Digest of Other White House Announcements

The following listing includes the President's daily schedule and other items of general interest as announced by the White House Press Office during the period covered by this issue. Events and announcements printed elsewhere in the issue are not included.

December 17

The President returned to the White House from Fayetteville, N.C.

The President met at the White House with:

--Zbigniew Brzezinski, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs;

--Vice President Walter F. Mondale, Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance, and Dr. Brzezinski.

The President and Mrs. Carter hosted a Christmas reception for members of the Secret Service and their families.

December 19

The President met at the White House with:

--Dr. Brzezinski;

--Vice President Mondale, Secretary of the Treasury W. Michael Blumenthal, Secretary of Commerce Juanita M. Kreps, Secretary of Labor F. Ray Marshall, Richard N. Cooper, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Charles L. Schultze, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, James T. Mcintyre, Jr., Acting Director, Office of Management and Budget, Frank B. Moore, Assistant to the President for Congressional Liaison, Stuart E. Eizenstat, Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs and Policy, and Jack H. Watson, Jr., Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs, to discuss economic policy;

--Senator Edmund S. Muskie of Maine;

--a group of administration officials and Members of Congress, to discuss economic policy;

--members of the executive committee and chairmen of the standing committees of the National Governors' Conference;

--a group of administration officials to discuss the budget. The President and Mrs. Carter hosted a Christmas reception for members of the White House staff.

December 20

The President met at the White House with:

--Dr. Brzezinski;

--a group of administration officials to discuss the budget;

--Vice President Mondale, Adm. Stansfield Turner, Director of Central Intelligence, and Dr. Brzezinski;

--Secretary of the Interior Cecil D. Andrus;

--former President Gerald R. Ford;

--Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts.

The President and Mrs. Carter hosted separate Christmas receptions for Residence staff members and their families and members of the White House press corps.

December 21

The President met at the White House with Dr. Brzezinski.

The President left the White House to spend the Christmas holidays in Plains, Ga.