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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
October 28, 1989
PRESS CONFERENCE
BY THE PRESIDENT
The Convention Hall
Cariari Hotel
San Jose, Costa Rica
9:14 A.M. (L)
THE PRESIDENT: First a statement, and then some
questions. I'd be glad to respond.
Together with the other democratic leaders of the
hemisphere, I've just met with the leaders of the political
opposition in Nicaragua and Panama. And here in Costa Rica, saluting
100 years of democracy, these discussions, sponsored by Costa Rica's
main political parties, serve as an especially fitting tribute to the
spirit of the occasion and the spirit of the times.
And these courageous leaders left us with a stronger
appreciation of the daily difficulties of the pro-democracy movements
in these two countries. I conveyed to them the encouragement and the
admiration of the American people. And it's ironic that the shining
example of Latin American democracy in which we meet lies between two
nations whose rulers have so long and so harshly ignored the will of
their own people.
From Cape Horn to the Bering Strait, from Chile's
promising new plebiscite to the Alaska-Soviet border, reopened after
40 years, a new breeze of freedom has swept the Americas with hope
and freedom, hope and opportunity, and bringing us even closer to the
world's first completely democratic hemisphere. A few nations,
however, have been left behind, shackled by failed ideology and
failed leadership.
To the north, the Nicaraguan people have waited for
democracy since they ended the Somoza regime ten years ago -- that
dictatorship. And elections are planned for next February. But to
date, as I say, there are some disturbing signs.
The world, I believe, was dismayed at Mr. Ortega's
announcement last night that he had unilaterally ended the
cease-fire. I understand there may have been some refinements on
that today, but that that was what he said. And it's a shameful blow
to democracy. And the fact that no mention of this came during the
course of the hours of dialogue that we all had -- the presidents of
these democracies -- demonstrates just how shameful an act it truly
is.
Regarding the forthcoming elections, as was so evident in
Panama, the people of this hemisphere know the difference between
real elections and sham elections. And the hemisphere will not
settle for anything less than free and fair elections.
The people of Nicaragua know the kind of steps that the
ruling Sandinistas can take to show a real commitment to fair
elections, and the whole world will be watching this one. And if the
Sandinistas don't allow fair debates and clean elections, they
confirm the dictatorship long before the elections even take place.
The world understands that no real democracy is threatened by the
voices of its own people.
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And it's ironic that, here we are -- and I'm so glad I
came to this meeting to salute Costa Rica's 100 years democracy.
It was very ironic. There was only one man in a military uniform in
this meeting of democracies. Speaking of military uniforms, speaking
of dictatorships -- to the south, the outlaw Noriega regime simply
must be replaced. This is not the judgment of Uncle Sam. It is the
judgment of the Panamanian people. And it is the judgment of
history, and it is the judgment, I believe, of every single
democratically-elected president who was at this meeting.
Today, Noriega may think his lead pipe politics have won,
but he's won nothing more than a fragile status quo. And democracy
really will triumph in Panama; I'm confident of that. It's a
question of when, not if. And by putting his own personal interests
above those of the Panamanian people, Noriega will only continue to
lose support internationally inside the Panamanian Defense Forces and
among the growing number of courageous Panamanians who dare to resist
his oppressive rule.
Let me assure you: The United States will continue to
work with the democracies in this hemisphere and around the world to
support the struggle of the Panamanian people. Today, every
continent is being swept by the new breeze of political change. And
the world has watched in wonder as brave men and women have taken to
the streets, to claim their rights, to proclaim a faith in democracy.
Some governments respond with reform, some with repression. But
there is no longer any doubt which side history is on. The day of
the despot, the day of the dictator -- over, finished.
The Nicaraguans and Panamanians with whom I've just met
are brave and inspiring people. They stand in the vanguard of
history, and they deserve the active support of all who support
democracy in this hemisphere.
I'd be glad to respond to questions.
Q
Mr. President, Mr. Ortega said that the cease-fire
won't hold because of what he calls savage attacks by the U.S.-backed
Contras. To what extent does the United States bear responsibility
for the actions of the Contras? And what kind of instructions will
you send to the Contra field commanders now, in view of the end of
the cease-fire?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, first I won't listen to Mr.
Noriega's charge that this is his outrageous breach -- alleged breach
of the cease-fire -- willingness to breach it -- is entirely --
Ortega -- willing to bear the burden -- put it all on the Contras.
There have been flare-ups up there. We have encouraged the Contras
not to take aggressive military action, and we would certainly
continue to do that. But to accept his judgment that some excuse for
ending the cease-fire rests totally on the Contras, I'm not going to
do that at all.
Q You say that you won't -- you'd urge them not to
take aggressive actions --
THE PRESIDENT: Oh, yes, we will.
Q
-- if the cease-fire is ending, and they're going on
the attack?
THE PRESIDENT: Who is that?
Q
If the Sandinistas are ending the cease-fire and go
on the attack?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think they'r violating and
breaking the very agreements they've made if they do that. And I
don't think they should, and I don't think the Contras ought to
attack. What we ought to do is fulfill the agreements that have been
made. They agreed to stop subverting their neighbors, for example.
I'm talking about Ortega and the Sandinistas. My golly, the other
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day we uncover a great truck of munitions going in. And one of the
dramatic moments yesterday was when Mr. Cristiani, the fairly-elected
President of El Salvador -- in a very diplomatic way, I might add --
told him, stop sending that stuff into our country. You agreed you
wouldn't do it, and now you're doing it.
He agreed to talk to the resistance. That's who they
ought to talk to. He's always kind of sidling up to me looking for
some photo op. What he ought to do is talk to the resistance.
That's what he agreed to do. Why doesn't he do it? And he agreed to
release the political prisoners. Not SO. Hasn't done it.
Conditions for free and fair access to the media -- they
agree to that, and that hasn't taken place the way it should. There
are some signs that are good. The registration -- let's say, hey,
that's good. We're encouraged. Some 90 percent supposed to have
registered. No government resources are supposed to go to the
campaign; I'm told that has been violated.
So rather than find a canard, rather than find some hook
to break up an agreement on, I think they ought to go forward and
honor the agreement that's been made. And I would also say I would
encourage the Contras in every way possible not to engage in military
action.
Q. What are your options? What can you do since it's
very clear that you are at a meeting where I would say most of the
Latin leaders would not want you to resume military action nor aid to
the Contras and so forth -- that's obviously -- this is a peace
meeting. So what do you have in mind -- what have you done so far,
knowing this for 18 hours or so?
THE PRESIDENT: One of the things I did is talk to those
who have a little more influence with Mr. Ortega than I do. That
would be everybody at the meeting, probably. And talked to several
of them last night, and they leaned on him pretty hard. And there
was -- be fair about it -- I'm told at a press conference, the man
had a little bit of backing off -- a little bit. And so let's wait
and see is what I'm saying.
But right now, I could use this forum to say, do not
break that cease-fire. Do not --
Q Well, what's the alternative?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, we're not going to cross that
bridge until we get there.
