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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
July 5, 1989
NOTE FOR: KRISTIN GEAR
FROM:
PHILIP HUGHES Chilip
SUBJECT: American Community Greeting
in The Hague
Attached is an NSC staff mark-up of
State-drafted Presidential remarks for
the American Community greeting in The
Hague. We would like to substitute
these for the previous draft prepared
by Speechwriters.
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
5-Jul-1989 12:31 EDT
Determined To Be an Administrative
CONFIDENTIAL
Marking Per E.O. 12356 Sec. 1.1 (a)
pm 9/27/04
MEMORANDUM FOR:
G. Philip Hughes
( HUGHES )
FROM:
Robert L. Hutchings
(HUTCHINGS)
SUBJECT:
President's Remarks in the Hague
Attached is a revised State version of the President's remarks to
the American community in The Hague, which we have edited.
This should replace the earlier version, also attached.
S/S 8914386
United States Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20520
5086
June 27, 1989
UNCLASSIFIED
MEMORANDUM FOR BRENT SCOWCROFT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Subject: The President's July Trip to Europe
I refer to my memo dated June 13, 1989, which covered
drafts of the various public statements the President will make
during his July 9-18 trip to Europe. I have attached a new
version of the remarks the President will make to the American
community in The Hague, revised to reflect the presence in the
audience of U.S. business people and servicemen, as well as
Embassy personnel.
Executive Stapleton Stapleton Secretary Roy by
Attachments:
As indicated.
UNCLASSIFIED
THE PRESIDENT'S REMARKS TO THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN THE HAGUE
I AM EXTREMELY PROUD AND PLEASED TO BE WITH YOU HERE
TODAY. BARBARA AND I HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE IN SERVING OVERSEAS
OURSELVES, AND WE ARE WELL ACQUAINTED WITH THE DEDICATION AND
SACRIFICE WITH WHICH AMERICAN SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN AND MEMBERS
WE ARE
OF THE OFFICIAL AMERICAN COMMUNITY REPRESENT US ABROAD.
YOUR
GRATEFUL FOR Your SERVICE AND PROUP OF YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS
CONTRIBUTIONS ARE NOTICED AND APPRECIATED BY US
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES ARE AN
INTEGRAL PART OF OUR PARTICIPATION IN NATO AND IN EUROPE.
YOU--AND YOUR FAMILIES- BEAR IN A MOST DIRECT SENSE, THE
our
RESPONSIBILITIES AND RISKS OF OUR COMMON DEFENSE. AS MY-
COUNTRY
WORKS TOGETHER
ADMINISTRATION LOOKS TO THE FUTURE AND ENDEAVORS WITH THE OTHER
STRENGTHEN
NATO GOVERNMENTS TO REINFORCE OUR PARTNERSHIP, I WILL FIND IN
YOUR DEDICATION AND SACRIFICE EVER-PRESENT REMINDERS OF THE
IMPORTANCE OF OUR TASK.
TO THOSE OF YOU IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE STAFFING OUR EMBASSY
HERE IN THE HAGUE AND THE CONSULATE GENERAL IN AMSTERDAM WE
HAVE ENTRUSTED THE DIRECT MANAGEMENT OF OUR OLDEST
UNINTERRUPTED BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP.
WE AT HOME REST ASSURED
THAT OUR INTERESTS ARE BEING PRESERVED AND PROTECTED HERE BY
your
PROFESSIONALS OF RARE DEDICATION AND THE HIGHEST STANDARD.
your are proud
OFTEN UNACKNOWLEDGED, YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS ARE INVALUABLE.
of
you.
THESE ARE POSTINGS THAT CALL
FOR EXCEPTIONAL SOPHISTICATION
AND SKILL.
- 2 -
I WOULD LIKE ALSO TO MENTION THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FOREIGN
SERVICE NATIONAL STAFF. YOUR WEALTH OF TALENT, DEDICATION, AND
EXPERIENCE PROVIDE THE STRUCTURE AND CONTINUITY WHICH ARE
CRITICAL TO THE PRACTICE OF DIPLOMACY.
