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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
October 25, 1989
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Room 450
Old Executive Office Building
11:10 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. It's eight
years later and I'm still 10 minutes late. (Laughter.) But thank
you very much, Dick, and distinguished Dr. Henry Kaufman. And I know
I should say thank you to one of our own, Sichan Siv, over here --
your former manager of Asian and Pacific programs, and now a key
member of our administration. And let me also say it's a delight to
be among the supporters of the -- I recognize many of you -- of the
Institute, the IIE. And then I had opportunity to greet some of the
students that are here from foreign lands.
Let me tell you how I came to know of your achievements
and, through that, appreciate what you do. Barbara and I were -- we
moved down to Houston from Midland and were raising our family. And
we have many fond memories of those days. But among our fondest is
the delight of having young men and women from so many countries
joining us for conversation and supper at our home.
And we became involved with the Institute as a host
family through Alice Pratt, whose dedicated work there is now being
carried on by Fentress Bracewell down in Houston. I don't know
whether Fentress is here, so I haven't spotted -- oh, here he is,
right here in front. Delighted to see you.
But it was Alice who taught us how rewarding it is to
show a young foreign friend the way through the academic, business
and social maze of a vibrant American city. And because of Alice, we
learned that by seeing our country through another's eyes, we could
almost be like tourists in our own home.
And today at the White House, when Barbara and I dine
with foreign visitors, our guests are rarely students. Rather, they
are often foreign leaders and presidents and prime ministers and
foreign secretaries and ambassadors. But we've noticed something
that makes us think back to our Houston days. Many of our foreign
guests once worked and studied in the United States. I was most
impressed, Dick, by just that menu you read off there of how these
kids come and then move into positions of leadership. And this is
bound to be of benefit not just to the United States, but to the
other countries, as well.
But you do more than bring the world to America. You
open the cultures of the world to our people as well. Mark Twain
said that the "broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things
cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the Earth
all one's lifetime.'
Thomas Jefferson, our magnificent education president,
enhanced such a broad, wholesome and charitable view when he left
Piedmont, his beloved Piedmont of Virginia, to represent the American
cause in France. And in more recent times, many Americans have had
the liberating experience of living abroad. Certainly, Barbara and I
felt transformed by the time that we spent living in China; a time
when we sometimes traveled those dusty streets, always on our
MORE
- 2 -
bicycles. But it was tremendous experience, days we'll never forget.
And of course, we learned a lot about the Chinese people. Most of
all, we learned an awful lot more about ourselves. And every
American who lives abroad returns home with a new perspective and I
believe a deeper feeling for our own country.
Your Institute promotes just exactly this kind of
understanding through 249 programs, assisting more than 10,000 people
from 155 countries every year. Innumerable are the new friendships
made; incalculable the goodwill that is generated.
When your organization was founded 70 years ago, there
was a belief that the exchange of students, scholars and
professionals from country to country would promote peace and
understanding. Some regarded that ideal as hopelessly naive. Well,
now we know that that's not true. It is true that international
exchanges are not a great tide to sweep away all differences. But
they will slowly wear away at the obstacles to peace as surely as
water wears away a hard stone.
And I am honored to be here. I would simply add, keep it
up. We are living in perhaps the most exciting time of change
certainly in the nuclear age, and maybe in terms of the entire
history of the United States as we look at what's happening,
particularly in Eastern Europe, as we see what's happening in Asia,
see what's happening, indeed, in the Soviet Union itself. And I can
tell you that the interaction that we had with this wonderful
organization makes me feel a little more confident as I wrestle with
these problems. But far more important than that I think is that the
insight that the kids that come here get into our great, free,
wonderful country.
So I'm grateful to you. I wanted to come over and thank
you all very, very much for what you're doing. Please keep it up.
And God bless you all. Thank you. (Applause.)
END
11:18 A. M. EDT
083112
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/23/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
----
DATE:
INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
4
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
89 OCT 23 PI : 24
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
1989 OCT 20 PM 5: 49
Oct. 21, 1989
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Through:
CHRISS WINSTON
From:
MARK DAVIS MD
Subject:
Institute of International Education
SUMMARY: The Institute of International Education has, for
seventy years, helped thousands of students study abroad. They
have contracts to manage USIA and other government exchange
programs, and are closely affiliated with the Fulbright
Scholarships. You will receive the Institute's award for your
interest in, and support of, international education. The
audience will be foreign students, as well as I.I.E. personnel.
Your remarks will be on cards.
DISCUSSION: This draft discusses the mission of the Institute
from a personal perspective -- the Bush family's participation in
I.I.E programs as a host family in Texas. Alice Pratt, who
managed the program in Houston, is mentioned (though she will not
be present at the ceremony). The speech reflects on the goodwill
generated by such exchanges, and ends by returning their
compliment.
Davis/Martin
Oct. 208, 1989
Title: Study
1989 OCT 23 AM 11: 01
Draft: Three
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: INST. OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, Rm. 450
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 11 a.m.
Thank you, Dick Krasno, Henry Kaufman, for this award. And
I guess I should thank you for Sichan Siv, your former manager of
Asian and Pacific programs, now with my Administration. Let me
also say it's a delight to be among the supporters of the
Institute of International Education, and so many students from
so many foreign lands.
Let me tell you how I came to know your achievements, and to
appreciate what you do. Barbara and I were raising a young
family in Houston. We have many fond memories of those days: a
time for cookouts, softball and tail-gate parties. But among our
fondest memories is the delight of having young men and women
from so many countries joining us for conversation and supper at
our home.
We became involved with your Institute as a host family
through a very good friend, Alice Pratt -- whose work is now
being carried on in Houston by Fentress Bracewell. But it was
Alice who taught us how rewarding it is to show a young foreign
friend the way through the academic, business and social maze of
a vibrant American city. And, because of Alice, we learned that
by seeing our country through another's eyes, we could be
tourists at home.
2
Today, at the White House, when Barbara and I dine with
foreign visitors, our guests are rarely students. Rather, they
are often foreign leaders, presidents, prime ministers, foreign
secretaries, and ambassadors. But we've noticed something that
makes us think back to our Houston days: many of our foreign
guests once worked and studied in the United States, often under
the auspices of your Institute. This can only be to the
benefit of all countries.