Q Mr. President, I am a journalist from El Salvador
and I want to do a question specifically of my country.
THE PRESIDENT: Sure.
Q
The first is, are there any signs that peace in El
Salvador is near, and what are these signs? And the other one is,
with respect to the human rights in El Salvador, would you say that
your government is satisfied?
THE PRESIDENT: I would say on the first part -- and I
got this from the other Presidents -- a recognition that the election
in El Salvador, free and certifiably fair, was an important major
step towards the peace that the people of El Salvador want.
I must say that the shipment that was discovered of Mr.
Ortega shipping military weapons into El Salvador in a direct
violation of these agreements was a bad sign.
So in other words, I am more encouraged about peace
there. I believe Mr. Cristiani is trying very hard. And let me just
say he has the full support of our government, whatever we can do to
help him facilitate the peace and enhance the democracy.
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There was a second part, though, that I'm not sure I
responded to.
Q Yes. With respect to the human rights in El
Salvador, would you say that your government is satisfied?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, there's been dramatic progress.
Nothing has been called to my attention that makes me dissatisfied,
but I don't want to take one look and say that everything is perfect.
I can't say that. I do know that the new administration is trying
very, very hard, and dramatic improvements have been made.
Q Mr. President, you say you really don't want to take
any action until this thing clarifies itself with Ortega. But
doesn't there have to be some kind of stick employed here in terms of
the Contras now? Aren't you honor bound to help them defend
themselves if indeed the Sandinistas are about to unlaunch some sort
of offensive against them?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, if it resulted -- I mean, you're
asking me to buy into a hypothesis that may not be true.
Q Well, he's talking to break the cease-fire.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, he's talking about it. And you've
got a lot of presidents here that are trying to tell him that would
be sheer folly. So I want to see how it develops. But he knows that
if there's an all-out military offensive, that's going to change the
equation 180 degrees.
Q
Mr. President, you have placed great faith in
regional diplomacy, your relations with leaders in this hemipshere,
like the leaders gathered here. What does it tell you about the
effectiveness of such an approach when a man like Daniel Ortega feels
free to walk into a gathering like this and, at this very meeting,
announce an action which is an insult to every leader here and a
violation of the agreements that you've cited?
THE PRESIDENT: It tells me that I should not judge the
whole hemisphere by one -- I heard one of our leading TV journalists
use an analogy about an animal at a garden party yesterday, and I
won't do it because it might take on different -- but that's exactly
what happened. So I am not going to judge a salute to democracy --
100 years of Costa Rican democracy -- by the fact that Mr. Ortega
looks like that unwanted animal at a garden party. What you're doing
is focusing on -- and I understand it -- the controversy, the one
thing.
There has been the feeling on parts -- in some countries
here of neglect by the United States. Under this President, there
will no longer ever be a feeling of neglect, and we came here to talk
about debt and drugs and democracy, and we're not going to let this
one little man who is out of whack with the rest of the hemisphere
ruin a very good meeting.
Q But doesn't it suggest, sir, that he feels he has
nothing to fear from the regional diplomacy by which you have set
such great store when he feels free to do what he has done here?
THE PRESIDENT: If he goes forward with it, yes, and it
will bring down on him the outrage of every president, and those that
invited him here, I'm sure, will be terribly disappointed. But we
didn't come here to have any contretemps with this little man --
showing up in his military uniform at a democracy meeting. That's
not what it's all about. We're talking about much broader things.
But let's wait and see how that develops. He knows the
United States' position and he knows the position of others in the
hemisphere.
Q
DO you foresee a change in U.S. policy towards Latin
America directly because of this meeting?
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THE PRESIDENT: I see an enhanced interaction, and I
don't see a dramatic change because I'm one, and our Secretary of
State, and our interests have long been intertwined with those in
this hemisphere. But I see a day of the democracy -- a hemisphere of
total democracy. You look at the changes that are taking place --
that have taken place in the last few years and that are likely to
take place just in the next few months, and it's very optimistic.
And we want to be a constructive part of helping with the debt
problem that I heard a lot about yesterday. We want to help where we
can enhance democracy and strengthen the concept of free elections.
So I wouldn't say dramatic change, but I think being here
and saying what I feel about the democracies here and trying to show
the respect we feel for those democracies is a good thing to have
done.
Q
Oscar Arias invited here democratically-elected
presidents. Are you questioning his decision of inviting Daniel
Ortega?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I was a little surprised to feel
that he was democratically elected, though they reminded me that
there was an election. I'm not sure how certifiably free and fair it
was. But it was under that rubric that he was invited here. So who
am I to question our host? I'm glad to be here myself. But it did
seem a little odd walking in in a military uniform and coming in,
having pledged democracy to the Organization of American States eight
or nine years ago and frustrating the democratic ambitions of his
people. It wasn't exactly the most comfortable fit. But, no, I'm
not questioning Mr. Arias. He's the host and he's been a generous
host. And I'm very glad we're here to salute Costa Rica's democracy.
Q
Mr. President, I'd like to ask you about another
foreign policy subject. There's very strong evidence that Israel is
involved in a joint project with South Africa to build a nuclear
missile. If that project should continue, what effect would it have
on U.S. relations with Israel?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I hope our position is clear in
transfer of any military technology that should not be transferred.
And if that's taken place, it would not enhance relations between us
or any country that does that. It would complicate things. There's
no question about that.
Q
Another question on that same general subject, sir.
Will the United States give Israel a veto over the identity of the
Palestinians in negotiations on elections in the occupied
territories?
THE PRESIDENT: We are not going with preconditions on --
we're trying to be a catalyst, and whatever is worked out between the
parties will have our generous and enthusiastic support. But the
Israelis have made clear that that would be very difficult for them,
so we're not trying to throw down a precondition. We're just trying,
through the Baker five points and through giving support to President
Mubarak's 10 points, to be helpful in getting the talks going. And
the main thing is to talk. And I hope that they'll get together.
0 Mr. President, you mentioned that if there's an
all-out offensive, this would change the equation 180 degrees. What
exactly do you mean? Are you talking about more military aid again
for the Contras?
THE PRESIDENT: We'll let you know. We'll let you know.
But I don't want to get out ahead of where I think things may be
right now. You're pressing me to act as if there is a fait accompli
and all barriers are down and shooting starts on all sides. I don't
want to argue that that is what's going to take place. But I can
tell you, a break of that agreement and a renewal of all-out fighting
would be a very bad thing for Ortega because I think the whole world
would see it as a direct breaking of his word. And then we would see
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what kind of action is taken.
Q Just the second part of that. Why did Ortega do
this, do you think? Is it arrogance or is it --
THE PRESIDENT: I can't figure it out. It's an offense
to the President of Costa Rica. It is an offense to the
democratically-elected leaders here. It is the most outrageous use
of a meeting on democracy that I can think of. I've asked our own
folks, what in heaven's name would make a person do something so
counterproductive? Stick him out like a sore thumb amongst a bunch
of democratically-elected leaders, offend a host. And I'm sure it
has. You can ask Oscar Arias. But if I were him, I would have been
deeply offended by such brutal disregard for the feelings of the
sensitivities of this meeting. So I don't know what motivates this
man.
