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November 20, 1990
MEMORANDUM
TO:
MARK LANGE
FROM:
CAROLYN
RE:
MONTERREY PALACE REMARKS
Some things you could add to the remarks
1. Down the plaza from the Palace (POTUS will be facing that
way) is a huge laser that lights up the night sky. The remarks
will be at night, and the laser is hard to miss. Might make a
reference to it. It's called the "Obelisko". See photo.
2. Solidarity Bridge
Currently under construction -- set to open early next year.
It is the first bridge linking Mexico and the US. One end will
be in the state of Texas. The other end is in the Mexican state
of Nuevo Leon, in a village called Colombia.
3. Alfonso Reyes
A Mexican literary giant -- from Monterrey. Quotes to come
today.
4. The townspeople are working madly to spruce up Monterrey for
the visit. They are furiously planting flowers, painting,
repaving, etc. Maybe a thank you for all the hard work. Do we
dare include a "Muchas Gracias ?!?!?
@ same palace
FDR
40. Address at Monterrey, Mexico
40
Address at Monterrey, Mexico.
April 20, 1943
Señor Presidente de La Republica Mexicana, my friends and good
neighbors:
YOUR Excellency's friendly and cordial expressions add to the
very great pleasure that I feel at being here on Mexican soil.
It is an amazing thing to have to realize that nearly 34 years
have passed since Chief Executives of our two countries have met
face to face. I hope that in the days to come every Mexican and
every American President will feel at liberty to visit each other
just as neighbors visit each other - just as neighbors talk things
over and get to know each other better.
Our two countries owe their independence to the fact that your
ancestors and mine held the same truths to be worth fighting for
and dying for. Hidalgo and Juarez were men of the same stamp
as Washington and Jefferson. It was, therefore, inevitable that
our two countries should find themselves aligned together in
the great struggle which is being fought today to determine
whether this world shall be free or slave.
The attacks of the Axis powers during the past few years
against our common heritage as free men culminated in the un-
speakable and unprovoked aggressions of December 7, 1941, and
of May 14, 1942, and the shedding of blood on those dates of
citizens of the United States and of Mexico alike.
Those attacks did not find the Western Hemisphere unpre-
pared. The 21 free Republics of the Americas during the past
ten years have devised a system of international cooperation
which has become a great bulwark in the defense of our heritage
and the defense of our future. That system, whose strength is
now evident even to the most skeptical, is based primarily upon
a renunciation of the use of force, and is based on the enshrining
of international justice and mutual respect as the governing rule
of conduct by all Nations everywhere.
In the forging of that new international policy the role of
Mexico has been outstanding. Mexican Presidents and Foreign
175
See P 177-178
also
40. Address at Monterrey, Mexico
Ministers have appreciated the nature of the struggle with which
that they hav
we are now confronted at a time when many other Nations much
a common ob
closer to the focus of infection were blind.
It contains V
The wisdom of the measures which the statesmen of Mexico
perity for all
and the United States and of the other American Republics have
us make sure
adopted at inter-American gatherings during recent years has
evil surrende
been amply demonstrated. They have succeeded because they
then we, with
have been placed in effect, not only by Mexico and the United
will face the
States, but by all except one of the other American Republics.
There is n
You and I, Mr. President, as Commanders in Chief of our
both sides of
respective armed forces, have been able to concert measures for
feet set upon
common defense. The harmony and the mutual confidence which
may enjoy an
have prevailed between our armies and navies is beyond praise.
ure of securit
Brotherhood in arms has been established.
States and 1
The determination of the Mexican people and of their leaders
progress.
has led to production on an all-out basis of strategic and vital
We recogr
materials so necessary to the forging of the weapons destined to
We know th:
compass the final overthrow of our common foes. In this great
mon good of
city of Monterrey, I have been most impressed with the single-
of the resour
minded purpose with which all the forces of production are
any group in
joined together in the war effort.
It is time
And too, Mexican farm workers, brought to the United States
publics reco
in accordance with the agreement between our two Governments,
harm to one
the terms of which are fully consonant with the social objectives
other Repul
that we cherish together, are contributing their skill and their
independenc
toil to the production of vitally needed food.
interdepend
But not less important than the military cooperation and the
Mr. Presi
production of supplies needed for the maintenance of our respec-
mon effort i
tive economies has been the exchange of those ideas and of those
have occasic
moral values which give life and significance to the tremendous
mote the clo
effort of the free peoples of the world. We in the United States
between ou:
have listened with admiration and with profit to your statements
We have
and addresses, Mr. President, and to those of your distinguished
and I am gr:
Foreign Minister. We have gained inspiration and strength from
ple, for this
your words.
call you frie
In the shaping of a common victory our peoples are finding
You and
176
40. Address at Monterrey, Mexico
ggle with which
that they have common aspirations. They can work together for
:r Nations much
a common objective. Let us never lose our hold upon that truth.
It contains within it the secret of future happiness and pros-
smen of Mexico
perity for all of us on both sides of our unfortified borders. Let
Republics have
us make sure that when our victory is won, when the forces of
recent years has
evil surrender - and that surrender shall be unconditional- -
ed because they
then we, with the same spirit and with the same united courage,
and the United
will face the task of the building of a better world.
rican Republics.
There is much work still to be done by men of good will on
in Chief of our
both sides of the border. The great Mexican people have their
ert measures for
feet set upon a path of ever greater progress so that each Nation
:onfidence which
may enjoy and each citizen may enjoy the greatest possible meas-
is beyond praise.
ure of security and opportunity. The Government of the United
States and my countrymen are ready to contribute to that
d of their leaders
progress.
rategic and vital
We recognize a mutual interdependence of our joint resources.
pons destined to
We know that Mexico's resources will be developed for the com-
es. In this great
mon good of humanity. We know that the day of the exploitation
with the single-
of the resources and the people of one country for the benefit of
production are
any group in another country is definitely over.
It is time that every citizen in every one of the American Re-
:he United States
publics recognizes that the Good Neighbor policy means that
WO Governments,
harm to one Republic means harm to each and every one of the
: social objectives
other Republics. We have all of us recognized the principle of
ir skill and their
independence. It is time that we recognize also the privilege of
interdependence - one upon another.
peration and the
Mr. President, it is my hope that in the expansion of our com-
nce of our respec-
mon effort in this war and in the peace to follow we will again
ideas and of those
have occasion for friendly consultation, in order further to pro-
0 the tremendous
mote the closest understanding and continued unity of purpose
the United States
between our two peoples.
O your statements
We have achieved close understanding and unity of purpose,
our distinguished
and I am grateful to you, Mr. President, and to the Mexican peo-
and strength from
ple, for this opportunity to meet you on Mexican soil, and - to
call you friends.
eoples are finding
You and I are breaking another precedent. Let these meetings
177
41. Execution of Tokyo Raiders by Japanese
between Presidents of Mexico and the United States recur again
and again and again.
and here we
NOTE: When the President visited
15, Fort Benning, Ga.; April 15-16,
President Avila Camacho in Mex-
Warm Springs, Ga. (see Item 38
ico, it was the first meeting between
and note, this volume); April 17,
the Presidents of the two countries
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. (WAAC train-
since 1909. In 1941, they had made
ing center); April 17, Camp Forrest,
plans for a joint fishing trip in the
Tenn.; April 18, Camp Joseph T.
Gulf of Mexico, but the Japanese
Robinson, Ark.; April 18, Camp
attack at Pearl Harbor had caused
Gruber, Okla.; April 19, Douglas
the abandonment of these plans.
Aircraft assembly plant, Tulsa,
President Camacho also accom-
Okla.; April 20, Monterrey, Mex-
panied President Roosevelt on his
ico; April 21, Naval Training Cen-
visit to the Naval Training Center
ter, Corpus Christi, Texas (see Item
at Corpus Christi, Texas, where
42, this volume); April 22, Fort
many Mexican air cadets in addi-
Worth, Texas; April 23, en route
tion to those of other countries
to Colorado Springs, and Denver,
were being trained (see Item 42,
Col.; April 24, Camp Carson at
this volume, for the President's ex-
Colorado Springs, and Remington
temporaneous remarks at Corpus
Cartridge plant, Lowry Field, and
Christi, Texas).
Fitzsimons General Hospital at
En route and returning from his
Denver, Col.; April 25, Fort Riley,
trip to Mexico, the President vis-
Kans.; April 26, Martin Bomber
ited a number of war plants and
plant, Omaha, Neb.; April 27, Jef-
training camps. His itinerary for
ferson Barracks, Mo., and Republic
the trip was as follows: April 13,
fighter plane plant at Evansville,
departed from Washington, D. C.;
Ind.; April 28, Fort Knox, Ky.;
April 14, Marine Corps "boot camp"
April 29, return to Washington,
for recruit training at Parris Island,
D. C.
S. C.; April 15, Maxwell Field, Ala.
During the trip, the President
(Air Forces training center); April
covered approximately 7,600 miles.
41 Statement on the Execution of the Tokyo
Raiders by the Japanese. April 21, 1943
IT IS WITH a feeling of deepest horror, which I know will be
shared by all civilized peoples, that I have to announce the bar-
barous execution by the Japanese Government of some of the
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tion. Citizen Kane, The Searchers, L'Avven-
When I was a high school senior, I took
many of his philosophical and aesthetic
tura, Senso, Ikiru, Tokyo Story, Diary of a
a girl named (let's say) Jean Miller to a
ideas, but my admiration is still alive and
Country Priest, La Grande Illusion, The Pas-
party, a nice forthright girl who all eve-
intact: in his writings, as in his life, liberty
sion of Anna-even young Steven Soder-
ning long was nice, forthright Jean
and poetry have the same fiery face, at
bergh's sex, lies, and videotape-show
Miller. I took her home after the party,
once seductive and tempestuous. Like
something of the range of tempera-
and at her front door I kissed her good
Chateaubriand at the other end of the
ments and aspirations that realism can
night; and as our faces moved together,
spectrum, he never mistook the tyrant
accommodate.
I saw Jean Miller become Joan Craw-
for the liberator.
Another benefit-enforced, perhaps,
ford. It was at that moment, I suppose
Liberty is not a philosophy and it is not
but still a benefit-has been the refine-
that I first became clear about what had
even an idea. It is a movement of con-
ment of film acting. The realism of film
been happening in my own daydreams
sciousness that leads us, at certain mo-
is much more intense than that of the
(in which I was usually Richard Dix) and
ments, to utter one of two monosylla-
theater because of the audience-not the
in those of many others. Within every
bles: Yes or No. In that instantaneous
audience as a group, but one individual
sentient being on the face of the earth-
brevity, which is similar to a flash of light-
viewer. The camera eye is vicar for one
or at any rate so many of them that the
ning, the contradictory sign of human
person. This has produced a kind of act-
claim is tenable-films are part of his or
nature is vividly limned.
ing that often sulks in slurring vernacu-
her dreams and daydreams. This is of
lars of speech and movement but that at
ten true of other arts; it is always true of
hroughout history, and
its best can range from theatrical large-
films.
under the most diverse cir-
ness as it fits film's needs (Vittorio De
President or pope, farmer or financier.
T
cumstances, poets have
Sica in General della Rovere) across to
saleswoman or soprano, somewhere in
participated in political
sheer interiority (again, Vittorio De Sica
each of us there is a privacy that only
life. I do not refer to poetry as an art in
in General della Rovere). In this country,
films have reached. This is an ecume-
the service of a state, of a church, of an
even when a film as a whole has left an
nism more universal than most religions.
ideology. We already know that this con-
aching lot to be desired, performances
No one would maintain that this power
cept of poetry, as old as political and
within it have sometimes attained a beau-
of film is entirely good; still, whatever
ideological power, has invariably pro-
ty of their own. A few examples: Paul
our other allegiances, we are all citizens
duced the same results: states fall,
Newman in The Verdict, Dustin Hoffman
of that secret kingdom.
churches break apart or petrify, ideolo-
and Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy, Meryl
It is awesome to remember that virtu-
gies vanish, but poetry remains.