But you do more than bring the world to America. You open
the cultures of the world to our people as well. Mark Twain said
that "broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot
be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all
one's lifetime."
Thomas Jefferson, our first education president, enhanced
such a broad, wholesome and charitable view when he left the
familiar Piedmont of Virginia to represent the American cause in
France. In more recent times, many Americans have had the
liberating experience of living abroad. Certainly, Barbara and I
felt transformed by our China days, a time when we sometimes
traveled the dusty roads of Beijing by bicycle. Days we will
never forget.
Of course, we learned a lot about the Chinese people. But
most of all, we learned a lot about ourselves. Every American
who lives abroad returns home with a new perspective and deeper
feeling for our native land.
)
3
Your Institute promotes this kind of understanding through
249 programs, assisting more than 10,000 people from 155
countries every year. Innumerable are the new friendships made;
incalculable is the goodwill generated.
When your organization was founded seventy years ago, there
was a belief that the exchange of students, scholars and
professionals from country to country would promote peace and
understanding. Some regarded that ideal as hopelessly naive. We
know now that it's not.
It is true that international exchanges are not a great tide
to sweep away all differences. But they will slowly wear away at
the obstacles to peace as surely as water wears away hard stone.
I am honored to be among so many men and woman of goodwill,
peace and understanding. Thank you and God bless you. all.
#
#
#
Davis/Martin
Oct. 208, 1989
Title: Study
Draft: Three
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: INST. OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, Rm. 450
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 11 a.m.
Thank you, Dick Krasno, Henry Kaufman, for this award. And
I guess I should thank you for Sichan Siv, your former manager of
Asian and Pacific programs, now with my Administration. Let me
also say it's a delight to be among the supporters of the
Institute of International Education, and so many students from
so many foreign lands.
Let me tell you how I came to know your achievements, and to
appreciate what you do. Barbara and I were raising a young
family in Houston. We have many fond memories of those days: a
time for cookouts, softball and tail-gate parties. But among our
fondest memories is the delight of having young men and women
from so many countries joining us for conversation and supper at
our home.
We became involved with your Institute as a host family
through a very good friend, Alice Pratt -- whose work is now
being carried on in Houston by Fentress Bracewell. But it was
Alice who taught us how rewarding it is to show a young foreign
friend the way through the academic, business and social maze of
a vibrant American city. And, because of Alice, we learned that
by seeing our country through another's eyes, we could be
tourists at home.
2
Today, at the White House, when Barbara and I dine with
foreign visitors, our guests are rarely students. Rather, they
are often foreign leaders, presidents, prime ministers, foreign
secretaries, and ambassadors. But we've noticed something that
makes us think back to our Houston days: many of our foreign
guests once worked and studied in the United States, often under
the auspices of your Institute. This can only be to the
benefit of all countries.
But you do more than bring the world to America. You open
the cultures of the world to our people as well. Mark Twain said
that "broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot
be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all
one's lifetime."
Thomas Jefferson, our first education president, enhanced
such a broad, wholesome and charitable view when he left the
familiar Piedmont of Virginia to represent the American cause in
France. In more recent times, many Americans have had the
liberating experience of living abroad. Certainly, Barbara and I
felt transformed by our China days, a time when we sometimes
traveled the dusty roads of Beijing by bicycle. Days we will
never forget.
Of course, we learned a lot about the Chinese people. But
most of all, we learned a lot about ourselves. Every American
who lives abroad returns home with a new perspective and deeper
feeling for our native land.
INST. OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION / RM. 450
WEDNESDAY, OcT. 25 / 11 A.M.
THANK YOU, DICK KRASNO, HENRY KAUFMAN, FOR THIS
AWARD. AND I KNOW I SHOULD THANK YOU FOR SICHAN SIV,
YOUR FORMER MANAGER OF ASIA AND PACIFIC PROGRAMS, NOW
WITH MY ADMINISTRATION. LET ME ALSO SAY IT'S A DELIGHT
TO BE AMONG THE SUPPORTERS OF THE INSTITUTE OF
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, AND so MANY STUDENTS FROM so
MANY FOREIGN LANDS.
- 2 -
LET ME TELL YOU HOW I CAME TO KNOW YOUR
ACHIEVEMENTS, AND TO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. BARBARA
AND I WERE RAISING A YOUNG FAMILY IN HOUSTON. WE HAVE
MANY FOND MEMORIES OF THOSE DAYS: A TIME FOR COOKOUTS,
SOFTBALL AND TAIL-GATE PARTIES. BUT AMONG OUR FONDEST
MEMORIES IS THE DELIGHT OF HAVING YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN
FROM so MANY COUNTRIES JOINING US FOR CONVERSATION AND
SUPPER AT OUR HOME.
POTUS Changes
- 3 -
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WE BECAME INVOLVED WITH YOUR INSTITUTE AS A HOST paiduthain Region
FAMILY whose ded THROUGH work A is VERY GOOD FRIEND, ALICE PRATT --
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MEMBER OF YOUR ADVISORY now being BOARD HEADED carridon BY in ANOTHER Hurstonby GOOD my
FRIEND FENTRESS BRACEWELL. BUT IT WAS ALICE WHO TAUGHT
US HOW REWARDING IT IS TO SHOW A YOUNG FOREIGN FRIEND
chairmen Southern Regional
THE WAY THROUGH THE ACADEMIC, BUSINESS AND SOCIAL MAZE
OF A VIBRANT AMERICAN CITY. AND, BECAUSE OF ALICE, WE
LEARNED THAT BY SEEING OUR COUNTRY THROUGH ANOTHER'S
EYES, WE COULD BE TOURISTS AT HOME.
- 4 -
TODAY, AT THE WHITE HOUSE, WHEN BARBARA AND I DINE
WITH FOREIGN VISITORS, OUR GUESTS ARE RARELY STUDENTS.
RATHER, THEY ARE OFTEN FOREIGN LEADERS, PRESIDENTS,
PRIME MINISTERS, FOREIGN SECRETARIES, AND
AMBASSADORS. 11 BUT WE'VE NOTICED SOMETHING THAT MAKES
US THINK BACK TO OUR HOUSTON DAYS: MANY OF OUR FOREIGN
GUESTS ONCE WORKED AND STUDIED IN THE UNITED STATES,
OFTEN UNDER THE AUSPICES OF YOUR INSTITUTE. 11 THIS CAN
ONLY BE To THE BENEFIT OF ALL COUNTRIES.