I did see him there yesterday. I know you all wanted to
see the photos and the confrontation. That's boy scout stuff.
There's no -- he wants to talk to me? Talk to the resistance.
That's what he agreed to do. That's who he ought to talk to. Don't
go sliding around for some photo opportunity that means nothing.
Q
I just wanted to get one domestic policy question in
here.
THE PRESIDENT: Fire.
Ω
At a time when you're endorsing and you're
celebrating self-determination abroad and you've endorsed state
initiatives in so many areas like education at home, how do you
justify refusing to allow District of Columbia residents to use their
own local tax money to fund abortions for poor women?
THE PRESIDENT: I don't think public money ought to go
for that, except in the life of the mother. My position is so
well-know there. And they can push me for political advantage every
time they want to, and they're going to be up against a brick wall.
So let's forget it and get on with helping the people in the District
of Columbia. And that's what they ought to do and not try to play
games to think one's going one up or one down on this very personal,
very difficult question of abortion. My position is spelled out, was
defined, openly debated in the elections a year ago -- maybe to this
very day. And I'm not changing my position. And they know that.
And if they think there's political advantage in pushing me to the
wall, fine. But the people that are being victimized by those kinds
of political games are the people in the District of Columbia.
Q Mr. President, there seems to be a consensus that
the government that should be in power in Panama at this moment is
Mr. Endara, since he won a fair election. However, hemispheric
presidents passed up the opportunity to recognize that government
last September. Could you explain why this happened?
THE PRESIDENT: It happened because there was an action
-- the presidents agreed to work with the OAS and to strongly back
the OAS Mission. And in my view, the OAS Mission failed in its
mission, and that was to get Noriega out of power and then go
forward. Now you're having some constructive suggestions by Felipe
Gonzalez, the Prime Minister of Spain, by others at the meeting here.
And what will be the next step, I can't tell you. But I am not --
put it this way: I am not totally frustrated about the return of
democracy to Panama. I think the thing I sense from thèse leaders is
such solidarity with free and fair elections -- and that was what
happened in Panama -- that the handwriting is on the wall for Mr.
Noriega.
But whether at this juncture recognition of that
government would be a constructive step or not, I'd want to talk to
others. It would have to be done in concert with other nations to be
meaningful, and we are encouraging people not to give any kind of
formal recognition to the existing crowd -- not having their
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ambassadors there and all.
Q
What about drugs, Mr. President? In your
discussions here, did you move, in any sense, a step closer towards a
drug summit? Did you get strong support on that?
THE PRESIDENT: I made very clear in my comments
yesterday that we look forward to having this Andean drug summit.
Whether any plans were finalized on it, I don't know. I'd have to
ask our experts whether -- but we have had some discussion of trying
to pin down, particularly with the Colombians, what would be a good
time frame for that. But I personally didn't go any further than
just saying we enthusiastically support the concept, and we will be
pleased to attend.
Q
Did any of the others ask to get involved and become
THE PRESIDENT: Not to me they didn't. This topic got a
lot of interest and discussion, but it didn't get into the modalities
of the summit that I know of. But maybe there was some
behind-the-scenes work with the --
Q
(Question asked in Spanish.)
THE PRESIDENT: The second part of your question, no, I
do not believe in legalization. I am firmly opposed to it, and I
salute Colombia for its unwillingness to negotiate and bargain with
these insidious narco traffickers.
The first part was on the summit -- yes -- I answered
that in English a second ago -- but, yes, I would be happy to attend
such a summit, and I think it's worthwhile, and I made that point
yesterday in my intervention.
Q
I'd like to take you back to Gene's question of a
moment ago about reports of Israeli-South African collaboration on a
missiles. Senior administration officials say it's clear something
is happening.
THE PRESIDENT: What's that?
Q
On Israeli-South African -- reports of Israeli-South
African collaboration on missiles -- transhipment of technology.
Administration officials say it's clear something is happening. I
want to know, sir, given this country's historical reluctance to
impose sanctions on Israel, what kind of leverage we have to deal
with the situation? What are you prepared to do?
THE PRESIDENT: You're asking me to accept a hypothesis
that I'm not accepting. But I have said that whoever it is, the
transfer of forbidden technology is a taboo. We're not going to have
that. And we will find ways to assert that with any country that
abuses the system.
Q
Mr. President, President Sarney of Brazil -- he is
frustrated -- with the relations between the United States and Latin
America -- that Latin America is not a priority for the United
States. And that democracy without proper economic life is not
enough.
THE PRESIDENT: He's got a good point on that.
Q Aside from Panama, do you have an announcement to
make to Latin America -- a positive announcement?
THE PRESIDENT: Yes. You know, I didn't detect that high
level of frustration on President Sarney's point. He made a very
strong and very emotional appeal on the debt question. And I can
understand that. And we are trying to work with him.
The one theme I detected through this meeting was strong
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support for the Brady Plan and the fact that we have moved. And the
fact where it has taken place, in Mexico, flight capital is coming
back into the country. By doing some of the necessary reforms, why,
they have -- for example, deregulation of transportation, they have
reduced the cost of transportation by about 30 percent, I'm told. So
things are moving.
But I sensed an urgency by President Sarney. I can
identify with it and we do want to be helpful. But I think he -- I
had a chance to talk with him last night -- I think he's very pleased
we came. I think he was very pleased we are not in the United States
or, indeed, Canada, neglecting our friends in this hemisphere.
So I left with a pretty upbeat feeling; not a diminished
feeling of the importance of his problem, but in terms of the
hemispheric solidarity, you might say. But your having phrased the
question that way, I want to be sure we're not missing a signal with
him.
He's going out of office next year. He has done a good
job under extraordinarily difficult times. I went to his
inauguration and I don't think anybody ever came into office, in any
country, under more difficult times. So I would salute him and say
if he's frustrated about the debt, I can understand it. But I'm not
going to let that -- nor should he -- in any way interfere with what
I think are improving relations with Brazil. Look over our
shoulders, and it wasn't long ago that Brazil did not have the
democracy that President Sarney has tried to perfect, even in spite
of enormously difficult economic times.
Thank you all very, very much.
Q One more?
THE PRESIDENT: One more. This is the last, it really
is.
Q
You said earlier on that the presidents last night
leaned on Daniel Ortega. A two-part question is, do you think Ortega
in fact hurt himself by what he did?
THE PRESIDENT: Yes.
Q
And do you think that it's incumbent now on
President Arias to publicly say so, since there's one more ceremony
left at this meeting?
THE PRESIDENT: I think that he hurt himself because I
think these leaders here to celebrate democracy saw that this man is
still a bit of an outcast in the whole family around that table. And
I think that unconscionable election to hold that press conference
yesterday and -- as I say, maybe he's backed off a little. I want to
be fair -- and and he may have backed off about whether he stops the
cease-fire or whether he fails -- whether it doesn't continue. I'm
told here's a little trying to interpret what he means by all that.
