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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
October 11, 1989
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AND ITALIAN PRESIDENT COSSIGA
DURING STATE DINNER
The State Dining Room
MR. PRESIDENT: Mr. President, welcome. Barbara and I
are delighted to have this opportunity to renew our friendship and to
return the hospitality that we've felt on every one of our visits to
your country. And it's a great honor to host a man who has held
almost every high office that Italy has to offer.
If I took the time to list every single job you've held,
the dinner would be cold and out of date. (Laughter.) But let me
mention three: your service as a Navy man; a former legislator; and
President of the Senate. I've always thought that those experiences
alone would be enough to prepare anyone for the presidency.
(Laughter.)
And Mr. President, when I asked my advisors about the
secret of your success, they told me that you have an especially
interesting method to keep in touch with Italian public opinion. I
wonder how many Italian ham radio operators know that the fellow who
signs off as "Andy Capp" is really the President of Italy. And sure
enough -- (laughter.)
But, sir, on a serious vein, I do place great importance
on the meetings that we had this morning -- speaking with candor and
from the heart, as friends, just the way it ought to be. And all of
us here tonight know that relations between Italy and the United
States have never been stronger. They really never have been.
And for millions of Americans, Italy is the old country
-- home of a proud heritage -- a heritage written into every page of
the history of Western civilization. The greatness of Rome was
known, of course, throughout the world, more than a thousand years
before our country or this continent was even known to exist.
And America has always been the New World, discovered by
your great adventurer, Columbus -- a land of possibilities -- a place
where a new history could be written. And that history, our history,
is one that the sons and daughters of Italy helped to write.
And so tonight I offer this toast to old friends and also
to the new Italy -- a great and growing economic power; one of the
world's foremost democracies; a strong and valued ally and a partner
in the community of free nations.
And so let us raise our glasses to President Francesco
Cossiga, to the Republic of Italy, and to the lasting friendship and
love between the people of Italy and America.
(A toast is offered.) (Applause.)
PRESIDENT COSSIGA: Mr. President, Mrs. Bush, ladies and
gentlemen, I wish to thank you again also on behalf of Foreign
Minister De Michelis and the delegation accompanying me for the warm
welcome extended to us in Washington. Mr. President, you wish to
address to me very kind words to recall also the times when I was a
young man and I was known as Andy Capp. (Laughter.) I think that
this name has helped me to overcome my handicaps. (Laughter and
applause.)
MORE
126.30
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Mr. President, I know fairly well that in the United
States the political struggle is quite hard, but I ask you to believe
me if I say that in Italy it is not easier. (Laughter.)
Mr. President, your kind words through my person are
addressed to my country and to the Italian people, thus confirming
the deep-rooted friendship between Italy and the United States of
America. Indeed, Italians and Americans share the fundamental values
which inspire our common activity -- the values of freedom, of
peaceful development and progress and of cooperation with all nations
in full mutual respect.
As your history as a nation was dawning, you placed the
ideals of freedom, democracy and social justice as the foundation
stones of your revolution. These same values which were enshrined
for the first time in the American Constitution were subsequently
taken up and reaffirmed in the fundamental charters of all democratic
countries. And like your revolution, the two great movements that
brought about Italy's unification and national redemption, the
Risorgimento and the Resistance, were based on the concept of the
indissoluble and intimate relationship between the independence of
the nation and the freedom of the individual.
During our conversations a few months ago in Rome at the
Quirinal Palace, what I noticed most particularly, Mr. President, was
the emphasis with which you reaffirmed the continued importance of
these values in view of the forceful, auspicious, but also at time
perilous changes that are taking place on the international stage.
Today we can safely state that those principles which
underly our political system and our joint endeavors have won
through. We can rely on the knowledge that the values of freedom are
not only secure, but enduring. As the great Italian scholar,
Benedetto Croce emphasized when he wrote, "When the question is heard
whether liberty will enjoy what is known as the future, the answer
must be that it has something better still; it has eternity."
Faced with the momentous events we are witnessing --
first and foremost, the evolutionary process taking place in the
Soviet Union -- those who have traditionally fought for the
principles of democracy, as we have, must actively endeavor to
encourage the full deployment of the potentialities now emerging.
This is a common duty incumbent on the whole of the West and its
import and significance are certainly not lost on the members of the
European Community. They intend to redouble their efforts to
establish a climate of ever-greater mutual confidence and to restore
increasingly close economic, cultural and human relations throughout
the European continent.
Mr. President, it was also thanks to your contribution
that the Atlantic summit last May confirmed the vitality of the
Alliance which binds us and made it possible to lay the foundations
for that great improvement in East-West relations hoped for by us
all. But the values and principles which our countries share should
not be limited to creating common ground with regard to the great
issues of relations between America and Europe and between East and
West. We must work in harmony in many other fundamental fields,
guaranteeing the sustained economic growth of developed countries and
providing the aid which less-developed countries need in order to
liberate themselves from the slavery of hunger, solving the regional
conflicts that are still being waged and overcoming the major
problems afflicting mankind, regardless of national borders and
irrespective of political and economic distinctions.
I am referring in particular to the pollution of our
planet, organized crime, terrorism, and to the dramatic scourge of
the spread of drugs.
Mr. President, Italy is proud to have made its
contribution of culture and personal sacrifice to the birth of a
nation whose greatness and strength also stem from its diversity and
MORE
- 3 -
its ability to absorb and assimilate contributions from the whole
world into its lifeblood -- a nation whose great destiny was from the
very beginning of your Revolution foreseen by Daniele Dolfin, the
Ambassador of the Venetian Republic to Paris and a friend of Benjamin
Franklin when, in a dispatch sent in 1783, he wrote, "We may well
expect that with the aid of time and of European arts and knowledge,
this nation will become the most formidable power in the universe."
Mr. President, the few years that separate us from the
end of the second millenium offer all of us an historic opportunity
to steer the future course of mankind along the path of peace,
freedom and prosperity. I am certain that it is in this great
undertaking which we might well describe in the words of Lincoln as
the triumphal march of civilization, the United States and Italy can
work together to make a strong and significant contribution towards
its realization.
And it is with these sentiments, Mr. President, and
renewing to you and to Mrs. Bush my thanks, I would like all those
present here to raise their glasses with me in a toast to the
prosperity of the United States of America, to the success of the
work of your administration, to your personal well-being, to that of
Mrs. Bush, and to the frienship between our two peoples. To the
President of the United States of America.
(A toast is offered.) (Applause.)
END
COSSIGA STATE DINNER/ENTERTAINMENT REMARKS
ALL OF US IN THIS ROOM ARE VERY FORTUNATE. WE HAVE
JUST LISTENED TO ONE OF THE PREMIER VIOLINISTS OF THIS
CENTURY.
FOR MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS, ISAAC STERN HAS LIVED A
LIFE DEDICATED TO MUSIC -- AND DEVOTED To HUMANITY.
ON BEHALF OF ALL OUR GUESTS, BARBARA AND I THANK
YOU FOR SHARING YOUR MUSIC WITH US TONIGHT.
###
REMARKS: TOAST AT THE STATE DINNER IN HONOR OF
PRESIDENT FRANCESCO COSSIGA
THE WHITE HOUSE
OCTOBER 11, 1989
7:45 PM
MR. PRESIDENT: BARBARA AND I ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RENEW OUR FRIENDSHIP -- AND TO
RETURN THE HOSPITALITY WE HAVE FELT ON EVERY ONE OF OUR
VISITS TO YOUR COUNTRY.
- 2 -
IT IS A GREAT HONOR TO HOST A MAN WHO HAS HELD
ALMOST EVERY HIGH OFFICE ITALY HAS TO OFFER. [[MR.
PRESIDENT, IF I TOOK THE TIME TO LIST THEM ALL, DINNER
WOULD BE COLD. ]] LET ME MENTION JUST THREE: YOUR
SERVICE AS A NAVYMAN, AND AS A FORMER LEGISLATOR AND
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. [[I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT
THOSE EXPERIENCES ALONE WOULD BE ENOUGH TO PREPARE
ANYONE FOR THE PRESIDENCY. ////]]
- 3 -
AND MR. PRESIDENT, WHEN I ASKED MY ADVISORS ABOUT
THE SECRET OF YOUR SUCCESS, THEY TOLD ME YOU HAVE AN
ESPECIALLY INTERESTING METHOD TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH
ITALIAN PUBLIC OPINION. I WONDER HOW MANY ITALIAN HAM
RADIO OPERATORS KNOW THAT THE FELLOW WHO SIGNS-OFF AS
"ANDY CAPP" IS REALLY THE PRESIDENT OF ITALY? ////
MR. PRESIDENT, I PLACE GREAT IMPORTANCE ON THE
MEETING WE HELD THIS MORNING. WE SPOKE IN CANDOR --
FROM THE HEART -- AS FRIENDS.
- 4 -
ALL OF US HERE TONIGHT KNOW THAT RELATIONS BETWEEN
ITALY AND THE UNITED STATES HAVE NEVER BEEN STRONGER.
FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, ITALY IS THE "OLD
COUNTRY" -- HOME OF A PROUD HERITAGE, A HERITAGE
WRITTEN INTO EVERY PAGE OF THE HISTORY OF WESTERN
CIVILIZATION. THE GREATNESS OF ROME WAS KNOWN
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD -- MORE THAN A THOUSAND YEARS
BEFORE AMERICA WAS EVEN KNOWN TO EXIST.
- 5 -
AMERICA HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE NEW WORLD -- DISCOVERED
BY YOUR GREAT ADVENTURER COLUMBUS -- A LAND OF
POSSIBILITIES, A PLACE WHERE A NEW HISTORY COULD BE
WRITTEN. AND THAT HISTORY -- OUR HISTORY -- IS ONE THE
SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF ITALY HELPED WRITE.
TONIGHT, I OFFER THIS TOAST TO OLD FRIENDS -- AND
ALSO TO THE NEW ITALY: A GREAT AND GROWING ECONOMIC
POWER. ONE OF THE WORLD'S FOREMOST DEMOCRACIES.
- 6 -
A VALUED ALLY AND PARTNER IN THE COMMUNITY OF FREE
NATIONS.
LET US RAISE OUR GLASSES:
To PRESIDENT FRANCESO COSSIGA; To THE REPUBLIC OF
ITALY; AND TO THE LASTING FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE BETWEEN
THE PEOPLE OF ITALY AND AMERICA.
