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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE OF PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO
THE ROSE GARDEN
TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1989
11:30 A.M.
It was a special pleasure for Barbara and me to welcome
Prime Minister Bhutto to the White House this morning as my first
official guest.
Our relationship goes back several years to the time she was
attending Harvard and accompanied her father to the United
Nations. In my recent autobiography, I referred to her father's
1971 appeal as the "most compelling speech" I heard at the UN.
More recently, we met in Tokyo last February, where I believe we
were the most newly elected heads of government.
As you'll see in just a moment, Prime Minister Bhutto's
reputation for intelligence and eloquence is well-deserved. And
one observer noted that it was an asset to today's talks that the
leaders of both our countries are fluent in the same tongue.
That was nice. Fluency in English is not something I'm often
accused of.
But we've just concluded a round of very frank discussions
on a matter of traditional importance to both leaders. And I
think it's a fair characterization to say that the Prime Minister
has flatly refused my latest offer -- she's not going double or
nothing on this year's Harvard-Yale game.
DRAFT
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Pakistan and the United States have enjoyed a long history
of good relations. And I especially welcomed this opportunity to
reaffirm our close bilateral ties and to explore ways to further
strengthen our relationship. In this regard, I reassured the
Prime Minister of our continued commitment to assist in
Pakistan's security, economic and cultural development -- areas
that contribute to Pakistan's democratic growth and stability.
Prime Minister Bhutto knows our country well and has many
friends here. In our meeting, on behalf of the American people,
I congratulated her on Pakistan's historic return to democracy
last year. This is a development of which the people of Pakistan
can be truly proud.
We discussed how important it is for all elements of
Pakistan society -- the government, its military and civilian
leaders, its political parties, and above all, the people of
Pakistan themselves -- to insure that democracy is not just an
abstract concept, but that it works.
The Prime Minister and I also shared an extensive review of
the situation in Afghanistan.
For the last decade, the United States and Pakistan have
cooperated in supporting the Afghan resistance in its fight
against foreign invasion and occupation.
During that time, Pakistan steadfastly withstood relentless
terrorist attacks and other intimidation tactics, so that the
Afghan people might once again live under a freely elected
government that represents the will of the Afghan people. We
DRAFT
3
were and are proud of our common efforts to make Afghan
independence a reality.
The effectiveness of our consistent policy of diplomatic and
material support to the Mujaheddin was demonstrated in February
of this year, as the last Soviet troops withdrew from
Afghanistan. We agreed that the job is not done, however, so
long as an unwelcome regime remains in power in Kabul. The
Mujaheddin will continue their struggle for self-determination,
an objective we and Pakistan have long supported -- and will
continue to support.
Prime Minister Bhutto and I discussed ways to encourage a
political solution in Afghanistan that will lead to a broad-
based, non-aligned representative government -- willing to live
in peace with its neighbors -- to replace the illegitimate regime
in Kabul. The United States, in close consultation with
Pakistan, will continue to explore any serious avenue with the
potential to lead us toward this end.
The Prime Minister and I also reviewed our mutual efforts to
enhance the stability of the South Asia region -- an important
objective we share. She assured me that Pakistan's nuclear
program is committed to peaceful purposes. I underlined the
commitment of my Administration to discouraging the proliferation
of both nuclear and chemical weapons, as well as ballistic
missiles.
We also discussed the requirements of U.S. law that relate
to Pakistan's nuclear program. I applauded her and Indian Prime
DRAFT
4
Minister Gandhi's signing of an agreement not to launch strikes
at each other's nuclear facilities. This agreement, and others
concluded by Pakistan and India, have brought us closer to our
common goal: a region -- and a world -- where all can thrive
without the threat of nuclear war.
We hope they will pave the way for further progress,
including new initiatives to curb the spread of nuclear weapons
in the subcontinent.
We also had a chance to share our mutual concern about the
twin scourges of drug production, and narcotics consumption. I
commended the Prime Minister's tough stance on eradicating opium
cultivation, and expressed our appreciation for the recent
extradition to the United States of alleged drug trafficker Malik
Saleem.
To effectively combat this menace requires constant,
unrelenting, enforcement action. And I encouraged the Prime
Minister to undertake a vigorous enforcement campaign against
drugs produced in and transiting Pakistan, offering U.S.
assistance in this effort. The Prime Minister and I agreed to
continue our close cooperation in the fight against drugs.
Finally, in the economic and social fields, I commended
Prime Minister Bhutto for her strong commitment to economic
reform. I noted that the agreements for U.S. assistance to
education and housing that will be signed during her visit
demonstrate the American desire to help Pakistan's people.
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In conclusion, Madame Prime Minister, our discussions have
made me keenly aware that you -- as the democratic leader of a
great nation of over one hundred million people. -- carry a heavy
burden. As I reiterated to you throughout our meetings this
morning, you can rest assured that we will do all we can to help
you with this burden.
You know, this is a particularly appropriate setting for us
to see off Prime Minister Bhutto and her husband. A few days
before their wedding in 1987 -- while Pakistan was still under
military rule -- an American writer asked Mr. Zardari if he knew
what he was in for. "Yes, yes, he said with a smile, "No one is
promising me a rose garden."
Well, here you are.
Prime Minister Bhutto, on behalf of the American people, I
applaud and encourage you and the people of Pakistan in your
valiant efforts to move forward to promote democracy at home --
and peace and stability throughout South Asia. God bless you and
the people of your homeland. And Godspeed you on your journey
home -- and in the challenges ahead.
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REMARKS FOLLOWING PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO
JUNE 6, 1989, 11:30 A.M.
It was a special pleasure for Barbara and me to welcome Prime
Minister Bhutto to the White House this morning as my first
official guest. Our relationship goes back several years to the
time she was attending Harvard and accompanied her father to the
United Nations, and more recently to our meeting in Tokyo last
February where I believe we were the most newly elected heads of
government.
Pakistan and the United States have enjoyed a long history of
good relations, and I especially welcomed this opportunity to
reaffirm our close bilateral ties and to explore ways to further
strengthen our relationship. In this regard, I reassured the
Prime Minister of our continued commitment to assist in
Pakistan's security, economic and cultural development, areas
that contribute to Pakistan's democratic growth and stability.
Prime Minister Bhutto knows our country well and has many friends
here. In our meeting, on behalf of the American people, I
congratulated her on Pakistan's historic return to democracy last
year. This is a development of which the people of Pakistan can
be truly proud. We discussed how important it is for all
elements of Pakistan society -- the Government of Pakistan, its
military and civilian leaders, its political parties, and above
all, the people of Pakistan themselves -- to insure that
democracy is not just an abstract concept but that it works.
CONFIDENTIAL
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2
The Prime Minister and I also had an extensive review of the
situation in Afghanistan. For the last decade, the United States.
and Pakistan have cooperated in supporting the Afghan resistance
in its fight against foreign invasion and occupation. During
that time, Pakistan steadfastly withstood relentless terrorist
attacks and other intimidation tactics so that the Afghan people
might once again live under a freely elected government that
represents the will of the Afghan people. We were and are proud
of our common efforts to make Afghan independence a reality.
The effectiveness of our consistent policy of diplomatic and
material support to the Mujaheddin was demonstrated in February
of this year, as the last Soviet troops withdrew from
Afghanistan. We agreed that the job is not done, however, SO
long as an unwelcome regime remains in power in Kabul. The
Mujaheddin will continue their struggle for self-determination,
an objective we and Pakistan have long supported -- and will
continue to support.
Prime Minister Bhutto and I discussed ways to encourage a
political solution in Afghanistan that will lead to a
broad-based, non-aligned representative government to replace the
illegitimate regime in Kabul, willing to live in peace with its
neighbors. The United States, in close consultation with
Pakistan, will continue to explore any serious avenue with the
potential to lead us toward this end.
CONFIDENTIAL
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The Prime Minister and I also reviewed our mutual efforts to
enhance the stability of the South Asia region, an important
objective we share. She assured me that Pakistan's nuclear
program is committed to peaceful purposes. I underlined the
commitment of my Administration to discouraging the proliferation
of both nuclear and chemical weapons, as well as ballistic
missiles. In that context, we also discussed the requirements of
U.S. law that relate to Pakistan's nuclear program. I applauded
her and Indian Prime Minister Gandhi's signing of an agreement
not to launch strikes at each other's nuclear facilities. This
agreement, and others concluded by Pakistan and India, have
brought us closer to our common goal: a region--and a world --
where all can thrive without the threat of nuclear war. We hope
they will pave the way for further progress, including new
initiatives to curb the spread of nuclear weapons in the
subcontinent.
We also had a chance to share our mutual concern about the twin
scourges of drug production and narcotics consumption. I
applauded the Prime Minister's tough stance on eradicating opium
cultivation and expressed our appreciation for the recent
extradition to the United States of the drug trafficker Malik
Saleem. To effectively combat this menace requires constant,
unrelenting enforcement action, and I encouraged the Prime
Minister to undertake a vigorous enforcement campaign against
drugs produced in and transmitting Pakistan, offering U.S.
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assistance in this effort. The Prime Minister and I agreed to
continue our close cooperation in the fight against drugs.
Finally, in the economic and social fields, I commended Prime
Minister Bhutto for her strong commitment to economic reform. I
noted that the agreements for U.S. assistance to education and
housing that will be signed during her visit demonstrate the
American desire to help Pakistan's people.
In conclusion, Madame Prime Minister, our discussions have made
me keenly aware that you, as the democratic leader of a great
nation of over one hundred million people, carry a heavy burden.
As I reiterated to you throughout our meetings this morning, you
can rest assured that we_ will do all we can to help you with this
burden. On behalf of the American people, I applaud and
encourage you and the people of Pakistan in your valiant efforts
to move forward to promote democracy at home and peace and
stability throughout South Asia.
CONFIDENTIAL
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PM 9/27/04
Ed
REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT
PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO
FICE
THE ROSE GARDEN
TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1989
11:30 A.M.
IT WAS A SPECIAL PLEASURE FOR BARBARA AND ME TO
WELCOME PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO TO THE WHITE HOUSE THIS
MORNING.
- 2 -
IN FACT, OUR RELATIONSHIP GOES BACK TO 1971 WHEN
SHE ATTENDED HARVARD AND ACCOMPANIED HER FATHER TO THE
UNITED NATIONS. AND I HAVE OFTEN REMARKED THAT HER
FATHER'S 1971 APPEAL WAS ONE OF THE MOST MOVING
SPEECHES I HEARD AT THE UN. MORE RECENTLY, WE MET IN
TOKYO LAST FEBRUARY, WHERE I BELIEVE WE WERE THE MOST
NEWLY ELECTED HEADS OF GOVERNMENT.
- 3 -
PAKISTAN AND THE UNITED STATES HAVE ENJOYED A LONG
HISTORY OF GOOD RELATIONS -- FRIENDS SINCE THE TIME
PAKISTAN BECAME AN INDEPENDENT NATION. AND I WELCOMED
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REAFFIRM THOSE TIES AND TO REASSURE
THE PRIME MINISTER OF OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO
ASSIST IN PAKISTAN'S SECURITY, AND IT'S ECONOMIC AND
CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.
