar U. W2inb
The Honorable and r1rs. James T. Lynn
'Jlhe Honorable and r,1rs. Claude S. Briner:ar
Senator Philip Hart
Senator Robert Griffin
Representative John Conyers, Jr.
Representative Marvin Esch
Representative Garry Brown
Representative Edward Hutchinson
Representative Richard Vander Veen
Representative Charles Chamberlain
Representative Donald Riegle
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Representative Robert Traxler
Representative Guy Vander Jagt
APPENDIX "A" p.3
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Representatlve Philip Ruppe
Representative James O:Hara
Representative Charles Dirgs) Jr.
Representative Lucien Nedzi
Representative Hilliam Ford
Representative John Dingell
Representative Martha Griffiths
Representative Robert Huber
Representative William Broomfield
General and !"Irs. George S. Brmm
General and I:1rs. Fred C. Weya.nd
General and l1rs. David C. Jones
General and Robert E. Cushman, Jr.
Admiral and rIrs. James L. Hollo\lay
Admiral and Mrs. Owen W. Siler
Secretary and Hrs. Howard H. Callaway
Secretary and Hrs. John L. f!IcLucas
Secretary and Mrs. William P. Clements
Secretary and Mrs. Jack L. Bowers
Speaker and til's. Carl Albert
t4ajority Leader and f1rs. Thomas P. O'NeilL,
Democratic Vihlp and r,lrs. John D. r,kFall
I,1inori ty Leader and Hrs. John Rhodes
Republiean t-J'hip and l'Irs. Leslie Arends
Senator and Mrs. Mike Mansfield
Senator and Brs. Robert Byrd
Senator and I1rs. Hugh Seott
Senator and Nrs. Robert Griffin
Senator and f1rs. James Ee.stland
Chief Justice and l1rs. Harren E. Burger
Hr. Wade A.
i'ir. j','Ic.<.:c'k Cannon
Counsellor and fIrs. Dean Durch
Counsellor and l,trs. Kenneth Rush
The Honorable and Mrs. George Bush
The Honorable and Mrs. John Scali
The Honorable and l1rs. Roy Ash
The Honorable and i1rs. Alexander IIaig
Mr. and Mrs. Max Fisher
Major General and Mrs. Brent Scowcroft
Director and Hrs. Clarence H. Kelley
Nrs. I'1ary Dobbins
Counsellor Anne ArmstronG
Dr. and fIrs. Arthur Burns
The Honorable and Brs. Kenneth Cole
Congresswomen Corinne C. Eoges
Admiral and Mrs. Arlie Burke
Governor and Mrs. William Milligan
The Honorable and f.1rs. Bill Tifill-nons
The Honorable and Brs. Tom Korolop;os
Sr.
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and Mrs. Bill Cramer
Congressman George H. nahan
Congressman James Harvey
Congressman Glen R. Davis
The Honorable and r/[rs. Bryce HarlmJ
Mr. and Phi 1 Buchen
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Whyte
The Honorable and Mrs. Bill Scranton
The Honorable and Firs. George Schultz
The Honorable and Mrs. William Baroody. Jr.
The Honorable and Mrs. Gerald W. Warren
Jl.1iss Rose ttIary 'Hoods
The Honorable and filrs. Stan Scott
The Honorable and Mrs. John Hidecl<er..
Mr; and Mrs. Joe Bartlett
fJIr. and Brs. Tommy \lJinebrenner
Hr. and f1rs. James Drm'Tn
The Honorable and Hrs. John Byrnes
The HonorabIe and f'lrs. I"l.e 1vin Laird
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Parma
r'Ir. and l1rs. Trawme1 Crow
Nr. and Hrs. Robert Collier
f!ir., and Hrs. Frank \Jelsh
His Excellency S. Edward Peal
Mr. Gardiner Britt
Mr. and Mrs. Lou Deschler
arld l"Irs 1> Cec:er:Jerp;
l'ir. and Nrs. Thomas Ford .
Hr. and Hrs. Richard Ford
Hr. and r,lrs. James Ford
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APPENDIX liBII
Attendance confirmed by
Nell Yates. All present.
WHITE HOUSE SENIOR STAFF MEETING
The Roosevelt Room
August 9, 1974
The President
Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Assistant
Roy L. Ash, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
and Assistant for Management and Budget
Maj. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant for National Security
Affairs
William E. Timmons, Assistant
Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State
Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Executive Director of the Domestic Council and
Assistant for Domestic Affairs
Leonard Garment, Assistant
J. Fred Buzhardt, Counsel
Dean Burch, Counsellor
Kenneth Rush, Counsellor for Economic Policy
Ken W. Clawson, Director of Communications
APPENDIX "c"
Attendance confirmed by
Nell Yates. All present.
MEETING WITH ECONOMIC ADVISERS
The Cabinet Room
August 9, 1974
The President
Arthur F. Burns, Chairman of the Board of Goyernors of the Federal
Reserve System
William E. Simon, Secretary of the Treasury
Kenneth Rush, Counsellor for Economic Policy
Herbert Stein, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)
Roy L. Ash, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
and Assistant for Management and Budget
Alan Greenspan, Chairman-designate of the CEA
Robert T. Hartmann, Counsellor
L. William Seidman, Executive Director of the Conference on Inflation
Assistant to Vice President Ford for Administration and Public Affairs
William W. Scranton, former Governor (R-Pennsy1vania) and member of
the President's transition team
Richard T. Burress, Assistant to Vice President Ford
Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Assistant
APPENDIX "D"
Attendance not confirmed.