HMMM
Streep in Sophie's Choice, Jane Fonda in
ally all of the events and achievements
No, I refer to the free participation of
Comes a Horseman. Perceiving the limits
mentioned above-and mountains more
the poet in civic life. Even in societies
and methods of film, these and other ac-
that are omitted-came about within
that did not know political liberty, such
tors have turned intimate realism into a
75 years. This is an impressively long
as ancient China, not a few poets contrib-
kind of liberation.
time for a vigorously opinionated jour-
uted to the administration of public af-
Films have greatly amplified a power
nal but an impressively brief time for an
fairs. Many among them did not hesitate
that the theater had and, in lesser de-
art that, one way or another, has affected
to censure the abuses of the Son of Heav-
gree, still has. A personal instance.
most of the human race.
en, and many suffered imprisonment,
exile, and other penalties for their opin-
ML: A heavy piece, but YOU
ions. In the West, this tradition has been
intense; I need hardly recall the poets of
might peruse it still for
Greece and Rome. Two of the greatest
ideas. I really like the
poets of our tradition, the Florentine
Poetry, myth, and revolution.
Dante and the Englishman Milton, were
1st section highlighted on
notable political thinkers; to the first we
owe the treatise On Monarchy, and to the
Time's Voice
chateawtriand-good to keep
second the daring arguments in favor of
freedom of conscience-his celebrated
for laterstuff on Saddam
defense of the right to divorce, his criti-
cism of the censorship decreed by Parlia-
BY OCTAVIO PAZ
ment, which he had the courage to ex-
pound before Parliament itself.
t the dawn of the modern
know of nothing more servile, more cow-
A
Still, these historical precedents
age, confronted by a spec-
ardly, more obtuse than a terrorist. And
should not hide from us the fact that
tacle that has been re-
later, did I not find that entire race of Bru-
there is an essential difference between
peated many times since
tuses in the service of Caesar and his
these attitudes and the situation of mod-
then-by the spectacle of the tyrant dis-
police?
ern poets. The Chinese poets censured
guised as the liberator-Chateaubriand
Ever since my adolescence I have writ-
the throne, but they belonged to the im-
wrote these prophetic words:
ten poems, and I still write them. I want-
perial bureaucracy. Almost all of them
The Revolution would have carried me
ed to be a poet and nothing but a poet. In
were high officials, and their censure
along but I saw the first head on the
my books of prose I meant to serve poet-
formed part of the moral and intellectual
end of a pike, and I recoiled. I will never
ry, to justify and to defend it, to explain it
tradition of Confucianism. Dante and
see an argument for liberty in murder; I
to others and to myself. I soon discov-
Milton found themselves engaged in
ered that the defense of poetry, scorned
controversies in which politics could not
OCTAVIO PAZ is the author most recently
in our century, was inseparable from the
be distinguished from religion. For both
of Sor Juana: Or, the Traps of Faith (Har-
defense of liberty. That is the source of
of them, the foundation for their opin-
vard University Press). A version of this
my interest in the political and social
ions lay in theology. They fought in this
essay was given as a lecture in June in
questions that have shaken our time. Af-
world with their eyes fixed on the next,
Paris, where the author was awarded the
ter the Second World War, I met André
with reasoning that came from eternity.
Tocqueville Prize.
Breton and his friends; I do not share
Dante placed Brutus and Cassius, two
90 THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE OF THE NEW REPUBLIC NOVEMBER 6, 1989
could Nonterrey
enemies of the empire, in the last circle
marked out the limits of a piece of land
of Hell, at the side of the archtraitor Ju-
and said, "This is mine." On that day
das Iscariot; for him, this world was a
inequality began; and with it discord and
copy of the more real, transmundane re-
oppression, which is to say, history.
"A bracing, wide-rang
ality, and political crimes were to be
In short, revolution is an eminently
economic vicissitude
judged by the divine tribunal.
historical act that negates history. The
In the Greek city-states, by contrast,
new time that it initiates is a restoration
and in the Roman Republic, the influ-
of original time. As the child of history
ence of religion was not so great. The
and reason, revolution is the offspring of
questions that divided citizens were
linear, successive, and unrepeatable
The
clearly political, untinged by theology.
time. As the child of myth, revolution is a
And yet our similarity to Greco-Roman
moment in cyclical time, like the move-
antiquity is also deceptive. It lacks a cen-
ment of the stars and the round of sea-
tral element, the distinctive sign that
sons. The nature of revolution, then, is
Resurge
marks the birth of the modern age: the
dual. We cannot think it except by sepa-
ΓS.
idea of revolution. That is an idea that
rating its two elements and discarding
Libera
could not emerge except in our time, for
the mythic as a foreign body, and we can-
it is the heir of both Greece and Chris-
not live it except by uniting them. We
tianity-that is, of philosophy and the
think it as a phenomenon that responds
AND OTHER
ton officials.
longing for redemption.
to the prognostications of reason; we live
UNFASHIONAB
it as a mystery. The fascination of revolu-
anor Clift,
n no other historical period
tion lies in this enigma.
PROPHECIES
nost up-to-
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has the idea of revolution pos-
sessed that power of magnetic
he modern age broke the
and
attraction. Other civilizations
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ancient link that joined
and other societies experienced im-
poetry and myth-only to
Robert B. R
mense changes-uprisings, the fall of dy-
immediately join poetry
nasties, fratricidal wars-but only their
to revolution, to the idea that pro-
great religious upheavals can be com-
claimed the end of myth and thus be-
pared to our fascination with revolution.
came the central myth of modernity.
It is an idea that has hypnotized. many
The history of modern poetry, from ro-
T
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minds and several generations for over
manticism until our day, has been noth-
things to life.
two centuries. The North Star that guid-
ing but the history of its relations with
R
A
ed our pilgrimages, the secret sun that
that myth, which is as clear and coher-
illumined and warmed the sleepless
ent as a-proof in geometry, as turbulent
nights of many solitary people, in it the
as the revelations of ancient chaos. In-
certainties of reason and the hopes of re-
flamed, extreme relations, ranging from
CK
seduction to horror, from devotion to
A fres
ligious movements have been conjoined.
From the moment it appeared on the
anathema, from idolatry to abjuration-
with leading Soviet I
horizon of history, revolution had a dual
the entire gamut of the two great pas-
understand the archit
LER
nature: it was reason made act and it was
sions, love and religion.
an act of providence-rational determi-
Holderlin's enthusiasm for the young
rich collect
nation and miraculous action, history
Bonaparte and his disillusion at seeing
and myth. Criticism, the child of reason
him converted into the Emperor Napo-
of incisive interviews
Essential
RIZE
in its most rigorous and lucid form, is its
leon, Wordsworth's- Girondist sympa-
those wishing to understand the I
image-at once creative and destructive,
thies and the horror that Robespierre in-
change. now taking place in the Sov
VARD
or rather, it creates as it destroys. Revo-
spired in him, are only two examples of
-Dav
lution is that moment when criticism is
the drastic fluctuations in the response
transformed into utopia and utopia is in-
of German and English romantics to the
Fascinating,
carnated in a few men and in an action.
French Revolution. These violent os-
The descent of reason to earth was a true
cillations are repeated throughout the
epiphany. It was lived as such by its pro-
19th century, in response to each revolu-
tagonists, and later by its interpreters:
tionary movement; they culminate in the
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lived, and not thought.
20th century with immense, successive
published, but the most in-
For almost all of them, revolution was
waves of contradictory feelings-again,
teresting. Norman Mailer
a consequence of certain rational postu-
from fanaticism to repulsion-that the
lates, or reason, and of the general evo-
prolonged influence of the Bolshevik
lution of society. Almost none of them
Revolution inspired all over the world.
suspected that they were present at a res-
The movements of adherence awak-
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urrection. The newness of revolution
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seems absolute; it breaks with the past
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one. And yet this absolute newness is
ods when this need for redemption be-
seen and experienced as a return to first
comes more intense and more urgent,
beginnings.
because of the disappearance of tradi-
Revolution is the return to the time of
tional beliefs. The old gods crumble, rot-
origins, before injustice, before that mo-
ted by superstition, debased by fanati-
ment when, as Rousseau says, a man
cism, corroded by criticism. The tribe of
NOVEMI
phantoms begins to emerge among the
tion of personal mythologies.
ans serious
ruins: they appear first as radiant ideas,
This is another difference between
Sartre's Fl
but soon they are deified and converted
modern poetry and poetry of the past.
into dreadful idols.
For Dante, the key to his poem was sa-
THE FAMILY
Critics
Although there are other explanations
cred scripture, the axis of universal anal-
of the revolutionary phenomenon-eco-
ogy; but Blake invents a mythology out
Volume 3 JEA
nomic, psychological, political-all of
of scraps of gnosticism and the hermetic
Translated by Carc
them, without being false, essentially de-
tradition. Many poets turned to the same
The third volume
ers here shares
pend on this basic fact. A faith that is
recourse, and I hardly need recall the
caused so much cri
born in the void left by old beliefs, that
beliefs of Nerval or Hugo, or, in the
: promise and
feeds on the consciousness of our misery
20th century, the theosophy of Yeats or
itics?" asked Rene
as well as on the geometries of reason, is
the occultism of Breton. The reason for
fiction?" asked Vict
a tough, resistant faith. It obstinately
this apparent paradox is that the public
E
closes its eyes to the incoherences of its
religion of modernity has been revolu-
doctrine and the atrocities of its leaders.
tion, but its private religion has been
In this respect, revolutionary faith re-
poetry.
sembles religious faith: neither the
slaughter of September 1791, nor the
he criticism of revolutions
butchery of Saint-Barthélemy, nor Sta-
T
has been made by those
lin's concentration camps could shake
nostalgic for the old order,
the convictions of the faithful.
and by liberals (in the
broad sense of the word, which denotes
till, there is a difference.
not so much a doctrine as a philosophical
S
Revolutionary beliefs are
and political disposition). As opposed to
subject to the proof of time,
the reactionary criticism of revolutions,
while religious beliefs are in-
the liberal criticism of revolutions has
scribed in the next life, untouched by
been effective: it has dismantled the
time and its changes. Revolutions are
ideological constructs, pulled away their
historical, temporal phenomena. And
religious mask, revealed their historic,
time's criticism is irrefutable, because it
profane nakedness. Liberalism did not
is reality's criticism: it shows without
propose to replace those constructs with
needing to demonstrate. And what it
others. It is the very nature of this intel-
E
shows is that revolution begins as a
lectual tradition to be critical-and this
promise, is squandered in violent agita-
has prevented it, unlike other great polit-
In 1958 John Hus
tion, and freezes into bloody dictator-
îcal philosophies, from proposing a
nario for a film al
"-Newsweek
ships that are the negation of the fiery
metahistory. This is a domain that once
his discovery of
impulse that brought it into being. In all
belonged to religion, but liberalism of-
prisingly, Huston
revolutionary movements the sacred
fered nothing in exchange, and limited
and the overlon
time of myth is transformed inexorably
religion to the private sphere. It based
among Sartre's Pi
into the profane time of history.
liberty on the only foundation that can
as an acclaimed
Hope is reborn after each failure. Shel-
sustain it: on autonomy of conscience,
Freud's therapet
ley's enthusiasm refutes Coleridge's dis-
and on the recognition of the autonomy
dramatized so th
enchantment; Heine writes Concerning
of conscience in others.
It was admirable, and it was terrible,
as here by Sartre.
Germany in response to Mme de Stael, to
Times Book Review
ridicule the poets of the previous gen-
too: for it locked us into a solipsism,
eration who had initially shown sympa-
broke the bridge that connected I to thou
thy for the French Revolution but who
and both of them to the third person-to
had become its enemies. The cycle of
the other, to the others. Between liberty
adherence-denial-adherence was repeat-
and fraternity there is no contradiction,
Gerassi's
ed for more than two centuries, first in
but there is a distance. It is a distance that
Europe, then throughout the world. And
liberalism has not been able to abolish.
