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    The original documents are located in Box 34, "6/6/76 - Remarks at the National Awards Dinner of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, Cleveland, OH (Includes draft)" of the President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Copyright Notice The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid copyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Digitized from Box 34 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN REMARKS AT DINNER OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS, CLEVELAND, OHIO SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 1976 -1- I AM HONORED, ONCE AGAIN, TO ADDRESS THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS AND TO BE WITH YOU WHO MAKE BROTHERHOOD MORE THAN A PHRASE -2- YOU HAVE TONIGHT GIVEN YOUR HUMAN RELATIONS AWARD TO MY DEAR FRIEND, FRANCES BOLTON I HAD THE PLEASURE TO SERVE IN THE CONGRESS WITH FRANCES FOR 20 YEARS AND KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE HOW MUCH SHE CONTRIBUTED TO HUMAN RELATIONS AS WELL AS TO OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS AND TO THE BETTERMENT OF HUMANITY. -3- THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU HAVE MADE A WOMAN THE SOLE RECIPIENT OF YOUR AWARD FRANCES BOLTON LIBERATED HERSELF LONG BEFORE THE AGE OF WOMEN'S LIBERATION SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE ELECTED TO THE CONGRESS FROM OHIO; THE FIRST WOMAN MEMBER OF THE CONGRESS TO HEAD AN OFFICIAL MISSION ABROAD; THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE APPOINTED A CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATE TO THE UNITED NATIONS; -4- AND PERHAPS THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE CONGRESS, OF EITHER SEX, WHO RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. -5- JUST AS THE CONFERENCE OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS RECOGNIZES THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF PEOPLE OF ALL RELIGIONS AND RACES, FRANCES BOLTON VERY EARLY UNDERSTOOD THE GROWING INTERDEPENDENCE OF ALL COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES OF THE WORLD -6- FRANCES BOLTON NOT ONLY ADVOCATED EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN BUT DEMONSTRATED THROUGH HER LIFE'S WORK THE VITAL CONTRIBUTION BEING MADE BY DEDICATED AND GIFTED AMERICAN WOMEN. -7- I COMMEND THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS FOR ITS WORK AMERICANS MAY DIFFER OVER SOLUTIONS TO COMPLICATED HUMAN PROBLEMS BUT VERY FEW WILL DIFFER OVER OUR DEDICATION TO THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN UNDER THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD -8- WE MUST CONTINUE TO ASSERT THE HIGHEST MORAL AND SPIRITUAL VALUES AT HOME, AS WELL AS IN OUR RELATIONS WITH ALL OTHER COUNTRIES -9- YOU HAVE DONE MUCH TO FOSTER PEACE, HARMONY AND UNDERSTANDING, RECOGNIZING THAT THE FATE OF EVERY GROUP RELATES TO THE FATE OF EVERY OTHER GROUP CLERGYMEN OF ALL FAITHS GUIDE US TO SEE EVERY INDIVIDUAL AS A CREATURE OF GOD IN OUR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, EVERY DAY MUST BE BROTHERHOOD DAY -10- AMERICA HAS NO PLACE FOR THOSE WHO WOULD SET BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER, GROUP AGAINST GROUP, COUNTRY AGAINST COUNTRY AMERICA DID NOT RISE TO THE HEIGHTS WE HAVE ACHIEVED BY CATER ING TO FEAR AND PREJUDICE. WE SUCCEEDED THROUGH COURAGE, DECENCY, COMMON SENSE -- AND THE COMPELLING KNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE ALL EQUAL IN THE EYES OF THE SUPREME CREATOR -11- AMERICA'S FOREIGN POLICY HAS EVOLVED THROUGH THE RECOGNITION OF OUR COMMITMENT TO FREEDOM AND JUSTICE, TO SELF-DETERMINATION FOR ALL PEOPLES, AND THE DUTY OF THE STRONG TOWARDS THE WEAK, THE PROSPEROUS TOWARDS THE POOR -12- WE CANNOT POLICE EVERY REMOTE CORNER OF THE EARTH NOR FILL EVERY EMPTY BOWL BUT WE CAN BE AN IMMENSE INFLUENCE FOR GOOD, FOR JUSTICE, FOR REASON AND FOR PEACE IN THE WORLD THROUGH THE YEARS, WE SOMETIMES BECAME DISILLUSIONED WE MADE SOME MISTAKES -13- BUT WE NEVER ABANDONED JEFFERSON'S RESPECT FOR THE OPINIONS OF MANKIND, NOR LINCOLN'S FAITH THAT RIGHT MAKES MIGHT, NOR EISENHOWER'S VIEW THAT FREEDOM IS INDIVISIBLE OUR FOREIGN POLICY TODAY REFLECTS THE PRINCIPLES THAT UNITE US AND MAKE US THE HOPE OF FREEDOM FOR OTHERS -14- WE CONTINUE TO HONOR THE PRACTICAL COUNSEL OF GEORGE WASHINGTON THAT THE BEST WAY TO PRESERVE PEACE IS THROUGH STRENGTH. -15- MANY OF US RETURNED FROM WORLD WAR TWO DETERMINED TO BUILD A LASTING PEACE WE WERE CONVINCED THIS COULD ONLY BE ACHIEVED IF THE UNITED STATES ASSUMED ITS FULL RESPONSIBILITY OF LEADERSHIP IN THE WORLD WE CONSIDERED THAT A VERY SMALL PRICE COMPARED TO THE SACRIFICES SOME OF OUR COMRADES MADE IN THE LAST GLOBAL CONFLICT -16- I FIRST RAN FOR THE CONGRESS IN 1948 ADVOCATING STRENGTH, DETERMINATION AND RESPONSIBILITY IN RESPONSE TO THE COMMUNIST CHALLENGE. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WISELY CHOSE TO HELP REBUILD WESTERN EUROPE AND JAPAN FROM THE WAR FROM THIS EFFORT GREW THE FIRM ALLIANCES WE ENJOY TODAY WITH GREAT INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACIES® -16a- I WAS AN EARLY ADVOCATE OF A BI-PARTISAN FOREIGN POLICY THAT REMAINS MY POSITION TODAY -17- UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY MUST NEVER BE MADE BY AN ELITE ESTABLISHMENT NOR RESPOND TO THE FEARS OF A FRUSTRATED FEW IT MUST REFLECT THE REAL PURPOSES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND FOLLOW OUR FINEST INSTINCTS -18- TODAY WE ARE WINNING IN THE STRUGGLE FOR A SAFE AND PEACEFUL WORLD FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE DAWN OF THE ATOMIC AGE, THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION ARE CLOSE TO COMPLETING AN AGREEMENT LIMITING THE STRATEGIC THERMONUCLEAR ARMS RACE -18a- THE TWO SIDES AGREED LAST MONTH TO PERMIT ON-SITE OBSERVERS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO MONITOR COMPLIANCE WITH TREATIES LIMITING PEACEFUL NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS -19- AT VLADIVOSTOK, FOR THE FIRST TIME, GENERAL SECRETARY BREZHNEV AND I AGREED TO EQUAL NUMBERS OF MISSILE LAUNCHERS AND BOMBERS FOR THE SOVIET UNION AND THE UNITED STATES THE SOVIETS HAD HELD OUT FOR YEARS ON THE GROUNDS THAT THEIR DEFENSE NEEDS REQUIRED THAT THEY HAVE MORE THAN OUR COUNTRY -20- FURTHERMORE, THE EQUAL NUMBERS WE AGREED UPON WOULD REQUIRE THE SOVIETS TO DESTROY SOME OF THEIR EXISTING STRATEGIC SYSTEMS WHILE ALLOWING THE UNITED STATES TO COMPLETE OUR PRESENT PROGRAMS. THAT WAS A GOOD DEAL FOR THE UNITED STATES AND I AM PROUD OF IT! -21- IT IS A PRESIDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO HANDLE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SUPERPOWERS IN A CONSTRUCTIVE WAY IT IS A PRESIDENT'S DUTY TO SEEK TO PREVENT A RUNAWAY THERMONUCLEAR ARMS RACE AND TO REDUCE THE RISK OF A GLOBAL HOLOCAUST -22- WE ARE CONTINUING NEGOTIATIONS TO REDUCE THE NATO AND WARSAW PACT FORCES THAT FACE EACH OTHER ALL ACROSS CENTRAL EUROPE. AMERICAN AND SO VIET GROUND FORCES ARE POSITIONED FACE TO FACE, WITH THE CONSTANT DANGER OF A DIRECT CONFRONTATION -23- PROGRESS IN THESE MUTUAL AND BALANCED REDUCTION OF FORCES TALKS HAS BEEN SLOW, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK AN AGREEMENT THAT WILL ENHANCE MILITARY STABILITY IN EUROPE AT LOWER FORCE LEVELS. -24- WE WILL PERSEVERE IN OUR NEGOTIATIONS, KEEPING OUR EYES OPEN AND GUARD UP WITHIN THESE GUIDELINES, WE WILL DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO SECURE A DESIRABLE AGREEMENT -25- WHENEVER I GET A GOOD AGREEMENT FOR A SAFER WORLD, YOU CAN BE SURE I WON'T PASS IT UP BECAUSE OF ANY ALLEGED POLITICAL ADVANTAGE OR POLITICAL DISADVANTAGE. TO ME, PEACE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN POLITICS LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF TODAY'S TROUBLE SPOTS -26- REGRETTABLY, THE CONFLICT CONTINUES IN ? LEBANON THE UNITED STATES IS CONTINUING A MODEST ROLE IN HELPING THE PARTIES END THE FIGHTING AND REACH A POLITICAL SOLUTION WE ARE PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE THE UNITED STATES SUPPORTS LEBANON'S INDEPENDENCE, TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY, AND NATIONAL UNITY AS AN ESSENTIAL FACTOR IN MIDDLE EAST STABILITY® -26A- WE FAVOR NEITHER THE PARTITION OF LEBANON NOR MILITARY INTERVENTION BY ANY OUTSIDE POWER -27- THE MIDDLE EAST REMAINS THE WORLD'S MOST STRATEGIC DANGER ZONE THE UNITED STATES HAS A MAJOR INTEREST IN A JUST AND PEACEFUL SOLUTION. IN 1973, THE MIDDLE EAST WAR AND OIL EMBARGO DISRUPTED ECONOMIC LIFE, COST US A HALF-MILLION JOBS, STRAINED RELATIONS WITH OUR MAJOR ALLIES, AND BROUGHT