File scanned from the National Security Adviser's Memoranda of Conversation Collection at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
- PARTICIPANTS:
- President Gerald R. Ford
Ambassador Walter Annenberg, retiring Ambassador to the Court of St. James.
Lt. General Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs - DATE AND TIME:
- Friday, September 6, 1974
10:00 a.m. - PLACE:
- The Oval Office
The White House
Annenberg: I hope you will get a swimming pool.
President: Haig is working on it. The design is set. They plan to solicit for public contributions.
Annenberg: I hope there will be a cover.
President: I think it is the most advanced design. In Alexandria, I could only use it nine months a year. It is pretty good.
Annenberg: I jog every morning in my pool -- back and forth. Then I swim four or five laps.
President: I do it in the morning and evening. Sunnyland was perfect.
Annenberg: Sunnyland is always available to you. I have made commitments up through the end of October. I would like the cutoff about the end of October.
President: Fine. There has been no final decision. You have heard talk about Fulbright [as your successor]. You also mentioned Anderson. There have been other possibilities.
Annenberg: How about Scranton?
President: He only wants one position, and that's not it. He really enjoys what he is doing. I knew him in Congress, when he was Governor, and we
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