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TOAST FOR PRIME MINISTER ANTALL \ THE STATE DINING ROOM
THURSDAY, OCT. 18, 1990 \ 7:15 P.M.
MR. PRIME MINISTER, MRS. ANTALL, MY HUNGARIAN AND
AMERICAN FRIENDS: IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE AND AN HONOR
FOR BARBARA AND ME TO WELCOME YOU TO THE WHITE HOUSE
TONIGHT.
THAT GREAT POET OF HUNGARY'S 1848 REVOLUTION,
SANDOR PETOFI [SHAHN-DOOR PET-TOE-FEE], ONCE WROTE:
"LET ME ADDRESS YOU IN THE NAME OF MILLIONS."
- 2 -
AND so TONIGHT, MR. PRIME MINISTER, LET ME GREET YOU IN
THE NAME OF MILLIONS WHO CONVEY THEIR WARMEST WELCOME:
THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
As I LOOK AROUND THIS ROOM, I SEE WHY AMERICANS
FEEL so ENRICHED BY OUR LONG FRIENDSHIP WITH THE
HUNGARIAN PEOPLE. WE SEE THIS KINSHIP IN THE NEARLY
TWO MILLION AMERICANS OF HUNGARIAN DESCENT. IN GIANTS
LIKE NUCLEAR SCIENTIST EDWARD TELLER.
- 3 -
OR CONDUCTOR EUGENE ORMANDY, WHO PROVED THAT MUSIC IS
"THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE." OR COLONEL KOVATS [KO-VACH],
WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR AMERICA'S STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM
DURING OUR OWN REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
BUT THIS KINSHIP ISN'T ONE-WAY: AMERICANS ADMIRE
HUNGARIANS WHOSE DEEDS so INSPIRE US. HEROES LIKE THE
GREAT FOUNDER OF THE HUNGARIAN STATE, ST. STEPHEN, AND
GREAT COMPOSERS LIKE LISZT AND BARTOK. OR HUNGARY'S
MANY WINNERS OF NOBEL PRIZES AND OLYMPIC MEDALS.
- 4 -
OR THAT GREAT PATRIOT JANOS HUNYADI [YAHN-ōSH HOON-
YAH-DEE], WHO MORE THAN FIVE CENTURIES AGO STOPPED A
FOREIGN INVASION. IN HIS HONOR, THE POPE ORDERED EACH
CATHOLIC CHURCH IN EUROPE TO RING ITS BELL AT MID-DAY.
AND SINCE THEN, CATHOLIC CHURCH BELLS ALL OVER THE
WORLD RING PRECISELY AT NOON.
HEROES, YES -- AMERICAN, HUNGARIAN. TODAY, MORE
THAN EVER, THIS KINSHIP BINDS THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED
STATES AND HUNGARY.
- 5 -
OUR NATIONS ARE LINKED BY MANY THINGS: HARD WORK, THE
ROLE OF COMMUNITY, RELIGIOUS DEVOTION, A FIERCE LOVE OF
FREEDOM. AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS,
YOUR GALLANTRY HAS EVOKED OUR ADMIRATION. YOUR EXAMPLE
HAS BEEN OUR INSPIRATION.
WHEN WE WERE IN BUDAPEST LAST YEAR, I WAS GIVEN A
PIECE OF THE IRON CURTAIN. I KEEP IT AS A STARK SYMBOL
OF HUNGARY'S COURAGEOUS DECISION TO OPEN ITS BORDERS,
UNLEASHING A FORCE THAT HELPED TRANSFORM EUROPE AND
EVENTUALLY BROUGHT DOWN THE BERLIN WALL.
- 6 -
IF LAJOS Kossuth [LOY-OSH KO-SHOOT] COULD BE WITH
US HERE TONIGHT, HE WOULD SEE THAT HIS DREAM OF A FREE
AND DEMOCRATIC HUNGARY HAS BEEN FULFILLED. AND HE
WOULD SEE THAT THIS NEW DAY IN HUNGARY'S HISTORY IS THE
RESULT OF THE HUNGARIAN PEOPLE'S DETERMINATION TO LIVE
IN FREEDOM. YOUR PRESENCE HERE TONIGHT, MR. PRIME
MINISTER, BEARS TESTIMONY TO HUNGARY'S NEW ROLE AS A
SOVEREIGN MEMBER OF THE NEW, AND GROWING, PARTNERSHIP
OF NATIONS. THE DARKNESS LIFTS. THE BELL RESOUNDS.
- 7 -
THE LIGHT GROWS BRIGHTER BY THE DAY. AND so, MR. PRIME
MINISTER, LET US RAISE OUR GLASSES, AND LET US RAISE
WHAT KOSSUTH [KO-SHOOT] CALLED "THE MORNING STAR OF
LIBERTY." GOD BLESS YOU -- AND AS YOUR NATIONAL ANTHEM
PROCLAIMS so UNFORGETTABLY, "God BLESS THE HUNGARIANS."
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
90 OCTINA9: 53
October 10, 1990
TO:
SPEECHWRITING
EAST WING PRESS OFFICE
FM:
CATHY FENTON, SOCIAL OFFICE
RE:
BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON ENTERTAINER
FOR OCTOBER 18 STATE DINNER FOR P.M.
ANTALL OF HUNGARY
I am forwarding updated background material on
the entertainer for the state dinner next week.
(Pianist Van Cliburn)
Thank you remarks should be prepared for the
President to make after Mr. Cliburn's performance.
Please copy us with your draft.
Many thanks.
CC: Laurie Firestone
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Van Cliburn is especially delighted to have the opportunity
to play for the Prime Minister of Hungary, since his musical
roots go deep into that country. His mother, Rildia Bee
O'Bryan Cliburn, was a pupil of Arthur Friedheim, who in
turn was a pupil, confidant, and private secretary for Franz
Liszt, SO she is considered a musical grandchild of Liszt.
In fact, Mr. Cliburn recently established a Rildia Bee
O'Bryan Cliburn scholarship at the Franz Liszt Academy in
Budapest and a corresponding Franz Liszt scholarship at
Texas Christian University. In addition, Fort Worth, Texas,
where Van Cliburn makes his home, and Budapest, Hungary, are
sister cities with strong cultural and economic ties and a
deep bond of friendship.
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VAN CLIBURN
International superstar Van Cliburn, on sabbatical from 1978 to 1987, resumed his full-fledged
concert career with a performance with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Mann Music Center in June of
1989.
Prior to his concert at the Mann Music Center, Mr. Cliburn performed at the White House
State Dinner honoring the Soviet Union's General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev in December of 1987
and at the dedication of the Bob Hope Cultural Center, Palm Springs, California, in 1988.
On July 2, 1989, thirty-one years after his triumph at the First Tchaikovsky International Piano
Competition, Van Cliburn appeared in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. John Ardoin,
Music Critic of the Dallas Morning News, observed that "the expectations of the capacity audiences -
plus dozens standing and sitting in the aisles - seemed almost too much. The audience wanted him to
live up to the legend he became in the Soviet Union during his four previous concert tours. He did not
disappoint. Not only did he give substance to the legend, he also enlarged on it. Every page of the two
concertos (Liszt First Concerto and the Tchaikovsky First Concerto) was streaked with the sort of
freedom of phrase, freshness and vivid imagination that comes only from a major musician at the
zenith of his powers."
During his return to the Soviet Union, the Moscow Conservatory awarded Mr. Cliburn a Master
of Fine Arts Degree on July 12, 1989.
In the midst of Mr. Cliburn's return to the concert stage, BMG Classics reissued eight recordings
entitled the Van Cliburn Collection on its RCA Victor label. In addition, RCA reissued on compact disc
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Mr. Cliburn's two classic recordings . Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with Kiril Kondrashin
and Rachmaninoffs Piano Concert No. 2 with Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and
Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Symphony of the Air conducted by Kondrashin and
the Prokofiev Concerto No. 3 with Walter Hendl and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
During the 1990-1991 season, Van Cliburn will appear at Carnegie Hall, the Lied Center for
Performing Arts with the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra in Lincoln, Nebraska, and at the Tilles Center
for the Performing Arts with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. His concert at the Tilles Center
marks the first time he has appeared in the United States with a Soviet orchestra since an appearance at
Carnegie Hall in 1970.
Last season, Mr. Cliburn performed with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the dedication
of their new home, Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center on September 8, 1989.
Van Cliburn, at 23, skyrocketed to fame in 1958 as winner of the First Tchaikovsky
Competition in Moscow. He made front-page news worldwide and his triumph was hailed by
millions.
Upon his return to the United States, Van Cliburn became the only classical music artist to
be honored with a tickertape parade in New York City. He returned to the Soviet Union at the invitation
of Premier Krushchev to perform a series of concerts there. Meanwhile, in the United States, his
recording of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 was the first classical album to go platinum, selling
one million copies. An international hero, Van Cliburn introduced millions to the beauty of classical
music.
Van Cliburn's remarkable achievement stirred tremendous excitement within and outside
music circles. President Eisenhower asked to meet him. Thousands of admirers turned out for the
tickertape parade. His first concert after his return from Moscow prompted the New York Times to
note, "the pianist has lived up to expectations, something that hardly seemed possible after SO great a
build-up."
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His concert calendar filled up overnight, his performances drew record-breaking crowd and his
recordings were all best sellers.
Annual world tours and rigorous recording schedules followed. Still, Van Cliburn gave
his name, talents and energies to establishing the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition,
first held in 1962, a living legacy to Van Cliburn's commitment to aiding the development of
young artists.
In 1987, Van Cliburn moved to Fort Worth, Texas, home of the international competition
named in his honor.
The Tchaikovsky Competition, however, was not Van Cliburn's first contest victory. He
won the prestigious Edgar M. Leventritt Foundation Award in 1954, granting him the opportunity
to play in concert with the New York Philharmonic and four other major American orchestras.
Mr. Cliburn was the first winner since 1949. (Although Leventritt was held annually, no prize
was awarded unless the judges considered a candidate worthy.)
His debut with the New York Philharmonic, playing the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1,
brought cheers from the audience and seven curtain calls at the end of the performance.
As a student at The Juilliard School, Van Cliburn won numerous honors. Several years
earlier, at age 12, he won first prize in a statewide competition for young pianists in Texas. He
was awarded an engagement with the Houston Symphony, marking his orchestral debut. The
following year he appeared for the first time at Carnegie Hall after winning the National Music
Festival Award.
Over the many years that his concert career has spanned, Van Cliburn has consistently
recognized the need to nurture the careers of aspiring young artists. He has provided scholarships at
The Juilliard School, Cincinnati Conservatory, Texas Christian University, Louisiana State University,
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the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, the Moscow Conservatory and the Leningrad Conservatory, to
name but a few. He has served for many years on the Board of Trustees for Interlochen Arts Academy
where he established scholarships and built the Van Cliburn Scholarship Lodge whose rental fees
generate additional funds for scholarships.
In recognition of both his outstanding concert career and contributions to education and the
development of young talent, Mr. Clibum has received honorary degrees from Baylor University,
Loyola University, Texas Christian University and Michigan State University, among others.
Mr. Cliburn was born in Shreveport, Louisianna, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Lavan
Cliburn. From the age of three, he studied piano with his mother, Rildia Bee O'Bryan Cliburn, a
pupil of Arthur Friedheim who was a pupil of Franz Liszt. At four he played in public, and
by the time he was six, it was obvious he was destined for a concert career. His mother continued to be
his only teacher until he entered The Juilliard School at age 17.
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other machinery
CLIBURN, VAN (HARVEY LAVAN,
in Canada were
JR.) July 12, 1934- Pianist
ut the mission"
Address: h. 205 W. 57th St., New York 19;
" Night, January
b. Columbia Artists Management, Inc., 113 W.
57th St., New York 19
released in April
n will not win a
"The impact of Van Cliburn's triumph in the
mport market un-
Moscow International Tchaikovsky Competition
ve delivery time,
goes far beyond music and himself as an in-
industry provide
dividual, and is a dramatic testimonial to Amer-
U.S. competition
ican culture with his two hands Van Cli-
and Mail, April
burn struck a chord which has resounded
around the world, raising our prestige with
artists and music-lovers everywhere." These
forecast released
were the words of New York City's Mayor
1957 noted that
Robert F. Wagner as he greeted the young
ad reduced taxes,
Texan concert pianist, Van Cliburn, with an
fits, lessened re-
official welcome on behalf of New York City
and initiated a
But while there
upon his return to the United States. After
winning the Tchaikovsky music competition in
rts" in the Cana-
Moscow, U.S.S.R., on April 14, 1958 and being
ttle evidence of
proclaimed the "new American Sputnik," Van
generate new
Cliburn became the toast of New York and the
lynamic areas of
nation.
stressed the need
power into
He has been the recipient of prizes, scholar-
Richard DeGrab
services" (New
ships and awards since he was twelve years old.
nber 29, 1957).
In 1954 he made his debut with the New York
VAN CLIBURN
Parliament for
Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and received
of surplus Cana-
high praise from the critics. However, it was
Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. This
Asia under the
not until his triumph in Moscow over pianists
was the first time in five years that the award
ed that Commu-
from all over the world, that he received inter-
had been presented.
in wheat. (The
national acclaim.
His concert with the New York Philhar-
industry are dis-
Harvey Lavan (Van) Cliburn, Jr., was born
monic at Carnegie Hall in November 1954 won
the New York
in Shreveport, Louisiana on July 12, 1934. He
him highly favorable notices from the New
is the only child of- Rildia Bee (O'Brian)
York music critics. Irving Kolodin of the Sat-
t won an over-
Cliburn," a concert pianist and piano teacher,
urday Review (November 27, 1954) called him
eral election of
and Harvey Lavan Cliburn, an oil company
"the most talented newcomer of the season
Progressive Con-
executive. When Van was three years old, his
he literally commands the piano as he plays and
ons seats to only
mother began giving him piano lessons. By the
in many ways the music too. He is far from a
ing the Liberal)
time he was six years old, he had made several
finished performer as yet
but he has, in
ction, Churchill
public appearances in Shreveport. He continued
abundance, the qualities of fervor, audience ap-
er on a visit to
his music studies with his mother after his
peal and musicianship which make for distinc-
"quietly deadly"
family moved to Kilgore, Texas and until 1951.
tion."
of "U.S. inter-
He made his debut with the Houston (Texas)
Upon his graduation from Juilliard in 1954,
ng automobiles,
Symphony Orchestra, as a result of winning
with highest honors, Van received the Carl M.
"stressing that
the 1947 Texas state prize, and played the
Roeder Memorial Award and the Frank Dam-
ally militarily to
Tchaikovsky Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor.
rosch Scholarship. The latter entitled him to
S not weakened
While attending Kilgore High School, Van
continue his studies at Juilliard as a graduate
(Philip Deane,
played the clarinet in the band and was presi-
student. However, twenty orchestral commit-
16, 1958).
dent of the Thespian Club. The romantic com-
ments during 1955 kept him from his post-
ech before the
posers Liszt, Chopin, Rachmaninoff and Tchai-
graduate studies at Juilliard. During 1955 and
shed in the New
kovsky were among his favorites. In 1948 he
1956 he toured as a concert pianist throughout
won the National Music Festival Award.
the United States, appearing in major cities,
Mary McLach-
The young pianist moved to New York City
and receiving high acclaim. In the April 20,
1922; they have
in 1951 to study at the Juilliard School of
1955 issue of Practical English, his picture
Mrs. M. H.
Music with the Russian-born teacher Madame
appeared on the cover.
le has developed
Rosina Lhevinne, wife of the late concert pianist
During 1957 Cliburn had several concert en-
disarming
Josef Lhevinne. While studying at Juilliard,
gagements. He was inducted in the U.S. Army
sition members
Van won the G. B. Dealey Award in Dallas,
in the spring of 1957, but was released after
Churchill is a
Texas, which included an appearance with the
two days because of a blood condition. Shortly
ents of United
Dallas Symphony Orchestra in 1952. The same
after this, his mother became ill and Van re-
on is the Cana-
year he also won the Kosciuszko Foundation
turned to Texas to conduct her music classes.
of the United
Chopin Award.