OUR COUNTRY CLOSE TO CONFRONTATION WITH THE SOVIET UNION -28- BECAUSE THE UNITED STATES IS TRUSTED BY BOTH SIDES MY ADMINISTRATION WAS ABLE TO BRING ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS THAT RESULTED IN AGREEMENTS MOVING THE REGION TOWARD A COMPREHENS IVE PEACE -29- LAST SEPTEMBER'S SINAI AGREEMENT BETWEEN EGYPT AND ISRAEL DEMONSTRATED THE NEW POTENTIAL FOR PEACE. I HAVE MET WITH MANY OF THE LEADERS OF THESE AND OTHER MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES TO EXPLORE AVENUES FOR FURTHER PROGRESS. -30- AMERICANS CAN TAKE PRIDE IN HELPING THE PEOPLES OF THE MIDDLE EAST ACHIEVE STEPS TOWARD A GOAL THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNTHINKABLE A FEW YEARS AGO WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE SURVIVAL AND SECURITY OF ISRAEL THE COMMITMENT IS BASED UPON BASIC MORALITY AS WELL AS AMERICA'S ENLIGHTENED SELF-INTEREST AMERICA IS STILL THE REAL HOPE FOR FREEDOM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD -31- THE HOLY LAND, SO SACRED TO THREE MAJOR FAITHS, MUST FIND THE LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING ENVISIONED THERE FOR ALL HUMANITY so MUST EVERY OTHER LAND -32- 1, AND FIVE PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS, AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE CONGRESS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE SUPPORTED OUR TRADITIONAL AND SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STATE OF ISRAEL BOTH THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL ARE A HAVEN FOR PEOPLE FLEEING PERSECUTION. -33- BOTH FIND THEIR VITALITY IN THEIR FREE STATUS AS SELF-GOVERNING DEMOCRACIES -- DIFFERENTIATING THEM FROM MOST OTHER COUNTRIES IN TODAY'S WORLD -34- AMERICA MUST AND WILL PURSUE FRIENDSHIP WITH ALL PEOPLES BUT THIS WILL NEVER BE DONE AT THE EXPENSE OF ISRAEL IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, IT IS THE PARTIES TO THE DISPUTE WHO MUST MAKE THE PEACE AND LIVE WITH IT THE UNITED STATES WILL REMAIN THE ULTIMATE GUARANTOR OF ISRAEL'S FREEDOM -35- OUR FOREIGN POLICY REQUIRES NOT ONLY DETERMINATION TO HELP RESOLVE REGIONAL TENS IONS, / NOT ONLY CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONS WITH THE COMMUNIST WORLD BUT -- FIRST AND FOREMOST, / OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR ALLIES, / THE GREAT INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACIES OF WESTERN EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA, AND JAPAN. / ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE BALANCE OF POWER AS WELL AS TO THE WORLD'S ECONOMY. -35a- THIS IS WHY I WILL MEET THIS MONTH WITH THE LEADERS OF SIX MAJOR ALLIED NATIONS IN PUERTO RICO WE WILL CONTINUE THE CONSULTATIONS THAT BEGAN LAST YEAR AT RAMBOUILLET -36- WHEN I BECAME YOUR PRESIDENT 22 MONTHS AGO, I PROMISED ALL NATIONS, FRIEND AND FOE ALIKE, AN UNINTERRUPTED AND SINCERE SEARCH FOR PEACE. I WILL NEITHER RETREAT NOR MARK TIME NOR SHORTEN MY STRIDE IN CONTINUING THAT SEARCH. -37- WE REMEMBER PRESIDENT EISENHOWER SAYING THAT ONLY THE BRAVE ARE STRONG AND ONLY THE STRONG ARE FREE WE ALSO REMEMBER PRESIDENT KENNEDY INSISTING THAT WE MUST NEVER NEGOTIATE FROM FEAR, BUT WE MUST NEVER FEAR TO NEGOTIATE -38- WHENEVER THE UNITED STATES HAS SERIOUS DISAGREEMENTS WITH OTHER SOVEREIGN NATIONS, WE HAVE REALLY ONLY TWO CHOICES -- TO FIGHT OR TO TALK THE RATTLING OF SABERS AND BOMBASTIC ORATORY ARE OUT OF DATE IN TODAY'S WORLD -39- I WILL MAKE NO THREATS I CANNOT CARRY OUT NOR WILL I IRRESPONSIBLY COMMIT OUR TROOPS ANYWHERE I WILL TAKE THE PATH OF PEACEFUL PERSUASION AND NEGOTIATION AS LONG AS IT IS OPEN, WHETHER WE ARE DEALING WITH SUPERPOWERS OR SMALL COUNTRIES -40- AS PRESIDENT, I AM DETERMINED TO PREVENT WARS, NOT START THEM MY GOAL IS PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT IN CENTRAL AMERICA AS WELL AS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA. -41- I INTEND TO GO ON DOING WHAT IS RIGHT FOR AMERICA AND WHAT IS RIGHT FOR ALL MANKIND TODAY WE COMMEMORATE THE 32nd ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY HAS AVERTED WORLD WAR III. WE ARE AT PEACE THERE ARE NO AMERICANS FIGHTING ON ANY BATTLEFIELD TONIGHT -42- IN TODAY'S WORLD, THERE IS MORE CONTACT AMONG PEOPLES AND MORE COMMUNICATION AMONG GOVERNMENTS, A GREATER EXCHANGE OF IDEAS, KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURE THAN EVER BEFORE IN HUMAN HISTORY. -43- THE UNITED STATES IS LEADING WORLDWIDE ECONOMIC RECOVERY WE ARE PLEASED THAT OUR POLICIES ARE WORKING AND THAT THE LEVEL OF ECONOMIC WELL-BEING IS TODAY RISING ALMOST EVERYWHERE -44- MY ADMINISTRATION INTENDS TO GO ON WORKING FOR A BETTER WORLD WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO FEAR OUR ADVERSARIES AS LONG AS WE REMAIN STRONG AND TRUE TO OUR PRINCIPLES OUR SYSTEM HAS PROVEN ITS SUPERIORITY IN EVERY WAY WE MUST NEVER ABANDON OUR VISION OR OUR SPIRITUAL VALUES -45- YOUR WORK REINFORCES MY FAITH IN THE FUTURE OF ALL HUMANITY I AM PROUD TO BE YOUR PRESIDENT AND TO SHARE THIS EVENING WITH YOU -46- LET US HEED THE OLD TESTAMENT'S 34th PSALM WHICH URGES HUMANITY TO "SEEK PEACE, AND PURSUE IT." IN THE WORDS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, "LET US THEREFORE FOLLOW AFTER THE THINGS WHICH MAKE FOR PEACE." AS WE MUST NEVER LOSE OUR VIGILANCE, NEITHER MUST WE EVER LOSE OUR VISION THANK YOU VERY MUCH END OF TEXT THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Susan - After checking I found out that this was an early draft that was later worked into the Speech on Conference of Christians & Jews 6/6/76 --- I think they should stay together. Trudy PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS ON FOREIGN POLICY I'm here today to talk about what is right about America and its foreign policy. I'm here to discuss with you the real issues that America faces in the world in its third century. As I said in my first State of the Union message in January 1975: "At no time in our peacetime history has the state of the Nation depended more heavily on the state of the world. And seldom, if ever, has the state of the world depended more heavily on the state of our Nation. " I spoke then at a time of trouble -- a time of division among Americans, of economic recession and energy shortage, of constitutional crisis and national self-doubt: Now we are in the - 2 - midst of gathering recovery - -- in our unity, in our economy, in our self-confidence. Yet it has become increasingly obvious that the interconnection between peace, prosperity, and justice in the United States, and in the world, is a permanent fact of this international relations. On / shrinking planet, our self-interest and our ideals compel us to use our vast power to help shape the world's future. This will be our responsibility for as far ahead as we can see. In my travels across the country, I have found that the American people know that we cannot have security for ourselves without an effective American contribution to the global balance of power. They know that America cannot remain prosperous, and spread prosperity to more Americans, in a world which is deeply divided by confrontations - 3 - between rich and poor, producers and consumers, free- market economies and centrally-planned economies. They know that America cannot continue to exist as a just society by turning its eyes away from injustice elsewhere in the world. The American people are ready to do their share. They are tired of the abusive denigration of this country and the running down of our strengths that has poisoned the political debate. The American people know that this is a strong country and that this is a good country. And in my meetings with world leaders, I have found that they are getting the message. Today our allies and friends - 4 - are strengthening their faith in our commitments; our potential adversaries should have no doubt about the risks of adventurism. The American role in the world must be one that defends and advances American interests and values, but is sensitive to those of others; that maintains a balance between our commitments and the strength and will to carry them out. We have unmatched assets to do our job. The foundation for our world role is American military strength. Throughout my career I have been a champion of a strong defense, which is essential to our own security and to international stability. At the same time, for the first time in a generation we are at peace. No American soldier is fighting on any battlefield anywhere in the world. And we are engaged in realistic negotiations with potential adversaries to reduce the - 5 - dangers of future confrontations and wars. As a nation, we have pulled our