# # #
REMARKS: TOAST AT THE STATE DINNER IN HONOR OF
PRESIDENT FRANCESCO COSSIGA
THE WHITE HOUSE
OCTOBER 11, 1989
7:45 PM
MR. PRESIDENT: BARBARA AND I ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RENEW OUR FRIENDSHIP -- AND To
RETURN THE HOSPITALITY WE HAVE FELT ON EVERY ONE OF OUR
VISITS TO YOUR COUNTRY.
- 2 -
IT IS A GREAT HONOR To HOST A MAN WHO HAS HELD
ALMOST EVERY HIGH OFFICE ITALY HAS TO OFFER. [[MR.
PRESIDENT **I VIF bythetime I LISTED THEM ALL, WE'D BE DRINKING COLD
COFFEE TONIGHT. ]] LET ME MENTION JUST THREE: YOUR
SERVICE AS A NAVYMAN, AND AS A FORMER LEGISLATOR AND
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. [[I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT
THOSE EXPERIENCES ALONE WOULD BE ENOUGH TO PREPARE
ANYONE FOR THE PRESIDENCY. ////]]
by the time
*if I took to list The dinner them time would all cold. be
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 6, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Cossiga Arrival and
Toast
I have reviewed and concur with the attached draft
Presidential arrival statement for the visit of President
Francesco Cossiga.
Attachment
C: James W. Cicconi
05 : 21d 11 10068
DOCUMENT NO.
PD
OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT
STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
10-6-89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
NOON TODAY
SUBJECT: Presidential Remarks: Cossiga Arrival and Toast
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
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READINGER
FURSE
ROELLIG
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MALOLEY
REMARKS:
Please prepare a memorandum for Chriss Winston from RBP
with our comments. Thank you very much.
ROGER B. PORTER
Please return this tracking
Assistant to the President
sheet with your response
for Economic and Domestic Policy
(x2705)
Document No.
07943855
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/5/89
10/6/89 2:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: COSSIGA ARRIVAL AND TOAST
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
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UNTERMEYER
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GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2;00 PM, Friday, October 6, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Dooley
October 5, 1989
1989 OCT -5 PM 6: 24
10:00 am
[COSSIGA]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR THE VISIT OF
PRESIDENT FRANCESCO COSSIGA
THE SOUTH LAWN
OCTOBER 11, 1989
10:00 AM
Mr. President. Distinguished members of the Italian
delegation: Good morning, and welcome to the White House.
Mr. President, when your visit was being planned, I
suggested we invite a few "friends of Italy" to greet you. Well,
we discovered that trying to find friends of Italy here in
America is just about as difficult as trying to find fine art in
Florence
or canals in Venice.
Barbara and I are delighted to have this opportunity to
return the warm hospitality we received in Rome earlier this
year. Italy was my first stop on my first visit to Europe as
President, on route to a critical -- and ultimately successful --
NATO Summit. I will always remember that the road to continued
alliance unity began in Rome. ////
Mr. President, our two countries are linked in many ways, by
ties of friendship and the bonds of family. On this past
Memorial Day, I paid a visit to the cemetary at Nettuno, on the
coast south of Rome, to honor the thousands of American soldiers
-- many of Italian ancestry -- who gave their lives to liberate
Italy. For more than forty years, Italy and America have been
friends and allies -- fellow members of the family of free
nations.
And President Cossiga is himself a symbol of Italy's
democratic renaissance. A man of unquestioned ability and
integrity, who has served his nation in more positions of public
trust than we have time to name. [[But I can't resist mentioning
just three: your service as a Navyman, as a former legislator
and later President of the Senate. I've always thought that
those experiences alone would be enough to prepare anyone for the
Presidency. ////]]
I am particularly pleased that President Cossiga has honored
us with a visit to America on the eve of Columbus Day. The son
of Genoa -- discoverer of the New World that became America -- is
celebrated here in our country, as he is in Italy. And the
tradition of Columbus and the great explorers lives on.
Tomorrow, aboard the space shuttle Atlantis, a space probe begins
its six-year voyage to the planet Jupiter. Galileo: a mission
across the million miles of space to the moons the famed
astronomer discovered over four centuries ago.
And Italy, too, is active in the New World of space
exploration. After his meetings here, President Cossiga will
visit my home town, Houston, and the Johnson Space Center. He's
going to hear first-hand how much the U.S. values its partnership
with the Italian Space Agency -- a partnership that's going to
result in the flight of the first Italian astronaut -- aboard one
of our space shuttle missions -- in 1991.
In just a few minutes, President Cossiga and I will move
inside to begin our discussions. Both of us have been to Poland
this year, and we'll discuss the momentous changes taking place
there and elsewhere in Eastern Europe -- and of course, we'll
talk about developments within the Soviet Union. We'll also
discuss other issues of mutual concern: the war on drugs we're
waging here in the U.S. -- and Italy's crackdown on organized
crime, narcotics trafficking and drug abuse. We'll discuss
alliance issues -- and the need for unity that is critical today,
when tensions are easing but the threat to peace and freedom
still exists.
I look forward to a productive meeting: a meeting of the
mind and heart that takes place between friends and allies. ////
President Cossiga, welcome. I wish you and your
distinguished colleagues a pleasant and productive visit to the
United States. There are few nations where the ties are so
as
strong -- the affection so genuine and mutual -- than between our
two countries. I know that here and on the rest of your travels,
you will find America welcomes you with open arms.
Thank you. God bless you, God bless the United States of
America -- and God bless the Republic of Italy.
# # #
McGroarty/Dooley
1989 OCT -5 PM 6: 24
October 4, 1989
10:00 pm
[COSSIGA.TST]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TOAST AT THE STATE DINNER IN HONOR OF
PRESIDENT FRANCESCO COSSIGA
THE WHITE HOUSE
OCTOBER 11, 1989
7:45 PM
Mr. President, Mr. Foreign Minister, Ambassador and Mrs.
Petrignani, Ambassador Secchia, distinguished guests and friends
of Italy: Barbara and I are delighted to have this opportunity
to renew our friendship -- and to return the hospitality we have
felt on every one of our visits to your country.
President Cossiga, I place great importance on the meeting
we held this morning. We spoke in candor, from the heart -- as
friends. And what I've heard about the meetings you and Minister
de Michelis have held with the members of my Cabinet today
convinces me that relations between Italy and the United States
have never been stronger.
All of us here tonight know the special bond between our
nations. For millions of Americans, Italy is the "Old Country" -
- home of a proud heritage, a heritage written into every page of
the history of Western civilization. The greatness of Rome was
known throughout the world -- more than a thousand years before
America was even known to exist.
America has always been the new world -- discovered by your
great adventurer Columbus -- a land of possibilities, a place
where a new history could be written.
And still that history -- our history -- is one the sons and
daughters of Italy have helped us write. In the words of Luigi
Barzini, the Italian author whose family came to the United
States when he was a boy: "America is nothing more than the sum
total of the dreams of all its immigrants."
In those dreams the new and old are joined -- just as our
nations are linked by the unbreakable bonds of friendship,
family, and the love of freedom.
Tonight, I offer this toast to old friends -- and also to
the new Italy: A great and growing economic power. One of the
world's foremost democracies. A valued ally and partner in the
community of free nations.
Let us raise our glasses:
To President Franceso Cossiga; to the Republic of Italy;
and to the lasting friendship and love between the people of
Italy and America.
# # #
Cossiga State Duiner
Enter tarrinent Remarks.
Isaac Stern Thank-you Remarks
All of us in this room are very fortunate. We have just
listened to one of the premier violinists of this century.
For more than fifty years, Isaac Stern has lived a life
dedicated to music ---- and devoted to humanity.
On behalf of all our guests, Barbara and I thank you for
sharing your music with us tonight.
REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR THE VISIT OF
PRESIDENT FRANCESCO COSSIGA
THE SOUTH LAWN
OCTOBER 11, 1989
10:00 AM
MR. PRESIDENT. DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE
ITALIAN DELEGATION: GOOD MORNING, AND WELCOME TO THE
WHITE HOUSE.
MR. PRESIDENT, WHEN YOUR VISIT WAS BEING PLANNED, I
SUGGESTED WE INVITE A FEW "FRIENDS OF ITALY" TO GREET
YOU.
- 2 -
WELL, WE DISCOVERED THAT FINDING FRIENDS OF ITALY HERE
IN AMERICA IS LIKE FINDING FINE ART IN FLORENCE
...
OR CANALS IN VENICE. THEY ARE ALL AROUND US. ///
BARBARA AND I ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN THE WARM HOSPITALITY WE RECEIVED
IN ROME EARLIER. THIS YEAR.
- 3 -
ITALY WAS MY FIRST STOP ON MY FIRST VISIT TO EUROPE AS
PRESIDENT, EN ROUTE To A CRITICAL -- AND ULTIMATELY A
HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL -- NATO SUMMIT. I WILL ALWAYS
REMEMBER THAT THE ROAD TO CONTINUED ALLIANCE UNITY
BEGAN IN ROME. ////
MR. PRESIDENT, OUR TWO COUNTRIES ARE LINKED IN MANY
WAYS, BY TIES OF FRIENDSHIP AND THE BONDS OF FAMILY.
- 4 -
ON THIS PAST MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, I PAID A VISIT To
THE CEMETERY AT NETTUNO, ON THE COAST SOUTH OF ROME, TO
HONOR THE THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS -- MANY OF
ITALIAN ANCESTRY -- WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES To LIBERATE
ITALY. FOR MORE THAN FORTY YEARS, ITALY AND AMERICA
HAVE BEEN FRIENDS AND ALLIES -- FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE
FAMILY OF FREE NATIONS.
- 5 -
AND PRESIDENT COSSIGA IS HIMSELF A SYMBOL OF
ITALY'S DEMOCRATIC RENAISSANCE. A MAN OF SUPREME
ABILITY AND INTEGRITY, WHO HAS SERVED HIS NATION IN
MORE POSITIONS OF PUBLIC TRUST THAN WE HAVE TIME TO
NAME.
I AM PARTICULARLY PLEASED THAT PRESIDENT COSSIGA
HAS HONORED US WITH A VISIT TO AMERICA ON THE EVE OF
COLUMBUS DAY.
