Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
323150808
label
Poland Economic Mission Send-Off 11/28/89 [OA 3540]
core
doc
dtoType
document
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
323150808
contentType
document
title
Poland Economic Mission Send-Off 11/28/89 [OA 3540]
citationUrl
identifierLocal
13513-003
collections
Records of the White House Office of Speechwriting (George H. W. Bush Administration)
Speech Draft Files
imageCount
1
hasImages
yes
source
import
hasTranscription
no
Source extras
naId
323150808
levelOfDescription
fileUnit
recordType
description
ocrSource
nara-archive
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
document
mediaId
2f0ab7797aafd3b4
ocrText
Originally Processed With FOIA(s):
FOIA Number:
S
FOIA
MARKER
This is not a textual record. This is used as an
administrative marker by the George Bush Presidential
Library Staff.
Record Group/Collection:
George H.W. Bush Presidential Records
Collection/Office of Origin:
Speechwriting, White House Office of
Series:
Speech File Draft Files
Subseries:
Chron File, 1989-1993
OA/ID Number:
13513
Folder ID Number:
13513-003
Folder Title:
Poland Economic Mission Send-Off 11/28/89 [OA 3540]
Stack:
Row:
Section:
Shelf:
Position:
G
25
6
6
5
092478SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
11/27/89
----
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
POLAND ECONOMIC MISSION SEND-OFF
BLAIR HOUSE
SUBJECT:
NOVEMBER 28, 1989 (11/27-5:30 pm draft)
7:00 PM
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
BOSKIN
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
LE :6v 288 100 68
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 27, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON cw
FROM:
DAN MCGROARTY Dmcr
SUBJECT:
POLAND ECONOMIC MISSION SEND-OFF
1989 NOV 27 PM 6: 07
I. SUMMARY
At Blair House on Tuesday, November 28, at 7:00 p.m.,
you will open a briefing for the Presidential Mission to
Poland. The Mission includes Secretaries Yeutter, Dole,
Mosbacher, Chairman Boskin, and various representatives of
the private sector. When you finish your remarks (5
minutes, cards, pool coverage), you will turn the briefing
over to Secretary Yeutter.
II. DISCUSSION
The remarks emphasize that U.S. aid to Poland must
serve as a basis for Polish economic recovery -- a launching
pad, in effect -- and not as a quick cure-all. It is the
Mission's task to discover the best and most efficient
methods to make sure American aid will truly help to
restructure the Polish economic system.
# # #
McGroarty/Dooley
November 27, 1989
5:30 pm
[POLAND]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
POLAND ECONOMIC MISSION SEND-OFF
BLAIR HOUSE
NOVEMBER 28, 1989
7:00 PM
General Scowcroft. Deputy Secretary Eagleburger. Members
of this mission team: I've come by tonight to wish you well as
you embark on a mission of tremendous importance -- a history-
making journey to a country that is making history every day.
And let me say to Secretaries Yeutter, Mosbacher, and Dole,
and my economic advisor, Michael Boskin: you lead a delegation
of tremendous talent and expertise. Together, it is a cross-
section of the private sector institutions that constitute
democracy's great strength -- and gives practical meaning to the
principles of free government.
Helping Poland rejoin the community of free nations is a
task that cannot be accomplished by government alone. It depends
on building the countless exchanges that take place every day
among businesses, organized labor, and the academic community and
their counterparts in other free countries. The trip you are
making is really the first step in that process.
As you know, I'm taking a trip of my own this weekend. //
In my meetings with Mr. Gorbachev and afterwards with our NATO
allies, I can assure you that the historic developments that have
taken place in Poland and elsewhere in Central and Eastern Europe
2
will be high on the agenda. And when I return from Malta, I will
be anxious to hear your report on ways we can help Poland achieve
its democratic destiny and became a model of transition to a free
economy -- a model for the rest of Eastern Europe and the
U.S.S.R. as well.
As you know, Congress has authorized and I have approved
$938 million dollars in American aid over the next three years
for Poland and Hungary -- aid that will enable the United States
to do its part to encourage reform.
But we've got to recognize the fact that dollars alone won't
make the difference. Think back to the economic miracle in
Western Europe after the Second World War. The secret to that
great success wasn't the price tag of the aid we sent. Our aid
came with our advice, our example and the full engagement of our
private sector in shaping the free market system that has
generated unprecedented prosperity across Western Europe.
That lesson holds true for Poland today. Our aid must be
seed money for free market reform and for the involvement of our
private sector.
Lane Kirkland is here tonight: you all heard Lech Walesa in
his address to the AFL-CIO -- when he joked about the strange
twist of fate, that it fell to a Polish trade unionist to launch
a publicity campaign for private entrepreneurship.
What we want for Poland -- what the Polish people want for
themselves -- is to begin a process of economic development that
is self-sustaining -- a process that puts free market principles
3
principles on a firm foundation. Because the fate of Polish
reform -- Poland's future as a free nation -- depends upon its
ability to build a functioning, productive economy.
It is with missions like yours that the real work begins. I
urge you to make the most of it. Talk to your counterparts in
all parts of Polish society. Find out what kinds of investment
and what kind of expertise will help Poland succeed in
transforming its economy, and in the larger transformation into a
fully free nation. Everyone of you can contribute. Everyone of
you can be a catalyst for change at this critical moment in
Poland's history.
Tonight, as you begin your fascinating mission, let me wish
you well. Godspeed and good luck.
# # #
POLAND ECONOMIC MISSION SEND-OFF / BLAIR HOUSE
NOVEMBER 28, 1989 / 7:45 PM
GENERAL Scowcroft. DEPUTY SECRETARY EAGLEBURGER.
MEMBERS OF THIS MISSION TEAM: I'VE COME BY TONIGHT TO
WISH YOU WELL AS YOU EMBARK ON A MISSION OF TREMENDOUS
IMPORTANCE -- A HISTORY-MAKING JOURNEY TO A COUNTRY
THAT IS MAKING HISTORY EVERY DAY.