economy back onto the road of prosperity and stable growth. Nothing else we do has such benefit not only for every American family but for millions of families around the world whose economic health depends in large measure on the vigor of the world economy. Finally, we are at peace not only with others but with ourselves. In overcoming the doubts and dissension of the past, we are regaining our position as a vital moral force in the world. Now, as much as ever, America is a beacon of hope to all who yearn for freedom, well being and justice. America cannot police every remote corner of the earth nor fill every empty bowl. But if we are strong and proud, we can be an immense influence for - 6 - good, for justice, for reason, and for peace in the world. Our Partners, The Industrial Democracies America is strong and secure, not only because of our military and economic power, but also because of our alliances with the great industrial democracies of Western Europe, Canada, and Japan. These alliances have never been stronger or more united than they are today. We have made major improve- ments in coordinating our collective defense, modernizing our forces and standardizing our weaponry. Our political consultation is closer than ever; it is based on a sense of shared responsibility and equality. Our unity is reflected in closely coordinated positions in negotiations with the East -- and in the whole new realm of economic challenges. - 7 - Most of the industrial democracies, like ourselves, are recovering from recession and inflation. This achievement has been vastly strengthened by making sure that our national policies are parallel and reinforce each other. In coordination we have dealt with the oil crisis; we have begun to reshape our financial institutions to the new global conditions; and we are embarked on common approaches to economic relations with the Communist countries and the developing world. This was the purpose of the Summit meeting at Rambouillet last November, and it is the purpose of the follow-up meeting I have convened in Puerto Rico later this month. These meetings ensure close consultation among the major allies on both political and economic questions. There could be no greater symbol of the solidarity of the free industrial countries in a new period. - 8 - The real strength of the industrial democracies lies not so much in our power, but in our shared commitment to democracy, freedom and justice. Most of our friends and allies have passed through the same period of domestic testing that we have. Our solidarity gives us all confidence, and the health of democracy in all of Europe, and in all the world, is enhanced by the demonstrated vigor of the great democracies. This is one of America's foremost responsibilities. Negotiation With The Communist Countries The free world nations have in recent years moved forward in coordinated efforts to reduce tensions with our Com- munist adversaries. We begin this on the basis of our own unity and strength. But we value strength not for its own sake but for peace. We have this strength in full measure. We also have the maturity and self-confidence to seek a more secure and reliable relationship between East and West for the long-term future. - 9 - I believe it is a President's responsibility to manage the relationship batween the superpowers in a realistic and con- structive way. I believe it is a President's duty to seek to prevent a runaway nuclear arms race and to reduce the danger of nuclear holocaust. We must resist, if challenged. We must make clear that adverturism cannot succeed and that restraint is the only rational course. We must maintain the balance of power, but we must seek to buil on it a more stable relationship. In face-to-face meetings with General Secretary Brezhnev I laid the groundwork for an agreement which would place an equal ceiling on the strategic arms competition and pave the way for reductions. Last month I signed the treaty controlling peaceful nuclear explosions, which provided for on-site inspection in the - 10 - Soviet Union for the first time since the dawn of the nuclear age. These agreements are in the interest of America, the Soviet entire Union, , and i the/world. I will not hesitate to submit a good agreement to the Congress and the people regardless of any alleged political advantage or disadvantage. I will do it because it is right. We are also seeking improved economic relations with the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, not only to enhance our own prosperity, but to break down the barriers of their isolation and to develop a mutual stake in peaceful relations. The five- year grain agreement which we signed last December with the Soviet Union is an excellent example of how we further our own interests through hard bargaining, while at the same time creat- ing incentives for the Soviets to cooperate responsibly in the - 11 - international economic order. Now, there can be no repetition radically of the 1972 grain deal, which/inflated prices for American consumers. Finally, we continue the pursuit of justice in our relation- ships with the communist nations. We seek justice, not only in our relations with them, but within their societies. We cannot ignore either the deprivation of human rights in totalitarian societies, or the unreasonable limitation on the rights of whole nations to pursue their own interests. We accept no spheres of influence. And we confidently take up the challenge of ideological competition. It is our free societies that are the beacon of hope to all those deprived of their basic human rights. We will continue to press for the right of emigration -- not by bluster but by diplomacy that produces results. - 12 - Asia Our relations with the nations of Asia and the Pacific are of special historical concern to Americans. I visited Asia last December to underline the special importance of this region to our interests and the importance of America to the region. Three times in the last generation, American boys fought and died in Asian wars. If we can build more durable international relation- ships in Asia, we can prevent this from happening again. Our traditional friendship with Japan has been reinforced in recent years and has never been more solid. We have establish- ed a permanent friendship which is a vital pillar of our foreign policy. We have established a new and growing relationship with China after a generation of mutual isolation. Chinese-American - 13 - friendship is an historic new fact on the international scene. It is a valued relationship, and an important contribution to peace in Asia and the world. - 14 - International Peace and Stability America has played an indispensable role in helping to ease tensions around the world in many areas of conflict. Since Teddy Roosevelt, it has been an American tradition. We do this not out of charity, but because of our own self-interest in a more stable and just world. Let me mention two crucial issues of today. The road to peace in the Middle East is long and difficult, but we have made remarkable strides in the last two years. The American people can be tremendously proud of what our efforts have helped to accomplish. We have an important stake in seeing a just and peaceful negotiated solution to this bitter conflict. In 1973 the Middle East war and oil crisis disrupted economic life, cost Americans half a million jobs, strained our relations with major allies, and brought us close to confrontation with the Soviet Union. - 15 - We are engaged in the Middle East because of our permanent moral commitment to the survival and security of the State of Israel. In honoring this commitment we honor our own heritage, and our commitment to freedom itself. Israel is a sister democracy, a steadfast friend, and a determined defender of its own freedom. America also has significant and growing friendships with the moderate nations of the Arab world. Many of them are long-standing friends. friends of the United States; some are new friends but nonetheless important / Statesmanship on the part of both Arab and Israeli has brought us to an unprecedented and hopeful stage on the road to peace. As President of the United States, I will pursue this path, because it is right for all concerned. The tragic conflict in Lebanon illustrates how volatile the region is. The United States will continue its careful role of helping the parties end the fighting and reach a political solution. We are providing - 16 - humanitarian assistance, in the American tradition. We strongly support Lebanon's independence, territorial integrity and national unity, as