JEAN-PAUL
the poetic word has simultaneously been
Robespierre and Saint-Just wanted to
prophecy of, anathema to, and elegy for,
base solidarity among citizens on virtue.
Volume 1: Protesta
modern revolutions.
But what is the foundation of virtue? The
Although the differences and con-
Jacobins, like their descendants the Bol-
trasts between the two great revolu-
sheviks, did not ask themselves this ques-
tionary prototypes (the French Revo-
tion. Or rather: their answer was virtue
lution of 1789 and the Russian Revolu-
by decree, which is terror. And terror can
ated account
the obstacles
tion of 1917) are greater and more pro-
engender only two irreconcilable frater-
found than their similarities, the senti-
nities: the executioners and the victims.
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ments they inspired obeyed the same
Democratic liberalism is a civilized
watching
affective rhythm of attraction and re-
mode of living together. In my opinion it
SS. In this
pulsion. Despite the fact that the reli-
is the best of all that political philosophy
? Economist
gious function of modern revolutions
has conceived: But it leaves unanswered
has invariably been crushed by the emi-
half of the questions that we humans ask
nently historic nature of these move-
ourselves about fraternity, about origins
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ments, the result has been the rebirth
and final ends, about the meaning and
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of similar aspirations and chimeras in
the value of existence. The modern age
the following generation, or the adop-
has exalted individualism, and has been,
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therefore, the period of dispersed con-
ternity arches over the void.
sciousness.
After a long period of political stagna-
Poets have been particularly sensitive
tion, always at the edge of the preci-
to this void. Baudelaire wrote in his jour-
pice, always facing the specter of a total
nal, around 1851:
war and the threat of annihilation of
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the human race, we have been witness
The world will end
I'm not saying it
will be reduced to the buffoonish disorder
in the last 20 years to a series of
of the South American republics or that
changes, to portents of a new era that
perhaps we will return to savagery
No:
may be dawning. First, the myth of rev-
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machinery will have so Americanized us
olution has declined in the very place
to my
and progress will have so completely atro-
of its birth, in Western Europe; today it
phied our spiritual faculties that nothing,
is recovered from the war and prosper-
good friend
not even the bloody chimeras of the uto-
ous, with a liberal democratic regime
pians, could possibly compare to those ex-
for you:
secure in each of the countries in the
Marty Peretz
cellent results
But universal ruin (or
Community. Then there has been a re-
universal progress: the name doesn't in-
turn to democracy in Latin America, al-
terest me) will not manifest itself in politi-
cal institutions, but rather in the debase-
though it still totters between the
We value
ment of our souls
ghosts of populist demagoguery and
militarism, its two endemic afflictions,
Ninety years later, as if he were con-
and the iron shackles of debt are
tinuing Baudelaire's reflections, in one
around its neck. Finally, there have
of his Four Quartets, Eliot sees our world,
been changes in the Soviet Union, in
which we think is moved by progress, as
other totalitarian regimes. Whatever
the interminable fall of the void into the
the scope of those reforms, they clearly
void:
signify the end of the myth of authori-
tarian socialism.
O dark dark dark. They all go into the dark,
d Rapoport
The vacant interstellar spaces, the vacant
into the vacant,
hese changes are self-
The captains, merchants, bankers,
eminent men of letters,
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critical, tantamount to a
confession. That is why I
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The generous patrons of art, the
have spoken of the end of
The
statesmen and the rulers,
an era: we are witnessing the twifight of
Distinguished civil servants, chairmen of
the idea of revolution in its last, unfortu-
many committees,
nate incarnation, the Bolshevik version.
Industrial lords and petty contractors, all
It is an idea that survives only in some
go into the dark,
And dark the Sun and Moon, and the
regions on the periphery, and among
Almanach de Gotha
crazed sects like the Peruvian terrorists.
And the Stock Exchange Gazette, the
We do not know what the future holds
Directory of Directors,
for us: virulent nationalisms, ecological
And cold the sense and lost the motive of
catastrophes, the rebirth of buried my-
action.
thologies, new fanaticisms, but also dis-
And we all go with them, into the silent
coveries and creations-history and its
funeral,
entourage of horrors and marvels. And
Nobody's funeral, for there is no one to
we do not know-if the peoples of the
bury.
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Soviet Union will experience new forms
I could adduce more texts, but the
of oppression or an original, Slavic ver-
two I have cited are enough to illustrate
sion of democracy. In any case, the revo-
the spiritual state of poets when con-
lutionary myth is dying. Will it revive? I
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fronted with the disasters of modernity.
don't think so. A Holy Alliance is not
Baudelaire's reflections and Eliot's
killing it: it is dying a natural death.
verses are a funereal counterpoint to
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that of religions and philosophies. It is a
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LETTERS OF
cluding the Anglo-American democracy
something more precious and fragile:
founded by the Puritan ethic. Kant
memory. In each generation, the poets
LEONARD
taught that morality cannot be based on
rediscover the terrible antiquity, and
history, since history flows unceasingly,
the no less terrible youth, of passions.
WOOLF
and we do not know if any law or design
In the schools and the universities,
rules its capricious passing. We also
where the so-called political sciences
know that metahistorical constructs-re-
are taught, the reading of Aeschylus and
ligious or metaphysical, conservative
Shakespeare should be obligatory. Po-
or revolutionary-strangle liberty and
ets nourished the thought of Hobbes
eventually corrupt fraternity.
and Locke, Marx and Tocqueville.
The thought of the era that is begin-
Through the mouth of the poet there
ning-if, in fact, an eΓa is beginning-
speaks-I emphasize speaks, not writes-
will have to find a point of convergence
the other voice, the voice of the tragic
between liberty and fraternity. We must
poet and the buffoon, the voice of soli-
rethink our tradition, renovate it, and
tary melancholy and of joy, of laughter
search for the reconciliation of the two
and of sighs, the voice of the lovers'-em-
great political- traditions of modernity,
brace and of Hamlet contemplating the
liberalism and socialism. I will go so far
skull, the voice of silence and of tumult,
as to say, paraphrasing Ortega y Gasset,
mad wisdom and wise madness, the inti-
that this is "the theme of our time." In
mate murmur in the bedroom and the
some contemporary work-for example,
surging crowd in the square. To hear
in the work of Cornelius Castoriadis-I
that voice is to hear time itself, the time
detect the beginning of a response.
that passes and comes back still, trans-
EDITEDBY
What can be the contribution of poet-
formed into a few crystalline syllables.
FREDERIC SPOTTS
ry in the reconstitution of a new po-
litical thought? Not new ideas, but
-Translated by Edith Grossman
656 pages
16 pages of photographs
"Leonard Woolf's letters are
arevelation-engaged, hard-
hitting, full of the crispest in-
Who Is Sylvia?
telligence. They make you
see why Virginia loved this
man."
BY HELEN VENDLER
-Phyllis Rose
"The letters of Leonard Woolf
Bitter Fame: A Life of Sylvia Plath
form a deeply absorbing rec-
by Anne Stevenson
ord of a brilliant moment in
(Houghton Mifflin, 384 pp., $19.95)
English literary and intelli-
t is really a pity that Anne Ste-
one by Linda Wagner-Martin. The at-
gent life.
-Irving Howe
I
venson, a poet, put her name
traction of a biography of a poet by a.
to this book. Many readers will
poet-who might enter into Plath's intel-
recall that the American poet
lect, into her psyche, into her reading
"The letters in their great
Sylvia Plath (1932-63), after an initially
and writing, more deeply than the rest of
number and their extraordi-
brilliant start as a student and poet, at-
us-made me look forward to Steven-
nary variety of subject hold
tempted suicide while an undergraduate
son's book.
at Smith, was rescued, hospitalized, and
In the event, however, it seems not to
in common the vigor, pene-
given electroshock treatments, recov-
be Stevenson's book. She has lent her
tration and charity of his
ered, went on a Fulbright to England,
name to it, but a very curious "Author's
thinking, the sensitivity of his
married the British poet Ted Hughes,
Note" suggests that she did not write it
feelings, the endurance of his
bore two children, and published ever
with full authority. Ted Hughes's sister,
feelings."
more compelling poetry. The marriage
Olwyn Hughes, is the shadow author, at
broke up after Plath discovered her hus-
least of the last four chapters, which cov-
-Eudora Welty
band's infidelity, and Plath committed
er the bulk of Plath's married years, from
suicide in her London flat.
1959 to 1963. And the "Author's Note,"
"Fast-paced and delightful,
The curious dissonances in Plath's
strange enough in itself, is accompanied
these letters will please ev-
life-her often desperate journals and
by a footnote that no self-respecting
eryone interested in modern
poems bearing witness to states of in-
poet, it seems to me, could have allowed.
literature and history."
tense anguish, her public manner and
I reprint the entire "Author's Note" and
-Library Journal
her letters home keeping up an impreg-
its bizarre footnote:
nably cheerful and "successful" tone-
have made readers wonder about the life
In writing this biography, I have received a
HBJ
great deal of help from Olwyn Hughes,
that lay behind the writing. There have
literary agent to the Estate of Sylvia Plath.
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
already been two full-length biogra-
Ms. Hughes's contributions to the text
phies, a wretched one by Edward
have made it almost a work of dual author-
Butscher and a responsible but cursory
ship. I am particularly grateful for the work
98 THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE OF THE NEW REPUBLIC NOVEMBER 6, 1989
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 28, 1990
MEMORANDUM
TO:
DAVID DEMAREST
CHRISS WINSTON
SPEECHWRITER/RESEARCHER TO BE ASSIGNED
FROM:
CAROLYN CAWLEY
SUBJECT: PREADVANCE TO MONTERREY, MEXICO
President Bush will be traveling to Monterrey, Mexico
November 26 -27, 1990. Mrs. Bush and Secretary Baker will
accompany him.
The proposed schedule is as follows:
November 26, 1990
11:45 a.m.
Arrive Monterrey, Mexico.
Welcomed by Foreign Minister Solano
12:00 p.m.
Helicopter departure to Agua Leguas, hometown of
President Salinas
12:30 p.m.
Meet President and Mrs. Salinas at an
informal arrival
12:50 p.m.
Rodeo demonstration at the local corral
1:45 p.m.
Barbecue for the townspeople hosted by
President Salinas. 5000 attendees expected.
Very brief remarks -- Hello, thank you for
the hospitality, etc.
3:15 -
Downtime and private meetings
5:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
Depart for Monterrey
5:30 p.m.
POTUS and President Salinas arrive Monterrey
for official arrival ceremony with full
honors
5:40 -
Government Palace -- they'll be received by
6:30 p.m.
thousands of citizens in the Plaza. Firework
displays and brief remarks by both Presidents.
6:30 p.m.
End of official day
November 27, 1990
9:00 a.m.
Private One on One Meetings between the two
Presidents. Photo opportunities.
9:20 a.m.
Expanded bilateral meetings
10:40 a.m.
City Theatre -- 15 minutes of remarks by each
President. 1400 attendeees representing a cross
section of the citizens of Monterrey.
11:45 a.m.
Casino Monterrey -- join the end of a meeting
between Mexican business leaders hosted by Secretary
Mosbacher and Trade Representative Hills.
250 attendees. Very brief remarks.
12:30 -
Palacio Gobierno -- Dedication Ceremony for a
12:45 p.m.
new Mexican - American Studies Institute. Very
brief remarks.
1:00 -
Palacio Gobierno -- Official Luncheon. 150
2:05 p.m.
attendees. Toasts.
2:30 p.m.
Arrive Airport
2:45 p.m.
Depart Monterrey, Mexico for Andrews AFB
PREADVANCE NOTES -- MONTERREY, MEXICO
Contacts:
**
Bob Earle, Embassy PAO (Mexico City) **
Bob Gibbons, US Consulate in Monterrey
On economics: Paul Trivelli, US Embassy in Mexico City
Don McConnell, US Embassy in Mexico City
Notes of Interest:
The Agua Leguas Rodeo and Barbecue:
Agua Leguas means "Far Waters". It is President Salinas'
ancestral home. It's located about 1 1/2 hours from
Monterrey by car. Extremely rural small town. The town
square is about all there is.