AND LET ME SAY TO SECRETARIES YEUTTER, MOSBACHER,
AND DOLE, AND MY ECONOMIC ADVISOR, MICHAEL BOSKIN: YOU
LEAD A DELEGATION OF TREMENDOUS TALENT AND EXPERTISE.
- 2 -
TOGETHER, IT IS A CROSS-SECTION OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR
INSTITUTIONS THAT CONSTITUTE DEMOCRACY'S GREAT STRENGTH
-- AND GIVES PRACTICAL MEANING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF
FREE GOVERNMENT.
HELPING POLAND REJOIN THE COMMUNITY OF FREE NATIONS
IS A TASK THAT CANNOT BE ACCOMPLISHED BY GOVERNMENT
ALONE.
- 3 -
IT DEPENDS ON BUILDING THE COUNTLESS EXCHANGES THAT
TAKE PLACE EVERY DAY AMONG BUSINESSES, ORGANIZED LABOR,
AND THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AND THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN
OTHER FREE COUNTRIES. THE TRIP YOU ARE MAKING IS
REALLY THE FIRST STEP IN THAT PROCESS.
As YOU KNOW, I'M TAKING A TRIP OF MY OWN THIS
WEEKEND. //
- 4 -
IN MY MEETINGS WITH MR. GORBACHEV AND AFTERWARDS WITH
OUR NATO ALLIES, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE HISTORIC
DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN POLAND AND
ELSEWHERE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE WILL BE HIGH ON
THE AGENDA. I WILL BE ANXIOUS TO HEAR YOUR REPORT ON
WAYS WE CAN HELP POLAND ACHIEVE ITS DEMOCRATIC DESTINY
AND BECOME A MODEL OF TRANSITION TO A FREE ECONOMY.
YOUR WORK CAN BE OF GREAT HELP TO OTHER COUNTRIES IN
EASTERN EUROPE AS THEY MOVE TOWARDS ECONOMIC REFORM.
- 5 -
I'M PLEASED THAT THE INITIATIVES I PROPOSED LAST
SUMMER FOR AID TO POLAND AND HUNGARY HAVE BECOME A
REALITY. IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS I WILL SIGN INTO LAW A
PACKAGE AUTHORIZING $938 MILLION DOLLARS IN AMERICAN
AID OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS -- AID THAT WILL ENABLE
THE UNITED STATES TO DO ITS PART TO ENCOURAGE THESE TWO
NATIONS ON THE ROAD TO REFORM.
BUT WE'VE GOT TO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT DOLLARS
ALONE WON'T MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.
- 6 -
THINK BACK TO THE ECONOMIC MIRACLE IN WESTERN EUROPE
AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR. THE SECRET TO THAT GREAT
SUCCESS WASN'T THE PRICE TAG OF THE AID WE SENT. OUR
AID CAME WITH OUR ADVICE, OUR EXAMPLE AND THE FULL
ENGAGEMENT OF OUR PRIVATE SECTOR IN SHAPING THE FREE
MARKET SYSTEM THAT HAS GENERATED UNPRECEDENTED
PROSPERITY ACROSS WESTERN EUROPE.
- 7 -
THAT LESSON HOLDS TRUE FOR POLAND TODAY. OUR AID
MUST BE SEED MONEY FOR FREE MARKET REFORM AND FOR THE
INVOLVEMENT OF OUR PRIVATE SECTOR.
LANE KIRKLAND AND BoB GEORGINE ARE HERE TONIGHT:
YOU ALL HEARD LECH WALESA IN HIS ADDRESS TO THE AFL-CIO
-- WHEN HE JOKED ABOUT THE STRANGE TWIST OF FATE, THAT
IT FELL TO A POLISH TRADE UNIONIST TO LAUNCH A
PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN FOR PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
- 8 -
WHAT WE WANT FOR POLAND -- WHAT THE POLISH PEOPLE
WANT FOR THEMSELVES -- IS TO BEGIN A PROCESS OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT IS SELF-SUSTAINING -- A
PROCESS THAT PUTS FREE MARKET PRINCIPLES ON A FIRM
FOUNDATION. BECAUSE THE FATE OF POLISH REFORM --
POLAND'S FUTURE AS A FREE NATION -- DEPENDS UPON ITS
ABILITY TO BUILD A FUNCTIONING, PRODUCTIVE ECONOMY.
IT IS WITH MISSIONS LIKE YOURS THAT THE REAL WORK
BEGINS. I URGE YOU To MAKE THE MOST OF IT.
in of
- 9 -
TALK TO YOUR COUNTERPARTS IN ALL PARTS OF POLISH
SOCIETY. FIND OUT WHAT KINDS OF INVESTMENT AND WHAT
KIND OF EXPERTISE WILL HELP POLAND SUCCEED IN
TRANSFORMING ITS ECONOMY, AND IN THE LARGER
TRANSFORMATION INTO A FULLY FREE NATION. EVERYONE OF
YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE. EVERYONE OF YOU CAN BE A CATALYST
FOR CHANGE AT THIS CRITICAL MOMENT IN POLAND'S HISTORY.
- 10 -
TONIGHT, AS YOU BEGIN YOUR FASCINATING MISSION, LET
ME WISH YOU WELL. GODSPEED AND GOOD LUCK -- AND NOW,
LET ME SIGN THE SUPPORT FOR EAST EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY AcT
OF 1989 INTO LAW.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 28, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR JIM CICCONI
FROM:
CHRISS WINSTON
DAN MCGROARTY
The
SUBJECT:
POLISH ECONOMIC MISSION SEND-OFF -- CHANGES
This text includes the President's changes, as well as
changes on page 2 and in the final sentence. These changes
reflect the fact that the President will sign the aid bill
at the end of his remarks and allow him to claim credit for
the aid initiatives.
###
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
November 28, 1989
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT POLAND ECONOMIC MISSION SEND-OFF
The Blair House
Washington, D.C.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you very much. To our
distinguished guests here and to all the members of this important
Mission team, I just wanted to come by tonight to wish you well as
you leave on this important mission. I view it as -- really, as a
mission of tremendous importance, a history-making journey to a
country that's making history every day.
