PLANNERS HAVE DOUBTS ON 'SUPER CABINET'

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000505420008-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 17, 2010
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: December 18, 1980
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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THE WASHINGTON STAR (GREEN LINE)
18 December 1980
By Key -Reagan- Aides;
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help the president make major poli-
gan- aide.:
games A..Baker;III, who will. be':
chief of staff in the Reagan White.
House, yesterday told reporters some
."red flags" were being raised against
the proposal and that it had not yet."
.
been decided whether to adopt it...
As set forth by Edwin Meese III,
w o will counselor to Reagan in
The new a ministration, a super
a inet . woui include the secre
tarter of e ense; state as easury_ -
you promote tour binet mern ..
bers, you demote 11 others and may
make some congressionalcommittee -
chairmen mad," said Baker. The ar-:
guments for it are thatthe president
needs to reduce the?number of pe
The president will always rely on
others." Baker.-said that.a decision.
on whether to set up a super-Cabinet
--The-Reagan transition team had
in mind a sort of executive commit
; ' tee . of the !'Cabinet -than' would sit..,
regularly on matters involving na
tional security and. the. economy.