The BBQ is expected to draw 5,000 people, many of whom
will be Mexican children. This is really down home
entertainment by President Salinas -- any remarks should
acknowledge POTUS' pleasure at having been invited to this
small town, the wonderful hospitality, etc. Draw on the
years he spent in Texas etc.
The BBQ plaza is down the street one half block from the
Salinas home.
-- Benito Juarez is known as the Father of Mexico. The
dedication ceremony room at the Palace is named for him.
-- You may also want to check up on Octavio Paz, recent
Nobel Prize winner for literature. I was told he
is very popular with the Mexican people and also
very quotable for POTUS.
-- A major landmark in Monterrey is Saddle Mountain.
It does resemble a saddle and is visible from
virtually everywhere. See photos.
-- Note that Monterrey is a very small city that is
far from everything else in Mexico. It's flat, but
surrounded by hills. The countryside around it
is almost desert-like, strewn with sagebrush and tumble
weed. The land between Monterrey and Agua Leguas
is virtually unpopulated, except for shack once in
a great while.
Monterrey is located in "Estado de Nuevo Leon"
the state of the new lion. (check this translation!)
Though it's far from everything else, Monterrey
is Mexico's #2 industrial center. It's the home
of a group of 10 conglomerates in steel, glass,
and beer. The story says two guys decided to
produce beer and decided they should also produce
the bottles, then the caps, etc. All of Mexico's
major brands of beer are made here.
It's boom came in the 1890's with the railroad,
though it has been a trading center since the
16th century.
-- The national symbol, seen in all the government buildings
including the facade above the podium for the Palace/
firework speeches is: an eagle landing on a cactus.
It is an Aztec symbol for the founding of Mexico.
-- I was told that FDR was the last US President to
visit Monterrey, in April 1943. Reagan visited
Mexico, though not Monterrey. Check on Bush's
visits as VP.
-- You may want to look into Lincoln quotes for these
speeches. I saw several quotations of his displayed
in various buildings, though they were in Spanish and
I didn't have time to write them down.
The City Theatre is a very modern structure. The main
auditorium, site of the speeches, is gray and black and
fairly nondescript. It's mainly used for performing
arts. There are two tiers of seats, just like any
performance hall.
Palacio Gobierno is a huge and magnificent structure at
one end of a major plaza. The plaza has a big fountain
in the center and has 4 statues of historical figures.
See photos. The mountains in the distance appear larger
than life. The two Presidents will appear on the front
steps of the Palace and will make brief remarks there
following a fireworks display.
Palacio Gobierno Luncheon. Luncheon for 100-150
guests. It will be held either in an open courtyard
or an enclosed one topped with stained glass.
Salon de Benito Juarez. Room for the dedication ceremony
for the Mexican-American Studies Institute. The program
is a joint venture between the University of Nuevo Leon/
the Monterrey Technical Institute and US Universities.
I couldn't find anyone to tell me more. Best to check
with Bob Earle, PAO at the Embassy in Mexico City!
Peggy
Ed
Dan
Bob
Curt
Carol
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and painter of note. He was born in South Bend,
and the costumes (or for
Ind., on Dec. 22, 1905. He studied at the Chi-
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in 1919); George Who
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19 and featuring, at vario
held one-man shows in San Francisco, Los Ange-
Ann Pennington and be
standing Sweet and Low (1943) was produced
les, New York City, Chicago, and Paris.
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Britain, and the United States contributed
Rexroth's poetry, greatly influenced by Wil-
onducting); the Music But
Is the Army (1942), Seven Lively Arts
liam Carlos Williams, is written in a natural,
and featuring the music
1944) and Call Me Mister (1946).
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irl Carroll Vanities (beau
an England in 1961, Beyond the Fringe re-
intimacy. Imbued with a deep love of nature, it
all-Negro Blackbirds rever
owned the revue to its first principle-topical
sometimes verges on the sentimental, to the dis-
1920's were the heydey di
The But in 1969, in England and the United
may of some critics. However, according to
States, not only in show
Sales, Oh! Calcutta! seemed to be a throwback
fellow-poet Richard Eberhart, it is marked by
ut also in individual revixt
carlier flesh shows.
"calmness and grandeur." Rexroth's volumes in-
nuts, featuring the Mm
Television has attempted the revue form (This
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rick Gaieties (both 19231
the Week That Was in England and the
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e Edwardes in 1905
Called States in the 1960's; Saturday Night Live
translated poems and wrote criticism. He died
Music Hall shows, and the
the United States in the 1970's), but did not
in Montecito, Calif., on June 6, 1982.
variety entertainment. The
Lange the revue's basic structure. Revues have
quired great popularity
MT) co-opted by musical comedy, so that the
REYES, rã'yãs, Alfonso (1889-1959), Mexican
War I, especially with
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critic, poet, and diplomat. He was born in Mon-
an ragtime and jazz. As a
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the law school of the National University in
tire that had originated the
the future.
1913. He then entered the diplomatic service,
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serving first in Paris in 1913-1914. Among his
as Hullo, Ragtimel (1919)
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later positions were secretary of the Mexican lega-
series of revues in 1914
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wrote several shows is
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vues in London and
show Saturday Night Live,
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a family called, appro-
ed to New York.
the Coneheads.
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a smash hit, and the
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National Library, and the Nation
has spread over the surroun
gradually rising. Reykjavík's tot:
city cally to the east, where a new
100 square miles (100 sq km).
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scale manufacturing. Print
and construction are among the
thes Reykjavik is one of Icelan
parts. Economically important, al
by hot springs, from which almo
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The city has a thriving cultu
two professional theaters, one
stages operas, and a symphony
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trading post, Reykjavík did n
R velop as a town until the 18th
chartered in 1786 and became
capital of Iceland when the Alth
there in 1843. Its fastest growth
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the metropolitan area, 128,097.
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tubules, usually resulting in death. The
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drome is named for R. D. K. Reye, the Australia
(1868-1925), Polish novelist, wh
Brazil (1930-1936), and Argentina (1936-1937).
pathologist who described it in a 1963 report
the 1924 Nobel Prize in literature
In 1940 he became a member of the governing
an 11-year study he had made. The cause
piece The Peasants. Reymont was
board of the Colegio de Mexico, established to
Reye's syndrome is unknown, but viruses and
Wielkie on May 6, 1868. A sell
foster Mexican culture, and served as its presi-
toxins have been implicated. They have been
he read extensively, finding speci
dent. He also was one of the founders and life
isolated in victims, but the role they play in the
the work of novelist Henryk S
professor of the Colegio Nacional. He died in
development of the syndrome is still being
moved to Warsaw in 1893, an
Mexico City on Dec. 27, 1959.
vestigated and has yet to be determined:
achieved success with his first no'
From his student days, Reyes was recognized
The disease usually occurs following an infec
do Jasnej Góry, an account of a P
as a promising poet, and throughout his life he
tion, such as chicken pox (varicella), influenza
sacred monastery at Czestochowa
practiced this craft. His poems are simple and
or an infection in the upper respiratory tract
This was followed by the nov
romantic and appeal to popular taste. They were
otherwise healthy children. It is suspected the
(1896; Eng. tr., The Comedienne
collected in Obra poetica (1952) and Obras com-
treatment with aspirin may increase the risk
with life in the theater; and 2
pletas, in two volumes (1955-1956). Reyes was
Reye's syndrome in such patients. Among the
(1899; Eng. tr., The Promised L
also a critic of note, writing studies of Latin
viruses isolated have been coxsackievirus, here
posing the evils of factory life.
American authors, aesthetics, and literary theory.
simplex, adenovirus, echovirus, reovirus, infly
Reymont then devoted almo
The Position of America and Other Essays, trans-
enza viruses, and parainfluenza viruses. With
writing Chlopi (4 vols., 1902-19(
lated and published in English in 1950, is a
one to three days after onset there is vomiting
Peasants, 1924-1925). In this r
good sampling of his prose.
and stupor, leading to convulsions and come
peasant life in turn-of-the-century
Death commonly occurs from damage to
Ing reality and myth in its portra
REYES, rã'yãs, Rafael (1850-1921), president of
brain in three or four days.
ants customs, rituals, passions ano
Colombia from 1904 to 1909. In 1874 he sought
Some patients have survived following
Although his later work fell
his fortune in the Colombian Amazon, where he
measures as administration of glucose and SUP
ET efforts, his three-volume Ro
and his brothers made important explorations, but
portive therapy, removal and replacement
1919) is a stirring account of th
after ten years he went back to Bogotá im-
large proportion of blood, or peritoneal dialisis
surrection that reflects his talen
poverished. Turning to politics as a supporter of
Other treatment has included correction of
traiture. He died in Warsaw or
the dominant Conservatives, he helped suppress
trolyte imbalances and acidosis.
Liberal revolts in 1885 and 1895 and was re-
REYNARD THE FOX, rãnard, the
warded with diplomatic and cabinet posts.
REYKJAVÍK, rã'kyä-vek, the capital and large
(cit) Inimal stories, in which the fox,
Following the ruinous civil war of 1899-1902
city of Iceland. Situated on Faxa Bay
Lious bullies. Often his tradition
or thievery, prevails agains
and the U. S.-supported secession of Panama in
land's southwestern shore, it is the country's
1903, Reyes was elected president. Assuming
port and its economic, financial, and
combined with the physical wea
dictatorial powers, he reorganized Colombia's
center. About half of Iceland's people live
trailties of certain human types. ]
finances and promoted national economic develop-
city's metropolitan area.
try treatments, Reynard assumes
ment. Although initially successful, his economic
The oldest part of the city is set in a
as a: basically good indivi
reforms were not lasting. In 1909, opposition to
between two low hills to the east and west
his proposed treaty for settling the Panama dis-
harbor marks its northern limit. A small
The most extensive body of r.
to lies and hypocrisy in o
pute with the United States forced him to resign.
lake, called Tjörnin (the Pond), is in the south
trature about Reynard is Le Ro
He died in Bogotá on Feb. 19, 1921.
section of the old city. The Althing (parliame
Reatment unibuted in German is Reinhard
cunting one or more adventur
up of long segments called
the Lutheran cathedral, the financial instituti
REYE'S SYNDROME, rîz, an acute illness of in-
and most agencies of the central and munical
fants, children, and adolescents marked by an
governments are in the old city, which cover
abrupt loss of consciousness, swelling of the
more than 25 acres (10 hectares).
reclived in Alsace in the late
to a man called Heir
About a generation after He
460
(Lange/Cawley)
November 18, 1990
5:15 p.m.
[MEX.DOC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
GOVERNMENT PALACE
MONTERREY, MEXICO
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1990
[6:30 P.M.]
[[ President Salinas, Governor Trevino, Major Rizzo, friends
and neighbors.
1]
It is an honor to stand with you, before this magnificent
palace, at such a promising moment in our shared history. For I
believe that our two peoples are now on the eve of an era more
cooperative, and more prosperous, than any we have ever known.
Not far from this plaza, the mountains stretch toward the
sky. In the sunlight, they can seem larger than life. But even
when obscured by darkness, their power is such that their
presence is always felt.
And so it is with our common potential. Our dreams and high
aspirations have always been with us. But those dreams are no
longer larger than life -- they're within our reach.
In this plaza, I stand before Mexico's greatest heroes.
Hidalgo and Morelos, who set this great nation on the road
to independence. Juarez and Escobedo, who defined and defended
the principles of justice and freedom that guide Mexico even to
this day. President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, who guides Mexico
toward the future within the framework of its cherished values.
And above all, the Mexican people themselves -- all of you
here tonight -- who are the lifeblood of this great city, and
this great nation.
2
So I've come to Mexico with a message of respect,
admiration, and hope for a brighter future, shared by our two
countries. And I'm pleased to be working closely with your
dynamic and visionary President, Carlos Salinas -- the architect
of a breathtaking economic transformation, and a great leader.