His first European tour was scheduled for the
In 1953 he won a grant from the Olga Sama-
summer of 1958. However, his teacher Madame
roff Foundation and also won first place in the
Rosina Lhevinne, and other musicians suggested
Juilliard Concerto contest. During the follow-
that he cancel his tour and enter the first Inter-
) '57 por
ing year he was the recipient of the Edgar M.
national Tchaikovsky piano competition in
Guide, 1958
Leventritt Foundation Award, which gave him
Moscow, capital of the Soviet Union. Taking
55-57
the privilege of appearing with the New York
their advice, he spent two months in prepara-
1957
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CURRENT BIOGRAPHY 1958
tion for the competition, practicing from six to
Rachmaninoff Third Piano Concerto and Pro-
eleven hours a day.
kofieff's Classical Symphony. Van Cliburn and
The trip to Moscow for Van Cliburn and one
Conductor Kondrashin both received enthusias-
other U.S. competitor, Joyce Flissler, a violin-
tic notices from critics. (See Harriet Johnson's
ist, was financed by the Mary Baird Rocke-
column in the New York Post, May 20, 1958).
feller Foundation and the Institute for Inter-
The day after his triumphant homecoming
national Education. The U.S.S.R. paid the
concert, Van was honored by a ticker-tape
expenses of the contestants while they were in
parade up Broadway to City Hall where he
the Soviet Union and their return by plane.
was officially welcomed by New York's Mayor
Almost at the outset of the competition in
Robert F. Wagner. He was presented with a
Moscow, Van Cliburn won the hearts of the
city scroll for exceptional and distinguished
audiences. Even before the winners were an-
service and the Mayor proclaimed May 20
nounced, his performances were sold out and
"American Music Day." A luncheon was given
he was the toast of Moscow. The chairman of
at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel honoring Cliburn
the jury which judged the youthful performers
and Kondrashin.
was Soviet pianist Emil Gilels (see C.B.,
Van later played in Philadelphia, Chicago,
October 1956).
Hollywood and Denver. His European summer
On April 14, 1958 a formal announcement
engagements included concerts at the Brussels
was made that Van Cliburn was the winner of
Fair in Belgium on July 4th in the United
the first prize of the International Tchaikovsky
States Pavillion, and then in London, Amster-
piano competition. The prize consisted of a
dam, and Paris. His first recording for R.C.A.
gold medal and 25,000 rubles (about $2,500)
Victor, the Tchaikovsky B-Flat Minor Concerto
and he was permitted to take home about
reached new heights in classical record sales
$1,250. The remaining prize money has been
by June 1958.
banked for him in the Soviet Union. He also
played in concerts throughout the Soviet Union
Van Cliburn is noted for his modesty and his
and made several recordings. He was received
warmth and friendliness. He has thick, curly,
by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and also
blond hair, blue eyes, and is six feet, four
inches tall. He has composed some popular and
by Nikolai Bulganin.
President Eisenhower sent Van Cliburn a
classical music which has been played in this
congratulatory telegram and invited him to
country. Since the beginning of his concert
visit the White House in Washington, D.C.
career, his personal manager has been William
with his parents. The twenty-three year old
M. Judd of Columbia Artists Management, Inc.
Van Cliburn is a member of the American
Texan left the Soviet Union with seventeen
pieces of luggage. (He had arrived with three.)
Guild of Musical Artists. His church is the
Among his gifts was a lilac bush, presented to
Calvary Baptist in New York City.
him by Russian admirers, to be placed on the
References
grave of Sergei Rachmaninoff in the Valhalla
N Y Post p5+ My 16 '58 por
Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.
N Y Times p12 Ap 12 '58
Upon his arrival in New York City on May
Time 71:63 Ap 21 '58 por
16, 1958 Van Cliburn was besieged with offers.
US News 44:19 Ap 25 '58 por
His original schedule to play with the New
York Philharmonic was changed from one to
four concerts. He signed a contract to record
CLYDE, GEORGE D(EWEY) July 21,
for the R.C.A. Victor recording company and
1898- Governor of Utah; engineer; educator
appeared on the Steve Allen Sunday night tele-
vision show over N.B.C. on May 25 and on
Address: b. State Capitol. Salt Lake City, Ut.;
Edward R. Murrow's Person to Person tele-
h. 1747 Browning Ave., Salt Lake City, Ut.
vision show over the C.B.S. network on May
Elected for a four-year term as Governor of
30, 1958.
Utah in November 1956, George D. Clyde, a pro-
He was also interviewed by Abram Chasins,
Eisenhower Republican, succeeded J. Bracken
music critic on radio station WQXR who had
Lee, an anti-Administration Republican. Clyde
early recognized the young pianist's talent and
has urged enactment of the upper Colorado
to whom Van Cliburn expressed warm credit
River project and advocates state construction
for helping him in his career. "The Russians
of public projects, greater state aid to education,
didn't discover Van Cliburn," Chasins wrote in
and increasing the salaries of state employees.
the Reporter (May 29, 1958). "They merely
At the time of his election he was director of
embraced enthusiastically what we as a nation
the Utah water and power board, and had
regard listlessly
what their people value and
earlier served as chief of engineers in the U.S.
our people ignore.
He had won five exact-
Soil Conservation Service. For ten years (1935-
ing competitions before the Moscow award."
45) he was dean of the School of Engineering
His first concert at Carnegie Hall with the
and Technology of Utah State Agricultural
Symphony of the Air was conducted by Soviet
College.
conductor Kiril P. Kondrashin and was heard
Born at Springville, Utah on July 21, 1898,
by a sold-out house on May 19, 1958. The con-
George Dewey Clyde is one of the four sons of
cert was broadcast over WQXR as well. The
Hyrum Smith Clyde, an irrigation farmer, and
music critic of the New Yorker magazine
Elenore Jane (Johnson) Clyde. He belongs to
(May 31, 1958) wrote that he proved to be a
an "engineering family," for three of his broth-
pianist "in the grand manner." Playing the
ers, like himself, became engineers. Clyde served
Tchaikovsky Concerto in B-Flat Minor, the
as a, World War I infantryman in 1917-19. He
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Glenn Close
Mets. Despite the disappointing loss, Clemens had an incredible year,
him along the great piano virtuosi of our era and he is looked upon by at least
winning a multitude of awards. He was voted the All-Star Game MVP, the
one expert as "the real and brilliant successor to Rachmaninoff," playing a
American League MVP, the Cy Young Award (the first of two consecutive
heavy schedule of concerts nationwide and abroad. The Van Cliburn
Cy Youngs), the Sporting News Player of the Year, the Sporting News
Competition, founded in 1962 by the late Dr. Irl Allison and named after
American League All-Team, the Right Handed Pitcher A.P. and U.P.I.
Cliburn in honor of his achievement, represents a quest for young and
All-Teams (he made the teams again in 1987), the Joe Cronin Award, and
inspired talent throughout the world. Says Cliburn, "The art of music, with
was voted the Red Sox MVP by Boston sportswriters in both '86 and '87. He
its accent upon humanity, and its attraction for the deeper emotions of the
capped it off by being voted Baseball America's American League Pitcher of
human soul, symbolizes the universal aspect of man to his shrinking world."
the Year in 1987. Despite an 18-12 season in 1988, Clemens still managed to
The author of those sentiments lives in a modest apartment near Carnegie
make the All-Star Game, break the all-time Red Sox record for strikeouts in
Hall, is a man of deep religious convictions, and passes his rare leisure time
a single season with 291 total and pitch the most shutouts by an American
reading and conversing with friends.
League pitcher (8) since Ron Guidry's nine shutouts in 1978. He was named
A.L. Pitcher of the Month in July, 1988.
Clemens resides in Katy, Texas, with his wife Debbie and their sons,
Koby and Kory. Off the field he devotes time to children's organizations,
having established a ticket-purchasing program for youngsters under the
Rosemary Clooney
direction of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston, as well as to media
engagements and endorsements.
"Once upon a time," wrote Peter Reilly in
Stereo Review in 1981, "there was a cozy, comfy
Dream America presided over by an endlessly
smiling, endlessly benign father figure named
Van Cliburn
Ike and his cute little wife, Mamie. In those
days, before Elvis and the musical Visigoths
who followed him shook thing up, we all
"I have been a sensation. Now I want to be a
happily listened to Nice Music performed by
success. There's a big difference." So admit-
Nice People." One of the "nicest of the nice
ted the lanky 24-year-old Texan after being
performing stars of the time" was Rosemary
honored with New York City's first musically-
Clooney. That's still the case in the 1980s with
oriented tickertape parade for his triumph as
the singer's latterday performances, as often
the first American to be awarded First Prize at
as not, being in tandem with many of the
the International Tchaikovsky Competition
country's symphony orchestras. To more than
in Moscow in 1958. He also received the
one critic, she is "a singer at the height of her powers."
Medallion of the City of New York and the
Born in Mayville, Kentucky, 23 May 1928, young "Rosie" Clooney
Scroll of the City "for exceptional and distin-
progressed from singing in the window of her grandfather's jewelry store to
guished services." The mayor greeted Cliburn
station WLW in nearby Cincinnati at age 13, appearing on a musical show
with: "The impact of Van Cliburn's triumph
with her sister Betty. The sisters joined Tony Pastor's Orchestra in 1945 and
in the Moscow International Competition goes
toured with him until Rosemary headed for New York and a career on her
far beyond music and himself as an individual
own in 1949. With such Columbia recording hits as "Come-on-a-My-
and is a dramatic testimonial to American culture
With his two hands
House" (which she resisted when Mitch Miller first showed it to her),
Van Cliburn struck a chord which has resounded around the world, raising
"Tenderly," "Hey There" and "This Old House," she became (with Doris
our prestige with artists and music lovers everywhere." When he went on to
Day, Patti Page and Kay Starr) one of the top-selling female singers of the
be the first foreigner to play in the Kremlin's Palace of Congresses, he also
1950s. ("It really was a singer's time," says Rosie.) She also had a successful
demonstrated his virtuosity as a thawer of Cold War diplomacy and was
film career, the culmination being her co-starring role with Bing Crosby in
credited with doing "more for Russo-American relations by playing the
the December perennial White Christmas in 1954.
piano than all our diplomatic experts." In the years since his Moscow
With the coming of the rock era, Clooney suffered with career pressures,
victory, he's more than met his ambition "to be a success." He now has one
plus a tempestuous marriage (3 sons, 3 daughters) and eventual divorce
of the largest followings of any concert pianist on the circuit and is one of the
from actor Jose Ferrer; it led to an emotional breakdown in 1968, which she
biggest sellers in the field of classical recordings.
eloquently recounted in a 1978 memoir, This for Rememberance. (When the
Born 12 July 1934 in Shreveport, Louisianna, Harvey Lavan Cliburn
book was adapted for a TV biopic, "Rosie," in the 1980s, the title role was
began playing the piano at the age of three. He gave his first public
played by Sandra Locke.) Clooney had a lot of encouragement in her return
performance at four and by five, though unable to read or write, he was
to singing and she singles out old-friend Bing Crosby for special contribu-
completely literate in music. Not until Cliburn was six did he face any major
tions above-and-beyond. ("He gave me a job every time he worked during
obstacles-right before a concert he knocked a tooth out of a mouth already
the last year and a half of his life.") Now, both Rosie's career and her life
missing many. "I can't play without any teeth," he complained to his
have taken an exciting up-turn and in addition to her many live perform-
mother, a former concert pianist and his music teacher for 14 years. Her
ances, she has made a much-praised series of new record albums for
advice was both professional and practical: "Just don't smile." After high
Concord. "I intend to go on singing and recording as long," says Rosie, "as
school and several regional awards, Cliburn was off to New York in 1951 to
there is anyone left to listen to me." Good news for all. In 1989 she recorded a
begin his studies at Juilliard under Rosina Lhevinne, a teacher uniquely
new rendition of the standard "White Christmas" with her daughter-in-
suited to his temperament and talent, and the only instruction he had
law, Debby Boone.
besides his mother. Graduating from Juilliard with highest honors, Cliburn
swept all the awards in his reach. At twenty, he attracted notice winning
America's most important music prize, the Levertritt Award in 1954 which
entitled him to appear as a guest artist with several major American
Glenn Close
symphony orchestras. One critic raved: "Van Cliburn is obviously going
places, except that he plays like he has already been there." A lull in his
promising career followed, but Cliburn hit his stride with his 1958 Moscow
triumph. Winning the Tchaikovsky competition transformed him from a
And she sings! She's a lyric soprano who was nominated for a Tony as the
feisty wife of Phineas T. in the 1980 Broadway musical Barnum. In 1984 she
young artist struggling to get engagements into a solid box office attraction.
won the Tony for Best Actress playing opposite Jeremy Irons in Tom
Television appearances, a recording contract with RCA Victor, a Grammy
Award and a stint as a conductor were all inevitable showcases. Cliburn has
Stoppard's The Real Thing directed by Mike Nichols. "Twice I sang the
anthem at Shea Stadium. It was when I was living with [actor] Len Cariou
met the challenge of his fame and fortune with performances which place
and he knows lots of sports people, and one day somebody said to me, 'Do
89
Kennedy and Johnson
ite House.
1966, President and Mrs. Johnson saluted eleven young Americans
:h his mi-
who had won prizes in the recent Tchaikovsky International Music
e guests,"
Competition in Moscow. Van Cliburn, the first American to win the
House.
contest (in 1958), served as master of ceremonies, but the evening was
ess Abell,
highlighted by the president's words: "I hope that history will record
occasion.
this example of how music has reached across the oceans, the walls,
iginal sin.
and the ideologies that separate us all, and has found response in the
m or East
hearts of the Russian people."⁷²
h tedium.
World-renowned concert and operatic artists also performed during
h out any
this period-Leontyne Price, Walter Trampler (a violist who broke a
S with no
string during his program for the president of Korea), André Watts,
Bess Abell
Richard Tucker, Patricia Brooks, Isaac Stern, Rudolf Serkin, and
November
Jaime Laredo.
Carpenter's
Two artists especially, Van Cliburn and Robert Merrill, had become
ertainers-
close friends with the Johnsons. "We had a sort of parochial pride in
ing, Frank
Van Cliburn from Texas," admitted Mrs. Johnson. "And there was no
Nureyev,
more congenial, obliging, amusing person than Robert Merrill. He
would pinch-hit whenever we needed him," she added.⁷³ Both artists
le Johnson
had their ups and downs, however. Things did not always go as planned,
ic, as well
even at the White House. For example, a few days after the assassination
uci Baines
of Martin Luther King, Jr., Van Cliburn was to play for the chancellor
the thirty-
of Austria. Washington was in an uproar. The dinner at the White
ed by Eric
House was delayed, so that when Cliburn arrived with John Steinway,
e program
he had time to warm up on the third floor piano. Steinway, who
ted of the
generally assisted with a concert only when it involved a Steinway
music for
artist, looked down the hall and said to the pianist:
hildren of
"Van, get your coat on quick. Here comes the President."
ion. Leins-
Lyndon saw us and said, "Leave those coats where they are,
itizenship,
boys." And he took off his own coat, put his feet up and
y Johnson
talked with us for ten or fifteen minutes in the middle of the
orporation
hall. He turned to Van and said, "Van, you know we are
here were
having a little trouble. But will you play for my guests?"
Then he went back to his work apologizing for not being able
to turn to
ductor. "I
to hear Van's program. After the concert, which had been
considerably delayed, Van was hungry. It was midnight and
e President
he hadn't eaten any dinner. Nothing was open because of the
sic played
rioting that had imposed a curfew on all of Washington. We
went into the Red Room where a table had been set up and
by several
dinner was served to Van, after the kitchen was closed and
lievement,
the President and his family had gone to bed. There we were
d changed.
with one lone secret service man at 1:30 A.M.⁷⁴
tyne Price
Robert Merrill had a near miss when he selected his program for
f Freedom,
Prime Minister Harold Wilson of Great Britain. The famous opera
tinguished
theology,
singer gave his list to Liz Carpenter, Mrs. Johnson's press secretary
A Lincoln
(the "merry warrior," according to Valenti), who promptly put out a
S inaugural
press release. The reaction was instantaneous. "You must be out of
considered
your minds," exclaimed Walt Rostow, who, among others, did not
tember 7,
see how Merrill could sing "On the Road to Mandalay" when Great
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Music at the White House
wounds, invite back those political forces who were left out in the
cold, and perhaps neutralize old animosities All this through the
music of Ann-Margret, Vikki Carr, Wayne Newton, Carol Burnett,
Helen Reddy, Tony Orlando and Dawn, and a host of others.