- 4 -
PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO KNOWS OUR COUNTRY WELL AND
HAS MANY FRIENDS HERE. ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, I CONGRATULATED HER ON PAKISTAN'S HISTORIC
RETURN TO DEMOCRACY LAST YEAR, A DEVELOPMENT OF WHICH
THE PEOPLE OF PAKISTAN CAN BE TRULY PROUD.
- 5 -
WE DISCUSSED HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR ALL ELEMENTS
OF PAKISTAN SOCIETY -- THE GOVERNMENT, ITS MILITARY AND
CIVILIAN LEADERS, ITS POLITICAL PARTIES, AND ABOVE ALL,
THE PAKISTANI PEOPLE -- TO INSURE THAT DEMOCRACY IS NOT
JUST AN ABSTRACT CONCEPT, BUT THAT IT WORKS.
THE PRIME MINISTER AND I REVIEWED THE SITUATION IN
AFGHANISTAN. FOR THE LAST DECADE, THE UNITED STATES
AND PAKISTAN COOPERATED IN SUPPORTING THE AFGHAN
RESISTANCE IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST FOREIGN OCCUPATION.
- 6 -
PAKISTAN DESERVES GREAT CREDIT AND ADMIRATION FOR ITS
EXTRAORDINARY HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS IN SUPPORT OF
MILLIONS OF AFGHAN REFUGEES DURING THIS PERIOD.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR MUTUAL POLICY WAS PROVEN
LAST FEBRUARY, WHEN THE LAST SOVIET TROOPS WITHDREW
FROM AFGHANISTAN. WE AGREED THAT THE JOB IS NOT DONE,
HOWEVER. THE MUJAHEDDIN CONTINUE THEIR STRUGGLE FOR
SELF-DETERMINATION -- A GOAL BOTH THE UNITED STATES AND
PAKISTAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT.
- 7 -
PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO AND I DISCUSSED WAYS TO
ENCOURAGE A POLITICAL SOLUTION IN AFGHANISTAN THAT WILL
LEAD TO A NON-ALIGNED REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT --
WILLING TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH ITS NEIGHBORS -- TO
REPLACE THE ILLEGITIMATE REGIME IN KABUL. THE UNITED
STATES AND PAKISTAN WILL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE ANY
SERIOUS AVENUE TOWARD THIS END.
- 8 -
THE PRIME MINISTER AND I ALSO REVIEWED OUR EFFORTS
TO ENHANCE STABILITY IN SOUTH ASIA -- AN IMPORTANT
OBJECTIVE OF BOTH GOVERNMENTS. I EXPRESSED STRONG U.S.
SUPPORT FOR EFFORTS BY PAKISTAN AND INDIA TO IMPROVE
RELATIONS, AND STRESSED THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF
AVOIDING A REGIONAL NUCLEAR ARMS RACE IN THE
SUBCONTINENT. SHE ASSURED ME THAT PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR
PROGRAM IS COMMITTED TO PEACEFUL PURPOSES.
- 9 -
I UNDERLINED MY ADMINISTRATION'S COMMITMENT TO
DISCOURAGE PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR AND CHEMICAL
WEAPONS, AND BALLISTIC MISSILES IN THE SOUTH ASIA
REGION AND AROUND THE WORLD.
WE ALSO SHARED OUR CONCERN ABOUT THE SCOURGE OF
DRUG PRODUCTION AND TRAFFICKING. I APPLAUDED HER TOUGH
STANCE ON ERADICATING OPIUM CULTIVATION, AND EXPRESSED
OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE EXTRADITION OF ALLEGED DRUG
TRAFFICKER MALIK SALEEM.
- 10 -
To EFFECTIVELY COMBAT THIS MENACE, I ENCOURAGED THE
PRIME MINISTER TO UNDERTAKE A VIGOROUS ENFORCEMENT
CAMPAIGN, OFFERING U.S. ASSISTANCE IN THIS EFFORT.
LET ME SAY THAT OUR DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN
PRODUCTIVE. AND LET ME NOTE, Too, THAT THE ROSE GARDEN
IS A PERFECT SETTING TO VISIT WITH PRIME MINISTER
BHUTTO. FOR AS SHE HAS OBSERVED, ROSES HAVE A SPECIAL
MEANING IN HER LIFE.
- 9 -
I UNDERLINED MY ADMINISTRATION'S COMMITMENT TO
DISCOURAGE PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR AND CHEMICAL
WEAPONS, AND BALLISTIC MISSILES IN THE SOUTH ASIA
REGION AND AROUND THE WORLD.
WE ALSO SHARED OUR CONCERN ABOUT THE SCOURGE OF
DRUG PRODUCTION AND TRAFFICKING. I APPLAUDED HER TOUGH
STANCE ON ERADICATING OPIUM CULTIVATION, AND EXPRESSED
OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE EXTRADITION OF ALLEGED DRUG
TRAFFICKER MALIK SALEEM.
- 10 -
To EFFECTIVELY COMBAT THIS MENACE, I ENCOURAGED THE
PRIME MINISTER TO UNDERTAKE A VIGOROUS ENFORCEMENT
CAMPAIGN, OFFERING U.S. ASSISTANCE IN THIS EFFORT.
overlooking
LET ME SAY THAT OUR DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN
set, as it us,
the
PRODUCTIVE. AND LET ME NOTE, Too, THAT THE RÓSE GARDEN-
IS A PERFECT SETTING TO VISIT WITH PRIME MINISTER
BHUTTO AND HER HUSBAND. FOR AS SHE HAS OBSERVED, ROSES
HAVE A SPECIAL MEANING IN HER LIFE.
the Oval Ofc- was
- 11 -
WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER, HER FATHER WOULD BRING BACK
ROSES EACH TIME HE TRAVELED ABROAD. AND IN TIME, HER
FAMILY'S GARDENS BECAME FILLED WITH VARIETIES OF EVERY
COLOR. DURING HER DETENTION, SHE STRUGGLED BRAVELY TO
KEEP THE GARDENS ALIVE. FOR AS SHE HAS WRITTEN, "I
[COULD NOT] BEAR TO WATCH THE FLOWERS WITHER,
ESPECIALLY MY FATHER'S ROSES."
- 12 -
MADAME PRIME MINISTER, YOU HAVE DESCRIBED YOUR TIME
AMONG THE ROSES AND THE COOL SHADE OF THE GARDENS AS
"THE HAPPIEST HOURS OF MY LIFE." WELL, NOW, AS A
GESTURE OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN OUR PEOPLE AND TO
CONTINUE YOUR FATHER'S TRADITION, IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO
PRESENT YOU WITH AN AMERICAN ROSEBUSH. MAY IT, AND
YOU, PROSPER IN THE YEARS TO COME.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 1, 1989
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR DAVID DEMAREST AND CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
EDWARD E. McNALLY EMN
SUBJECT:
WHITE HOUSE ROSEBUSH FOR PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO
I. SUMMARY
In the draft remarks for the President's Rose Garden meeting
with Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the text concludes by noting
the special significance roses from around the world have always
held for the Bhutto family in Pakistan. You may want to consider
suggesting that the President and Mrs. Bush present the Prime
Minister with an American rosebush, as a gesture of friendship
between our people and as an acknowledgement of this sentimental
family tradition.
II. DISCUSSION
Attached for your information are two pages from Prime
Minister Benazir Bhutto's recent autobiography.
After her father's death, she was held under house arrest
with her mother at Al-Mutaza, her family's traditional home in
Pakistan. During her detention she struggled to keep the family
gardens alive -- gardens filled with the roses her father (the
first Prime Minister Bhutto) had brought back home every time he
traveled abroad. She describes her time among the roses and the
cool shade of the gardens as "the happiest hours of my life."
Obviously, there is already great poignancy in this visit --
the triumphant return to America of a Harvard student the
President met while Ambassador to the UN, now the first woman
leader of an Islamic country and symbol of Pakistan's return to
democracy. Since the President appears to be an admirer of her
late father (in Looking Forward, he describes Bhutto's 1971
address as "the most compelling speech" he heard at the UN),
carrying on her father's tradition by presenting a rosebush -- in
the Rose Garden -- would be an especially appropriate gesture.
MY FIRST TASTE OF DEMOCRACY
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already begun to wilt. 1 will them to survive, seeing in their struggle
to live, denied adequate water and nourishment, my own struggle to
survive denied freedom.
The happiest hours of my life have been spent among the roses and
the cool shade of the fruit trees at Al-Murtaza. During the day the air
carried the scent of the Din ha Raja, the King of the Day, the sweet
white flowers which my mother, like many Pakistani women, used to
REFLECTIONS FROM
weave into her hair. At sunset, the air filled with the scent of the Raat
ki Raani, the Queen of the Night, which sweetened the evenings we
AL-MURTAZA:
spent as a family on the terrace.
More hoses. More water. I sweep the leaves from the patio, and
rake the lawn until my arms ache. My palms become raw and blister.
My First Taste
"Why are you doing this to yourself?" my mother asks in concern
when I slump, exhausted, by midday. It is something to do, 1 tell her.
of Democracy
But it is something more. If I work so hard that every bone in my
body is tired, then ] am too tired even to think. And I don't want to
436
think of our lives wasting away under Martial Law.
I dig a new garden bed and plant rose cuttings, but they do not
survive. My mother is more successful with her plantings of ladyfin-
gers, chilis, and mint. In the evenings, I whistle to a pair of tamed
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cranes and am gratified when they rush toward me, wings flapping,
to take a piece of bread. Calling an animal and having it come, plant-
S my mother and I enter our second month of detention at
ing something and having it grow, become essential. It is proof that 1
Al-Murtaza, the gardens are dying. Before my father's im-
exist.
It and death we had needed a staff of ten to maintain the
When 1 am not working in the garden, time becomes something
ens and tend to the grounds. But since Al-Murtaza has been
merely to pass. I read and reread my grandfather's Earle Stanley Gard-
} a sub-jail for my mother and me, Zia's military regime has
ner books, though the electricity is often turned off, leaving my
only three gardeners to enter. I join the struggle to keep
mother and me to spend the days and nights in darkness. There is a
S alive.
television set, but even when the electricity is working there's nothing
bear to watch the flowers wither, especially my father's
to watch. In my father's time, there were plays, films, even soap
y time he had traveled abroad, he'd brought back new and
operas on television, as well as talk shows and literacy programs to
eties to plant in our garden-violet roses, tangerine roses,
teach the people to read. When I turn on the television now, there is
lidn't even look like roses but were so perfectly sculptured
almost nothing but Zia, Zia giving another speech, discussions of Zia's
boked fashioned out of clay. His favorite was a blue rose
speeches, censored news programs reporting whom Zia met with or
'rose of peace." Now the rose bushes begin to shtivel and
what meetings he attended.
out of neglect.
orning in the lingering summer heat I'm in the garden by
At 8:15 every night my mother and I tune in without fail to the BBC
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ing the gardeners haul the heavy canvas hoses from one
Urdu report on the radio. Only on the BBC do we learn in November
next. From the corners of the house the Frontier Forces
that the American embassy in Islamabad has been burned to the
It used to take the staff three days to water the garden. It
ground by angry mobs believing that the United States was behind
ht. By the time we reach the last rosebushes, the first have
the takeover of the Grand Mosque in Mecca. As the story unfolds, my
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Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
6/3/89
:
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT
PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO
SUBJECT:
THE ROSE GARDEN
JUNE 6, 1989
(6/1 - 2:30 p.m. draft four)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
BREEDEN
CARD
PINKERTON
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
BENNETT
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE: * Pron. zarhdail
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Document No. 041527
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 06/01/89
A'CTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 1:00 p.m. Friday 06/02
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT/BHUTTO
(06/01 2:30 p.m., draft three)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
d
PINKERTON
CARD
d
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
BENNETT
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Speechwriters
Office (Rm. 122, x2930) by 1:00 p.m. Friday, 06/02, with an into copy
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RESPONSE:
of ons
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(McNally/Martin)
June 1, 1989, 2:30 p.m.