MEETING WITH AMBASSADORS FROM NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO)
NATIONS
The Roosevelt Room
August 9, 1974
The President
Herman Dehennin, Charge 0 f Belgium to the U,. S. ,
Marcel Cadieux, Ambassador of Canada to the U.S.
Evvind Bartels, Ambassador of Denmark to the U.S.
Francois de La Gorce, Charge of France to the U.S.
Hans H. Noebel, Charge of Germany to the U.S.
Constantine P. Panayotacos, Ambassador of Greece to the U.S.
Thorsteinn Ingolfsson, Charge of Iceland to the U.S.
Giulio Tamagnini, Charge of Italy to the U.S.
Albrecht N. Van Aerssen, Charge of the Netherlands to the U.S.
Harald Svanoe Midttun, Charge of Norway to the U.S.
Pedro Alves Machado, Charge of Portugal to the U.S.
Melih Esenbel, Ambassador of Turkey to the U.S.
Peter Ramsbotham, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the U.S.
Helmut C. Sonnelfeldt, Counselor of the Department of State
Wells Stabler, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State
APPENDIX "E"
Attendance not confirmed.
MEETING WITH AMBASSADORS FROM MIDDLE EASTERN NATIONS
The Roosevelt Room
August 9, 1974
The President
Abdelkader Maadini, Acting Head of the Algerian Interests Section
Ashraf A. Ghorbal, Ambassador of Egypt to the U.S.
Riad Sabri, Charge of Jordan to the U.S.
Jamil Al-Hassani, Charge of Kuwait to the U.S.
Joseph Akl, Charge of Lebanon to the U.S.
Ali El-Gayed, Charge of Libya to the U.S.
Saad Taib, Charge of Morocco to the U.S.
Ahmed Macki, Ambassador of Oman to the U.S.
Abdullah Saleh AI-Mana, Ambassador of Quatar to the U.S.
Ibrahim Al-Sowayel, Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the U.S.
Mamoun Abdel Gadir Yousif, Charge of Sudan to the U.S.
Sabah Kabbani, Ambassador of Syria to the U.S.
Amor Ardhaoui, Charge of Tunisia to the U.S.
Hamad Abdul Rahman Al Madfa, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates
to the U.S.
Yahya H. Geghman, Ambassador of Yemen to the U.S.
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Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State
Alfred L. Atherton, Dr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern
and South Asian Affairs
David A. Korn, Director for I r ~ q Jordan, Lebanon, and Syran Arab Republic
Affairs, Department of State
APPENDIX "F"
Attendance confirmed by
Nell Yates. All present.
MEETING WITH TRANSITION ADVISERS
The Cabinet Room
August 9, 1974
The President
Bryce N. Harlow, Vice President for National Government Relations,
Procter and Gamble Manufacturing Company, Washington, D.C.
Senator Robert P. Griffin (R-Michigan)
Leon W. Parma, Group Executive Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical Company, Inc.,
San Diego, California
William G. Whyte, Assistant Fice President, U.S. Steel, Washington, D.C.
John W. Byrnes, former Congressman (R-Wisconsin)
Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior and member of the
President's transition team
William W. Scranton, former Governor (R-Pennsylvania) and member of the
President's transition team
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Representative of the U.S. to the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO) and member of the President's transition
team
L. William Seidman, Assistant to Vice President Ford for Administration
and Public Affairs; Executive Director of the Conference on Inflation
Robert T. Hartmann, Counsellor
Philip W. Buchen, partner with Law, Buchen, Weathers, Richardson and
Dutcher law firm, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Clay T. Whitehead, Director of the Office of Telecommunications Policy
APPENDIX "GII
Attendance not confirmed.
MEETING WITH LATIN AMERICAN AMBASSADORS
The Roosevelt Room
August 9, 1974
The President
Alejandro Orfila, Ambassador of Argentina to the U.S.
Beaumont Williams, Ambassador of Barbados to the U.S.
Juan Jose Loria, Charge d'affairs of Bolivia to the U.S.
Jose Araujo Castro, Ambassador of Brazil to the U.S.
Gen. Walter Heitmann, Ambassador of Chile to the U.S.
Rodrigo Escobar, Charge d'affairs of Colombia to the U.S.
Rudolfo Silva, Ambassador of Costa Rica to the U.S.
Salvador Ortiz, Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the U.S.
Alberto Quevedo-Toro, Ambassador of Ecuador to the U.S.
Francisco Bertran Galindo, Ambassador of El Salvador to the U.S.
Julio Asencio Wunderlich, Ambassador of Guatemala to the U.S.
Frederick Talbott, Ambassador of Guyana to the U.S.
Josette Philippeaux, Charge d'affairs of Haiti to the U.S.
Roberto Alonzo Cleaves, Charge d'affaires of Honduras to the U.S.
Anthony Hill, Charge d-affairs of Jamaica to the U.S.
Jose Juan de Olloqui, Ambassador of Mexico to the U.S.
Alvaro Rizo-Castellon, Charge d'affairs of Nicaragua to the U.S.
Marina Mayo, Charge d'affairs of Panama to the U.S.
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Miguel Solano Lopez
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Ambassador of Paraguay to the U.S.
Fernando Berckemeyer
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Ambassador of Peru to the U.S.
Victor McIntyre
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Ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago to the U.S.
Hector Luisi
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Ambassador of Uruguay to the U.S.
Miguel Angel Burelli Rivas
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Ambassador of Venezuela to the U.S.
Livingston Basil Johnson, Ambassador of the Bahamas to the U.S.
State Department Officials:
Henry A. Kissinger
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Secretary of State
Jack B. Kubisch, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs
and U.S. Coordinator of the Alliance for Progress
William G. Bowdler, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-
American Affairs