- 5 -
BUT YOU-DO MORE THAN BRING THE WORLD TO AMERICA.
You OPEN THE CULTURES OF THE WORLD To OUR PEOPLE AS
WELL. MARK TWAIN SAID THAT "BROAD, WHOLESOME,
CHARITABLE VIEWS OF MEN AND THINGS CANNOT BE ACQUIRED
BY VEGETATING IN ONE LITTLE CORNER OF THE EARTH ALL
ONE'S LIFETIME."
- 6 -
THOMAS JEFFERSON, OUR FIRST EDUCATION PRESIDENT,
ENHANCED SUCH A BROAD, WHOLESOME AND CHARITABLE VIEW
WHEN HE LEFT THE FAMILIAR PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA To
REPRESENT THE AMERICAN CAUSE IN FRANCE. IN MORE RECENT
TIMES, MANY AMERICANS HAVE HAD THE LIBERATING
EXPERIENCE OF LIVING ABROAD. CERTAINLY, BARBARA AND I
FELT TRANSFORMED BY OUR CHINA DAYS, A TIME WHEN WE
SOMETIMES TRAVELED THE DUSTY STREETS OF BEIJING BY
BICYCLE. DAYS WE WILL NEVER FORGET.
- 7 -
OF COURSE, WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE CHINESE
PEOPLE. BUT MOST OF ALL, WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT
OURSELVES. EVERY AMERICAN WHO LIVES ABROAD RETURNS
HOME WITH A NEW PERSPECTIVE AND DEEPER FEELING FOR OUR
NATIVE LAND.
YOUR INSTITUTE PROMOTES THIS KIND OF UNDERSTANDING
THROUGH 249 PROGRAMS, ASSISTING MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE
FROM 155 COUNTRIES EVERY YEAR.
- 8 -
INNUMERABLE ARE THE NEW FRIENDSHIPS MADE; INCALCULABLE
IS THE GOODWILL GENERATED.
WHEN YOUR ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED SEVENTY YEARS
AGO, THERE WAS A BELIEF THAT THE EXCHANGE OF STUDENTS,
SCHOLARS AND PROFESSIONALS FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY
WOULD PROMOTE PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING. SOME REGARDED
THAT IDEAL AS HOPELESSLY NAIVE. WE KNOW NOW THAT IT'S
NOT.
- 9 -
IT IS TRUE THAT INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES ARE NOT A
GREAT TIDE TO SWEEP AWAY ALL DIFFERENCES. BUT THEY
WILL SLOWLY WEAR AWAY AT THE OBSTACLES TO PEACE AS
SURELY AS WATER WEARS AWAY HARD STONE.
I AM HONORED TO BE AMONG so MANY MEN AND WOMAN OF
GOODWILL, PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING. THANK YOU AND KEEP
UP THE GREAT WORK.
#
#
#
INST. OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION / RM. 450
WEDNESDAY, OcT. 25 / 11 A.M.
THANK YOU, DICK KRASNO, HENRY KAUFMAN, FOR THIS
AWARD. AND I KNOW I SHOULD THANK YOU FOR SICHAN SIV,
YOUR FORMER MANAGER OF ASIAN AND PACIFIC PROGRAMS, NOW
WITH MY ADMINISTRATION. LET ME ALSO SAY IT'S A DELIGHT
To BE AMONG THE SUPPORTERS OF THE INSTITUTE OF
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, AND so MANY STUDENTS FROM so
MANY FOREIGN LANDS.
- 2 -
LET ME TELL YOU HOW I CAME To KNOW YOUR
ACHIEVEMENTS, AND To APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. BARBARA
AND I WERE RAISING A YOUNG FAMILY IN HOUSTON. WE HAVE
MANY FOND MEMORIES OF THOSE DAYS: A TIME FOR COOKOUTS,
SOFTBALL AND TAIL-GATE PARTIES. BUT AMONG OUR FONDEST
MEMORIES IS THE DELIGHT OF HAVING YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN
FROM so MANY COUNTRIES JOINING US FOR CONVERSATION AND
SUPPER AT OUR HOME.
- 3 -
farm.
WE BECAME INVOLVED WITH YOUR INSTITUTE AS A HOST
a member of
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advisory board leaded 4 another good freend
curr.
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FENTRESS BRACEWELL. BUT IT WAS ALICE WHO TAUGHT US HOW
meals
REWARDING IT IS TO SHOW A YOUNG FOREIGN FRIEND THE WAY
THROUGH THE ACADEMIC, BUSINESS AND SOCIAL MAZE OF A
VIBRANT AMERICAN CITY. AND, BECAUSE OF ALICE, WE
LEARNED THAT BY SEEING OUR COUNTRY THROUGH ANOTHER'S
EYES, WE COULD BE TOURISTS AT HOME.
- 4 -
TODAY, AT THE WHITE HOUSE, WHEN BARBARA AND I DINE
WITH FOREIGN VISITORS, OUR GUESTS ARE RARELY STUDENTS.
RATHER, THEY ARE OFTEN FOREIGN LEADERS, PRESIDENTS,
PRIME MINISTERS, FOREIGN SECRETARIES, AND
AMBASSADORS. 11 BUT WE'VE NOTICED SOMETHING THAT MAKES
US THINK BACK To OUR HOUSTON DAYS: MANY OF OUR FOREIGN
GUESTS ONCE WORKED AND STUDIED IN THE UNITED STATES,
OFTEN UNDER THE AUSPICES OF YOUR INSTITUTE. 11 THIS CAN
ONLY BE TO THE BENEFIT OF ALL COUNTRIES.
083052SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 10/19/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 10/20/89 2:00 PM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER N/C
hasn't Zp
DARMAN
ROGICH
seen it. ciciona
BATES
N/C
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
WINSTON
CICCONI
DEMAREST
PINKERTON N/C
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2:00 PM, Friday, October 20, 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
Davis/Martin
Oct. 18, 1989
Title: Study
1989 OCT 19 PM 3. 14
Draft: One
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: INST. OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, Rm. 450
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 11 a.m.