- 6 -
THE SON OF GENOA -- DISCOVERER OF THE NEW WORLD THAT
BECAME AMERICA -- IS CELEBRATED HERE IN OUR COUNTRY,
AND THE TRADITION OF COLUMBUS AND THE GREAT EXPLORERS
LIVES ON. Tomorrow, ABOARD THE SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS,
A SPACE PROBE BEGINS ITS SIX YEAR VOYAGE TO THE PLANET
JUPITER. GALILEO: A MISSION ACROSS THE MILLIONS OF
MILES OF SPACE TO THE MOONS THE FAMED ASTRONOMER
DISCOVERED OVER THREE CENTURIES AGO.
new cord b
- 6 -
THE SON OF GENOA -- DISCOVERER OF THE NEW WORLD THAT
BECAME AMERICA -- IS CELEBRATED HERE IN OUR COUNTRY,
AND THE TRADITION OF COLUMBUS AND THE GREAT EXPLORERS
LIVES ON. SOON, ABOARD THE SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS, A
SPACE PROBE BEGINS ITS SIX-YEAR VOYAGE TO THE PLANET
JUPITER. GALILEO: A MISSION ACROSS THE MILLIONS OF
MILES OF SPACE TO THE MOONS THE FAMED ASTRONOMER
DISCOVERED OVER THREE CENTURIES AGO.
- 7 -
GALILEO IS JUST ONE ELEMENT IN A VERY EXCITING,
VERY AMBITIOUS SPACE PROGRAM. I KNOW VICE PRESIDENT
QUAYLE, WHO IS DOING SUCH A TREMENDOUS JOB AS CHAIRMAN
OF OUR NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL, AGREES WITH ME THAT
EVERY VOYAGE INTO SPACE IS A VOYAGE INTO OUR FUTURE.
AND ITALY, Too, IS ACTIVE IN THE NEW WORLD OF SPACE
EXPLORATION. AFTER HIS MEETINGS HERE, PRESIDENT
COSSIGA WILL VISIT MY HOME TOWN, HOUSTON, AND THE
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.
- 8 -
HE'S GOING To HEAR FIRST-HAND HOW MUCH THE U.S. VALUES
ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY -- A
PARTNERSHIP THAT'S GOING To RESULT IN THE FLIGHT OF THE
FIRST ITALIAN ASTRONAUT -- ABOARD ONE OF OUR SPACE
SHUTTLE MISSIONS -- IN 1991.
IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, PRESIDENT COSSIGA AND I WILL
MOVE INSIDE TO BEGIN OUR DISCUSSIONS.
- 9 -
BOTH OF US HAVE BEEN To POLAND THIS YEAR, AND WE'LL
DISCUSS THE MOMENTOUS CHANGES TAKING PLACE IN EASTERN
EUROPE AND THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE IN DEVELOPING
CONCERTED WESTERN ACTION TO SUPPORT MOVEMENT TOWARDS
DEMOCRACY THERE. AND OF COURSE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT
DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE SOVIET UNION -- AND OUR
DETERMINATION To CONTINUE PUSHING FORWARD WITH NATO's
CALL FOR THE EARLY CONCLUSION OF A CONVENTIONAL ARMS
REDUCTION AGREEMENT WITH THE WARSAW PACT.
- 10 -
WE'LL ALSO DISCUSS OTHER ISSUES OF MUTUAL CONCERN:
THE WAR ON DRUGS WE'RE WAGING HERE IN THE U.S. -- AND
ITALY'S CRACKDOWN ON ORGANIZED CRIME, NARCOTICS
TRAFFICKING, AND DRUG ABUSE. WE'LL DISCUSS ALLIANCE
ISSUES -- AND THE NEED FOR UNITY THAT IS CRITICAL
TODAY, WHEN TENSIONS ARE EASING BUT THE THREAT TO PEACE
AND FREEDOM STILL EXISTS.
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I LOOK FORWARD TO A PRODUCTIVE MEETING: A MEETING
OF THE MIND AND HEART THAT TAKES PLACE BETWEEN FRIENDS
AND ALLIES. //// PRESIDENT COSSIGA, WELCOME. I WISH
YOU AND YOUR DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUES A PLEASANT AND
PRODUCTIVE VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES. THERE ARE FEW
NATIONS WHERE THE TIES ARE so STRONG -- THE AFFECTION
so GENUINE AND MUTUAL -- THAN BETWEEN OUR TWO
COUNTRIES.
- 12 -
I KNOW THAT HERE AND ON THE REST OF YOUR TRAVELS, YOU
WILL FIND AMERICA WELCOMES YOU WITH OPEN ARMS.
THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU, GOD BLESS THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA -- AND GOD BLESS THE REPUBLIC OF
ITALY.
# # #
Chriss- Pls. see H on P.2
re Quayle + Space Comeil
McGroarty/Dooley
October 10, 1989
11:00 am
[COSSIGA]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR THE VISIT OF
PRESIDENT FRANCESCO COSSIGA
THE SOUTH LAWN
OCTOBER 11, 1989
10:00 AM
Mr. President. Distinguished members of the Italian
delegation: Good morning, and welcome to the White House.
Mr. President, when your visit was being planned, I
suggested we invite a few "friends of Italy" to greet you. Well,
we discovered that finding friends of Italy here in America is
like finding fine art in Florence
or canals in Venice.
They are all around us. ///
Barbara and I are delighted to have this opportunity to
return the warm hospitality we received in Rome earlier this
year. Italy was my first stop on my first visit to Europe as
President, en route to a critical -- and ultimately a highly
successful -- NATO Summit. I will always remember that the road
to continued alliance unity began in Rome. ////
Mr. President, our two countries are linked in many ways, by
ties of friendship and the bonds of family. On this past
Memorial Day weekend, I paid a visit to the cemetery at Nettuno,
on the coast south of Rome, to honor the thousands of American
soldiers -- many of Italian ancestry -- who gave their lives to
liberate Italy. For more than forty years, Italy and America
2
have been friends and allies -- fellow members of the family of
free nations.
And President Cossiga is himself a symbol of Italy's
democratic renaissance. A man of supreme ability and integrity,
who has served his nation in more positions of public trust than
we have time to name.
I am particularly pleased that President Cossiga has honored
us with a visit to America on the eve of Columbus Day. The son
of Genoa -- discoverer of the New World that became America -- is
celebrated here in our country, as he is in Italy. And the
tradition of Columbus and the great explorers lives on.
Tomorrow, aboard the space shuttle Atlantis, a space probe begins
its six-year voyage to the planet Jupiter. Galileo: a mission
across the millions of miles of space to the moons the famed
astronomer discovered over three centuries ago.
Galileo is just one element in a very exciting, very
such
who
IS
ambitious space program. I know Vice President Quayle, Chairman
trementing
you
of our National Space Council, agrees with me that every voyage
into space is a voyage into our future.
And Italy, too, is active in the New World of space
exploration. After his meetings here, President Cossiga will
visit my home town, Houston, and the Johnson Space Center. He's
going to hear first-hand how much the U.S. values its partnership
with the Italian Space Agency -- a partnership that's going to
result in the flight of the first Italian astronaut -- aboard one
of our space shuttle missions -- in 1991.
3
In just a few minutes, President Cossiga and I will move
inside to begin our discussions. Both of us have been to Poland
this year, and we'll discuss the momentous changes taking place
in Eastern Europe and the progress we have made in developing
concerted Western action to support movement towards democracy
there. And of course, we'll talk about developments within the
Soviet Union -- and our determination to continue pushing forward
with NATO's call for the early conclusion of a conventional arms
reduction agreement with the Warsaw Pact.
We'll also discuss other issues of mutual concern: the war
on drugs we're waging here in the U.S. -- and Italy's crackdown
on organized crime, narcotics trafficking, and drug abuse. We'll
discuss alliance issues -- and the need for unity that is
critical today, when tensions are easing but the threat to peace
and freedom still exists.
I look forward to a productive meeting: a meeting of the
mind and heart that takes place between friends and allies. ////
President Cossiga, welcome. I wish you and your
distinguished colleagues a pleasant and productive visit to the
United States. There are few nations where the ties are so
strong -- the affection so genuine and mutual -- than between our
two countries. I know that here and on the rest of your travels,
you will find America welcomes you with open arms.
Thank you. God bless you, God bless the United States of
America -- and God bless the Republic of Italy.
# # #
Question
I not ice that we
have mentioned in
Mexico remarks and now
1 in this the names of
our ambassador and
theirs. I ve never done thsi before
what is the reason, the precedent
especially considering tha we have
foreign ministers etc ,
ptresent.
i dont object but i need
reason for this
gb
CAMP DAVID
neeed a li ttle personal
touch
perhapsd we can use here the para.
I deleted for the arrival
the
o ne on S imi lari ty of our
backgrounds.
these toasts at white house
dinner can be a
little mo re hu mo rous, a little I
personal than the formal
arrival/departu re/official
utt eri ngs.
gb
what are his int erests
etc etc.
McGroarty/Dooley
10/10/89
October 6, 1989
5:00 pm
[COSSIGA.TST]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
TOAST AT THE STATE DINNER IN HONOR OF
PRESIDENT FRANCESCO COSSIGA
THE WHITE HOUSE
OCTOBER 11, 1989
7:45 PM
Mr. President, Mr. Foreign Minister, Ambassador and Mrs.
77
Petrignani [Peh-trih-nyah-nee], Ambassador Secchia [Seck-ee-ah],
distinguished guests and friends of Italy: Barbara and I are
delighted to have this opportunity to renew our friendship -- and
to return the hospitality we have felt on every one of our visits
to your country.
President Cossiga, I place great importance on the meeting
we held this morning. We spoke in candor, from the heart -- as
friends. And what I've heard about the meetings you and Minister
de Michelis [day Mee-kay-lis] have held with the members of my
Cabinet today convinces me that relations between Italy and the
United States have never been stronger.
All of us here tonight know the special bond between our
nations. For millions of Americans, Italy is the "Old Country" -
- home of a proud heritage, a heritage written into every page of
the history of Western civilization. The greatness of Rome was
known throughout the world -- more than a thousand years before
America was even known to exist.
2
America has always been the new world -- discovered by your
great adventurer Columbus -- a land of possibilities, a place
where a new history could be written.
And still that history -- our history -- is one the sons and
daughters of Italy have helped us write. In the words of Luigi
Barzini, the Italian author whose family came to the United
States when he was a boy, what drew immigrants to America "was
nothing more than the sum of all their different and sometimes
impossible hopes."