an essential factor in Middle East stability. Southern Africa is another area of recent crisis. The short-sighted decision of the Congress to block simple financial assistance to local forces fighting Soviet arms and Cuban troops in Angola posed a serious threat of further adventurism, radicalism and bloodshed in Africa. Despite warnings of possible politial risks at home, I sent Secretary Kissinger to Africa to arrest this trend, to assert America's interest in stability and racial peace in Africa. He declared America's policy -- favoring racial justice, representative rule, negotiated settlements, the freedom of Africa to solve Africa's problems without - 17 - military interference, and the world's interest in seeing Africa share in the world's economic prosperity. This American policy was warmly welcomed. It has helped gain precious time for peaceful solutions. I consider it one of our most important initiatives. The Industrial and the Developing Worlds The problems of Africa related to one of the world's major i ssues -- relations between the more affluent nations of the northern hemisphere and the poorer nations of the southern hemisphere. The United States and the other industrial democracies, who have the principal responsibility for the economic system, seek to have - 18 - the new developing nations participate constructively in it. We have the skills and resources that are needed for economic development. It is a striking sign of our success that the Communist countries have proven themselves irrelevant to the needs of development. It is the free economies that are productive and dynamic enough to maintain international leadership on all these issues -- food, trade, commodities, energy, and monetary problems. This will be a major topic of discussion among us at the Puerto Rico Summit. - 19 - We will not be pressured or blackmailed; we will not accept unrealistic proposals that satisfy the claims of rhetoric rather than people; and we expect our own views to be seriously considered. We insist that the problems of the new nations not be exploited by others. We offer all nations the opportunity to join with us in international efforts to expand world prosperity for the benefit of all. We have many friends in the developing world -- in Africa, in Asia, in Latin America where Secretary Kissinger will visit next week to strengthen our cooperation. There is tremendous goodwill for America around the world, because of the role we have played as a force for good. And we will continue. Challenges of the Future our Bicentennial year we celebrate our past. But it is also a moment In this year, our 200th year, we are conscious not only of what to aim to the future. we have done but also of what remains to be done. The quest for peace, - 20 - prosperity and justice will always be unfinished. The real issues of today are not always the issues that make headlines or attract the attention of campaigners. What are the real issues that the country will face over the next four years? -- First, we are at peace; we must consolidate this peace for ourselves and our children. We must never forget the tremendous responsibility we bear as the world's strongest military and economic power. What we do -- or fail to do - - can often have decisive impact. Therefore 1 will Continue to propose defense programs to the Congress that meet the requirements of our + defens. We can he longer offerd the trend of unthinking (utbacks in programs reductions in expenditions on building adequate tenses. We have the physical strength to ensure peace and global stability. We must have the vision and courage to use that strength - -- to resist aggression, or to build a better world for our children to inherit. we must conduct an imaginative, bold diplomacy, that exercises creative American leadership, instead of just reacting to events, -- We have embarked on the road of economic recovery. our We must move ahead on this road, strengthening the economy, guarding - 21 - against inflation, and working with other nations to promote global economic expansion. Major changes have taken place in the economic system, with the emergence of new nations and the greater importance of the Communist countries and their economic problems. We must strengthen the world economy for these new conditions. These basic issues are one of the subjects we will begin to discuss at the Puerto 1 envisage forther Economic Summits the the future. we will reach important agriements in the Rico Economic Summit. Multitateral Trade Negotiations in Geneva, we will continue discussions with our mijor partners on monetary issues. -- Our alliances must be relevant to the concerns of a new era -- an era of economic issues, and an era of intensified negotiations with adversaries. We must maintain our unity in these positive endeavors as we maintained it in periods of threatening danger. This means cooperation on a more equal basis among allies; and a regular practice of close consultation. 1 will continue the practice of mg frequent meetings with my colleagues the leaders of our major allies in Europe, Canada, + Japan, - 22 - -- Relations with our adversaries must be managed on a long-term basis. The Soviet Union will not go away just from shouting tough rhetoric at it. We have successfully maintained the balance of power, but where do we go from here? The answer is a carefully- planned, patient effort to negotiate solutions to problems, to try to mold coexistence into a lasting cooperation. There will be obstacles and disappointments. But if we believe in our own goals, we will persevere. -- We have embarked on the path of halting and reversing the strategic arms spiral; we must continue with both vigilance and perseverance until we have banned the horrors of nuclear war. I will seek an early conclusion of this round of the SALT negotiation. I willserk immediately thereofter to begin negotiation of reductions, and forther sound measures of arms control in SALT III. We must continue and develop our new relationship with China. China is a major country, a great country. It is a quarter - 23 - of mankind. No stable global peace can be built without its constructive The United States will maintain + develop this relationship. contribution. we will continue the process of normalization of our relations, as pledged by both sides in the Shaughai Comminique. -- We have taken important steps towards helping resolve the problems of the Middle East and Southern Africa. Peaceful solutions may be more possible now than at any moment before -- or in the future. We must consolidate these gains now, and help build lasting relationships of peace and prosperity in these troubled areas. Regional conflicts can pose wider dangers. The world community cannot let them fester The time is approaching when a major amprohensive and effort explode. can be made for a just and lasting negotiated pesce, We will continue America's etforts to he's resolve 18cal conflicts, whether in Lebanon or Cyprus or elsewhere And my GVT redoubling our efforts to comber We have opened a dialogue with the less developed of nuclear weapons. we need now to deepen that process on the basis of mutual respect, making it a fruitful vehicle for developing their economies and con- tributing to the international economy. America will continue to offer bold proposals in the economic dialogue with the developing countries, as we have done Talks between producers + consumers of energy, between rich nations + poor, will critinue, until corporative solutions are reached to the common challenge of progress. - 24 - And most importantly, - - We are regaining our self-confidence and pride at home. ^ Our role abroad should be a continuing source of pride. We must live our ideals, so that America will find true peace, prosperity and justice at home and thus help to realize these dreams around the world. I intend to see that Cryress + the Executive find is cooperative way of working toge the Thing so that them essential national policies can go forward with full national unity "Let us heed the Old Testament's 34th Psalm, which urges us all to "seek peace, and pursue it." As we never cease our vigilance, let us never lost our vision the of what we want the world to be. That is our highest responsibility. of a President This 15 a program fn peace. 1 intend to make it a reality.

