seemed vitmoranbon m Thk wire nouse Eves ony Wnanoray Febmiaes is Nore 9 30 a m MEMORANDUM FoR m ® naroEman t hott za 12 a Lent Fron stzemen suri — mal as Bebe Reboso‘s Driving ea® I guess it‘s the President‘s desire to have Bebe operate the automobile on some of those drives in San Clemente and Key Biscayne since this affords the President a bit of privacy with his friend In the past Secret Service has worked with Bebe in giving him special pointers on driving testing him with the super Ford Motor Company test vehicle they have etc However after following the President along last Sunday on that drive off into the Canyon it was my observation which was confizmed in a conversation I overheard the next day between some Agents on the airplane that Bebe‘s driving tends to be dangerous In California he was driving in excess of 70 miles an hour on the highways through the intermittent rain squalls At times the rain came down in B torrents and Bebe didn‘t even slow up The real danger as you probably kow from personal experience is that in areas that normally do not — have very much rain there is much residual ofl on the road and the rain __ just makes it all the more slick Additionally visibility is reduced ___ considerably Mask C f _ The other point is the matter of the President being taken out of communi— _ cation range 1 understand that on a recent trip to Florida the President $ — and Bebe tebe drove off someplace into the boondocks A helicopter had to be i —— dispatched #o that some emergency communications could be established — — with and for the President if necessary This situation as I understand s it would ave necessitated the President stopping at a pas foams fin isa fxspets to Misi to sake a dccisicn such _ a ctor e _ Both of the above matters are important to the President but the very — Mere ecardsivicg the Ertaiice min o ita fery ins postuesy _ Should a child dart out infront of the car or should T8 m inane volved in the Wey oo GLE Pte boar of the fel manmnist dess an fa ca % U met of accidents it would result in a i eictomenee nied Rrosiemts nhmiem irealy miataie mieten — the r President for Bobe to ere a meosooges m ao dam Mee dsives dust bave ane hs Bt iikwes mine nctinas ves just have one single drive ACL co redomnn fs papi aaa titl Pmece_ _ aar oce roa ae aes % mi e a ae aaa @ # On the next trip to Florida 1 Would like to engage Bebe in conversation informally and tzy to impress upon him in a non—obvious way the importance of the communications aspect and the matter of driving safety However I hesitate to do this without receiving some Euidance from you both as to how to approach Bebe and what to #2 — I do think that the Situation is kind of serious particularly after observing his driving last _ Sunday I won‘t do anything until I talk to you but would request that __ you consider this matter ‘Thank yob C easel asc cages wall u s ame § l ale _ suus oa ot o t R _ _ mst i as is aa e noc e aa ee arias ta ta wis eee rare ale a ag ae toae lias e a a rik atea aaa s asl areca $a a Ws aie acs io t yc 2 pea sot O ove ee aria o Ns awe a olen as wile t e tare ot toa Apo rol isl an s alc l ear sane ne aa o — eties Plea fous oie c os voy a Wectdo e maels meas Ri ys s parts ira wallets o fy are Gow amai aol As % moves e A fees e n oo te t hive — s ootoae y asc a ace a arcs aie he te K nls tes Catie peent C Lo a eal oct Saz cin acs