October 21 2002 5 50 PM b 6 TO 1 f _ FROM Donald Rumsfeld SUBJECT Meetings with President When you get a format for the meetings with the President please show it to me Then I will edit C it so we can do it t For example today I met with the President at the National Security Council meeting from 8 55 to 9 45 a m in the White House Situation Room The subjects were Turkey Jordan Jiang Zemin's visit and the UN resolution on Iraq Leave a space for comments Also today at 2 55 p m I met with the President He introduced me to one of his classmates from Yale wife's name Laura from Greenwich Connecticut I then met alone with the President for about three minutes and talked to him about the Wednesday NSC meeting where I had been told he wanted to meet with Gen McNei11 and Gen Franks He said Who is General McNeil1 I said he is the general in charge of Afghanistan He said Well I don't need to meet with him I said that General Franks General Myers and I suggest that General Franks meet on SVTC He said Fine That's the way to do it I just kind of want to stay in touch I met in the Oval Office from 3 00 to 3 15 p m for a pre-brief on the meeting between the President and Lord Robertson From 3 15 to 4 00 p m I was in the meeting when the President met with Lord Robertson Thanks DHR dh l02102·18 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • Please respond by _ _ J--'' _i_ --' _o_L_ __ U09807 03 11-L-0559 OSD 9047