In our consultations, President Salinas and I are discussing
how we can empower the people of our two nations -- toward a
brighter and more prosperous future.
We want to work toward the free and fair trade so vital to
creating jobs and enterprise in your economy and our own. We
want to look for new progress against the scourge of drugs, so
threatening to our youth. We have a precious environment to
protect, and future generations to educate.
And there are challenges, too, in the world beyond our
borders. The reconstruction of Central America, the restoration
of stability in the Persian Gulf region, the successful
conclusion of world trade talks -- these are also issues we are
discussing together.
What we seek, ultimately, is a world that looks like the
U.S. -Mexico relationship itself -- oriented toward cooperation,
communication, and respectful partnership in seizing the many
opportunities ahead.
Looking out at you and the figures of your great men, it's
clear to me that history is on our side.
3
In the words of a great son of Mexico, Octavio Paz, liberty
"is a movement of consciousness that leads us, at certain
moments, to utter one of two words: Yes, or No."
Together, let us say yes to liberty. Let us commence a new
era for both our nations -- where what stretches between us is
not a border, but a bridge.
With candor and mutual respect as our guides, let us cross
over into a new era of shared progress and prosperity -- for a
stronger Mexico, and stronger United States, and a better world.
Thank you for your warm reception. God bless you all.
And viva Mexico!
#
#
#
ML:
on the Mexico speech;
due Friday. POTUS speaks on
the stops of the Palace, facing
the "mall" to tens of thousands
of Mexicans.
(see cover of notebook. The
palace would be off the left
bottom edge. )
Any guidance from CW ? Ivé
highlighter some things in the
state draft that would be
good to pick up on. Steve is in
the library for me looking for
Montarey history (is hit a
bathe site ctc?) + quotable
Mexicans
though on that note,
I think were covered w/ the
Octavio taz quote in state's draft.
I'll check w/ you again later.
Have a mtg. to attend at 3:30
but I'll cheok in before going.
Bye —
ec
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ed own bakery, considered the best in the city; also Alaskan me
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dnight; credit: Bancomer, Banamex, Carnet, Visa.
S y Cebollas, Colon 207, tel. 163102; also an art gallery; speciali
authentic cooking of the Sierras and rural Chihuahua, absolut
AND THE GULF COAST
ous and most dishes are not too "hot" for American palates; frien
phere; basic meal $3; open from noon to midnight every day CACE
onday; no credit cards.
TO VERACRUZ AREA
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accepted. oar next door; basic meal $4; open daily 1 P.M. to 2 A.M. Major crepsy credit
by
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HTLIFE. Discos: La Mina in the Hotel Victoria on Ave. Juarez and
and the Robin Hood at Cuauhtemoc 2207. Cafes with entertainment
: Hobbet, Ave. Reforma 103, Gilberto's, Ave. Division del Norte
Broadly speaking, this is the Huasteca country-named for the Huast-
nd Ajos y Cebollas, Colon 207. Hotels: La Place piano bar in the
ecs, a tribe whom the Aztecs scorned for their shameful lack of morals.
Hotel Lobby, Independencia 500; and La Uva in the Castel Sico
These Indians, who live on in the region, in pre-Hispanic times apparently
Hotel, Ortiz Mina 411, two drinks for one 5-7 P.M.
were more interested in worshipping the goddess of fertility and fleshly
pleasures than in building monuments. Their descendants lead more con-
servative lives.
The Huasteca country includes parts of the states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo
León, and Veracruz. Best way to see this area is by car. Usually motorists
drive down the Gulf Coast Road (Mexico 101 and Mexico 180) to Tampi-
CO and Veracruz. Rather than doubling back they will head inland-with
visit to Mexico City if they like-and pick up Mexico 85, the old Pan
American Highway which heads for Monterrey and the border.
Some people, however, only get to the border towns, special favorites
with "Winter Texans," folks who flee the snows up north to bask in the
sun of the Rio Grande Valley. Others opt simply for a few days in Monter-
389
390
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MONTERREY AREA AND THE GULF COAST
rey, Mexico's third-largest city, where the hotels, restaurants, shopping
Reynosa, farther to the east, is a crossing point of no great i
and nightlife all are terrific. They have a good time, but still they miss
miles south of McAllen (the actual Texas border point is
a lot of fun.
falled Hidalgo), Reynosa is big and industrial, being a major ga
Fun, really, is what the Huasteca country is all about. It is taking in
and oil refining center. There are a couple of hotels and Γ
the races in Laredo, haggling for bargains at the Matamoros market, old
HIS some curio shops around Plaza Hidalgo, but for most touri:
ing the matadors in Monterrey, hauling in weighty bass in the lake country
is simply a town to pass through en route to the fishing car
northeast of Tampico and lazing in the sun at the Veracruz beaches
Vicente Guerrero Dam.
There are sights to see, too. Archaeology is part of a good Mexican holl.
Matamoros is much nicer. Across from Brownsville and V
day and the Huasteca country has it at El Tajín, complete with a spectacu-
outhernmost part of the continental U.S., Matamoros has an
lar pyramid and stone carvings of human sacrifices. The fortress of San
Shopping area just beyond the bridge. Downtown, a few blocks
Juan de Ulua in Veracruz might have been a set for one of those old late
my is typically Mexican, belying the old saw about border to
show pirate movies. Near Monterrey are natural wonders: the Garcia
40 personality.
Caves and Horsetail Falls.
Although roots here go back to Spanish colonial times, this
began to thrive during the American Civil War. Near Matamo
sie of Bagdad which, although it was in Mexico, has been d
the biggest port of the Confederacy. From Bagdad Southern (
EXPLORING THE HUASTECA COUNTRY
ent and arms for Southern armies came in, thus outflanking
Mockade. Bagdad, you will hear, was a pretty wicked place :
The border country is fun, worth spending some time in even for those
to a pretty wicked end. A hurricane in 1880 literally wiped
who are heading farther south. In a way it is all sort of mirror image, stores
the map.
Matamoros itself has little that is historic to see these da
and shops on the Texas side gaudy with signs in Spanish welcoming Mexi-
the Casa Mata, a small fort that now contains a museum wh
can customers and proclaiming a willingness to accept pesos while across
1 adisplay of early Huasteca Indian pottery. But perhaps the n
the river much of the lettering is in English and discounts are promised
uve feature of this border town is that there seem to be more c
for those with dollars to spend.
than curio shops. With good reason: peso prices are much low
Nuevo Laredo is Mexico's biggest port of-entry on the U.S. border. It
has prices, yet the professionals are on a par with their Ameri
can come as something of a shock, zipping down Interstate 35 from San
parts.
Antonio, crossing the new bridge, leaving the First World, so to speak
and entering the Third. Less of a jolt is driving through downtown Laredo
along Convent Avenue, crossing the bridge and ending up on Avenida
Monterrey Spruces Up
Guerrero, the main street in Nuevo Laredo. Those who do not want to
Monterrey is that way but even more so. Brewer of beer
drive can walk over.
Heel, Monterrey is the home of nearly three million of the har
Nuevo Laredo got its start once the Río Grande became a border river.
people in Mexico. It is not an especially tourist-oriented ci
After Texas broke away from Mexico the Mexicans held the dividing line
just a three hour drive from the border-less for those wh
was farther north, at the Río Nueces. Caught in no man's land, the settlers
Houston or San Antonio-it gets visitors anyway. Few of t
wished a plague on both sides and tried to set up an independent republic.
Mexican authorities made short work of that. Then, when Texas became
disappointed. Urban renewal has made Monterrey, once an ugly-place,
a U.S. state, American troops moved below the Nueces, which is what
attractive city. The 100-acre Grand Plaza extends for severa
touched off the Mexican War. When it was over the burghers of Laredo
the classical State House to the ultra-modern City Hall. Dedi
who did not wish to be ruled from Austin and Washington founded a new
the plaza is expected to be an area of intense activity for th
community on the south bank of the Río Grande (a river the Mexicans
as new office buildings and stores open in the area.
call the Río Bravo).
The plaza leads into smaller Hidalgo Square and Aveni
The railway to the U.S., and then the Pan American Highway, made
Pedestrian shopping street where automobiles no longer rc
Nuevo Laredo the big city it is. Liquor laws north of the boundary gave
stores are along this way, as are many good restaurants, ni
it much of its special flavor. First there was Prohibition, then Texas' own
many of Monterrey's best hotels. Having the hotels in the he
dry statutes drew the thirsty across the bridge. With World War II came
mercial area is, of course, convenient. Yet for travelers wh
regiments of recruits on three-day passes, and they still come pouring in
out a ways there are also good places to stay.
The big appeal these days is the racetrack where the ponies run weekend
Monterrey got its start at the end of the 16th century
afternoons and the greyhounds five nights a week throughout the year.
group of settlers arrived. It strúggled merely to survive. W
Then there are the shops, tacky little places, most of them, but a few re-
thedral began in 1635, but it took nearly 200 years to fini
markably posh with handicrafts on sale that are works of art. Nuevo Lare-
The only other ancient structure of note is the Bishops'
do also is a fine place to get a good meal.
toward the end of the 18th century as a retirement home f
MONTERREY AREA AND THE GULF COAST
MONTERREY AREA AND THE GULF COAST
391
t of fun.
nightlife all are terrific. They have a good time, but still they mine
Mexico's third-largest city, where the hotels, restaurants, shopping
Reynosa, farther to the east, is a crossing point of no great interest. A
miles south of McAllen (the actual Texas border point is a village
un, really, is what the Huasteca country is all about. It is taking
called Hidalgo), Reynosa is big and industrial, being a major gas process-
and oil refining center. There are a couple of hotels and restaurants
races in Laredo, haggling for bargains at the Matamoros market,
some curio shops around Plaza Hidalgo, but for most tourists Reyno-
the heast matadors of in Monterrey, and hauling in weighty bass in the lake country
simply a town to pass through en route to the fishing camps at the
Tampico lazing in the sun at the Veracruz beaches.
Vicente Guerrero Dam.
here are sights to see, too. Archaeology is part of a good Mexican holi.
Matamoros is much nicer. Across from Brownsville and what is the
and the Huasteca country has it at El Tajín, complete with a spectace-
acuthernmost part of the continental U.S., Matamoros has an attractive
yramid and stone carvings of human sacrifices. The fortress of Sax
shopping area just beyond the bridge. Downtown, a few blocks away, the
1 de Ulua in Veracruz might have been a set for one of those old late
city is typically Mexican, belying the old saw about border towns having
V pirate movies. Near Monterrey are natural wonders: the Garcia
es and Horsetail Falls.
go personality.
Although roots here go back to Spanish colonial times, this area really
began to thrive during the American Civil War. Near Matamoros was the
site of Bagdad which, although it was in Mexico, has been described as
the biggest port of the Confederacy. From Bagdad Southern cotton went
EXPLORING THE HUASTECA COUNTRY
out and arms for Southern armies came in, thus outflanking the Union
blockade. Bagdad, you will hear, was a pretty wicked place and it came
he border country is fun, worth spending some time in even for those
a pretty wicked end. A hurricane in 1880 literally wiped Bagdad off
are heading farther south. In a way it is all sort of mirror image, stores
the
map.
shops on the Texas side gaudy with signs in Spanish welcoming Mexi.