In those hopes and immigrants' dreams the new and old are
joined -- just as our nations are linked by the unbreakable bonds
of friendship, family, and the love of freedom.
Tonight, I offer this toast to old friends --- and also to
the new Italy: A great and growing economic power. One of the
world's foremost democracies. A valued ally and partner in the
community of free nations.
Let us raise our glasses:
To President Franceso Cossiga; to the Republic of Italy;
and to the lasting friendship and love between the people of
Italy and America.
# # #
Document No. U4743855 '4'
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/5/89
10/6/89 2:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: COSSIGA ARRIVAL AND TOAST
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
BREEDEN
WINSTON
CARD
PINKERTON
CICCONI
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2;00 PM, Friday, October 6, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
SE : pd 9 100.68 68
No comments- Furse
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Document No. 07943855
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/7/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT AND STATE DINNER TOAST
FOR PRESIDENT COSSIGA
SUBJECT:
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11
(10/6 - 5:00 p.m. drafts)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
1939 OCT -6 PM 5: 33
October 6, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH: DAVID DEMAREST
&
FROM:
DAN MCGROARTY ower
SUBJECT: ARRIVAL STATEMENT AND STATE DINNER TOAST FOR PRESIDENT
COSSIGA
I. SUMMARY
On Wednesday, October 11, at 10:00 a.m., you will greet
Italy's President Cossiga at the White House. That night,
there will be a State Dinner.
II. DISCUSSION
The Arrival Statement and the Toast both discuss the
long history of friendship between the United States and
Italy, and the important role that Italian-Americans have
played in our country -- beginning, of course, with
Christopher Columbus. President Cossiga's visit falls on
the day before the official Columbus Day.
The speech also discusses the space shuttle mission
that begins the following day, from which the space probe
Galileo (another famous Italian) will be launched. You will
also discuss a joint American-Italian space mission that
will take off in 1991.
###
McGroarty/Dooley
October 6, 1989
5:00 pm
[COSSIGA]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR THE VISIT OF
PRESIDENT FRANCESCO COSSIGA
THE SOUTH LAWN
OCTOBER 11, 1989
10:00 AM
Mr. President. Distinguished members of the Italian
delegation: Good morning, and welcome to the White House.
Mr. President, when your visit was being planned, I
suggested we invite a few "friends of Italy" to greet you. Well,
we discovered that finding friends of Italy here in America is
like finding fine art in Florence
or canals in Venice.
They are all around us. ///
Barbara and I are delighted to have this opportunity to
return the warm hospitality we received in Rome earlier this
year. Italy was my first stop on my first visit to Europe as
President, en route to a critical -- and ultimately a highly
successful -- NATO Summit. I will always remember that the road
to continued alliance unity began in Rome. ////
Mr. President, our two countries are linked in many ways, by
ties of friendship and the bonds of family. On this past
Memorial Day weekend, I paid a visit to the cemetery at Nettuno,
on the coast south of Rome, to honor the thousands of American
soldiers -- many of Italian ancestry -- who gave their lives to
liberate Italy. For more than forty years, Italy and America
2
have been friends and allies -- fellow members of the family of
free nations.
And President Cossiga is himself a symbol of Italy's
democratic renaissance. A man of supreme ability and integrity,
who has served his nation in more positions of public trust than
we have time to name. [[But I can't resist mentioning just
three: your service as a Navyman, as a former legislator and
later President of the Senate. I've always thought that those
experiences alone would be enough to prepare anyone for the
Presidency. ////]]
I am particularly pleased that President Cossiga has honored
us with a visit to America on the eve of Columbus Day. The son
of Genoa -- discoverer of the New World that became America -- is
celebrated here in our country, as he is in Italy. And the
tradition of Columbus and the great explorers lives on.
Tomorrow, aboard the space shuttle Atlantis, a space probe begins
its six-year voyage to the planet Jupiter. Galileo: a mission
across the millions of miles of space to the moons the famed
astronomer discovered over three centuries ago.
And Italy, too, is active in the New World of space
exploration. After his meetings here, President Cossiga will
visit my home town, Houston, and the Johnson Space Center. He's
going to hear first-hand how much the U.S. values its partnership
with the Italian Space Agency -- a partnership that's going to
result in the flight of the first Italian astronaut -- aboard one
of our space shuttle missions -- in 1991.
3
In just a few minutes, President Cossiga and I will move
inside to begin our discussions. Both of us have been to Poland
this year, and we'll discuss the momentous changes taking place
in Eastern Europe and the progress we have made in developing
concerted Western action to support movement towards democracy
there. And of course, we'll talk about developments within the
Soviet Union -- and our determination to continue pushing forward
with NATO's call for the early conclusion of a conventional arms
reduction agreement with the Warsaw Pact.
We'll also discuss other issues of mutual concern: the war
on drugs we're waging here in the U.S. -- and Italy's crackdown
on organized crime, narcotics trafficking, and drug abuse. We'll
discuss alliance issues -- and the need for unity that is
critical today, when tensions are easing but the threat to peace
and freedom still exists.
I look forward to a productive meeting: a meeting of the
mind and heart that takes place between friends and allies. ////
President Cossiga, welcome. I wish you and your
distinguished colleagues a pleasant and productive visit to the
United States. There are few nations where the ties are so
strong -- the affection so genuine and mutual -- than between our
two countries. I know that here and on the rest of your travels,
you will find America welcomes you with open arms.
Thank you. God bless you, God bless the United States of
America -- and God bless the Republic of Italy.
# # #
McGroarty/Dooley
October 6, 1989
5:00 pm
[COSSIGA.TST]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TOAST AT THE STATE DINNER IN HONOR OF
PRESIDENT FRANCESCO COSSIGA
THE WHITE HOUSE
OCTOBER 11, 1989
7:45 PM
Mr. President, Mr. Foreign Minister, Ambassador and Mrs.
Petrignani [Peh-trih-nyah-nee], Ambassador Secchia [Seck-ee-ah],
distinguished guests and friends of Italy: Barbara and I are
delighted to have this opportunity to renew our friendship -- and
to return the hospitality we have felt on every one of our visits
to your country.
President Cossiga, I place great importance on the meeting
we held this morning. We spoke in candor, from the heart -- as
friends. And what I've heard about the meetings you and Minister
de Michelis [day Mee-kay-lis] have held with the members of my
Cabinet today convinces me that relations between Italy and the
United States have never been stronger.
All of us here tonight know the special bond between our
nations. For millions of Americans, Italy is the "Old Country" -
- home of a proud heritage, a heritage written into every page of
the history of Western civilization. The greatness of Rome was
known throughout the world -- more than a thousand years before
America was even known to exist.
2
America has always been the new world -- discovered by your
great adventurer Columbus -- a land of possibilities, a place
where a new history could be written.
And still that history -- our history -- is one the sons and
daughters of Italy have helped us write. In the words of Luigi
Barzini, the Italian author whose family came to the United
States when he was a boy, what drew immigrants to America "was
nothing more than the sum of all their different and sometimes
impossible hopes."
In those hopes and immigrants' dreams the new and old are
joined -- just as our nations are linked by the unbreakable bonds
of friendship, family, and the love of freedom.
Tonight, I offer this toast to old friends -- and also to
the new Italy: A great and growing economic power. One of the
world's foremost democracies. A valued ally and partner in the
community of free nations.
Let us raise our glasses:
To President Franceso Cossiga; to the Republic of Italy;
and to the lasting friendship and love between the people of
Italy and America.
# # #
Document No. 07943855
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/5/89
10/6/89 2:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: COSSIGA ARRIVAL AND TOAST
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
N/C
DARMAN N/C
STUDDERT N/C
BATES N/C
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
BREEDEN
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON N/C
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2;00 PM, Friday, October 6, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Dooley
October 5, 1989
1989 OCT .5 PM 6: 24
10:00 am
[COSSIGA]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR THE VISIT OF
PRESIDENT FRANCESCO COSSIGA
THE SOUTH LAWN
OCTOBER 11, 1989
10:00 AM
Mr. President. Distinguished members of the Italian
delegation: Good morning, and welcome to the White House.
Mr. President, when your visit was being planned, I
suggested we invite a few "friends of Italy" to greet you. Well,
we discovered that trying to find friends of Italy here in
America is just about as difficult as trying to find fine art in
Florence
or canals in Venice.
Barbara and I are delighted to have this opportunity to
return the warm hospitality we received in Rome earlier this
year. Italy was my first stop on my first visit to Europe as
President, on route to a critical -- and ultimately successful --
NATO Summit. I will always remember that the road to continued
alliance unity began in Rome. ////
Mr. President, our two countries are linked in many ways, by
ties of friendship and the bonds of family. On this past
Memorial Day, I paid a visit to the cemetary at Nettuno, on the
coast south of Rome, to honor the thousands of American soldiers
-- many of Italian ancestry -- who gave their lives to liberate
Italy. For more than forty years, Italy and' America have been
friends and allies -- fellow members of the family of free
nations.
And President Cossiga is himself a symbol of Italy's
democratic renaissance. A man of unquestioned ability and
integrity, who has served his nation in more positions of public
trust than we have time to name. [[But I can't resist mentioning
just three: your service as a Navyman, as a former legislator
and later President of the Senate. I've always thought that
those experiences alone would be enough to prepare anyone for the
Presidency. ////]]
I am particularly pleased that President Cossiga has honored
us with a visit to America on the eve of Columbus Day. The son
of Genoa -- discoverer of the New World that became America -- is
celebrated here in our country, as he is in Italy. And the
tradition of Columbus and the great explorers lives on.
Tomorrow, aboard the space shuttle Atlantis, a space probe begins
its six-year voyage to the planet Jupiter. Galileo: a mission
across the million miles of space to the moons the famed
astronomer discovered over four centuries ago.
And Italy, too, is active in the New World of space
exploration. After his meetings here, President Cossiga will
visit my home town, Houston, and the Johnson Space Center. He's
going to hear first-hand how much the U.S. values its partnership
with the Italian Space Agency -- a partnership that's going to
result in the flight of the first Italian astronaut -- aboard one
of our space shuttle missions -- in 1991.
In just a few minutes, President Cossiga and I will move
inside to begin our discussions. Both of us have been to Poland
this year, and we'll discuss the momentous changes taking place
there and elsewhere in Eastern Europe -- and of course, we'll
talk about developments within the Soviet Union. We'll also
discuss other issues of mutual concern: the war on drugs we're
waging here in the U.S. -- and Italy's crackdown on organized
crime, narcotics trafficking and drug abuse. We'll discuss
alliance issues -- and the need for unity that is critical today,
when tensions are easing but the threat to peace and freedom
still exists.
