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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
June 25, 1990
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AND NELSON MANDELA
UPON ARRIVAL
The South Lawn
10:42 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Welcome to all of you. It is a great
pleasure, a sincere pleasure for Barbara and me to welcome to the
White House Mr. and Mrs. Mandela. Mr. Mandela, a man who embodies
the hopes of millions. In our meetings this morning, he and I will
talk about the future of South Africa. And it is my sincere hope
that these talks will be productive discussions that will contribute
to positive change toward true democracy and the dismantling once and
for all of apartheid. (Applause.)
We meet at a time of transition for South Africa. We
applaud the recent steps President de Klerk and the government of
South Africa have taken to expand the rights and freedoms of all
South Africans. These are positive developments -- steps toward a
fully free and democratic future that we all wish to see for all of
the people of South Africa. In order for progress to continue, we
must see on all sides a clear commitment to change. All parties must
seize the opportunity to move ahead in a spirit of compromise and
tolerance, flexibility and patience. And from all parties we look
for a clear and unequivocal commitment to negotiations leading to
peaceful change. I call on all elements in South African society to
renounce the use of violence in armed struggle, break free from the
cycle of repression and violent reaction that breeds nothing but more
fear and suffering.
In the words of the great Martin Luther King, Jr., "Let
us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the
cup of bitterness and hatred." Mr. Mandela, in the eyes of millions
around the world, you stand against apartheid -- against a system
that bases the rights and freedoms of citizenship on the color of
one's skin. That system is repugnant to the conscience of men and
women everywhere -- repugnant to the ideals that we in America hold
so dear.
No system that denies the rights that belong to each and
every individual can endure forever. Apartheid must end. The United
States, committed to the concept of free market and a productive
private sector is ready to do its part to encourage rapid and
peaceful change toward political and economic freedom. We will
continue to urge American firms that are still doing business in
South Africa to play a progressive role in training and empowering
blacks and building a foundation for future prosperity.
But while the reform process has moved forward -- and it
has -- apartheid remains a reality, and genuine democracy a dream.
Our sanctions have been designed to support change. And when the
conditions laid down in our law have been met, then -- and only then
-- will we consider, in consultation with the Congress, whether a
change in course will promote further progress through peaceful
negotiations.
Mr. Mandela, we in this country support the struggle
against apartheid. For two centuries, we had our own battles.
America fought its own battles to promote the standard of equal
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- 2 -
rights. It was here at the White House, in a room now obscured by
these coverings because we're repainting the White House, but it's
right there, in the midst of the Civil War, that Abraham Lincoln
signed the Emancipation Proclamation, that great beacon of light and
hope. In the room where this historic document was signed, even now
we feel the power of the undeniable truth that guided Lincoln's hand:
That all men must be free.
In this past year freedom has made great gains. A
terrible chapter of oppression has ended for millions of men and
women in Eastern Europe, in Asia, and in this hemisphere. People
have defeated, through peaceful means, dictatorships that promised
freedom and progress, but delivered only poverty and repression.
The triumph is far from universal. There are still those
who rule through force and terror. But the events of this past year
have been clear: the future belongs not to the dwindling ranks of
the world's dictators, but to democracy. The millions of friends of
freedom the world over.
Mr. Mandela, you said many years ago, before the first of
your 10,000 days in prison, that there is no easy walk to freedom.
Your years of suffering, your nation's suffering, they ve borne that
out. But just as this past year so many millions of people in
Eastern Europe, and elsewhere, tasted freedom; so too, South Africa's
time will come.
As Martin Luther King said on the steps of the Lincoln
Memorial, we cannot walk alone. Sir, we here in America walk in
solidarity with all the South Africans who seek through nonviolent
means democracy, human rights, and freedom.
Once again, it is a sincere privilege to welcome you to
the White House. And may God bless you and all the people of South
Africa. Welcome, sir. (Applause.)
MR. MANDELA: Mr. President, it is an honor and a
pleasure for my wife, my delegation, and I to be welcomed by you.
This is a continuation of the rousing welcome which we have received
from the people of New York and Boston, of black and white.
That welcome has far exceeded our wildest expectations.
We look forward to visiting Atlanta and other cities because we are
confident that the warm welcome we have received is not confined to
New York, Boston and Washington. That mood expresses the commitment
of all the people of the United States of America to the struggle for
the removal of apartheid.
One thing that is very clear, and it has been made even
more clear in the remarks by the President, is that on the question
of the removal of apartheid and the introduction of a nonracial
democracy in our country, we are absolutely unanimous. That is
something that we have always known, because the people of America,
and the President in particular, have spoken in this regard in very
clear and firm terms. And this has been a source of great
encouragement to our people. To receive the support of any
government is, in our situation, something of enormous importance.
But to receive the support of the government of the United States of
America, the leader of the West, is something beyond words.
If today we are confident that the dreams which have
inspired us all these years is about to be realized, it is, in very
large measure, because of the support we have got from the masses of
the people of the United States of America, and in particular from
the government and from the President. There are very important
political developments that have taken place in our country today.
And it is my intention to brief the President as fully as possible on
these developments.
We are doing so because it is necessary for him to
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understand not only in broad outline what is happening in our
country, he must be furnished with the details which may not be so
available to the public. So that the enormous assistance that he has
given us should be related to the actual developments in the country.
