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.

December 7

The President returned to the White House from Camp David, Md.

The President met at the White House with:

—foreign policy advisers;

—the National Security Council.

December 8

The President met at the White House with:

—Zbigniew Brzezinski, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs;

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

—administration officials to review the fiscal year 1982 budget.

December 9

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—Mr. Moore;

—Philip Henry Alston, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Australia;

—Lew R. Wasserman, president of Music Corporation of America, Inc., and Mrs. Wasserman;

—the executive committee of the Democratic National Committee.

December 10

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—Mr. Moore;

—administration officials to discuss the fiscal year 1982 budget.

December 11

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—administration officials to discuss the fiscal year 1982 budget.

In a ceremony in the Oval Office, the President received diplomatic credentials from Ambassadors Jorge Mario Eastman of Colombia, Federico Edmundo Poujol of Honduras, Moteane John Melamu of Botswana, Fernando Schwalb Lopez Aldana of Peru, and Kubulan Los of Papua New Guinea.

The President today announced that he has designated John Dalton as Chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. Dalton has been a member of this Board since earlier this ),ear and is former president of the Government National Mortgage Association.

The President has designated Mr. Jeno Paulucci as his personal representative to lead a delegation to Italy on Saturday, December 13. Mr. Paulucci and the members of his delegation will confer with Italian Government officials and others involved in providing relief to victims of the recent earthquake. The primary objective of the delegation's mission will be to express United States sympathy and concern and to explore ways in which the United States can most usefully augment the assistance it has already provided for earthquake victims and their communities. The delegation is expected to complete its mission late next week and will report to the President upon return to Washington. In addition to Mr. Paulucci, who served as President Ford's special representative during the recovery from the 1976 Friuli earthquake, the Presidential delegation will comprise:

MARIO BIAGGI, Member of Congress, New York;

SILVIO CONTE, Member of Congress, Massachusetts;

MARIO CUOMO, Lieutenant Governor of New York;

GERALDINE FERRARO, Member of Congress, New York;

ROBERT GEORGINE, president, Building and Construction Trade Unions;

BENJAMIN L. PALUMBO, director, Federal Government relations, Philip Morris Inc.; and

NANCY PELOSI, chairperson, Northern California Democratic Party, San Francisco.

December 12

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—Vice President Walter F. Mondale, Deputy Secretary of State Warren M. Christopher, and Dr. Brzezinski;

—Representative Dan Glickman of Kansas;

—Mr. Moore.

The White House announced that the President has received a report from Secretary of State Edmund S. Muskie on the recently completed NATO Foreign Ministers meeting.

The President today announced that he will designate Georgiana Sheldon as Acting Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission effective January 2, 1981. Sheldon has been a member of this Commission since it was established in 1977.

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