And let me say to Secretaries Yeutter and -- I don't know
that Bob Mosbacher is here --
SECRETARY YEUTTER: He'll come later.
THE PRESIDENT: -- and certainly Elizabeth Dole, and to
Dr. Mike Boskin over here: you lead a delegation of tremendous
experience and talent. Together, it's a cross-section of the private
sector institutions that constitute democracy's great strength and
gives practical meaning to the principles of free government.
Helping Poland rejoin the Community of Free Nations is a
task that simply cannot be accomplished by government alone. It
depends on building the countless exchanges that take place every day
among businesses and organized labor and the academic community, and
their counterparts in other free countries. The trip you're making
is really the first step in that process.
As you know, I'm taking a trip of my own this weekend.
And in my meetings with Mr. Gorbachev and afterwards with our NATO
allies, I can assure you that the historic developments that have
taken place in Poland and, of course, elsewhere in Central and
Eastern Europe will be high on our agenda. I will be anxious to
hear your report on the ways that we can help Poland achieve its
democratic destiny and became a model of transition for these other
states -- a model of transition to a free economy. And your work can
be of great help to other countries in Eastern Europe as they move
towards economic reform.
I am very pleased that the initiatives that I've proposed
last summer for aid to Poland and Hungary have become a reality. In
just a few moments, I will sign into law a package authorizing $938
million in American aid over the next three years. And that will
enable the United States to do its part to encourage these two
nations on the road to reform.
We've got to recognize, though, that the fact that
dollars alone will not make the difference. Think back to the
economic miracle of Western Europe after the Second World War. The
secret to that success wasn't the price tag on the aid that we sent.
Our aid came with our advice, our example and the full engagement of
our private sector in shaping the free market system that has
generated unprecedented prosperity all across Western Europe.
And that lesson holds true for Poland today. Our aid
must be seed money for free market reform and for the involvement of
our private sector.
Lane Kirkland -- I see Lane back there, but I don't see
MORE
- 2 -
Bob Georgine. Is he there? There he is. Normally, they're in the
front row. Something's gone awry here. (Laughter.) But with Lane
and Bob here, I might say that you all heard, I'm sure, Lech Walesa
in his address to the AFL-CIO when he joked about that strange twist
of fate, that it fell to a Polish trade unionist to launch a
publicity campaign for private entrepreneurship.
What we want for Poland -- and what the Polish people
want for themselves -- is to begin a process of economic development
that is self-sustaining -- a process that puts free market principles
on a firm foundation. And because the fate of Polish reform, indeed
Poland's future as a free nation -- depends upon its ability to build
a functioning, productive economy.
It's with missions like yours that the real work begins.
I urge you to make the most of it. So talk to your counterparts in
all parts of Polish society. Find out what kinds of investment, what
kind of expertise will help Poland succeed in transforming its
economy, and then in the larger transformation that flows into a
fully free nation. Every one of you can contribute. Every one of
you can be a catalyst for change at this critical moment in Poland's
history. You're all busy people. You're all successful people. And
the fact that you are willing to undertake this very important
assignment for your country, that means a great deal. And I am
grateful to each and every single one of you.
And so as you begin this fascinating mission, I really
wanted to come across and wish you the very best. I hope, Clayton,
if you get far enough along -- you or Elizabeth or Bob, that -- maybe
you can be in touch with General Scowcroft or Secretary Baker or me
in Malta. I want to know how this goes. And if it's not too soon to
get an impression, I'd like to hear it there in Malta and then it
would give me flexibility in my talks with the General Secretary.
So it's important work you're involved in, and Godspeed,
and good luck. And thank you very much for doing this. And now, let
me just sign this Support for Eastern European Democracy Act, the Act
of 1989 -- sign that into law. God bless you all, and thank you.
(The bill is signed.)
END
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
1989 NOV
November 27, 1989
OK
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
cw
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
slight
20 :9 Wd
FROM:
DAN MCGROARTY
DMCM
SUBJECT:
POLAND ECONOMIC MISSION SEND-OFF
6AH
I. SUMMARY
At Blair House on Tuesday, November 28, at 7:00 p.m.
you will open a briefing for the Presidential Mission to
Poland. The Mission includes Secretaries Yeutter, Dole,
Mosbacher, Chairman Boskin, and various representatives of
the private sector. When you finish your remarks (5
minutes, cards, pool coverage), you will turn the briefing
over to Secretary Yeutter.
II. DISCUSSION
The remarks emphasize that U.S. aid to Poland must
serve as a basis for Polish economic recovery -- a launching
pad, in effect -- and not as a quick cure-all. It is the
Mission's task to discover the best and most efficient
methods to make sure American aid will truly help to
restructure the Polish economic system.
# # #
McGroarty/Dooley
November 27, 1989
5:30 pm
[POLAND]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLAND ECONOMIC MISSION SEND-OFF
BLAIR HOUSE
NOVEMBER 28, 1989
7:00 PM
General Scowcroft. Deputy Secretary Eagleburger. Members
of this mission team: I've come by tonight to wish you well as
you embark on a mission of tremendous importance -- a history-
making journey to a country that is making history every day.
And let me say to Secretaries Yeutter, Mosbacher, and Dole,
and my economic advisor, Michael Boskin: you lead a delegation
of tremendous talent and expertise. Together, it is a cross-
section of the private sector institutions that constitute
democracy's great strength -- and gives practical meaning to the
principles of free government.
Helping Poland rejoin the community of free nations is a
task that cannot be accomplished by government alone. It depends
on building the countless exchanges that take place every day
among businesses, organized labor, and the academic community and
their counterparts in other free countries. The trip you are
making is really the first step in that process. thut your part
will have enoumons import as Reland and # can also be of great help
As you know, I'm taking a trip of my own this weekend.