I look forward to a productive meeting: a meeting of the
mind and heart that takes place between friends and allies. ////
President Cossiga, welcome. I wish you and your
distinguished colleagues a pleasant and productive visit to the
United States. There are few nations where the ties are so
strong -- the affection so genuine and mutual -- than between our
two countries. I know that here and on the rest of your travels,
you will find America welcomes you with open arms.
Thank you. God bless you, God bless the United States of
America -- and God bless the Republic of Italy.
# # #
McGroarty/Dooley
1989 OCT -5 PM 6: 24
October 4, 1989
10:00 pm
[COSSIGA.TST]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
TOAST AT THE STATE DINNER IN HONOR OF
PRESIDENT FRANCESCO COSSIGA
THE WHITE HOUSE
OCTOBER 11, 1989
7:45 PM
Mr. President, Mr. Foreign Minister, Ambassador and Mrs.
Petrignani, Ambassador Secchia, distinguished guests and friends
of Italy: Barbara and I are delighted to have this opportunity
to renew our friendship -- and to return the hospitality we have
felt on every one of our visits to your country.
President Cossiga, I place great importance on the meeting
we held this morning. We spoke in candor, from the heart -- as
friends. And what I've heard about the meetings you and Minister
de Michelis have held with the members of my Cabinet today
convinces me that relations between Italy and the United States
have never been stronger.
All of us here tonight know the special bond between our
nations. For millions of Americans, Italy is the "Old Country" -
- home of a proud heritage, a heritage written into every page of
the history of Western civilization. The greatness of Rome was
known throughout the world -- more than a thousand years before
America was even known to exist.
America has always been the new world -- discovered by your
great adventurer Columbus -- a land of possibilities, a place
where a new history could be written.
And still that history -- our history -- is one the sons and
daughters of Italy have helped us write. In the words of Luigi
Barzini, the Italian author whose family came to the United
States when he was a boy: "America is nothing more than the sum
total of the dreams of all its immigrants."
In those dreams the new and old are joined -- just as our
nations are linked by the unbreakable bonds of friendship,
family, and the love of freedom.
Tonight, I offer this toast to old friends -- and also to
the new Italy: A great and growing economic power. One of the
world's foremost democracies. A valued ally and partner in the
community of free nations.
Let us raise our glasses:
To President Franceso Cossiga; to the Republic of Italy;
and to the lasting friendship and love between the people of
Italy and America.
# # #
Document No.
07943855
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/5/89
10/6/89 2:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: COSSIGA ARRIVAL AND TOAST
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
BREEDEN
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2;00 PM, Friday, October 6, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
00 Sd 9 100 68
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Dooley
October 5, 1989
1989 OCT -5 PH 6: 24
10:00 am
[COSSIGA]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR THE VISIT OF
PRESIDENT FRANCESCO COSSIGA
THE SOUTH LAWN
OCTOBER 11, 1989
10:00 AM
Mr. President. Distinguished members of the Italian
delegation: Good morning, and welcome to the White House.
Mr. President, when your visit was being planned, I
suggested we invite a few "friends of Italy" to greet you. Well,
we discovered that trying to find friends of Italy here in
America is just about as difficult as trying to find fine art in
Florence
or canals in Venice.
Barbara and I are delighted to have this opportunity to
return the warm hospitality we received in Rome earlier this
year. Italy was my first stop on my first visit to Europe as
President, on route to a critical -- and ultimately successful --
NATO Summit. I will always remember that the road to continued
alliance unity began in Rome. ////
Mr. President, our two countries are linked in many ways, by
ties of friendship and the bonds of family. On this past
Memorial Day, I paid a visit to the cemetary at Nettuno, on the
coast south of Rome, to honor the thousands of American soldiers
-- many of Italian ancestry -- who gave their lives to liberate
Italy. For more than forty years, Italy and America have been
friends and allies -- fellow members of the family of free
nations.
And President Cossiga is himself a symbol of Italy's
democratic renaissance. A man of unquestioned ability and
integrity, who has served his nation in more positions of public
trust than we have time to name. [[But I can't resist mentioning
just three: your service as a Navyman, as a former legislator
and later President of the Senate. I've always thought that
those experiences alone would be enough to prepare anyone for the
Presidency. ////]]
I am particularly pleased that President Cossiga has honored
us with a visit to America on the eve of Columbus Day. The son
of Genoa -- discoverer of the New World that became America -- is
celebrated here in our country, as he is in Italy. And the
tradition of Columbus and the great explorers lives on.
Tomorrow, aboard the space shuttle Atlantis, a space probe begins
its six-year voyage to the planet Jupiter. Galileo: a mission
across the million miles of space to the moons the famed
astronomer discovered over four centuries ago.
And Italy, too, is active in the New World of space
exploration. After his meetings here, President Cossiga will
visit my home town, Houston, and the Johnson Space Center. He's
going to hear first-hand how much the U.S. values its partnership
with the Italian Space Agency -- a partnership that's going to
result in the flight of the first Italian astronaut -- aboard one
of our space shuttle missions -- in 1991.
In just a few minutes, President Cossiga and I will move
inside to begin our discussions. Both of us have been to Poland
this year, and we'll discuss the momentous changes taking place
there and elsewhere in Eastern Europe -- and of course, we'll
talk about developments within the Soviet Union. We'll also
discuss other issues of mutual concern: the war on drugs we're
waging here in the U.S. -- and Italy's crackdown on organized
crime, narcotics trafficking and drug abuse. We'll discuss
alliance issues -- and the need for unity that is critical today,
when tensions are easing but the threat to peace and freedom
still exists.
I look forward to a productive meeting: a meeting of the
mind and heart that takes place between friends and allies. ////
President Cossiga, welcome. I wish you and your
distinguished colleagues a pleasant and productive visit to the
United States. There are few nations where the ties are so
strong -- the affection so genuine and mutual -- than between our
two countries. I know that here and on the rest of your travels,
you will find America welcomes you with open arms.
Thank you. God bless you, God bless the United States of
America -- and God bless the Republic of Italy.
# # #
McGroarty/Dooley
1989 OCT -5 PM 6: 24
October 4, 1989
10:00 pm
[COSSIGA.TST]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TOAST AT THE STATE DINNER IN HONOR OF
PRESIDENT FRANCESCO COSSIGA
THE WHITE HOUSE
OCTOBER 11, 1989
7:45 PM
Mr. President, Mr. Foreign Minister, Ambassador and Mrs.
Petrignani, Ambassador Secchia, distinguished guests and friends
of Italy: Barbara and I are delighted to have this opportunity
to renew our friendship -- and to return the hospitality we have
felt on every one of our visits to your country.
President Cossiga, I place great importance on the meeting
we held this morning. We spoke in candor, from the heart -- as
friends. And what I've heard about the meetings you and Minister
de Michelis have held with the members of my Cabinet today
convinces me that relations between Italy and the United States
have never been stronger.
All of us here tonight know the special bond between our
nations. For millions of Americans, Italy is the "Old Country" -
- home of a proud heritage, a heritage written into every page of
the history of Western civilization. The greatness of Rome was
known throughout the world -- more than a thousand years before
America was even known to exist.
America has always been the new world -- discovered by your
great adventurer Columbus -- a land of possibilities, a place
where a new history could be written.
And still that history -- our history -- is one the sons and
daughters of Italy have helped us write. In the words of Luigi
Barzini, the Italian author whose family came to the United
States when he was a boy: "America is nothing more than the sum
total of the dreams of all its immigrants."
In those dreams the new and old are joined -- just as our
nations are linked by the unbreakable bonds of friendship,
family, and the love of freedom.
Tonight, I offer this toast to old friends -- and also to
the new Italy: A great and growing economic power. One of the
world's foremost democracies. A valued ally and partner in the
community of free nations.
Let us raise our glasses:
To President Franceso Cossiga; to the Republic of Italy;
and to the lasting friendship and love between the people of
Italy and America.
# # #
America has always been the new world -- discovered by your
great adventurer Columbus a land of possibilities, a place
where a new history could be written.
And still that history -- our history -- is one the sons and
daughters of Italy have helped us write. In the words of Luigi
Barzini, the Italian author whose family came to the United
States when he was a boy, what drew immigrants to America "was
nothing more than the sum of all their different and sometimes
impossible hopes.
]
In those hopes and immigrants' dreams the new and old are
joined -- just as our nations are linked by the unbreakable bonds
of friendship, family, and the love of freedom.
Tonight, I offer this toast to old friends -- and also to
the new Italy: A great and growing economic power. One of the
world's foremost democracies. A valued ally and partner in the
community of free nations.
Let us raise our glasses:
To President Franceso Cossiga; to the Republic of Italy;
and to the lasting friendship and love between the people of
Italy
and
America.
# # #
Document No.
07943855
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/5/89
10/6/89 2:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: COSSIGA ARRIVAL AND TOAST
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
BREEDEN
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2;00 PM, Friday, October 6, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE: N/C except. 10/6/89
Comment p.z -
0 then 10:6 general bsuration that the
avrival statement should salute
James W. Cicconi
Italy for its increasing
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
imphasis on free markets and we Ext. 2702
the new 1ting conomic stability growth it bag is experiencing
McGroarty/Dooley
October 5, 1989
1989 OCT -5 PM 6: 24
10:00 am
[COSSIGA]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR THE VISIT OF
PRESIDENT FRANCESCO COSSIGA
THE SOUTH LAWN
OCTOBER 11, 1989
10:00 AM
Mr. President. Distinguished members of the Italian
delegation: Good morning, and welcome to the White House.
Mr. President, when your visit was being planned, I
suggested we invite a few "friends of Italy" to greet you. Well,
we discovered that trying to find friends of Italy here in
America is just about as difficult as trying to find fine art in
Florence
or canals in Venice.
Barbara and I are delighted to have this opportunity to
return the warm hospitality we received in Rome earlier this
year. Italy was my first stop on my first visit to Europe as
President, on route to a critical -- and ultimately successful --
NATO Summit. I will always remember that the road to continued
alliance unity began in Rome. ////
Mr. President, our two countries are linked in many ways, by
ties of friendship and the bonds of family. On this past
Memorial Day, I paid a visit to the cemetary at Nettuno, on the
coast south of Rome, to honor the thousands of American soldiers
-- many of Italian ancestry -- who gave their lives to liberate
Italy. For more than forty years, Italy and America have been
friends and allies -- fellow members of the family of free
nations.
