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Digest of Other White House Announcements

September 15, 1978

The following listing includes the President's daily schedule and other items of general interest as announced by the White House Press Office during the period covered by this issue. Events and announcements printed elsewhere in the issue are not included.

September 9 1

The President met in the morning at Camp David with Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and Hamilton Jordan, Assistant to the President.

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Note: The informal nature of the meetings at Camp David precluded the announcement of daily Presidential schedules by the White House Press Office. Only those meetings and their participants which were announced have been included.

September 10

The President telephoned the Shah of Iran in the morning and discussed the present situation in Iran. The President reaffirmed the close and friendly relationship between Iran and the United States and the importance of Iran's continued alliance with the West. The President expressed his deep regret over the loss of life and his hope that the violence would soon be ended. He further expressed the hope that the movement toward political liberalization would continue.

President Carter, President Anwar al Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister Menahem Begin of Israel went to Gettysburg, Pa., for a tour of the Gettysburg National Military Park.

The President met with Prime Minister Begin. Also attending the meeting were Vice President Walter F. Mondale, Secretary Vance, Dr. Brzezinski, Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan, and Israeli Defense Minister Ezer Weizman.

September 11

The President met in the morning with President Sadat. Throughout the day, he also met with members of the U.S. delegation.

The President announced that he will nominate G. William Miller, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, to be U.S. Alternate Governor of the International Monetary Fund.

September 12

The President met in the morning with President Sadat. Throughout the day, he also met with members of the U.S. delegation.

The President met in the evening with Prime Minister Begin.

September 13

During the day, the President met with members of the U.S., Egyptian, and Israeli delegations.

The President met in the evening with Prime Minister Begin.

The President announced that he has accorded the personal rank of Ambassador to Irving G. Tragen while he serves as Head of the U.S. Delegation to the meetings of the Inter-American Council on Education, Science and Culture, and the Inter-American Economic and Social Council. Mr. Tragen is Deputy Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, and will head the delegations to these meetings because the Permanent Representative, Ambassador Gale W. McGee, will be unable to attend.

The President announced that he has accorded the personal rank of Minister to Jonathan Dean while he is serving as Acting U.S. Representative for Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions negotiations. Mr. Dean is serving as Acting Representative to MBFR pending the appointment of a successor to Stanley R. Resor, who was recently appointed Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Mr. Dean was previously Deputy U.S. Representative to MBFR.

September 14

The President met in the morning with President Sadat. He then held separate meetings with, first, Secretary Vance, Dr. Brzezinski, and Mr. Jordan, and then Foreign Minister Dayan and Defense Minister Weizman.

The President held separate meetings with President Sadat and members of the Egyptian delegation.

The President transmitted to the Congress the 1977 Aeronautics and Space Report of the President.

September 15

The President met in the morning with Vice President Mondale, Secretary of Defense Harold Brown, Secretary Vance, Dr. Brzezinski, and Mr. Jordan.

Later in the morning, the President met with Secretary Vance and Foreign Minister Dayan.

The President met with Secretaries Vance and Brown, and Dr. Brzezinski. The President then had a separate meeting with Secretaries Vance and Brown to discuss defense matters.

The President met in the afternoon with President Sadat.

Jimmy Carter, Digest of Other White House Announcements Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/243061

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