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.

September 5

The President returned to the White House after a weekend visit to Camp David, Md.

The President met at the White House with:

--Bert Lance, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Mrs. Lance;

--Senators Charles H. Percy of Illinois and Abraham A. Ribicoff of Connecticut, who briefed the President on the plans of the Senate Committee on Government Operations to open hearings on the financial situation of Bert Lance.

September 6

The President met at the White House with:

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

--the National Security Council;

--Brig. Gen. Omar Torrijos Herrera, Chief of the Government of Panama;

--Vice President Walter F. Mondale;

--Gen. Francisco Morales Bermudez Cerruti, President of Peru;

--General of the Army Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay;

--Adalberto Pereira dos Santos, Vice President of Brazil;

--Alfonso Lopez Michelsen, President of Colombia;

--Maj. Gen. Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, President of Chile.

The President declared an emergency for the State of Vermont because of the impact of a drought.

September 7

The President met at the White House with:

--Dr. Brzezinski;

--the Congressional Black Caucus;

--Senators John C. Stennis of Mississippi, Sam Nunn of Georgia, Henry M. Jackson of Washington, and Robert B. Morgan of North Carolina;

--Mrs. Carter, for lunch;

--Gen. Kjell Eugenio Laugerud Garcia, President of Guatemala;

--Carlos Andres Perez, President of Venezuela;

--former President Gerald R. Ford.

The President attended a briefing on the Panama Canal treaties, given for a group of about 70 institutional leaders and distinguished Americans in the State Dining Room.

The White House announced that the administration is resubmitting to Congress its proposed sale of seven AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft to Iran.

September 8

The President met at the White House with:

--Dr. Brzezinski;

--the leadership of the House of Representatives;

--Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada;

--Vice Adm. Alfredo Poveda Burbano, President of the Supreme Council of Government of Ecuador;

--Gen. Hugo Banzer Suarez, President of Bolivia;

--Dr. Joaquin Balaguer, President of the Dominican Republic;

--Gen. Carlos Humberto Romero, President of El Salvador;

--Brig. Gen. Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, Chief of State of Honduras.

September 9

The President met at the White House with:

--Dr. Brzezinski;

--Lt. Gen. Jorge Rafael Videla, President of Argentina;

--Dr. Aparicio Mendez Manfredini, President of Uruguay;

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

--Sir Eric M. Gairy, Prime Minister of Grenada;

--Lynden O. Pindling, Prime Minister of the Bahamas;

--Daniel Oduber Quiros, President of Costa Rica.