I will also ask the President to maintain sanctions
because it is because of sanctions that such enormous progress has
been made in the attempt to address the problems of our country.
I will also inform him about developments as far as the
arms struggle is concerned. The remarks that he has made here are
due to the fact that he has not as yet got a proper briefing from us.
I might just state in passing that the methods of political action
which are used by the black people of South Africa were determined by
the South African government. As long as a government is prepared to
talk, to maintain channels of communication between itself and the
governed, there can be no question of violence whatsoever.
But when a government decides to ban political
organizations of the oppressed, intensifies oppression and does not
allow any free political activity, no matter how peaceful and
nonviolent, then the people have no alternative but to resort to
violence.
There is not a single political organization in our
country, inside and outside parliament, which can ever compare with
the African National Congress in its total commitment to peace. If we
are forced to resort to violence, it is because we had no other
alternative whatsoever. But, even in this regard, there have been
significant developments which I hope to brief the President on. I
am also going to brief the President on the key role which the ANC
now occupies in the country as a result of his efforts to mobilize
the entire country around the question of peace.
We have, and are, addressing the question of black unity.
We are also addressing ourselves to means and methods of helping Mr.
de Klerk to maintain his position with confidence and to go on with
the negotiations without looking over his shadow. We have already
started important initiatives in trying to mobilize the white
community; not only those who support him, but even the right wing,
because we are the only organization in the world that can help Mr.
de Klerk to maintain his position.
And I am going to urge on the President not to do
anything without a full consultation with the ANC in regard to any
initiative which he might propose to take in order to help the peace
process in the country. As people who are operating inside, and as
the architects of the peace process, it is absolutely necessary for
everybody who wants to be of assistance in the struggle of the black
people inside the country and who want to help promote the peace
process to have a full consultation with ANC before any step is
taken.
Finally, Mr. President, I would like to congratulate you
and President Gorbachev for the magnificent efforts that you are
making in order to reduce international tensions and to promote
peace. It is my hope that governments throughout the world will
follow your example and attempt to settle problems between
governments and between governments and dissidents inside its country
by peaceful methods. You and comrade Gorbachev have opened = chapter
in world history which might well be regarded as the turning point in
many respects. And here we congratulate you and wish you every
success. (Applause.)
END
10:58 A.M. EDT
ARRIVAL FOR NELSON MANDELA / SOUTH LAWN
JUNE 25, 1990 / 10:35 AM
WELCOME, ALL OF YOU. / IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE
TODAY TO WELCOME TO THE WHITE HOUSE A MAN WHO EMBODIES
THE HOPES OF MILLIONS: // NELSON MANDELA. //
IN OUR MEETINGS THIS MORNING, MR. MANDELA AND I
WILL SPEAK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF SOUTH AFRICA.
- 2 -
IT IS MY HOPE THAT THESE WILL BE PRODUCTIVE
DISCUSSIONS, DISCUSSIONS THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
POSITIVE CHANGE -- TOWARD TRUE DEMOCRACY, AND THE
DISMANTLING -- ONCE AND FOR ALL -- OF APARTHEID. //
WE MEET AT A TIME OF TRANSITION FOR SOUTH AFRICA.
WE APPLAUD THE RECENT STEPS PRESIDENT DE KLERK AND THE
GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA HAVE TAKEN TO EXPAND THE
RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF ALL SOUTH AFRICANS. /
- 3 -
THESE ARE POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS -- STEPS TOWARD THE
FULLY FREE AND DEMOCRATIC FUTURE WE ALL WISH TO SEE FOR
THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH AFRICA. /
IN ORDER FOR PROGRESS TO CONTINUE, WE MUST SEE ON
ALL SIDES A CLEAR COMMITMENT TO CHANGE. ALL PARTIES
MUST SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY To MOVE AHEAD, IN A SPIRIT
OF COMPROMISE, TOLERANCE, FLEXIBILITY AND PATIENCE.
AND FROM ALL PARTIES -- WE LOOK FOR A CLEAR AND
UNEQUIVOCAL COMMITMENT TO NEGOTIATIONS LEADING TO
PEACEFUL CHANGE. //
- 4 -
I CALL ON ALL ELEMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIETY TO
RENOUNCE THE USE OF VIOLENCE AND ARMED STRUGGLE. //
BREAK FREE FROM THE CYCLE OF REPRESSION AND VIOLENT
REACTION THAT BREEDS NOTHING BUT MORE FEAR AND
SUFFERING. IN THE WORDS OF THE GREAT MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR., "Let US NOT SEEK TO SATISFY OUR THIRST FOR
FREEDOM, BY DRINKING FROM THE CUP OF BITTERNESS AND
HATRED."
Speaking of the violence are me na tal, you said
that weapons must be thrown into the sear. But we
must go fur ther.