And President Cossiga is himself a symbol of Italy's
democratic renaissance. A man of unquestioned ability and
integrity, who has served his nation in more positions of public
trust than we have time to name. [[But I can't resist mentioning
suggestion:
just three: your service as a Navyman, as a former. legislater member
two
of
the
and later President of the Senate.
I've always thought that
Presidenting
&
those experiences alone would be enough to prepare anyone for the
legislative
for of an
Presidency. ////]]
compution.
I am particularly pleased that President Cossiga has honored
us with a visit to America on the eve of Columbus Day. The son
of Genoa -- discoverer of the New World that became America -- is
celebrated here in our country, as he is in Italy. And the
tradition of Columbus and the great explorers lives on.
Tomorrow, aboard the space shuttle Atlantis, a space probe begins
its six-year voyage to the planet Jupiter. Galileo: a mission
across the million miles of space to the moons the famed
astronomer discovered over four centuries ago.
And Italy, too, is active in the New World of space
exploration. After his meetings here, President Cossiga will
visit my home town, Houston, and the Johnson Space Center. He's
going to hear first-hand how much the U.S. values its partnership
with the Italian Space Agency -- a partnership that's going to
result in the flight of the first Italian astronaut -- aboard one
of our space shuttle missions -- in 1991.
In just a few minutes, President Cossiga and I will move
inside to begin our discussions. Both of us have been to Poland
this year, and we'll discuss the momentous changes taking place
there and elsewhere in Eastern Europe -- and of course, we'll
talk about developments within the Soviet Union. We'll also
discuss other issues of mutual concern: the war on drugs we're
waging here in the U.S. -- and Italy's crackdown on organized
crime, narcotics trafficking and drug abuse. We'll discuss
alliance issues -- and the need for unity that is critical today,
when tensions are easing but the threat to peace and freedom
still exists.
I look forward to a productive meeting: a meeting of the
mind and heart that takes place between friends and allies. ////
President Cossiga, welcome. I wish you and your
distinguished colleagues a pleasant and productive visit to the
United States. There are few nations where the ties are so
strong -- the affection so genuine and mutual -- than between our
two countries. I know that here and on the rest of your travels,
you will find America welcomes you with open arms.
Thank you. God bless you, God bless the United States of
America -- and God bless the Republic of Italy.
# # #
McGroarty/Dooley
1989 OCT -5 PM 6: 24
October 4, 1989
10:00 pm
[COSSIGA.TST]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TOAST AT THE STATE DINNER IN HONOR OF
PRESIDENT FRANCESCO COSSIGA
THE WHITE HOUSE
OCTOBER 11, 1989
7:45 PM
Mr. President, Mr. Foreign Minister, Ambassador and Mrs.
Petrignani, Ambassador Secchia, distinguished guests and friends
of Italy: Barbara and I are delighted to have this opportunity
to renew our friendship -- and to return the hospitality we have
felt on every one of our visits to your country.
President Cossiga, I place great importance on the meeting
we held this morning. We spoke in candor, from the heart -- as
friends. And what I've heard about the meetings you and Minister
de Michelis have held with the members of my Cabinet today
convinces me that relations between Italy and the United States
have never been stronger.
All of us here tonight know the special bond between our
nations. For millions of Americans, Italy is the "Old Country" -
- home of a proud heritage, a heritage written into every page of
the history of Western civilization. The greatness of Rome was
known throughout the world -- more than a thousand years before
America was even known to exist.
America has always been the new world -- discovered by your
great adventurer Columbus -- a land of possibilities, a place
where a new history could be written.
And still that history -- our history -- is one the sons and
daughters of Italy have helped us write. In the words of Luigi
Barzini, the Italian author whose family came to the United
States when he was a boy: "America is nothing more than the sum
total of the dreams of all its immigrants."
In those dreams the new and old are joined -- just as our
nations are linked by the unbreakable bonds of friendship,
family, and the love of freedom.
Tonight, I offer this toast to old friends -- and also to
the new Italy: A great and growing economic power. One of the
world's foremost democracies. A valued ally and partner in the
community of free nations.
Let us raise our glasses:
To President Franceso Cossiga; to the Republic of Italy;
and to the lasting friendship and love between the people of
Italy and America.
# # #
Document No. 07943855
7998
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/5/89
10/6/89 2:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: COSSIGA ARRIVAL AND TOAST
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
BREEDEN
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
\
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2;00 PM, Friday, October 6, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
The NSC concurs with changes indicated.
October 6, 1989
Brent REates Scowcroft
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
89 OCT 6 A 8: 52
McGroarty/Dooley
October 5, 1989
1989 OCT -5 PM 6: 24
10:00 am
[COSSIGA]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR THE VISIT OF
PRESIDENT FRANCESCO COSSIGA
THE SOUTH LAWN
OCTOBER 11, 1989
10:00 AM
Mr. President. Distinguished members of the Italian
delegation: Good morning, and welcome to the White House.
Mr. President, when your visit was being planned, I
suggested we invite a few "friends of Italy" to greet you. Well,
finding
we discovered that trying to find friends of Italy here in
like
America is just about as difficult as trying to find fine art in
Florence
or canals in Venice. 1 They are everywhere around us.
Barbara and I are delighted to have this opportunity to
return the warm hospitality we received in Rome earlier this
year. Italy was my first stop on my first visit to Europe as
en
a highly
President, on route to a critical -- and ultimately successful --
^
NATO Summit. I will always remember that the road to continued
alliance unity began in Rome. ////
Mr. President, our two countries are linked in many ways, by
ties of friendship and the bonds of family. On this past
Memorial Day, I paid a visit to the cemetary at Nettuno, on the
coast south of Rome, to honor the thousands of American soldiers
-- many of Italian ancestry -- who gave their lives to liberate
Italy. For more than forty years, Italy and America have been
friends and allies -- fellow members of the family of free
nations.
And President Cossiga is himself a symbol of Italy's
supreme
democratic renaissance. A man of unquestioned ability and
integrity, who has served his nation in more positions of public
trust than we have time to name. [[But I can't resist mentioning
just three: your service as a Navyman, as a former legislator
and later President of the Senate. I've always thought that
those experiences alone would be enough to prepare anyone for the
Presidency. ////]]
I am particularly pleased that President Cossiga has honored
us with a visit to America on the eve of Columbus Day. The son
of Genoa -- discoverer of the New World that became America -- is
celebrated here in our country, as he is in Italy. And the
tradition of Columbus and the great explorers lives on.
Tomorrow, aboard the space shuttle Atlantis, a space probe begins
its six-year voyage to the planet Jupiter. Galileo: a mission
across the million miles of space to the moons the famed Italian
astronomer discovered over four centuries ago.
And Italy, too, is active in the New World of space
exploration. After his meetings here, President Cossiga will
visit my home town, Houston, and the Johnson Space Center. He's
going to hear first-hand how much the U.S. values its partnership
with the Italian Space Agency -- a partnership that's going to
result in the flight of the first Italian astronaut -- aboard one
of our space shuttle missions -- in 1991.
and the progress we
have made in developing to
concerted Western action
support program movement
In just a few minutes, President Cossiga and I will move towar d
inside to begin our discussions. Both of us have been to Poland democracy there.
this year, and we'll discuss the momentous changes taking place
there and elsewhere in Eastern Europe and of course, we'll and our
determination
talk about developments within the Soviet Union. We'll also
to continue
discuss other issues of mutual concern: the war on drugs we're pushing forward
with NATO'S
waging here in the U.S. -- and Italy's crackdown on organized
call for
crime, narcotics trafficking and drug abuse. We'll discuss
conclusion early of
a conventional
alliance issues -- and the need for unity that is critical today, arms
reduction
when tensions are easing but the threat to peace and freedom
with agreement the
still exists.
warsaw last
I look forward to a productive meeting: a meeting of the
mind and heart that takes place between friends and allies. ////
President Cossiga, welcome. I wish you and your
distinguished colleagues a pleasant and productive visit to the
United States. There are few nations where the ties are so
strong --- the affection so genuine and mutual -- than between our
two countries. I know that here and on the rest of your travels,
you will find America welcomes you with open arms.
Thank you. God bless you, God bless the United States of
America -- and God bless the Republic of Italy.
# # #
McGroarty/Dooley
1989 OCT -5 PM 6: 24
October 4, 1989
10:00 pm
[COSSIGA.TST]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
TOAST AT THE STATE DINNER IN HONOR OF
PRESIDENT FRANCESCO COSSIGA
THE WHITE HOUSE
OCTOBER 11, 1989
7:45 PM
Mr. President, Mr. Foreign Minister, Ambassador and Mrs.
Petrignani, Ambassador Secchia, distinguished guests and friends
of Italy: Barbara and I are delighted to have this opportunity
to renew our friendship -- and to return the hospitality we have
felt on every one of our visits to your country.
President Cossiga, I place great importance on the meeting
we held this morning. We spoke in candor, from the heart -- as
friends. And what I've heard about the meetings you and Minister
de Michelis have held with the members of my Cabinet today
convinces me that relations between Italy and the United States
have never been stronger.
All of us here tonight know the special bond between our
nations. For millions of Americans, Italy is the "Old Country" -
- home of a proud heritage, a heritage written into every page of
the history of Western civilization. The greatness of Rome was
known throughout the world -- more than a thousand years before
America was even known to exist.
America has always been the new world -- discovered by your
great adventurer Columbus -- a land of possibilities, a place
where a new history could be written.
And still that history -- our history -- is one the sons and
daughters of Italy have helped us write. In the words of Luigi
Barzini, the Italian author whose family came to the United
States when he was a boy: "America is nothing more than the sum
total of the dreams of all its immigrants."
In those dreams the new and old are joined -- just as our
nations are linked by the unbreakable bonds of friendship,
family, and the love of freedom.
Tonight, I offer this toast to old friends -- and also to
the new Italy: A great and growing economic power. One of the
world's foremost democracies. A valued ally and partner in the
community of free nations.
Let us raise our glasses:
To President Franceso Cossiga; to the Republic of Italy;
and to the lasting friendship and love between the people of
Italy and America.