One of the most important musical evenings under the Fords was
the Bicentennial diplomatic reception on July 20, 1976. The gala White
House celebration of America's independence was realized through
the efforts of Broadcast Music Incorporated's Russell Sanjek, which
perhaps explains the focus on America's more commercially oriented
creative output. Representing country music were Tammy Wynette
and Roger Miller; also on the program were Ella Fitzgerald, The Jor-
danaires, and The World's Greatest Jazz Band, featuring Yank Lawson
and Bob Haggart. It was essentially an overview of conservative, main-
stream popular music, very well performed from all accounts.
But the state dinners were the feature of the Ford entertaining.
In 1975, for example, there were fourteen state dinners representing
thirteen different nations. Following the custom of the Nixons, the
Fords preferred colored printed programs with the honored guests'
names on the covers and biographical details of the performers inside,
although their selections, curiously, were not always indicated. President
and Mrs. Ford were especially successful in matching the musical
programs to the interests of the state visitors, by this period a major
factor in selecting the entertainment. It is a study in itself to peruse
the artistic preferences of foreign heads of state while they are guests
in this country. For example, Betty Ford learned that Chancellor Helmut
Schmidt of West Germany loved opera, so she invited Phyllis Curtin
to sing; for France's blues-loving, piano-playing Giscard d'Estaing, Earl
Hines performed; and the extraordinary blind jazz genius George
Shearing satisfied the request of President Kekkonen of Finland. Ann-
Margret sang and danced for the shah of Iran "because the Shah likes
pretty girls," according to the president. As her costume grew briefer
while her act grew longer, there were undoubtedly others who felt
the same way.
For President Giovanni Leone of Italy, the White House offered
its first ragtime evening on September 25, 1974. Composer and jazz
historian Gunther Schuller brought his New England Conservatory
Ragtime Ensemble for a program of the music of Scott Joplin, harking
back to the time "The Maple Leaf Rag" was played by the Marine
Band in Theodore Roosevelt's White House. One year later Johnny
Cash was asked to perform for President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, a great
fan of western music. But at the last minute he could not come, and
Pearl Bailey substituted for him. The outgoing, ebullient singer sum-
moned an embarrassed Sadat to dance on stage with her. Her char-
acteristic warm informality "had helped bring our two nations together,"
said President Ford. So did Van Cliburn's sweeping interpretation of
Chopin, Schumann, and Debussy during the first White House en-
1975
tertainment for a reigning Japanese emperor. The great American pianist
opened his concert with a majestic interpretation of the Japanese
national anthem.
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ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR P.M. ANTALL \ THE SOUTH LAWN
THURSDAY, OCT. 18, 1990 \ 10:00 A.M.
MR. PRIME MINISTER: IT IS A TREMENDOUS PLEASURE TO
WELCOME YOU AND YOUR WIFE KLARA TO THE WHITE HOUSE
TODAY.
SEVEN YEARS AGO, I BECAME THE HIGHEST-RANKING
AMERICAN OFFICIAL TO VISIT HUNGARY. AND LAST YEAR, I
BECAME THE FIRST AMERICAN PRESIDENT To JOURNEY THERE.
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS POURING RAIN WHEN WE ARRIVED IN
Kossuth [KŌ-SHOOT] SQUARE, THE PEOPLE OF HUNGARY GAVE
BARBARA AND ME A MARVELOUSLY WARM WELCOME.
- 2 -
BARBARA AND I HAVE SEEN FEW CITIES MORE LOVELY THAN
BUDAPEST. AND WE HAVE SELDOM SEEN A CITY MORE ALIVE.
ALIVE WITH COMMERCE, CHANGE -- AND ABOVE ALL -- HOPE.
ALIVE WITH A PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT, LIKE A LAMP
LIGHTING THE DARKEST NIGHT, LIBERTY CAN LIGHT THE
GLOBE.
THE ARRIVAL AT THE WHITE HOUSE OF THE FIRST
DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED PRIME MINISTER OF HUNGARY IN
OVER 40 YEARS IS AN HISTORIC EVENT.
- 3 -
AND IT BRINGS TO MIND THE ARRIVAL -- 138 YEARS AGO --
OF ANOTHER HUNGARIAN PATRIOT, AT ANOTHER HOUSE WHICH
EMBODIES FREEDOM -- THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
THE MAN WAS LAJOS Kossuth [LOY-ōSH KŌ-SHOOT]. HIS
STATUE STOOD BEHIND US THAT DAY IN THE RAIN IN
BUDAPEST, IN THE SQUARE THAT BEARS HIS NAME. AND IN
TODAY'S HISTORIC MEETING, THE MEMORY OF LAJOS Kossuth
LIFTS US, TEACHES US. FOR HIS LIFE WAS A CELEBRATION
OF BRAVERY, AND OF DREAMS.
- 4 -
HE KNEW THAT A COURAGEOUS PEOPLE WOULD NOT BOW TO
BAYONETS AND BARBED WIRE. HE KNEW THAT THE LIGHT OF
LIBERTY WOULD SHINE FOREVER.
TODAY IN YOUR HOMELAND, FROM THE STREETS OF
BUDAPEST, TO THE GREAT PLAINS, To THE WATERS OF THE
DANUBE, AND THE GENTLE TOWNS THAT GRACE ITS BANKS,
HUNGARY'S NEW PATRIOTS BELIEVE THAT ALL THINGS ARE
POSSIBLE FOR A NATION -- AND FOR A PEOPLE.
- 5 -
AND THEY PROCLAIM THE INDIVIDUAL, NOT THE STATE, AS THE
VOICE OF TOMORROW.
TODAY, IN HUNGARY, THAT VOICE IS BEING HEARD.
HUNGARY IS NO LONGER AN EMERGING DEMOCRACY -- HUNGARY
IS A DEMOCRACY. THE GOVERNMENT YOU HEAD IS A
SOVEREIGN, PLURALISTIC, DEMOCRATIC EUROPEAN STATE. THE
DREAM OF HUNGARIANS HAS BEEN FULFILLED, AND CARRIED
BEYOND THEIR OWN BORDERS TO OTHERS IN CENTRAL EUROPE.
- 6 -
AND NOW, IN 1990, HUNGARY HAS TAKEN ITS NATURAL PLACE
AS A VALUED MEMBER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF FREE NATIONS.
DURING OUR VISIT TO BUDAPEST, WE SAW THE HUNGARIAN
LOVE OF EXCELLENCE IN CAREFUL CRAFTSMANSHIP, IN
BOUNTIFUL HARVESTS FROM FAMILY FARMS, IN THE PRIDE OF
SCIENTISTS IN THEIR WORK. AND AMERICAN COMPANIES HAVE
ALREADY DEMONSTRATED THEIR FAITH IN HUNGARY'S ECONOMIC
POTENTIAL BY COMMITTING WELL OVER HALF A BILLION
DOLLARS IN NEW INVESTMENTS.
- 7 -
GENERAL ELECTRIC IS MAKING LIGHTBULBS IN A JOINT
VENTURE WITH THE HUNGARIAN FIRM TUNGSRAM. GENERAL
MOTORS IS PRODUCING AUTO PARTS THERE. AND I ENCOURAGE
MORE AMERICAN BUSINESSES TO FIND OUT WHAT HUNGARY HAS
TO OFFER.
PRIME MINISTER ANTALL'S GOVERNMENT HAS DEMONSTRATED
ITS DETERMINATION TO INTEGRATE HUNGARY INTO THE GLOBAL
MARKET BY DEVELOPING AN AMBITIOUS ECONOMIC REFORM
PROGRAM.
- 8 -
WE OFFER OUR CONTINUING SUPPORT FOR YOUR COURAGEOUS
EFFORTS. THE HUNGARIAN-AMERICAN ENTERPRISE FUND HAS
ANNOUNCED ITS FIRST INVESTMENT IN A JOINT VENTURE TO
MARKET HIGH-TECH EQUIPMENT. FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR,
OUR ADMINISTRATION HAS ASKED CONGRESS FOR A $300
MILLION ECONOMIC AID PACKAGE FOR EASTERN EUROPE.
Our regional environmental center in Budapest
commerced operations last month.
- 9 -
AND WE ARE OFFERING $40 MILLION IN GUARANTEED, LONG-
TERM CREDITS FOR THE PURCHASE OF OVER 400,000 TONS OF
FEED GRAINS, TO COMPENSATE FOR THE EFFECTS OF THE
SEVERE DROUGHT HUNGARY HAS EXPERIENCED THIS YEAR.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT, LIKE ALL OF US, HUNGARY AND THE
OTHER NEW DEMOCRACIES OF CENTRAL EUROPE ARE PAYING A
HIGH PRICE FOR RESOLUTELY SUPPORTING THE U.N. SANCTIONS
AGAINST IRAQ.
- 10 -
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE LOSS OF EXPORT MARKETS AND
RISING ENERGY COSTS COMPLICATE YOUR HISTORIC EFFORT TO
TRANSFORM A CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIC SYSTEM TO A FREE
MARKET ECONOMY.
To HELP EASE THIS BURDEN, I AM ANNOUNCING TODAY
THAT THE UNITED STATES IS ASKING THE INTERNATIONAL
MONETARY FUND TO INCREASE ITS LENDING TO THE COUNTRIES
OF THE REGION BY AS MUCH AS $5 BILLION, MODIFYING ITS
LENDING POLICIES AS APPROPRIATE.
- 11 -
WE WILL ALSO ASK THE WORLD BANK TO ACCELERATE ITS
ASSISTANCE IN THE ENERGY FIELD, DRAWING ON THE $9
BILLION NOW COMMITTED TO CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE.
THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN A PARTNER OF EUROPE FOR
MOST OF THIS CENTURY, AND WILL REMAIN so. WE WELCOME
HUNGARY AND THE OTHER NEW DEMOCRACIES INTO NEW
PARTNERSHIP IN A EUROPE WHOLE AND FREE. THE UNITED
STATES IS COMMITTED To HELPING YOU FIND A SECURE PLACE
IN THE NEW EUROPE, AND IS BUILDING WITH YOU A NEW ERA
IN U.S.-HUNGARIAN RELATIONS.
- 12 -
IN THAT REGARD, I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE LIFTING OF
TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR HUNGARIAN DIPLOMATS, AND OUR
AGREEMENT To YOUR REQUEST To ESTABLISH AN HUNGARIAN
CONSULATE GENERAL IN Los ANGELES.
MR. PRIME MINISTER, WE WELCOME YOU AMID DRAMATIC
TIMES. WE WELCOME YOU AMID A FEELING OF HOPE AND
PROMISE. AND -- AS OLD FRIENDS, AND AS NEW PARTNERS
-- WE WELCOME YOU AMID A SPIRIT OF COOPERATION, LOOKING
FORWARD TO OUR CONVERSATIONS.
- 13 -
WHEN LAJOS KOSSUTH [LOY-ōSH KO-SHooT] CAME TO
AMERICA, HIS RECEPTION SHOWED HOW OUR TWO PEOPLES SHARE
A COMMON LOVE OF LIBERTY. IN NEW YORK HARBOR, AN
ARMADA OF SHIPS SOUNDED HORNS TO CELEBRATE HIS ARRIVAL.
THOUSANDS RUSHED HIS OPEN CARRIAGE. PERHAPS NO VISITOR
SINCE LAFAYETTE HAD BEEN GREETED so EMOTIONALLY.
LIKE HUNGARIANS, THE AMERICANS OF THAT TIME
BELIEVED IN HELPING INDIVIDUALS, AND NATIONS, WHO
UNDERSTOOD THAT REAL FREEDOM MAKES ALL PROGRESS
POSSIBLE.
- 14 -
FOR THEY, LIKE HUNGARIANS AND AMERICANS TODAY, WERE
DETERMINED TO ENSURE THAT THE LIGHT OF LIBERTY WILL
SHINE FOREVER. 111
WELCOME TO AMERICA, MR. PRIME MINISTER. AND GOD
BLESS THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN OUR TWO NATIONS. THANK
YOU.
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Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/17/90
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY AND DINNER TOAST FOR
HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER ANTALL
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
ROGERS
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
WINSTON
GRAY
HAGIN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
90 OCT 16 PM 8:01
October 16, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
cur/
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
EDWARD E. McNALLY our
SUBJECT:
ARRIVAL CEREMONY AND DINNER TOAST FOR
HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER ANTALL
I. SUMMARY
On Thursday, October 18, at 10:00 a.m., you will
welcome Hungarian Prime Minister Antall on the South Lawn
for a state visit. That evening, you will exchange toasts
at a state dinner.
II. DISCUSSION
Both the arrival statement (9 minutes, on cards) and
the toast (4 minutes, on cards) were drawn from two sources:
the substantive guidance provided by N.S.C. and State, and
the superb draft Curt Smith wrote last year for your speech
at Kossuth Square. (Although the text of that speech had
cleared the approval process -- you'll recall that,
ultimately, it was condensed to ad lib remarks due to the
drenching rain that greeted you in Budapest.)
Smith/McNally/Simon
October 16, 1990
Draft Three (E:HUNGARY.AR)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR P.M. ANTALL
THE SOUTH LAWN, THE WHITE HOUSE
THURSDAY, OCT. 18, 1990, 10:00 A.M.
Mr. Prime Minister: It is a tremendous pleasure to welcome
you and your wife Klara to the White House today.
Seven years ago, I became the highest-ranking American
official to visit Hungary. And last year, I became the first
American President to journey there. Even though it was pouring
rain when we arrived in Kossuth [KO-shoot] Square, the people of
Hungary gave Barbara and me a marvelously warm welcome. I was so
moved by the crowd's enthusiasm that I tore up my speech. (And I
have to admit, there were some in this country who were
disappointed. 11 Disappointed it wasn't the start of a trend.)
But I do want to say that Barbara and I have seen few cities
more lovely than Budapest. And we have seldom seen a city more
alive. Alive with commerce, change -- and above all -- hope.
Alive with a people who believe that, like a lamp lighting the
darkest night, liberty can light the globe.
The arrival at the White House of the first democratically
elected Prime Minister of Hungary in over 40 years is an historic
event. And it brings to mind the arrival -- 138 years ago -- of
another Hungarian patriot, at another house which embodies
freedom -- the Congress of the United States.
The man was Lajos Kossuth [LOY-osh KO-shoot]. His statue
stood behind us that day in the rain in Budapest, in the Square
that bears his name. And in today's historic meeting, the memory
2
of Lajos Kossuth lifts us, teaches us. For his life was a
celebration of bravery, and of dreams. He knew that a courageous
people would not bow to bayonets and barbed wire. He knew that
the light of liberty would shine forever.
Today in your homeland, from the streets of Budapest, to the
great plains, to the waters of the Danube, and the gentle towns
that grace its banks, Hungary's new patriots believe that all
things are possible for a Nation -- and for a people. And they
proclaim the individual, not the state, as the voice of tomorrow.
Today, in Hungary, that voice is being heard. Hungary is no
longer an emerging democracy -- Hungary is a democracy. The
government you head is a sovereign, pluralistic, democratic
European state. The dream of Hungarians has been fulfilled, and
carried beyond their own borders to others in Central Europe.
And now, in 1990, Hungary has taken its natural place as a valued
member of the commonwealth of free nations.
During our visit to Budapest, we saw the Hungarian love of
excellence in careful craftsmanship, in bountiful harvests from
family farms, in the pride of scientists in their work. And
American companies have already demonstrated their faith in
Hungary's economic potential by committing well over half a
billion dollars in new investments. General Electric is making
lightbulbs in a joint venture with the Hungarian firm Tungsram.