- 5 -
MR. MANDELA, IN THE EYES OF MILLIONS AROUND THE
WORLD, YOU STAND AGAINST APARTHEID -- AGAINST A SYSTEM
THAT BASES THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF CITIZENSHIP ON
THE COLOR OF ONE'S SKIN. THAT SYSTEM IS REPUGNANT TO
THE CONSCIENCE OF MEN AND WOMEN EVERYWHERE -- REPUGNANT
To THE IDEALS WE IN AMERICA HOLD DEAR. //
No SYSTEM THAT DENIES THE RIGHTS THAT BELONG TO
EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL CAN ENDURE FOREVER. /
APARTHEID MUST END. //
- 6 -
THE U.S. -- COMMITED To THE CONCEPT OF THE FREE
MARKET AND A PRODUCTIVE PRIVATE SECTOR -- IS READY TO
DO ITS PART TO ENCOURAGE RAPID AND PEACEFUL CHANGE
TOWARD POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM. WE WILL
CONTINUE To URGE AMERICAN FIRMS DOING BUSINESS IN SOUTH
AFRICA TO PLAY A PROGRESSIVE ROLE IN TRAINING AND
EMPOWERING BLACKS, AND BUILDING A FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE
PROSPERITY. //
- 7 -
BUT WHILE THE REFORM PROCESS HAS MOVED FORWARD,
APARTHEID REMAINS A REALITY -- AND GENUINE DEMOCRACY A
DREAM. // OUR SANCTIONS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO SUPPORT
CHANGE. / WHEN THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN OUR LAW
HAVE BEEN MET, WE WILL CONSIDER -- IN CONSULTATION WITH
THE CONGRESS -- WHETHER A CHANGE IN COURSE WILL PROMOTE
FURTHER PROGRESS, THROUGH PEACEFUL NEGOTIATIONS. //
- 8 -
MR. MANDELA, WE IN THIS COUNTRY SUPPORT THE
STRUGGLE AGAINST APARTHEID. FOR TWO CENTURIES, AMERICA
HAS FOUGHT ITS OWN BATTLES TO PROMOTE THE STANDARD OF
EQUAL RIGHTS. // IT WAS HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE, IN
THE MIDST OF THE CIVIL WAR, THAT LINCOLN SIGNED THE
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION -- THAT "GREAT BEACON LIGHT
OF HOPE." AND IN THE ROOM WHERE THIS HISTORIC DOCUMENT
WAS SIGNED -- EVEN NOW -- WE FEEL THE POWER OF THE
UNDENIABLE TRUTH THAT GUIDED LINCOLN'S HAND: THAT ALL
MEN MUST BE FREE. //
- 9 -
IN THIS PAST YEAR, FREEDOM HAS MADE GREAT GAINS. A
TERRIBLE CHAPTER OF OPPRESSION HAS ENDED FOR MILLIONS
OF MEN AND WOMEN. IN EASTERN EUROPE, IN ASIA, AND HERE
IN THIS HEMISPHERE -- PEOPLE HAVE DEFEATED, THROUGH
PEACEFUL MEANS, DICTATORSHIPS THAT PROMISED FREEDOM AND
PROGRESS -- BUT DELIVERED ONLY POVERTY AND REPRESSION.
/ THE TRIUMPH IS FAR FROM UNIVERSAL. THERE ARE STILL
THOSE WHO RULE THROUGH FORCE AND TERROR. /
- 10 -
BUT THE EVENTS OF THIS PAST YEAR HAVE BEEN CLEAR: THE
FUTURE BELONGS NOT TO THE DWINDLING RANKS OF THE
WORLD'S DICTATORS, BUT TO DEMOCRACY -- THE MILLIONS OF
FRIENDS OF FREEDOM THE WORLD OVER. //
MR. MANDELA, YOU SAID MANY YEARS AGO -- BEFORE THE
FIRST OF YOUR 10,000 DAYS IN PRISON -- THAT THERE IS
"NO EASY WALK TO FREEDOM." YOUR YEARS OF SUFFERING --
YOUR NATION'S SUFFERING -- HAVE BORNE THAT OUT.
- 11 -
BUT JUST AS, THIS PAST YEAR, so MANY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
IN EASTERN EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE TASTED FREEDOM -- SO
Too, SOUTH AFRICA'S TIME WILL COME. //
As MARTIN LUTHER KING SAID ON THE STEPS OF THE
LINCOLN MEMORIAL: "WE CANNOT WALK ALONE." / MR.
MANDELA, WE HERE IN AMERICA WALK IN SOLIDARITY WITH ALL
SOUTH AFRICANS WHO SEEK THROUGH NON-VIOLENT MEANS
DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS -- AND FREEDOM. //
- 12 -
ONCE AGAIN, IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME YOU TO
THE WHITE HOUSE. AND MAY GOD BLESS ALL THE PEOPLE OF
SOUTH AFRICA.
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Comments on Mandela Arrival Statement
Methinks it is a little long. Can't we
tighten it up by at least 2/3rds of a
page.
When we talk about peaceful change aren't
there some words used by Mandela about
"throwing weapons into the sea".
On page two para.4 --- some language as follows:
" The United States, commited to the concept
of free market economies private investment, is ready
to do its part etc etc."
there may be
a better word than investment but 1 want ot be sure
the world knows we are not interested in seeing
South Africa move towards state ownership of
services or manufacturing
One too many"God Blesses"- just bless people of S.A.
GB
GB
FAX to:
Brent, Jim C.