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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 34, \"6/6/76 - Remarks at the National Awards\nDinner of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, Cleveland, OH (Includes draft)\"\nof the President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford\nPresidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nDigitized from Box 34 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nTHE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN\nREMARKS AT DINNER OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE\nOF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS, CLEVELAND, OHIO\nSUNDAY, JUNE 6, 1976\n-1-\nI AM HONORED, ONCE AGAIN, TO ADDRESS THE\nNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS AND TO BE WITH YOU\nWHO MAKE BROTHERHOOD MORE THAN A PHRASE\n-2-\nYOU HAVE TONIGHT GIVEN YOUR HUMAN RELATIONS\nAWARD TO MY DEAR FRIEND, FRANCES BOLTON\nI HAD THE\nPLEASURE TO SERVE IN THE CONGRESS WITH FRANCES FOR 20 YEARS\nAND KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE HOW MUCH SHE CONTRIBUTED\nTO HUMAN RELATIONS AS WELL AS TO OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS AND\nTO THE BETTERMENT OF HUMANITY.\n-3-\nTHIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU HAVE MADE A WOMAN\nTHE SOLE RECIPIENT OF YOUR AWARD\nFRANCES BOLTON LIBERATED\nHERSELF LONG BEFORE THE AGE OF WOMEN'S LIBERATION\nSHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE ELECTED TO THE CONGRESS FROM\nOHIO; THE FIRST WOMAN MEMBER OF THE CONGRESS TO HEAD AN\nOFFICIAL MISSION ABROAD; THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE APPOINTED\nA CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATE TO THE UNITED NATIONS;\n-4-\nAND PERHAPS THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE CONGRESS, OF\nEITHER SEX, WHO RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF AFRICA AND\nTHE MIDDLE EAST IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.\n-5-\nJUST AS THE CONFERENCE OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS\nRECOGNIZES THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF PEOPLE OF ALL RELIGIONS\nAND RACES, FRANCES BOLTON VERY EARLY UNDERSTOOD THE\nGROWING INTERDEPENDENCE OF ALL COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES\nOF THE WORLD\n-6-\nFRANCES BOLTON NOT ONLY ADVOCATED EQUAL RIGHTS\nFOR WOMEN BUT DEMONSTRATED THROUGH HER LIFE'S WORK\nTHE VITAL CONTRIBUTION BEING MADE BY DEDICATED AND GIFTED\nAMERICAN WOMEN.\n-7-\nI COMMEND THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CHRISTIANS\nAND JEWS FOR ITS WORK\nAMERICANS MAY DIFFER OVER SOLUTIONS\nTO COMPLICATED HUMAN PROBLEMS\nBUT VERY FEW WILL DIFFER\nOVER OUR DEDICATION TO THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN\nUNDER THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD\n-8-\nWE MUST CONTINUE TO ASSERT THE HIGHEST MORAL AND\nSPIRITUAL VALUES AT HOME, AS WELL AS IN OUR RELATIONS WITH\nALL OTHER COUNTRIES\n-9-\nYOU HAVE DONE MUCH TO FOSTER PEACE, HARMONY\nAND UNDERSTANDING, RECOGNIZING THAT THE FATE OF EVERY GROUP\nRELATES TO THE FATE OF EVERY OTHER GROUP\nCLERGYMEN\nOF ALL FAITHS GUIDE US TO SEE EVERY INDIVIDUAL AS A CREATURE\nOF GOD\nIN OUR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, EVERY DAY MUST BE\nBROTHERHOOD DAY\n-10-\nAMERICA HAS NO PLACE FOR THOSE WHO WOULD SET\nBROTHER AGAINST BROTHER, GROUP AGAINST GROUP, COUNTRY\nAGAINST COUNTRY\nAMERICA DID NOT RISE TO THE HEIGHTS\nWE HAVE ACHIEVED BY CATER ING TO FEAR AND PREJUDICE.\nWE SUCCEEDED THROUGH COURAGE, DECENCY, COMMON SENSE --\nAND THE COMPELLING KNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE ALL EQUAL IN THE EYES\nOF THE SUPREME CREATOR\n-11-\nAMERICA'S FOREIGN POLICY HAS EVOLVED THROUGH THE\nRECOGNITION OF OUR COMMITMENT TO FREEDOM AND JUSTICE,\nTO SELF-DETERMINATION FOR ALL PEOPLES, AND THE DUTY OF THE\nSTRONG TOWARDS THE WEAK, THE PROSPEROUS TOWARDS THE POOR\n-12-\nWE CANNOT POLICE EVERY REMOTE CORNER OF THE EARTH\nNOR FILL EVERY EMPTY BOWL\nBUT WE CAN BE AN IMMENSE\nINFLUENCE FOR GOOD, FOR JUSTICE, FOR REASON AND FOR PEACE\nIN THE WORLD\nTHROUGH THE YEARS, WE SOMETIMES BECAME\nDISILLUSIONED\nWE MADE SOME MISTAKES\n-13-\nBUT WE NEVER ABANDONED JEFFERSON'S RESPECT FOR THE OPINIONS\nOF MANKIND, NOR LINCOLN'S FAITH THAT RIGHT MAKES MIGHT,\nNOR EISENHOWER'S VIEW THAT FREEDOM IS INDIVISIBLE\nOUR FOREIGN POLICY TODAY REFLECTS THE PRINCIPLES THAT UNITE US\nAND MAKE US THE HOPE OF FREEDOM FOR OTHERS\n-14-\nWE CONTINUE TO HONOR THE PRACTICAL COUNSEL\nOF GEORGE WASHINGTON THAT THE BEST WAY TO PRESERVE PEACE\nIS THROUGH STRENGTH.\n-15-\nMANY OF US RETURNED FROM WORLD WAR TWO DETERMINED\nTO BUILD A LASTING PEACE\nWE WERE CONVINCED THIS COULD\nONLY BE ACHIEVED IF THE UNITED STATES ASSUMED ITS FULL\nRESPONSIBILITY OF LEADERSHIP IN THE WORLD\nWE CONSIDERED\nTHAT A VERY SMALL PRICE COMPARED TO THE SACRIFICES SOME OF\nOUR COMRADES MADE IN THE LAST GLOBAL CONFLICT\n-16-\nI FIRST RAN FOR THE CONGRESS IN 1948\nADVOCATING STRENGTH, DETERMINATION AND RESPONSIBILITY IN\nRESPONSE TO THE COMMUNIST CHALLENGE.\nTHE AMERICAN PEOPLE\nWISELY CHOSE TO HELP REBUILD WESTERN EUROPE AND JAPAN FROM\nTHE WAR\nFROM THIS EFFORT GREW THE FIRM ALLIANCES WE\nENJOY TODAY WITH GREAT INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACIES®\n-16a-\nI WAS AN EARLY ADVOCATE OF A BI-PARTISAN\nFOREIGN POLICY\nTHAT REMAINS MY POSITION TODAY\n-17-\nUNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY MUST NEVER BE MADE\nBY AN ELITE ESTABLISHMENT NOR RESPOND TO THE FEARS OF A\nFRUSTRATED FEW\nIT MUST REFLECT THE REAL PURPOSES OF THE\nAMERICAN PEOPLE AND FOLLOW OUR FINEST INSTINCTS\n-18-\nTODAY WE ARE WINNING IN THE STRUGGLE FOR A SAFE\nAND PEACEFUL WORLD\nFOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE DAWN\nOF THE ATOMIC AGE, THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION\nARE CLOSE TO COMPLETING AN AGREEMENT LIMITING THE STRATEGIC\nTHERMONUCLEAR ARMS RACE\n-18a-\nTHE TWO SIDES AGREED LAST MONTH TO PERMIT ON-SITE OBSERVERS\nUNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO MONITOR COMPLIANCE\nWITH TREATIES LIMITING PEACEFUL NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS\n-19-\nAT VLADIVOSTOK, FOR THE FIRST TIME,\nGENERAL SECRETARY BREZHNEV AND I AGREED TO EQUAL NUMBERS\nOF MISSILE LAUNCHERS AND BOMBERS FOR THE SOVIET UNION\nAND THE UNITED STATES\nTHE SOVIETS HAD HELD OUT FOR YEARS\nON THE GROUNDS THAT THEIR DEFENSE NEEDS REQUIRED\nTHAT THEY HAVE MORE THAN OUR COUNTRY\n-20-\nFURTHERMORE, THE EQUAL NUMBERS WE AGREED UPON\nWOULD REQUIRE THE SOVIETS TO DESTROY SOME OF THEIR EXISTING\nSTRATEGIC SYSTEMS WHILE ALLOWING THE UNITED STATES TO COMPLETE\nOUR PRESENT PROGRAMS.\nTHAT WAS A GOOD DEAL FOR THE UNITED STATES AND\nI AM PROUD OF IT!\n-21-\nIT IS A PRESIDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO HANDLE\nTHE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SUPERPOWERS IN A CONSTRUCTIVE\nWAY\nIT IS A PRESIDENT'S DUTY TO SEEK TO PREVENT A RUNAWAY\nTHERMONUCLEAR ARMS RACE AND TO REDUCE THE RISK OF A GLOBAL\nHOLOCAUST\n-22-\nWE ARE CONTINUING NEGOTIATIONS TO REDUCE\nTHE NATO AND WARSAW PACT FORCES THAT FACE EACH OTHER ALL\nACROSS CENTRAL EUROPE.\nAMERICAN AND SO VIET GROUND\nFORCES ARE POSITIONED FACE TO FACE, WITH THE CONSTANT\nDANGER OF A DIRECT CONFRONTATION\n-23-\nPROGRESS IN THESE MUTUAL AND BALANCED REDUCTION\nOF FORCES TALKS HAS BEEN SLOW, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO\nSEEK AN AGREEMENT THAT WILL ENHANCE MILITARY STABILITY\nIN EUROPE AT LOWER FORCE LEVELS.\n-24-\nWE WILL PERSEVERE IN OUR NEGOTIATIONS,\nKEEPING OUR EYES OPEN AND GUARD UP\nWITHIN THESE\nGUIDELINES, WE WILL DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO SECURE A\nDESIRABLE AGREEMENT\n-25-\nWHENEVER I GET A GOOD AGREEMENT FOR A SAFER\nWORLD, YOU CAN BE SURE I WON'T PASS IT UP BECAUSE OF ANY\nALLEGED POLITICAL ADVANTAGE OR POLITICAL DISADVANTAGE.\nTO ME, PEACE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN POLITICS\nLET'S LOOK AT SOME OF TODAY'S TROUBLE SPOTS\n-26-\nREGRETTABLY, THE CONFLICT CONTINUES IN\n?\nLEBANON\nTHE UNITED STATES IS CONTINUING A MODEST ROLE\nIN HELPING THE PARTIES END THE FIGHTING AND REACH A POLITICAL\nSOLUTION\nWE ARE PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE\nTHE UNITED STATES SUPPORTS LEBANON'S INDEPENDENCE,\nTERRITORIAL INTEGRITY, AND NATIONAL UNITY AS AN ESSENTIAL\nFACTOR IN MIDDLE EAST STABILITY®\n-26A-\nWE FAVOR NEITHER THE PARTITION OF LEBANON NOR MILITARY\nINTERVENTION BY ANY OUTSIDE POWER\n-27-\nTHE MIDDLE EAST REMAINS THE WORLD'S MOST\nSTRATEGIC DANGER ZONE\nTHE UNITED STATES HAS A MAJOR\nINTEREST IN A JUST AND PEACEFUL SOLUTION.\nIN 1973,\nTHE MIDDLE EAST WAR AND OIL EMBARGO DISRUPTED ECONOMIC\nLIFE, COST US A HALF-MILLION JOBS, STRAINED RELATIONS WITH\nOUR MAJOR ALLIES, AND BROUGHT OUR COUNTRY CLOSE TO\nCONFRONTATION WITH THE SOVIET UNION\n-28-\nBECAUSE THE UNITED STATES IS TRUSTED BY BOTH\nSIDES MY ADMINISTRATION WAS ABLE TO BRING ABOUT\nNEGOTIATIONS THAT RESULTED IN AGREEMENTS MOVING THE REGION\nTOWARD A COMPREHENS IVE PEACE\n-29-\nLAST SEPTEMBER'S SINAI AGREEMENT BETWEEN EGYPT\nAND ISRAEL DEMONSTRATED THE NEW POTENTIAL FOR PEACE.