1959
Draft Three (BHUTTO)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT
PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO
THE ROSE GARDEN
TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1989
11:30 A.M.
When he came to Washington as Prime Minister in 1973, your
father told of standing outside the White House during his
student days in 1949. A man passed by and asked, "If you were an
American, what would you like to be?" And you father pointed up
here and said: "I would like to be inside that house!"
As America once welcomed her father and mother, it was a
special pleasure for Barbara and me to welcome Prime Minister
Bhutto to the White House this morning as my first official
guest.
In fact, our relationship goes back to 1971 when she
attended Harvard and accompanied her father to the United
Nations. And I have often remarked that her father's 1971 appeal
was one of the most compelling speeches I heard at the UN. More
recently, we met in Tokyo last February, where I believe we were
the most newly elected heads of government.
Pakistan and the United States have enjoyed a long history
of good relations -- friends since the time Pakistan became an
independent nation. And I welcomed this opportunity to reaffirm
those ties and to reassure the Prime Minister of our continued
commitment to assist in Pakistan's security, economic and
2
cultural development -- areas that contribute to Pakistan's
democratic growth and stability.
Prime Minister Bhutto knows our country well and has many
friends here. On behalf of the American people, I congratulated
her on Pakistan's historic return to democracy last year, a
development of which the people of Pakistan can be truly proud.
We discussed how important it is for all elements of
Pakistan society -- the government, its military and civilian
leaders, its political parties, and above all, the Pakistani
people -- to insure that democracy is not just an abstract
concept, but that it works.
The Prime Minister and I reviewed the situation in
Afghanistan. For the last decade, the United States and Pakistan
cooperated in supporting the Afghan resistance in its fight
against foreign occupation -- and the illegitimate Kabul regime.
The effectiveness of our mutual policy was proven last
February, when the last Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan.
We agreed that the job is not done, however. The Mujaheddin
continue their struggle for self-determination -- a goal both the
United States and Pakistan continue to support. As your father
told the U.N. at another of history's mileposts, "This is not the
end of the road, this is the beginning of the road; this is not
the end of the chapter, a new chapter has begun."
Prime Minister Bhutto and I discussed ways to encourage a
political solution in Afghanistan that will lead to a non-aligned
representative government -- willing to live in peace with its
3
neighbors -- to replace the illegitimate regime in Kabul. The
United States and Pakistan will continue to explore any serious
avenue toward this end.
The Prime Minister and I also reviewed our efforts to
enhance stability in South Asia -- an important objective of both
governments. I expressed strong U.S. support for efforts by
Pakistan and India to improve relations, and stressed the
importance of avoiding a nuclear arms race in the Subcontinent.
She assured me that Pakistan's nuclear program is committed to
the rapidly growing energy needs of her country. I underlined my
Administration's commitment to discourage proliferation of
nuclear and chemical weapons, and ballistic missiles.
We also shared our concern about the scourges of drug
production and trafficking. I applauded her tough stance on
eradicating opium cultivation, and expressed our appreciation for
the extradition of alleged drug trafficker Malik Saleem.
To effectively combat this menace, I encouraged the Prime
Minister to undertake a vigorous enforcement campaign against
drugs produced in and transiting Pakistan, offering U.S.
assistance in this effort.
In the economic and social fields, I commended Prime
Minister Bhutto for her strong Commitment to economic reform.
In conclusion, Madame Prime Minister, our discussions have
made me keenly aware that you -- as the democratic leader of a
great nation of over one hundred million people -- carry a heavy
burden. As I reiterated to you throughout our meetings this
4
morning, you can rest assured that we will do all we can to help
you with this burden.
You know, this is a particularly appropriate setting for us
to visit with Prime Minister Bhutto and her husband. It's not
just that her father used to bring home roses from around the
world, roses that she tended while under house arrest. And it's
not just that her successful campaign was accompanied by a flurry
of rose petals from supporters.
But a few days before their wedding in 1987 -- while
Pakistan was still under military rule -- an American writer
asked Mr. Zardari if he knew what he was in for. "Yes, yes," he
said with a smile, "No one is promising me a rose garden."
[ [PAUSE] ] Well, here you are.
Prime Minister Bhutto, on behalf of the American people, I
applaud and encourage you and the people of Pakistan in your
valiant efforts to move forward to promote democracy at home --
and peace and stability throughout South Asia. God bless you and
the people of your homeland. And Godspeed you on your travels --
and in the challenges ahead.
#
#
#
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89 JUN 2 P12: 02
DATE: 06/01/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
1:00 p.m. Friday 06/02
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT/BHUTTO
(06/01 2:30 p.m., draft three)
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bBW
6/2/89
James W, Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(McNally/Martin)
June 1, 1989, 2:30 p.m.
1989
JUN
Draft Three (BHUTTO)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT
PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO
THE ROSE GARDEN
TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1989
11:30 A.M.
When he came to Washington as Prime Minister in 1973, your
father told of standing outside the White House during his
student days in 1949. A man passed by and asked, "If you were an
American, what would you like to be?" And you father pointed up
here and said: "I would like to be inside that house!"
As America once welcomed her father and mother, it was a
special pleasure for Barbara and me to welcome Prime Minister
Bhutto to the White House this morning as my first official
guest.
In fact, our relationship goes back to 1971 when she
attended Harvard and accompanied her father to the United
Nations. And I have often remarked that her father's 1971 appeal
was one of the most compelling speeches I heard at the UN. More
recently, we met in Tokyo last February, where I believe we were
the most newly elected heads of government.
Pakistan and the United States have enjoyed a long history
of good relations -- friends since the time Pakistan became an
independent nation. And I welcomed this opportunity to reaffirm
those ties and to reassure the Prime Minister of our continued
commitment to assist in Pakistan's security, economic and
2
cultural development -- areas that contribute to Pakistan's
democratic growth and stability.
Prime Minister Bhutto knows our country well and has many
friends here. On behalf of the American people, I congratulated
her on Pakistan's historic return to democracy last year, a
development of which the people of Pakistan can be truly proud.
We discussed how important it is for all elements of
Pakistan society -- the government, its military and civilian
leaders, its political parties, and above all, the Pakistani
people -- to insure that democracy is not just an abstract
concept, but that it works.
The Prime Minister and I reviewed the situation in
Afghanistan. For the last decade, the United States and Pakistan
cooperated in supporting the Afghan resistance in its fight
against foreign occupation -- and the illegitimate Kabul regime.
The effectiveness of our mutual policy was proven last
February, when the last Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan.
We agreed that the job is not done, however. The Mujaheddin
continue their struggle for self-determination -- a goal both the
United States and Pakistan continue to support. As your father
told the U.N. at another of history's mileposts, "This is not the
end of the road, this is the beginning of the road; this is not
the end of the chapter, a new chapter has begun."
Prime Minister Bhutto and I discussed ways to encourage a
political solution in Afghanistan that will lead to a non-aligned
representative government -- willing to live in peace with its
3
neighbors -- to replace the illegitimate regime in Kabul. The
United States and Pakistan will continue to explore any serious
avenue toward this end.
The Prime Minister and I also reviewed our efforts to
enhance stability in South Asia -- an important objective of both
governments. I expressed strong U.S. support for efforts by
Pakistan and India to improve relations, and stressed the
importance of avoiding a nuclear arms race in the Subcontinent.
She assured me that Pakistan's nuclear program is committed to
the rapidly growing energy needs of her country. I underlined my
Administration's commitment to discourage proliferation of
nuclear and chemical weapons, and ballistic missiles.
We also shared our concern about the scourges of drug
production and trafficking. I applauded her tough stance on
eradicating opium cultivation, and expressed our appreciation for
the extradition of alleged drug trafficker Malik Saleem.
To effectively combat this menace, I encouraged the Prime
Minister to undertake a vigorous enforcement campaign against
drugs produced in and transiting Pakistan, offering U.S.
assistance in this effort.
In the economic and social fields, I commended Prime
Minister Bhutto for her strong commitment to economic reform.
In conclusion, Madame Prime Minister, our discussions have
made me keenly aware that you -- as the democratic leader of a
great nation of over one hundred million people -- carry a heavy
burden. As I reiterated to you throughout our meetings this
4
morning, you can rest assured that we will do all we can to help
you with this burden.
You know, this is a particularly appropriate setting for us
to visit with Prime Minister Bhutto and her husband. It's not
just that her father used to bring home roses from around the
world, roses that she tended while under house arrest. And it's
not just that her successful campaign was accompanied by a flurry
of rose petals from supporters.
But a few days before their wedding in 1987 -- while
Pakistan was still under military rule -- an American writer
asked Mr. Zardari if he knew what he was in for. "Yes, yes," " he
said with a smile, "No one is promising me a rose garden."
[ [PAUSE] ] Well, here you are.
Prime Minister Bhutto, on behalf of the American people, I
applaud and encourage you and the people of Pakistan in your
valiant efforts to move forward to promote democracy at home --
and peace and stability throughout South Asia. God bless you and
the people of your homeland. And Godspeed you on your travels --
and in the challenges ahead.
#
#
#
3
commitment to discourage proliferation of nuclear and chemical
weapons, and ballistic missiles in South Asia and around the
the
world.
region
We also shared our concern about the scourge of drug
production and trafficking. I applauded her tough stance on
eradicating opium cultivation, and expressed our appreciation for
the extradition of alleged drug trafficker Malik Saleem.
To effectively combat this menace, I encouraged the Prime
Minister to undertake a vigorous enforcement campaign, offering
U.S. assistance in this effort.
Let me say that our discussions have been productive. And
let me note, too, that the Rose Garden is a perfect setting to
visit with Prime Minister Bhutto and her husband. For as she has
observed, roses have a special meaning in her life.
When she was younger, her father would bring back roses each
time he traveled abroad. And in time, her family's gardens
became filled with varieties of every color. During her
detention, she struggled bravely to keep the gardens alive. For
as she has written, "I [could not] bear to watch the flowers
wither, especially my father's roses."
Madame Prime Minister, you have described your time among
the roses and the cool shade of the gardens as "the happiest
hours of my life." Well, now, as a gesture of friendship between
our people and to continue your father's tradition, it is my
privilege to present you with an American rosebush. May it, and
you, prosper in the years to come.