Thank you, Dick Krasno, Henry Kaufman, for this award. And
I guess I should thank you for Sichan Siv, your former manager of
Asian and Pacific programs, now with my Administration. Let me
also say it's a delight to be among the supporters of the
Institute of for International Education, and so many students from
so many foreign lands.
Let me tell you how I came to know your achievements, and to
appreciate what you do. In the 1950s, Barb and I were raising a
young family in Houston. We have many fond memories of those
days: a time for cookouts, softball and tail-gate parties. But
among our fondest memories is the delight of having young men and
women from SO many countries joining us for conversation and
supper at our home.
We became involved with your Institute as a host family
through a very good friend, Alice Pratt -- whose work is now
being carried on in Houston by Fentress Bracewell. But it was
Alice who taught us how much rewarding fun it is to show a young foreigner
foreign friend
vibrant
the way through the academic, business and social maze of a big
American city. And, because of Alice, we learned that by seeing
our
your country through another's eyes, we could be tourists at
home.
2
Today, at the White House, when Barb and I dine with foreign
Bather,
are often
visitors, our guests are rarely students. In fact, they tend to
foreign leaders
anbassaclors
be presidents, prime ministers and foreign secretaries. But
we've noticed something that makes us think back to our Houston
days: a very many large portion of our foreign guests once worked and
studied in the United States, often under the auspices of your
Institute. This can only be to the benefit of all countries.
But you do more than bring the world to America. You open
the cultures of the world to our people as well. Mark Twain said
that "broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot
be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all
one's lifetime."
Thomas Jefferson, our first education president, perfected
such a broad, wholesome and charitable view when he left the
familiar Piedmont of Virginia to represent the American cause in
France. In more recent times, many Americans have had the
liberating experience of living abroad. Certainly, Barbara and I
sometimes
felt transformed by our China days, a time when we traveled the
dusty roads of Beijing by bicycle. Days we will never forget.
Of course, we learned a lot about the Chinese people. But
most of all, we learned a lot about ourselves. Every American
who lives abroad returns home with a new perspective and deeper
feeling for our native land.
Your Institute promotes this kind of understanding through
249 programs, assisting more than 10,000 people from 155
3
countries every year. Innumerable are the new friendships made;
incalculable is the goodwill generated.
When your organization was founded seventy years ago, there
was a belief that the exchange of students, scholars and
professionals from country to country would promote peace and
understanding. Some regarded that ideal as hopelessly naive.
Some still do. we know now that its not.
And it is true that the cynics can point to seventy years of
conflict and suspicion. But I believe they miss the point.
International exchanges are not a great tide to sweep away all
differences. But they will slowly wear away at the obstacles to
peace as surely as water wears away hard stone.
So I thank you for this award. Yet I can't help but feel I
should be giving you an award, for all you do to promote peace
and understanding. Thank you and God bless you all.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 20, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Institute of
International Education
We have reviewed the draft remarks for the Institute of
International Education and have no suggested changes from a
policy standpoint. We approve of the draft in its present
form.
CC: James W. Cicconi
95:60 23 100 68
083052SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 10/19/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 10/20/89 2:00 PM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
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 20, 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
Davis/Martin
Oct. 18, 1989
Title: Study
1989 OCT i9 PM 3. 14
Draft: One
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: INST. OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, Rm. 450
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 11 a.m.
Thank you, Dick Krasno, Henry Kaufman, for this award. And
I guess I should thank you for Sichan Siv, your former manager of
Asian and Pacific programs, now with my Administration. Let me
also say it's a delight to be among the supporters of the
Institute for International Education, and SO many students from
so many foreign lands.
Let me tell you how I came to know your achievements, and to
appreciate what you do. In the 1950s, Barb and I were raising a
young family in Houston. We have many fond memories of those
days: a time for cookouts, softball and tail-gate parties. But
among our fondest memories is the delight of having young men and
women from SO many countries joining us for conversation and
supper at our home.
We became involved with your Institute as a host family
through a very good friend, Alice Pratt -- whose work is now
being carried on in Houston by Fentress Bracewell. But it was
Alice who taught us how much fun it is to show a young foreigner
the way through the academic, business and social maze of a big
American city. And, because of Alice, we learned that by seeing
your country through another's eyes, we could be tourists at
home.
2
Today, at the White House, when Barb and I dine with foreign
visitors, our guests are rarely students. In fact, they tend to
be presidents, prime ministers and foreign secretaries. But
we've noticed something that makes us think back to our Houston
days: a very large portion of our foreign guests once worked and
studied in the United States, often under the auspices of your
Institute. This can only be to the benefit of all countries.
But you do more than bring the world to America. You open
the cultures of the world to our people as well. Mark Twain said
that "broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot
be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all
one's lifetime."
Thomas Jefferson, our first education president, perfected
such a broad, wholesome and charitable view when he left the
familiar Piedmont of Virginia to represent the American cause in
France. In more recent times, many Americans have had the
liberating experience of living abroad. Certainly, Barbara and I
felt transformed by our China days, a time when we traveled the
dusty roads of Beijing by bicycle. Days we will never forget.
Of course, we learned a lot about the Chinese people. But
most of all, we learned a lot about ourselves. Every American
who lives abroad returns home with a new perspective and deeper
feeling for our native land.
Your Institute promotes this kind of understanding through
249 programs, assisting more than 10,000 people from 155
3
countries every year. Innumerable are the new friendships made;
incalculable is the goodwill generated.
When your organization was founded seventy years ago, there
was a belief that the exchange of students, scholars and
professionals from country to country would promote peace and
understanding. Some regarded that ideal as hopelessly naive.
Some still do.
And it is true that the cynics can point to seventy years of
conflict and suspicion. But I believe they miss the point.
International exchanges are not a great tide to sweep away all
differences. But they will slowly wear away at the obstacles to
peace as surely as water wears away hard stone.
So I thank you for this award. Yet I can't help but feel I
should be giving you an award, for all you do to promote peace
and understanding. Thank you and God bless you all.
