[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 2 (Monday, January 17, 1994)]
[Pages 53-54]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Digest of Other White House Announcements

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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 this issue.

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January 8

    In the morning, the President and Hillary and Chelsea Clinton 
attended the memorial service for his mother, Virginia Clinton Kelley, 
at the Hot Springs Convention Center in Hot Springs, AR. They then 
traveled to Hope, AR, where they attended the burial service at Rose 
Hill Cemetery and a reception following the service. In the late 
afternoon, they returned to Washington, DC.
    In the late evening, the President traveled to Brussels, Belgium.

January 9

    After arriving in Brussels in the afternoon, the President met with 
King Albert II of Belgium at Laeken Palace.
    In the evening, the President toured the Grand Place. Following a 
visit to a local cafe, the President returned to the Conrad Hotel, his 
residence during his stay in Brussels.

January 10

    In the morning, the President went to NATO Headquarters where he met 
with NATO Secretary General Manfred Woerner and attended a briefing by 
U.S. military commanders. Following the briefing, the President attended 
the opening session of the NATO summit.
    In the afternoon, the President went to Laeken Palace where he 
attended a luncheon hosted by King Albert II of Belgium for NATO leaders 
and ministers of foreign affairs. Following the luncheon, the President 
returned to NATO Headquarters where he attended afternoon sessions of 
the NATO summit.
    In the evening, the President attended a summit working dinner at 
the Chateau Val Du Chesse. Following a late evening walk and visit to a 
toy and novelty shop, he returned to the Conrad Hotel.

January 11

    In the morning, the President attended the final session of the NATO 
summit at NATO Headquarters. He then attended meetings and a working 
lunch with European Union officials at European Union Headquarters.
    In the afternoon, the President traveled to Prague, Czech Republic. 
Following his arrival, he attended official welcoming ceremonies in the 
First Courtyard of Prague Castle.
    In the evening, after a walk across the Charles Bridge, the 
President and President Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic had dinner at 
the Golden Tiger Pub. Later in the evening, he went to the Reduta Jazz 
Club.

January 12

    In the morning, the President was given a tour of the Holocaust 
memorial at the Pinkas Synagogue and the Old Jewish Cemetery. Following 
the tour, he went to the U.S. Ambassador's residence where he hosted a 
working lunch for Visegrad leaders.
    In the afternoon, the President discussed the expansion of trade in 
Eastern Europe with members of the business community in a K-Mart store. 
He then went to the Prague Airport where he attended a U.S. Embassy 
reception before traveling to Kiev, Ukraine.
    In the late evening, the President traveled to Moscow, Russia, where 
he remained overnight.
    The White House announced that the President has directed Bernard 
Nussbaum to request the Attorney General to appoint a special counsel to 
conduct, as expeditiously as possible, an appropriate, independent in- 

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vestigation of the Whitewater matter and report to the American people.

January 13

    In the morning, the President met with President Boris Yeltsin of 
Russia, who then gave him a tour of the Kremlin.
    In the afternoon, the President again met with President Yeltsin. 
The President then visited the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Alexy 
II, at Central Clinical Hospital.
    In the evening, the President attended a reception at the Spaso 
House, the residence of the U.S. Ambassador. He then attended a private 
dinner with President Boris Yeltsin at his country home.

January 14

    In the morning, the President placed a wreath at the Tomb of the 
Unknown Soldier. He then went to the Kremlin where he met with President 
Yeltsin. Following their discussions, the two Presidents held a news 
conference.
    In the afternoon, the President went to Ostankino Television Station 
where he participated in a question-and-answer session with Russian 
citizens.
    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton attended a state 
dinner hosted by President Boris Yeltsin in the Hall of Facets at the 
Kremlin.
    The President named Michael Blumenthal as Chairman of the Fund for 
Large Enterprises in Russia.