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The original documents are located in Box 12, "7/29/75 - Dinner Toast, Warsaw, Poland" of
the President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford
Presidential Library.
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States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.
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copyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
Digitized from Box 12 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
DINNER TOAST
WARSAW, POLAND
JULY 29, 1975
:
-
:
OSWIECIM INSCRIPTION
THIS MONUMENT AND THE MEMORY OF THOSE IT HONORS
INSPIRE US FURTHER TO THE DEDICATED PURSUIT OF PEACE,
COOPERATION AND SECURITY FOR ALL PEOPLES.
GERALD R. FORD
PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
JULY 29, 1975
Note
$1
- I -
MR. FIRST SECRETARY, MRS. GIEREK (GEH-REK),
LADIES AND GENTELMEN:
IT IS A GREAT PRIVILEGE AND PLEASURE FOR MRS.
FORD AND ME TO TENDER THIS DINNER IN WARSAW AND TO BE
WITH YOU AND MRS. GIEREK, AND ALL OF OUR OTHER GUESTS.
- 2 -
WE HAVE ENJOYED RENEWING OUR FRIENDSHIP WITH YOU, MR. FIRST
SECRETARY, AND WITH MRS. GIEREK.
- 3 -
MR. FIRST SECRETARY, THE UNITED STATES HAS ENTERED
ITS 200TH YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE.
POLISH-AMERICAN TIES ARE
EVEN OLDER
CENTURIES OLD.
- 4 -
IN THE LATE 1500'S, TWO CENTURIES BEFORE TADEUSZ KOSCIUSZKO
(TAH-DAY-OOSH KOSH-CHOOSH-KO) ARRIVED TO OFFER HIS SERVICES
TO GEORGE WASHINGTON IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, A POLISH
POET EVOKED AN ELOQUENT VISION OF THE NEW WORLD:
- 5 -
"HAPPY ISLES -- HEROIC LAND OF BLISS
KNOWN TO OUR COUNTRY LONG ERE THIS."
- 6 -
THUS, EVEN BEFORE OUR TWO PEOPLES WERE UNITED BY THE CAUSE OF
AMERICAN LIBERTY, A POLISH-AMERICAN AFFINITY EXISTED.
DURING THE TWO HUNDRED YEAR HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES,
HAVE
MILLIONS OF YOUR COUNTRYMEN COME TO OUR SHORES TO ADD POLISH
^
ENERGY AND POLISH GENIUS TO THE MAINSTREAM OF AMERICAN LIFE.
- 7 -
AS IN WASHINGTON LAST OCTOBER, MR. FIRST SECRETARY,
WE HAVE TODAY HAD VERY WORTHWHILE DISCUSSIONS.
IN WASHINGTON, I SAID THAT WE WANT TO EXPAND OUR
RELATIONSHIP INTO A BROADER EFFORT TO IMPROVE WORLD RELATIONS.
-8-
IT IS, THEREFORE, FITTING THAT WE WILL MEET AGAIN IN HELSINKI
VERY SOON AS PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONFERENCE ON SECURITY AND
COOPERATION IN EUROPE.
AN
WHAT WE DO AT HELSINKI SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE
IMPROVEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. WHICH WE DISCUSSED IN
WASHINGTON.
- 9 -
FURTHER
TIES AND COOPERAT
THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS CAN POINT THE
WAY FOR MANY OTHER COUNTRIES, JUST AS OUR DETERMINATION TO
IMPROVE OUR RELATIONS HELPS TO ACHIEVE A FURTHER RELAXATION
OF TENSIONS IN EUROPE AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
- 10 -
YOU AND TO
MR. FIRST SECRETARY, I RAISE MY GLASS TO THE POLISH
PEOPLE WHO HAVE SACRIFICED so MUCH IN THEIR STRUGGLE FOR A
BETTER WORLD.
END OF TEXT