\nI HAVE MET WITH MANY OF THE LEADERS OF THESE AND OTHER\nMIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES TO EXPLORE AVENUES FOR FURTHER\nPROGRESS.\n-30-\nAMERICANS CAN TAKE PRIDE IN HELPING THE PEOPLES\nOF THE MIDDLE EAST ACHIEVE STEPS TOWARD A GOAL THAT WOULD\nHAVE BEEN UNTHINKABLE A FEW YEARS AGO\nWE ARE COMMITTED TO THE SURVIVAL AND SECURITY\nOF ISRAEL\nTHE COMMITMENT IS BASED UPON BASIC MORALITY\nAS WELL AS AMERICA'S ENLIGHTENED SELF-INTEREST\nAMERICA IS\nSTILL THE REAL HOPE FOR FREEDOM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD\n-31-\nTHE HOLY LAND, SO SACRED TO THREE MAJOR FAITHS, MUST\nFIND THE LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING ENVISIONED THERE FOR\nALL HUMANITY\nso MUST EVERY OTHER LAND\n-32-\n1, AND FIVE PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS, AN\nOVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE CONGRESS AND THE AMERICAN\nPEOPLE HAVE SUPPORTED OUR TRADITIONAL AND SPECIAL\nRELATIONSHIP WITH THE STATE OF ISRAEL\nBOTH THE UNITED STATES\nAND ISRAEL ARE A HAVEN FOR PEOPLE FLEEING PERSECUTION.\n-33-\nBOTH FIND THEIR VITALITY IN THEIR FREE STATUS AS SELF-GOVERNING\nDEMOCRACIES -- DIFFERENTIATING THEM FROM MOST OTHER\nCOUNTRIES IN TODAY'S WORLD\n-34-\nAMERICA MUST AND WILL PURSUE FRIENDSHIP\nWITH ALL PEOPLES\nBUT THIS WILL NEVER BE DONE AT THE EXPENSE\nOF ISRAEL\nIN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, IT IS THE PARTIES\nTO THE DISPUTE WHO MUST MAKE THE PEACE AND LIVE WITH IT\nTHE UNITED STATES WILL REMAIN THE ULTIMATE GUARANTOR\nOF ISRAEL'S FREEDOM\n-35-\nOUR FOREIGN POLICY REQUIRES NOT ONLY DETERMINATION\nTO HELP RESOLVE REGIONAL TENS IONS, / NOT ONLY CONSTRUCTIVE\nRELATIONS WITH THE COMMUNIST WORLD BUT -- FIRST AND\nFOREMOST, / OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR ALLIES, / THE GREAT\nINDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACIES OF WESTERN EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA,\nAND JAPAN. / ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE BALANCE OF POWER\nAS WELL AS TO THE WORLD'S ECONOMY.\n-35a-\nTHIS IS WHY I WILL MEET THIS MONTH WITH THE LEADERS OF SIX\nMAJOR ALLIED NATIONS IN PUERTO RICO\nWE WILL CONTINUE\nTHE CONSULTATIONS THAT BEGAN LAST YEAR AT RAMBOUILLET\n-36-\nWHEN I BECAME YOUR PRESIDENT 22 MONTHS AGO,\nI PROMISED ALL NATIONS, FRIEND AND FOE ALIKE, AN UNINTERRUPTED\nAND SINCERE SEARCH FOR PEACE.\nI WILL NEITHER RETREAT\nNOR MARK TIME NOR SHORTEN MY STRIDE IN CONTINUING THAT\nSEARCH.\n-37-\nWE REMEMBER PRESIDENT EISENHOWER SAYING THAT\nONLY THE BRAVE ARE STRONG AND ONLY THE STRONG ARE FREE\nWE ALSO REMEMBER PRESIDENT KENNEDY INSISTING THAT WE MUST\nNEVER NEGOTIATE FROM FEAR, BUT WE MUST NEVER FEAR TO\nNEGOTIATE\n-38-\nWHENEVER THE UNITED STATES HAS SERIOUS\nDISAGREEMENTS WITH OTHER SOVEREIGN NATIONS, WE HAVE REALLY\nONLY TWO CHOICES -- TO FIGHT OR TO TALK\nTHE RATTLING\nOF SABERS AND BOMBASTIC ORATORY ARE OUT OF DATE IN TODAY'S\nWORLD\n-39-\nI WILL MAKE NO THREATS\nI\nCANNOT CARRY OUT\nNOR WILL I IRRESPONSIBLY COMMIT OUR TROOPS ANYWHERE\nI WILL TAKE THE PATH OF PEACEFUL PERSUASION AND NEGOTIATION\nAS LONG AS IT IS OPEN, WHETHER WE ARE DEALING WITH\nSUPERPOWERS OR SMALL COUNTRIES\n-40-\nAS PRESIDENT, I AM DETERMINED TO PREVENT\nWARS, NOT START THEM\nMY GOAL IS PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT IN CENTRAL\nAMERICA AS WELL AS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA.\n-41-\nI INTEND TO GO ON DOING WHAT IS RIGHT FOR AMERICA AND\nWHAT IS RIGHT FOR ALL MANKIND\nTODAY WE COMMEMORATE THE 32nd ANNIVERSARY\nOF D-DAY\nAMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY HAS AVERTED WORLD\nWAR III.\nWE ARE AT PEACE\nTHERE ARE NO AMERICANS\nFIGHTING ON ANY BATTLEFIELD TONIGHT\n-42-\nIN TODAY'S WORLD, THERE IS MORE CONTACT\nAMONG PEOPLES AND MORE COMMUNICATION AMONG GOVERNMENTS,\nA GREATER EXCHANGE OF IDEAS, KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURE\nTHAN EVER BEFORE IN HUMAN HISTORY.\n-43-\nTHE UNITED STATES IS LEADING WORLDWIDE ECONOMIC\nRECOVERY\nWE ARE PLEASED THAT OUR POLICIES ARE WORKING\nAND THAT THE LEVEL OF ECONOMIC WELL-BEING IS TODAY RISING\nALMOST EVERYWHERE\n-44-\nMY ADMINISTRATION INTENDS TO GO ON WORKING\nFOR A BETTER WORLD\nWE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO REASON\nTO FEAR OUR ADVERSARIES AS LONG AS WE REMAIN STRONG\nAND TRUE TO OUR PRINCIPLES\nOUR SYSTEM HAS PROVEN\nITS SUPERIORITY IN EVERY WAY\nWE MUST NEVER ABANDON\nOUR VISION OR OUR SPIRITUAL VALUES\n-45-\nYOUR WORK REINFORCES MY FAITH IN THE FUTURE\nOF ALL HUMANITY\nI AM PROUD TO BE YOUR PRESIDENT\nAND TO SHARE THIS EVENING WITH YOU\n-46-\nLET US HEED THE OLD TESTAMENT'S 34th PSALM\nWHICH URGES HUMANITY TO \"SEEK PEACE, AND PURSUE IT.\"\nIN THE WORDS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, \"LET US THEREFORE\nFOLLOW AFTER THE THINGS WHICH MAKE FOR PEACE.\"\nAS WE MUST NEVER LOSE OUR VIGILANCE, NEITHER MUST\nWE EVER LOSE OUR VISION\nTHANK YOU VERY MUCH\nEND OF TEXT\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nSusan -\nAfter checking I found out that this\nwas an early draft that was later\nworked into the Speech on Conference\nof Christians & Jews 6/6/76 ---\nI think they should stay together.\nTrudy\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS ON FOREIGN POLICY\nI'm here today to talk about what is right about America\nand its foreign policy. I'm here to discuss with you the\nreal issues\nthat America faces in the world in its third\ncentury.\nAs I said in my first State of the Union message in\nJanuary 1975:\n\"At no time in our peacetime history has the\nstate of the Nation depended more heavily on\nthe state of the world. And seldom, if ever,\nhas the state of the world depended more\nheavily on the state of our Nation. \"\nI spoke then at a time of trouble -- a time of division among\nAmericans, of economic recession and energy shortage, of\nconstitutional crisis and national self-doubt: Now we are in the\n- 2 -\nmidst of gathering recovery - -- in our unity, in our economy,\nin our self-confidence. Yet it has become increasingly obvious\nthat the interconnection between peace, prosperity, and justice\nin the United States, and in the world, is a permanent fact of\nthis\ninternational relations. On / shrinking planet, our self-interest\nand our ideals compel us to use our vast power to help shape the\nworld's future. This will be our responsibility for as far ahead\nas we can see.\nIn my travels across the country, I have found that the\nAmerican people know that\nwe cannot have security for ourselves without an effective American\ncontribution to the global balance of power. They know that\nAmerica cannot remain prosperous, and spread prosperity to\nmore Americans, in a world which is deeply divided by confrontations\n- 3 -\nbetween rich and poor, producers and consumers, free-\nmarket economies and centrally-planned economies. They\nknow that America cannot continue to exist as a just society\nby turning its eyes away from injustice elsewhere in the\nworld.\nThe American people are ready to do their share.\nThey are tired of the abusive denigration of this\ncountry and the running down of our strengths that has poisoned\nthe political debate. The American people know that this is a\nstrong country and that this is a good country.\nAnd in my meetings with world leaders, I have found\nthat they are getting the message. Today our allies and friends\n- 4 -\nare strengthening their faith in our commitments; our\npotential adversaries should have no doubt about the risks\nof adventurism.\nThe American role in the world must be one that\ndefends and advances American interests and values, but is\nsensitive to those of others; that maintains a balance between\nour commitments and the strength and will to carry them out.\nWe have unmatched assets to do our job.\nThe foundation for our world role is American military\nstrength. Throughout my career I have been a champion of\na strong defense, which is essential to our own security and\nto international stability. At the same time, for the first time\nin a generation we are at peace. No American soldier is fighting\non any battlefield anywhere in the world. And we are engaged in\nrealistic negotiations with potential adversaries to reduce the\n- 5 -\ndangers of future confrontations and wars.