McGroarty/Dooley
June 22, 1990
3:00 pm
[MANDELA]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR THE VISIT OF
NELSON MANDELA
SOUTH LAWN
JUNE 25, 1990
10:35 AM
Welcome, all of you. / It is my great pleasure today to
welcome to the White House a man who embodies the hopes of
millions: 11 Nelson Mandela. 11
In our meetings this morning, Mr. Mandela and I will speak
about the future of South Africa. It is my hope that these will
be productive discussions, discussions that will contribute to
positive change -- toward true democracy, and the dismantling --
once and for all -- of apartheid. 11
We meet at a time of transition for South Africa. We
applaud the recent steps President De Klerk and the Government of
South Africa have taken to expand the rights and freedoms of all
South Africans. / These are positive developments -- steps
toward the fully free and democratic future we all wish to see
for the people of South Africa. /
In order for progress to continue, we must see on all sides
a clear commitment to change. All parties must seize the
opportunity to move ahead, in a spirit of compromise, tolerance,
flexibility and patience. 11 And from all parties -- we look
for a clear and unequivocal commitment to negotiations leading to
peaceful change. 11 I call on all elements in South African
2
society to renounce the use of violence and armed struggle.
Break free from the cycle of repression and violent reaction that
breeds nothing but more fear and suffering for South Africa. In
the words of the great Martin Luther King, "Let us not seek to
satisfy our thirst for freedom, by drinking from the cup of
bitterness and hatred." 11
Mr. Mandela, in the eyes of your countrymen and around the
world, you stand against apartheid -- against a system that bases
the rights and freedoms of citizenship on the color of one's
skin. That system is repugnant to the conscience of men and
women everywhere -- repugnant to the ideals we in America hold
dear.
No system that denies the rights that belong to each and
every individual can endure forever. / Apartheid must end. 11
The United States is ready to do its part to encourage rapid
and peaceful change toward political and economic freedom. We
will continue our $30 million dollar aid program to help
disenfranchised South Africans complete their studies, and build
leadership skills. And we will soon add another $10 million
dollars to assist the process of democratization in South Africa.
11 We will continue to urge American firms doing business in
South Africa to play a progressive role in training and
empowering blacks, and building a foundation for future
prosperity. 11
But while the reform process has moved forward, apartheid
remains a reality -- and genuine democracy a dream. 11 Until
3
this changes, restrictions and sanctions will continue. 11 Our
sanctions have been designed to support change. When the
conditions laid down in our law have been met, we will consider
whether a change in course will promote further progress, through
peaceful negotiations. 11
Mr. Mandela, we in this country support the struggle against
apartheid. America has fought its own battles to uphold the
standard of equal rights. Our Revolution gave birth to a
Constitutional democracy -- providing for majority rule and
minority rights. But as a nation half-slave and half-free, we
fought a bloody civil war. / A century later, we waged a new
struggle -- the long battle for the very soul of a nation. From
the jail cells in Birmingham -- to the streets of Selma -- to the
steps, not so very far from where we stand, of the monument of
the Great Emancipator.
And it was here, of course, at the White House that Lincoln
signed the Emancipation Proclamation -- that "great beacon light
of hope." In the room where this historic document was signed -
- even now -- we feel the power of the undeniable truth that
guided Lincoln's hand: that all men must be free. 11
In this past year, freedom has made great gains. A terrible
chapter of oppression has ended for millions of men and women.
In Eastern Europe -- here in this hemisphere -- people have
defeated, through peaceful means, a cruel ideology that promised
freedom and progress -- but delivered only poverty and
repression. / The triumph is far from universal. There are
4
still those who rule through force and terror. / But the events
of this past year have been clear: The future belongs not to the
dwindling ranks of the world's dictators, but to democracy -- the
millions of friends of freedom the world over. 11
Mr. Mandela, you said many years ago -- before the first of
your 10,000 days in prison -- that there is "no easy walk to
freedom." / Your years of suffering -- your nation's suffering
have borne that out. But just as, this past year, so many
millions of people in Eastern Europe and here in this hemisphere
tasted freedom -- so too, South Africa's time will come. 11
As Martin Luther King said on the steps of the Lincoln
Memorial: "We cannot walk alone." / Mr. Mandela, we here in
America walk in solidarity with all South Africans who seek
democracy, human rights -- and freedom. 11
Once again, it is my privilege to welcome you to Washington,
and to the White House. and may God bless all
the people of South Africa.
# # #
3
this changes, restrictions and sanctions will continue. 11 Our
sanctions have been designed to support change. When the
conditions laid down in our law have been met, we will consider
whether a change in course will promote further progress, through
peaceful negotiations. 11
Mr. Mandela, we in this country support the struggle against
apartheid. America has fought its own battles to uphold the
standard of equal rights. Our Revolution gave birth to a
Constitutional democracy -- providing for majority rule and
minority rights. But as a nation half-slave and half-free, we
fought a bloody civil war. / A century later, we waged a new
struggle -- the long battle for the very soul of a nation. From
the jail cells in Birmingham -- to the streets of Selma -- to the
steps, not so very far from where we stand, of the monument of
the Great Emancipator.
