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The original documents are located in Box 37, "7/27/76 - Remarks During Toast in Honor
of Prime Minister Fraser of Australia at State Dinner" of the President's Speeches and
Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 37 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE president HAS SEEN
PRESIDENT'S REMARKS AT STATE DINNER FOR
AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER FRASER
JULY 27, 1976
-I-
PRIME MINISTER FRASER, MRS. FRASER, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN:
IT IS A SPECIAL PLEASURE FOR ME TO WELCOME TONIGHT
THE PRIME MINISTER OF ONE OF AMERICA'S CLOSEST FRIENDS AND
ALLIES: AUSTRALIA
-2-
AMERICANS AND AUSTRALIANS HAVE TRADITIONALLY ENJOYED A
SPECIAL AND NATURAL RAPPORT
BUT THIS YEAR THE GOVERNMENT
AND PEOPLE OF AUSTRALIA HAVE GONE TO EXTRAORDINARY LENGTHS
TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR FRIENDSHIP IN HELPING US CELEBRATE OUR
BICENTENNIAL
-3-
AMERICANS DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOUR MANY GESTURES OF GOOD WILL
THOUGH THE UNITED STATES IS TWO HUNDRED YEARS OLD THIS
YEAR
IT IS STILL A NEW COUNTRY IN SPIRIT
IN OUTLOOK
IN ASPIRATIONS
AND so IS AUSTRALIA
-4-
BOTH AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED STATES WERE FRONTIER COUNTRIES
WITH VAST OPEN SPACES AND ABUNDANT NATURAL RESOURCES
THESE FACTORS INFLUENCED THE WAY OUR NATIONS DEVELOPED AND
MOVED IN SIMILAR DIRECTIONS
-5-
WE ALSO SHARE IMPORTANT VALUES AND INSTITUTIONS
THE BRITISH TRADITION OF RESPECT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL
OF CIVIL
LIBERTIES
AND OF THE RULE OF LAW
EACH OF US CREATED OUR
OWN GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS INFLUENCED BY THE BRITISH
PARLIAMENTARY MODEL
-6-
THE UNITED STATES AND AUSTRALIA ARE BOTH FEDERATIONS OF STATES
FOUNDED ORIGINALLY AS SEPARATE COLONIES.
EACH RECOGNIZES
LIMITS ON THE POWERS OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
-7-
SUCH CLOSE PARALLELS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR TWO
COUNTRIES HAVE MADE AMERICANS THINK OF AUSTRALIANS AS BEING
LIKE US
AND WE HOPE THAT FEELING IS RECIPROCATED
AMERICANS FEEL VERY MUCH AT HOME IN AUSTRALIA AND WITH
AUSTRALIANS
-8-
NONETHELESS MR. PRIME MINISTER
WE FULLY RECOGNIZE
THAT AUSTRALIA HAS ITS OWN INTERESTS
ITS OWN PERCEPTIONS
OF THE WORLD
AND ITS OWN ROLE TO PLAY
OUR RELATIONS
WITH YOUR COUNTRY HAVE MATURED OVER THE YEARS TO A NEW
PARTNERSHIP OF MUTUAL RESPECT
-9-
WORLD WAR II BROUGHT US TOGETHER IN A TIME OF TRIAL
IN 1951 WE BOTH JOINED WITH NEW ZEALAND AND SIGNED THE
A.N.Z.U.S. TREATY.
THAT TREATY SYMBOLIZES THE FUNDAMENTAL
INTERESTS WE SHARE.
-10-
SINCE WORLD WAR 11, OUR COOPERATION IN DEFENSE AND
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS HAS BEEN UNUSUALLY CLOSE
WE HAVE
REINFORCED EACH OTHER'S SECURITY WE HAVE PROMOTED REGIONAL
STABILITY,
AND WE HAVE SOLIDIFIED THE STRENGTH OF THE FREE
WORLD
-11-
MR. PRIME MINISTER YOUR PUBLIC STATEMENTS AND YOUR
CONVERSATION WITH ME THIS MORNING MADE IT OBVIOUS THAT
AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED STATES ARE CLOSER TOGETHER THAN
EVER BEFORE
WE UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT YOUR INDEPENDENT
VOICE IN WORLD AFFAIRS
-12-
ON THIS BASIS OUR COLLABORATION HAS EVEN GREATER MEANING
AND VALUE
WE BOTH RECOGNIZE THAT PEACE IN THIS
INTERDEPENDENT WORLD WILL REQUIRE EVEN GREATER COOPERATION
ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL QUESTIONS
-13-
ADVANCED DEMOCRACIES SUCH AS OUR TWO COUNTRIES HAVE
CRUCIAL ROLES TO PLAY IN STRENGTHENING THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
AND CREATING HEALTHY LONG-TERM RELATIONS BETWEEN THE
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
-14-
WE CONSIDER AUSTRALIA AN IMPORTANT PARTNER IN ALL
COMMON ENDEAVORS OF THE FREE WORLD
-15-
MR. PRIME MINISTER OUR TALKS HAVE ENHANCED THE
NATURAL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED STATES.
IN THE COMING YEARS , THIS PARTNERSHIP WILL MAKE AN EVER -
EXPANDING CONTRIBUTION TO PEACE AND PROGRESS.
-16-
I AM CERTAIN OUR GOVERNMENTS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY
TOGETHER TO MEET THE COMPLEX CHALLENGES OUR TWO NATIONS
WILL FACE IN THE YEARS AHEAD
-17-
I RAISE MY GLASS TO THE QUEEN
TO THE HEALTH OF
THE PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA, AND TO THE CONTINUATION
OF CLOSE AUSTRALIAN - AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP
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