11to to other
In my meetings with Mr. Gorbachev and afterwards with our NATO countris
in the East
allies, I can assure you that the historic developments that have as they
nove
taken place in Poland and elsewhere in Central and Eastern Europe
toward
defair
RW. The
3 is
S fr
989
2
will be high on the agenda. And when H return from Malta, I will
be anxious to hear your report on ways we can help Poland achieve
its democratic destiny and became a model of transition to a free
Your work can be of gmat help to other countro
economy
model for the rest of Eastern Europe and the
U.S.S.R as well.
is
Eastern Europe do thy move towards
As you know, Congress has authorized and I have approved
economic
$938 million dollars in American aid over the next three years
reform
for Poland and Hungary -- aid that will enable the United States
to do its part to encourage reform.
But we've got to recognize the fact that dollars alone won't
make the difference. Think back to the economic miracle in
Western Europe after the Second World War. The secret to that
great success wasn't the price tag of the aid we sent. Our aid
came with our advice, our example and the full engagement of our
private sector in shaping the free market system that has
generated unprecedented prosperity across Western Europe.
That lesson holds true for Poland today. Our aid must be
seed money for free market reform and for the involvement of our
private sector.
Bob Georgitive are
Lane Kirkland in here tonight: you all heard Lech Walesa in
his address to the AFL-CIO -- when he joked about the strange
twist of fate, that it fell to a Polish trade unionist to launch
a publicity campaign for private entrepreneurship.
What we want for Poland -- what the Polish people want for
themselves -- is to begin a process of economic development that
is self-sustaining -- a process that puts free market principles
Georgine
3
principles on a firm foundation. Because the fate of Polish
reform -- Poland's future as a free nation -- depends upon its
ability to build a functioning, productive economy.
It is with missions like yours that the real work begins. I
urge you to make the most of it. Talk to your counterparts in
all parts of Polish society. Find out what kinds of investment
and what kind of expertise will help Poland succeed in
transforming its economy, and in the larger transformation into a
fully free nation. Everyone of you can contribute. Everyone of
you can be a catalyst for change at this critical moment in
Poland's history.
Tonight, as you begin your fascinating mission, let me wish
you well. Godspeed and good luck.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 27, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
cw
CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
DAN MCGROARTY DMCM
SUBJECT:
POLAND ECONOMIC MISSION SEND-OFF
I. SUMMARY
At Blair House on Tuesday, November 28, at 7:00 p.m.,
you will open a briefing for the Presidential Mission to
Poland. The Mission includes Secretaries Yeutter, Dole,
Mosbacher, Chairman Boskin, and various representatives of
the private sector. When you finish your remarks (5
minutes, cards, pool coverage), you will turn the briefing
over to Secretary Yeutter.
II. DISCUSSION
The remarks emphasize that U.S. aid to Poland must
serve as a basis for Polish economic recovery -- a launching
pad, in effect -- and not as a quick cure-all. It is the
Mission's task to discover the best and most efficient
methods to make sure American aid will truly help to
restructure the Polish economic system.
###
McGroarty/Dooley
November 27, 1989
5:30 pm
[POLAND]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLAND ECONOMIC MISSION SEND-OFF
BLAIR HOUSE
NOVEMBER 28, 1989
7:00 PM
General Scowcroft. Deputy Secretary Eagleburger. Members
of this mission team: I've come by tonight to wish you well as
you embark on a mission of tremendous importance -- a history-
making journey to a country that is making history every day.
And let me say to Secretaries Yeutter, Mosbacher, and Dole,
and my economic advisor, Michael Boskin: you lead a delegation
of tremendous talent and expertise. Together, it is a cross-
section of the private sector institutions that constitute
democracy's great strength -- and gives practical meaning to the
principles of free government.
Helping Poland rejoin the community of free nations is a
task that cannot be accomplished by government alone. It depends
on building the countless exchanges that take place every day
among businesses, organized labor, and the academic community and
their counterparts in other free countries. The trip you are
making is really the first step in that process.
As you know, I'm taking a trip of my own this weekend. //
In my meetings with Mr. Gorbachev and afterwards with our NATO
allies, I can assure you that the historic developments that have
taken place in Poland and elsewhere in Central and Eastern Europe
2
will be high on the agenda. And when I return from Malta, I will
be anxious to hear your report on ways we can help Poland achieve
its democratic destiny and became a model of transition to a free
economy -- a model for the rest of Eastern Europe and the
U.S.S.R. as well.
As you know, Congress has authorized and I have approved
$938 million dollars in American aid over the next three years
for Poland and Hungary -- aid that will enable the United States
to do its part to encourage reform.
But we've got to recognize the fact that dollars alone won't
make the difference. Think back to the economic miracle in
Western Europe after the Second World War. The secret to that
great success wasn't the price tag of the aid we sent. Our aid
came with our advice, our example and the full engagement of our
private sector in shaping the free market system that has
generated unprecedented prosperity across Western Europe.
That lesson holds true for Poland today. Our aid must be
seed money for free market reform and for the involvement of our
private sector.
Lane Kirkland is here tonight: you all heard Lech Walesa in
his address to the AFL-CIO -- when he joked about the strange
twist of fate, that it fell to a Polish trade unionist to launch
a publicity campaign for private entrepreneurship.
What we want for Poland -- what the Polish people want for
themselves -- is to begin a process of economic development that
is self-sustaining -- a process that puts free market principles
3
principles on a firm foundation. Because the fate of Polish
reform -- Poland's future as a free nation -- depends upon its
ability to build a functioning, productive economy.
It is with missions like yours that the real work begins. I
urge you to make the most of it. Talk to your counterparts in
all parts of Polish society. Find out what kinds of investment
and what kind of expertise will help Poland succeed in
transforming its economy, and in the larger transformation into a
fully free nation. Everyone of you can contribute. Everyone of
you can be a catalyst for change at this critical moment in
Poland's history.
Tonight, as you begin your fascinating mission, let me wish
you well. Godspeed and good luck.
# # #
Brett Coulson
092478SS
Document No.
NSC /
only very
:
HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
$938 can , 3 gr. total.
