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Originally Processed With FOIA(s):
FOIA Number:
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FOIA
MARKER
This is not a textual record. This is used as an
administrative marker by the George Bush Presidential
Library Staff.
Record Group/Collection:
George H.W. Bush Presidential Records
Collection/Office of Origin:
Speechwriting, White House Office of
Series:
Speech File Draft Files
Subseries:
Chron File, 1989-1993
OA/ID Number:
13494
Folder ID Number:
13494-017
Folder Title:
President's Toast - Polish Independent Intellectual Community 7/10/89
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FINAL
PRESIDENT'S TOAST AT AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH
FOR THE POLISH INDEPENDENT INTELLECTUAL COMMUNITY
JULY 10, 1989
0 IT IS AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO BE WITH YOU HERE
TODAY. SOME OF US MET TWO YEARS AGO, IN WARSAW.
So MUCH HAS CHANGED.
0 THESE ARE HOPEFUL TIMES FOR POLAND. IT'S A SPECIAL
MOMENT IN POLAND'S HISTORY, PERHAPS THE MOST
PROFOUNDLY CHALLENGING PERIOD IN MANY DECADES.
- 2 -
o
POLAND HAS ALREADY MOVED BEYOND HISTORICAL
PRECEDENT. You ARE AGAIN MAKING YOUR OWN HISTORY
BY BUILDING A NEW NATION. POLES ARE FACING A
TREMENDOUS TASK COURAGEOUSLY -- AND YOU ARE BLAZING
A TRAIL FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW.
- 3 -
0 You, THE ARCHITECTS OF INDEPENDENT POLISH SOCIETY,
ARE LEADING THE WAY. You ARE NOT DOING IT ALONE --
BUT WITHOUT YOU, IT WOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. IF
THIS CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS SUCCEEDS, AS IT MUST,
YOU WILL BE AMONG THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF A NEW
POLAND, AND IN TURN, A NEW EUROPE
...
WHOLE AND
FREE.
- 4 -
0
MY COUNTRY AND THE WORLD ARE INSPIRED BY POLAND'S
SUCCESS AT THE ROUNDTABLE AND BY THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE ROUNDTABLE'S PROVISIONS.
0
BUT WE ARE ALSO AWARE OF THE MANY DIFFICULTIES AND
ECONOMIC PRESSURES THAT LIE AHEAD. YOUR CHALLENGE
IS TO RISE ABOVE MISTRUST TO BRING THE POLISH
PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR A COMMON PURPOSE.
- 5 -
o I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL
STAND WITH POLAND. WE WILL SUPPORT POLAND'S
HOPEFUL MISSION, UNPARALLELED IN YOUR HISTORY.
o
WITH DEEP RESPECT FOR YOU, FOR SOLIDARITY, FOR THE
ROUNDTABLE PROCESS, AND FOR ALL THE GUESTS AT THIS
LUNCHEON THAT MADE THE ROUNDTABLE WORK.
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FILE
PRESIDENT'S TOAST AT AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH
FOR THE POLISH INDEPENDENT INTELLECTUAL COMMUNITY
JULY 10, 1989
0 IT IS AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO BE WITH YOU HERE
TODAY. SOME OF US MET TWO YEARS AGO, IN WARSAW.
So MUCH HAS CHANGED.
o THESE ARE HOPEFUL TIMES FOR POLAND. IT'S A SPECIAL
MOMENT IN POLAND'S HISTORY, PERHAPS THE MOST
PROFOUNDLY CHALLENGING PERIOD IN MANY DECADES.
- 2 -
0 POLAND HAS ALREADY MOVED BEYOND HISTORICAL
PRECEDENT. You ARE AGAIN MAKING YOUR OWN HISTORY
BY BUILDING A NEW NATION. POLES ARE FACING A
TREMENDOUS TASK COURAGEOUSLY -- AND YOU ARE BLAZING
A TRAIL FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW.
- 3 -
0 You, THE ARCHITECTS OF INDEPENDENT POLISH SOCIETY,
ARE LEADING THE WAY. You ARE NOT DOING IT ALONE --
BUT WITHOUT YOU, IT WOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. IF
THIS CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS SUCCEEDS, AS IT MUST,
YOU WILL BE AMONG THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF A NEW
POLAND, AND IN TURN, A NEW EUROPE ...
WHOLE AND
FREE.
- 4 -
0 MY COUNTRY AND THE WORLD ARE INSPIRED BY POLAND'S
SUCCESS AT THE ROUNDTABLE AND BY THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE ROUNDTABLE'S PROVISIONS.
0
BUT WE ARE ALSO AWARE OF THE MANY DIFFICULTIES AND
ECONOMIC PRESSURES THAT LIE AHEAD. YOUR CHALLENGE
IS TO RISE ABOVE MISTRUST TO BRING THE POLISH
PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR A COMMON PURPOSE.
- 5 -
0 I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL
STAND WITH POLAND. WE WILL SUPPORT POLAND'S
HOPEFUL MISSION, UNPARALLELED IN YOUR HISTORY.
0
WITH DEEP RESPECT FOR YOU, FOR SOLIDARITY, FOR THE
ROUNDTABLE PROCESS, AND FOR ALL THE GUESTS AT THIS
LUNCHEON THAT MADE THE ROUNDTABLE WORK.
###
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