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Originally Processed With FOIA(s): FOIA Number: S FOIA MARKER This is not a textual record. This is used as an administrative marker by the George Bush Presidential Library Staff. Record Group/Collection: George H.W. Bush Presidential Records Collection/Office of Origin: Speechwriting, White House Office of Series: Speech File Draft Files Subseries: Chron File, 1989-1993 OA/ID Number: 13478 Folder ID Number: 13478-014 Folder Title: Talking Points-Attorney General Richard Thornburgh Arrival, 3/10/89 Stack: Row: Section: Shelf: Position: G 25 6 1 5 -- The Attorney General's visits went a long way toward building the unified front we will need in the war on drugs. We will need an interdiction effort that is as international as the drug trade itself. -- In meetings with his counterparts in law enforcement, Dick was able to discuss various important provisions of last December's U.N. convention on drug trafficking. -- He also reviewed and assessed "Operation Snowcap" -- D.E.A.'s multi-country, multi-faceted cocaine control operation -- a cooperative venture that has already led to more than 15,000 arrests and the seizure of over 43,000 kilos of cocaine. -- The Attorney General's mission was an important first step. Because while we work to curb demand at home, it is also critical that we work to stop drugs at their source. -- Dick Thornburg is going the distance. For that we thank him. and proudly welcome him home. PRESIDENTIAL TALKING POINTS: Thornburg Arrival, March 10, 1989 -- A week ago, I met with Dick Thornburg and Bill Bennett, to discuss the Attorney General's mission to three Latin American nations -- Bolivia, Peru, and Columbia. -- By all accounts -- including Dick Thornburg's, in the briefing he just provided me -- that trip was a resounding success. -- Dick has been in the right place, at the right time. By meeting with high public officials in these three countries, he has worked to reaffirm our commitment to a cooperative solution to the global drug problem. -- And it is a global problem: it has profound and negative Thomburgh- effects on every nation -- and it is a problem that will demand unprecedented international cooperation. FINAL TALKING POINTS