Matamoros itself has little that is historic to see these days. There is
customers and proclaiming a willingness to accept pesos while across
the Casa Mata, a small fort that now contains a museum which includes
river much of the lettering is in English and discounts are promised
# display of early Huasteca Indian pottery. But perhaps the most impres-
hose with dollars to spend.
give feature of this border town is that there seem to be more dental offices
uevo Laredo is Mexico's biggest port of entry on the U.S. border. It
than curio shops. With good reason: peso prices are much lower than dol-
come as something of a shock, zipping down Interstate 35 from San
lar prices, yet the professionals are on a par with their American counter-
onio, crossing the new bridge, leaving the First World, so to speak.
parts.
entering the Third. Less of a jolt is driving through downtown Laredo
g Convent Avenue, crossing the bridge and ending up on Avenida
Monterrey Spruces Up
rrero, the main street in Nuevo Laredo. Those who do not want to
Monterrey is that way but even more so. Brewer of beer and forger of
= can walk over.
steel, Monterrey is the home of nearly three million of the hardest working
uevo Laredo got its start once the Río Grande became a border river.
people in Mexico. It is not an especially tourist-oriented city, but being
r Texas broke away from Mexico the Mexicans held the dividing line
ust a three hour drive from the border-less for those who fly in from
farther north, at the Río Nueces. Caught in no man's land, the settlers
Houston or San Antonio-it gets visitors anyway. Few of them go away
ed a plague on both sides and tried to set up an independent republic.
disappointed.
ican authorities made short work of that. Then, when Texas became
Urban renewal has made Monterrey, once an ugly place, into quite an
S. state, American troops moved below the Nueces, which is what
attractive city. The 100-acre Grand Plaza extends for several blocks from
hed off the Mexican War. When it was over the burghers of Laredo
the classical State House to the ultra-modern City Hall. Dedicated in 1985,
did not wish to be ruled from Austin and Washington founded a new
the plaza is expected to be an area of intense activity for the next decade
munity on the south bank of the Río Grande (a river the Mexicans
as new office buildings and stores open in the area.
the Río Bravo).
The plaza leads into smaller Hidalgo Square and Avenida Morelos, a
e railway to the U.S., and then the Pan American Highway, made
pedestrian shopping street where automobiles no longer roll. The better
vo Laredo the big city it is. Liquor laws north of the boundary gave
stores are along this way, as are many good restaurants, night spots, and
ch of its special flavor. First there was Prohibition, then Texas' own
many of Monterrey's best hotels. Having the hotels in the heart of the com-
tatutes drew the thirsty across the bridge. With World War II came
mercial area is, of course, convenient. Yet for travelers who prefer to be
nents of recruits on three-day passes, and they still come pouring in.
out a ways there are also good places to stay.
e big appeal these days is the racetrack where the ponies run weekend
Monterrey got its start at the end of the 16th century when the first
noons and the greyhounds five nights a week throughout the year.
group of settlers arrived. It struggled merely to survive. Work on the ca-
1 there are the shops, tacky little places, most of them, but a few re-
thedral began in 1635, but it took nearly 200 years to finish the project.
tably posh with handicrafts on sale that are works of art. Nuevo Lare-
The only other ancient structure of note is the Bishops' Palace, erected
Iso is a fine place to get a good meal.
toward the end of the 18th century as a retirement home for upper strata
392
MONTERREY AREA AND THE GULF COAST
MONTERREY AREA AND THE GULF COA
clergy. Stout and strong, it ended up serving as a fortress; today It
Petroleum made Tampico what it is today. The first oi
museum.
rought in during 1907 and prosperity of sorts followed. T
Beer is what really made Monterrey. The brewery opened in 1888. Da
the Plaza de Armas was built with funds donated by Ed
tles were needed, so a glass factory was built. Cartons were needed is
the oil magnate involved in the Teapot Dome scandal
which to ship the bottles, so in went a cardboard plant. Then, to provide
exicana Airlines got its start as Latin America's first airl
caps, a steel mill was opened. Thus industrial might was born.
Tampico from Mexico City back before paved highways
Gradually culture followed. Monterrey's first museum was its Baschall
Hall of Fame. Now there is an art museum as well, along with several
Oil did much for Tampico, but in many ways it ruined it
galleries. Most spectacular, however, is the Alfa Cultural Center-buin
ne was when Texans would hurry down every chance t1
by the descendants of those early brewers-where the emphasis is on
ence and technology.
er tarpon in the Panuco River. Pollution in the river pretty
Once Tampico had an international airport and hotels n
Monterrey is a place to shop for cowboy boots and lead crystal It -
ward Johnson, and Holiday Inn. Now the only direct fli]
the place to take in a charro rodeo on a Sunday morning and a bullings
alco City. The former chain hotels are locally managed
on a Sunday afternoon. It is a city in which to dine well and then May
There still is a bit of game fishing in the Tampico area a
up late catching a floorshow or stomping at a disco. In that respect Mon
Miramar is nice. Golf can be played at the local country
terrey has no rivals in the Huasteca country.
are welcome.
This, by the way, is where the Huasteca region begins. Huasteca Canyon
Veracruz, an eight-hour drive down the coast, is a bit like
is just west of the city, high, craggy, dramatic. Out this way, too, are (M
crent enough to be worth the trip. Most visitors will wa
García Caves, the largest and most majestic in Mexico. The entrance H
and spend a few hours exploring the ruins at El Tajín
the caves is reached by cable car and getting there is half the fun. Honcist
an overnight stay either at the Juárez Hotel in Poza Ric
Falls, off in another direction, is a lovely spot to go for a picnic or to nor
in a pony cart or on a donkey's back.
c) in Papantla.
Papantla is where vanilla comes from. It also is the home
One heads farther down into the Huasteca country by road. Mexico 11
Hans" whose pre-Hispanic ritual still is performed every
the old Pan American Highway (first road between Mexico City and The
flormers, five in all, climb to a tiny platform atop a 100-fc
U.S.) runs over to Ciudad Victoria, connecting with Mexico 80 which pm
them tie ropes, which have been wound about the pole, to
down to the coast. Sportsmen often get no further than the Vicente Own
Nen, while their companion remains on top playing a flut
rero Dam near Ciudad Victoria. The winter months provide top duck and
drum, the four leap into space, "gradually whirling towai
dove hunting along the shores of the man-made lake while the waters 1200
the ropes unwind. As might be expected, this is really son
with bass throughout the year. There are good hunting and fishing Card
So, too, are the ruins at El Tajín. This is the only archa
out this way and they cater mostly to Americans.
importance in the Huastec country. It is, however, a n
The other way to get into the Huasteca Gulf Coast is to head south from
the Huastecs but to the Totonacs. It was the Totonacs, 1
Reynosa or Matamoros. Mexico 180 links up with Mexico 80 shortly to
fore that highway enters Tampico. From the border Tampico is about
-
Aztecs, who greeted Cortés when he landed at Veraci
seven-hour trip; from Monterrey the journey takes a little longer.
Historic Veracruz
Tampico, Tropical Port
Although the spot where Cortés first landed is actually
the coast, Veracruz can still claim to be the first Europ
To know Tampico is to love it. Raffish, wicked, stately in its fading &
ed on the mainland of the Americas. Throughout most
nity, Tampico is a set designer's dream of a tropical port. The watch
around the Plaza Libertad seems to be populated by characters out of
was the only east coast port of entry into what was th
tral casting all waiting for Graham Greene to put them in a novel. A that
as such was the one gateway to Europe. Seized once 1
by the Americans, looted by pirates and buffeted by
or so away is the regal Plaza de Armas guarded by towering palms
is rich in history but lacking much that is ancient. Th
a majestic city hall. One gathers that the populations of the two
Juan de Ulua-built in the time of Charles V to defend 1
never mix.
cancers-is about the only reminder of the turbulen
With one or two exceptions the better Tampico hotels are away
the Gulf, inland on Avenida Hidalgo as if trying to forget this is a
WAS the Jarochos, as the people of Veracruz call thems
141 the bad old days. They are too busy having a good
city. Tampico has a split personality. Originally this was a Huastee
ment; the only museum of note in the area, the one at the Technolo
This is a city of music, something out of an old Carmen N
acruz is the home of the bamba, a very special dance, ai
Institute, highlights the Huastec culture. The Spaniards came to weal stay
portable harps and tiny guitars. Marimbas throb in t}
1530 when the Franciscans founded a mission. The villages that
the sidewalk cafes and even when the mardi gras is no
however, were continually being swept away by hurricanes.
before Lent) there is a feeling it is about to start.
MONTERREY AREA AND THE GULF COAST
MONTERREY AREA AND THE GULF COAST
395
the air age Veracruz was the first stop on a visit to Mexico. Peo-
by ship and went on to Mexico City by train, often with a wistful
CENTRAL MONTERREY
at the lively port they were leaving. Before Acapulco became
AV. COLON
REFORMA
inted to spend a few days at the beach. Many still do, for Veracruz
popular playground, Veracruz was where Mexicans headed when
7
AV. FCO. 1. MADERO
4
ZARAGOZA
less expensive than the big international resort areas.
MONTEMAYOR
beach at Mocambo a few miles out from the city is delightful. So
ZAZUA
SANCHEZ
del Río, a fishing village just beyond Mocambo where seafood can
CUAHTEMOC
frored at delightful open air restaurants overlooking the river. Many
GUERRERO
E. CARRANZA
good restaurants in Veracruz itself, and there are enough discos
JUAREZ
GALEANA
the other nightspots to keep revelers happy once darkness falls. Veracruz
is museums, too, plus fishing boats and outings by launch to the
ches at Isla de Sacrificios (Sacrifice Island).
Weather is the one iffy thing in Veracruz. Very iffy. During the winter
8
RUPERTO MARTINEZ
boths what the Jarochos call northers are likely to come whipping in
ARAMBERRI
the Gulf, drenching the city for days. For the philosophical, these
PM
Grms can be rather delightful, however. Somehow they touch off a cer-
WASHINGTON
cheerfulness among the local people, a determination to keep smiling
10
5
5 DE MAYO
spite of the clouds. Such attitudes can be catching.
6
Overall, November through April is the best time to come to the
GARIBALDI
Husteca country. December and January, to be sure, occasionally are un-
asonably cold, but not often. Summers, on the other hand, are almost
failingly blistering. The border country simmers and Monterrey broils.
fampico and Veracruz usually are blessed by cool breezes, but not always.
12
MATAMOROS
PADRE MIER
11
FLORENCIO ANTILLION
O
1
PRACTICAL INFORMATION FOR
9
ABOLDT
HIDALGO
MONTERREY AND THE GULF COAST
DE LA CONSTITUCION 3
G.PRIETO
2
HOW TO GET THERE. Most foreign visitors to this area either fly into
E LA INDEPENDENCIA
Monterrey for a long weekend or drive down for an extended stay, taking
in as much of the region as their time allows. While all the cities covered
here-Monterrey, Tampico, and Veracruz plus the border gateways at
Points of Interest
Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa, and Matamoros-are served by one of Mexico's
two airlines, intraregional service is limited. Only Monterrey is connected
1) Cathedral
2) City Hall
by flights from and to the U.S. Rail travel has little to recommend it.
3) Colon Market
Buses, which link all the destinations in the area, will appeal only to the
4) Cultural Museum
5) Federal Palace
adventurous and the thrifty; language often is the biggest problem since
6) Governor's Palace
away from the border English is seldom understood.
7) Independence Arch
By Air. Monterrey is connected to Houston by Continental. Mexicana
8) Juarez Market
9) Plaza Zaragoza
flies in daily from Dallas while operating three flights weekly from Chica-
10) Del Roble Church
go and three flights a week from San Antonio.
11) San Luis Gonzaga Church
12) Seguro Hospital
Nuevo Laredo may be reached via Laredo, Texas, to which Continental
flies from Houston.
Reynosa is across the Río Grande from McAllen, Texas, which is served
by Texas National from San Antonio.
Matamoros is across from Brownsville, Texas, to which Transtar flies
from Houston.
By Train. Much of the rail service in the area has been upgraded. The
Regiomontano leaves Mexico City at 6 P.M., arrives in Monterrey at 8:10
MONTERREY is played AREA AND THE GULF
riple all A Mexican March League. through August by the Monterrey COAST
MONTERREY AREA AND THE GULF COAST
403
fun (leave from the Veracruz waterfront). When the Spaniards ar-
eadas, ienzo, on Mexican Highway rodeos, 85 are held Sundays
the island was used ritually for human sacrifices, hence its name.