And it was here, of course, at the White House that Lincoln
signed the Emancipation Proclamation -- that "great beacon light
of hope." In the room where this historic document was signed -
- even now -- we feel the power of the undeniable truth that
guided Lincoln's hand: that all men must be free. 11
In this past year, freedom has made great gains. A terrible
chapter of oppression has ended for millions of men and women.
In Eastern Europe -- here in this hemisphere -- people have
defeated, through peaceful means, a cruel ideology that promised
freedom and progress -- but delivered only poverty and
repression. / The triumph is far from universal. There are
4
still those who rule through force and terror. / But the events
of this past year have been clear: The future belongs not to the
dwindling ranks of the world's dictators, but to democracy -- the
millions of friends of freedom the world over. 11
Mr. Mandela, you said many years ago -- before the first of
your 10,000 days in prison -- that there is "no easy walk to
freedom. " / Your years of suffering -- your nation's suffering
-- have borne that out. But just as, this past year, SQ many
millions of people in Eastern Europe and here in this hemisphere
tasted freedom -- so too, South Africa's time will come. 11
As Martin Luther King said on the steps of the Lincoln
Memorial: "We cannot walk alone." / Mr. Mandela, we here in
America walk in solidarity with all South Africans who seek
democracy, human rights -- and freedom. 11
Once again, it is my privilege to welcome you to Washington,
and to the White House. God and may God bless all
the people of South Africa.
# # #
McGroarty/Dooley
June 22, 1990
3:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR THE VISIT OF
NELSON MANDELA
SOUTH LAWN
JUNE 25, 1990
10:35 AM
Welcome, all of you. / It is my great pleasure today to
welcome to the White House a man who embodies the hopes of
millions: // Nelson Mandela. //
In our meetings this morning, Mr. Mandela and I will speak
about the future of South Africa. It is my hope that these will
be productive discussions, discussions that will contribute to
positive change -- toward true democracy, and the dismantling --
once and for all -- of apartheid. //
We meet at a time of transition for South Africa. We
applaud the recent steps President De Klerk and the Government of
South Africa have taken to expand the rights and freedoms of all
South Africans. / These are positive developments -- steps
toward the fully free and democratic future we all wish to see
for the people of South Africa. /
In order for progress to continue, we must see on all sides
a clear commitment to change. All parties must seize the
opportunity to move ahead, in a spirit of compromise, tolerance,
flexibility and patience. And from all parties -- we look for a
clear and unequivocal commitment to negotiations leading to
peaceful change. // I call on all elements in South African
society to renounce the use of violence and armed struggle. 11
2
Break free from the cycle of repression and violent reaction that
breeds nothing but more fear and suffering. In the words of the
great Martin Luther King, "Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst
for freedom, by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred."
Mr. Mandela, in the eyes of millions around the world, you
stand against apartheid -- against a system that bases the rights
and freedoms of citizenship on the color of one's skin. That
system is repugnant to the conscience of men and women everywhere
-- repugnant to the ideals we in America hold dear. //
No system that denies the rights that belong to each and
every individual can endure forever.
/
Apartheid must end.
//
The U.S. -- commited to the concept of the free market and a
productive private sector -- is ready to do its part to encourage
rapid and peaceful change toward political and economic freedom.
We will continue to urge American firms doing business in South
Africa to play a progressive role in training and empowering
blacks, and building a foundation for future prosperity. //
But while the reform process has moved forward, apartheid
remains a reality -- and genuine democracy a dream. // Our
sanctions have been designed to support change. / When the
conditions laid down in our law have been met, we will consider -
- in consultation with the Congress -- whether a change in course
will promote further progress, through peaceful negotiations. 11
Mr. Mandela, for two centuries, America has fought its own
battles to promote the standard of equal rights. // It was here
at the White House, in the midst of the Civil War, that Lincoln
3
signed the Emancipation Proclamation -- that "great beacon light
of hope." And in the room where this historic document was
signed -- even now -- we feel the power of the undeniable truth
that guided Lincoln's hand: that all men must be free. //
In this past year, freedom has made great gains. A terrible
chapter of oppression has ended for millions of men and women.
In Eastern Europe, in Asia, and here in this hemisphere -- people
have defeated, through peaceful means, dictatorships that
promised freedom and progress -- but delivered only poverty and
repression. / The triumph is far from universal. There are
still those who rule through force and terror. / But the events
of this past year have been clear: The future belongs not to the
dwindling ranks of the world's dictators, but to democracy -- the
millions of friends of freedom the world over. 11
Mr. Mandela, you said many years ago -- before the first of
your 10,000 days in prison -- that there is "no easy walk to
freedom." Your years of suffering -- your nation's suffering --
have borne that out. But just as, this past year, so many
millions of people in Eastern Europe and elsewhere tasted freedom
-- so too, South Africa's time will come. //
As Martin Luther King said on the steps of the Lincoln
Memorial: "We cannot walk alone." / Mr. Mandela, we here in
America walk in solidarity with all South Africans who seek
democracy, human rights -- and freedom. 11
Once again, it is my privilege to welcome you to the White
House. And may God bless all the people of South Africa.