\nAs a nation, we have pulled our economy back onto the\nroad of prosperity and stable growth. Nothing else we do has\nsuch benefit not only for every American family but for millions\nof families around the world whose economic health depends in\nlarge measure on the vigor of the world economy.\nFinally, we are at peace not only with others but with\nourselves. In overcoming the doubts and dissension of the past,\nwe are regaining our position as a vital moral force in the world.\nNow, as much as ever, America is a beacon of hope to all who yearn\nfor freedom, well being and justice. America cannot police\nevery remote corner of the earth nor fill every empty bowl. But\nif we are strong and proud, we can be an immense influence for\n- 6 -\ngood, for justice, for reason, and for peace in the world.\nOur Partners, The Industrial Democracies\nAmerica is strong and secure, not only because of our\nmilitary and economic power, but also because of our alliances\nwith the great industrial democracies of Western Europe, Canada,\nand Japan.\nThese alliances have never been stronger or\nmore united than they are today. We have made major improve-\nments in coordinating our collective defense, modernizing our\nforces and standardizing our weaponry. Our political consultation\nis closer than ever; it is based on a sense of shared responsibility\nand equality. Our unity is reflected in closely coordinated positions\nin negotiations with the East -- and in the whole new realm of\neconomic challenges.\n- 7 -\nMost of the industrial democracies, like ourselves, are\nrecovering from recession and inflation. This achievement has\nbeen vastly strengthened by making sure that our national policies\nare parallel and reinforce each other. In coordination we have\ndealt with the oil crisis; we have begun to reshape our financial\ninstitutions to the new global conditions; and we are embarked on\ncommon approaches to economic relations with the Communist\ncountries and the developing world. This was the purpose of the\nSummit meeting at Rambouillet last November, and\nit is the purpose of the follow-up meeting I have convened in\nPuerto Rico later this month. These meetings ensure close\nconsultation among the major allies on both political and economic\nquestions. There could be no greater symbol of the solidarity of\nthe free industrial countries in a new period.\n- 8 -\nThe real strength of the industrial democracies lies\nnot so much in our power, but in our shared commitment to\ndemocracy, freedom and justice. Most of our friends and allies\nhave passed through the same period of domestic testing that we\nhave.\nOur solidarity gives us all confidence, and\nthe health of democracy in all of Europe, and in all the world, is\nenhanced by the demonstrated vigor of the great democracies.\nThis is one of America's foremost responsibilities.\nNegotiation With The Communist Countries\nThe free world nations have in recent years moved\nforward in coordinated efforts to reduce tensions with our Com-\nmunist adversaries. We begin this on the basis of our own unity\nand strength. But we value strength not for its own sake but for\npeace. We have this strength in full measure. We also have the\nmaturity and self-confidence to seek a more secure and reliable\nrelationship between East and West for the long-term future.\n- 9 -\nI believe it is a President's responsibility to manage the\nrelationship batween the superpowers in a realistic and con-\nstructive way. I believe it is a President's duty to seek to prevent\na runaway nuclear arms race and to reduce the danger of nuclear\nholocaust.\nWe must resist, if challenged. We must make clear that\nadverturism cannot succeed and that restraint is the only rational\ncourse. We must maintain the balance of power, but we must seek to buil\non it a more stable relationship.\nIn face-to-face meetings with General Secretary Brezhnev\nI laid the groundwork for an agreement which would place an equal\nceiling on the strategic arms competition and pave the way for\nreductions. Last month I signed the treaty controlling peaceful\nnuclear explosions, which provided for on-site inspection in the\n- 10 -\nSoviet Union for the first time since the dawn of the nuclear\nage. These agreements are in the interest of America, the Soviet\nentire\nUnion,\n, and i the/world.\nI will not hesitate\nto submit a good agreement to the Congress and the people\nregardless of any alleged political advantage or disadvantage.\nI will do it because it is right.\nWe are also seeking improved economic relations with\nthe Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, not only to enhance our\nown prosperity, but to break down the barriers of their isolation\nand to develop a mutual stake in peaceful relations. The five-\nyear grain agreement which we signed last December with the\nSoviet Union is an excellent example of how we further our own\ninterests through hard bargaining, while at the same time creat-\ning incentives for the Soviets to cooperate responsibly in the\n- 11 -\ninternational economic order. Now, there can be no repetition\nradically\nof the 1972 grain deal, which/inflated prices\nfor\nAmerican consumers.\nFinally, we continue the pursuit of justice in our relation-\nships with the communist nations. We seek justice, not only in\nour relations with them, but within their societies. We cannot\nignore either the deprivation of human rights in totalitarian\nsocieties, or the unreasonable limitation on the rights of whole\nnations to pursue their own interests. We accept no spheres\nof influence. And we confidently take up the challenge of\nideological competition.\nIt is our free societies that are the beacon of hope to all\nthose deprived of their basic human rights. We will continue\nto press for the right of emigration -- not by bluster but by\ndiplomacy that produces results.\n- 12 -\nAsia\nOur relations with the nations of Asia and the Pacific are\nof special historical concern to Americans. I visited Asia last\nDecember to underline the special importance of this region to\nour interests and the importance of America to the region. Three\ntimes in the last generation, American boys fought and died in\nAsian wars. If we can build more durable international relation-\nships in Asia, we can prevent this from happening again.\nOur traditional friendship with Japan has been reinforced\nin recent years and has never been more solid. We have establish-\ned a permanent friendship which is a vital pillar of our foreign\npolicy.\nWe have established a new and growing relationship with\nChina after a generation of mutual isolation. Chinese-American\n- 13 -\nfriendship is an historic new fact on the international scene. It is\na valued relationship, and an important contribution to peace in\nAsia and the world.\n- 14 -\nInternational Peace and Stability\nAmerica has played an indispensable role in helping to ease\ntensions around the world in many areas of conflict. Since Teddy\nRoosevelt, it has been an American tradition. We do this not out of\ncharity, but because of our own self-interest in a more stable and just\nworld. Let me mention two crucial issues of today.\nThe road to peace in the Middle East is long and difficult, but\nwe have made remarkable\nstrides in the last two years. The American people can be tremendously\nproud of what our efforts have helped to accomplish.\nWe have an important stake in seeing a just and peaceful\nnegotiated solution to this bitter conflict. In 1973 the Middle East\nwar and oil crisis disrupted economic life, cost Americans half a million\njobs, strained our relations with major allies, and brought us close\nto confrontation with the Soviet Union.\n- 15 -\nWe are engaged in the Middle East because of our permanent\nmoral commitment to the survival and security of the State of Israel.\nIn honoring this commitment we honor our own heritage, and our\ncommitment to freedom itself. Israel is a sister democracy, a\nsteadfast friend, and a determined defender of its own freedom.\nAmerica also has significant and growing friendships with the\nmoderate nations of the Arab world. Many of them are long-standing\nfriends.\nfriends of the United States; some are new friends but nonetheless important /\nStatesmanship on the part of both Arab and Israeli has brought\nus to an unprecedented and hopeful stage on the road to peace. As\nPresident of the United States, I will pursue this path, because it is\nright for all concerned.\nThe tragic conflict in Lebanon illustrates how volatile the region\nis. The United States will continue its careful role of helping the parties\nend the fighting and reach a political solution. We are providing\n- 16 -\nhumanitarian assistance, in the American tradition. We strongly\nsupport Lebanon's independence, territorial integrity and national\nunity, as an essential factor in Middle East stability.