# # #
Document No. 07943855
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/5/89
10/6/89 2:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: COSSIGA ARRIVAL AND TOAST
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
BREEDEN
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2;00 PM, Friday, October 6, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE: See comments.
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Dooley
October 5, 1989
1989 OCT -5 PM 6: 24
10:00 am
[COSSIGA]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR THE VISIT OF
PRESIDENT FRANCESCO COSSIGA
THE SOUTH LAWN
OCTOBER 11, 1989
10:00 AM
Mr. President. Distinguished members of the Italian
delegation: Good morning, and welcome to the White House.
Mr. President, when your visit was being planned, I
may
suggested we invite a few "friends of Italy" to greet you. Well,
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Barbara and I are delighted to have this opportunity to
return the warm hospitality we received in Rome earlier this
year. Italy was my first stop on my first visit to Europe as
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President, on route to a critical -- and ultimately successful --
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NATO Summit. I will always remember that the road to continued
alliance unity began in Rome. ////
Mr. President, our two countries are linked in many ways, by the
^
ties of friendship and the bonds of family. On this past
Memorial Day, I paid a visit to the cemetary at Nettuno, on the
coast south of Rome, to honor the thousands of American soldiers
-- many of Italian ancestry -- who gave their lives to liberate
Italy. For more than forty years, Italy and America have been
friends and allies -- fellow members of the family of free
nations.
you yourself are
Moleni
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And President Cossiga is himself a symbol of Italy's
democratic renaissance. A man of unquestioned ability and
integrity, who has served his nation in more positions of public
trust than we have time to name. [[But I can't resist mentioning
just three: your service as a Navyman, as a former legislator
and later President of the Senate. I've always thought that
those experiences alone would be enough to prepare anyone for the
Presidency. ////]]
I am particularly pleased that President Cossiga has honored
us with a visit to America on the eve of Columbus Day. The son
of Genoa -- discoverer of the New World that became America -- is
celebrated here in our country, as he is in Italy. And the
tradition of Columbus and the great explorers lives on.
Tomorrow, aboard the space shuttle Atlantis, a space probe begins
its six-year voyage to the planet Jupiter. Galileo: a mission
Mollin
X3060
across the million miles of space to the moons the famed
astronomer discovered over four centuries ago.
And Italy, too, is active in the New World of space
exploration. After his meetings here, President Cossiga will
visit my home town, Houston, and the Johnson Space Center. He's
going to hear first-hand how much the U.S. values its partnership
with the Italian Space Agency -- a partnership that's going to
result in the flight of the first Italian astronaut -- aboard one
of our space shuttle missions -- in 1991.
In just a few minutes, President Cossiga and I will move
inside to begin our discussions. Both of us have been to Poland
this year, and we'll discuss the momentous changes taking place
there and elsewhere in Eastern Europe -- and of course, we'll
talk about developments within the Soviet Union. We'll also
discuss other issues of mutual concern: the war on drugs we're
waging here in the U.S. -- and Italy's crackdown on organized
crime, narcotics trafficking and drug abuse. We'll discuss
alliance issues -- and the need for unity that is critical today,
when tensions are easing but the threat to peace and freedom
still exists.
I look forward to a productive meeting: a meeting of the
mind and heart that takes place between friends and allies. ////
President Cossiga, welcome. I wish you and your
distinguished colleagues a pleasant and productive visit to the
United States. There are few nations where the ties are so
strong -- the affection so genuine and mutual -- than between our
two countries. I know that here and on the rest of your travels,
you will find America welcomes you with open arms.
Thank you. God bless you, God bless the United States of
America -- and God bless the Republic of Italy.
# # #
McGroarty/Dooley
1989 OCT -5 PM 6: 24
October 4, 1989
10:00 pm
[COSSIGA.TST]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TOAST AT THE STATE DINNER IN HONOR OF
PRESIDENT FRANCESCO COSSIGA
THE WHITE HOUSE
OCTOBER 11, 1989
7:45 PM
Mr. President, Mr. Foreign Minister, Ambassador and Mrs.
Petrignani, Ambassador Secchia, distinguished guests and friends
of Italy: Barbara and I are delighted to have this opportunity
to renew our friendship -- and to return the hospitality we have
felt on every one of our visits to your country.
President Cossiga, I place great importance on the meeting
we held this morning. We spoke in candor, from the heart -- as
friends. And what I've heard about the meetings you and Minister
de Michelis have held with the members of my Cabinet today
convinces me that relations between Italy and the United States
have never been stronger.
All of us here tonight know the special bond between our
nations. For millions of Americans, Italy is the "Old Country" -
- home of a proud heritage, a heritage written into every page of
the history of Western civilization. The greatness of Rome was
known throughout the world -- more than a thousand years before
America was even known to exist.
America has always been the new world -- discovered by your
great adventurer Columbus -- a land of possibilities, a place
where a new history could be written.
And still that history -- our history -- is one the sons and
daughters of Italy have helped us write. In the words of Luigi
Barzini, the Italian author whose family came to the United
States when he was a boy: "America is nothing more than the sum
total of the dreams of all its immigrants."
In those dreams the new and old are joined -- just as our
nations are linked by the unbreakable bonds of friendship,
family, and the love of freedom.
Tonight, I offer this toast to old friends -- and also to
the new Italy: A great and growing economic power. One of the
world's foremost democracies. A valued ally and partner in the
community of free nations.
Let us raise our glasses:
To President Franceso Cossiga; to the Republic of Italy;
and to the lasting friendship and love between the people of
Italy and America.
# # #
Document No. 07943855
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/5/89
10/6/89 2:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: COSSIGA ARRIVAL AND TOAST
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
BREEDEN
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2;00 PM, Friday, October 6, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
OK SR 10/6/84
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Dooley
October 5, 1989
1989 OCT -5 PM 6: 24
10:00 am
[COSSIGA]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR THE VISIT OF
PRESIDENT FRANCESCO COSSIGA
THE SOUTH LAWN
OCTOBER 11, 1989
10:00 AM
Mr. President. Distinguished members of the Italian
delegation: Good morning, and welcome to the White House.
Mr. President, when your visit was being planned, I
suggested we invite a few "friends of Italy" to greet you. Well,
we discovered that trying to find friends of Italy here in
America is just about as difficult as trying to find fine art in
Florence
or canals in Venice.
Barbara and I are delighted to have this opportunity to
return the warm hospitality we received in Rome earlier this
year. Italy was my first stop on my first visit to Europe as
President, on route to a critical -- and ultimately successful --
NATO Summit. I will always remember that the road to continued
alliance unity began in Rome. ////
Mr. President, our two countries are linked in many ways, by
ties of friendship and the bonds of family. On this past
Memorial Day, I paid a visit to the cemetary at Nettuno, on the
coast south of Rome, to honor the thousands of American soldiers
many of Italian ancestry -- who gave their lives to liberate
Italy. For more than forty years, Italy and America have been
friends and allies -- fellow members of the family of free
nations.
And President Cossiga is himself a symbol of Italy's
democratic renaissance. A man of unquestioned ability and
integrity, who has served his nation in more positions of public
trust than we have time to name. [[But I can't resist mentioning
just three: your service as a Navyman, as a former legislator
and later President of the Senate. I've always thought that
those experiences alone would be enough to prepare anyone for the
Presidency. ////]]
I am particularly pleased that President Cossiga has honored
us with a visit to America on the eve of Columbus Day. The son
of Genoa -- discoverer of the New World that became America -- is
celebrated here in our country, as he is in Italy. And the
tradition of Columbus and the great explorers lives on.
Tomorrow, aboard the space shuttle Atlantis, a space probe begins
its six-year voyage to the planet Jupiter. Galileo: a mission
across the million miles of space to the moons the famed
astronomer discovered over four centuries ago.
And Italy, too, is active in the New World of space
exploration. After his meetings here, President Cossiga will
visit my home town, Houston, and the Johnson Space Center. He's
going to hear first-hand how much the U.S. values its partnership
with the Italian Space Agency -- a partnership that's going to
result in the flight of the first Italian astronaut -- aboard one
of our space shuttle missions -- in 1991.
In just a few minutes, President Cossiga and I will move
inside to begin our discussions. Both of us have been to Poland
this year, and we'll discuss the momentous changes taking place
there and elsewhere in Eastern Europe -- and of course, we'll
talk about developments within the Soviet Union. We'll also
discuss other issues of mutual concern: the war on drugs we're
waging here in the U.S. -- and Italy's crackdown on organized
crime, narcotics trafficking and drug abuse. We'll discuss
alliance issues -- and the need for unity that is critical today,
when tensions are easing but the threat to peace and freedom
still exists.
I look forward to a productive meeting: a meeting of the
mind and heart that takes place between friends and allies. ////
President Cossiga, welcome. I wish you and your
distinguished colleagues a pleasant and productive visit to the
United States. There are few nations where the ties are so
strong -- the affection so genuine and mutual -- than between our
two countries. I know that here and on the rest of your travels,
you will find America welcomes you with open arms.
Thank you. God bless you, God bless the United States of
America -- and God bless the Republic of Italy.
# # #
McGroarty/Dooley
1989 OCT -5 PM 6: 24
October 4, 1989
10:00 pm
[COSSIGA.TST]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TOAST AT THE STATE DINNER IN HONOR OF
PRESIDENT FRANCESCO COSSIGA
THE WHITE HOUSE
OCTOBER 11, 1989
7:45 PM
Mr. President, Mr. Foreign Minister, Ambassador and Mrs.
Petrignani, Ambassador Secchia, distinguished guests and friends
of Italy: Barbara and I are delighted to have this opportunity
to renew our friendship -- and to return the hospitality we have
felt on every one of our visits to your country.
President Cossiga, I place great importance on the meeting
we held this morning. We spoke in candor, from the heart -- as
friends. And what I've heard about the meetings you and Minister
de Michelis have held with the members of my Cabinet today
convinces me that relations between Italy and the United States
have never been stronger.
All of us here tonight know the special bond between our
nations. For millions of Americans, Italy is the "Old Country" -
- home of a proud heritage, a heritage written into every page of
the history of Western civilization. The greatness of Rome was
known throughout the world -- more than a thousand years before
America was even known to exist.
America has always been the new world -- discovered by your
great adventurer Columbus -- a land of possibilities, a place
where a new history could be written.
And still that history -- our history --- is one the sons and
daughters of Italy have helped us write. In the words of Luigi
Barzini, the Italian author whose family came to the United
States when he was a boy: "America is nothing more than the sum
total of the dreams of all its immigrants."