(McNally/Martin)
June 1, 1989, 3:00 p.m.
Draft Five (BHUTTO)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT
PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO
THE ROSE GARDEN
TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1989
11:30 A.M.
It was a special pleasure for Barbara and me to welcome
Prime Minister Bhutto to the White House this morning.
In fact, our relationship goes back to 1971 when she
attended Harvard and accompanied her father to the United
Nations. And I have often remarked that her father's 1971 appeal
was one of the most moving speeches I heard at the UN. More
recently, we met in Tokyo last February, where I believe we were
the most newly elected heads of government.
Pakistan and the United States have enjoyed a long history
of good relations -- friends since the time Pakistan became an
independent nation. And I welcomed this opportunity to reaffirm
those ties and to reassure the Prime Minister of our continued
commitment to assist in Pakistan's security, and it's economic
and cultural development.
Prime Minister Bhutto knows our country well and has many
friends here. On behalf of the American people, I congratulated
her on Pakistan's historic return to democracy last year, a
development of which the people of Pakistan can be truly proud.
We discussed how important it is for all elements of
Pakistan society -- the government, its military and civilian
leaders, its political parties, and above all, the Pakistani
2
people -- to insure that democracy is not just an abstract
concept, but that it works.
The Prime Minister and I reviewed the situation in
Afghanistan. For the last decade, the United States and Pakistan
cooperated in supporting the Afghan resistance in its fight
against foreign occupation. Pakistan deserves great credit and
admiration for its extraordinary humanitarian efforts in support
of millions of Afghan refugees during this period.
The effectiveness of our mutual policy was proven last
February, when the last Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan.
We agreed that the job is not done, however. The Mujaheddin
continue their struggle for self-determination -- a goal both the
United States and Pakistan continue to support.
Prime Minister Bhutto and I discussed ways to encourage a
political solution in Afghanistan that will lead to a non-aligned
representative government -- willing to live in peace with its
neighbors -- to replace the illegitimate regime in Kabul. The
United States and Pakistan will continue to explore any serious
avenue toward this end.
The Prime Minister and I also reviewed our efforts to
enhance stability in South Asia -- an important objective of both
governments. I expressed strong U.S. support for efforts by
Pakistan and India to improve relations, and stressed the
critical importance of avoiding a regional nuclear arms race in
the Subcontinent. She assured me that Pakistan's nuclear program
is committed to peaceful purposes. I underlined my
3
Administration's commitment to discourage proliferation of
nuclear and chemical weapons, and ballistic missiles in the South
Asia region and around the world.
We also shared our concern about the scourge of drug
production and trafficking. I applauded her tough stance on
eradicating opium cultivation, and expressed our appreciation for
the extradition of alleged drug trafficker Malik Saleem.
To effectively combat this menace, I encouraged the Prime
Minister to undertake a vigorous enforcement campaign, offering
U.S. assistance in this effort.
Let me say that our discussions have been productive. And
let me note, too, that the Rose Garden is a perfect setting to
visit with Prime Minister Bhutto and her husband. For as she has
observed, roses have a special meaning in her life.
When she was younger, her father would bring back roses each
time he traveled abroad. And in time, her family's gardens
became filled with varieties of every color. During her
detention, she struggled bravely to keep the gardens alive. For
as she has written, "I [could not] bear to watch the flowers
wither, especially my father's roses."
Madame Prime Minister, you have described your time among
the roses and the cool shade of the gardens as "the happiest
hours of my life.' Well, now, as a gesture of friendship between
our people and to continue your father's tradition, it is my
privilege to present you with an American rosebush. May it, and
you, prosper in the years to come.
Document No. 041527
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
89 MAY
JUNE
DATE: 06/01/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
1:00 p.m. Friday 06/02
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT/BHUTTO
(06/01 2:30 p.m., draft three)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE N/C
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT editsuout General
PORTER defa to Pink.
DARMAN
STUDDERT
>
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UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
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PINKERTON
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
BENNETT 673-2511
FITZWATER
David
GRAY N/C
Tell
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Speechwriters
Office (Rm. 122, x2930) by 1:00 p.m. Friday, 06/02, with an inco copy
to my office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
James W, Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(McNally/Martin)
June 1, 1989, 2:30 p.m.
1989 JUN
Draft Three (BHUTTO)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT
PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO
THE ROSE GARDEN
TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1989
11:30 A.M.
When he came to Washington as Prime Minister in 1973, your
father told of standing outside the White House during his
student days in 1949. A man passed by and asked, "If you were an
American, what would you like to be?" And you father pointed up
here and said: "I would like to be inside that house!"
As America once welcomed her father and mother, it was a
special pleasure for Barbara and me to welcome Prime Minister
Bhutto to the White House this morning as my first official
guest.
In fact, our relationship goes back to 1971 when she
attended Harvard and accompanied her father to the United
Nations. And I have often remarked that her father's 1971 appeal
was one of the most compelling speeches I heard at the UN. More
recently, we met in Tokyo last February, where I believe we were
the most newly elected heads of government.
Pakistan and the United States have enjoyed a long history
of good relations -- friends since the time Pakistan became an
independent nation. And I welcomed this opportunity to reaffirm
those ties and to reassure the Prime Minister of our continued
commitment to assist in Pakistan's security, economic and
2
cultural development -- areas that contribute to Pakistan's
democratic growth and stability.
Prime Minister Bhutto knows our country well and has many
friends here. On behalf of the American people, I congratulated
her on Pakistan's historic return to democracy last year, a
development of which the people of Pakistan can be truly proud.
We discussed how important it is for all elements of
Pakistan society -- the government, its military and civilian
leaders, its political parties, and above all, the Pakistani
people -- to insure that democracy is not just an abstract
concept, but that it works.
The Prime Minister and I reviewed the situation in
Afghanistan. For the last decade, the United States and Pakistan
cooperated in supporting the Afghan resistance in its fight
against foreign occupation -- and the illegitimate Kabul regime.
The effectiveness of our mutual policy was proven last
February, when the last Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan.
We agreed that the job is not done, however. The Mujaheddin
continue their struggle for self-determination -- a goal both the
United States and Pakistan continue to support. As your father
told the U.N. at another of history's mileposts, "This is not the
end of the road, this is the beginning of the road; this is not
the end of the chapter, a new chapter has begun."
Prime Minister Bhutto and I discussed ways to encourage a
political solution in Afghanistan that will lead to a non-aligned
representative government -- willing to live in peace with its
3
neighbors -- to replace the illegitimate regime in Kabul. The
United States and Pakistan will continue to explore any serious
avenue toward this end.
The Prime Minister and I also reviewed our efforts to
enhance stability in South Asia -- an important objective of both
governments. I expressed strong U.S. support for efforts by
Pakistan and India to improve relations, and stressed the
importance of avoiding a nuclear arms race in the Subcontinent.
She assured me that Pakistan's nuclear program is committed to
the rapidly growing energy needs of her country. I underlined my
Administration's commitment to discourage proliferation of
nuclear and chemical weapons, and ballistic missiles.
We also shared our concern about the scourges of drug
production and trafficking. I applauded her tough stance on
eradicating opium cultivation, and expressed our appreciation for
the extradition of alleged drug trafficker Malik Saleem.
To effectively combat this menace, I encouraged the Prime
Minister to undertake a vigorous enforcement campaign against
drugs produced in and transiting Pakistan, offering U.S.
assistance in this effort.
In the economic and social fields, I commended Prime
Minister Bhutto for her strong commitment to economic reform.
In conclusion, Madame Prime Minister, our discussions have
made me keenly aware that you -- as the democratic leader of a
great nation of over one hundred million people -- carry a heavy
burden. As I reiterated to you throughout our meetings this
4
morning, you can rest assured that we will do all we can to help
you with this burden.
You know, this is a particularly appropriate setting for us
to visit with Prime Minister Bhutto and her husband. It's not
just that her father used to bring home roses from around the
world, roses that she tended while under house arrest. And it's
not just that her successful campaign was accompanied by a flurry
of rose petals from supporters.
But a few days before their wedding in 1987 -- while
Pakistan was still under military rule -- an American writer
asked Mr. Zardari if he knew what he was in for. "Yes, yes," " he
said with a smile, "No one is promising me a rose garden."
[ [PAUSE] ] Well, here you are.
Prime Minister Bhutto, on behalf of the American people, I
applaud and encourage you and the people of Pakistan in your
valiant efforts to move forward to promote democracy at home --
and peace and stability throughout South Asia. God bless you and
the people of your homeland. And Godspeed you on your travels --
and in the challenges ahead.
#
#
#
Document No. 041527
4238
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 06/01/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 1:00 p.m. Friday 06/02
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT/BHUTTO
(06/01 2:30 p.m., draft three)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
>
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
d
PINKERTON
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
BENNETT
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Speechwriters
Office (Rm. 122, x2930) by 1:00 p.m. Friday, 06/02, with an inco copy
to my office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
June 2, 1989
NSC concurs on attached draft with changes as indicated.
Brent Scoweroff
James W, Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Tames
89 MAY I P 6: 38
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(McNally/Martin)
June 1, 1989, 2:30 p.m.
Draft Three (BHUTTO)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT
PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO
THE ROSE GARDEN
TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1989
11:30 A.M.
When he came to Washington as Prime Minister in 1973, your
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father told of standing outside the White House during his
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As America once welcomed her father and mother, it was a
special pleasure for Barbara and me to welcome Prime Minister
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Bhutto to the White House this morning as my first official
visitor
guest.
In fact, our relationship goes back to 1971 when she
attended Harvard and accompanied her father to the United
Nations. And I have often remarked that her father's 1971 appeal
was one of the most compelling speeches I heard at the UN. More
recently, we met in Tokyo last February, where I believe we were
the most newly elected heads of government.
Pakistan and the United States have enjoyed a long history
of good relations -- friends since the time Pakistan became an
independent nation. And I welcomed this opportunity to reaffirm
those ties and to reassure the Prime Minister of our continued
commitment to assist in Pakistan's security, economic and
2
cultural development -- areas that contribute to Pakistan's
democratic growth and stability.
Prime Minister Bhutto knows our country well and has many
friends here. On behalf of the American people, I congratulated
her on Pakistan's historic return to democracy last year, a
development of which the people of Pakistan can be truly proud.
We discussed how important it is for all elements of
Pakistan society -- the government, its military and civilian
leaders, its political parties, and above all, the Pakistani
people -- to insure that democracy is not just an abstract
concept, but that it works.
The Prime Minister and I reviewed the situation in
Afghanistan. For the last decade, the United States and Pakistan
cooperated in supporting the Afghan resistance in its fight
against foreign occupation and the illegitimate Kabul regime.
Pakistan deserves great credit and admiration for its extraordinary humanitarian Efforts
in support of millions of Afshan refugees during this period.
The effectiveness of our mutual policy was proven last
February, when the last Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan.