#
#
#
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SUBJECT:
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ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
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SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
CARD
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CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
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x2930, no later than 2:00 PM, Friday, October 20, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
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NEWMAN
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PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
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x2930, no later than 2:00 PM, Friday, October 20, with a copy to
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DATE:
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
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 20, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
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TO:
CHRISS WINSTON
NSC concurs, with one minor suggestion on page 1.
Brent Scowcroft
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CC:
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Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Oct. 18, 1989
Title: Study
1989 OCT 19 PM 3. 14
Draft: One
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: INST. OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, Rm. 450
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 11 a.m.
Thank you, Dick Krasno, Henry Kaufman, for this award. And
I guess I should thank you for Sichan Siv, your former manager of
Asian and Pacific programs, now with my Administration. Let me
also say it's a delight to be among the supporters of the
Institute for International Education, and so many students from
SO many foreign lands.
Let me tell you how I came to know your achievements, and to
appreciate what you do. In the 1950s, Barb and I were raising a
young family in Houston. We have many fond memories of those
days: a time for cookouts, softball and tail-gate parties. But
among our fondest memories is the delight of having young men and
women from SO many countries joining us for conversation and
supper at our home.
We became involved with your Institute as a host family
through a very good friend, Alice Pratt -- whose work is now
being carried on in Houston by Fentress Bracewell. But it was
friend
Better
Alice who taught us how much fun it is to show a young foreigned
wording
the way through the academic, business and social maze of a big
American city. And, because of Alice, we learned that by seeing
your country through another's eyes, we could be tourists at
home.
2
Today, at the White House, when Barb and I dine with foreign
visitors, our guests are rarely students. In fact, they tend to
be presidents, prime ministers and foreign secretaries. But
we've noticed something that makes us think back to our Houston
days: a very large portion of our foreign guests once worked and
studied in the United States, often under the auspices of your
Institute. This can only be to the benefit of all countries.
But you do more than bring the world to America. You open
the cultures of the world to our people as well. Mark Twain said
that "broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot
be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all
one's lifetime."
Thomas Jefferson, our first education president, perfected
such a broad, wholesome and charitable view when he left the
familiar Piedmont of Virginia to represent the American cause in
France. In more recent times, many Americans have had the
liberating experience of living abroad. Certainly, Barbara and I
felt transformed by our China days, a time when we traveled the
dusty roads of Beijing by bicycle. Days we will never forget.
Of course, we learned a lot about the Chinese people. But
most of all, we learned a lot about ourselves. Every American
who lives abroad returns home with a new perspective and deeper
feeling for our native land.
Your Institute promotes this kind of understanding through
249 programs, assisting more than 10,000 people from 155
3
countries every year. Innumerable are the new friendships made;
incalculable is the goodwill generated.
When your organization was founded seventy years ago, there
was a belief that the exchange of students, scholars and
professionals from country to country would promote peace and
understanding. Some regarded that ideal as hopelessly naive.
Some still do.
And it is true that the cynics can point to seventy years of
conflict and suspicion. But I believe they miss the point.
International exchanges are not a great tide to sweep away all
differences. But they will slowly wear away at the obstacles to
peace as surely as water wears away hard stone.
So I thank you for this award. Yet I can't help but feel I
should be giving you an award, for all you do to promote peace
and understanding. Thank you and God bless you all.
#
#
#
NSC comments
Davis/Martin
Philip Hughes signed
Oct. 18, 1989
Title: Study
for the General.
Draft: One
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: INST. OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, Rm. 450
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 11 a.m.
Thank you, Dick Krasno, Henry Kaufman, for this award. And
I guess I should thank you for Sichan Siv, your former manager of
Asian and Pacific programs, now with my Administration. Let me
also say it's a delight to be among the supporters of the
Institute for International Education, and so many students from
so many foreign lands.
Let me tell you how I came to know your achievements, and to
appreciate what you do. In the 1950s, Barb and I were raising a
young family in Houston. We have many fond memories of those
days: a time for cookouts, softball and tail-gate parties. But
among our fondest memories is the delight of having young men and
women from so many countries joining us for conversation and
supper at our home.
We became involved with your Institute as a host family
through a very good friend, Alice Pratt -- whose work is now
being carried on in Houston by Fentress Bracewell. But it was
Alice who taught us how much fun it is to show a young foreigner
foreign friend
the way through the academic, business and social maze of a big
American city. And, because of Alice, we learned that by seeing
your country through another's eyes, we could be tourists at
home.
5 20 100 68
2
Today, at the White House, when Barb and I dine with foreign
visitors, our guests are rarely students. In fact, they tend to
be presidents, prime ministers and foreign secretaries. But
we've noticed something that makes us think back to our Houston
days: a very large portion of our foreign guests once worked and
studied in the United States, often under the auspices of your
Institute. This can only be to the benefit of all countries.
But you do more than bring the world to America. You open
the cultures of the world to our people as well. Mark Twain said
that "broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot
be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all
one's lifetime."
Thomas Jefferson, our first education president, perfected
such a broad, wholesome and charitable view when he left the
familiar Piedmont of Virginia to represent the American cause in
France. In more recent times, many Americans have had the
liberating experience of living abroad. Certainly, Barbara and I
felt transformed by our China days, a time when we traveled the
dusty roads of Beijing by bicycle. Days we will never forget.
Of course, we learned a lot about the Chinese people. But
most of all, we learned a lot about ourselves. Every American
who lives abroad returns home with a new perspective and deeper
feeling for our native land.
Your Institute promotes this kind of understanding through
249 programs, assisting more than 10,000 people from 155
3
countries every year. Innumerable are the new friendships made;
incalculable is the goodwill generated.
When your organization was founded seventy years ago, there
was a belief that the exchange of students, scholars and
professionals from country to country would promote peace and
understanding. Some regarded that ideal as hopelessly naive.
Some still do.
And it is true that the cynics can point to seventy years of
conflict and suspicion. But I believe they miss the point.
International exchanges are not a great tide to sweep away all
differences. But they will slowly wear away at the obstacles to
peace as surely as water wears away hard stone.
So I thank you for this award. Yet I can't help but feel I
should be giving you an award, for all you do to promote peace
and understanding. Thank you and God bless you all.
