[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 48 (Monday, December 1, 1997)]
[Pages 1928-1929]
[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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November 22

    In the morning, the President had a telephone conversation from the 
Oval Office with President Boris Yeltsin of Russia concerning the 
situation in Iraq. Later, he traveled to Denver, CO. On arrival, the 
President met with 97-year-old Daisy Anderson, the last surviving widow 
of a Civil War veteran.
    In the afternoon, the President traveled to Seattle, WA, and in the 
evening he traveled to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

November 23

    In the morning, the President played golf with Prime Minister Jean 
Chretien of Canada and Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong of Singapore at the 
Shaughnessy Golf Course in Vancouver.

November 24

    In the morning, at the Waterfront Centre Hotel, the President hosted 
a breakfast with leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations 
and later met with President Soeharto of Indonesia.
    In the afternoon, at the Vancouver Trade and Convention Center, the 
President attended an APEC leaders' agenda briefing and a dialog with 
APEC Business Advisory

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Council representatives. The President also met with President Kim Yong-
sam of South Korea.
    In the evening, the President attended a dinner for APEC leaders 
hosted by Prime Minister Jean Chretien of Canada at British Columbia 
Place.

November 25

    In the morning, the President attended the APEC leaders' meeting in 
the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. In the 
afternoon, he joined APEC leaders for a luncheon in the Norman MacKenzie 
House at the university. Later, the President returned to the Museum of 
Anthropology, where he attended the afternoon session of the leaders' 
meeting and then met with President Eduardo Frei of Chile.
    In the evening, the President returned to Washington, DC, arriving 
after midnight.

November 26

    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton went to Camp 
David, MD, for the Thanksgiving holiday.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Ian Francis Hancock 
as a member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Ryan C. Crocker to 
be Ambassador to Syria.
    The President announced his intention to nominate William Lacy Swing 
to be Ambassador to the Congo.
    The White House announced that Presidents Lennart Meri of Estonia, 
Guntis Ulmanis of Latvia, and Algirdas Brazauskas of Lithuania will 
visit the White House on January 16, 1998.

November 27

    In the evening, the President had a telephone conversation with the 
crewmembers of the Space Shuttle Columbia to wish them a happy 
Thanksgiving.