General Motors is producing auto parts there. And I encourage
more American businesses to find out what Hungary has to offer.
Prime Minister Antall's government has demonstrated its
3
determination to integrate Hungary into the global market by
developing an ambitious economic reform program. We offer pledge our
continuing support for your courageous efforts. The Hungarian-
American Enterprise Fund has announced its first investment in a
joint venture to market high-tech equipment. For the new fiscal
year, our Administration has asked Congress for a $300 million
economic aid package for Eastern Europe. And we are offering $40 $475
million in guaranteed, long term credits for the purchase of over about
400,000 tons of feed grains, to compensate for the effects of the
severe drought Hungary has experienced this year.
We also know that, like all of us, Hungary and the other new
democracies of Central Europe are paying a high price for
resolutely supporting the U.N. sanctions against Iraq. We
understand that the loss of export markets and rising energy
costs complicate your historic effort to transform a centrally
planned economic system to a free market economy.
To help ease this burden, I am announcing today that the
United States is asking the International Monetary Fund to
increase its lending to the countries of the region by as much as
$5 billion, modifying its lending policies as appropriate. We
will also ask the World Bank to accelerate its assistance in the
energy field, drawing on the $9 billion now committed to Central
and Eastern Europe.
The United States has been a partner of Europe for most of
this century, and will remain so. We welcome Hungary and the
other new democracies into new partnership in a Europe whole and
4
free. The United States is committed to helping you find a
secure place in the new Europe, and is building with you a new
era in U.S. -Hungarian relations. In that regard, I am pleased to
announce the lifting of travel restrictions for Hungarian
diplomats, and our agreement to your request to establish an
Hungarian Consulate General in Los Angeles.
Mr. Prime Minister, we welcome you amid dramatic times. We
welcome you amid a feeling of hope and promise. And -- as old
friends, and as new partners -- we welcome you amid a spirit of
cooperation, looking forward to our conversations.
When Lajos Kossuth came to America, his reception showed how
our two peoples share a common love of liberty. In New York
Harbor, an armada of ships sounded horns to celebrate his
arrival. Thousands rushed his open carriage. Perhaps no visitor
since Lafayette had been greeted so emotionally.
Like Hungarians, the Americans of that time believed in
helping individuals, and nations, who understood that real
freedom makes all progress possible. For they, like Hungarians
and Americans today, were determined to ensure that the light of
liberty will shine forever.
Welcome to America, Mr. Prime Minister. And God bless the
friendship between our two nations. Thank you.
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Smith/McNally/Simon
October 16, 1990
Draft Three (B:HUNGARY.TST)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TOAST FOR PRIME MINISTER ANTALL
THE STATE DINING ROOM
THURSDAY, OCT. 18, 1990
Mr. Prime Minister, Mrs. Antall, my Hungarian and American
friends: It's a great pleasure and an honor for Barbara and me
to welcome you to the White House tonight.
That great poet of Hungary's 1848 Revolution, Sandor Petofi
[SHAHN-door PET-toe-fee], once wrote: "Let me address you in the
name of millions." And so tonight, Mr. Prime Minister, let me
greet you in the name of millions who convey their warmest
welcome: The people of the United States.
As I look around this room, I see why Americans feel so
enriched by our long friendship with the Hungarian people. We
see this kinship in the nearly two million Americans of Hungarian
descent. In giants like nuclear scientist Edward Teller. or
conductor Eugene Ormandy, who proved that music is "the universal
language." or Colonel Kovats [KO-vach], who gave his life for
America's struggle for freedom during our own Revolutionary War.
But this kinship isn't one-way: Americans admire Hungarians
whose deeds so inspire us. Heroes like the great founder of the
Hungarian state, St. Stephen, and great composers like Liszt and
Bartok. Or Hungary's many winners of Nobel prizes and Olympic
medals. or that great patriot Janos Hunyadi [YAHN-osh HOON-yah-
dee], who more than five centuries ago stopped a foreign
invasion. In his honor, the Pope ordered each Catholic church in
Europe to ring its bell at mid-day. And since then, Catholic
2
church bells all over the world ring precisely at noon.
Heroes, yes -- American, Hungarian. Today, more than ever,
this kinship binds the peoples of the United States and Hungary.
Our nations are linked by many things: Hard work, the role of
community, religious devotion, a fierce love of freedom. And
especially during the past two years, your gallantry has evoked
our admiration. Your example has been our inspiration.
When we were in Budapest last year, I was given a piece of
the Iron Curtain. I keep it as a stark symbol of Hungary's
courageous decision to open its borders, unleashing a force that
helped transform Europe and eventually brought down the Berlin
Wall.
If Lajos Kossuth [LOY-osh KO-shoot] could be with us here
tonight, he would see that his dream of a free and democratic
Hungary has been fulfilled. And he would see that this new day
in Hungary's history is the result of the Hungarian people's
determination to live in freedom. Your presence here tonight,
Mr. Prime Minister, bears testimony to Hungary's new role as a
sovereign member of the new, and growing, partnership of nations.
The darkness lifts. The bell resounds. The light grows
brighter by the day. And so, Mr. Prime Minister, let us raise
our glasses, and let us raise what Kossuth called "the morning
star of liberty." God bless you -- and as your National Anthem
proclaims so unforgettably, "God Bless The Hungarians."
#
#
#
18213855
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
10/17/90
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY AND DINNER TOAST FOR
HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER ANTALL
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
ROGERS
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
WINSTON
GRAY
HAGIN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
90 OCT 17 A10 11
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
90 OCT 15 PM 8: 01
October 16, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
EDWARD E. McNALLY our
SUBJECT:
ARRIVAL CEREMONY AND DINNER TOAST FOR
HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER ANTALL
I. SUMMARY
On Thursday, October 18, at 10:00 a.m., you will
welcome Hungarian Prime Minister Antall on the South Lawn
for a state visit. That evening, you will exchange toasts
at a state dinner.
II. DISCUSSION
Both the arrival statement (9 minutes, on cards) and
the toast (4 minutes, on cards) were drawn from two sources:
the substantive guidance provided by N.S.C. and State, and
the superb draft Curt Smith wrote last year for your speech
at Kossuth Square. (Although the text of that speech had
cleared the approval process -- you'll recall that,
ultimately, it was condensed to ad lib remarks due to the
drenching rain that greeted you in Budapest.)
Smith/McNally/Simon
October 16, 1990
Draft Three (E:HUNGARY.AR)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR P.M. ANTALL
THE SOUTH LAWN, THE WHITE HOUSE
THURSDAY, OCT. 18, 1990, 10:00 A.M.
Mr. Prime Minister: It is a tremendous pleasure to welcome
you and your wife Klara to the White House today.
Seven years ago, I became the highest-ranking American
official to visit Hungary. And last year, I became the first
American President to journey there. Even though it was pouring
rain when we arrived in Kossuth [KO-shoot] Square, the people of
Hungary gave Barbara and me a marvelously warm welcome. I was so
moved by the crowd's enthusiasm that I tore up my speech. (And I
have to admit, there were some in this country who were
disappointed. 11 Disappointed it wasn't the start of a trend.)
But I do want to say that Barbara and I have seen few cities
more lovely than Budapest. And we have seldom seen a city more
alive. Alive with commerce, change -- and above all -- hope.
Alive with a people who believe that, like a lamp lighting the
darkest night, liberty can light the globe.
The arrival at the White House of the first democratically
elected Prime Minister of Hungary in over 40 years is an historic
event. And it brings to mind the arrival -- 138 years ago -- of
another Hungarian patriot, at another house which embodies
freedom -- the Congress of the United States.
The man was Lajos Kossuth [LOY-osh KO-shoot]. His statue
stood behind us that day in the rain in Budapest, in the Square
that bears his name. And in today's historic meeting, the memory
2
of Lajos Kossuth lifts us, teaches us. For his life was a
celebration of bravery, and of dreams. He knew that a courageous
people would not bow to bayonets and barbed wire. He knew that
the light of liberty would shine forever.
Today in your homeland, from the streets of Budapest, to the
great plains, to the waters of the Danube, and the gentle towns
that grace its banks, Hungary's new patriots believe that all
things are possible for a Nation -- and for a people. And they
proclaim the individual, not the state, as the voice of tomorrow.
Today, in Hungary, that voice is being heard. Hungary is no
longer an emerging democracy -- Hungary is a democracy. The
government you head is a sovereign, pluralistic, democratic
European state. The dream of Hungarians has been fulfilled, and
carried beyond their own borders to others in Central Europe.
And now, in 1990, Hungary has taken its natural place as a valued
member of the commonwealth of free nations.
During our visit to Budapest, we saw the Hungarian love of
excellence in careful craftsmanship, in bountiful harvests from
family farms, in the pride of scientists in their work. And
American companies have already demonstrated their faith in
Hungary's economic potential by committing well over half a
billion dollars in new investments. General Electric is making
lightbulbs in a joint venture with the Hungarian firm Tungsram.
General Motors is producing auto parts there. And I encourage
more American businesses to find out what Hungary has to offer.
Prime Minister Antall's government has demonstrated its
3
determination to integrate Hungary into the global market by
developing an ambitious economic reform program. We offer our
continuing support for your courageous efforts. The Hungarian-
American Enterprise Fund has announced its first investment in a
joint venture to market high-tech equipment. For the new fiscal
year, our Administration has asked Congress for a $300 million
economic aid package for Eastern Europe. And we are offering $40
million in guaranteed, long-term credits for the purchase of over
400,000 tons of feed grains, to compensate for the effects of the
severe drought Hungary has experienced this year.
We also know that, like all of us, Hungary and the other new
democracies of Central Europe are paying a high price for
resolutely supporting the U.N. sanctions against Iraq. We
understand that the loss of export markets and rising energy
costs complicate your historic effort to transform a centrally
planned economic system to a free market economy.
To help ease this burden, I am announcing today that the
United States is asking the International Monetary Fund to
increase its lending to the countries of the region by as much as
$5 billion, modifying its lending policies as appropriate. We
will also ask the World Bank to accelerate its assistance in the
energy field, drawing on the $9 billion now committed to Central
and Eastern Europe.
The United States has been a partner of Europe for most of
this century, and will remain so. We welcome Hungary and the
other new democracies into new partnership in a Europe whole and
4
free. The United States is committed to helping you find a
secure place in the new Europe, and is building with you a new
era in U.S.-Hungarian relations. In that regard, I am pleased to
announce the lifting of travel restrictions for Hungarian
diplomats, and our agreement to your request to establish an
Hungarian Consulate General in Los Angeles.
Mr. Prime Minister, we welcome you amid dramatic times. We
welcome you amid a feeling of hope and promise. And -- as old
friends, and as new partners -- we welcome you amid a spirit of
cooperation, looking forward to our conversations.
When Lajos Kossuth came to America, his reception showed how
our two peoples share a common love of liberty. In New York
Harbor, an armada of ships sounded horns to celebrate his
arrival. Thousands rushed his open carriage. Perhaps no visitor
since Lafayette had been greeted so emotionally.
Like Hungarians, the Americans of that time believed in
helping individuals, and nations, who understood that real
freedom makes all progress possible. For they, like Hungarians
and Americans today, were determined to ensure that the light of
liberty will shine forever.
III
Welcome to America, Mr. Prime Minister. And God bless the
friendship between our two nations. Thank you.
#
#
#
Smith/McNally/Simon
October 16, 1990
Draft Three (B:HUNGARY.TST)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TOAST FOR PRIME MINISTER ANTALL
THE STATE DINING ROOM
THURSDAY, OCT. 18, 1990
Mr. Prime Minister, Mrs. Antall, my Hungarian and American
friends: It's a great pleasure and an honor for Barbara and me
to welcome you to the White House tonight.
That great poet of Hungary's 1848 Revolution, Sandor Petofi
[SHAHN-door PET-toe-fee], once wrote: "Let me address you in the
name of millions." And so tonight, Mr. Prime Minister, let me
greet you in the name of millions who convey their warmest
welcome: The people of the United States.
As I look around this room, I see why Americans feel so
enriched by our long friendship with the Hungarian people. We
see this kinship in the nearly two million Americans of Hungarian
descent. In giants like nuclear scientist Edward Teller. or
conductor Eugene Ormandy, who proved that music is "the universal
language." or Colonel Kovats [KO-vach], who gave his life for
America's struggle for freedom during our own Revolutionary War.
But this kinship isn't one-way: Americans admire Hungarians
whose deeds so inspire us. Heroes like the great founder of the
Hungarian state, St. Stephen, and great composers like Liszt and
Bartok. or Hungary's many winners of Nobel prizes and Olympic
medals. or that great patriot Janos Hunyadi [YAHN-osh HOON-yah-
dee], who more than five centuries ago stopped a foreign
invasion. In his honor, the Pope ordered each Catholic church in
Europe to ring its bell at mid-day. And since then, Catholic
2
church bells all over the world ring precisely at noon.
Heroes, yes -- American, Hungarian. Today, more than ever,
this kinship binds the peoples of the United States and Hungary.
Our nations are linked by many things: Hard work, the role of
community, religious devotion, a fierce love of freedom. And
especially during the past two years, your gallantry has evoked
our admiration. Your example has been our inspiration.
When we were in Budapest last year, I was given a piece of
the Iron Curtain. I keep it as a stark symbol of Hungary's
courageous decision to open its borders, unleashing a force that
helped transform Europe and eventually brought down the Berlin
Wall.
If Lajos Kossuth [LOY-osh KO-shoot] could be with us here
tonight, he would see that his dream of a free and democratic
Hungary has been fulfilled. And he would see that this new day
in Hungary's history is the result of the Hungarian people's
determination to live in freedom. Your presence here tonight,
Mr. Prime Minister, bears testimony to Hungary's new role as a
sovereign member of the new, and growing, partnership of nations.
The darkness lifts. The bell resounds. The light grows
brighter by the day. And so, Mr. Prime Minister, let us raise
our glasses, and let us raise what Kossuth called "the morning
star of liberty." God bless you -- and as your National Anthem
proclaims so unforgettably, "God Bless The Hungarians."
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 16, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
cur/trum
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
EDWARD E. McNALLY own
SUBJECT:
ARRIVAL CEREMONY AND DINNER TOAST FOR
HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER ANTALL
I.
SUMMARY
On Thursday, October 18, at 10:00 a.m., you will
welcome Hungarian Prime Minister Antall on the South Lawn
for a state visit. That evening, you will exchange toasts
at a state dinner.
II. DISCUSSION
Both the arrival statement (9 minutes, on cards) and
the toast (4 minutes, on cards) were drawn from two sources:
the substantive guidance provided by N.S.C. and State, and
the superb draft Curt Smith wrote last year for your speech
at Kossuth Square. (Although the text of that speech had
cleared the approval process -- you recall that,
ultimately, it was condensed to ad lib remarks due to the
drenching rain that greeted you in Budapest.)
Smith/McNally/Simon
October 16, 1990
Draft Three (E:HUNGARY.AR)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR P.M. ANTALL
THE SOUTH LAWN, THE WHITE HOUSE
THURSDAY, OCT. 18, 1990, 10:00 A.M.
Mr. Prime Minister: It is a tremendous pleasure to welcome
you and your wife Klara to the White House today.
Seven years ago, I became the highest-ranking American
official to visit Hungary. And last year, I became the first
American President to journey there. Even though it was pouring
rain when we arrived in Kossuth [KO-shoot] Square, the people of
Hungary gave Barbara and me a marvelously warm welcome. I was so
moved by the crowd's enthusiasm that I tore up my speech. (And I
have to admit, there were some in this country who were
disappointed. 11 Disappointed it wasn't the start of a trend.)
But I do want to say that Barbara and I have seen few cities
more lovely than Budapest. And we have seldom seen a city more
alive. Alive with commerce, change -- and above all -- hope.
Alive with a people who believe that, like a lamp lighting the
darkest night, liberty can light the globe.
The arrival at the White House of the first democratically
elected Prime Minister of Hungary in over 40 years is an historic
event. And it brings to mind the arrival -- 138 years ago -- of
another Hungarian patriot, at another house which embodies
freedom -- the Congress of the United States.