11/27/89 NOON
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
REMARKS: POLAND ECONOMIC MISSION SEND-OFF
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES N/C
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
BOSKIN N/C
5042
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than NOON, Monday, November 27, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Dooley
November 22, 1989
1989 NOV 22 PM 3. 31
10:00 am
[POLAND]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLAND ECONOMIC MISSION SEND-OFF
BLAIR HOUSE
NOVEMBER 28, 1989
7:00 PM
7
General Scowcroft. Deputy Secretary Eagleburger.
[Introductory acknowledgements. ] Members of this mission team:
I've come by tonight to wish you well as you embark on a mission
of tremendous importance -- a history-making journey to a country
that is making history every day.
Yeutter and
And let me say to Secretaries, Mosbacher, Dole,and Yuetter,
and my economics advisor, Michael Boskin: you lead a delegation
of tremendous talent and expertise. Together, it is a cross-
section of the private sector institutions that constitute
and
democracy's great strength -- that gives practical meaning to the
principles of free government.
Bringing Helping Poland into the community of free nations is a task
rejoin
that cannot be accomplished by government alone. It depends on
building the countless exchanges that take place every day
between awong businesses, organized labor, and the academic community
and their counterparts in other free countries. The trip you are
making is really the first step in that process.
as youknaw,
Of course, I'm taking a trip of my own this weekend. // In
and afterwords with our NATO allies
my meetings with Mr. Gorbachev, I can assure you that the
historic developments that have taken place in Poland and
2
elsewhere in Central and Eastern Europe will be high on the
agenda. And when I return from Malta, I will be anxious to hear
your report on ways we can help Poland achieve its democratic
and become a model of transition to a free economy a model
destinyx for the rest of Europ- Eastern Europe and the USSR as well.
(STET EV1990 Congrass
(Congress has authorized and I have approved
As you know, over the next three years, Poland and Hungary
for
will receive $938 million dollars in American aid aid that
will enable the United States to do its part to encourage reform.
But we've got to recognize the fact that dollars alone won't
make the difference. Think back to the economic miracle in
Western Europe after the Second World War. The secret to that
Our and come with our advice, our example and the full engagement of our privatesecton)
great success wasn't the price tag of the aid we sent. it was
the role our aid played in shaping the free market system that
has generated unprecedented prosperity across Western Europe.
That lesson holds true for Poland today. Our aid must be
seed money for free market reform and for the involvement of am private
sec tor.
Lane Kirkland is here tonight: you all heard Lech Walesa in
his address to the AFL-CIO -- when he joked about the strange
twist of fate, that it fell to a Polish trade unionist to launch
a publicity campaign for private entrepreneurship.
What we want for the Poland -- what the Polish people want
for themselves -- is to begin a process of economic development
that is self-sustaining -- a process that puts free market
principles on a firm foundation. Because the fate of Polish
reform -- Poland's future as a free nation -- depends upon its
ability to build a functioning, productive economy.
3
Itis
that
With missions like yours the real work begins. I urge you
to make the most of it. Talk to your counterparts in all parts
investment and
of Polish society. Find out what kind of assistance what kind
of expertise to will help Poland succeed in transforming its
economy, and in the larger transformation into a fully free
nation. Everyone of you can contribute. Everyone of you can be
a catalyst for change at this critical moment in Poland's
history.
Tonight, as you begin your fascinating mission, let me wish
you well. Godspeed and good luck.
# # #
092478SS
Document No.
9452
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
11/22/89
11/27/89 NOON
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLAND ECONOMIC MISSION SEND-OFF
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
BOSKIN
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than NOON, Monday, November 27, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE: TO: Chriss Winston
November 27, 1989
The NSC concurs with the changes indicated.
Brent Ratin Scowcroft
James W Cicconi
Assistant to the President
CC: James W. Cicconi
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
11
Ext. 2702
EE :pd 22 AON 68
bd:11
McGroarty/Dooley
November 22, 1989
1989 NOV 22 PM 3. 31
10:00 am
[POLAND]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLAND ECONOMIC MISSION SEND-OFF
BLAIR HOUSE
NOVEMBER 28, 1989
7:00 PM
General Scowcroft. Deputy Secretary Eagleburger.
including
[Introductory acknowledgements ] Members of this mission team:
I've come by tonight to wish you well as you embark on a mission
of tremendous importance -- a history-making journey to a country
that is making history every day.
yealter,
and
And let me say to Secretaries Mosbacher, Dolecand Yuetter,
and my economics advisor, Michael Boskin: you lead a delegation
of tremendous talent and expertise. Together, it is a cross-
section of the private sector institutions that constitute
and
democracy's great strength -- that givespractical meaning to the
principles of free government.
Bringing Helping Poland into the community of free nations is a task
rejoin
that cannot be accomplished by government alone. It depends on
building the countless exchanges that take place every day
between among businesses, organized labor, and the academic community
and their counterparts in other free countries. The trip you are
making is really the first step in that process.
as you know
Of course, I'm taking a trip of my own this weekend. // In
and afterwards with our NATO
my meetings with Mr. Gorbachev, I can assure you that the
Alies
historic developments that have taken place in Poland and
the for the rest of Eastem
and for
Europe butwee the
USSR as well.
2
elsewhere in Central and Eastern Europe will be high on the
agenda. And when I return from Malta, I will be anxious to hear
your report on ways we can help Poland/achieve its democratic
destiny and ASIA become a model of transition to a free
economy a model that could have an impact not mhyt.
As you know, over the next three years or Poland and Hungary
Congress hos authorized
will receive $938 million dollars in American aid -- aid that
will signbolize enable the United States/to do its part to encourage reform.
commitment
But we've got to recognize the fact that dollars alone won't
make the difference. Think back to the economic miracle in
Western Europe after the Second World War. The secret to that
full
great success wasn't the price tag of the aid we sent.
it
was
Our and 1 came with together advice, our example, and the vengagement
the role our aid played in shaping the free market system that private your
has generated unprecedented prosperity across Western Europe.
sector
That lesson holds true for Poland today. Our aid must be
seed money for free market reform and for the incolvement your private sector.
Lane Kirkland is here tonight: you all heard Lech Walesa in
his address to the AFL-CIO when he joked about the strange
twist of fate, that it fell to a Polish trade unionist to launch
a publicity campaign for private entrepreneurship.
