[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 13 (Monday, March 30, 1998)]
[Pages 521-522]
[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 21

    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton attended the 
annual Gridiron Club dinner in the Continental Room at the Capital 
Hilton.

March 22

    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to Accra, 
Ghana, arriving the next morning.

March 23

    In the morning, the President met with President Jerry John Rawlings 
of Ghana in the Credentials Room at Osu Castle.
    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton attended a 
luncheon with President Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu Rawlings, in 
the Dining Room at Osu Castle.
    In the early evening, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to 
Entebbe and Kampala, Uganda, arriving after midnight. While en route to 
Entebbe aboard Air Force One, the President had a telephone conversation 
with President Charles Taylor of Liberia concerning local Liberian and 
regional issues.
    The White House announced that the President will travel to China in 
late June and early July at the invitation of President Jiang Zemin.

March 24

    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to 
Mukono and Wanyange, Uganda, and in the evening, they returned to 
Kampala.
    The President announced his intention to nominate William Joseph 
Burns to be Ambassador to Jordan.

March 25

    In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to 
Kigali, Rwanda, and in the afternoon, they returned to Entebbe, Uganda.
    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to Cape 
Town, South Africa, arriving after midnight.

March 26

    The President announced that he will host the first national summit 
on retirement income savings on June 4-5.
    The White House announced that President Fidel Ramos of the 
Philippines will visit Washington, DC, on April 8-10.

March 27

    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to 
Robben Island and later returned to Cape Town.
    In the evening, they attended a dinner hosted by President Nelson 
Mandela of South Africa at Vergelegen Wine Estates.

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