IN FACT, YOU AND YOUR
COLLEAGUES ARE PROBABLY RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVING TRAINED MOST OF
OUR FOREIGN SERVICE PERSONNEL J BUT ON A BROADER AND MORE
PROFOUND LEVEL BEYOND THE WALLS OF OUR EMBASSY AND
CONSULATE YOU HELP US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE AND THE
PEOPLE OF THE NETHERLANDS. IN so DOING, YOU CONTRIBUTE TO THE
STRENGTHENING OF THE CLOSE BILATERAL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OUR
COUNTRIES.
I HAVE JUST COME FROM THE ECONOMIC SUMMIT, WHERE WE AND OUR
ALLIES REVIEWED THE CHANGES AND CHALLENGES BOTH ECONOMIC AND
POLITICAL WE FACE IN THE COMING DECADE AND THE NEW CENTURY.
DESPITE THE CHANGING FACE OF EUROPE AND THE WORLD, HOWEVER,
SOME THINGS REMAIN CONSTANT. FUNDAMENTAL VIEWS ABOUT THE VALUE
OF LIFE AND LIBERTY ARE SOME OF THOSE CONSTANTS, AND STANDING
HERE IN THE HAGUE I AM REMINDED OF THE MANY, CENTURIES-OLD TIES
WHICH BIND US TO OUR EUROPEAN ALLIES, AND TO OUR DUTCH PARTNERS
ESPECIALLY.
- 3 -
AS AMERICAN RESIDENTS OF THE LOW COUNTRIES, YOU ARE MORE
AWARE THAN MOST OF THE MANY AREAS IN WHICH WE SHARE TRADITIONS
AND OUTLOOK WITH THE DUTCH: THE LEGACY OF EXPLORATION--WHICH
CARRIED THE DUTCH TO THE NEW WORLD AND HAS FROM THEIR EARLIEST
HISTORY FUELED AMERICANS' FASCINATION WITH NEW FRONTIERS--
CONTINUES TODAY IN JOINT EXPLORATION PROJECTS IN SPACE. THE
FIERCE DUTCH BELIEF IN INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS--
WHICH GREATLY INFLUENCED OUR FOUNDING FATHERS AND STILL ECHOES
IN OUR CONSTITUTION--TODAY IS FINDING UNEXPECTED NEW RESONANCE
AROUND THE WORLD. THE ANCIENT DUTCH PRINCIPLES OF FREE
TRADE--WHICH INFLUENCED OUR OWN BELIEFS IN FREE TRADE AND THE
FREE MARKET SYSTEM--ARE TODAY A BASIS FOR THE IDEA OF A SINGLE
EUROPEAN MARKET. THE RICH AND UNIQUE CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC
LEGACY OF THE NETHERLANDS HAS GRACED NOT ONLY OUR CULTURE, BUT
ALSO MANY OTHERS AROUND THE WORLD. AND, OF COURSE-IN
TESTIMONY TO THE MANY DUTCH PIONEERS WHO HELPED BUILD OUR
COUNTRY--EVERY AMERICAN SCHOOL CHILD KNOWS THAT OUR OWN NEW
YORK WAS ONCE "NEW AMSTERDAM."
4 -
THESE ARE STRONG BONDS WHICH INTERWEAVE THE COMMON FABRIC
OF OUR WESTERN CULTURE. NEVERTHELESS, AMERICANS MUST REALIZE
THAT WE DO FACE AN EVOLVING EUROPE, INDEED A SEA-CHANGE IN THE
POLITICAL LANDSCAPE OF THE ENTIRE WORLD. AS WE PREPARE TO MEET
THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE, WE WILL RELY MORE THAN EVER ON THOSE
OF YOU WHO SERVE YOUR COUNTRY IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY ABROAD,
AND, INCREASINGLY, ON THOSE OF YOU WHO SEEK TO FURTHER U.S.
COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS TIES OVERSEAS.