ARRIVAL FOR NELSON MANDELA / SOUTH LAWN
JUNE 25, 1990 / 10:35 AM
WELCOME, ALL OF YOU. / IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE
TODAY TO WELCOME TO THE WHITE HOUSE A MAN WHO EMBODIES
THE HOPES OF MILLIONS: // NELSON MANDELA. //
IN OUR MEETINGS THIS MORNING, MR. MANDELA AND I
WILL SPEAK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF SOUTH AFRICA.
- 2 -
IT IS MY HOPE THAT THESE WILL BE PRODUCTIVE
DISCUSSIONS, DISCUSSIONS THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
POSITIVE CHANGE -- TOWARD TRUE DEMOCRACY, AND THE
DISMANTLING -- ONCE AND FOR ALL -- OF APARTHEID. //
WE MEET AT A TIME OF TRANSITION FOR SOUTH AFRICA.
WE APPLAUD THE RECENT STEPS PRESIDENT DE KLERK AND THE
GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA HAVE TAKEN TO EXPAND THE
RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF ALL SOUTH AFRICANS. /
- 3 -
THESE ARE POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS -- STEPS TOWARD THE
FULLY FREE AND DEMOCRATIC FUTURE WE ALL WISH To SEE FOR
THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH AFRICA. /
IN ORDER FOR PROGRESS TO CONTINUE, WE MUST SEE ON
ALL SIDES A CLEAR COMMITMENT TO CHANGE. ALL PARTIES
MUST SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY To MOVE AHEAD, IN A SPIRIT
OF COMPROMISE, TOLERANCE, FLEXIBILITY AND PATIENCE.
AND FROM ALL PARTIES -- WE LOOK FOR A CLEAR AND
UNEQUIVOCAL COMMITMENT TO NEGOTIATIONS LEADING To
PEACEFUL CHANGE. //
- 4 -
I CALL ON ALL ELEMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIETY TO
RENOUNCE THE USE OF VIOLENCE AND ARMED STRUGGLE. //
BREAK FREE FROM THE CYCLE OF REPRESSION AND VIOLENT
REACTION THAT BREEDS NOTHING BUT MORE FEAR AND
SUFFERING. IN THE WORDS OF THE GREAT MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR., "LET US NOT SEEK TO SATISFY OUR THIRST FOR
FREEDOM, BY DRINKING FROM THE CUP OF BITTERNESS AND
HATRED." "
- 5 -
MR. MANDELA, IN THE EYES OF MILLIONS AROUND THE
WORLD, YOU STAND AGAINST APARTHEID -- AGAINST A SYSTEM
THAT BASES THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF CITIZENSHIP ON
THE COLOR OF ONE'S SKIN. THAT SYSTEM IS REPUGNANT To
THE CONSCIENCE OF MEN AND WOMEN EVERYWHERE -- REPUGNANT
TO THE IDEALS WE IN AMERICA HOLD DEAR. //
No SYSTEM THAT DENIES THE RIGHTS THAT BELONG TO
EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL CAN ENDURE FOREVER. /
APARTHEID MUST END. //
- 6 -
THE U.S. -- COMMITED To THE CONCEPT OF THE FREE
MARKET AND A PRODUCTIVE PRIVATE SECTOR -- IS READY TO
DO ITS PART TO ENCOURAGE RAPID AND PEACEFUL CHANGE
TOWARD POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM. WE WILL
CONTINUE TO URGE AMERICAN FIRMS DOING BUSINESS IN SOUTH
AFRICA TO PLAY A PROGRESSIVE ROLE IN TRAINING AND
EMPOWERING BLACKS, AND BUILDING A FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE
PROSPERITY. //
- 7 -
BUT WHILE THE REFORM PROCESS HAS MOVED FORWARD,
APARTHEID REMAINS A REALITY -- AND GENUINE DEMOCRACY A
DREAM. // OUR SANCTIONS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED To SUPPORT
CHANGE. / WHEN THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN OUR LAW
HAVE BEEN MET, WE WILL CONSIDER -- IN CONSULTATION WITH
THE CONGRESS -- WHETHER A CHANGE IN COURSE WILL PROMOTE
FURTHER PROGRESS, THROUGH PEACEFUL NEGOTIATIONS. //
- 8 -
MR. MANDELA, WE IN THIS COUNTRY SUPPORT THE
STRUGGLE AGAINST APARTHEID. FOR TWO CENTURIES, AMERICA
HAS FOUGHT ITS OWN BATTLES TO PROMOTE THE STANDARD OF
EQUAL RIGHTS. // IT WAS HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE, IN
THE MIDST OF THE CIVIL WAR, THAT LINCOLN SIGNED THE
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION -- THAT "GREAT BEACON LIGHT
OF HOPE." AND IN THE ROOM WHERE THIS HISTORIC DOCUMENT
WAS SIGNED -- EVEN NOW -- WE FEEL THE POWER OF THE
UNDENIABLE TRUTH THAT GUIDED LINCOLN'S HAND: THAT ALL
MEN MUST BE FREE. //
- 9 -
IN THIS PAST YEAR, FREEDOM HAS MADE GREAT GAINS. A
TERRIBLE CHAPTER OF OPPRESSION HAS ENDED FOR MILLIONS
OF MEN AND WOMEN. IN EASTERN EUROPE, IN ASIA, AND HERE
IN THIS HEMISPHERE -- PEOPLE HAVE DEFEATED, THROUGH
PEACEFUL MEANS, DICTATORSHIPS THAT PROMISED FREEDOM AND
PROGRESS -- BUT DELIVERED ONLY POVERTY AND REPRESSION.
