European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Lorry Speakes the White House spokesman is someone to contend with if Only As a master of survival who hat managed to serve a Mott As Long As the president who sits where and Why it matters first floor Peter h. Albert r. _ rear adm. John m. Rosael Brashear cmdr. Paul b. Poindexter Deputy Deputy Thompson Deputy asst press pres military asst. \. To president Secretary Secretary Robert c. Mcfarlane National Security adviser vice president Bush Secretary Donald t. Rega chief of staff jul \ Hall 1 i 4 to a " Larry Speake White House spokesman 1 lobby "1 a Dennis Thomas Roosevelt asst Roo to the / president co fir. Haka 1 of pre of James f. Kuhn / a special asst to president / Qew or a i 1 off Secretary he Secretary 1 i pro8 it j Reagan s \ r63,11 s "0 a Binet x m hlee borne identical Ronal rotary ice Dent a Basic floor plan for West Wing of White House Thomas c. Richard Patrick j. Dawson Riley  to special director of chief of staff asst communications second floor secretaries president for legislative affairs Richard a. Him mar Deputy counsel  counsel a Froc icon is had staff a l. 1  Stan Matvej Ratey lounge he lounge staff Edward j. Roil Law asst. To the  John a. Svahn asst. Tor policy development by Francis x. Clines new York times p residential staffs made up of the privileged the important and the self important come and go with the nation electoral tides but it remains one of the minor wonders of self government that each new array adapts to the workday routine of the White House within the tight unpretentious confines of the West Wing. The old Rool still leaks there but the new Reagan administration staff still does t. Veterans say there is less anxiety and intrigue under Donald t. Regan the chief of the revamped staff who honed his corporate talons As a Captain of Wall Street. Like president Reagan Regan prefers loyalists who Art business minded and whisper free As they walk the quiet corridors the most prestigious executive corridor in government. The president stepped right Back into a flying air plane with a lilt in his walk and a glint in his Eye h was unmistakable said a staff worker in describing the president s avid return in August from surgery convalescence to what he Calls the gilded Cage confines of the West Wing his . There Power flows out More like a Brook than a torrent from the Oval office the exquisite executive chamber in the Wing s Southeast Corner through a Warren of less celebrated offices and crannies that provide an overlay of the White House s Ever shifting internal politics. Territorially is As Strong a motive in the West Wing As it is in the Jungle and capital denizens regularly take note of who perches where and who is on the move. Thus the Rise of Robert c. Mcfarlane the president1 National Security adviser to an increased position of influence was physically demonstrated when his desk was moved this year from the Wing s basement to the prestigious first floor office in the Northwest Comer vacated by Edwin Meese when he moved out to become attorney general. Just As revealing is a certain mood of monkish Solitude suggested by the office of Patrick j. Buchanan who despite his title As director of communications tends toward musing in private More than visibly politicking in the corridors and traipsing into the Oval office. His place is Midway Between Don Regan end the president but opens onto a corridor one official noted. It s