The man was Lajos Kossuth [LOY-osh KO-shoot]. His statue
stood behind us that day in the rain in Budapest, in the Square
that bears his name. And in today's historic meeting, the memory
2
of Lajos Kossuth lifts us, teaches us. For his life was a
celebration of bravery, and of dreams. He knew that a courageous
people would not bow to bayonets and barbed wire. He knew that
the light of liberty would shine forever.
Today in your homeland, from the streets of Budapest, to the
great plains, to the waters of the Danube, and the gentle towns
that grace its banks, Hungary's new patriots believe that all
things are possible for a Nation -- and for a people. And they
proclaim the individual, not the state, as the voice of tomorrow.
Today, in Hungary, that voice is being heard. Hungary is no
longer an emerging democracy -- Hungary is a democracy. The
government you head is a sovereign, pluralistic, democratic
European state. The dream of Hungarians has been fulfilled, and
carried beyond their own borders to others in Central Europe.
And now, in 1990, Hungary has taken its natural place as a valued
member of the commonwealth of free nations.
During our visit to Budapest, we saw the Hungarian love of
excellence in careful craftsmanship, in bountiful harvests from
family farms, in the pride of scientists in their work. And
American companies have already demonstrated their faith in
Hungary's economic potential by committing well over half a
billion dollars in new investments. General Electric is making
lightbulbs in a joint venture with the Hungarian firm Tungsram.
General Motors is producing auto parts there. And I encourage
more American businesses to find out what Hungary has to offer.
Prime Minister Antall's government has demonstrated its
3
determination to integrate Hungary into the global market by
developing an ambitious economic reform program. We offer our
continuing support for your courageous efforts. The Hungarian-
American Enterprise Fund has announced its first investment in a
joint venture to market high-tech equipment. For the new fiscal
year, our Administration has asked Congress for a $300 million
economic aid package for Eastern Europe. And we are offering $40
million in guaranteed, long-term credits for the purchase of over
400,000 tons of feed grains, to compensate for the effects of the
severe drought Hungary has experienced this year.
We also know that, like all of us, Hungary and the other new
democracies of Central Europe are paying a high price for
resolutely supporting the U.N. sanctions against Iraq. We
understand that the loss of export markets and rising energy
costs complicate your historic effort to transform a centrally
planned economic system to a free market economy.
To help ease this burden, I am announcing today that the
United States is asking the International Monetary Fund to
increase its lending to the countries of the region by as much as
$5 billion, modifying its lending policies as appropriate. We
will also ask the World Bank to accelerate its assistance in the
energy field, drawing on the $9 billion now committed to Central
and Eastern Europe.
The United States has been a partner of Europe for most of
this century, and will remain so. We welcome Hungary and the
other new democracies into new partnership in a Europe whole and
4
free. The United States is committed to helping you find a
secure place in the new Europe, and is building with you a new
era in U.S. -Hungarian relations. In that regard, I am pleased to
announce the lifting of travel restrictions for Hungarian
diplomats, and our agreement to your request to establish an
Hungarian Consulate General in Los Angeles.
Mr. Prime Minister, we welcome you amid dramatic times. We
welcome you amid a feeling of hope and promise. And -- as old
friends, and as new partners -- we welcome you amid a spirit of
cooperation, looking forward to our conversations.
When Lajos Kossuth came to America, his reception showed how
our two peoples share a common love of liberty. In New York
Harbor, an armada of ships sounded horns to celebrate his
arrival. Thousands rushed his open carriage. Perhaps no visitor
since Lafayette had been greeted so emotionally.
Like Hungarians, the Americans of that time believed in
helping individuals, and nations, who understood that real
freedom makes all progress possible. For they, like Hungarians
and Americans today, were determined to ensure that the light of
liberty will shine forever. III
Welcome to America, Mr. Prime Minister. And God bless the
friendship between our two nations. Thank you.
#
#
#
Smith/McNally/Simon
October 16, 1990
Draft Three (B:HUNGARY.TST)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TOAST FOR PRIME MINISTER ANTALL
THE STATE DINING ROOM
THURSDAY, OCT. 18, 1990
Mr. Prime Minister, Mrs. Antall, my Hungarian and American
friends: It's a great pleasure and an honor for Barbara and me
to welcome you to the White House tonight.
That great poet of Hungary's 1848 Revolution, Sandor Petofi
[SHAHN-door PET-toe-fee], once wrote: "Let me address you in the
name of millions." And so tonight, Mr. Prime Minister, let me
greet you in the name of millions who convey their warmest
welcome: The people of the United States.
As I look around this room, I see why Americans feel so
enriched by our long friendship with the Hungarian people. We
see this kinship in the nearly two million Americans of Hungarian
descent. In giants like nuclear scientist Edward Teller. Or
conductor Eugene Ormandy, who proved that music is "the universal
language." or Colonel Kovats [KO-vach], who gave his life for
America's struggle for freedom during our own Revolutionary War.
But this kinship isn't one-way: Americans admire Hungarians
whose deeds so inspire us. Heroes like the great founder of the
Hungarian state, St. Stephen, and great composers like Liszt and
Bartok. Or Hungary's many winners of Nobel prizes and Olympic
medals. Or that great patriot Janos Hunyadi [YAHN-osh HOON-yah-
dee], who more than five centuries ago stopped a foreign
invasion. In his honor, the Pope ordered each Catholic church in
Europe to ring its bell at mid-day. And since then, Catholic
2
church bells all over the world ring precisely at noon.
Heroes, yes -- American, Hungarian. Today, more than ever,
this kinship binds the peoples of the United States and Hungary.
Our nations are linked by many things: Hard work, the role of
community, religious devotion, a fierce love of freedom. And
especially during the past two years, your gallantry has evoked
our admiration. Your example has been our inspiration.
When we were in Budapest last year, I was given a piece of
the Iron Curtain. I keep it as a stark symbol of Hungary's
courageous decision to open its borders, unleashing a force that
helped transform Europe and eventually brought down the Berlin
Wall.
If Lajos Kossuth [LOY-osh KO-shoot] could be with us here
tonight, he would see that his dream of a free and democratic
Hungary has been fulfilled. And he would see that this new day
in Hungary's history is the result of the Hungarian people's
determination to live in freedom. Your presence here tonight,
Mr. Prime Minister, bears testimony to Hungary's new role as a
sovereign member of the new, and growing, partnership of nations.
The darkness lifts. The bell resounds. The light grows
brighter by the day. And so, Mr. Prime Minister, let us raise
our glasses, and let us raise what Kossuth called "the morning
star of liberty." God bless you -- and as your National Anthem
proclaims so unforgettably, "God Bless The Hungarians."
#
#
#
Document No. 182138SS
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
90 OCT 12 Pl: 52
DATE: 10/12/90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 10/15/90 2:00 PM
SUBJECT: ARRIVAL STATEMENT AND TOAST FOR HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER ANTALL
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE N/C
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER N/C
DARMAN N/C
ROGICH N/C
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
ROGERS
DEMAREST
WINSTON
FITZWATER
PINKERTON
GRAY
HAGIN
HOLIDAY N/C
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2:00 PM, Monday, October 15, 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
Smith/McNally/Simon
October 11, 1990
Draft Two (E:HUNGARY.AR)
90 OCT 12 PM12:51
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR P.M. ANTALL
THE SOUTH LAWN, THE WHITE HOUSE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1990
10:00
Mr. Prime Minister: It is a tremendous pleasure to welcome
you and your wife Clara to the White House today.
Seven years ago, I became the highest-ranking American
official to visit Hungary. And last year, I became the first
American President to journey there. Even though it was pouring
rain when we arrived in Kossuth [KO-shooth] Square, the people of
Hungary gave Barbara and me a marvelously warm welcome. I was so
moved by the crowd's enthusiasm that I tore up my speech. (And I
(ster)
have to admit, there were some in this country who were
disappointed. 11 Disappointed it wasn't the start of a trend.)
But I do want to say that Barbara and I have seen few cities
more lovely than Budapest. And we have seldom seen a city more
alive. Alive with commerce, change -- and above all -- hope.
Alive with a people who believe that, like a lamp lighting the
darkest night, liberty can light the globe.
The arrival at the White House of the first democratically
an
elected Prime Minister of Hungary in over 40 years is a historic
event. And it brings to mind the arrival -- 138 years ago -- of
another Hungarian patriot, at another house which embodies
freedom -- the Congress of the United States.
The man was Lajos Kossuth [LOY-osh KO-shooth]. His statue
stood behind us that day in the rain in Budapest, in the Square
that bears his name. And in today's historic meeting, the memory
2
of Lajos Kossuth lifts us, teaches us. For his life was a
celebration of bravery, and of dreams. He knew that a courageous
people would not bow to bayonets and barbed wire. He knew that
the light of liberty would shine forever.
Today in your homeland, from the streets of Budapest, to the
great plains, to the waters of the Danube, and the gentle towns
that grace its banks, Hungary's new patriots believe that all
things are possible for a Nation -- and for a people. And they
proclaim the individual, not the state, as the voice of tomorrow.
Today, in Hungary, that voice is being heard. Hungary is no
longer an emerging democracy -- Hungary is a democracy. The
government you head is a sovereign, pluralistic, democratic
European state. The dream of Hungarians has been fulfilled, and
carried beyond their own borders to others in Central Europe.
And now, in 1990, Hungary has taken its natural place as a valued
Commonwealthop free
member of the new partnership of nations.
The United States welcomes Hungary's return to a free and
open society. And we have recognized Hungary's new status with
agreements to establish a Consulate General in Los Angeles, to
remove travel controls on Hungary's diplomats at the U.N., and to
liberalize visa regulations. And beginning November 1st, Hungary
will become the first central European country that longer
requires visas for American visitors.
During our visit to Budapest, we saw the Hungarian love of
excellence in careful craftsmanship, in bountiful harvests from
family farms, in the pride of scientists in their work. And
by committing well over half-a- billion
dollars in new investments.
3
American companies have already demonstrated their faith in
Hungary's economic potential. General Electric is making
the
Tungoram.
lightbulbs in a joint venture with a Hungarian firm. General
Motors is producing auto parts there. And I encourage more
American businesses to find out what Hungary has to offer.
Prime Minister Antall's government has demonstrated its
global market
determination to integrate Hungary into the West by developing an
ambitious economic reform program. We are confident that the
benefits of a truly free market economy will far outweigh any
(Continuing stiong) for your courageous effors
temporary pain. And we offer our support. The Hungarian-
American Enterprise Fund has announced its first investment in a
joint venture to market high-tech equipment. And for the new
fiscal year, our Administration has asked Congress for a $300
million economic aid package for Eastern Europe.
We also recognize the tremendous difficulties which Hungary
insert were 2
and others in the region face due to the U.N. action in the
Persian Gulf and other developments. And the United States is
working with the World Bank, the IMF, and other international
organizations -- as well as with our European and Japanese
friends -- to try to ease the pain of this burden.
The United States has been a partner of Europe for most of
this century, and will remain so. We will not retreat across the
Atlantic. Indeed, we welcome Hungary and the other new
went
m
democracies into the new partnership of nations. And we support
affiliate status for Hungary in the O.E.C.D., the Common Market,
3
and the European Free Trade Association.
4
Mr. Prime Minister, we welcome you amid dramatic times. We
welcome you amid a feeling of hope and promise. And we welcome
you amid a spirit of cooperation, looking forward to our
conversations as old friends -- and as new partners.
When Lajos Kossuth came to America, his reception showed how
our two peoples share a common love of liberty. In New York
Harbor, an armada of ships sounded horns to celebrate his
arrival. Thousands rushed his open carriage. Perhaps no visitor
since Lafayette had been greeted so emotionally.
Like Hungarians, the Americans of that time believed in
helping individuals, and nations, who understood that real
freedom makes all progress possible. For they, like Hungarians
and Americans today, were determined to ensure that the light of
liberty will shine forever. III
Welcome to America, Mr. Prime Minister. And God bless the
friendship between our two nations. Thank you.
#
#
#
Smith/McNally/Simon
October 12, 1990
Draft Two (B:HUNGARY.TST)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TOAST FOR PRIME MINISTER ANTALL
THE STATE DINING ROOM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1990
Mr. Prime Minister, Mrs. Antall, my Hungarian and American
friends: It's a great pleasure and an honor for Barbara and me
to welcome you to the White House tonight.
That great poet of Hungary's 1848 Revolution, Sandor Petofi
toe
[SHAHN-door PET-too-fee], once wrote: "Let me address you in the
name of millions." And so tonight, Mr. Prime Minister, let me
greet you in the name of millions who convey their warmest
welcome: The people of the United States.
As I look around this room, I see why Americans feel so
enriched by our long friendship with the Hungarian people. We
see this kinship in the nearly two million Americans of Hungarian
descent. In giants like nuclear scientist Edward Teller. Or
conductor Eugene Ormandy, who proved that music is "the universal
language." Or Colonel Kovats [KO-vach], who gave his life for
America's struggle for freedom during our own Revolutionary War.
But this kinship isn't one-way: Americans admire Hungarians
whose deeds so inspire us. Heroes like the great founder of the
Hungarian state, St. Stephen, and great composers like Liszt and
Bartok. Or Hungary's many winners of Nobel prizes and Olympic
medals. Or that great patriot Janos Hunyadi [YAHN-osh HOON-yah-
dee], who more than five centuries ago stopped a foreign
in Europe
invasion. In his honor, the Pope ordered each Catholic church to
its
noon.
ring a bell at the time of day the battle ended. And since then,
2
Catholic church bells all over the world ring at precisely noon.
Heroes, yes -- American, Hungarian. Today, more than ever,
this kinship binds the peoples of the United States and Hungary.
Our nations are linked by many things: Hard work, the role of
community, religious devotion, a fierce love of freedom. And
especially during the past two years, your gallantry has evoked
our admiration. Your example has been our inspiration.
When we were in Budapest last year, I was given a piece of
as a stark symbol of
the Iron Curtain. I keep it on my deskx Because when Hungary
sion
courageaus
decided to open its borders, it unleashed ing a force that helped
transform Europe and eventually brought down the Berlin Wall.
If Lajos Kossuth [LOY-osh KO-shooth] could be with us here
tonight, he would see that his dream of a free and democratic
Hungary has been fulfilled. And he would see that this new day
in Hungary's history is the result of the Hungarian people's
determination to live in freedom. Your presence here tonight,
Mr. Prime Minister, bears testimony to Hungary's new role as a
sovereign member of the new, and growing, partnership of nations.
The darkness lifts. The bell resounds. The light grows
brighter by the day. And so, Mr. Prime Minister, let us raise
our glasses, and let us raise what Kossuth called "the morning
star of liberty." God bless you -- and as your National Anthem
proclaims so unforgettably, "God Bless The Hungarians."
#
#
#
NSC
by committing well over
half a billion dollars
3
in new investments.
American companies have already demonstrated their faith in
Hungary's economic potential
General the Electric is
Tungsian making (chech)
lightbulbs in a joint venture with & Hungarian firm^ General
Motors is producing auto parts there. And I encourage more
American businesses to find out what Hungary has to offer.
Prime Minister Antall's government has demonstrated its
determination to integrate Hungary into the West by developing an
global market
ambitious economic reform program. We are confident that the
benefits of a truly free market economy will far outweigh any
continuing strong
temporary pain. And we offer our support. The Hungarian-
for your contageous efforts.
^
American Enterprise Fund has announced its first investment in a
joint venture to market high-tech equipment. And for the new
fiscal year, our Administration has asked Congress for a $300
million economic aid package for Eastern Europe.