In those dreams the new and old are joined -- just as our
nations are linked by the unbreakable bonds of friendship,
family, and the love of freedom.
Tonight, I offer this toast to old friends -- and also to
the new Italy: A great and growing economic power. One of the
world's foremost democracies. A valued ally and partner in the
community of free nations.
Let us raise our glasses:
To President Franceso Cossiga; to the Republic of Italy;
and to the lasting friendship and love between the people of
Italy and America.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
washiągton
October 6, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
STEPHEN G. RADEMAKER SR
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Cossiga Arrival and Toast
Pursuant to James Cicconi's request, Counsel's Office has
reviewed the above-referenced matter. We have no objection to
the Presidential Remarks as drafted.
Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention.
CC: James W. Cicconi
McGroarty/Dooley
October 5, 1989
10:00 am
[COSSIGA]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR THE VISIT OF
PRESIDENT FRANCESCO COSSIGA
THE SOUTH LAWN
OCTOBER 11, 1989
10:00 AM
Mr. President. Distinguished members of the Italian
delegation: Good morning, and welcome to the White House.
Mr. President, when your visit was being planned, I
suggested we invite a few "friends of Italy" to greet you. Well,
we discovered that trying to find friends of Italy here in
America is just about as difficult as trying to find fine art in
Florence
or canals in Venice.
Barbara and I are delighted to have this opportunity to
return the warm hospitality we received in Rome earlier this
year. Italy was my first stop on my first visit to Europe as
President, on route to a critical -- and ultimately successful --
NATO Summit. I will always remember that the road to continued
alliance unity began in Rome. ////
Mr. President, our two countries are linked in many ways, by
ties of friendship and the bonds of family. On this past
Memorial Day, I paid a visit to the cemetary at Nettuno, on the
coast south of Rome, to honor the thousands of American soldiers
-- many of Italian ancestry --- who gave their lives to liberate
Italy. For more than forty years, Italy and America have been
friends and allies -- fellow members of the family of free
nations.
And President Cossiga is himself a symbol of Italy's
democratic renaissance. A man of unquestioned ability and
integrity, who has served his nation in more positions of public
trust than we have time to name. [[But I can't resist mentioning
just three: your service as a Navyman, as a former legislator
and later President of the Senate. I've always thought that
those experiences alone would be enough to prepare anyone for the
Presidency. ////]]
I am particularly pleased that President Cossiga has honored
us with a visit to America on the eve of Columbus Day. The son
of Genoa -- discoverer of the New World that became America -- is
celebrated here in our country, as he is in Italy. And the
tradition of Columbus and the great explorers lives on.
Tomorrow, aboard the space shuttle Atlantis, a space probe begins
its six-year voyage to the planet Jupiter. Galileo: a mission
across the million miles of space to the moons the famed
astronomer discovered over four centuries ago.
And Italy, too, is active in the New World of space
exploration. After his meetings here, President Cossiga will
visit my home town, Houston, and the Johnson Space Center. He's
going to hear first-hand how much the U.S. values its partnership
with the Italian Space Agency -- a partnership that's going to
result in the flight of the first Italian astronaut -- aboard one
of our space shuttle missions -- in 1991.
In just a few minutes, President Cossiga and I will move
inside to begin our discussions. Both of us have been to Poland
this year, and we'll discuss the momentous changes taking place
there and elsewhere in Eastern Europe -- and of course, we'll
talk about developments within the Soviet Union. We'll also
discuss other issues of mutual concern: the war on drugs we're
waging here in the U.S. -- and Italy's crackdown on organized
crime, narcotics trafficking and drug abuse. We'll discuss
alliance issues -- and the need for unity that is critical today,
when tensions are easing but the threat to peace and freedom
still exists.
I look forward to a productive meeting: a meeting of the
mind and heart that takes place between friends and allies. 7777
President Cossiga, welcome. I wish you and your
distinguished colleagues a pleasant and productive visit to the
United States. There are few nations where the ties are so
strong -- the affection so genuine and mutual -- than between our
two countries. I know that here and on the rest of your travels,
you will find America welcomes you with open arms.
Thank you. God bless you, God bless the United States of
America -- and God bless the Republic of Italy.
# # #
McGroarty/Dooley
October 4, 1989
10:00 pm
[COSSIGA.TST]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TOAST AT THE STATE DINNER IN HONOR OF
PRESIDENT FRANCESCO COSSIGA
THE WHITE HOUSE
OCTOBER 11, 1989
7:45 PM
Mr. President, Mr. Foreign Minister, Ambassador and Mrs.
Petrignani, Ambassador Secchia, distinguished guests and friends
of Italy: Barbara and I are delighted to have this opportunity
to renew our friendship -- and to return the hospitality we have
felt on every one of our visits to your country.
President Cossiga, I place great importance on the meeting
we held this morning. We spoke in candor, from the heart -- as
friends. And what I've heard about the meetings you and Minister
de Michelis have held with the members of my Cabinet today
convinces me that relations between Italy and the United States
have never been stronger.
All of us here tonight know the special bond between our
nations. For millions of Americans, Italy is the "Old Country" -
- home of a proud heritage, a heritage written into every page of
the history of Western civilization. The greatness of Rome was
known throughout the world -- more than a thousand years before
America was even known to exist.
America has always been the new world -- discovered by your
great adventurer Columbus -- a land of possibilities, a place
where a new history could be written.
And still that history -- our history -- is one the sons and
daughters of Italy have helped us write. In the words of Luigi
Barzini, the Italian author whose family came to the United
States when he was a boy: "America is nothing more than the sum
total of the dreams of all its immigrants."
In those dreams the new and old are joined -- just as our
nations are linked by the unbreakable bonds of friendship,
family, and the love of freedom.
Tonight, I offer this toast to old friends -- and also to
the new Italy: A great and growing economic power. One of the
world's foremost democracies. A valued ally and partner in the
community of free nations.
Let us raise our glasses:
To President Franceso Cossiga; to the Republic of Italy;
and to the lasting friendship and love between the people of
Italy and America.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
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October 6, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
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SUBJECT: RRIVAL STATEMENT AND STATE DINNER TOAST FOR PRESIDENT
COSSIGA
I. SUMMARY
Cn Wednesday, October 11, at 10:00 a.m., you will greet
Italy's President Cossiga at the White House. That night,
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there will be a State Dinner.
II. DISCUSSION
The Arrival Statement and the Toast both discuss the
long history of friendship between the United States and
Italy, and the important role that Italian-Americans have
played in our country -- beginning, of course, with
Christopher Columbus. President Cossiga's visit falls on
the day before the official Columbus Dav.
The speech also discusses the space shuttle mission
that begins the following day, from which the space probe
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also discuss a joint American-Italian space mission that
will take off in 1991.
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McGroarty/Dooley
October 6, 1989
5:00 pm
[COSSIGA]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR THE VISIT OF
PRESIDENT FRANCESCO COSSIGA
THE SOUTH LAWN
OCTOBER 11, 1989
10:00 AM
Mr. President. Distinguished members of the Italian
delegation: Good morning, and welcome to the White House.
Mr. President, when your visit was being planned, I
suggested we invite a few "friends of Italy" to greet you. Well,
we discovered that finding friends of Italy here in America is
like finding fine art in Florence
or canals in Venice.
They are all around us. ///
Barbara and I are delighted to have this opportunity to
return the warm hospitality we received in Rome earlier this
year. Italy was my first stop on my first visit to Europe as
President, en route to a critical -- and ultimately a highly
successful -- NATO Summit. I will always remember that the road
to continued alliance unity began in Rome. ////
Mr. President, our two countries are linked in many ways, by
ties of friendship and the bonds of family. On this past
Memorial Day weekend, I paid a visit to the cemetery at Nettuno,
on the coast south of Rome, to honor the thousands of American
soldiers -- many of Italian ancestry -- who gave their lives to
liberate Italy. For more than forty years, Italy and America
2
have been friends and allies -- fellow members of the family of
free nations.
And President Cossiga is himself a symbol of Italy's
democratic renaissance. A man of supreme ability and integrity,
who has served his nation in more positions of public trust than
we have time to name. [[But I can't resist mentioning just
three: your service as a Navyman, as a former legislator and
later President of the Senate. I've Always thought that those
experiences alone would be enough to prepare anyone for the
Presidency. ////]]
I am particularly pleased that President Cossiga has honored
us with a visit to America on the eve of Columbus Day. The son
of Genoa -- discoverer of the New World that became America -- is
celebrated here in our country, as he is in Italy. And the
tradition of Columbus and the great explorers lives on.
Tomorrow, aboard the space shuttle Atlantis, a space probe begins
its six-year voyage to the planet Jupiter. Galileo: a mission
across the millions of miles of space to the moons the famed
astronomer discovered over three centuries ago.
And Italy, too, is active in the New World of space
exploration. After his meetings here, President Cossiga will
visit my home town, Houston, and the Johnson Space Center. He's
going to hear first-hand how much the U.S. values its partnership
with the Italian Space Agency -- a partnership that's going to
result in the flight of the first Italian astronaut -- aboard one
of our space shuttle missions -- in 1991.
3
In just a few minutes, President Cossiga and I will move
inside to begin our discussions. Both of us have been to Poland
this year, and we'll discuss the momentous changes taking place
in Eastern Europe and the progress we have made in developing
concerted Western action to support movement towards democracy
there. And of course, we'll talk about developments within the
Soviet Union -- and our determination to continue pushing forward
with NATO's call for the early conclusion of a conventional arms
reduction agreement with the Warsaw Pact.
We'll also discuss other issues of mutual concern: the war
on drugs we're waging here in the U.S. -- and Italy's crackdown
on organized crime, narcotics trafficking, and drug abuse. We'll
discuss alliance issues -- and the need for unity that is
critical today, when tensions are easing but the threat to peace
and freedom still exists.
I look forward to a productive meeting: a meeting of the
mind and heart that takes place between friends and allies. ////
President Cossiga, welcome. I wish you and your
distinguished colleagues a pleasant and productive visit to the
United States. There are few nations where the ties are so
strong -- the affection SO genuine and mutual -- than between our
two countries. I know that here and on the rest of your travels,
you will find America welcomes you with open arms.
Thank you. God bless you, God bless the United States of
America -- and God bless the Republic of Italy.
# # #