But, yes, he hurt himself very, very badly, I think. And
maybe people will understand more clearly some of the reservations we
have when they see him violate the agreements that mean to much to
President Arias and to the other leaders that participate in the
agreements.
I think the intervention by Cristiani, incidently,
yesterday, that nobody disputed, of Ortega's continuing to subvert
the Salvadorean democracy really was profound. You could hear a pin
drop when he said that because everyone knows it's true. And
everyone knows it's in direct violation of an agreement made.
So I think he hurt himself. And whether it will reflect
itself in talks, I don't know. I do know that President Arias got a
hold of him last night and spoke very directly to him. And I'm told
that two other presidents -- and you can guess about who they might
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be -- spoke very, very frankly to him.
Q And if I may, the second part of my question.
THE PRESIDENT: You've had two parts. Is this the third
part of a two-part question? (Laughter.)
Q
No, now I'm going for it.
THE PRESIDENT: Okay.
Q
The second part was, shouldn't -- given that you've
got 16 leaders here, shouldn't Mr. Arias say something publicly --
THE PRESIDENT: I would hope he would, but that's his
call. I've had a chance here and I feel better for it.
Q
Why do you keep calling him a little man?
THE PRESIDENT: Because he is. That's why.
THE PRESS: Thank you.
END
9:45 A.M. (L)
084891SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/25/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 10/25/89 6:00 PM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT IN COSTA RICA
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 6:00 TODAY, Wednesday, October 25, with a
copy to my office. Sorry for the short turnaround. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
October 25, 1989
The NSC Staff concurs with changes annotated.
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Brent Scowcroft
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
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October 25, 1989
1989 OCT 25 PM 2: Draft two (B:EMBASSY.CR)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT IN COSTA RICA
SAN JOSE AIRPORT, COSTA RICA
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1989
As we leave San Jose, I want to say a few words to our
hosts. It was a pleasure to be here to celebrate a century of
Costa Rican democracy, and to enjoy the warm friendship that has
long been a hallmark of relations between our neighboring
nations. We deeply appreciate the hospitality extended to us by
President Arias and the Costa Rican people.
As we celebrated the democratic tradition in this great
republic, we also celebrated the resurgence of democracy in this
hemisphere. A decade of democratic renaissance has lifted the
Americas, and helped generate the new breeze of freedom and
change that is sweeping the world today.
Democracy is a continuing dream, a process that reinvents
itself, and nurturing democratic growth depends on our ability to
confront some common challenges. These challenges to democracy
were the focus of the excellent discussions we shared over the
past two days.
Our partnership has much to accomplish. Jonez The most widespread
The Hemisphere's
move
problem is drugs. America drug lords are committing treason of
to after
the highest sort -- the ultimate intervention in the internal
affairs of our nations -- a crime against democracy itself. And
democracy
section
it's also a crime against nature -- an assault on our most vital
and vulnerable national resource -- the youth of the Americas.
2
This is truly an international problem. A vast network
links growers on the slopes of the Andes with users in the
neighborhoods of North America. And not just North America: use
is spreading throughout our region.
None of us can win this battle on our own. I am pleased
that the proposed drug summit with the Presidents of the Andean
nations will take place, and I look forward to doing serious
business.
The denial of democracy to our neighbors in Panama and
Nicaragua is also a matter of grave hemispheric concern.
The dream of the Americas -- "to offer to man a land of
freedom" -- is enshrined in the Charter of the Organization of
American States. Comandante Ortega, General Noriega, if you seek
to know the future of your peoples, look around you, here in
peaceful, democratic Costa Rica. It is clear to all that your
people want democracy. And it is clear that the price of denying
it means ever-increasing isolation for your two governments.
Isolation from your own people -- and isolation from the world
community.
Our democratic transformation won't be complete until our
citizens vote not just in elections, but in the marketplace. In
the drive for development, the solutions truly lie within each of
us. They depend on our ability to free our economies from
and discredited philosophies.
excessive state control
The stakes could not be higher. A glance at the world
economy tells us that prosperity comes only to those who place
3
their trust in the energies and creativity of free men and free
women in free markets.
Others before me have cited the great vision of Bolivar, the
father of the inter-American system. He said: "United in heart,
in spirit and in aims, this Continent must raise its eyes
to
peer into the centuries which lie ahead. It can then contemplate
with pride those future generations of men, happy and free,
enjoying to the full the blessings that heaven bestows on this
earth, and recalling in their hearts the protectors and
liberators of our day."
America, the future is now. The "centuries which lie ahead"
are within sight. And after a decade of historic democratic
success, we stand at a crossroads. And we stand together.
Our challenges can be met and overcome. With the energy and
confidence of a new generation of democratic leadership, we have
it in our hands, in our lifetimes, to fulfill the ancient dream
of freedom for all peoples. We can, we will, create the world's
first completely democratic hemisphere.
Thank you, Costa Rica, for your warm hospitality. Goodbye.
Good luck. And Godspeed you all.
#
#
#
COSTA RICA DEPARTURE / SAN JOSE AIRPORT, COSTA RICA
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1989 / 12:45 P.M.
As WE LEAVE SAN JOSE, I WANT To SAY A FEW WORDS To
OUR HOSTS. IT WAS A PLEASURE To BE HERE TO CELEBRATE A
CENTURY OF COSTA RICAN DEMOCRACY, AND TO ENJOY THE WARM
FRIENDSHIP THAT HAS LONG BEEN A HALLMARK OF RELATIONS
BETWEEN OUR NEIGHBORING NATIONS. WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE
THE HOSPITALITY EXTENDED TO US BY PRESIDENT ARIAS AND
THE COSTA RICAN PEOPLE.
- 2 -
As WE CELEBRATED THE DEMOCRATIC TRADITION IN THIS
GREAT REPUBLIC, WE ALSO CELEBRATED THE RESURGENCE OF
DEMOCRACY IN THIS HEMISPHERE. A DECADE OF DEMOCRATIC
RENAISSANCE HAS LIFTED THE AMERICAS, AND HELPED
GENERATE THE NEW BREEZE OF FREEDOM AND CHANGE THAT IS
SWEEPING THE WORLD TODAY.
- 3 -
DEMOCRACY IS A CONTINUING DREAM, A PROCESS THAT
REINVENTS ITSELF, AND NURTURING DEMOCRATIC GROWTH
DEPENDS ON OUR ABILITY TO CONFRONT SOME COMMON
CHALLENGES. THESE CHALLENGES To DEMOCRACY WERE THE
FOCUS OF THE EXCELLENT DISCUSSIONS WE SHARED OVER THE
PAST TWO DAYS.
THE DENIAL OF DEMOCRACY TO OUR NEIGHBORS IN PANAMA
AND NICARAGUA IS A MATTER OF GRAVE HEMISPHERIC CONCERN.