We agreed that the job is not done, however. The Mujaheddin
continue their struggle for self-determination -- a goal both the
United States and Pakistan continue to support. As your father
told the U.N. at another of history's mileposts, "This is not the
end of the road, this is the beginning of the road; this is not
the end of the chapter, a new chapter has begun. "
Prime Minister Bhutto and I discussed ways to encourage a
political solution in Afghanistan that will lead to a non-aligned
representative government -- willing to live in peace with its
3
neighbors -- to replace the illegitimate regime in Kabul. The
United States and Pakistan will continue to explore any serious
avenue toward this end.
The Prime Minister and I also reviewed our efforts to
enhance stability in South Asia -- an important objective of both
governments. I expressed strong U.S. support for efforts by
Pakistan and India to improve relations, and stressed the critical
importance of avoiding a nuclear arms race in the Subcontinent.
She assured me that Pakistan's nuclear program is committed to
peaceful purposes
the rapidly growing energy needs of her country. I underlined my
Administration's commitment to discourage proliferation of
nuclear and chemical weapons, and ballistic missiles* in South asia
and around the world.
We also shared our concern about the scourges of drug
production and trafficking. I applauded her tough stance on
eradicating opium cultivation, and expressed our appreciation for
the extradition of alleged drug trafficker Malik Saleem.
To effectively combat this menace, I encouraged the Prime
Minister to undertake a vigorous enforcement campaign against
drugs produced in and transiting Pakistan, offering U.S.
assistance in this effort.
In the economic and social fields, I commended Prime
Minister Bhutto for her strong commitment to economic reform.
In conclusion, Madame Prime Minister, our discussions have
made me keenly aware that you -- as the democratic leader of a
great nation of over one hundred million people -- carry a heavy
burden. As I reiterated to you throughout our meetings this
4
morning, you can rest assured that we will do all we can to help
you with this burden.
You know, this is a particularly appropriate setting for us
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asked Mr. Zardari if he knew what he was in for. "Yes, yes, " he
said with a smile, No one is promising me a rose garden. "
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Prime Minister Bhutto, on behalf of the American people, I
applaud and encourage you and the people of Pakistan in your
valiant efforts to move forward to promote democracy at home --
and peace and stability throughout South Asia. God bless you and
the people of your homeland. And Godspeed you on your travels --
and in the challenges ahead.
#
#
#
(McNally/Martin)
June 1, 1989, 2:30 p.m.
Draft Three (BHUTTO)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT
PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO
THE ROSE GARDEN
TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1989
11:30 A.M.
When he came to Washington as Prime Minister in 1973, your
father told of standing outside the White House during his
student days in 1949. A man passed by and asked, "If you were an
American, what would you like to be?" And you father pointed up
here and said: "I would like to be inside that house!"
As America once welcomed her father and mother, it was a
special pleasure for Barbara and me to welcome Prime Minister
Bhutto to the White House this morning as my first official
guest.
In fact, our relationship goes back to 1971 when she
attended Harvard and accompanied her father to the United
Nations. And I have often remarked that her father's 1971 appeal
was one of the most compelling speeches I heard at the UN. More
recently, we met in Tokyo last February, where I believe we were
the most newly elected heads of government.
Pakistan and the United States have enjoyed a long history
of good relations -- friends since the time Pakistan became an
independent nation. And I welcomed this opportunity to reaffirm
those ties and to reassure the Prime Minister of our continued
commitment to assist in Pakistan's security, economic and
2
cultural development -- areas that contribute to Pakistan's
democratic growth and stability.
Prime Minister Bhutto knows our country well and has many
friends here. On behalf of the American people, I congratulated
her on Pakistan's historic return to democracy last year, a
development of which the people of Pakistan can be truly proud.
We discussed how important it is for all elements of
Pakistan society -- the government, its military and civilian
leaders, its political parties, and above all, the Pakistani
people -- to insure that democracy is not just an abstract
concept, but that it works.
The Prime Minister and I reviewed the situation in
Afghanistan. For the last decade, the United States and Pakistan
cooperated in supporting the Afghan resistance in its fight
against foreign occupation -- and the illegitimate Kabul regime.
The effectiveness of our mutual policy was proven last
February, when the last Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan.
We agreed that the job is not done, however. The Mujaheddin
continue their struggle for self-determination -- a goal both the
United States and Pakistan continue to support. As your father
told the U.N. at another of history's mileposts, "This is not the
end of the road, this is the beginning of the road; this is not
the end of the chapter, a new chapter has begun."
Prime Minister Bhutto and I discussed ways to encourage a
political solution in Afghanistan that will lead to a non-aligned
representative government --- willing to live in peace with its
3
neighbors -- to replace the illegitimate regime in Kabul. The
United States and Pakistan will continue to explore any serious
avenue toward this end.
The Prime Minister and I also reviewed our efforts to
enhance stability in South Asia -- an important objective of both
governments. I expressed strong U.S. support for efforts by
oh
Pakistan and India to improve relations, and stressed the critical
importance of avoiding a nuclear arms race in the Subcontinent.
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during
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the rapidly growing energy needs of her country. I underlined my
peacured Surposes.
Administration's commitment to discourage proliferation of
nuclear and chemical weapons, and ballistic missiles.
We also shared our concern about the scourges of drug
production and trafficking. I applauded her tough stance on
eradicating opium cultivation, and expressed our appreciation for
the extradition of alleged drug trafficker Malik Saleem.
To effectively combat this menace, I encouraged the Prime
no
Minister to undertake a vigorous enforcement campaign against
drugs produced in and transiting Pakistan, offering U.S.
assistance in this effort.
In the economic and social fields, I commended Prime
Minister Bhutto for her strong commitment to economic reform.
In conclusion, Madame Prime Minister, our discussions have
made me keenly aware that you -- as the democratic leader of a
great nation of over one hundred million people -- carry a heavy
burden. As I reiterated to you throughout our meetings this
4
morning, you can rest assured that we will do all we can to help
you with this burden.
You know, this is a particularly appropriate setting for us
to visit with Prime Minister Bhutto and her husband. It's not
attrents
just that her father used to bring home roses from around the
they
world, roses that she tended while under house arrest. And it's
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not just that her successful campaign was accompanied by a flurry
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But a few days before their wedding in 1987 -- while
Pakistan was still under military rule -- an American writer
asked Mr. Zardari if he knew what he was in for. "Yes, yes," he
said with a smile, "No one is promising me a rose garden."
[[PAUSE]] Well, here you are.
Prime Minister Bhutto, on behalf of the American people, I
fibe purt.
applaud and encourage you and the people of Pakistan in your
valiant efforts to move forward to promote democracy at home --
and peace and stability throughout South Asia. God bless you and
the people of your homeland. And Godspeed you on your travels --
and in the challenges ahead.
#
#
#
(McNally/Martin)
June 1, 1989, 2:30 p.m.
Draft Four (BHUTTO)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT
PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO
THE ROSE GARDEN
TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1989
11:30 A.M.
It was a special pleasure for Barbara and me to welcome
Prime Minister Bhutto to the White House this morning.
In fact, our relationship goes back to 1971 when she
attended Harvard and accompanied her father to the United
Nations. And I have often remarked that her father's 1971 appeal
was one of the most moving speeches I heard at the UN. More
recently, we met in Tokyo last February, where I believe we were
the most newly elected heads of government.
Pakistan and the United States have enjoyed a long history
of good relations -- friends since the time Pakistan became an
independent nation. And I welcomed this opportunity to reaffirm
those ties and to reassure the Prime Minister of our continued
commitment to assist in Pakistan's security, and it's economic
and cultural development.
Prime Minister Bhutto knows our country well and has many
friends here. On behalf of the American people, I congratulated
her on Pakistan's historic return to democracy last year, a
development of which the people of Pakistan can be truly proud.
We discussed how important it is for all elements of
Pakistan society -- the government, its military and civilian
leaders, its political parties, and above all, the Pakistani
2
people -- to insure that democracy is not just an abstract
concept, but that it works.
The Prime Minister and I reviewed the situation in
Afghanistan. For the last decade, the United States and Pakistan
cooperated in supporting the Afghan resistance in its fight
against foreign occupation. Pakistan deserves great credit and
admiration for its extraordinary humanitarian efforts in support
of millions of Afghan refugees during this period.
The effectiveness of our mutual policy was proven last
February, when the last Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan.
We agreed that the job is not done, however. The Mujaheddin
continue their struggle for self-determination -- a goal both the
United States and Pakistan continue to support.
Prime Minister Bhutto and I discussed ways to encourage a
political solution in Afghanistan that will lead to a non-aligned
representative government -- willing to live in peace with its
neighbors -- to replace the illegitimate regime in Kabul. The
United States and Pakistan will continue to explore any serious
avenue toward this end.
The Prime Minister and I also reviewed our efforts to
enhance stability in South Asia -- an important objective of both
governments. I expressed strong U.S. support for efforts by
Pakistan and India to improve relations, and stressed the
Critical
importance of avoiding a nuclear arms race in the Subcontinent.
She assured me that Pakistan's nuclear program is committed to
peaceful purposes. I underlined my Administration's commitment
3
to discourage proliferation of nuclear and chemical weapons, and
ballistic missiles in South Asia and around the world.
We also shared our concern about the scourge of drug
production and trafficking. I applauded her tough stance on
eradicating opium cultivation, and expressed our appreciation for
the extradition of alleged drug trafficker Malik Saleem.
To effectively combat this menace, I encouraged the Prime
Minister to undertake a vigorous enforcement campaign, offering
U.S. assistance in this effort.
Let me say that our discussions have been productive. And
let me note, too, that the Rose Garden is a perfect setting to
visit with Prime Minister Bhutto and her husband. For as she has
observed, roses have a special meaning in her life.
When she was younger, her father would bring back roses each
time he traveled abroad. And in time, her family's gardens
became filled with varieties of every color. During her
detention, she struggled bravely to keep the gardens alive. For
as she has written, "I [could not] bear to watch the flowers
wither, especially my father's roses. "
Madame Prime Minister, you have described your time among
the roses and the cool shade of the gardens as "the happiest
hours of my life." Well, now, as a gesture of friendship between
our people and to continue your father's tradition, it is my
privilege to present you with an American rosebush. May it, and
you, prosper in the years to come.
#
#
#
(McNally/Martin)
June 1, 1989, 2:30 p.m.
Draft Four (BHUTTO)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT
PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO
THE ROSE GARDEN
TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1989
11:30 A.M.
As America once welcomed her father and mother It was a
special pleasure for Barbara and me to welcome Prime Minister
Bhutto to the White House this morning.
In fact, our relationship goes back to 1971 when she
attended Harvard and accompanied her father to the United
Nations. And I have often remarked that her father's 1971 appeal
was one of the most moving speeches I heard at the UN. More
recently, we met in Tokyo last February, where I believe we were
the most newly elected heads of government.
Pakistan and the United States have enjoyed a long history
of good relations -- friends since the time Pakistan became an
independent nation. And I welcomed this opportunity to reaffirm
those ties and to reassure the Prime Minister of our continued
and to
commitment to assist in Pakistan's security, ^ economic and
cultural development, areas that sontribute to Pakistan's
democratic growth and stability
Prime Minister Bhutto knows our country well and has many
friends here. On behalf of the American people, I congratulated
her on Pakistan's historic return to democracy last year, a
development of which the people of Pakistan can be truly proud.