/ THE TRIUMPH IS FAR FROM UNIVERSAL. THERE ARE STILL
THOSE WHO RULE THROUGH FORCE AND TERROR. /
- 10 -
BUT THE EVENTS OF THIS PAST YEAR HAVE BEEN CLEAR: THE
FUTURE BELONGS NOT TO THE DWINDLING RANKS OF THE
WORLD'S DICTATORS, BUT TO DEMOCRACY -- THE MILLIONS OF
FRIENDS OF FREEDOM THE WORLD OVER. //
MR. MANDELA, YOU SAID MANY YEARS AGO -- BEFORE THE
FIRST OF YOUR 10,000 DAYS IN PRISON -- THAT THERE IS
"NO EASY WALK TO FREEDOM." YOUR YEARS OF SUFFERING --
YOUR NATION'S SUFFERING -- HAVE BORNE THAT OUT.
- 11 -
BUT JUST AS, THIS PAST YEAR, so MANY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
IN EASTERN EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE TASTED FREEDOM -- so
Too, SOUTH AFRICA'S TIME WILL COME. //
As MARTIN LUTHER KING SAID ON THE STEPS OF THE
LINCOLN MEMORIAL: "WE CANNOT WALK ALONE." / MR.
MANDELA, WE HERE IN AMERICA WALK IN SOLIDARITY WITH ALL
SOUTH AFRICANS WHO SEEK THROUGH NON-VIOLENT MEANS
DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS -- AND FREEDOM. //
- 12 -
ONCE AGAIN, IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME YOU TO
THE WHITE HOUSE. AND MAY GOD BLESS ALL THE PEOPLE OF
SOUTH AFRICA.
# # #
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SUBJECT:
NELSON MANDELA VISIT
I. SUMMARY
On Monday, June 25, at 10:30 in the morning, you will
participate in a welcoming ceremony for Nelson Mandela. The
ceremony will take place on the South Lawn.
II. DISCUSSION
The remarks discuss the United States' desire to see
apartheid end, and affirms that sanctions will remain in
place until more progress is made toward this goal.
# # #
McGroarty/Dooley
June 22, 1990
3:00 pm
[MANDELA]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR THE VISIT OF
NELSON MANDELA
SOUTH LAWN
JUNE 25, 1990
10:35 AM
Welcome, all of you. / It is my great pleasure today to
welcome to the White House a man who embodies the hopes of
millions: // Nelson Mandela. //
In our meetings this morning, Mr. Mandela and I will speak
about the future of South Africa. It is my hope that these will
be productive discussions, discussions that will contribute to
positive change -- toward true democracy, and the dismantling --
once and for all -- of apartheid. //
We meet at a time of transition for South Africa. We
applaud the recent steps President De Klerk and the Government of
South Africa have taken to expand the rights and freedoms of all
South Africans. / These are positive developments -- steps
toward the fully free and democratic future we all wish to see
for the people of South Africa. /
In order for progress to continue, we must see on all sides
a clear commitment to change. All parties must seize the
opportunity to move ahead, in a spirit of compromise, tolerance,
flexibility and patience. // And from all parties -- we look
for a clear and unequivocal commitment to negotiations leading to
peaceful change. // I call on all elements in South African
2
society to renounce the use of violence and armed struggle.
Break free from the cycle of repression and violent reaction that
breeds nothing but more fear and suffering for South Africa. In
the words of the great Martin Luther King, "Let us not seek to
satisfy our thirst for freedom, by drinking from the cup of
bitterness and hatred." 11
Mr. Mandela, in the eyes of your countrymen and around the
world, you stand against apartheid -- against a system that bases
the rights and freedoms of citizenship on the color of one's
skin. That system is repugnant to the conscience of men and
women everywhere -- repugnant to the ideals we in America hold
dear.
No system that denies the rights that belong to each and
every individual can endure forever. / Apartheid must end. //
The United States is ready to do its part to encourage rapid
and peaceful change toward political and economic freedom.
We
will continue our $30 million dollar aid program to help
disenfranchised South Africans complete their studies, and build
leadership skills. And we will soon add another $10 million
dollars to assist the process of democratization in South Africa
We will continue to urge American firms doing business in
South Africa to play a progressive role in training and
empowering blacks, and building a foundation for future
prosperity. //
But while the reform process has moved forward, apartheid
remains a reality -- and genuine democracy a dream.
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the Great Emancipator.
And it was here, of course, at the White House that Lincoln
signed the Emancipation Proclamation -- that "great beacon light
of hope." In the room where this historic document was signed -
- even now -- we feel the power of the undeniable truth that
guided Lincoln's hand: that all men must be free. //
In this past year, freedom has made great gains. A terrible
chapter of oppression has ended for millions of men and women.