- 4 -
THE DREAM OF THE AMERICAS -- "To OFFER TO MAN A
LAND OF LIBERTY" -- IS ENSHRINED IN THE CHARTER OF THE
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES. COMMANDANTE ORTEGA,
GENERAL NORIEGA, IF YOU SEEK TO KNOW THE FUTURE OF YOUR
PEOPLES, LOOK AROUND YOU, HERE IN PEACEFUL, DEMOCRATIC
COSTA RICA. IT IS CLEAR TO ALL THAT YOUR PEOPLE WANT
DEMOCRACY. AND IT IS CLEAR THAT THE PRICE OF DENYING
IT MEANS EVER-INCREASING ISOLATION FOR YOUR TWO
GOVERNMENTS.
- 5 -
ISOLATION FROM YOUR OWN PEOPLE -- AND ISOLATION FROM
THE WORLD COMMUNITY.
OUR PARTNERSHIP HAS MUCH TO ACCOMPLISH. ANOTHER
WIDESPREAD PROBLEM IS DRUGS. THE HEMISPHERE'S DRUG
LORDS ARE COMMITTING TREASON OF THE HIGHEST SORT -- THE
ULTIMATE INTERVENTION IN THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF OUR
NATIONS -- A CRIME AGAINST DEMOCRACY ITSELF.
- 6 -
AND IT'S ALSO A CRIME AGAINST NATURE -- AN ASSAULT ON
OUR MOST VITAL AND VULNERABLE NATIONAL RESOURCE -- THE
YOUTH OF THE AMERICAS.
THIS IS TRULY AN INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM. A VAST
NETWORK LINKS GROWERS ON THE SLOPES OF THE ANDES WITH
USERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF NORTH AMERICA. AND NOT
JUST NORTH AMERICA: USE IS SPREADING THROUGHOUT OUR
REGION.
- 7 -
NONE OF US CAN WIN THIS BATTLE ON OUR OWN. I AM
PLEASED THAT THE PROPOSED DRUG SUMMIT WITH THE
PRESIDENTS OF THE ANDEAN NATIONS WILL TAKE PLACE, AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO DOING SERIOUS BUSINESS.
FINALLY, DEMOCRATIC TRANSFORMATION WON'T BE
COMPLETE UNTIL OUR CITIZENS VOTE NOT JUST IN ELECTIONS,
BUT IN THE MARKETPLACE. IN THE DRIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT,
THE SOLUTIONS TRULY LIE WITHIN EACH OF US.
- 8 -
THEY DEPEND ON OUR ABILITY TO FREE OUR ECONOMIES FROM
EXCESSIVE STATE CONTROL AND DISCREDITED PHILOSOPHIES.
THE STAKES COULD NOT BE HIGHER. A GLANCE AT THE
WORLD ECONOMY TELLS US THAT PROSPERITY COMES ONLY TO
THOSE WHO PLACE THEIR TRUST IN THE ENERGIES AND
CREATIVITY OF FREE MEN AND FREE WOMEN IN FREE MARKETS.
- 9 -
OTHERS BEFORE ME HAVE CITED THE GREAT VISION OF
BOLIVAR, THE FATHER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM. HE
SAID: "UNITED IN HEART, IN SPIRIT AND IN AIMS, THIS
CONTINENT. MUST RAISE ITS EYES. TO PEER INTO THE
CENTURIES WHICH LIE AHEAD. IT CAN THEN CONTEMPLATE
WITH PRIDE THOSE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF MEN, HAPPY AND
FREE, ENJOYING TO THE FULL THE BLESSINGS THAT HEAVEN
BESTOWS ON THIS EARTH, AND RECALLING.
IN THEIR
HEARTS THE PROTECTORS AND LIBERATORS OF OUR DAY."
- 10 -
AMERICA, THE FUTURE IS NOW. THE "CENTURIES WHICH
LIE AHEAD" ARE WITHIN SIGHT. AND AFTER A DECADE OF
HISTORIC DEMOCRATIC SUCCESS, WE STAND AT A CROSSROADS.
AND WE STAND TOGETHER.
OUR CHALLENGES CAN BE MET AND OVERCOME. WITH THE
ENERGY AND CONFIDENCE OF A NEW GENERATION OF DEMOCRATIC
LEADERSHIP, WE HAVE IT IN OUR HANDS, IN OUR LIFETIMES,
TO FULFILL THE ANCIENT DREAM OF FREEDOM FOR ALL
PEOPLES.
- 11 -
WE CAN, WE WILL, CREATE THE WORLD'S FIRST COMPLETELY
DEMOCRATIC HEMISPHERE.
THANK YOU, COSTA RICA, FOR YOUR WARM HOSPITALITY.
GOODBYE. GOOD LUCK. AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
#
# #
Document No. 08489155
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/26/89
-----
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT IN COSTA RICA (TENTATIVE)
SAN JOSE AIRPORT, COSTA RICA, SAT., OCT. 28
SUBJECT:
(10/26 - draft three)
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:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
60:6v
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 26, 1989
1989 OCT 26 PM 4:C
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
CW
FROM:
EDWARD McNALLY EMW
SUBJECT:
DEPARTURE STATEMENT IN COSTA RICA (TENTATIVE)
I.
SUMMARY
Attached for your consideration and review is a
"contingency draft" for the possible departure statement Saturday
at Juan Santamaria International Airport in San Jose, Costa Rica.
II. DISCUSSION
At approximately 12:45 p.m. on Saturday, October 28,
1989, you are scheduled to depart San Jose's international
airport, enroute home to Andrews. Although no departure
statement has been publicly announced, NSC has asked that we
provide the attached contingency draft.
The draft reasserts America's concerns about political
tyranny in Costa Rica's neighbors, Panama and Nicaragua, and
about drugs, noting your interest in the coming drug summit with
the Andean nations. The remarks also emphasize your belief in
the need for free markets as well as free elections to bring
opportunity and prosperity to Latin America.
The draft concludes by recalling Bolivar's ancient
dream for the Americas -- of "future generations of men, happy
and free" -- and the region's historic opportunity to create the
world's first completely democratic hemisphere.
McNally/Simon
October 26, 1989
Draft three (B:EMBASSY.CR)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT IN COSTA RICA
SAN JOSE AIRPORT, COSTA RICA
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1989
12:45 P.M.
As we leave San Jose, I want to say a few words to our
hosts. It was a pleasure to be here to celebrate a century of
Costa Rican democracy, and to enjoy the warm friendship that has
long been a hallmark of relations between our neighboring
nations. We deeply appreciate the hospitality extended to us by
President Arias and the Costa Rican people.
As we celebrated the democratic tradition in this great
republic, we also celebrated the resurgence of democracy in this
hemisphere. A decade of democratic renaissance has lifted the
Americas, and helped generate the new breeze of freedom and
change that is sweeping the world today.
Democracy is a continuing dream, a process that reinvents
itself, and nurturing democratic growth depends on our ability to
confront some common challenges. These challenges to democracy
were the focus of the excellent discussions we shared over the
past two days.