2
We discussed how important it is for all elements of
Pakistan society -- the government, its military and civilian
leaders, its political parties, and above all, the Pakistani
people -- to insure that democracy is not just an abstract
concept, but that it works.
The Prime Minister and I reviewed the situation in
Afghanistan. For the last decade, the United States and Pakistan
cooperated in supporting the Afghan resistance in its fight
against foreign occupation. Pakistan deserves great credit and
admiration for its extraordinary humanitarian efforts in support
of millions of Afghan refugees during this period.
The effectiveness of our mutual policy was proven last
February, when the last Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan.
We agreed that the job is not done, however. The Mujaheddin
continue their struggle for self-determination -- a goal both the
United States and Pakistan continue to support.
Prime Minister Bhutto and I discussed ways to encourage a
political solution in Afghanistan that will lead to a non-aligned
representative government -- willing to live in peace with its
neighbors -- to replace the illegitimate regime in Kabul. The
United States and Pakistan will continue to explore any serious
avenue toward this end.
The Prime Minister and I also reviewed our efforts to
enhance stability in South Asia -- an important objective of both
governments. I expressed strong U.S. support for efforts by
Pakistan and India to improve relations, and stressed the
3
importance of avoiding a nuclear arms race in the Subcontinent.
She assured me that Pakistan's nuclear program is committed to
peaceful purposes. I underlined my Administration's commitment
to discourage proliferation of nuclear and chemical weapons, and
ballistic missiles in South Asia and around the world.
We also shared our concern about the scourges of drug
production and trafficking. I applauded her tough stance on
eradicating opium cultivation, and expressed our appreciation for
the extradition of alleged drug trafficker Malik Saleem.
To effectively combat this menace, I encouraged the Prime
Minister to undertake a vigorous enforcement campaign, offering
U.S. assistance in this effort.
Let me say that our discussions have been productive. And
let me note, too, that the Rose Garden is a perfect setting to
visit with Prime Minister Bhutto and her husband. For as she has
observed, roses have a special meaning in her life.
When she was younger, her father would bring back roses each
time he traveled abroad. And in time, her family's gardens
became filled with varieties of every color. During her
detention, she struggled bravely to keep the gardens alive. For
as she has written, "I [could not] bear to watch the flowers
wither, especially my father's roses.' "
Madame Prime Minister, you have described your time among
the roses and the cool shade of the gardens as "the happiest
hours of my life." " Well, now, as a gesture of friendship between
our people and to continue your father's tradition, it is my
4
privilege to present you with an American rosebush. May it, and
you, prosper in the years to come.
In closing, Prime Minister Bhutto, on behalf of the American
people, I applaud and encourage you and the people of Pakistan in
your valiant efforts to move forward to promote democracy at home
and peace and stability throughout South Asia. God bless you
and the people of your homeland. And Godspeed you on your
travels and in the challenges ahead.
#
#
#
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
EN
DATE: 06/01/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 1:00 p.m. Friday 06/02
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT/BHUTTO
(06/01 2:30 p.m., draft three)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
à
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
>
CARD
d
PINKERTON
d
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
BENNETT
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Speechwriters
Office (Rm. 122, x2930) by 1:00 p.m. Friday, 06/02, with an into copy
to my office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(McNally/Martin)
June 1, 1989, 2:30 p.m.
Draft Three (BHUTTO)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT
PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO
THE ROSE GARDEN
TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1989
11:30 A.M.
when he came to Washington as Prime Minister in 1973, your
father told of standing outside the White House during his
student days in 1949. A man passed by and asked, "If you were an
American, what would you like to be?" And you father pointed up
here and said: "I would like to be inside that house!"
As America once welcomed her father and mother, it was a
special pleasure for Barbara and me to welcome Prime Minister
Bhutto to the White House this morning. as my first official
guest
In fact, our relationship goes back to 1971 when she
attended Harvard and accompanied her father to the United
Nations. And I have often remarked that her father's 1971 appeal
was one of the most compelling speeches I heard at the UN. More
recently, we met in Tokyo last February, where I believe we were
the most newly elected heads of government.
Pakistan and the United States have enjoyed a long history
of good relations -- friends since the time Pakistan became an
independent nation, And I welcomed this opportunity to reaffirm
those ties and to reassure the Prime Minister of our continued
commitment to assist in Pakistan's security, economic and
2
cultural development -- areas that contribute to Pakistan's
democratic growth and stability.
Prime Minister Bhutto knows our country well and has many
friends here. On behalf of the American people, I congratulated
her on Pakistan's historic return to democracy last year, a
development of which the people of Pakistan can be truly proud.
We discussed how important it is for all elements of
Pakistan society -- the government, its military and civilian
leaders, its political parties, and above all, the Pakistani
people -- to insure that democracy is not just an abstract
concept, but that it works.
The Prime Minister and I reviewed the situation in
Afghanistan. For the last decade, the United States and Pakistan
cooperated in supporting the Afghan resistance in its fight
against foreign occupation -- and the illegitimate Kabul regime.
The effectiveness of our mutual policy was proven last
February, when the last Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan.
We agreed that the job is not done, however. The Mujaheddin
continue their struggle for self-determination -- a goal both the
United States and Pakistan continue to support. As your father
told the U.N. at another of history mileposts, This is not the
end of the road, this is the beginning of the road; this is not
the end of the chapter, a new chapter has begun."
Prime Minister Bhutto and I discussed ways to encourage a
political solution in Afghanistan that will lead to a non-aligned
representative government -- willing to live in peace with its
3
neighbors -- to replace the illegitimate regime in Kabul. The
United States and Pakistan will continue to explore any serious
avenue toward this end.
The Prime Minister and I also reviewed our efforts to
enhance stability in South Asia -- an important objective of both
governments. I expressed strong U.S. support for efforts by
Pakistan and India to improve relations, and stressed the
importance of avoiding a nuclear arms race in the Subcontinent.
She assured me that Pakistan's nuclear program is committed to
the rapidly growing energy needs of her country. I underlined my
Administration's commitment to discourage proliferation of
nuclear and chemical weapons, and ballistic missiles.
We also shared our concern about the scourges of drug
production and trafficking. I applauded her tough stance on
eradicating opium cultivation, and expressed our appreciation for
the extradition of alleged drug trafficker Malik Saleem.
To effectively combat this menace, I encouraged the Prime
Minister to undertake a vigorous enforcement campaign against
drugs produced in and transiting Pakistan, offering U.S.
assistance in this effort.
In the economic and social fields, I commended Prime
Minister Bhutto for her strong commitment to economic reform
In conclusion Madame Prime Minister our discussions have
made me keenly aware that you as the democratic leader of a
great nation of over one hundred million people -- carry a heavy
burden. As I reiterated to you throughout our meetings this
4
morning, you can rest assured that we will do all we can to help
you with this burden.
You know, this is a particularly appropriate setting for us
to visit with Prime Minister Bhutto and her husband. It's not
just that her father used to bring home roses from around the
world, roses that she tended while under house arrest. And it's
have
not just that her successful campaign was accompanied by a flurry
of rose petals from supporters.
But a few days before their wedding in 1987 -- while
Pakistan was still under military rule -- an American writer
asked Mr. Zardari if he knew what he was in for. "Yes, yes," he
said with a smile, "No one is promising me a rose garden."
[[PAUSE]] well, here you are.
Prime Minister Bhutto, on behalf of the American people, I
applaud and encourage you and the people of Pakistan in your
valiant efforts to move forward to promote democracy at home --
and peace and stability throughout South Asia. God bless you and
the people of your homeland. And Godspeed you on your travels --
and in the challenges ahead.
#
#
#
(McNally/Martin)
June 1, 1989, 2:30 p.m.
Draft Three (BHUTTO)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT
PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO
THE ROSE GARDEN
TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1989
11:30 A.M.
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recently, we met in Tokyo last February, where I believe we were
the most newly elected heads of government.
Pakistan and the United States have enjoyed a long history
of good relations -- friends since the time Pakistan became an
independent nation. And I welcomed this opportunity to reaffirm
those ties and to reassure the Prime Minister of our continued
commitment to assist in Pakistan's security, economic and
2
cultural development -- areas that contribute to Pakistan's
democratic growth and stability.
Prime Minister Bhutto knows our country well and has many
friends here. On behalf of the American people, I congratulated
her on Pakistan's historic return to democracy last year, a
development of which the people of Pakistan can be truly proud.
We discussed how important it is for all elements of
Pakistan society -- the government, its military and civilian
leaders, its political parties, and above all, the Pakistani
people -- to insure that democracy is not just an abstract
concept, but that it works.
The Prime Minister and I reviewed the situation in
Afghanistan. For the last decade, the United States and Pakistan
cooperated in supporting the Afghan resistance in its fight
against foreign occupation and the illegitimate Kabul regime.
Pacistan deserves serves great credit and admiration for its extraordinary humanitarian efforts
in support of millions of Afshan refugees during this period.
The effectiveness of our mutual policy was proven last
February, when the last Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan.
We agreed that the job is not done, however. The Mujaheddin
continue their struggle for self-determination -- a goal both the
United States and Pakistan continue to support. As your father
told the U.N. at another of history's mileposts, "This is not the
end of the road, this is the beginning of the road; this is not
the end of the chapter, a new chapter has begun."
Prime Minister Bhutto and I discussed ways to encourage a
political solution in Afghanistan that will lead to a non-aligned
representative government -- willing to live in peace with its
3
neighbors -- to replace the illegitimate regime in Kabul. The
United States and Pakistan will continue to explore any serious
avenue toward this end.
The Prime Minister and I also reviewed our efforts to
enhance stability in Scuth Asia -- an important objective of both
governments. I expressed strong U.S. support for efforts by
Pakistan and India to improve relations, and stressed the
importance of avoiding a nuclear arms race in the Subcontinent.
She assured me that Pakistan's nuclear program is committed to
peaceful purposes
the repidly growing energy needs of her country. I underlined my
Administration's commitment to discourage proliferation of
nuclear and chemical weapons, and ballistic missiles, in South Asia
and around the world.
We also shared our concern about the scourges of drug
production and trafficking. I applauded her tough stance on
eradicating opium cultivation, and expressed our appreciation for
the extradition of alleged drug trafficker Malik Saleem.
To effectively combat this menace, I encouraged the Prime
Minister to undertake a vigorous enforcement campaign against
drugs produced in and transiting Pakistan, offering U.S.
assistance in this effort.
In the economic and social fields, I commended Prime
Minister Bhutto for her strong commitment to economic reform.
In conclusion, Madame Prime Minister, our discussions have
made me keenly aware that you -- as the democratic leader of a
great nation of over one hundred million people -- carry a heavy
burden. As I reiterated to you throughout our meetings this
4
morning, you can rest assured that we will do all we can to help
you with this burden.
You know, this is a particularly appropriate setting for us
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said with a smile, No one is promising me a rose garden. "
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Prime Minister Bhutto, on behalf of the American people, I
applaud and encourage you and the people of Pakistan in your
valiant efforts to move forward to promote democracy at home --
and peace and stability throughout South Asia. God bless you and
the people of your homeland. And Godspeed you on your travels --
and in the challenges ahead.