What we want for the Poland what the Polish people want
for themselves -- is to begin a process of economic development
that is self-sustaining -- a process that puts free market
principles on a firm foundation. Because the fate of Polish
reform -- Poland's future as a free nation -- depends upon its
ability to build a functioning, productive economy.
3
His With missions like yours the real work begins. I urge you
that
to make the most of it. Talk to your counterparts in all parts
of Polish society. Find out what kindSof investment assistance what kind
and
of expertise e will help Poland succeed in transforming its
economy, and in the larger transformation into a fully free
nation. Everyone of you can contribute. Everyone of you can be
a catalyst for change at this critical moment in Poland's
history.
Tonight, as you begin your fascinating mission, let me wish
you well. Godspeed and good luck.
# # #
092478SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
11/22/89
11/27/89 NOON
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLAND ECONOMIC MISSION SEND-OFF
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
BOSKIN
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than NOON, Monday, November 27, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
See comments
28 : 21d 12 100 68
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Dooley
November 22, 1989
1989 NOV 22 PM 3- 31
10:00 am
[POLAND]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLAND ECONOMIC MISSION SEND-OFF
BLAIR HOUSE
NOVEMBER 28, 1989
7:00 PM
General Scowcroft. Deputy Secretary Eagleburger.
[Introductory acknowledgements.] Members of this mission team:
I've come by tonight to wish you well as you embark on a mission
of tremendous importance -- a history-making journey to a country
that is making history every day.
And let me say to Secretaries Mosbacher, Dole and Yuetter,
and my economics advisor, Michael Boskin: you lead a delegation
of tremendous talent and expertise. Together, it is a cross-
section of the private sector institutions that constitute
democracy's great strength -- that give practical meaning to the
principles of free government.
Bringing Poland into the community of free nations is a task
that cannot be accomplished by government alone. It depends on
building the countless exchanges that take place every day
between businesses, organized labor, and the academic community
and their counterparts in other free countries. The trip you are
making is really the first step in that process.
of course, I'm taking a trip of my own this weekend. // In
my meetings with Mr. Gorbachev, I can assure you that the
historic developments that have taken place in Poland and
2
elsewhere in Central and Eastern Europe will be high on the
agenda. And when I return from Malta, I will be anxious to hear
your report on ways we can help Poland achieve its democratic
destiny.
Injusan.
741990
As you know, over the next three years, Poland and Hungary
will receive $938 658 million dollars in American aid -- aid that
will enable the United States to do its part to encourage reform.
But we've got to recognize the fact that dollars alone won't
make the difference. Think back to the economic miracle in
Western Europe after the Second World War. The secret to that
great success wasn't the price tag of the aid we sent -- it was
the role our aid played in shaping the free market system that
has generated unprecedented prosperity across Western Europe.
That lesson holds true for Poland today. Our aid must be
seed money for free market reform.
Lane Kirkland is here tonight: you all heard Lech Walesa in
his address to the AFL-CIO -- when he joked about the strange
twist of fate, that it fell to a Polish trade unionist to launch
a publicity campaign for private entrepreneurship.
What we want for the Poland -- what the Polish people want
for themselves -- is to begin a process of economic development
that is self-sustaining -- a process that puts free market
principles on a firm foundation. Because the fate of Polish
reform -- Poland's future as a free nation -- depends upon its
ability to build a functioning, productive economy.
3
With missions like yours the real work begins. I urge you
to make the most of it. Talk to your counterparts in all parts
of Polish society. Find out what kind of assistance -- what kind
of expertise -- will help Poland succeed in transforming its
economy, and in the larger transformation into a fully free
nation. Everyone of you can contribute. Everyone of you can be
a catalyst for change at this critical moment in Poland's
history.
Tonight, as you begin your fascinating mission, let me wish
you well. Godspeed and good luck.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 27, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER RBP
SUBJECT:
Poland Economic Mission Send-Off
We have reviewed the draft remarks for the Poland Economic
Mission Send-off. Our comments are included on the attached
draft.
If you have any questions or we can help in any other way,
please let me know.
CC: James W. Cicconi
LS 22 100 68
star FREAR ok.
1989 NOV 22 PM 3. 31
McGroarty/Dooley
November 22, 1989
10:00 am
[POLAND]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
POLAND ECONOMIC MISSION SEND-OFF
BLAIR HOUSE
NOVEMBER 28, 1989
7:00 PM
General Scowcroft. Deputy Secretary Eagleburger.
[Introductory acknowledgements.] Members of this mission team:
I've come by tonight to wish you well as you embark on a mission
of tremendous importance -- a history-making journey to a country
that is making history every day.
And let me say to Secretaries Mosbacher, Dole and Yuetter,
OUR CEA CHAIRMAN
and my economics advisor, Michael Boskin: you lead a delegation
of tremendous talent and expertise. Together, it is a cross-
section of the private sector institutions that constitute
democracy's great strength -- that give practical meaning to the
principles of free government.
Bringing Poland into the community of free nations is a task
that cannot be accomplished by government alone. It depends on
building the countless exchanges that take place every day
between businesses, organized labor, and the academic community
and their counterparts in other free countries. The trip you are
making is really the first step in that process.
of course, I'm taking a trip of my own this weekend. // In
my meetings with Mr. Gorbachev, I can assure you that the
historic developments that have taken place in Poland and
2
elsewhere in Central and Eastern Europe will be high on the
agenda. And when I return from Malta, I will be anxious to hear
your report on ways we can help Poland achieve its democratic
destiny.
As you know, over the next three years, Poland and Hungary
will receive $938 million dollars in American aid -- aid that
will enable the United States to do its part to encourage reform.
But we've got to recognize the fact that dollars alone won't
make the difference. Think back to the economic miracle in
Western Europe after the Second World War. The secret to that
great success wasn't the price tag of the aid we sent -- it was
the role our aid played in shaping the free market system that
has generated unprecedented prosperity across Western Europe.
That lesson holds true for Poland today. Our aid must be
seed money for free market reform.
