Wire Car

Wire Car

VIP Car Number One Secretary and Mrs. Rogers

VIP Car Number Two Ambassador and Mrs. Mosbacher

VIP Car Number Three Col. Borman, Dr. Paine

Staff Car Number Three Rose Woods, Keogh, Price

Press Pool Bus

12:45 P.M. President and Party board Air Force One for trip to Johnston Island.

1:00 P.M. Air Force One departs for Johnston Island.

Mrs. Nixon and party board "970" for trip to Honolulu.

1:05 P.M. "970" departs for Honolulu.

San Francisco

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MRS. NIXON'S PARTY

HONOLULU TO GUAM (86970)

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1969

1:10 p.m. Depart San Francisco
International Airport
enroute Honolulu.
Flight time 5 hours,
a minus 3 hours time change.
Lunch served on board.

3:10 p.m. ARRIVE HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, HONOLULU

No arrival ceremony. Enter cars.

3:20 p.m. Depart Hickam Air Force Base enroute Kahala Hilton Hotel.

Police car Mr. Stuart
Principal car Mrs. Nixon, Mrs. Rogers

Follow-up car Miss Woods
Staff car Mrs. Van der Heuvel
Mrs. Gates

Staff car Ambassador and Mrs. Mosbacher

Buses Staff

Separate car Ambassador Pedersen
Assistant Secretary Green
(To Admiral McCain's Guest House)

4:00 p.m. Arrive Kahala Hilton Hotel, Honolulu

Remain overnight.

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MRS. NIXON'S PARTY

HONOLULU TO GUAM - CONTINUED

THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1969

All times subject astronaut splash down on target
on time. If this occurs, schedule follows:

STAFF INSTRUCTIONS:

8:30 a.m. BAGGAGE CALL

10:30 a.m. Depart Kahala Hilton Hotel enroute Hickam Air Force Base. Driving time 40 minutes. Same motorcade as arrival.

11:10 a.m. Arrive Hickam Air Force Base
(tentative)

No greeting or departure ceremony planned.

11:20 a.m. Depart Honolulu (Hickam Air Force Base) enroute Guam. Flying time 7 hours 25 minutes. Lunch on board.
(tentative)

CROSS INTERNATIONAL DATELINE
FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1969

4:30 p.m. Arrive Guam International Airport.
(tentative)

Arrive Guam so that Mrs. Nixon deplanes as honor guard ceremony ends for President. President meets Mrs. Nixon as she deplanes.

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JOHNSTON ISLAND STAFF SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1969

11:20 a.m. Baggage call. Baggage will be picked up in front of your quarters and taken to Terminal Building for sorting for proper aircraft.

12:30 p.m. Same transportation used on arrival will pick you up in front of your quarters to transport you to Terminal Building.

1:05 p.m. President and his party arrive Johnston Island

1:20 p.m. Depart Johnston Island enroute Guam.

A map of the Island and an information sheet outlining mess and bar and recreation facilities and other pertinent information will be left in each room and will be available upon arrival. Xerox machines are available at the Joint Operational Center Building. Rooms designated as offices will have typewriters, paper, desk, pads, carbon paper and other normal office supplies.

A Press center in the press briefing room has been set up in the Air Terminal Building. White House Communications Agency has placed at least one phone in each room, however, these phones are not secure. The press office will have six teletype machines and ten direct phones to Honolulu overseas operators.

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JOHNSTON ISLAND TO USS HORNET TO GUAM

THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1969

Balance of the official party will follow the President and his staff through the sideboys and proceed to escalator to be taken to the hangar deck. On the hangar deck the President will be taken to the Mobile Quarantine Facility where he will be briefed on its function, and the importance of elaborate precautions to preclude contamination. Briefing will be conducted by Mr. Stonesifer, NASA quarantine officer aboard the USS HORNET. This briefing will be conducted on live TV.

The President and his party will then proceed to the Flag Bridge where they will receive a briefing on the recovery operations by Dr. Stullken, NASA Advisor aboard the USS HORNET. This will not be televised.

After the recovery briefing, breakfast will be served on the Flag Plot.

The President and his party will observe the recovery operations from the Flag Plot and the Flag Bridge.

5:51 AM Space module will splash down in the vicinity of USS HORNET.

After splashdown, recovery operations will commence.

After the space module has been decontaminated and the astronauts have put on their biological garmets, they will be lifted into a helicopter and proceed to the USS HORNET.

6:50 AM
(approx)
The astronauts will arrive USS HORNET and move rapidly to the quarantine facility.

7:30 AM
(approx)
After the astronauts have entered the quarantine facility, the President and his party will proceed to the hangar deck.

The President will conduct a conversation with the astronauts while they are in the quarantine facility. A window has been provided so that the astronauts may be seen during this conversation.

During the conversation period, only the President will be at the quarantine facility. A single stand-up microphone will be provided. A chair will also be available to allow the President to sit while he speaks to the astronauts, if he desires (the window in the quarantine facility is very low.) This conversation will be carried on live TV, covered by the combined NASA and Presidential press pool.

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GUAM ARRIVAL

FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1969

1:20 p.m. Depart Johnston Island for Guam. Lunch served on board.
Flying Time - 6 hours
5 minutes, a minus 3 hours
time change.

4:25 p.m. ARRIVE GUAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AGANA

NOTE: AF 970 carrying Mrs. Nixon and Mrs. Rogers will arrive five minutes after AF 1.

Air Force One (26000) will arrive at Guam International Airport and taxi to a stop with the front door in line with the red carpet.

As the President deplanes, he will be greeted by
Governor Carlos G. Camacho and his wife
LTGEN Alvin C. Gillem (USAF) and his wife
RADM Phillip Cole and his wife.

The President will be escorted to the platform where he will view the honor guard.

STAFF INSTRUCTION:

The remainder of the Presidential party will deplane from the rear of AF1 where they will remain to view the arrival ceremonies. Lt. Col. Coffey will then direct them to the motorcade.

The President will receive his honors.

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GUAM TO MANILA

SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1969

STAFF INSTRUCTION:

9:15 a.m. Baggage Call -
all locations.

11:00 a.m. President will meet in the Nimitz Guest House with Edward Johnson, High Commissioner of the Trust Territories; Johnson's Assistant, Dwight Heine and three members of the Micronesian Legislature
Leadership:
Amata Kadua, President of the Senate
Bethwel Henry, Speaker of the House
Lazarus Salii, Chairman, Political Status Commission
Also present will be Dr. Henry Kissinger

Meeting scheduled for 15 minutes.

11:15 a.m. STAFF TIME: 30 minutes

STAFF INSTRUCTION:

11:15 - Staff at BOQ depart front of entrance via Staff bus for airport.

11:25 - Staff quartered at Nimitz Hilton BOQ walk to Nimitz Guest House and board motorcade (same as evening). Upon arrival at airport all staff is asked to board the plane immediately. There will be departure ceremony.

11:45 a.m. President and Mrs. Nixon depart in motorcade for the airport.

12:00 a.m. Arrive Naval Agana Airport (this is the opposite side of the field from the arrival location).

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