The denial of democracy to our neighbors in Panama and
Nicaragua is a matter of grave hemispheric concern.
The dream of the Americas -- "to offer to man a land of
liberty" -- is enshrined in the Charter of the Organization of
American States. Comandante Ortega, General Noriega, if you seek
to know the future of your peoples, look around you, here in
2
peaceful, democratic Costa Rica. It is clear to all that your
people want democracy. And it is clear that the price of denying
it means ever-increasing isolation for your two governments.
Isolation from your own people -- and isolation from the world
community.
Our partnership has much to accomplish. Another widespread
problem is drugs. The Hemisphere's drug lords are committing
treason of the highest sort -- the ultimate intervention in the
internal affairs of our nations -- a crime against democracy
itself. And it's also a crime against nature -- an assault on
our most vital and vulnerable national resource -- the youth of
the Americas.
This is truly an international problem. A vast network
links growers on the slopes of the Andes with users in the
neighborhoods of North America. And not just North America: use
is spreading throughout our region.
None of us can win this battle on our own. I am pleased
that the proposed drug summit with the Presidents of the Andean
nations will take place, and I look forward to doing serious
business.
Finally, democratic transformation won't be complete until
our citizens vote not just in elections, but in the marketplace.
In the drive for development, the solutions truly lie within each
of us. They depend on our ability to free our economies from
excessive state control and discredited philosophies.
3
The stakes could not be higher. A glance at the world
economy tells us that prosperity comes only to those who place
their trust in the energies and creativity of free men and free
women in free markets.
Others before me have cited the great vision of Bolivar, the
father of the inter-American system. He said: "United in heart,
in spirit and in aims, this Continent
must raise its eyes
to
peer into the centuries which lie ahead. It can then contemplate
with pride those future generations of men, happy and free,
enjoying to the full the blessings that heaven bestows on this
earth, and recalling in their hearts the protectors and
liberators of our day. "
America, the future is now. The "centuries which lie ahead"
are within sight. And after a decade of historic democratic
success, we stand at a crossroads. And we stand together.
Our challenges can be met and overcome. With the energy and
confidence of a new generation of democratic leadership, we have
it in our hands, in our lifetimes, to fulfill the ancient dream
of freedom for all peoples. We can, we will, create the world's
first completely democratic hemisphere.
Thank you, Costa Rica, for your warm hospitality. Goodbye.
Good luck. And Godspeed you all.
#
#
#
084891SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/25/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 10/25/89 6:00 PM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT IN COSTA RICA
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE N/C
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN N/C
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 6:00 TODAY, Wednesday, October 25, with a
copy to my office. Sorry for the short turnaround. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
11 : Ed 52105
6 james W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McNally/Simon
October 25, 1989
1989 OCT 25 PM 2:4 Draft two (B:EMBASSY.CR)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT IN COSTA RICA
SAN JOSE AIRPORT, COSTA RICA
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1989
As we leave San Jose, I want to say a few words to our
hosts. It was a pleasure to be here to celebrate a century of
Costa Rican democracy, and to enjoy the warm friendship that has
long been a hallmark of relations between our neighboring
nations. We deeply appreciate the hospitality extended to us by
President Arias and the Costa Rican people.
As we celebrated the democratic tradition in this great
republic, we also celebrated the resurgence of democracy in this
hemisphere. A decade of democratic renaissance has lifted the
Americas, and helped generate the new breeze of freedom and
change that is sweeping the world today.
Democracy is a continuing dream, a process that reinvents
itself, and nurturing democratic growth depends on our ability to
confront some common challenges. These challenges to democracy
were the focus of the excellent discussions we shared over the
past two days.
another
Our partnership has much to accomplish. The most widespread
The Hemisphere's
problem is drugs. America's drug lords are committing treason of
usert A
the highest sort -- the ultimate intervention in the internal
affairs of our nations -- a crime against democracy itself. And
move
top.2
it's also a crime against nature -- an assault on our most vital
and vulnerable national resource -- the youth of the Americas.
2
This is truly an international problem. A vast network
links growers on the slopes of the Andes with users in the
neighborhoods of North America. And not just North America: use
is spreading throughout our region.
None of us can win this battle on our own. I am pleased
that the proposed drug summit with the Presidents of the Andean
nations will take place, and I look forward to doing serious
business.
The denial of democracy to our neighbors in Panama and
Nicaragua is also a matter of grave hemispheric concern.
The dream of the Americas -- "to offer to man a land of
freedom" -- is enshrined in the Charter of the Organization of
American States. Comandante Ortega, General Noriega, if you seek
to know the future of your peoples, look around you, here in
peaceful, democratic Costa Rica. It is clear to all that your
people want democracy. And it is clear that the price of denying
it means ever-increasing isolation for your two governments.
Isolation from your own people -- and isolation from the world
community.
mont A
Finally, Our democratic transformation won't be complete until our
citizens vote not just in elections, but in the marketplace. In
the drive for development, the solutions truly lie within each of
us. They depend on our ability to free our economies from
excessive state controly and discredited philosophies.
The stakes could not be higher. A glance at the world
economy tells us that prosperity comes only to those who place
3
their trust in the energies and creativity of free men and free
women in free markets.
Others before me have cited the great vision of Bolivar, the
father of the inter-American system. He said: "United in heart,
in spirit and in aims, this Continent
must raise its eyes
to
peer into the centuries which lie ahead. It can then contemplate
with pride those future generations of men, happy and free,
enjoying to the full the blessings that heaven bestows on this
earth, and recalling in their hearts the protectors and
liberators of our day. "
America, the future is now. The "centuries which lie ahead"
are within sight. And after a decade of historic democratic
success, we stand at a crossroads. And we stand together.
Our challenges can be met and overcome. With the energy and
confidence of a new generation of democratic leadership, we have
it in our hands, in our lifetimes, to fulfill the ancient dream
of freedom for all peoples. We can, we will, create the world's
first completely democratic hemisphere.
Thank you, Costa Rica, for your warm hospitality. Goodbye.
Good luck. And Godspeed you all.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 25, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Departure Statement In
Costa Rica
We have reviewed the draft departure statement in Costa
Rica and have no suggested changes from a policy standpoint.
We approve of the draft in its present form.
CC: James W. Cicconi
I :6 ¥ 29 100 68
084891SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/25/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 10/25/89 6:00 PM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT IN COSTA RICA
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 6:00 TODAY, Wednesday, October 25, with a
copy to my office. Sorry for the short turnaround. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McNally/Simon
October 25, 1989
1989 OCT 25 PM 2: 2Draft two (B:EMBASSY.CR)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT IN COSTA RICA
SAN JOSE AIRPORT, COSTA RICA
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1989
As we leave San Jose, I want to say a few words to our
hosts. It was a pleasure to be here to celebrate a century of
Costa Rican democracy, and to enjoy the warm friendship that has
long been a hallmark of relations between our neighboring
nations. We deeply appreciate the hospitality extended to us by
President Arias and the Costa Rican people.