Lane Kirkland is here tonight: you all heard Lech Walesa in
his address to the AFL-CIO -- when he joked about the strange
twist of fate, that it fell to a Polish trade unionist to launch
a publicity campaign for private entrepreneurship.
What we want for the Poland -- what the Polish people want
for themselves -- is to begin a process of economic development
that is self-sustaining -- a process that puts free market
principles on a firm foundation. Because the fate of Polish
reform -- Poland's future as a free nation -- depends upon its
ability to build a functioning, productive economy.
3
With missions like yours the real work begins. I urge you
to make the most of it. Talk to your counterparts in all parts
THE
of Polish society. Find out what kind of assistance AND what kind
S
of expertise THAT K will help Poland succeed in transforming its
economy, and in the larger transformation into a fully free
nation. Everyone of you can contribute. Everyone of you can be
a catalyst for change at this critical moment in Poland's
history.
Tonight, as you begin your fascinating mission, let me wish
you well. Godspeed and good luck.
# # #
50mg this is last
092478SS
Document No.
minute but we just got G
MEMORANDUM
the call now from USDA
11/27/89 NOON
OMMENT DUE BY:
Manue Haines
NOMIC MISSION SEND-OFF
3:30
ACTION FYI
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
/ BOSKIN
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than NOON, Monday, November 27, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
One change from USDA 1
1st page, 2nd P
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Dooley
November 22, 1989
1989 NOV 22 PM 3. 31
10:00 am
[POLAND]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLAND ECONOMIC MISSION SEND-OFF
BLAIR HOUSE
NOVEMBER 28, 1989
7:00 PM
General Scowcroft. Deputy Secretary Eagleburger.
[Introductory acknowledgements.] Members of this mission team:
I've come by tonight to wish you well as you embark on a mission
of tremendous importance -- a history-making journey to a country
that is making history every day.
And let me say to Secretaries Mosbacher, Dole and Yuetter,
and my economics advisor, Michael Boskin: you lead a delegation
ist
tremendous talent and expertise. Together, it is a cross-
section of the private sector institutions that constitute
democracy's great strength -- that give practical meaning to the
principles of free government.
Bringing Poland into the community of free nations is a task
that cannot be accomplished by government alone. It depends on
building the countless exchanges that take place every day
between businesses, organized labor, and the academic community
and their counterparts in other free countries. The trip you are
making is really the first step in that process.
of course, I'm taking a trip of my own this weekend. // In
my meetings with Mr. Gorbachev, I can assure you that the
historic developments that have taken place in Poland and
092478SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
11/22/89
11/27/89 NOON
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLAND ECONOMIC MISSION SEND-OFF
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
BOSKIN
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than NOON, Monday, November 27, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
N/C 11/27/89
DE 21d 1210068
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Dooley
November 22, 1989
1989 NOV 22 PM 3. 31
10:00 am
[POLAND]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLAND ECONOMIC MISSION SEND-OFF
BLAIR HOUSE
NOVEMBER 28, 1989
7:00 PM
General Scowcroft. Deputy Secretary Eagleburger.
[Introductory acknowledgements.] Members of this mission team:
I've come by tonight to wish you well as you embark on a mission
of tremendous importance -- a history-making journey to a country
that is making history every day.
And let me say to Secretaries Mosbacher, Dole and Yuetter,
and my economics advisor, Michael Boskin: you lead a delegation
of tremendous talent and expertise. Together, it is a cross-
section of the private sector institutions that constitute
democracy's great strength -- that give practical meaning to the
principles of free government.
Bringing Poland into the community of free nations is a task
that cannot be accomplished by government alone. It depends on
building the countless exchanges that take place every day
between businesses, organized labor, and the academic community
and their counterparts in other free countries. The trip you are
making is really the first step in that process.
of course, I'm taking a trip of my own this weekend. // In
my meetings with Mr. Gorbachev, I can assure you that the
historic developments that have taken place in Poland and
2
elsewhere in Central and Eastern Europe will be high on the
agenda. And when I return from Malta, I will be anxious to hear
your report on ways we can help Poland achieve its democratic
destiny.
As you know, over the next three years, Poland and Hungary
will receive $938 million dollars in American aid -- aid that
will enable the United States to do its part to encourage reform.
But we've got to recognize the fact that dollars alone won't
make the difference. Think back to the economic miracle in
Western Europe after the Second World War. The secret to that
great success wasn't the price tag of the aid we sent -- it was
the role our aid played in shaping the free market system that
has generated unprecedented prosperity across Western Europe.
That lesson holds true for Poland today. Our aid must be
seed money for free market reform.
Lane Kirkland is here tonight: you all heard Lech Walesa in
his address to the AFL-CIO -- when he joked about the strange
twist of fate, that it fell to a Polish trade unionist to launch
a publicity campaign for private entrepreneurship.
What we want for the Poland -- what the Polish people want
for themselves -- is to begin a process of economic development
that is self-sustaining -- a process that puts free market
principles on a firm foundation. Because the fate of Polish
reform -- Poland's future as a free nation -- depends upon its
ability to build a functioning, productive economy.
3
With missions like yours the real work begins. I urge you
to make the most of it. Talk to your counterparts in all parts
of Polish society. Find out what kind of assistance -- what kind
of expertise -- will help Poland succeed in transforming its
economy, and in the larger transformation into a fully free
nation. Everyone of you can contribute. Everyone of you can be
a catalyst for change at this critical moment in Poland's
history.
Tonight, as you begin your fascinating mission, let me wish
you well. Godspeed and good luck.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 27, 1989
Memorandum to Chriss Winston
From:
Jim Pinkertor
Subject:
Poland Economic Mission Send-off
pg. 2, para. 1, line 1
"
Central and Eastern Europe will be
high on the agenda [at the Malta meeting]."
The news media has noticed that the President has in the
past said "there's not going to be an agenda" at the meeting with
Gorbachev. We wonder, therefore, whether we should use the term
"agenda" as it now appears in the draft. Also, to say that E.
Europe will be "high on the agenda" may raise questions about
what the President believes to be higher on that agenda. We, of
course, defer to whatever the National Security Council
recommends on this point.