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR DUTCH ALLIES TODAY REMAINS AS
CLOSE AND VITAL AS IN ITS EARLY DAYS, THANKS IN NO SMALL
MEASURE TO THE EFFORTS OF YOU AMERICANS LIVING AND WORKING
HERE. AS WE FACE NEW TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND TERRORISM, THE AREAS OF OUR
MUTUAL COOPERATION WILL GROW? AND WITH YOUR HELP, WE AND OUR
the
DUTCH FRIENDS WILL STRENGTHEN AND FOSTER THAT COOPERATION, AS
WELL AS THOSE COMMON VALUES WHICH WE AND THE REST OF THE FREE
WORLD HOLD so DEAR.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
America's roots are Lere - - in
the Netherlands in Europe
and America's future is here
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: AMERICAN COMMUNITY
THE HAGUE, HOLLAND
TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1989 Kristen
0 I AM DELIGHTED TO BE IN HOLLAND AGAIN, AND TO
HAVE THE CHANCE TO MEET YOU. YOUR GREETING MARKS ONE
OF THE MANY WARM MEMORIES WE WILL TAKE BACK TO THE
STATES.
- 2 -
o FIRST, LET ME SAY THAT I KNOW WHAT A BURDEN A
PRESIDENTIAL VISIT CAN BE. BARBARA AND I WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR THE WORK AND DEDICATION THAT HAVE GONE INTO OUR
VISIT.
0
SECOND, FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE IN CHINA, I KNOW
THAT THERE IS NO MORE LOYAL AND TALENTED GROUP OF
PEOPLE THAN THE MEN AND WOMEN -- AMERICAN AND FOREIGN -
- WHO STAFF OUR EMBASSIES.
- 3
o THAT IS ESPECIALLY TRUE HERE. FOR YOU DIRECTLY
MANAGE OUR OLDEST UNINTERRUPTED BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP.
ON AMERICA'S BEHALF, MY HEART-FELT THANKS.
0 I HAVE JUST COME FROM THE ECONOMIC SUMMIT,
WHERE WE REVIEWED THE CHANGES AND CHALLENGES --
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL -- WE FACE IN THE YEARS AHEAD.
- 4 -
o As YOU KNOW, THE FACE OF EUROPE, AND THE WORLD,
IS CHANGING. BUT SOME THINGS HAVE NOT. THINGS LIKE
FUNDAMENTAL VIEWS ABOUT LIFE AND LIBERTY. AND
CENTURIES-OLD TIES WHICH BIND US TO OUR EUROPEAN
ALLIES, AND TO OUR DUTCH PARTNERS ESPECIALLY.
- 5 -
o WE SEE THESE TIES IN OUR COMMON DEFENSE OF
PEACE AND FREEDOM. AND IN OUR BELIEF IN DEMOCRACY AND
HUMAN RIGHTS. THEY EXIST IN JOINT VENTURES TO EXPLORE
SPACE AND NEW TECHNOLOGY. AND IN THE COMMERCE WHICH
TODAY MAKES HOLLAND AMERICA'S SECOND-LARGEST INVESTOR.
0 IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL FACE OLD ISSUES OF
BUSINESS AND COMMERCE. AND NEW, TRANSATLANTIC PROBLEMS
OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. WE MUST MAKE OURS A
SAFER, PURER, MORE PROSPEROUS WORLD.
- 6 -
o FOR THAT, WE WILL NEED YOUR HELP AND YOUR
COMMITMENT. IN CLOSING, THANK YOU AGAIN, GOOD LUCK,
GOD BLESS YOU, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.
# # # #
(Smith/Blessey)
June 26, 1989
Draft Two
DUTCH
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: AMERICAN COMMUNITY
THE HAGUE, HOLLAND
TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1989
O
I am delighted to be in Holland again, and to have the
chance to meet you. Your greeting marks one of the many warm
memories we will take back to the States.
0
First, let me say that I know what a burden a
Presidential visit can be. Barbara and I want to thank you for
the work and dedication that have gone into our visit.
O
Second, from my own experience in China, I know that
there is no more loyal and talented group of people than the men
and women -- American and foreign -- who staff our Embassies.