V is be excellent and there is south a good of Mexican the city. restaurant starting at on is noom the
HISTORICAL SITES
otel ay travel played desks weekdays can arrange at the three temporary courses membership in the city, The in the 100% beg.
Matamoros
Mata, Calle Guatemala near Lauro Villar. A thick-walled old fort
Case name, roughly translated, means "Killing House") and probably the
Tampico
'ampico; for tarpon the along the Panuco River once brought
ablest the beginning of the Mexican American War. Within are some mili=
structure in town. The fort was attacked and taken by Zachary Tay-
are gone. Chairel river,-however, has become polluted hordes of
displays and Huasteca Indian pottery.
#7 Bagdad, near Matamoros, is the site of a major port through which the
boats and Lagoon, however, remains nice and most
it a four-hour equipment available for rent. The a Vicente spot for
Confederates exported cotton and imported arms during the U.S. Civil
War. The community was buried beneath the sands by a hurricane in 1880,
fishing anywhere. drive northwest of Tampico, boasts some Guerreno of
Sterally wiped off the map. Treasure hunters enjoy digging among the
for Guerrero duck and Dam white wing dove is good in this area and
dunes to see what they can turn up.
ans. The where many camps cater excellent
Monterrey
bruary. season, depending a on a
ur Fingertips) Importing firearms red tape (see
Bishops' Palace, Calle Matamoros between Gonzalitos and Carranza,
the city's best known landmark. Built late in the colonial era as a home
ood at the local country club. Hotels or the tourist office can
for is the retired bishops, the palace was used as a fort during the Mexican
temporary membership.
American War, the French Intervention of the 1860s, and the Mexican
e is A played Mexican from League. March through August by the Tampico team
Revolution (Pancho Villa fought there). Today it is a museum.
Cathedral, on the Grand Plaza, on which work was begun in 1635 and
completed in 1800, is in part the oldest major building in town. The center
Veracruz
facade is noted for its elaborate stone carving. Within are to be found many
fine old religious paintings.
nt at or best fair in this region, but boats are available
State House, or Palacio de Gobierno, is the seat of the Nuevo León State
n Boca through del Rio. hotel travel desks. Something different down is the by
Government. Built in 1908, it is where Franklin Roosevelt met Mexican
President Manuel Avila Camacho during World War II on the first visit
ing for is boats growing in popularity with Tridente one of the
by a U.S. chief executive into Mexico.
angements. and trips. The tourist office or hotel travel outfitters desks
Veracruz
hington i. Lauro Villar Beach near Matamoros is still referred
San Juan de Ulua, a 16th-century fortress built to defend the port
1 Padre Beach, its old name. Usually it is less crowded to by
against pirates. This was the final Spanish stronghold in Mexico and not
cleaner. Island north of the Río Grande, and it has a than
surrendered until 1825. Later it became one of the most notorious prisons
to be There are many seafood shacks along the sands reputa-
in the country. Once an island, the old fortress now can be reached from
and is fresh. Miramar Beach is about five miles from and
the waterfront by a causeway.
end ) for a favorite with locals, although it gets few down-
Santiago Bulwark, Diezyseis de Septiembre and Rayón, is about all that
miles, so it is easy to keep heading north and tourists. escape
remains of the wall that once protected the city. Within is a small museum.
La Parroquai, the church on the Plaza de Armas in the center of town,
for Mocambo Beach, about five miles south of town, is by far
was dedicated in 1734. The crystal chandeliers within were ordered by
ch a swim in the gulf. The resort hotels are out this
Maximilian for Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City, but arrived in Vera-
Costa going on. Villa del Mar is in town along Avila Camacho way
cruz after the emperor had been executed.
small Verde fee. is just beyond it. Umbrellas and chairs
El Tajín is a good three-hour drive north of Veracruz and very much
; ), beer, and snacks as well as doodads and souvenirs. coconut Isla
Wandering vendors sell coco locas (a may
a worthwhile excursion. The only major archaeological zone in the upper
Gulf Coast region, Tajín may have been the most influential center in Mex-
an island reached by boat. The beaches are nice and the
ico a thousand years ago, for this is where cacao beans come from and
in pre-Hispanic times cacao beans were money. Also the ball-game, similar
ROOM LIST
Sunday, late p.m.
22:45 hours
Angel, Richard MSG
Pastorino, Robert
1422
1108
Biddle, Susan
1227
Richart, Andrea
1217
Bradley, Sheila SSG
Rocha, Manuel
1122
1115
Brunton, Tony
1130
Rogich, Sig
1430
Bull, Jeannie
1203
Ryan, Joseph COL
1120
Byrd, Ted
Ryan, Thomas
1231
1118
Cawley, Carolyn
Sandler, Norm
1230
1209
Classon, Hall
Staib, Mary SSG
1117
1127
Collinson, T. MSG
Tiemann, Neal MSG
1107
1109
Control Room
1232
Vittitow, Ken
1214
Dellevalle, M. SSG
Weunsch, Bill
1121
1119
Earle, Robert
1123
Wilkinson, Wendy
1226
Ellsworth, Matt
1233
Erard, Brian SSG
1116
Estrada, FCO
1225
Fachetti, Thomas
1124
Fay, Matt MAJ
1207
Fisher, Donald TSG
1114
Foster, Stephen TSG
1112
The 8 a.m. meeting Monday 10/22
Friedel, Richard
1133
has been cancelled.
Garrard, John MAJ
1103
Geissinger, Spencer
1201
Those who need to participate in
Goodwin, Kris
1128
the Foreign Ministry meeting must
Gutierrez, John
1131
meet in the Lobby at 10:15.
Hacker, Ron
1222
Heikes, Darryl
1223
see
Hirsch, Steve
1224
Please, the bulletin board in the
Houchins, John
1218
Control Room for last-minute
Jackson, D. MAJ
1101
announcements.
Jankovits, Robert
1208
Jordan, Rex CAPT
1206
Justice, Wayne LCDR
1204
Kash, James LTC
1102
Keller, John
1414
Kelly, Jack
1126
Kenyon, Dwight CAPT
1105
Kitchen, Ellis
1220
Kramer, Mark
1132
Langrock, Warren
1228
Lord, Bill
1216
Mazer, Ron
1219
McSweeney, John
1211
Miller, Russ
1212
Moore, Johnnie CDR
1215
Mundy, Leif MSG
1110
Nash, Michael Dr.
1205
Norris, Johnie MAJ
1106
LUNES 22 DE OCTUBRE DE 1990.
1030 HS. REUNION GENERAL EN EL HOTEL AMBASADOR (20 ASISTENTES POR CADA_
PAIS).
-
PRESENTACION DEL PROGRAMA.
-
COMENTARIOS.
-
ORGANIZACION DE GRUPOS.
1130 HS. SALIDA.
-
VISITA AL HELIPUERTO DE SANTA CATARINA.
-
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO.
-
PALACIO MUNICIPAL.
-
HOTEL CROWN PLAZA.
-
MUSEO REGIONAL DE HISTORIA.
-
TEATRO DE LA CIUDAD.
-
CASINO MONTERREY.
-
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO.
1800 HS. REUNION DE GRUPOS.
1900 HS. REUNION GENERAL.
MARTES 23 DE OCTUBRE DE 1990.
0730 HS. SALIDA.
0900 HS. ARRIBO A AGUALEGUAS.
-
HELIPUERTO.
- AEROPISTA.
-
LIENZO CHARRO.
-
PLAZA PRINCIPAL.
-
CENTRO CIVICO.
- CASA.
1030 HS. ARRIBO.
1200 HS. ARRIBO AL AEROPUERTO.
-
SUPERVISION DEL AEROPUERTO.
1300 HS. SALIDA.
LUNES 26 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 1990.
-
11:45
ARRIBO DEL C. PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS, AL -
HELIPUERTO DE AGUALEGUAS, N.L. Marr Monterrey
1230 HS. ARRIBO DEL EXCMO. SR. PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AME-
RICA.
-
RECEPCION POR EL C. PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS.
reception for PUTUS by Foreign Minister
-
CEREMONIA DE BIENVENIDA.
arrival ceremony
- HONORES PLENOS (21 SALVAS DE ARTILLERIA).
honor guard (21 gun salute)
- PALABRAS POR EL C. PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICA
NOS.
- PALABRAS POR EL EXCMO. SR. GEORGE BUSH, PRESIDENTE DE LOS_
ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA.
- PRESENTACION DE COMITIVAS.
- REVISTA A LA UNIDAD DE HONORES.
1245 HS. SALIDA DE AMBOS MANDATARIOS.
Todensites: Todan's
- Palacio
1255 HS. ARRIBO AL LIENZO CHARRO.
- Museo
- Teatro
- CHARREADA.
- Casino
1345 HS. SALIDA.
1400 HS. ARRIBO A LA PLAZA PRINCIPAL.
- Agua Leguas
- COMIDA.
1500 HS. SALIDA.
1505 HS. ARRIBO AL LUGAR DE LAS CONVERSACIONES PRIVADAS.
-
CONVERSACIONES PRIVADAS.
- 2 -
1645 HS. SALIDA.
1655 HS. ARRIBO AL HELIPUERTO DE AGUALEGUAS.
1700 HS. SALIDA. (HELICOPTERO T.P.H. 08 TIEMPO DE VUELO 0025 HS.)
1725 HS. ARRIBO AL HELIPUERTO DE SANTA CATARINA.
- RECEPCION.
1730 HS. SALIDA.
1745 HS. ARRIBO AL PALACIO DE GOBIERNO. (PUERTA POSTERIOR).
-
TRASLADO AL TEMPLETE EN LA PLAZA DE LOS HEROES.
- PALABRAS POR EL C. PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICA
NOS,
- PALABRAS POR EL EXCMO, SR. GEORGE BUSH, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ES
TADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA.
- FUEGOS ARTIFICIALES.
1830 HS. SALIDA,
1840 HS. ARRIBO DEL C. PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADO UNIDOS MEXICANOS, AL HO-
TEL "AMBASSADOR".
*
ARRIBO DEL EXCMO. SR. PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AME-
RICA, AL PALACIO MUNICIPAL DE MONTERREY, N.L.
*
CEREMONIA DONDE SE DECLARA HUESPED DISTINGUIDO AL EXCMO. SR. -
PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA.
*1910 HS. SALIDA.
*1920 HS. ARRIBO DEL EXCMO. SR. PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERI-
CA AL HOTEL "HOLIDAY INN".
- PERNOCTA.
- 3 -
MARTES 27 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 1990.
0900 HS. SALIDA DEL C. PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS, HACIA
EL LUGAR DE LAS CONVERSACIONES.
0908 HS. ARRIBO DEL C. PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS.
0910 HS. ARRIBO DEL EXCMO. SR. PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERI-
CA,
-
CONVERSACIONES PRIVADAS.
0925 HS. TRASLADO AL LUGAR DE LAS CONVERSACIONES CONJUNTAS.
0930 HS. CONVERSACIONES CONJUNTAS.
1030 HS. SALIDA DE AMBOS MANDATARIOS.
1040 HS. ARRIBO AL TEATRO DE LA CIUDAD.
-
TRASLADO AL PRESIDIUM.
- PALABRAS POR EL EXCMO. SR. PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS_
DE AMERICA.
1135 HS. SALIDA DEL EXCMO.SR.PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERI-
CA.
1140 HS. SALIDA DEL C. PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS.
1150 HS. ARRIBO DEL C.PDTE. DE LOS E.U.M. AL HOTEL "AMBASSADOR".
- 4 -
*1145 HS. ARRIBO DEL EXCMO, SR. PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERI
CA, AL CASINO "MONTERREY".
-
REUNION CON EMPRESARIOS.
*1230 HS. SALIDA,
1235 HS. ARRIBO DEL C. PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS, AL PA
LACIO DE GOBIERNO.
1240 HS. ARRIBO DEL EXCMO. SR. PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERI-
CA, AL PALACIO DE GOBIERNO.
-
TRASLADO DE AMBOS MANDATARIOS AL SALON "JUAREZ".