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DATE: 06/01/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 1:00 p.m. Friday 06/02
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT/BHUTTO
(06/01 2:30 p.m., draft three)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
d
PINKERTON
d
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
BENNETT
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Speechwriters
Office (Rm. 122, x2930) by 1:00 p.m. Friday, 06/02, with an info copy
to my office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(McNally/Martin)
June 1, 1989, 2:30 p.m.
Draft Three (BHUTTO)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT
PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO
THE ROSE GARDEN
TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1989
11:30 A.M.
When he came to Washington as Prime Minister in 1973, your
father told of standing outside the White House during his
student days in 1949. A man passed by and asked, "If you were an
American, what would you like to be?" And you father pointed up
here and said: "I would like to be inside that house!"
As America once welcomed her father and mother, it was a
special pleasure for Barbara and me to welcome Prime Minister
Bhutto to the White House this morning as my first official
guest.
In fact, our relationship goes back to 1971 when she
attended Harvard and accompanied her father to the United
Nations. And I have often remarked that her father's 1971 appeal
was one of the most compelling speeches I heard at the UN. More
recently, we met in Tokyo last February, where I believe we were
the most newly elected heads of government.
Pakistan and the United States have enjoyed a long history
of good relations -- friends since the time Pakistan became an
independent nation. And I welcomed this opportunity to reaffirm
those ties and to reassure the Prime Minister of our continued
commitment to assist in Pakistan's security, economic and
2
cultural development -- areas that contribute to Pakistan's
democratic growth and stability.
Prime Minister Bhutto knows our country well and has many
friends here. On behalf of the American people, I congratulated
her on Pakistan's historic return to democracy last year, a
development of which the people of Pakistan can be truly proud.
We discussed how important it is for all elements of
Pakistan society -- the government, its military and civilian
leaders, its political parties, and above all, the Pakistani
people -- to insure that democracy is not just an abstract
concept, but that it works.
The Prime Minister and I reviewed the situation in
Afghanistan. For the last decade, the United States and Pakistan
cooperated in supporting the Afghan resistance in its fight
against foreign occupation -- and the illegitimate Kabul regime.
The effectiveness of our mutual policy was proven last
February, when the last Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan.
We agreed that the job is not done, however. The Mujaheddin
continue their struggle for self-determination -- a goal both the
United States and Pakistan continue to support. As your father
told the U.N. at another of history's mileposts, "This is not the
end of the road, this is the beginning of the road; this is not
the end of the chapter, a new chapter has begun."
Prime Minister Bhutto and I discussed ways to encourage a
political solution in Afghanistan that will lead to a non-aligned
representative government -- willing to live in peace with its
3
neighbors -- to replace the illegitimate regime in Kabul. The
United States and Pakistan will continue to explore any serious
avenue toward this end.
The Prime Minister and I also reviewed our efforts to
enhance stability in South Asia -- an important objective of both
governments. I expressed strong U.S. support for efforts by
Pakistan and India to improve relations, and stressed the
importance of avoiding a nuclear arms race in the Subcontinent.
She assured me that Pakistan's nuclear program is committed to
the rapidly growing energy needs of her country. I underlined my
Administration's commitment to discourage proliferation of
nuclear and chemical weapons, and ballistic missiles.
We also shared our concern about the scourges of drug
production and trafficking. I applauded her tough stance on
eradicating opium cultivation, and expressed our appreciation for
the extradition of alleged drug trafficker Malik Saleem.
To effectively combat this menace, I encouraged the Prime
Minister to undertake a vigorous enforcement campaign against
drugs produced in and transiting Pakistan, offering U.S.
assistance in this effort.
In the economic and social fields, I commended Prime
Minister Bhutto for her strong commitment to economic reform.
In conclusion, Madame Prime Minister, our discussions have
made me keenly aware that you -- as the democratic leader of a
great nation of over one hundred million people -- carry a heavy
burden. As I reiterated to you throughout our meetings this
4
morning, you can rest assured that we will do all we can to help
you with this burden.
You know, this is a particularly appropriate setting for us
to visit with Prime Minister Bhutto and her husband. It's not
just that her father used to bring home roses from around the
world, roses that she tended while under house arrest. And it's
not just that her successful campaign was accompanied by a flurry
of rose petals from supporters.
But a few days before their wedding in 1987 -- while
Pakistan was still under military rule -- an American writer
asked Mr. Zardari if he knew what he was in for. "Yes, yes," he
said with a smile, "No one is promising me a rose garden."
[[PAUSE]] well, here you are.
Prime Minister Bhutto, on behalf of the American people, I
applaud and encourage you and the people of Pakistan in your
valiant efforts to move forward to promote democracy at home --
and peace and stability throughout South Asia. God bless you and
the people of your homeland. And Godspeed you on your travels --
and in the challenges ahead.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
89 JUN 2 P1:25
June 2, 1989
Memorandum to Chriss Winston
From:
Jim Pinkerton
Re:
Comments on Bhutto drafts
I only have one comment on the three drafts. The departure
statement has some good tough language on Afghanistan at the bottom
of page 2/top of page 3. From a domestic political point of view,
I think it's vital that we preserve that language as is.
cc.
Roger Porter
Bill Roper
John Gardner
Steve Farrar
(McNally/Martin)
June 1, 1989
11:30 a.m.
Draft Two
(B:BHUTTO)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE OF PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO
THE ROSE GARDEN
TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1989
11:30 A.M.
It was a special pleasure for Barbara and me to welcome
Prime Minister Bhutto to the White House this morning as my first
official guest.
Our relationship goes back to the time she attended Harvard
and accompanied her father to the United Nations. In my recent
autobiography, I referred to her father's 1971 appeal as the
"most compelling speech" I heard at the UN. More recently, we
met in Tokyo last February, where I believe we were the most
newly elected heads of government.
As you'll see in just a moment, Prime Minister Bhutto's
reputation for intelligence and eloquence is well-deserved. And
one observer noted that it was an asset to today's talks that the
leaders of both our countries are fluent in the same tongue.
That was nice. Fluency in English is not something I'm often
accused of.
But we've just concluded a round of very frank discussions
on a matter of traditional importance to both leaders. And I
think it's a fair characterization to say that the Prime Minister
has flatly refused my latest offer -- she's not going double or
nothing on this year's Harvard-Yale game.
2
Pakistan and the United States have enjoyed a long history
of good relations. And I welcomed this opportunity to reaffirm
those ties and to reassure the Prime Minister of our continued
commitment to assist in Pakistan's security, economic and
cultural development -- areas that contribute to Pakistan's
democratic growth and stability.
Prime Minister Bhutto knows our country well and has many
friends here. On behalf of the American people, I congratulated
her on Pakistan's historic return to democracy last year, a
development of which the people of Pakistan can be truly proud.
We discussed how important it is for all elements of
Pakistan society -- the government, its military and civilian
leaders, its political parties, and above all, the Pakistani
people -- to insure that democracy is not just an abstract
concept, but that it works.
The Prime Minister and I reviewed the situation in
Afghanistan.
For the last decade, the United States and Pakistan
cooperated in supporting the Afghan resistance in its fight
against foreign occupation.
During that time, Pakistan steadfastly withstood relentless
terrorist and intimidation tactics, so that the Afghan people
might once again live under a freely elected government.
The effectiveness of our policy was proven last February,
when the last Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan. We agreed
that the job is not done, however. So long as an unwelcome
3
regime remains in power in Kabul, the Mujaheddin will continue
their struggle for self-determination -- with both U.S. and
Pakistani support.
Prime Minister Bhutto and I discussed ways to encourage a
political solution in Afghanistan that will lead to a non-aligned
representative government -- willing to live in peace with its
neighbors -- to replace the illegitimate regime in Kabul. The
United States and Pakistan will continue to explore any serious
avenue toward this end.
The Prime Minister and I also reviewed our mutual efforts to
enhance stability in South Asia. She assured me that Pakistan's
nuclear program is committed to peaceful purposes. I underlined
my Administration's commitment to discourage proliferation of
nuclear and chemical weapons, and ballistic missiles.
We also discussed the requirements of U.S. law that relate
to Pakistan's nuclear program. I applauded her and Indian Prime
Minister Gandhi's signing of an agreement not to launch strikes
on each other's nuclear facilities. This agreement has brought
us closer to our common goal: a region -- and a world -- where
all can thrive without the threat of nuclear war. We hope it
will pave the way for further progress.
We also shared our concern about the scourges of drug
production and narcotics consumption. I commended her tough
stance on eradicating opium cultivation, and expressed our
appreciation for the extradition of alleged drug trafficker Malik
Saleem.
4
To effectively combat this menace, I encouraged the Prime
Minister to undertake a vigorous enforcement campaign against
drugs produced in and transiting Pakistan, offering U.S.
assistance in this effort.
In the economic and social fields, I commended Prime
Minister Bhutto for her strong commitment to economic reform.
In conclusion, Madame Prime Minister, our discussions have
made me keenly aware that you -- as the democratic leader of a
great nation of over one hundred million people -- carry a heavy
burden. As I reiterated to you throughout our meetings this
morning, you can rest assured that we will do all we can to help
you with this burden.
You know, this is a particularly appropriate setting for us
to see off Prime Minister Bhutto and her husband. A few days
before their wedding in 1987 -- while Pakistan was still under
military rule -- an American writer asked Mr. Zardari if he knew
what he was in for. "Yes, yes," he said with a smile, "No one is
promising me a rose garden.'
Well, here you are.
Prime Minister Bhutto, on behalf of the American people, I
applaud and encourage you and the people of Pakistan in your
valiant efforts to move forward to promote democracy at home --
and peace and stability throughout South Asia. God bless you and
the people of your homeland. And Godspeed you on your journey
home -- and in the challenges ahead.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 2, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR COMMUNICATIONS
FROM:
NELSON LUND MY
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Departure Statement/Bhutto
Counsel's Office has reviewed the captioned remarks. We have no
legal objections.
CC: James W. Cicconi
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 1, 1989
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR DAVID DEMAREST AND CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
EDWARD E. McNALLY EMN
SUBJECT:
WHITE HOUSE ROSEBUSH FOR PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO
I. SUMMARY
In the draft remarks for the President's Rose Garden meeting
with Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the text concludes by noting
the special significance roses from around the world have always
held for the Bhutto family in Pakistan. You may want to consider
suggesting that the President and Mrs. Bush present the Prime
Minister with an American rosebush, as a gesture of friendship
between our people and as an acknowledgement of this sentimental
family tradition.
II. DISCUSSION
Attached for your information are two pages from Prime
Minister Benazir Bhutto's recent autobiography.
After her father's death, she was held under house arrest
with her mother at Al-Mutaza, her family's traditional home in
Pakistan. During her detention she struggled to keep the family
gardens alive -- gardens filled with the roses her father (the
first Prime Minister Bhutto) had brought back home every time he
traveled abroad. She describes her time among the roses and the
cool shade of the gardens as "the happiest hours of my life."