INSERT
/
INSERT 2
We also recognize the tremendous difficulties which Hungary
and others in the region face due to the U.N. action in the
Persian Culf and other developments. And the United States is
working with the World Bank, the IMF, and other international
organizations -- as well as with our European and Japanese
friends to try to ease the pain of this burden
The United States has been a partner of Europe for most of
this century, and will remain SO. We will not retreat across the
Atlantic. Indeed we welcome Hungary and the other new
in a Europe whole and free. The
democracies into the new partnership of nations. And we support
3
affiliate status for Hungary in the O.E.C.D. the Common Market,
United States is committed to helping you find e secure
went
and place the European in the Free new Trade Europe Association. and in building with you
a new era in U.S. Hungarian relations In that
regard, 1 am pleased to announce the lifting of trance
restrictions for Hungaria diploments and our agreement
to your request to phe Cons establish an Idengarian Consulate
general in New Los Anseles.
like all of us,
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and
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We know that Hungary along with the other new democracies
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are
of central Europe, is paying a high price, as we all are, for
resolutely supporting the U.N. sanctions against Iraq. We
understand that the loss of export markets and rising energy
costs complicate your historic effort to transform a centrally
planned economic system to a free market economy.
To help ease this burden, I am announcing today that the
United States is asking the International Monetary Fund to
increase its lending to the countries of the region, modifying
its lending policies as appropriate. We believe that up to $5
billion Glisadimwill, in additional IMF resources could be lent to the region
to help these countries adjust to the external shock We will
also ask the World Bank to accelerate its assistance in
the
energy field, drawing on the $9 billion now committed to central
and eastern Europe.
by as much as $5
created by the
Gulf crisis,
allowing #
them to
helpen's
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over 400,000
INSERT 1
40
And we are offering $75 million in guaranteed, long-term credits
for the purchase of 500, 000 tons of feed grains, to compensate for
the effects of the severe drought Hungary has experienced this
year.
INSERT 2
We know that Hungary, along with the other new democracies of
central Europe, is paying an enormous price for resolutely
supporting the U.N. sanctions against Iraq and the sharp rise in
energy prices. We understand that your energy crisis threatens
the success of your historic effort to transform a centrally
planned economic system to a free market economy. To help ease
this burden, I am announcing today that the United States will ask
the International Monetary Fund to make $5 billion in additional
resources available to the region for its energy needs, and we
will join the World Bank in financing projects designed to improve
energy efficiency.
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The NSC Staff concurs, with changes indicated.
Brent Scowcroft
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Smith/McNally/Simon
October 11, 1990
Draft Two (E:HUNGARY.AR)
OCT 12 P:112: 51
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR P.M. ANTALL
THE SOUTH LAWN, THE WHITE HOUSE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1990
Mr. Prime Minister: It is a tremendous pleasure to welcome
you and your wife Clara to the White House today.
Seven years ago, I became the highest-ranking American
official to visit Hungary. And last year, I became the first
American President to journey there. Even though it was pouring
rain when we arrived in Kossuth [KO-shooth] Square, the people of
Hungary gave Barbara and me a marvelously warm welcome. E ±
was
so-
moved by the crowd's enthusiasm that I tore up my speech. (And I
have to admit, there were some in this country who were
disappointed. H Disappointed it wasn't the start of a trend
But I do want to say that Barbara and I have seen few cities
more lovely than Budapest. And we have seldom seen a city more
alive. Alive with commerce, change -- and above all -- hope.
Alive with a people who believe that, like a lamp lighting the
darkest night, liberty can light the globe.
The arrival at the White House of the first democratically
an
elected Prime Minister of Hungary in over 40 years is x historic
event. And it brings to mind the arrival -- 138 years ago --- of
another Hungarian patriot, at another house which embodies
freedom -- the Congress of the United States.
The man was Lajos Kossuth [LOY-osh KO-shooth]. His statue
stood behind us that day in the rain in Budapest, in the Square
that bears his name. And in today's historic meeting, the memory
2
of Lajos Kossuth lifts us, teaches us. For his life was a
celebration of bravery, and of dreams. He knew that a courageous
people would not bow to bayonets and barbed wire. He knew that
the light of liberty would shine forever.
Today in your homeland, from the streets of Budapest, to the
great plains, to the waters of the Danube, and the gentle towns
that grace its banks, Hungary's new patriots believe that all
things are possible for a Nation -- and for a people. And they
proclaim the individual, not the state, as the voice of tomorrow.
Today, in Hungary, that voice is being heard. Hungary is no
longer an emerging democracy -- Hungary is a democracy. The
government you head is a sovereign, pluralistic, democratic
European state. The dream of Hungarians has been fulfilled, and
carried beyond their own borders to others in Central Europe.
And now, in 1990, Hungary has taken its natural place as a valued
Commonwealth of fiee
member of the flow partnership of nations.
The United States welcomes Hungary's return to a free and
open society And WO have recognized Hungary's new status with
agreements to establish a Consulate General in Los Angeles, to
remove travel controls on Hungary* diplomats at the U.N., and to
liberalize visa regulations. And beginning November 1st, Hungary
will become the first central European country that longer
requires visas for American visitors.]
During our visit to Budapest, we saw the Hungarian love of
excellence in careful craftsmanship, in bountiful harvests from
family farms, in the pride of scientists in their work. And
INSERT 1
And we are offering $75 million in guaranteed, long-term credits
for the purchase of 500,000 tons of feed grains, to compensate for
the effects of the severe drought Hungary has experienced this
year.
INSERT 2
We know that Hungary, along with the other new democracies of
central Europe, is paying an enormous price for resolutely
supporting the U.N. sanctions against Iraq and the sharp rise in
energy prices. We understand that your energy crisis threatens
the success of your historic effort to transform a centrally
planned economic system to a free market economy. To help ease
this burden, I am announcing today that the United States will ask
the International Monetary Fund to make $5 billion in additional
resources available to the region for its energy needs, and we
will join the World Bank in financing projects designed to improve
energy efficiency.
half a billion dollars
by committing well over
3
in new investments.
American companies have already demonstrated their faith in
Hungary's economic potential
General Electric is making
lightbulbs in a joint venture with a Hungarian firm. General
Motors is producing auto parts there. And I encourage more
American businesses to find out what Hungary has to offer.
Prime Minister Antall's government has demonstrated its
global market
determination to integrate Hungary into the West by developing an
ambitious economic reform program. We are confident that the
benefits of a truly free market economy will far outweigh any
continuing strong
for your contageons efforts.
temporary pain. And we offer our support. ^ The Hungarian-
American Enterprise Fund has announced its first investment in a
joint venture to market high-tech equipment. And for the new
fiscal year, our Administration has asked Congress for a $300
INSERT
/
million economic aid package for Eastern Europe.
INSERT 2
We also recognize the tremendous difficulties which Hungary
and others in the region face due to the U.N. action in the
Persian Culf and other developments. And the United States is
working with the World Bank, the IMF, and other international
organizations as well as with our European and Japanese
friends to try to ease the pain of this burden.
The United States has been a partner of Europe for most of
this century, and will remain SO. We will not retreat across the
Atlantic. Indeed we welcome Hungary and the other new
in a Europe whole and free. The
democracies into the new partnership of nations And we support,
affiliate status for Hungary in the O.E.C.D. the Common Market
United States is committed to helping you find e secure
and place the European in the Free new Trade Europe Association and in milding with you
a new era in U.S. - Hungarian relations In that
reyard, 1 am pleased to announce the lifting of trance
to your request ,t pun Cows establish an Idengarian Consulate
restrictions for Hungaria diploments and our agreement
4
Mr. Prime Minister, we welcome you amid dramatic times. We
welcome you amid a feeling of hope and promise. And we welcome
you amid a spirit of cooperation, looking forward to our
conversations as old friends -- and as new partners.
When Lajos Kossuth came to America, his reception showed how
our two peoples share a common love of liberty. In New York
Harbor, an armada of ships sounded horns to celebrate his
arrival. Thousands rushed his open carriage. Perhaps no visitor
since Lafayette had been greeted so emotionally.
Like Hungarians, the Americans of that time believed in
helping individuals, and nations, who understood that real
freedom makes all progress possible. For they, like Hungarians
and Americans today, were determined to ensure that the light of
liberty will shine forever. III
Welcome to America, Mr. Prime Minister. And God bless the
friendship between our two nations. Thank you.
#
#
#
Smith/McNally/Simon
October 12, 1990
Draft Two (B:HUNGARY.TST)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TOAST FOR PRIME MINISTER ANTALL
THE STATE DINING ROOM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1990
Mr. Prime Minister, Mrs. Antall, my Hungarian and American
friends: It's a great pleasure and an honor for Barbara and me
to welcome you to the White House tonight.
That great poet of Hungary's 1848 Revolution, Sandor Petofi
[SHAHN-door PET-too-fee], once wrote: "Let me address you in the
name of millions." And so tonight, Mr. Prime Minister, let me
greet you in the name of millions who convey their warmest
welcome: The people of the United States.
As I look around this room, I see why Americans feel so
enriched by our long friendship with the Hungarian people. We
see this kinship in the nearly two million Americans of Hungarian
descent. In giants like nuclear scientist Edward Teller. Or
conductor Eugene Ormandy, who proved that music is "the universal
language." Or Colonel Kovats [KO-vach], who gave his life for
America's struggle for freedom during our own Revolutionary War.
But this kinship isn't one-way: Americans admire Hungarians
whose deeds so inspire us. Heroes like the great founder of the
Hungarian state, St. Stephen, and great composers like Liszt and
Bartok. Or Hungary's many winners of Nobel prizes and Olympic
medals. Or that great patriot Janos Hunyadi [YAHN-osh HOON-yah-
dee], who more than five centuries ago stopped a foreign
invasion. In his honor, the Pope ordered each Catholic church to
ring a bell at the time of day the battle ended. And since then,
2
Catholic church bells all over the world ring at precisely noon.
Heroes, yes -- American, Hungarian. Today, more than ever,
this kinship binds the peoples of the United States and Hungary.
Our nations are linked by many things: Hard work, the role of
community, religious devotion, a fierce love of freedom. And
especially during the past two years, your gallantry has evoked
our admiration. Your example has been our inspiration.
When we were in Budapest last year, I was given a piece of
the Iron Curtain. I keep it on my desk. Because when Hungary
decided to open its borders, it unleashed a force that helped
transform Europe and eventually brought down the Berlin Wall.
If Lajos Kossuth [LOY-osh KO-shooth] could be with us here
tonight, he would see that his dream of a free and democratic
Hungary has been fulfilled. And he would see that this new day
in Hungary's history is the result of the Hungarian people's
determination to live in freedom. Your presence here tonight,
Mr. Prime Minister, bears testimony to Hungary's new role as a
sovereign member of the new, and growing, partnership of nations.
The darkness lifts. The bell resounds. The light grows
brighter by the day. And so, Mr. Prime Minister, let us raise
our glasses, and let us raise what Kossuth called "the morning
star of liberty." God bless you -- and as your National Anthem
proclaims so unforgettably, "God Bless The Hungarians."
#
#
#
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x2930, no later than 2:00 PM, Monday, October 15, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
October 15, 1990
The NSC Staff concurs, with changes indicated.
Brent B Scowcroft
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Smith/McNally/Simon
October 11, 1990
90 OCT 12 PM 12: 51
Draft Two (E:HUNGARY.AR)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR P.M. ANTALL
THE SOUTH LAWN, THE WHITE HOUSE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1990
Mr. Prime Minister: It is a tremendous pleasure to welcome
you and your wife Clara to the White House today.
Seven years ago, I became the highest-ranking American
official to visit Hungary. And last year, I became the first
American President to journey there. Even though it was pouring
rain when we arrived in Kossuth [KO-shooth] Square, the people of
Hungary gave Barbara and me a marvelously warm welcome. [
H
was
so
moved by the crowd's enthusiasm that I tore up my speech. (And I
have to admit, there were some in this country who were
disappointed. H Disappointed it wasn't the start of a trend
But I do want to say that Barbara and I have seen few cities
more lovely than Budapest. And we have seldom seen a city more
alive. Alive with commerce, change -- and above all -- hope.
Alive with a people who believe that, like a lamp lighting the
darkest night, liberty can light the globe.
The arrival at the White House of the first democratically
an
elected Prime Minister of Hungary in over 40 years is historic
event. And it brings to mind the arrival -- 138 years ago -- of
another Hungarian patriot, at another house which embodies
freedom -- the Congress of the United States.
The man was Lajos Kossuth [LOY-osh KO-shooth]. His statue
stood behind us that day in the rain in Budapest, in the Square
that bears his name. And in today's historic meeting, the memory
2
of Lajos Kossuth lifts us, teaches us. For his life was a
celebration of bravery, and of dreams. He knew that a courageous
people would not bow to bayonets and barbed wire. He knew that
the light of liberty would shine forever.
Today in your homeland, from the streets of Budapest, to the
great plains, to the waters of the Danube, and the gentle towns
that grace its banks, Hungary's new patriots believe that all
things are possible for a Nation -- and for a people. And they
proclaim the individual, not the state, as the voice of tomorrow.
Today, in Hungary, that voice is being heard. Hungary is no
longer an emerging democracy -- Hungary is a democracy. The
government you head is a sovereign, pluralistic, democratic
European state. The dream of Hungarians has been fulfilled, and
carried beyond their own borders to others in Central Europe.
And now, in 1990, Hungary has taken its natural place as a valued
Commonwealth of fiee
member of the flow partnership of nations.
(The United States welcomes Hungary's 3 return to a free and
open society And WO have recognized Hungary's new status with
agreements to establish a Consulate General in Los Angeles, to
remove travel controls on Hungary diplomats at the U.N., and $0
liberalise visa regulations. And beginning November 1st, Hungary
will become the first central European country that longer
requires visas for American visitors ]
During our visit to Budapest, we saw the Hungarian love of
excellence in careful craftsmanship, in bountiful harvests from
family farms, in the pride of scientists in their work. And
4
Mr. Prime Minister, we welcome you amid dramatic times. We
welcome you amid a feeling of hope and promise. And we welcome
you amid a spirit of cooperation, looking forward to our
conversations as old friends -- and as new partners.
When Lajos Kossuth came to America, his reception showed how
our two peoples share a common love of liberty. In New York
Harbor, an armada of ships sounded horns to celebrate his
arrival. Thousands rushed his open carriage. Perhaps no visitor
since Lafayette had been greeted so emotionally.
Like Hungarians, the Americans of that time believed in
helping individuals, and nations, who understood that real
freedom makes all progress possible. For they, like Hungarians
and Americans today, were determined to ensure that the light of
liberty will shine forever. III
Welcome to America, Mr. Prime Minister. And God bless the
friendship between our two nations. Thank you.
#
#
#
Smith/McNally/Simon
October 12, 1990
Draft Two (B:HUNGARY.TST)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TOAST FOR PRIME MINISTER ANTALL
THE STATE DINING ROOM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1990
Mr. Prime Minister, Mrs. Antall, my Hungarian and American
friends: It's a great pleasure and an honor for Barbara and me
to welcome you to the White House tonight.
That great poet of Hungary's 1848 Revolution, Sandor Petofi
[SHAHN-door PET-too-fee], once wrote: "Let me address you in the
name of millions." And so tonight, Mr. Prime Minister, let me
greet you in the name of millions who convey their warmest
welcome: The people of the United States.
As I look around this room, I see why Americans feel so
enriched by our long friendship with the Hungarian people. We
see this kinship in the nearly two million Americans of Hungarian
descent. In giants like nuclear scientist Edward Teller. Or
conductor Eugene Ormandy, who proved that music is "the universal
language." Or Colonel Kovats [KO-vach], who gave his life for
America's struggle for freedom during our own Revolutionary War.
But this kinship isn't one-way: Americans admire Hungarians
whose deeds so inspire us. Heroes like the great founder of the
Hungarian state, St. Stephen, and great composers like Liszt and
Bartok. Or Hungary's many winners of Nobel prizes and Olympic
medals. Or that great patriot Janos Hunyadi [YAHN-osh HOON-yah-
dee], who more than five centuries ago stopped a foreign
invasion. In his honor, the Pope ordered each Catholic church to
ring a bell at the time of day the battle ended. And since then,
2
Catholic church bells all over the world ring at precisely noon.
Heroes, yes -- American, Hungarian. Today, more than ever,
this kinship binds the peoples of the United States and Hungary.
Our nations are linked by many things: Hard work, the role of
community, religious devotion, a fierce love of freedom. And
especially during the past two years, your gallantry has evoked
our admiration. Your example has been our inspiration.