#
#
#
083052SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 10/19/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 10/20/89 2:00 PM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
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 20, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE: No comments,
11 :23 20 100 68
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Oct. 18, 1989
Title: Study
1989 OCT i9 PM 3. 14
Draft: One
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: INST. OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, Rm. 450
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 11 a.m.
Thank you, Dick Krasno, Henry Kaufman, for this award. And
I guess I should thank you for Sichan Siv, your former manager of
Asian and Pacific programs, now with my Administration. Let me
also say it's a delight to be among the supporters of the
Institute for International Education, and SO many students from
SO many foreign lands.
Let me tell you how I came to know your achievements, and to
appreciate what you do. In the 1950s, Barb and I were raising a
young family in Houston. We have many fond memories of those
days: a time for cookouts, softball and tail-gate parties. But
among our fondest memories is the delight of having young men and
women from SO many countries joining us for conversation and
supper at our home.
We became involved with your Institute as a host family
through a very good friend, Alice Pratt -- whose work is now
being carried on in Houston by Fentress Bracewell. But it was
Alice who taught us how much fun it is to show a young foreigner
the way through the academic, business and social maze of a big
American city. And, because of Alice, we learned that by seeing
your country through another's eyes, we could be tourists at
home.
2
Today, at the White House, when Barb and I dine with foreign
visitors, our guests are rarely students. In fact, they tend to
be presidents, prime ministers and foreign secretaries But
we've noticed something that makes us think back to our Houston
days: a very large portion of our foreign guests once worked and
studied in the United States, often under the auspices of your
Institute. This can only be to the benefit of all countries.
But you do more than bring the world to America. You open
the cultures of the world to our people as well. Mark Twain said
that "broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot
be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all
one's lifetime."
Thomas Jefferson, our first education president, perfected
such a broad, wholesome and charitable view when he left the
familiar Piedmont of Virginia to represent the American cause in
France. In more recent times, many Americans have had the
liberating experience of living abroad. Certainly, Barbara and I
felt transformed by our China days, a time when we traveled the
dusty roads of Beijing by bicycle. Days we will never forget.
Of course, we learned a lot about the Chinese people. But
most of all, we learned a lot about ourselves. Every American
who lives abroad returns home with a new perspective and deeper
feeling for our native land.
Your Institute promotes this kind of understanding through
249 programs, assisting more than 10,000 people from 155
3
countries every year. Innumerable are the new friendships made;
incalculable is the goodwill generated.
When your organization was founded seventy years ago, there
was a belief that the exchange of students, scholars and
professionals from country to country would promote peace and
understanding. Some regarded that ideal as hopelessly naive.
Some still do.
And it is true that the cynics can point to seventy years of
conflict and suspicion. But I believe they miss the point.
International exchanges are not a great tide to sweep away all
differences. But they will slowly wear away at the obstacles to
peace as surely as water wears away hard stone.
So I thank you for this award. Yet I can't help but feel I
should be giving you an award, for all you do to promote peace
and understanding. Thank you and God bless you all.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 20, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR
COMMUNICATIONS
FROM:
AMY L. SCHWARTZ ALS
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
International Education Remarks
I have reviewed for Counsel's office the draft Presidential
remarks for use at the Institute of International Education
dinner, and I have no legal objections.
CC: James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President and Deputy
to the Chief of Staff
61 : I d 02 130 68
083052SS
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DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
10/20/89 2:00 PM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
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 20, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
see comments
EO : 11v 20 100 68
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Oct. 18, 1989
Title: Study
1989 OCT i9 PM 3. 14
Draft: One
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: INST. OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, Rm. 450
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 11 a.m.
Thank you, Dick Krasno, Henry Kaufman, for this award. And
I guess I should thank you for Sichan Siv, your former manager of
Asian and Pacific programs, now with my Administration. Let me
also say it's a delight to be among the supporters of the
Institute for International Education, and SO many students from
SO many foreign lands.
Let me tell you how I came to know your achievements, and to
appreciate what you do. In the 1950s, Barb and I were raising a
young family in Houston. We have many fond memories of those
days: a time for cookouts, softball and tail-gate parties. But
among our fondest memories is the delight of having young men and
women from so many countries joining us for conversation and
supper at our home.
We became involved with your Institute as a host family
through a very good friend, Alice Pratt -- whose work is now
being carried on in Houston by Fentress Bracewell. But it was
rewarding
Alice who taught us how much fun it is to show a young foreigner
the way through the academic, business and social maze of a big rbrant
American city. And, because of Alice, we learned that by seeing
our
your country through another's eyes, we could be tourists at
home.
2
Today, at the White House, when Barb and I dine with foreign they
Many are Rather, many
are
visitors, our guests are rarely students. In fact, ambassadors. they tend to
feer
foreign leaders
be presidents prime ministers and foreign secretaries. 1
But
we've noticed something that makes us think back to our Houston
days: a very many large portion of our foreign guests once worked and
studied in the United States, often under the auspices of your
Institute. This can only be to the benefit of all countries.
But you do more than bring the world to America. You open
the cultures of the world to our people as well. Mark Twain said
that "broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot
be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all
one's lifetime."
Thomas Jefferson, our first education president, perfected
such a broad, wholesome and charitable view when he left the
familiar Piedmont of Virginia to represent the American cause in
France. In more recent times, many Americans have had the
liberating experience of living abroad. Certainly, Barbara and I
sometimes
felt transformed by our China days, a time when we traveled the
1
dusty roads of Beijing by bicycle. Days we will never forget.
Of course, we learned a lot about the Chinese people. But
most of all, we learned a lot about ourselves. Every American
who lives abroad returns home with a new perspective and deeper
feeling for our native land.
Your Institute promotes this kind of understanding through
249 programs, assisting more than 10,000 people from 155
3
countries every year. Innumerable are the new friendships made;
incalculable is the goodwill generated.
When your organization was founded seventy years ago, there
was a belief that the exchange of students, scholars and
professionals from country to country would promote peace and
understanding. Some regarded that ideal as hopelessly naive.
Some still do. we know now that its not.
And it is true that the cynics can point to seventy years of
conflict and suspicion. But I believe they miss the point.
International exchanges are not a great tide to sweep away all
differences. But they will slowly wear away at the obstacles to
peace as surely as water wears away hard stone.