\nSouthern Africa is another area of recent crisis. The\nshort-sighted decision of the Congress to block simple financial\nassistance to local forces fighting Soviet arms and Cuban troops\nin Angola posed a serious threat of further adventurism, radicalism\nand bloodshed in Africa. Despite warnings of possible politial\nrisks at home, I sent Secretary Kissinger to Africa to arrest this\ntrend, to assert America's interest in stability and racial peace\nin Africa. He declared America's policy -- favoring racial\njustice, representative rule, negotiated settlements, the\nfreedom of Africa to solve Africa's problems without\n- 17 -\nmilitary interference, and the world's interest in seeing Africa\nshare in the world's economic prosperity.\nThis American policy was warmly welcomed. It\nhas helped gain precious time for peaceful solutions. I consider\nit one of our most important initiatives.\nThe Industrial and the Developing Worlds\nThe problems of Africa related to one of the world's major\ni ssues -- relations between the more affluent nations of the northern\nhemisphere and the poorer nations of the southern hemisphere.\nThe United States and the other industrial democracies,\nwho have the principal responsibility for the economic system, seek to have\n- 18 -\nthe new developing nations participate constructively in it. We\nhave the skills and resources that are needed for economic\ndevelopment. It is a striking sign of our success that the\nCommunist countries have proven themselves irrelevant to\nthe needs of development. It is the free economies that are\nproductive and dynamic enough to maintain international\nleadership on all these issues -- food, trade, commodities,\nenergy, and monetary problems. This will be a major topic\nof discussion among us at the Puerto Rico Summit.\n- 19 -\nWe will not be pressured or blackmailed; we will not accept unrealistic\nproposals that satisfy the claims of rhetoric rather than people; and\nwe expect our own views to be seriously considered. We insist that\nthe problems of the new nations not be exploited by others. We offer\nall nations the opportunity to join with us in international efforts to\nexpand world prosperity for the benefit of all.\nWe have many friends in the developing world -- in Africa,\nin Asia, in Latin America where Secretary Kissinger will visit next\nweek to strengthen our cooperation. There is tremendous goodwill for\nAmerica around the world, because of the role we have played as a\nforce for good. And we will continue.\nChallenges of the Future\nour Bicentennial year we celebrate our past. But it is also a moment\nIn this year, our 200th year, we are conscious not only of what\nto aim to the future.\nwe have done but also of what remains to be done. The quest for peace,\n- 20 -\nprosperity and justice will always be unfinished. The real issues of\ntoday are not always the issues that make headlines or attract the\nattention of campaigners. What are the real issues that the country\nwill face over the next four years?\n-- First, we are at peace; we must consolidate this peace\nfor ourselves and our children. We must never forget the tremendous\nresponsibility we bear as the world's strongest military and economic\npower. What we do -- or fail to do - - can often have decisive impact.\nTherefore 1 will Continue to propose defense programs to the Congress that meet\nthe requirements of our + defens. We can he longer offerd the trend of unthinking\n(utbacks in programs reductions in expenditions on building adequate tenses.\nWe have the physical strength to ensure peace and global\nstability. We must have the vision and courage to use that strength - --\nto resist aggression, or to build a better world for our children\nto inherit. we must conduct an imaginative, bold diplomacy, that\nexercises creative American leadership, instead of just reacting\nto events,\n-- We have embarked on the road of economic recovery.\nour\nWe must move ahead on this road, strengthening the economy, guarding\n- 21 -\nagainst inflation, and working with other nations to promote global\neconomic expansion. Major changes have taken place in the economic\nsystem, with the emergence of new nations and the greater importance\nof the Communist countries and their economic problems. We must\nstrengthen the world economy for these new conditions. These basic\nissues are one of the subjects we will begin to discuss at the Puerto\n1 envisage forther Economic Summits the the\nfuture. we will reach important agriements in the\nRico Economic Summit.\nMultitateral Trade Negotiations in Geneva, we will\ncontinue discussions with our mijor partners on\nmonetary issues.\n-- Our alliances must be relevant to the concerns of a new\nera -- an era of economic issues, and an era of intensified negotiations\nwith adversaries. We must maintain our unity in these positive\nendeavors as we maintained it in periods of threatening danger. This\nmeans cooperation on a more equal basis among allies; and a regular\npractice of close consultation.\n1 will continue the practice of\nmg frequent meetings with my colleagues the leaders of our\nmajor allies in Europe, Canada, + Japan,\n- 22 -\n-- Relations with our adversaries must be managed on a\nlong-term basis. The Soviet Union will not go away just from shouting\ntough rhetoric at it. We have successfully maintained the balance\nof power, but where do we go from here? The answer is a carefully-\nplanned, patient effort to negotiate solutions to problems, to try to\nmold coexistence into a lasting cooperation. There will be obstacles\nand disappointments. But if we believe in our own goals, we will\npersevere.\n-- We have embarked on the path of halting and reversing\nthe strategic arms spiral; we must continue with both vigilance and\nperseverance until we have banned the horrors of nuclear war. I will seek\nan early conclusion of this round of the SALT negotiation. I willserk\nimmediately thereofter to begin negotiation of reductions, and forther sound\nmeasures\nof\narms control in SALT III.\nWe must continue and develop our new relationship with\nChina. China is a major country, a great country. It is a quarter\n- 23 -\nof mankind. No stable global peace can be built without its constructive\nThe United States will maintain + develop this relationship.\ncontribution. we will continue the process of normalization of our\nrelations, as pledged by both sides in the Shaughai Comminique.\n-- We have taken important steps towards helping resolve\nthe problems of the Middle East and Southern Africa. Peaceful solutions\nmay be more possible now than at any moment before -- or in the future.\nWe must consolidate these gains now, and help build lasting relationships\nof peace and prosperity in these troubled areas. Regional conflicts\ncan pose wider dangers. The world community cannot let them fester\nThe time is approaching when a major amprohensive\nand effort explode. can be made for a just and lasting negotiated pesce,\nWe will continue America's etforts to he's resolve 18cal conflicts, whether in\nLebanon or Cyprus or elsewhere And my GVT redoubling our efforts to comber\nWe have opened a dialogue with the less developed\nof nuclear\nweapons.\nwe need now to deepen that process on the basis of mutual respect,\nmaking it a fruitful vehicle for developing their economies and con-\ntributing to the international economy. America will continue to offer\nbold proposals in the economic dialogue with the developing countries,\nas we have done Talks between producers + consumers\nof energy, between rich nations + poor, will critinue,\nuntil corporative solutions are reached to the common\nchallenge of progress.\n- 24 -\nAnd most importantly,\n- - We are regaining our self-confidence and pride at home.\n^\nOur role abroad should be a continuing source of pride. We must\nlive our ideals, so that America will find true peace, prosperity and\njustice at home and thus help to realize these dreams around the world. I\nintend to see that Cryress + the Executive find is cooperative way of working\ntoge the Thing so that them essential national policies can go forward with full national\nunity \"Let us heed the Old Testament's 34th Psalm, which urges us\nall to \"seek peace, and pursue it.\"\nAs we never cease our vigilance, let us never lost our vision\nthe\nof what we want the world to be. That is our highest responsibility. of a\nPresident\nThis 15 a program fn peace. 1 intend to make it\na reality."
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