When we were in Budapest last year, I was given a piece of
the Iron Curtain. I keep it on my desk. Because when Hungary
decided to open its borders, it unleashed a force that helped
transform Europe and eventually brought down the Berlin Wall.
If Lajos Kossuth [LOY-osh KO-shooth] could be with us here
tonight, he would see that his dream of a free and democratic
Hungary has been fulfilled. And he would see that this new day
in Hungary's history is the result of the Hungarian people's
determination to live in freedom. Your presence here tonight,
Mr. Prime Minister, bears testimony to Hungary's new role as a
sovereign member of the new, and growing, partnership of nations.
The darkness lifts. The bell resounds. The light grows
brighter by the day. And so, Mr. Prime Minister, let us raise
our glasses, and let us raise what Kossuth called "the morning
star of liberty." God bless you -- and as your National Anthem
proclaims so unforgettably, "God Bless The Hungarians."
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
90 OCT 15 P2: 07
Date:
10/15
TO:
Chriss Winston
FROM: JAMES P. PINKERTON
Deputy Assistant to the President
for Policy Planning
One Miner comment the
Antall arrival statement:
the "looking forward to
our conversations 25 old friends
is a bit of temporal
acrobatics likely to catuse
He listener.
Document No. 182138SS
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90 OCT 15 P | : 53
DATE: 10/12/90
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ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
ROGERS
DEMAREST
WINSTON
FITZWATER
PINKERTON
GRAY
HAGIN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2:00 PM, Monday, October 15, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE: no comment
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Smith/McNally/Simon
October 11, 1990
90 OCT 12 PM 12: 51
Draft Two (E:HUNGARY.AR)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR P.M. ANTALL
THE SOUTH LAWN, THE WHITE HOUSE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1990
Mr. Prime Minister: It is a tremendous pleasure to welcome
you and your wife Clara to the White House today.
Seven years ago, I became the highest-ranking American
official to visit Hungary. And last year, I became the first
American President to journey there. Even though it was pouring
rain when we arrived in Kossuth [KO-shooth] Square, the people of
Hungary gave Barbara and me a marvelously warm welcome. I was so
moved by the crowd's enthusiasm that I tore up my speech. (And I
have to admit, there were some in this country who were
disappointed. 11 Disappointed it wasn't the start of a trend.)
But I do want to say that Barbara and I have seen few cities
more lovely than Budapest. And we have seldom seen a city more
alive. Alive with commerce, change -- and above all -- hope.
Alive with a people who believe that, like a lamp lighting the
darkest night, liberty can light the globe.
The arrival at the White House of the first democratically
elected Prime Minister of Hungary in over 40 years is a historic
event. And it brings to mind the arrival -- 138 years ago -- of
another Hungarian patriot, at another house which embodies
freedom -- the Congress of the United States.
The man was Lajos Kossuth [LOY-osh KO-shooth]. His statue
stood behind us that day in the rain in Budapest, in the Square
that bears his name. And in today's historic meeting, the memory
2
of Lajos Kossuth lifts us, teaches us. For his life was a
celebration of bravery, and of dreams. He knew that a courageous
people would not bow to bayonets and barbed wire. He knew that
the light of liberty would shine forever.
Today in your homeland, from the streets of Budapest, to the
great plains, to the waters of the Danube, and the gentle towns
that grace its banks, Hungary's new patriots believe that all
things are possible for a Nation -- and for a people. And they
proclaim the individual, not the state, as the voice of tomorrow.
Today, in Hungary, that voice is being heard. Hungary is no
longer an emerging democracy -- Hungary is a democracy. The
government you head is a sovereign, pluralistic, democratic
European state. The dream of Hungarians has been fulfilled, and
carried beyond their own borders to others in Central Europe.
And now, in 1990, Hungary has taken its natural place as a valued
member of the new partnership of nations.
The United States welcomes Hungary's return to a free and
open society. And we have recognized Hungary's new status with
agreements to establish a Consulate General in Los Angeles, to
remove travel controls on Hungary's diplomats at the U.N., and to
liberalize visa regulations. And beginning November 1st, Hungary
will become the first central European country that longer
requires visas for American visitors.
During our visit to Budapest, we saw the Hungarian love of
excellence in careful craftsmanship, in bountiful harvests from
family farms, in the pride of scientists in their work. And
3
American companies have already demonstrated their faith in
Hungary's economic potential. General Electric is making
lightbulbs in a joint venture with a Hungarian firm. General
Motors is producing auto parts there. And I encourage more
American businesses to find out what Hungary has to offer.
Prime Minister Antall's government has demonstrated its
determination to integrate Hungary into the West by developing an
ambitious economic reform program. We are confident that the
benefits of a truly free market economy will far outweigh any
temporary pain. And we offer our support. The Hungarian-
American Enterprise Fund has announced its first investment in a
joint venture to market high-tech equipment. And for the new
fiscal year, our Administration has asked Congress for a $300
million economic aid package for Eastern Europe.
We also recognize the tremendous difficulties which Hungary
and others in the region face due to the U.N. action in the
Persian Gulf and other developments. And the United States is
working with the World Bank, the IMF, and other international
organizations -- as well as with our European and Japanese
friends -- to try to ease the pain of this burden.
The United States has been a partner of Europe for most of
this century, and will remain SO. We will not retreat across the
Atlantic. Indeed, we welcome Hungary and the other new
democracies into the new partnership of nations. And we support
affiliate status for Hungary in the O.E.C.D., the Common Market,
and the European Free Trade Association.
4
Mr. Prime Minister, we welcome you amid dramatic times. We
welcome you amid a feeling of hope and promise. And we welcome
you amid a spirit of cooperation, looking forward to our
conversations as old friends -- and as new partners.
When Lajos Kossuth came to America, his reception showed how
our two peoples share a common love of liberty. In New York
Harbor, an armada of ships sounded horns to celebrate his
arrival. Thousands rushed his open carriage. Perhaps no visitor
since Lafayette had been greeted so emotionally.
Like Hungarians, the Americans of that time believed in
helping individuals, and nations, who understood that real
freedom makes all progress possible. For they, like Hungarians
and Americans today, were determined to ensure that the light of
liberty will shine forever. III
Welcome to America, Mr. Prime Minister. And God bless the
friendship between our two nations. Thank you.
#
#
#
Smith/McNally/Simon
October 12, 1990
Draft Two (B:HUNGARY.TST)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TOAST FOR PRIME MINISTER ANTALL
THE STATE DINING ROOM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1990
Mr. Prime Minister, Mrs. Antall, my Hungarian and American
friends: It's a great pleasure and an honor for Barbara and me
to welcome you to the White House tonight.
That great poet of Hungary's 1848 Revolution, Sandor Petofi
[SHAHN-door PET-too-fee], once wrote: "Let me address you in the
name of millions." And so tonight, Mr. Prime Minister, let me
greet you in the name of millions who convey their warmest
welcome: The people of the United States.
As I look around this room, I see why Americans feel so
enriched by our long friendship with the Hungarian people. We
see this kinship in the nearly two million Americans of Hungarian
descent. In giants like nuclear scientist Edward Teller. Or
conductor Eugene Ormandy, who proved that music is "the universal
language." Or Colonel Kovats [KO-vach], who gave his life for
America's struggle for freedom during our own Revolutionary War.
But this kinship isn't one-way: Americans admire Hungarians
whose deeds so inspire us. Heroes like the great founder of the
Hungarian state, St. Stephen, and great composers like Liszt and
Bartok. Or Hungary's many winners of Nobel prizes and Olympic
medals. Or that great patriot Janos Hunyadi [YAHN-osh HOON-yah-
dee], who more than five centuries ago stopped a foreign
invasion. In his honor, the Pope ordered each Catholic church to
ring a bell at the time of day the battle ended. And since then,
2
Catholic church bells all over the world ring at precisely noon.
Heroes, yes -- American, Hungarian. Today, more than ever,
this kinship binds the peoples of the United States and Hungary.
Our nations are linked by many things: Hard work, the role of
community, religious devotion, a fierce love of freedom. And
especially during the past two years, your gallantry has evoked
our admiration. Your example has been our inspiration.
When we were in Budapest last year, I was given a piece of
the Iron Curtain. I keep it on my desk. Because when Hungary
decided to open its borders, it unleashed a force that helped
transform Europe and eventually brought down the Berlin Wall.
If Lajos Kossuth [LOY-osh KO-shooth] could be with us here
tonight, he would see that his dream of a free and democratic
Hungary has been fulfilled. And he would see that this new day
in Hungary's history is the result of the Hungarian people's
determination to live in freedom. Your presence here tonight,
Mr. Prime Minister, bears testimony to Hungary's new role as a
sovereign member of the new, and growing, partnership of nations.
The darkness lifts. The bell resounds. The light grows
brighter by the day. And so, Mr. Prime Minister, let us raise
our glasses, and let us raise what Kossuth called "the morning
star of liberty." God bless you -- and as your National Anthem
proclaims so unforgettably, "God Bless The Hungarians."
#
#
#
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my office. Thank you.
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UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
ROGERS
DEMAREST
WINSTON
FITZWATER
PINKERTON
GRAY
HAGIN
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x2930, no later than 2:00 PM, Monday, October 15, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
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Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Smith/McNally/Simon
October 11, 1990
Draft Two (E:HUNGARY.AR)
90 OCT 12 PM 12: 51
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR P.M. ANTALL
THE SOUTH LAWN, THE WHITE HOUSE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1990
Mr. Prime Minister: It is a tremendous pleasure to welcome
you and your wife Clara to the White House today.
Seven years ago, I became the highest-ranking American
official to visit Hungary. And last year, I became the first
American President to journey there. Even though it was pouring
rain when we arrived in Kossuth [KO-shooth] Square, the people of
Hungary gave Barbara and me a marvelously warm welcome. I was so
moved by the crowd's enthusiasm that I tore up my speech. (And I
have to admit, there were some in this country who were
disappointed. 11 Disappointed it wasn't the start of a trend.)
But I do want to say that Barbara and I have seen few cities
more lovely than Budapest. And we have seldom seen a city more
alive. Alive with commerce, change -- and above all -- hope.
Alive with a people who believe that, like a lamp lighting the
darkest night, liberty can light the globe.
The arrival at the White House of the first democratically
elected Prime Minister of Hungary in over 40 years is a historic
event. And it brings to mind the arrival -- 138 years ago -- of
another Hungarian patriot, at another house which embodies
freedom -- the Congress of the United States.
The man was Lajos Kossuth [LOY-osh KO-shooth]. His statue
stood behind us that day in the rain in Budapest, in the Square
that bears his name. And in today's historic meeting, the memory
2
of Lajos Kossuth lifts us, teaches us. For his life was a
celebration of bravery, and of dreams. He knew that a courageous
people would not bow to bayonets and barbed wire. He knew that
the light of liberty would shine forever.
Today in your homeland, from the streets of Budapest, to the
great plains, to the waters of the Danube, and the gentle towns
that grace its banks, Hungary's new patriots believe that all
things are possible for a Nation -- and for a people. And they
proclaim the individual, not the state, as the voice of tomorrow.
Today, in Hungary, that voice is being heard. Hungary is no
longer an emerging democracy -- Hungary is a democracy. The
government you head is a sovereign, pluralistic, democratic
European state. The dream of Hungarians has been fulfilled, and
carried beyond their own borders to others in Central Europe.
And now, in 1990, Hungary has taken its natural place as a valued
member of the new partnership of nations.
The United States welcomes Hungary's return to a free and
open society. And we have recognized Hungary's new status with
agreements to establish a Consulate General in Los Angeles, to
remove travel controls on Hungary's diplomats at the U.N., and to
liberalize visa regulations. And beginning November 1st, Hungary
will become the first central European country that longer
requires visas for American visitors.
During our visit to Budapest, we saw the Hungarian love of
excellence in careful craftsmanship, in bountiful harvests from
family farms, in the pride of scientists in their work. And
3
American companies have already demonstrated their faith in
Hungary's economic potential. General Electric is making
lightbulbs in a joint venture with a Hungarian firm. General
Motors is producing auto parts there. And I encourage more
American businesses to find out what Hungary has to offer.
Prime Minister Antall's government has demonstrated its
determination to integrate Hungary into the West by developing an
ambitious economic reform program. We are confident that the
benefits of a truly free market economy will far outweigh any
temporary pain. And we offer our support. The Hungarian-
American Enterprise Fund has announced its first investment in a
joint venture to market high-tech equipment. And for the new
fiscal year, our Administration has asked Congress for a $300
million economic aid package for Eastern Europe.
We also recognize the tremendous difficulties which Hungary
and others in the region face due to the U.N. action in the
Persian Gulf and other developments. And the United States is
working with the World Bank, the IMF, and other international
organizations -- as well as with our European and Japanese
friends -- to try to ease the pain of this burden.
The United States has been a partner of Europe for most of
this century, and will remain SO. We will not retreat across the
Atlantic. Indeed, we welcome Hungary and the other new
democracies into the new partnership of nations. And we support
affiliate status for Hungary in the O.E.C.D., the Common Market,
and the European Free Trade Association.
4
Mr. Prime Minister, we welcome you amid dramatic times. We
welcome you amid a feeling of hope and promise. And we welcome
you amid a spirit of cooperation, looking forward to our
conversations as old friends -- and as new partners.
When Lajos Kossuth came to America, his reception showed how
our two peoples share a common love of liberty. In New York
Harbor, an armada of ships sounded horns to celebrate his
arrival. Thousands rushed his open carriage. Perhaps no visitor
since Lafayette had been greeted so emotionally.
Like Hungarians, the Americans of that time believed in
helping individuals, and nations, who understood that real
freedom makes all progress possible. For they, like Hungarians
and Americans today, were determined to ensure that the light of
liberty will shine forever. III
Welcome to America, Mr. Prime Minister. And God bless the
friendship between our two nations. Thank you.
#
#
#
Smith/McNally/Simon
October 12, 1990
Draft Two (B:HUNGARY.TST)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TOAST FOR PRIME MINISTER ANTALL
THE STATE DINING ROOM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1990
Mr. Prime Minister, Mrs. Antall, my Hungarian and American
friends: It's a great pleasure and an honor for Barbara and me
to welcome you to the White House tonight.
That great poet of Hungary's 1848 Revolution, Sandor Petofi
[SHAHN-door PET-too-fee], once wrote: "Let me address you in the
name of millions." And so tonight, Mr. Prime Minister, let me
greet you in the name of millions who convey their warmest
welcome: The people of the United States.
As I look around this room, I see why Americans feel so
enriched by our long friendship with the Hungarian people. We
see this kinship in the nearly two million Americans of Hungarian
descent. In giants like nuclear scientist Edward Teller. Or
conductor Eugene Ormandy, who proved that music is "the universal
language." Or Colonel Kovats [KO-vach], who gave his life for
America's struggle for freedom during our own Revolutionary War.
But this kinship isn't one-way: Americans admire Hungarians
whose deeds so inspire us. Heroes like the great founder of the
Hungarian state, St. Stephen, and great composers like Liszt and
Bartok. Or Hungary's many winners of Nobel prizes and Olympic
medals. Or that great patriot Janos Hunyadi [YAHN-osh HOON-yah-
dee], who more than five centuries ago stopped a foreign
invasion. In his honor, the Pope ordered each Catholic church to
ring a bell at the time of day the battle ended. And since then,
2
Catholic church bells all over the world ring at precisely noon.
Heroes, yes -- American, Hungarian. Today, more than ever,
this kinship binds the peoples of the United States and Hungary.
Our nations are linked by many things: Hard work, the role of
community, religious devotion, a fierce love of freedom. And
especially during the past two years, your gallantry has evoked
our admiration. Your example has been our inspiration.
When we were in Budapest last year, I was given a piece of
the Iron Curtain. I keep it on my desk. Because when Hungary
decided to open its borders, it unleashed a force that helped
transform Europe and eventually brought down the Berlin Wall.
If Lajos Kossuth [LOY-osh KO-shooth] could be with us here
tonight, he would see that his dream of a free and democratic
Hungary has been fulfilled. And he would see that this new day
in Hungary's history is the result of the Hungarian people's
determination to live in freedom. Your presence here tonight,
Mr. Prime Minister, bears testimony to Hungary's new role as a
sovereign member of the new, and growing, partnership of nations.
