[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 6 (Monday, February 10, 1997)]
[Pages 160-161]
[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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February 3

    In the morning, the President met with President Alberto Fujimori of 
Peru in the White House to discuss Mr. Fujimori's recent visit to 
Toronto and the hostage crisis in Peru.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Marsha Mason to 
the National Council on the Arts.
    The President announced his intention to appoint the following 
individuals to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations: 
Lester M. Alberthal, Jr.; Roger J. Baccigaluppi; John E. Bryson; James 
P. (Tom) Camerlo, Jr.; John T. Chambers; Walter Y. Elisha; Donald V. 
Fites; Richard S. Fuld, Jr.; Fred Krupp; Lenore Miller; Bernard 
Rapoport; Jerome A. Siegel; Paula Stern; and John J. Sweeney.
    The President announced his intention to designate Michael J. Gaines 
as Chair of the U.S. Parole Commission.
    The White House announced that Prime Minister Jean Chretien of 
Canada and his wife have accepted the President's invitation for an 
official visit to Washington, DC, on April 8.
    The White House announced that the President has accepted an 
invitation to visit The Netherlands on May 28 to commemorate the 50th 
anniversary of the Marshall plan and to participate in the U.S.-European 
Union summit.

February 4

    The President announced his intention to nominate Theodore F. 
Verheggen to the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission.
    The White House announced that the President sent a message to Prime 
Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel extending condolences on behalf of 
all Americans to the

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Israeli people and the families of the victims of the Israeli Defense 
Forces helicopter tragedy.

February 5

    In the morning, the President traveled to Augusta, GA. While en 
route, aboard Air Force One, he had a telephone conversation with Prime 
Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel to express his condolences. In the 
afternoon, the President returned to Washington, DC.

February 7

    In the morning, the President had a telephone conversation with 
Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany concerning European security issues 
and the future of NATO.
    The White House announced the President will travel to Mexico from 
April 11-12 and to the Caribbean and Central and South America from May 
6-13.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Kathryn (Kitty) 
O'Leary Higgins for Deputy Secretary of Labor.
    The President announced the following White House staff 
appointments:
    Thurgood Marshall, Jr., Assistant to the President and Cabinet 
      Secretary;
    Maria Echaveste, Assistant to the President and Director for Public 
      Liaison;
    Craig Smith, Assistant to the President and Director for Political 
      Affairs;
    Robert (Ben) Johnson, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy 
      Director for Public Liaison;
    Minyon Moore, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director 
      for Political Affairs;
    Karen Skelton, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director 
      for Political Affairs; and
    Beverly Barnes, Senior Adviser to the Chief of Staff.