As we celebrated the democratic tradition in this great
republic, we also celebrated the resurgence of democracy in this
hemisphere. A decade of democratic renaissance has lifted the
Americas, and helped generate the new breeze of freedom and
change that is sweeping the world today.
Democracy is a continuing dream, a process that reinvents
itself, and nurturing democratic growth depends on our ability to
confront some common challenges. These challenges to democracy
were the focus of the excellent discussions we shared over the
past two days.
Our partnership has much to accomplish. The most widespread
problem is drugs. America's drug lords are committing treason of
the highest sort -- the ultimate intervention in the internal
affairs of our nations -- a crime against democracy itself. And
it's also a crime against nature -- an assault on our most vital
and vulnerable national resource -- the youth of the Americas.
2
This is truly an international problem. A vast network
links growers on the slopes of the Andes with users in the
neighborhoods of North America. And not just North America: use
is spreading throughout our region.
None of us can win this battle on our own. I am pleased
that the proposed drug summit with the Presidents of the Andean
nations will take place, and I look forward to doing serious
business.
The denial of democracy to our neighbors in Panama and
Nicaragua is also a matter of grave hemispheric concern.
The dream of the Americas -- "to offer to man a land of
freedom" -- is enshrined in the Charter of the Organization of
American States. Comandante Ortega, General Noriega, if you seek
to know the future of your peoples, look around you, here in
peaceful, democratic Costa Rica. It is clear to all that your
people want democracy. And it is clear that the price of denying
it means ever-increasing isolation for your two governments.
Isolation from your own people -- and isolation from the world
community.
Our democratic transformation won't be complete until our
citizens vote not just in elections, but in the marketplace. In
the drive for development, the solutions truly lie within each of
us. They depend on our ability to free our economies from
excessive state control.
The stakes could not be higher. A glance at the world
economy tells us that prosperity comes only to those who place
3
their trust in the energies and creativity of free men and free
women in free markets.
Others before me have cited the great vision of Bolivar, the
father of the inter-American system. He said: "United in heart,
in spirit and in aims, this Continent must raise its eyes
to
peer into the centuries which lie ahead. It can then contemplate
with pride those future generations of men, happy and free,
enjoying to the full the blessings that heaven bestows on this
earth, and recalling in their hearts the protectors and
liberators of our day."
America, the future is now. The "centuries which lie ahead"
are within sight. And after a decade of historic democratic
success, we stand at a crossroads. And we stand together.
Our challenges can be met and overcome. With the energy and
confidence of a new generation of democratic leadership, we have
it in our hands, in our lifetimes, to fulfill the ancient dream
of freedom for all peoples. We can, we will, create the world's
first completely democratic hemisphere.
Thank you, Costa Rica, for your warm hospitality. Goodbye.
Good luck. And Godspeed you all.
#
#
#
Document No.
084891SS
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/25/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 10/25/89 6:00 PM
DATE:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT IN COSTA RICA
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 6:00 TODAY, Wednesday, October 25, with a
copy to my office. Sorry for the short turnaround. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
N/C
10/25/89
€ € :6v
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
084891SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/25/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 10/25/89 6:00 PM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT IN COSTA RICA
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 6:00 TODAY, Wednesday, October 25, with a
copy to my office. Sorry for the short turnaround. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
OF :
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
084891SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/25/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 10/25/89 6:00 PM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT IN COSTA RICA
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 6:00 TODAY, Wednesday, October 25, with a
copy to my office. Sorry for the short turnaround. Thank you.
RESPONSE: NRE S.R.
OF : Ld 25 130 68
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McNally/Simon
October 25, 1989
1989 OCT 25 PM 2: 42Draft two (B:EMBASSY.CR)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT IN COSTA RICA
SAN JOSE AIRPORT, COSTA RICA
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1989
As we leave San Jose, I want to say a few words to our
hosts. It was a pleasure to be here to celebrate a century of
Costa Rican democracy, and to enjoy the warm friendship that has
long been a hallmark of relations between our neighboring
nations. We deeply appreciate the hospitality extended to us by
President Arias and the Costa Rican people.
As we celebrated the democratic tradition in this great
republic, we also celebrated the resurgence of democracy in this
hemisphere. A decade of democratic renaissance has lifted the
Americas, and helped generate the new breeze of freedom and
change that is sweeping the world today.
Democracy is a continuing dream, a process that reinvents
itself, and nurturing democratic growth depends on our ability to
confront some common challenges. These challenges to democracy
were the focus of the excellent discussions we shared over the
past two days.
Our partnership has much to accomplish. The most widespread
problem is drugs. America's drug lords are committing treason of
the highest sort -- the ultimate intervention in the internal
affairs of our nations -- a crime against democracy itself. And
it's also a crime against nature -- an assault on our most vital
and vulnerable national resource -- the youth of the Americas.
2
This is truly an international problem. A vast network
links growers on the slopes of the Andes with users in the
neighborhoods of North America. And not just North America: use
is spreading throughout our region.
None of us can win this battle on our own. I am pleased
that the proposed drug summit with the Presidents of the Andean
nations will take place, and I look forward to doing serious
business.
The denial of democracy to our neighbors in Panama and
Nicaragua is also a matter of grave hemispheric concern.
The dream of the Americas -- "to offer to man a land of
freedom" -- is enshrined in the Charter of the Organization of
American States. Comandante Ortega, General Noriega, if you seek
to know the future of your peoples, look around you, here in
peaceful, democratic Costa Rica. It is clear to all that your
people want democracy. And it is clear that the price of denying
it means ever-increasing isolation for your two governments.
Isolation from your own people -- and isolation from the world
community.
Our democratic transformation won't be complete until our
citizens vote not just in elections, but in the marketplace. In
the drive for development, the solutions truly lie within each of
us. They depend on our ability to free our economies from
excessive state control.
The stakes could not be higher. A glance at the world
economy tells us that prosperity comes only to those who place
3
their trust in the energies and creativity of free men and free
women in free markets.
Others before me have cited the great vision of Bolivar, the
father of the inter-American system. He said: "United in heart,
in spirit and in aims, this Continent must raise its eyes
to
peer into the centuries which lie ahead. It can then contemplate
with pride those future generations of men, happy and free,
enjoying to the full the blessings that heaven bestows on this
earth, and recalling in their hearts the protectors and
liberators of our day. "
America, the future is now. The "centuries which lie ahead"
are within sight. And after a decade of historic democratic
success, we stand at a crossroads. And we stand together.
Our challenges can be met and overcome. With the energy and
confidence of a new generation of democratic leadership, we have
it in our hands, in our lifetimes, to fulfill the ancient dream
of freedom for all peoples. We can, we will, create the world's
first completely democratic hemisphere.
Thank you, Costa Rica, for your warm hospitality. Goodbye.
Good luck. And Godspeed you all.
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084891SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/25/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 10/25/89 6:00 PM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT IN COSTA RICA
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 6:00 TODAY, Wednesday, October 25, with a
copy to my office. Sorry for the short turnaround. Thank you.
