[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 50 (Monday, December 15, 1997)]
[Pages 2030-2031]
[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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December 7

    The President had separate telephone conversations with Presidents 
Fidel Ramos of

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the Philippines, Benjamin Mkapa of Tanzania, Fernando Cardoso of Brazil, 
and Carlos Menem of Argentina concerning the discussions on climate 
change taking place in Kyoto, Japan.
    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton attended the 
Kennedy Center Honors in the Opera House at the John F. Kennedy Center 
for the Performing Arts, which was taped for broadcast on December 26.

December 8

    The President declared a major disaster in the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands and ordered Federal aid to supplement 
Commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the area struck by Super 
Typhoon Keith on November 2-3.

December 9

    In the morning, the President traveled to New York City.

December 10

    In the evening, the President traveled from New York City to Miami, 
FL, arriving after midnight.

December 11

    In the evening, the President returned to Washington, DC, arriving 
after midnight.