So I thank you for this award. Yet I can't help but feel I
should be giving you an award, for all you do to promote peace
and understanding. Thank you and God bless you all.
#
#
#
083052SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 10/19/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
10/20/89 2:00 PM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
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 20, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
ak
Bruce Запа
for SR
89 OCT 23 A8 15
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Oct. 18, 1989
Title: Study
1989 OCT i9 PM 3. 14
Draft: One
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: INST. OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, Rm. 450
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 11 a.m.
Thank you, Dick Krasno, Henry Kaufman, for this award. And
I guess I should thank you for Sichan Siv, your former manager of
Asian and Pacific programs, now with my Administration Let me
also say it's a delight to be among the supporters of the
Institute for International Education, and so many students from
so many foreign lands.
Let me tell you how I came to know your achievements, and to
appreciate what you do. In the 1950s, Barbrand I were raising a
young family in Houston. We have many fond memories of those
LITTLE LEAUGE
days: a time for cookouts, softball and tail-gate parties. But
among our fondest memories is the delight of having young men and
women from SO many countries joining us for conversation and
supper at our home.
We became involved with your Institute as a host family
through a very good friend, Alice Pratt -- whose work is now
being carried on in Houston by Fentress Bracewell. But it was
Alice who taught us how much fun it is to show a young foreigner
the way through the academic, business and social maze of a big
American city. And, because of Alice, we learned that by seeing
your country through another's eyes, we could be tourists at
home.
2
Today, at the White House, when Barb RA and I dine with foreign
visitors, our guests are rarely students. In fact, they tend to
be presidents, prime ministers and foreign secretaries. But
we've noticed something that makes us think back to our Houston
days: a very large portion of our foreign guests once worked and
studied in the United States, often under the auspices of your
Institute. This can only be to the benefit of all countries.
But you do more than bring the world to America. You open
the cultures of the world to our people as well. Mark Twain said
that "broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot
be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all
one's lifetime."
Thomas Jefferson, our first education president, perfected
such a broad, wholesome and charitable view when he left the
familiar Piedmont of Virginia to represent the American cause in
France. In more recent times, many Americans have had the
liberating experience of living abroad. Certainly, Barbara and I
felt transformed by our China days, a time when we traveled the
dusty roads of Beijing by bicycle. Days we will never forget.
Of course, we learned a lot about the Chinese people. But
most of all, we learned a lot about ourselves. Every American
who lives abroad returns home with a new perspective and deeper
feeling for our native land.
Your Institute promotes this kind of understanding through
249 programs, assisting more than 10,000 people from 155
3
countries every year. Innumerable are the new friendships made;
incalculable is the goodwill generated.
When your organization was founded seventy years ago, there
was a belief that the exchange of students, scholars and
professionals from country to country would promote peace and
understanding. Some regarded that ideal as hopelessly naive.
Some still do.
And it is true that the cynics can point to seventy years of
conflict and suspicion. But I believe they miss the point.
International exchanges are not a great tide to sweep away all
differences. But they will slowly wear away at the obstacles to
peace as surely as water wears away hard stone.
So I thank you for this award. Yet I can't help but feel I
should be giving you an award, for all you do to promote peace
and understanding. Thank you and God bless you all.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
1989 OCT 20 PM 5: 48
Oct. 21, 1989
Fine minor with changes
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Through:
CHRISS WINSTON
From:
MARK DAVIS MD
Subject:
Institute of International Education
SUMMARY: The Institute of International Education has, for
seventy years, helped thousands of students study abroad. They
have contracts to manage USIA and other government exchange
programs, and are closely affiliated with the Fulbright
Scholarships. You will receive the Institute's award for your
interest in, and support of, international education. The
audience will be foreign students, as well as I.I.E. personnel.
Your remarks will be on cards.
DISCUSSION: This draft discusses the mission of the Institute
from a personal perspective -- the Bush family's participation in
I.I.E programs as a host family in Texas. Alice Pratt, who
managed the program in Houston, is mentioned (though she will not
be present at the ceremony). The speech reflects on the goodwill
generated by such exchanges, and ends by returning their
compliment.
Davis/Martin
Oct. 208, 1989
1989 OCT 23 AM II: 01
Title: Study
Draft: Three
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: INST. OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, Rm. 450
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 11 a.m.
Thank you, Dick Krasno, Henry Kaufman, for this award. And
know
I
guess I should thank you for Sichan Siv, your former manager of
Asian and Pacific programs, now with my Administration. Let me
also say it's a delight to be among the supporters of the
Institute of International Education, and SO many students from
so many foreign lands.
Let me tell you how I came to know your achievements, and to
appreciate what you do. Barbara and I were raising a young
family in Houston. We have many fond memories of those days: a
time for cookouts, softball and tail-gate parties. But among our
fondest memories is the delight of having young men and women
from so many countries joining us for conversation and supper at
our home.
We became involved with your Institute as a host family
through a very good friend, Alice Pratt -- whose work is now
my fround
being carried on in Houston by A Fentress Bracewell. But it was
Alice who taught us how rewarding it is to show a young foreign
friend the way through the academic, business and social maze of
a vibrant American city. And, because of Alice, we learned that
by seeing our country through another's eyes, we could be
tourists at home.
2
Today, at the White House, when Barbara and I dine with
foreign visitors, our guests are rarely students. Rather, they
are often foreign leaders, presidents, prime ministers, foreign
secretaries, and ambassadors. But we've noticed something that
makes us think back to our Houston days: many of our foreign
guests once worked and studied in the United States, often under
the auspices of your Institute. This can only be to the
benefit of all countries.
But you do more than bring the world to America. You open
the cultures of the world to our people as well. Mark Twain said
that "broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot
be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all
one's lifetime."
Thomas Jefferson, our first education president, enhanced
such a broad, wholesome and charitable view when he left the
familiar Piedmont of Virginia to represent the American cause in
France. In more recent times, many Americans have had the
liberating experience of living abroad. Certainly, Barbara and I
felt transformed by our China days, a time when we sometimes
traveled the dusty of Beijing by bicycle. Days we will
streets
never forget.
Of course, we learned a lot about the Chinese people. But
most of all, we learned a lot about ourselves. Every American
who lives abroad returns home with a new perspective and deeper
feeling for our native land.