###
22:11v
THE WHITE house
WASHINGTON
November 24, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
STEPHEN G. RADEMAKER
SR
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Poland Economic Mission
Send-Off
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 bring this matter to our attention.
CC: James W. Cicconi
092478SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
11/22/89
11/27/89 NOON
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLAND ECONOMIC MISSION SEND-OFF
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
BOSKIN
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than NOON, Monday, November 27, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
S.R.
05:01v 12100.68 Assistant James to W. the Cicconi President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Dooley
November 22, 1989
1989 NOV 22 PM 3. 31
10:00 am
[POLAND]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLAND ECONOMIC MISSION SEND-OFF
BLAIR HOUSE
NOVEMBER 28, 1989
7:00 PM
General Scowcroft. Deputy Secretary Eagleburger.
[Introductory acknowledgements.] Members of this mission team:
I've come by tonight to wish you well as you embark on a mission
of tremendous importance -- a history-making journey to a country
that is making history every day.
And let me say to Secretaries Mosbacher, Dole and Yuetter,
and my economics advisor, Michael Boskin: you lead a delegation
of tremendous talent and expertise. Together, it is a cross-
section of the private sector institutions that constitute
democracy's great strength -- that give practical meaning to the
principles of free government.
Bringing Poland into the community of free nations is a task
that cannot be accomplished by government alone. It depends on
building the countless exchanges that take place every day
between businesses, organized labor, and the academic community
and their counterparts in other free countries. The trip you are
making is really the first step in that process.
of course, I'm taking a trip of my own this weekend. // In
my meetings with Mr. Gorbachev, I can assure you that the
historic developments that have taken place in Poland and
2
elsewhere in Central and Eastern Europe will be high on the
agenda. And when I return from Malta, I will be anxious to hear
your report on ways we can help Poland achieve its democratic
destiny.
As you know, over the next three years, Poland and Hungary
will receive $938 million dollars in American aid -- aid that
will enable the United States to do its part to encourage reform.
But we've got to recognize the fact that dollars alone won't
make the difference. Think back to the economic miracle in
Western Europe after the Second World War. The secret to that
great success wasn't the price tag of the aid we sent -- it was
the role our aid played in shaping the free market system that
has generated unprecedented prosperity across Western Europe.
That lesson holds true for Poland today. Our aid must be
seed money for free market reform.
Lane Kirkland is here tonight: you all heard Lech Walesa in
his address to the AFL-CIO -- when he joked about the strange
twist of fate, that it fell to a Polish trade unionist to launch
a publicity campaign for private entrepreneurship.
What we want for the Poland -- what the Polish people want
for themselves -- is to begin a process of economic development
that is self-sustaining -- a process that puts free market
principles on a firm foundation. Because the fate of Polish
reform -- Poland's future as a free nation -- depends upon its
ability to build a functioning, productive economy.
3
With missions like yours the real work begins. I urge you
to make the most of it. Talk to your counterparts in all parts
of Polish society. Find out what kind of assistance -- what kind
of expertise -- will help Poland succeed in transforming its
economy, and in the larger transformation into a fully free
nation. Everyone of you can contribute. Everyone of you can be
a catalyst for change at this critical moment in Poland's
history.
Tonight, as you begin your fascinating mission, let me wish
you well. Godspeed and good luck.
# # #
McGroarty/Dooley
November 22, 1989
10:00 am
[POLAND]
S: POLAND ECONOMIC MISSION SEND-OFF
BLAIR HOUSE
NOVEMBER 28, 1989
7:00 PM
ft. Deputy Secretary Eagleburger.
vledgements.] Members of this mission team:
= to wish you well as you embark on a mission
tance -- a history-making journey to a country
ory every day.
And let me say to Secretaries Mosbacher, Dole and Yuetter,
and my economics advisor, Michael Boskin: you lead a delegation
of tremendous talent and expertise. Together, it is a cross-
section of the private sector institutions that constitute
democracy's great strength -- that give practical meaning to the
principles of free government.
Bringing Poland into the community of free nations is a task
that cannot be accomplished by government alone. It depends on
building the countless exchanges that take place every day
between businesses, organized labor, and the academic community
and their counterparts in other free countries. The trip you are
making is really the first step in that process.
Of course, I'm taking a trip of my own this weekend. // In
my meetings with Mr. Gorbachev, I can assure you that the
historic developments that have taken place in Poland and
2
elsewhere in Central and Eastern Europe will be high on the
agenda. And when I return from Malta, I will be anxious to hear
your report on ways we can help Poland achieve its democratic
destiny.
As you know, over the next three years, Poland and Hungary
will receive $938 million dollars in American aid -- aid that
will enable the United States to do its part to encourage reform.
But we've got to recognize the fact that dollars alone won't
make the difference. Think back to the economic miracle in
Western Europe after the Second World War. The secret to that
great success wasn't the price tag of the aid we sent -- it was
the role our aid played in shaping the free market system that
has generated unprecedented prosperity across Western Europe.
That lesson holds true for Poland today. Our aid must be
seed money for free market reform.
Lane Kirkland is here tonight: you all heard Lech Walesa in
his address to the AFL-CIO -- when he joked about the strange
twist of fate, that it fell to a Polish trade unionist to launch
a publicity campaign for private entrepreneurship.
What we want for the Poland -- what the Polish people want
for themselves -- is to begin a process of economic development
that is self-sustaining -- a process that puts free market
principles on a firm foundation. Because the fate of Polish
reform -- Poland's future as a free nation -- depends upon its
ability to build a functioning, productive economy.
3
With missions like yours the real work begins. I urge you
to make the most of it. Talk to your counterparts in all parts
of Polish society. Find out what kind of assistance -- what kind
of expertise -- will help Poland succeed in transforming its
economy, and in the larger transformation into a fully free
nation. Everyone of you can contribute. Everyone of you can be
a catalyst for change at this critical moment in Poland's
history.
Tonight, as you begin your fascinating mission, let me wish
you well. Godspeed and good luck.
# # #