RESPONSE: no comment
Lt : 62
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McNally/Simon
October 25, 1989
1989 OCT 25 PM 2: Draft two (B:EMBASSY.CR)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT IN COSTA RICA
SAN JOSE AIRPORT, COSTA RICA
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1989
As we leave San Jose, I want to say a few words to our
hosts. It was a pleasure to be here to celebrate a century of
Costa Rican democracy, and to enjoy the warm friendship that has
long been a hallmark of relations between our neighboring
nations. We deeply appreciate the hospitality extended to us by
President Arias and the Costa Rican people.
As we celebrated the democratic tradition in this great
republic, we also celebrated the resurgence of democracy in this
hemisphere. A decade of democratic renaissance has lifted the
Americas, and helped generate the new breeze of freedom and
change that is sweeping the world today.
Democracy is a continuing dream, a process that reinvents
itself, and nurturing democratic growth depends on our ability to
confront some common challenges. These challenges to democracy
were the focus of the excellent discussions we shared over the
past two days.
Our partnership has much to accomplish. The most widespread
problem is drugs. America's drug lords are committing treason of
the highest sort -- the ultimate intervention in the internal
affairs of our nations -- a crime against democracy itself. And
it's also a crime against nature -- an assault on our most vital
and vulnerable national resource -- the youth of the Americas.
2
This is truly an international problem. A vast network
links growers on the slopes of the Andes with users in the
neighborhoods of North America. And not just North America: use
is spreading throughout our region.
None of us can win this battle on our own. I am pleased
that the proposed drug summit with the Presidents of the Andean
nations will take place, and I look forward to doing serious
business.
The denial of democracy to our neighbors in Panama and
Nicaragua is also a matter of grave hemispheric concern.
The dream of the Americas -- "to offer to man a land of
freedom" -- is enshrined in the Charter of the Organization of
American States. Comandante Ortega, General Noriega, if you seek
to know the future of your peoples, look around you, here in
peaceful, democratic Costa Rica. It is clear to all that your
people want democracy. And it is clear that the price of denying
it means ever-increasing isolation for your two governments.
Isolation from your own people -- and isolation from the world
community.
Our democratic transformation won't be complete until our
citizens vote not just in elections, but in the marketplace. In
the drive for development, the solutions truly lie within each of
us. They depend on our ability to free our economies from
excessive state control.
The stakes could not be higher. A glance at the world
economy tells us that prosperity comes only to those who place
3
their trust in the energies and creativity of free men and free
women in free markets.
Others before me have cited the great vision of Bolivar, the
father of the inter-American system. He said: "United in heart,
in spirit and in aims, this Continent must raise its eyes
to
peer into the centuries which lie ahead. It can then contemplate
with pride those future generations of men, happy and free,
enjoying to the full the blessings that heaven bestows on this
earth, and recalling in their hearts the protectors and
liberators of our day. "
America, the future is now. The "centuries which lie ahead"
are within sight. And after a decade of historic democratic
success, we stand at a crossroads. And we stand together.
Our challenges can be met and overcome. With the energy and
confidence of a new generation of democratic leadership, we have
it in our hands, in our lifetimes, to fulfill the ancient dream
of freedom for all peoples. We can, we will, create the world's
first completely democratic hemisphere.
Thank you, Costa Rica, for your warm hospitality. Goodbye.
Good luck. And Godspeed you all.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 25, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
STEPHEN G. RADEMAKER SR
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Departure Statement in
Costa Rica
Pursuant to James Cicconi's request, Counsel's Office has
reviewed the above-referenced matter and has no objection to the
presidential remarks as drafted.
Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention.
CC: James W. Cicconi
11 : t d 25 100 68
McNally/Simon
October 25, 1989
Draft two (B:EMBASSY.CR)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DEPARTURE STATEMENT IN COSTA RICA
SAN JOSE AIRPORT, COSTA RICA
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1989
As we leave San Jose, I want to say a few words to our
hosts. It was a pleasure to be here to celebrate a century of
Costa Rican democracy, and to enjoy the warm friendship that has
long been a hallmark of relations between our neighboring
nations. We deeply appreciate the hospitality extended to us by
President Arias and the Costa Rican people.
As we celebrated the democratic tradition in this great
republic, we also celebrated the resurgence of democracy in this
hemisphere. A decade of democratic renaissance has lifted the
Americas, and helped generate the new breeze of freedom and
change that is sweeping the world today.
Democracy is a continuing dream, a process that reinvents
itself, and nurturing democratic growth depends on our ability to
confront some common challenges. These challenges to democracy
were the focus of the excellent discussions we shared over the
past two days.
Our partnership has much to accomplish. The most widespread
problem is drugs. America's drug lords are committing treason of
the highest sort -- the ultimate intervention in the internal
affairs of our nations -- a crime against democracy itself. And
it's also a crime against nature -- an assault on our most vital
and vulnerable national resource -- the youth of the Americas.
2
This is truly an international problem. A vast network
links growers on the slopes of the Andes with users in the
neighborhoods of North America. And not just North America: use
is spreading throughout our region.
None of us can win this battle on our own. I am pleased
that the proposed drug summit with the Presidents of the Andean
nations will take place, and I look forward to doing serious
business.
The denial of democracy to our neighbors in Panama and
Nicaragua is also a matter of grave hemispheric concern.
The dream of the Americas -- "to offer to man a land of
freedom" -- is enshrined in the Charter of the Organization of
American States. Comandante Ortega, General Noriega, if you seek
to know the future of your peoples, look around you, here in
peaceful, democratic Costa Rica. It is clear to all that your
people want democracy. And it is clear that the price of denying
it means ever-increasing isolation for your two governments.
Isolation from your own people -- and isolation from the world
community.
Our democratic transformation won't be complete until our
citizens vote not just in elections, but in the marketplace. In
the drive for development, the solutions truly lie within each of
us. They depend on our ability to free our economies from
excessive state control.
The stakes could not be higher. A glance at the world
economy tells us that prosperity comes only to those who place
3
their trust in the energies and creativity of free men and free
women in free markets.
Others before me have cited the great vision of Bolivar, the
father of the inter-American system. He said: "United in heart,
in spirit and in aims, this Continent
must raise its eyes
to
peer into the centuries which lie ahead. It can then contemplate
with pride those future generations of men, happy and free,
enjoying to the full the blessings that heaven bestows on this
earth, and recalling in their hearts the protectors and
liberators of our day."
America, the future is now. The "centuries which lie ahead"
are within sight. And after a decade of historic democratic
success, we stand at a crossroads. And we stand together.
Our challenges can be met and overcome. With the energy and
confidence of a new generation of democratic leadership, we have
it in our hands, in our lifetimes, to fulfill the ancient dream
of freedom for all peoples. We can, we will, create the world's
first completely democratic hemisphere.
Thank you, Costa Rica, for your warm hospitality. Goodbye.
Good luck. And Godspeed you all.
#
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