The darkness lifts. The bell resounds. The light grows
brighter by the day. And so, Mr. Prime Minister, let us raise
our glasses, and let us raise what Kossuth called "the morning
star of liberty." God bless you -- and as your National Anthem
proclaims so unforgettably, "God Bless The Hungarians."
#
#
#
Simon
Smith/McNally/Simon
October 12, 1990
Draft Two (B:HUNGARY.TST)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TOAST FOR PRIME MINISTER ANTALL
THE STATE DINING ROOM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1990
Mr. Prime Minister, Mrs. Antall, my Hungarian and American
friends: It's a great pleasure and an honor for Barbara and me
to welcome you to the White House tonight.
That great poet of Hungary's 1848 Revolution, Sandor Petofi
toe
[SHAHN-door PET-too-fee], once wrote: "Let me address you in the
name of millions." And so tonight, Mr. Prime Minister, let me
greet you in the name of millions who convey their warmest
welcome: The people of the United States.
As I look around this room, I see why Americans feel so
enriched by our long friendship with the Hungarian people. We
see this kinship in the nearly two million Americans of Hungarian
descent. In giants like nuclear scientist Edward Teller. Or
conductor Eugene Ormandy, who proved that music is "the universal
language." Or Colonel Kovats [KO-vach], who gave his life for
America's struggle for freedom during our own Revolutionary War.
But this kinship isn't one-way: Americans admire Hungarians
whose deeds so inspire us. Heroes like the great founder of the
Hungarian state, St. Stephen, and great composers like Liszt and
Bartok. Or Hungary's many winners of Nobel prizes and Olympic
medals. Or that great patriot Janos Hunyadi [YAHN-osh HOON-yah-
dee], who more than five centuries ago stopped a foreign
in Europe
invasion. In his honor, the Pope ordered each Catholic church to
its
noon.
1
ring a bell at the time of day the battle ended And since then,
2
Catholic church bells all over the world ring at precisely noon.
Heroes, yes -- American, Hungarian. Today, more than ever,
this kinship binds the peoples of the United States and Hungary.
Our nations are linked by many things: Hard work, the role of
community, religious devotion, a fierce love of freedom. And
especially during the past two years, your gallantry has evoked
our admiration. Your example has been our inspiration.
When we were in Budapest last year, I was given a piece of
the Iron Curtain. I keep it on my desk Because when Hungary
decided to open its borders, it unleashed a force that helped
(a piece which of I
transform Europe and eventually brought down the Berlin Wall.
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If Lajos Kossuth [LOY-osh KO-shooth] could be with us here
my
tonight, he would see that his dream of a free and democratic
destr.)
Hungary has been fulfilled. And he would see that this new day
in Hungary's history is the result of the Hungarian people's
determination to live in freedom. Your presence here tonight,
Mr. Prime Minister, bears testimony to Hungary's new role as a
sovereign member of the new, and growing, partnership of nations.
The darkness lifts. The bell resounds. The light grows
brighter by the day. And so, Mr. Prime Minister, let us raise
our glasses, and let us raise what Kossuth called "the morning
star of liberty." God bless you -- and as your National Anthem
proclaims so unforgettably, "God Bless The Hungarians."
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 15, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Arrival Statement and
Toast For Hungarian Prime Minister Antall
We have reviewed the attached draft and have no suggested
changes from a policy standpoint. We approve of the draft
remarks in their current form.
CC: James W. Cicconi
90 OCT 16 P2: 59
Document No. 182138SS
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 10/12/90
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 10/15/90 2:00 PM
SUBJECT: ARRIVAL STATEMENT AND TOAST FOR HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER ANTALL
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
ROGERS
DEMAREST
WINSTON
FITZWATER
PINKERTON
GRAY
HAGIN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2:00 PM, Monday, October 15, with a copy to
my office. Thank you.
90 90-OCT 16 16
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Smith/McNally/Simon
October 11, 1990
Draft Two (E:HUNGARY.AR)
90 OCT 12 PM 12: 51
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR P.M. ANTALL
THE SOUTH LAWN, THE WHITE HOUSE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1990
Mr. Prime Minister: It is a tremendous pleasure to welcome
you and your wife Clara to the White House today.
Seven years ago, I became the highest-ranking American
official to visit Hungary. And last year, I became the first
American President to journey there. Even though it was pouring
rain when we arrived in Kossuth [KO-shooth] Square, the people of
Hungary gave Barbara and me a marvelously warm welcome. I was so
moved by the crowd's enthusiasm that I tore up my speech. (And I
have to admit, there were some in this country who were
disappointed. 11 Disappointed it wasn't the start of a trend.)
But I do want to say that Barbara and I have seen few cities
more lovely than Budapest. And we have seldom seen a city more
alive. Alive with commerce, change -- and above all -- hope.
Alive with a people who believe that, like a lamp lighting the
darkest night, liberty can light the globe.
The arrival at the White House of the first democratically
elected Prime Minister of Hungary in over 40 years is a historic
event. And it brings to mind the arrival -- 138 years ago -- of
another Hungarian patriot, at another house which embodies
freedom -- the Congress of the United States.
The man was Lajos Kossuth [LOY-osh KO-shooth]. His statue
stood behind us that day in the rain in Budapest, in the Square
that bears his name. And in today's historic meeting, the memory
2
of Lajos Kossuth lifts us, teaches us. For his life was a
celebration of bravery, and of dreams. He knew that a courageous
people would not bow to bayonets and barbed wire. He knew that
the light of liberty would shine forever.
Today in your homeland, from the streets of Budapest, to the
great plains, to the waters of the Danube, and the gentle towns
that grace its banks, Hungary's new patriots believe that all
things are possible for a Nation -- and for a people. And they
proclaim the individual, not the state, as the voice of tomorrow.
Today, in Hungary, that voice is being heard. Hungary is no
longer an emerging democracy -- Hungary is a democracy. The
government you head is a sovereign, pluralistic, democratic
European state. The dream of Hungarians has been fulfilled, and
carried beyond their own borders to others in Central Europe.
And now, in 1990, Hungary has taken its natural place as a valued
member of the new partnership of nations.
The United States welcomes Hungary's return to a free and
open society. And we have recognized Hungary's new status with
agreements to establish a Consulate General in Los Angeles, to
remove travel controls on Hungary's diplomats at the U.N., and to
liberalize visa regulations. And beginning November 1st, Hungary
will become the first central European country that longer
requires visas for American visitors.
During our visit to Budapest, we saw the Hungarian love of
excellence in careful craftsmanship, in bountiful harvests from
family farms, in the pride of scientists in their work. And
3
American companies have already demonstrated their faith in
Hungary's economic potential. General Electric is making
lightbulbs in a joint venture with a Hungarian firm. General
Motors is producing auto parts there. And I encourage more
American businesses to find out what Hungary has to offer.
Prime Minister Antall's government has demonstrated its
determination to integrate Hungary into the West by developing an
ambitious economic reform program. We are confident that the
benefits of a truly free market economy will far outweigh any
temporary pain. And we offer our support. The Hungarian-
American Enterprise Fund has announced its first investment in a
joint venture to market high-tech equipment. And for the new
fiscal year, our Administration has asked Congress for a $300
million economic aid package for Eastern Europe.
We also recognize the tremendous difficulties which Hungary
and others in the region face due to the U.N. action in the
Persian Gulf and other developments. And the United States is
working with the World Bank, the IMF, and other international
organizations -- as well as with our European and Japanese
friends -- to try to ease the pain of this burden.
The United States has been a partner of Europe for most of
this century, and will remain SO. We will not retreat across the
Atlantic. Indeed, we welcome Hungary and the other new
democracies into the new partnership of nations. And we support
affiliate status for Hungary in the O.E.C.D., the Common Market,
and the European Free Trade Association.
4
Mr. Prime Minister, we welcome you amid dramatic times. We
welcome you amid a feeling of hope and promise. And we welcome
you amid a spirit of cooperation, looking forward to our
conversations as old friends -- and as new partners.
When Lajos Kossuth came to America, his reception showed how
our two peoples share a common love of liberty. In New York
Harbor, an armada of ships sounded horns to celebrate his
arrival. Thousands rushed his open carriage. Perhaps no visitor
since Lafayette had been greeted so emotionally.
Like Hungarians, the Americans of that time believed in
helping individuals, and nations, who understood that real
freedom makes all progress possible. For they, like Hungarians
and Americans today, were determined to ensure that the light of
liberty will shine forever. III
Welcome to America, Mr. Prime Minister. And God bless the
friendship between our two nations. Thank you.
#
#
#
Smith/McNally/Simon
October 12, 1990
Draft Two (B:HUNGARY.TST)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TOAST FOR PRIME MINISTER ANTALL
THE STATE DINING ROOM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1990
Mr. Prime Minister, Mrs. Antall, my Hungarian and American
friends: It's a great pleasure and an honor for Barbara and me
to welcome you to the White House tonight.
That great poet of Hungary's 1848 Revolution, Sandor Petofi
[SHAHN-door PET-too-fee], once wrote: "Let me address you in the
name of millions." And so tonight, Mr. Prime Minister, let me
greet you in the name of millions who convey their warmest
welcome: The people of the United States.
As I look around this room, I see why Americans feel so
enriched by our long friendship with the Hungarian people. We
see this kinship in the nearly two million Americans of Hungarian
descent. In giants like nuclear scientist Edward Teller. Or
conductor Eugene Ormandy, who proved that music is "the universal
language." Or Colonel Kovats [KO-vach], who gave his life for
America's struggle for freedom during our own Revolutionary War.
But this kinship isn't one-way: Americans admire Hungarians
whose deeds so inspire us. Heroes like the great founder of the
Hungarian state, St. Stephen, and great composers like Liszt and
Bartok. Or Hungary's many winners of Nobel prizes and Olympic
medals. Or that great patriot Janos Hunyadi [YAHN-osh HOON-yah-
dee], who more than five centuries ago stopped a foreign
invasion. In his honor, the Pope ordered each Catholic church to
ring a bell at the time of day the battle ended. And since then,
2
Catholic church bells all over the world ring at precisely noon.
Heroes, yes American, Hungarian. Today, more than ever,
this kinship binds the peoples of the United States and Hungary.
Our nations are linked by many things: Hard work, the role of
community, religious devotion, a fierce love of freedom. And
especially during the past two years, your gallantry has evoked
our admiration. Your example has been our inspiration.
When we were in Budapest last year, I was given a piece of
the Iron Curtain. I keep it on my desk. Because when Hungary
decided to open its borders, it unleashed a force that helped
transform Europe and eventually brought down the Berlin Wall.
If Lajos Kossuth [LOY-osh KO-shooth] could be with us here
tonight, he would see that his dream of a free and democratic
Hungary has been fulfilled. And he would see that this new day
in Hungary's history is the result of the Hungarian people's
determination to live in freedom. Your presence here tonight,
Mr. Prime Minister, bears testimony to Hungary's new role as a
sovereign member of the new, and growing, partnership of nations.
The darkness lifts. The bell resounds. The light grows
brighter by the day. And so, Mr. Prime Minister, let us raise
our glasses, and let us raise what Kossuth called "the morning
star of liberty." God bless you -- and as your National Anthem
proclaims so unforgettably, "God Bless The Hungarians."
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Smith/McNally/Simon
October 11, 1990
Draft Two (E:HUNGARY.AR)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT FOR P.M. ANTALL
THE SOUTH LAWN, THE WHITE HOUSE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1990
10:00 A.M.
Mr. Prime Minister: It is a tremendous pleasure to welcome
you and your wife Clara to the White House today.
Seven years ago, I became the highest-ranking American
official to visit Hungary. And last year, I became the first
American President to journey there. Even though it was pouring
rain when we arrived in Kossuth [KO-shooth] Square, the people of
Hungary gave Barbara and me a marvelously warm welcome. I was so
moved by the crowd's enthusiasm that I tore up my speech. (And I
have to admit, there were some in this country who were
disappointed. Disappointed it wasn't the start of a trend.)
But I do want to say that Barbara and I have seen few cities
more lovely than Budapest. And we have seldom seen a city more
alive. Alive with commerce, change -- and above all --- hope.
Alive with a people who believe that, like a lamp lighting the
darkest night, liberty can light the globe.
The arrival at the White House of the first democratically
elected Prime Minister of Hungary in over 40 years is a historic
event. And it brings to mind the arrival -- 138 years ago -- of
another Hungarian patriot, at another house which embodies
freedom -- the Congress of the United States.
The man was Lajos Kossuth [LOY-osh KO-shooth]. His statue
stood behind us that day in the rain in Budapest, in the Square
that bears his name. And in today's historic meeting, the memory
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of Lajos Kossuth lifts us, teaches us. For his life was a
celebration of bravery, and of dreams. He knew that a courageous
people would not bow to bayonets and barbed wire. He knew that
the light of liberty would shine forever.
Today in your homeland, from the streets of Budapest, to the
great plains, to the waters of the Danube, and the gentle towns
that grace its banks, Hungary's new patriots believe that all
things are possible for a Nation -- and for a people. And they
proclaim the individual, not the state, as the voice of tomorrow.
Today, in Hungary, that voice is being heard. Hungary is no
longer an emerging democracy -- Hungary is a democracy. The
government you head is a sovereign, pluralistic, democratic
European state. The dream of Hungarians has been fulfilled, and
carried beyond their own borders to others in Central Europe.
And now, in 1990, Hungary has taken its natural place as a valued
member of the new partnership of nations.
The United States welcomes Hungary's return to a free and
open society. And we have recognized Hungary's new status with
agreements to establish a Consulate General in Los Angeles, to
remove travel controls on Hungary's diplomats at the U.N., and to
liberalize visa regulations. And beginning November 1st, Hungary
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will become the first central European country that longer
requires visas for American visitors.
During our visit to Budapest, we saw the Hungarian love of
excellence in careful craftsmanship, in bountiful harvests from
family farms, in the pride of scientists in their work. And
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American companies have already demonstrated their faith in
Hungary's economic potential. General Electric is making
lightbulbs in a joint venture with a Hungarian firm. General
and Ford are
Motors is producing auto parts there. And I encourage more
American businesses to find out what Hungary has to offer.
Prime Minister Antall's government has demonstrated its
determination to integrate Hungary into the West by developing an
ambitious economic reform program. We are confident that the
benefits of a truly free market economy will far outweigh any
temporary pain. And we offer our support. The Hungarian-
American Enterprise Fund has announced its first investment in a
joint venture to market high-tech equipment. And for the new
fiscal year, our Administration has asked Congress for a $300
million economic aid package for Eastern Europe.
We also recognize the tremendous difficulties which Hungary
and others in the region face due to the U.N. action in the
Persian Gulf and other developments. And the United States is
working with the World Bank, the IMF, and other international
organizations -- as well as with our European and Japanese
friends -- to try to ease the pain of this burden.
The United States has been a partner of Europe for most of
this century, and will remain so. We will not retreat across the
Atlantic. Indeed, we welcome Hungary and the other new
democracies into the new partnership of nations. [And And we support
affiliate status for Hungary in the O.E.C.D., the Common Market,
and the European Free Trade Association.
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official NSC
draft.
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comments on this.
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Mr. Prime Minister, we welcome you amid dramatic times. We
welcome you amid a feeling of hope and promise. And we welcome
you amid a spirit of cooperation, looking forward to our
conversations as old friends -- and as new partners.
[LOY-osh Kσ-shoot
When Lajos Kossuth came to America, his reception showed how
our two peoples share a common love of liberty. In New York
fired cannons
Harbor, an armada of ships sounded horns to celebrate his
arrival. Thousands rushed his open carriage. Perhaps no visitor
since Lafayette had been greeted so emotionally.
Like Hungarians, the Americans of that time believed in
helping individuals, and nations, who understood that real
freedom makes all progress possible. For they, like Hungarians
and Americans today, were determined to ensure that the light of
liberty will shine forever.
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Welcome to America, Mr. Prime Minister. And God bless the
friendship between our two nations. Thank you.
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