[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 31, Number 12 (Monday, March 27, 1995)]
[Pages 472-473]
[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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March 19

    In the morning, the President had a telephone conversation with 
Prime Minister John Major of the United Kingdom.

March 20

    In an afternoon ceremony in the Oval Office, the President received 
diplomatic credentials from the following Ambassadors: Abdulla Bin 
Mohamed Al-Dhahab of Oman; Jorge G. Prieto of Paraguay; Franklin Sonn of 
South Africa; Mahamat Saleh Ahmat of Chad; Jayantha C. B Dhanapala of 
Sri Lanka; Kun Woo Park of South Korea; Courtney N.M. Blackman of 
Barbados; Corentino Virgillio Santos of Cape Verde; Severin Ntahomvukiye 
of Burundi; Jesus Silva Herzog of the United Mexican States; Hadj Osmane 
Bencherif of Algeria; Willie Chokani of Malawi; Basudev Prasad Dhungana 
of Nepal.
    The President announced that he will lead a National Rural 
Conference on the future of America's rural communities on April 25 in 
Ames, Iowa.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Jerome A. Stricker 
to be a member of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.
    The White House announced the President will visit Russia and 
Ukraine on May 9-11 to attend ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of 
V-E Day and for bilateral discussions with President Boris Yeltsin of 
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sia and President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine.
    The White House announced the President has invited Prime Minister 
John Major of the United Kingdom to make an official working visit to 
Washington, DC, on April 3-4.

March 21

    The President announced his intention to appoint Peter Chase Neumann 
as a member of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Joseph T. Gorman 
and Richard Notebaert to be members of the President's Export Council.
    The President announced his intention to appoint the following 
individuals to be members of the National Selective Service Appeals 
Board:
    --Betsy Levine;
    --Leo M. Romero;
    --James Roosevelt, Jr.;
    --Jan Craig Scruggs;
    --Barbara W. White.

March 22

    The President announced his intention to appoint Anne-Lee Verville 
to the National Skill Standards Board.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Kitty Dukakis to 
the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council.
    The President announced the appointment of Secretary of Defense 
William J. Perry as the Chairman of the 1995 Interagency Savings Bonds 
Committee.
    The White House announced the President has made available $57.8 
million in emergency funding to provide assistance to Georgia and 
Florida in recovering from the damage caused by Tropical Storm Alberto 
and subsequent flooding.

March 23

    The White House announced the appointment of William C. Danvers as 
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Legislative 
Affairs at the National Security Council.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Walter Parker as 
the academic representative to the Arctic Research Commission.
    The President announced his intention to appoint the following 
individuals to be members of the Advisory Committee on the Arts of the 
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts:
    --Patricia Staunton Etchart;
    --Meghan Zanolli Holbrook;
    --John P. Manning;
    --Cherri D. Roden;
    --Ann M. DeLaney;
    --Kandy Stroud.

March 24

    In the morning, the President went to the National Naval Medical 
Center in Bethesda, MD, where he underwent a routine physical 
examination.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Jimmie Lou Fisher 
to be a public member of the Rural Telephone Bank Board.