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Your Institute promotes this kind of understanding through
249 programs, assisting more than 10,000 people from 155
countries every year. Innumerable are the new friendships made;
incalculable is the goodwill generated.
When your organization was founded seventy years ago, there
was a belief that the exchange of students, scholars and
professionals from country to country would promote peace and
understanding. Some regarded that ideal as hopelessly naive. We
know now that it's not.
It is true that international exchanges are not a great tide
to sweep away all differences. But they will slowly wear away at
the obstacles to peace as surely as water wears away hard stone.
I am honored to be among so many men and woman of goodwill,
Keep up the great wonh.
peace and understanding. Thank you and God bless you all.
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INST. OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION / RM. 450
WEDNESDAY, OcT. 25 / 11 A.M.
THANK YOU, DICK KRASNO, HENRY KAUFMAN, FOR THIS
AWARD. AND I KNOW I SHOULD THANK YOU FOR SICHAN SIV,
YOUR FORMER MANAGER OF ASIAN AND PACIFIC PROGRAMS, NOW
WITH MY ADMINISTRATION. LET ME ALSO SAY IT'S A DELIGHT
TO BE AMONG THE SUPPORTERS OF THE INSTITUTE OF
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, AND so MANY STUDENTS FROM so
MANY FOREIGN LANDS.
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LET ME TELL YOU HOW I CAME To KNOW YOUR
ACHIEVEMENTS, AND To APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. BARBARA
AND I WERE RAISING A YOUNG FAMILY IN HOUSTON. WE HAVE
MANY FOND MEMORIES OF THOSE DAYS: A TIME FOR COOKOUTS,
SOFTBALL AND TAIL-GATE PARTIES. BUT AMONG OUR FONDEST
MEMORIES IS THE DELIGHT OF HAVING YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN
FROM SO MANY COUNTRIES JOINING US FOR CONVERSATION AND
SUPPER AT OUR HOME.
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WE BECAME INVOLVED WITH YOUR INSTITUTE AS A HOST
FAMILY THROUGH A VERY GOOD FRIEND, ALICE PRATT -- WHOSE
WORK IS NOW BEING CARRIED ON IN HOUSTON BY MY FRIEND
FENTRESS BRACEWELL. BUT IT WAS ALICE WHO TAUGHT US HOW
REWARDING IT IS TO SHOW A YOUNG FOREIGN FRIEND THE WAY
THROUGH THE ACADEMIC, BUSINESS AND SOCIAL MAZE OF A
VIBRANT AMERICAN CITY. AND, BECAUSE OF ALICE, WE
LEARNED THAT BY SEEING OUR COUNTRY THROUGH ANOTHER'S
EYES, WE COULD BE TOURISTS AT HOME.
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TODAY, AT THE WHITE HOUSE, WHEN BARBARA AND I DINE
WITH FOREIGN VISITORS, OUR GUESTS ARE RARELY STUDENTS.
RATHER, THEY ARE OFTEN FOREIGN LEADERS, PRESIDENTS,
PRIME MINISTERS, FOREIGN SECRETARIES, AND
AMBASSADORS. 11 BUT WE'VE NOTICED SOMETHING THAT MAKES
US THINK BACK TO OUR HOUSTON DAYS: MANY OF OUR FOREIGN
GUESTS ONCE WORKED AND STUDIED IN THE UNITED STATES,
OFTEN UNDER THE AUSPICES OF YOUR INSTITUTE. 11 THIS CAN
ONLY BE TO THE BENEFIT OF ALL COUNTRIES.
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BUT YOU_DO MORE THAN BRING THE WORLD TO AMERICA.
You OPEN THE CULTURES OF THE WORLD TO OUR PEOPLE AS
WELL. MARK TWAIN SAID THAT "BROAD, WHOLESOME,
CHARITABLE VIEWS OF MEN AND THINGS CANNOT BE ACQUIRED
BY VEGETATING IN ONE LITTLE CORNER OF THE EARTH ALL
ONE'S LIFETIME."
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THOMAS JEFFERSON, OUR FIRST EDUCATION PRESIDENT,
ENHANCED SUCH A BROAD, WHOLESOME AND CHARITABLE VIEW
WHEN HE LEFT THE FAMILIAR PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA To
REPRESENT THE AMERICAN CAUSE IN FRANCE. IN MORE RECENT
TIMES, MANY AMERICANS HAVE HAD THE LIBERATING
EXPERIENCE OF LIVING ABROAD. CERTAINLY, BARBARA AND I
FELT TRANSFORMED BY OUR CHINA DAYS, A TIME WHEN WE
SOMETIMES TRAVELED THE DUSTY STREETS OF BEIJING BY
BICYCLE. DAYS WE WILL NEVER FORGET.
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OF COURSE, WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE CHINESE
PEOPLE. BUT MOST OF ALL, WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT
OURSELVES. EVERY AMERICAN WHO LIVES ABROAD RETURNS
HOME WITH A NEW PERSPECTIVE AND DEEPER FEELING FOR OUR
NATIVE LAND.
YOUR INSTITUTE PROMOTES THIS KIND OF UNDERSTANDING
THROUGH 249 PROGRAMS, ASSISTING MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE
FROM 155 COUNTRIES EVERY YEAR.
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INNUMERABLE ARE THE NEW FRIENDSHIPS MADE; INCALCULABLE
IS THE GOODWILL GENERATED.
WHEN YOUR ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED SEVENTY YEARS
AGO, THERE WAS A BELIEF THAT THE EXCHANGE OF STUDENTS,
SCHOLARS AND PROFESSIONALS FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY
WOULD PROMOTE PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING. SOME REGARDED
THAT IDEAL AS HOPELESSLY NAIVE. WE KNOW NOW THAT IT'S
NOT.
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IT IS TRUE THAT INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES ARE NOT A
GREAT TIDE TO SWEEP AWAY ALL DIFFERENCES. BUT THEY
WILL SLOWLY WEAR AWAY AT THE OBSTACLES TO PEACE AS
SURELY AS WATER WEARS AWAY HARD STONE.
I AM HONORED TO BE AMONG so MANY MEN AND WOMAN OF
GOODWILL, PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING. THANK YOU AND KEEP
UP THE GREAT WORK.
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