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defeated, through peaceful means, a dectatorships cruel ideology that promised
freedom and progress but delivered only poverty and
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millions of friends of freedom the world over. //
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Mr. Mandela, you said many years ago -- before the first of
your 10,000 days in prison -- that there is "no easy walk to
freedom." / Your years of suffering -- your nation's suffering
-- have borne that out. But just as, this past year, so many
millions of people in Eastern Europe and here in this hemisphere
tasted freedom -- so too, South Africa's time will come. //
As Martin Luther King said on the steps of the Lincoln
Memorial: "We cannot walk alone." / Mr. Mandela, we here in
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June 22, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
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CHRISS WINSTON cw
FROM:
DAN MCGROARTY Dur
SUBJECT:
NELSON MANDELA VISIT
I. SUMMARY
On Monday, June 25, at 10:30 in the morning, you will
participate in a welcoming ceremony for Nelson Mandela. The
ceremony will take place on the South Lawn.
II. DISCUSSION
The remarks discuss the United States' desire to see
apartheid end, and affirms that sanctions will remain in
place until more progress is made toward this goal.
###
McGroarty/Dooley
June 22, 1990
3:00 pm
[MANDELA]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR THE VISIT OF
NELSON MANDELA
SOUTH LAWN
JUNE 25, 1990
10:35 AM
Welcome, all of you. / It is my great pleasure today to
welcome to the White House a man who embodies the hopes of
millions: // Nelson Mandela. //
In our meetings this morning, Mr. Mandela and I will speak
about the future of South Africa. It is my hope that these will
be productive discussions, discussions that will contribute to
positive change -- toward true democracy, and the dismantling --
once and for all -- of apartheid. //
We meet at a time of transition for South Africa. We
applaud the recent steps President De Klerk and the Government of
South Africa have taken to expand the rights and freedoms of all
South Africans. / These are positive developments -- steps
toward the fully free and democratic future we all wish to see
for the people of South Africa. /
In order for progress to continue, we must see on all sides
a clear commitment to change. All parties must seize the
opportunity to move ahead, in a spirit of compromise, tolerance,
flexibility and patience. // And from all parties -- we look
for a clear and unequivocal commitment to negotiations leading to
peaceful change. // I call on all elements in South African
2
society to renounce the use of violence and armed struggle.
Break free from the cycle of repression and violent reaction that
breeds nothing but more fear and suffering for South Africa. In
the words of the great Martin Luther King, "Let us not seek to
satisfy our thirst for freedom, by drinking from the cup of
bitterness and hatred." //
Mr. Mandela, in the eyes of your countrymen and around the
world, you stand against apartheid -- against a system that bases
the rights and freedoms of citizenship on the color of one's
skin. That system is repugnant to the conscience of men and
women everywhere -- repugnant to the ideals we in America hold
dear.
No system that denies the rights that belong to each and
every individual can endure forever. / Apartheid must end. //
The United States is ready to do its part to encourage rapid
and peaceful change toward political and economic freedom. We
will continue our $30 million dollar aid program to help
disenfranchised South Africans complete their studies, and build
leadership skills. And we will soon add another $10 million
dollars to assist the process of democratization in South Africa.
// We will continue to urge American firms doing business in
South Africa to play a progressive role in training and
empowering blacks, and building a foundation for future
prosperity. //
But while the reform process has moved forward, apartheid
remains a reality -- and genuine democracy a dream. // Until
3
this changes, restrictions and sanctions will continue. // Our
sanctions have been designed to support change. When the
conditions laid down in our law have been met, we will consider
whether a change in course will promote further progress, through
peaceful negotiations. //
Mr. Mandela, we in this country support the struggle against
apartheid. America has fought its own battles to uphold the
standard of equal rights. Our Revolution gave birth to a
Constitutional democracy -- providing for majority rule and
minority rights. But as a nation half-slave and half-free, we
fought a bloody civil war. / A century later, we waged a new
struggle -- the long battle for the very soul of a nation. From
the jail cells in Birmingham -- to the streets of Selma -- to the
steps, not so very far from where we stand, of the monument of
the Great Emancipator.
And it was here, of course, at the White House that Lincoln
signed the Emancipation Proclamation -- that "great beacon light
of hope." In the room where this historic document was signed -
- even now -- we feel the power of the undeniable truth that
guided Lincoln's hand: that all men must be free. //
In this past year, freedom has made great gains. A terrible
chapter of oppression has ended for millions of men and women.
In Eastern Europe -- here in this hemisphere -- people have
defeated, through peaceful means, a cruel ideology that promised
freedom and progress -- but delivered only poverty and
repression. / The triumph is far from universal. There are
4
still those who rule through force and terror. / But the events
of this past year have been clear: The future belongs not to the
dwindling ranks of the world's dictators, but to democracy -- the
millions of friends of freedom the world over. 11
Mr. Mandela, you said many years ago -- before the first of
your 10,000 days in prison -- that there is "no easy walk to
freedom." / Your years of suffering -- your nation's suffering
-- have borne that out. But just as, this past year, so many
millions of people in Eastern Europe and here in this hemisphere
tasted freedom -- so too, South Africa's time will come. //
As Martin Luther King said on the steps of the Lincoln
Memorial: "We cannot walk alone." / Mr. Mandela, we here in
America walk in solidarity with all South Africans who seek
democracy, human rights -- and freedom. 11
Once again, it is my privilege to welcome you to Washington,
and to the White House. God bless you -- and may God bless all
the people of South Africa.
# # #