Obviously, there is already great poignancy in this visit --
the triumphant return to America of a Harvard student the
President met while Ambassador to the UN, now the first woman
leader of an Islamic country and symbol of Pakistan's return to
democracy. Since the President appears to be an admirer of her
late father (in Looking Forward, he describes Bhutto's 1971
address as "the most compelling speech" he heard at the UN),
carrying on her father's tradition by presenting a rosebush -- in
the Rose Garden -- would be an especially appropriate gesture.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 2, 198JUN 5 P12:44
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER
RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Departure Statement/Bhutto
We have no suggested changes from a policy standpoint and
approve of the draft in its present form.
CC: James W. Cicconi
Document No. 041527
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 06/01/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 1:00 p.m. Friday 06/02
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT/BHUTTO
(06/01 2:30 p.m., draft three)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
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BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
P
PINKERTON
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
BENNETT
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Speechwriters
Office (Rm. 122, x2930) by 1:00 p.m. Friday, 06/02, with an inco copy
to my office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
James W, Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(McNally/Martin)
June 1, 1989, 2:30 p.m.
1999
Draft Three (BHUTTO)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT
PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO
THE ROSE GARDEN
TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1989
11:30 A.M.
When he came to Washington as Prime Minister in 1973, your
father told of standing outside the White House during his
student days in 1949. A man passed by and asked, "If you were an
American, what would you like to be?" And you father pointed up
here and said: "I would like to be inside that house!"
As America once welcomed her father and mother, it was a
special pleasure for Barbara and me to welcome Prime Minister
Bhutto to the White House this morning as my first official
guest.
In fact, our relationship goes back to 1971 when she
attended Harvard and accompanied her father to the United
Nations. And I have often remarked that her father's 1971 appeal
was one of the most compelling speeches I heard at the UN. More
recently, we met in Tokyo last February, where I believe we were
the most newly elected heads of government.
Pakistan and the United States have enjoyed a long history
of good relations -- friends since the time Pakistan became an
independent nation. And I welcomed this opportunity to reaffirm
those ties and to reassure the Prime Minister of our continued
commitment to assist in Pakistan's security, economic and
2
cultural development -- areas that contribute to Pakistan's
democratic growth and stability.
Prime Minister Bhutto knows our country well and has many
friends here. On behalf of the American people, I congratulated
her on Pakistan's historic return to democracy last year, a
development of which the people of Pakistan can be truly proud.
We discussed how important it is for all elements of
Pakistan society -- the government, its military and civilian
leaders, its political parties, and above all, the Pakistani
people -- to insure that democracy is not just an abstract
concept, but that it works.
The Prime Minister and I reviewed the situation in
Afghanistan. For the last decade, the United States and Pakistan
cooperated in supporting the Afghan resistance in its fight
against foreign occupation -- and the illegitimate Kabul regime.
The effectiveness of our mutual policy was proven last
February, when the last Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan.
We agreed that the job is not done, however. The Mujaheddin
continue their struggle for self-determination -- a goal both the
United States and Pakistan continue to support. As your father
told the U.N. at another of history's mileposts, "This is not the
end of the road, this is the beginning of the road; this is not
the end of the chapter, a new chapter has begun."
Prime Minister Bhutto and I discussed ways to encourage a
political solution in Afghanistan that will lead to a non-aligned
representative government -- willing to live in peace with its
3
neighbors -- to replace the illegitimate regime in Kabul. The
United States and Pakistan will continue to explore any serious
avenue toward this end.
The Prime Minister and I also reviewed our efforts to
enhance stability in South Asia -- an important objective of both
governments. I expressed strong U.S. support for efforts by
Pakistan and India to improve relations, and stressed the
importance of avoiding a nuclear arms race in the Subcontinent.
She assured me that Pakistan's nuclear program is committed to
the rapidly growing energy needs of her country. I underlined my
Administration's commitment to discourage proliferation of
nuclear and chemical weapons, and ballistic missiles.
We also shared our concern about the scourges of drug
production and trafficking. I applauded her tough stance on
eradicating opium cultivation, and expressed our appreciation for
the extradition of alleged drug trafficker Malik Saleem.
To effectively combat this menace, I encouraged the Prime
Minister to undertake a vigorous enforcement campaign against
drugs produced in and transiting Pakistan, offering U.S.
assistance in this effort.
In the economic and social fields, I commended Prime
Minister Bhutto for her strong commitment to economic reform.
In conclusion, Madame Prime Minister, our discussions have
made me keenly aware that you -- as the democratic leader of a
great nation of over one hundred million people -- carry a heavy
burden. As I reiterated to you throughout our meetings this
4
morning, you can rest assured that we will do all we can to help
you with this burden.
You know, this is a particularly appropriate setting for us
to visit with Prime Minister Bhutto and her husband. It's not
just that her father used to bring home roses from around the
world, roses that she tended while under house arrest. And it's
not just that her successful campaign was accompanied by a flurry
of rose petals from supporters.
But a few days before their wedding in 1987 -- while
Pakistan was still under military rule -- an American writer
asked Mr. Zardari if he knew what he was in for. "Yes, yes," he
said with a smile, "No one is promising me a rose garden.' "
[ [PAUSE] ] Well, here you are.
Prime Minister Bhutto, on behalf of the American people, I
applaud and encourage you and the people of Pakistan in your
valiant efforts to move forward to promote democracy at home --
and peace and stability throughout South Asia. God bless you and
the people of your homeland. And Godspeed you on your travels --
and in the challenges ahead.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
June 6, 1989
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AND PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO
UPON DEPARTURE
The East Room
11:33 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Well, it was a special pleasure for
Barbara and me to welcome Prime Minister Bhutto to the White House
this morning. In fact, our relationship goes back to 1971, when she
attended Harvard and came with her dad to the United Nations. And I
have often remarked that her father's 1971 appeal was literally one
of the most moving speeches that I ever heard at the United Nations.
And more recently, we met in Tokyo last February, where I believe
that we were the most newly-elected heads of government.
Pakistan and the United States have enjoyed a long
history of good relations -- friends since the time that Pakistan
became an independent nation. And I welcome this opportunity to
reaffirm those ties and to reassure the Prime Minister of our
continued commitment to assist in Pakistan's security and its
economic and cultural development.
The Prime Minister knows our country well and she has
many friends here. And on behalf of the American people, I
congratulated her on Pakistan's historic return to democracy last
year -- a development of which the people of Pakistan can be truly
proud. We discussed how important it is for all elements of Pakistan
society to ensure that democracy is just not -- isn't just an
abstract concept, but that it works.
And the Prime Minister and I reviewed the situation in
Afghanistan. For the last decade the U.S. and Pakistan cooperated in
supporting the Afghan resistance in its fight against foreign
occupation. And Pakistan deserves great credit and admiration for
its extraordinary, extraordinary humanitarian efforts in support of
the millions of Afghan refugees during this period. The
effectiveness of our mutual policy was proven last February, when the
last Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan. And we agreed,
however, that the job is not done. The Mujahadeen continues and
their struggle for self-determination goes on -- a goal that both the
United States and Pakistan continue to support.
Prime Minister Bhutto and I discussed ways to encourage a
political solution in Afghanistan that will lead to a nonaligned,
representative government, willing to live in peace with its
neighbors, to replace the illegitimate regime in Kabul. The United
States and Pakistan will continue to explore any serious avenue
towards this end.
- 2 -
We also shared our concern about the scourge of drug
production and trafficking. Not much detail yet on that, but we're
going to go into that one in much more detail later on. It's a
matter of grave concern to the United States. I applauded her tough
stance on eradicating the opium cultivation and expressed our
appreciation for the extradition of alleged drug trafficker, Saleem.
To effectively combat this menace, we've got to undertake a vigorous
enforcement campaign, offering U.S. assistance wherever possible.
And let me say that, as far as I'm concerned, these
discussions have been productive. And let me note, too, that that
ceremony outside today -- the first since I've been President -- was
a wonderful way to welcome the Prime Minister. And we just walked by
the Rose Garden, which also is a lovely setting, and as the Prime
Minister has observed, roses have a very special meaning in her life.
And when she was younger, her father would bring back roses every
time he traveled abroad, and in time, her family's gardens became
filled with varieties of color. And during her own detention, she
struggled bravely to keep the gardens alive, for as she has written,
"I could not bear to watch the flowers wither, especially my father's
roses."
And so, Madam Prime Minister, you've described your time
among the roses and the cool shade of the gardens as "the happiest
hours of my life." And now, as a gesture of friendship between our
people and to continue your father's tradition, it is my privilege to
present you with this American rosebush. May it and you prosper in
the years to come. And welcome again. (Applause.)
PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO: I'm very grateful to President
Bush for the kind invitation to pay an official visit to the United
States and I'd like to thank the President for his consideration in
giving me one of the rosebushes from the White House. It shall
always remind me of this very useful, productive, and helpful visit
-- supportive visit -- of mine to the United States.
My presence here underlies the great importance that
Pakistan attaches to our relations with your country. This is not
only because geopolitical realities require a close relationship, but
more importantly, because of the ideals and the objectives that we
share. As you know, this is not my first visit to Washington or,
indeed, to the United States. I have pleasant memories of my student
days at Radcliffe, past visits to Washington -- one of the great
citadels of democracy. But it is a special privilege and honor to be
here as the democratically-elected leader of a country which has
traditionally enjoyed close, friendly ties with your country.
Over the last 10 years, Pakistan has been in the
forefront of two great struggles. We have actively supported the
cause of the Afghan people and their brave fight against foreign
military intervention. And at the same time, at home in Pakistan,
we've struggled against military dictatorship to establish a system
based upon democratic values and the respect for human rights.
In both these epic struggles, we received from the United
States unwavering and material as well as moral
- 3 -
international relations with the exciting prospect of a genuine and
durable peace. Pakistan, which is situated in one of the more
sensitive geopolitical regions of the world, will contribute towards
these objectives and efforts. While the withdrawal of Soviet forces
has brought a welcome change in Afghanistan, the continued fighting
and prolonged presence of over 3.5 million Afghan refugees pose
serious threats to the peace and stability of the region.
The President and I have reviewed the situation in the
light of the prevailing circumstances and we are in complete accord,
both in terms of our analyses as well as the future policies that
need to be evolved. Pakistan remains committed to a political
solution of the Afghan problem, whereby the brave people of
Afghanistan will have the right to freely choose their own government
without interference from outside. Pakistan's commitment to peace
and democracy are fundamental.
In thanking President Bush for the valuable support that
the United States has rendered to us in the pursuit of these
objectives, I have assured him of our continuing efforts towards
maintaining peace in the South Asian region and of our determination
to strengthen the process of nuclear nonproliferation by seeking
accords, both bilateral and international, within the regional
context.
The President and I discussed measures to increase our
cooperation in the fight against drugs. We have already achieved
some success in this direction in Pakistan, but much remains to be
done.
In conclusion, I would once more wish to thank President
Bush for the generous hospitality, for the warmth and the friendship
with which we have been received. I go home greatly encouraged by
our constructive and fruitful discussions. I look forward to the
opportunity of reciprocating in Pakistan some of the warmth,
kindness, and hospitality that my husband and I have been privileged
to receive from the President and Mrs. Bush in Washington.
Thank you very much. (Applause.)
END
11:44 A.M. EDT