Digest of Other White House Announcements

The following listing includes the President's public schedule and other items of general interest announced by the White House Press Office and not included elsewhere in this issue.

August 23

The President met at the White House with Zbigniew Brzezinski, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.

August 25

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—Secretary of the Treasury G. William Miller, James T. Mcintyre, Jr., Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Charles L. Schultze, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, and Stuart E. Eizenstat, Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs and Policy; —Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts.

August 26

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—the Democratic congressional leadership;

—Frank B. Moore, Assistant to the President for Congressional Liaison;

—Vice President Walter F. Mondale;

—Representatives James J. Florio of New Jersey, Edward R. Madigan of Illinois, James T. Broyhill of North Carolina, and Harley O. Staggers and Nick Joe Rahall II of West Virginia;

—the executive board of the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America.

The White House announced that the President has approved the award of the Medal of Freedom, the Nation's highest civilian honor, to Horace Marden Albright. The award ceremony will take place at a later date. Mr. Albright was the cofounder of the National Park Service, which was established in 1916, and was its second director. Mr. Albright, who is 90, lives in Studio City, Calif.

August 27

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—a bipartisan group of Members of the House of Representatives.

The President announced that he has designated Arthur Levitt, Jr., to advise the administration on its response to the recommendations of the White House Conference on Small Business. Mr. Levitt, chairman and chief executive officer of the American Stock Exchange, was Chairman of the Small Business Conference Commission.

August 28

The President met at the White House with:

—David L. Aaron, Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs;

—a bipartisan group of Members of the House of Representatives;

—Mr. Moore;

—Stansfield Turner, Director of Central Intelligence.

August 29

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—Secretary of State Edmund S. Muskie, Secretary of Defense Harold Brown, Deputy Secretary of State Warren M. Christopher, Jack H. Watson, Jr., Assistant to the President, Lloyd N. Cutler, Counsel to the President, and Dr. Brzezinski.

In an Oval Office ceremony, the President received diplomatic credentials from Ambassadors Filipe Nagera Bole of Fiji, Mohamed Warsame Ali of the Somali Democratic Republic, Bhekh Bahadur Thapa of Nepal, Frank Gill of New Zealand, Jan Hendrik Lubbers of the Netherlands, Anton Hegner of Switzerland, Joseph Kingsley Baffour-Senkyire of Ghana, and Elleck K. Mashingaidze of Zimbabwe.

The President left the White House for a weekend stay at Camp David, Md.