O
That is especially true here. For your directly manage
our oldest unterrupted bilateral relationship. Your duties are
great, and you've met them well. On America's behalf, my heart-
felt thanks.
O
I have just come from the Economic Summit, where we and
our allies reviewed the changes and challenges -- economic and
political -- we face in the years ahead.
O
As you know, the face of Europe, and the world, is
changing. But some things have not. Things like fundamental
views about life and liberty. And centuries-old ties which bind
us to our European allies, and to our Dutch partners especially.
2
O
We see these ties in our common defense of peace and
freedom. And in our belief in democracy and human rights. They
exist in joint ventures to explore space and new technology. And
in the commerce which today makes Holland America's second-
largest investor.
O
These ties strengthen NATO -- and the peoples of the
West. And in a changing world, we will need them to reaffirm
individuality, human dignity, and democratic ideals.
O
In the future, we will face old issues of business and
commerce. And new, transatlantic problems of environmental
We must
protection. and terrorism. Mutual cooperation can help us cope.
And make ours a safer, cleaner, more prosperous world.
O
For that, we will need your help and your commitment.
In closing, thank you again, good luck, God bless you, and God
bless America.
* * * *
File
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: AMERICAN COMMUNITY
THE HAGUE, HOLLAND
TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1989
0 I AM DELIGHTED TO BE IN HOLLAND AGAIN, AND TO
HAVE THE CHANCE TO MEET YOU. YOUR GREETING MARKS ONE
OF THE MANY WARM MEMORIES WE WILL TAKE BACK TO THE
STATES.
- 2 -
0 FIRST, LET ME SAY THAT I KNOW WHAT A BURDEN A
PRESIDENTIAL VISIT CAN BE. BARBARA AND I WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR THE WORK AND DEDICATION THAT HAVE GONE INTO OUR
VISIT.
0 SECOND, FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE IN CHINA, I KNOW
THAT THERE IS NO MORE LOYAL AND TALENTED GROUP OF
PEOPLE THAN THE MEN AND WOMEN -- AMERICAN AND FOREIGN -
- WHO STAFF OUR EMBASSIES.
- 3 -
0 THAT IS ESPECIALLY TRUE HERE. FOR YOU DIRECTLY
MANAGE OUR OLDEST UNINTERRUPTED BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP.
ON AMERICA'S BEHALF, MY HEART-FELT THANKS.
0 I HAVE JUST COME FROM THE ECONOMIC SUMMIT,
WHERE WE REVIEWED THE CHANGES AND CHALLENGES --
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL -- WE FACE IN THE YEARS AHEAD.
- 4 -
0 As YOU KNOW, THE FACE OF EUROPE, AND THE WORLD,
IS CHANGING. BUT SOME THINGS HAVE NOT. THINGS LIKE
FUNDAMENTAL VIEWS ABOUT LIFE AND LIBERTY. AND
CENTURIES-OLD TIES WHICH BIND US TO OUR EUROPEAN
ALLIES, AND TO OUR DUTCH PARTNERS ESPECIALLY.
- 5 -
0 WE SEE THESE TIES IN OUR COMMON DEFENSE OF
PEACE AND FREEDOM. AND IN OUR BELIEF IN DEMOCRACY AND
HUMAN RIGHTS. THEY EXIST IN JOINT VENTURES TO EXPLORE
SPACE AND NEW TECHNOLOGY. AND IN THE COMMERCE WHICH
TODAY MAKES HOLLAND AMERICA'S SECOND-LARGEST INVESTOR.
0 IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL FACE OLD ISSUES OF
BUSINESS AND COMMERCE. AND NEW, TRANSATLANTIC PROBLEMS
OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. WE MUST MAKE OURS A
SAFER, PURER, MORE PROSPEROUS WORLD.
- 6 -
0 FOR THAT, WE WILL NEED YOUR HELP AND YOUR
COMMITMENT. IN CLOSING, THANK YOU AGAIN, GOOD LUCK,
GOD BLESS YOU, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.
# # # #