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CEREMONIA DE INICIO DE ACTIVIDADES DEL CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION
Y DEL PROGRAMA DE ESTUDIOS MEXICO-E.U.A. DE LA UNIVERSIDAD - - - -
AUTONOMA DE NUEVO LEON, TECNOLOGICOS DE MONTERREY Y ESTUDIOS -
SUPERIORES.
1255 HS. TRASLADO DE AMBOS MANDATARIOS AL PATIO DE TESORERIA DEL PALA--
CIO DE GOBIERNO.
1300 HS. COMIDA DE ESTADO QUE EN HONOR DEL EXCMO. SR. PRESIDENTE DE LOS
ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA, OFRECE EL C. PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTA-
DOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS.
1415 HS. SALIDA,
1440 HS. ARRIBO DE AMBOS MANDATARIOS AL AEROPUERTO INTERNACIONAL DE MON
TERREY, N.L.
-
CEREMONIA DE DESPEDIDA.
1455 HS, SALIDA DEL EXCMO.SR.PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERI-
CA,
1500 HS. SALIDA DEL C. PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS.
* UNICAMENTE ASISTE EL EXCMO. SR. PDTE. DE LOS E.U.A.
10/19/90 - 1500
ROOM ASSIGNMENTS
Cho
PRESIDENTIAL PRE-ADVANCE
I
ALPHABETICAL LISTING
OCTOBER 21/22/23, 1990
ROOM
NAME
OFFICE
NUMBER
CONTROL ROOM
1232
ANGEL, MSG RICHARD
AIR CREW
1108
BIDDLE, SUSAN
WH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER
1210
BRADLEY, SSGSHEILA
AIR CREW
1115
BRUNTON, TONY
CBS
1130
BULL, JEANNIE
STATE-CHIEF PRES ADV
1203
BYRD, TSG TED
AIR CREW
1118
CAWLEY, CAROLINE
WH RESEARCH ASST
1209
CLASSON, HALL
CBS
1127
COLLINSON, MSG T.
AIR CREW
1109
DELGADO, OSCAR
NBC PRODUCER
1229
DELLEVALLE, SSG M.
AIR CREW
1119
EARLE, ROBERT
USIS -EMB PRESS CTL OFF
1123
ELLSWORTH, MATHEW
STATE-EMB HOTEL OFF
1233
ERARD, SSG BRIAN
AIR CREW
1116
FACHETTI, THOMAS
USIS -EMB PRESS LOGISTICS
1124
FAY, MAJ MATT
WH MIL OFF-HMX ADVANCE
1207
FISHER, TSG DONALD
AIR CREW
1114
FOSTER, TSG STEPEN
AIR CREW
1112
FREDO, JOHN
CBS ENGINEER
1226
FRIEDEL, RICH
ABC
1125
GARRARD, MAJ JOHN
AIR CREW
1103
GEISSINGER, SPENCER
WH-DEP DIR OF PRES ADV
1201
GOODWIN, KHRIS
WH-TRIP COORDINATOR
1202
GOVERNALE, FRANK
CBS
1129
GUTIERREZ, JOHN
DAO -EMB AF PLANE SUPPORT
1131
HACKER, RON
CNN ENGINEER
1222
HEIKES, DARRYL
US NEWS POOL PHOTOGRAPHER
1223
HIRSCH, STEVE
ABC PRODUCER
1224
HOUCHINS, JOHN
STATE-GRAPHICS
1218
JACKSON, MAJ D.
AIR CREW
1101
JANKOVITS, ROBERT
WH MIL OFF-BAGGAGE COORD
1208
JORDAN, CAPT REX
WH MIL OFF-AF1 ADVANCE
1206
JUSTICE, LCDR WAYNE
WH MIL OFF-AIDE TO PRES
1204
KASH, LTC JAMES
AIR CREW
1102
KELLER, JOHN
WH-DIR OF PRES ADVANCE
1430
KELLEY, JACK
CBS
1126
KENYON, CAP DWIGHT
AIR CREW
1105
KITCHEN, ELLIS
AT&T
1220
KNOBLOCK, BRIAN
CBS
1128
KRAMER, MARK
CBS
1132
LANGROCK, WARREN
NBC ENGINEER
1228
LORD, BILL
WHCA-TRIP OFF
1216
MAZER, RON
STATE-DS-ASAC
1219
MCSWEENEY, JOHN
WH TRAV OFF-ASST DIR
1211
MILLER/ESTRADA
USSS-DSAIC
1212
MOORE, CDR JOHNNIE
WHCA-OPERATIONS OFF
1215
MUNDY, MSG LEIF
AIR CREW
1110
NASH, DR. MICHAEL
WH MIL OFF-PHYS TO PRES
1205
NORRIS, MAJ JOHNIE
AIR CREW
1106
PASTORINO, ROBERT
STATE-EMB VISIT CTL OFF
1403
RICHART, ANDREA
STATE-ADVANCE
1217
ROCHA, MANUEL
STATE-EMB SEC STATE CTL OFF
1122
ROGISCH, SIG
WH-ASST TO PRES
1414
RYAN, COL JOESPH
DAO -EMB AF1/HMX LIAISON
1120
RYAN, THOMAS
STATE-EMB ADM CTL OFF
1231
SANDLER, NORM
AP WRITER
1230
SEEM, TOM
CBS PRODUCER
1225
STAIB, SSG MARY
AIR CREW
1117
TIEMANN, TSG NEAL
AIR CREW
1107
VITTITOW, KEN
USSS
1214
WALKER, WENDY
CNN PRODUCER
1221
WEUNSCH, WILLIAM
STATE-EMB COMMUNICATION OFF
1121
WILKINSON, WENDY
NBC PRODUCER
1227
1500
ROOM ASSIGNMENTS
PRESIDENTIAL PRE-ADVANCE
OCTOBER 21/22/23, 1990
ARR
DEP
ROOM
NAME
OFFICE
DATE
DATE
NUMBER
01. JACKSON, MAJ D.
AIR CREW
10/21
10/23
1101
02. KASH, LTC JAMES
AIR CREW
10/21
10/23
1102
03. GARRARD, MAJ JOHN
AIR CREW
10/21
10/23
1103
04. KENYON, CAP DWIGHT
AIR CREW
10/21
10/23
1105
05. NORRIS, MAJ JOHNIE
AIR CREW
10/21
10/23
1106
06. TIEMANN, TSG NEAL
AIR CREW
10/21
10/23
1107
07. ANGEL, MSG RICHARD
AIR CREW
10/21
10/23
1108
08. COLLINSON, MSG T.
AIR CREW
10/21
10/23
1109
09. MUNDY, MSG LEIF
AIR CREW
10/21
10/23
1110
10. FOSTER, TSG STEPEN
AIR CREW
10/21
10/23
1112
31. FISHER, TSG DONALD
AIR CREW
10/21
10/23
1114
12. BRADLEY, SSGSHEILA
AIR CREW
10/21
10/23
1115
13. ERARD, SSG BRIAN
AIR CREW
10/21
10/23
1116
14. STAIB, SSG MARY
AIR CREW
10/21
10/23
1117
15. BYRD, TSG TED
AIR CREW
10/21
10/23
1118
16. DELLEVALLE, SSG M.
AIR CREW
10/21
10/23
1119
17. RYAN, COL JOESPH
DAO -EMB AF1/HMX LIAISON
10/20
10/23
1120
18. WEUNSCH, WILLIAM
STATE-EMB COMMUNICATION OFF
10/20
10/23
1121
19. ROCHA, MANUEL
STATE-EMB SEC STATE CTL OFF
10/20
10/23
1122
20. EARLE, ROBERT
USIS -EMB PRESS CTL OFF
10/21
10/23
1123
21. FACHETTI, THOMAS
USIS -EMB PRESS LOGISTICS
10/21
10/23
1124
22. FRIEDEL, RICH
ABC
10/21
10/22
1125
23. KELLEY, JACK
CBS
10/21
10/22
1126
24. CLASSON, HALL
CBS
10/21
10/22
1127
25. KNOBLOCK, BRIAN
CBS
10/21
10/22
1128
26. GOVERNALE, FRANK
CBS
10/21
10/22
1129
27. BRUNTON, TONY
CBS
10/21
10/22
1130
28. GUTIERREZ, JOHN
DAO -EMB AF PLANE SUPPORT
10/19
10/23
1131
29. KRAMER, MARK
CBS
10/21
10/22
1132
01. GEISSINGER, SPENCER
WH-DEP DIR OF PRES ADV
10/21
10/23
1201
02, GOODWIN, KHRIS
WH-TRIP COORDINATOR
10/21
10/23
1202
03. BULL, JEANNIE
STATE-CHIEF PRES ADV
10/21
10/23
1203
04. JUSTICE, LCDR WAYNE
WH MIL OFF-AIDE TO PRES
10/21
10/23
1204
05. NASH, DR. MICHAEL
WH MIL OFF-PHYS TO PRES
10/21
10/23
1205
06. JORDAN, CAPT REX
WH MIL OFF-AF1 ADVANCE
10/21
10/23
1206
07. FAY, MAJ MATT
WH MIL OFF-HMX ADVANCE
10/21
10/23
1207
08. JANKOVITS, ROBERT
WH MIL OFF-BAGGAGE COORD
10/21
10/23
1208
09. CAWLEY, CAROLINE
WH RESEARCH ASST
10/21
10/23
1209
10. BIDDLE, SUSAN
WH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER
10/21
10/23
1210
11. MCSWEENEY, JOHN
WH TRAV OFF-ASST DIR
10/21
10/23
1211
12. MILLER/ESTRADA
USSS-DSAIC
10/21
10/23
1212
13. VITTITOW, KEN
USSS
10/21
10/23
1214
14. MOORE, CDR JOHNNIE
WHCA-OPERATIONS OFF
10/21
10/23
1215
15. LORD, BILL
WHCA-TRIP OFF (1635/AA 1179)
10/21
10/23
1216
16. RICHART, ANDREA
STATE-ADVANCE
10/21
10/23
1217
17. HOUCHINS, JOHN
STATE-GRAPHICS
10/21
10/23
1218
18. MAZER, RON
STATE-DS-ASAC
10/21
10/23
1219
19. KITCHEN, ELLIS
AT&T
10/21
10/23
1220
20. WALKER, WENDY
CNN PRODUCER
10/21
10/23
1221
21. HACKER, RON
CNN ENGINEER
10/21
10/23
1222
22. HEIKES, DARRYL
US NEWS POOL PHOTOGRAPHER
10/21
10/23
1223
23. HIRSCH, STEVE
ABC PRODUCER
10/21
10/23
1224
24. SEEM, TOM
CBS PRODUCER
10/21
10/23
1225
25. FREDO, JOHN
CBS ENGINEER
10/21
10/23
1226
26. WILKINSON, WENDY
NBC PRODUCER
10/21
10/23
1227
27, BANGROCK, WARREN
MDC BROINDER
10/21
10/23
1229
28. DELGADO, OSCAR
NBC PRODUCER
10/21
10/23
1229
29. SANDLER, NORM
AP WRITER
(arr 1200)
10/21
10/23
1230
30. RYAN, THOMAS
STATE-EMB ADM CTL OFF
10/20
10/23
1231
31.
CONTROL ROOM
10/21
10/23
1232
32. ELLSWORTH, MATHEW
STATE-EMB HOTEL OFF
10/20
10/23
1233
01. PASTORINO, ROBERT
STATE-EMB VISIT CTL OFF
10/21
10/23
1403
02. ROGISCH, SIG
WH-ASST TO PRES
10/21
10/23
1414
03. KELLER, JOHN
WH-DIR OF PRES ADVANCE
10/21
10/23
1430
10-21-90
ROOM CHANGES
Robert PASTORINO
to room 1422
Sig ROGISCH
1404
John Keller
1414
CANCELLATIONS
Rich FRIEDEL
Frank GOVERNALE
Brian KNOBLOCK