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ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM \ THE SOUTH LAWN
NOVEMBER 14, 1991 \ 9:45 A.M.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. PRESIDENT MENEM, IT GIVES
ME GREAT PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE TIES BETWEEN OUR COUNTRIES HAVE NEVER BEEN
STRONGER, AND A GREAT DEAL OF CREDIT GOES TO YOU AND
YOUR ADMINISTRATION.
NEARLY A YEAR AGO, A REVOLT BY RENEGADE SOLDIERS
FACED YOU IN YOUR NATION'S CAPITAL. You STOOD FIRM IN
DEFENSE OF FREEDOM AND LIBERTY AND IN DEFENSE OF YOUR
PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO A GOVERNMENT OF THEIR CHOICE.
- 2 -
IN THE END, FREEDOM TRIUMPHED. IT WAS AN HONOR TO JOIN
YOU, JUST A FEW DAYS LATER, IN BEAUTIFUL BUENOS AIRES,
THE CAPITAL OF A PROUD AND FREE ARGENTINA.
IN YOUR INAUGURAL ADDRESS YOU ASKED ARGENTINA TO
"ARISE AND WALK." WHEN WE MET LAST YEAR IN BUENOS
AIRES, WE SPOKE ABOUT THE CHALLENGES YOUR COUNTRY
FACES, AND THE CHANGES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SET IN
MOTION.
B 3 -
TODAY, MR. PRESIDENT, ARGENTINA IS ASSUMING ITS
RIGHTFUL PLACE AS A LEADER IN THE DEMOCRATIC COMMUNITY
OF NATIONS. NOWHERE IN THIS HEMISPHERE IS THE SHAPE OF
THE POST COLD WAR WORLD MORE EVIDENT THAN IN ARGENTINA.
UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, ARGENTINA HAS BECOME ONE OF THIS
HEMISPHERE'S STRONGEST DEFENDERS OF DEMOCRACY, BOTH AT
HOME AND ABROAD. WHEN SADDAM HUSSEIN INVADED KUWAIT,
YOU SENT YOUR NAVY TO JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL COALITION
WHICH LIBERATED THAT PILLAGED NATION.
- 4 -
WHEN TANKS RUMBLED THROUGH THE STREETS OF Moscow,
THREATENING THE SOVIET UNION'S FORCES OF DEMOCRATIC
REFORM, YOU WERE ONE OF THE FIRST IN LATIN AMERICA TO
SPEAK OUT IN DEFENSE OF LIBERTY. You HAVE CALLED FOR
DEMOCRATIC REFORM IN CUBA AND MADE MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS
TO THE EFFORTS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
TO RESTORE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT IN HAITI.
AT HOME, YOU HAVE SLASHED GOVERNMENT SPENDING,
PRIVATIZED STATE-OWNED INDUSTRIES, AND ABOLISHED
HARMFUL GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF THE ECONOMY.
- 5 -
You HAVE BROUGHT ONCE-RAMPANT INFLATION UNDER CONTROL.
LAST YEAR, ARGENTINA HAD A TRADE SURPLUS OF NEARLY
$8 BILLION, AND U.S. FIRMS ALONE INVESTED OVER
$200 MILLION IN ARGENTINA.
DESPITE FACING MANY DIFFICULT CHALLENGES WHEN YOU
TOOK OFFICE IN 1989, YOUR EFFORTS HAVE EARNED THE
RESPECT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
- 6 -
MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY STRENGTHENED ARGENTINA'S
COMPETITIVE POSITION IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, BY
ATTRACTING NEW CONFIDENCE AND INVESTMENT FROM AROUND
THE WORLD. I SHARE THAT CONFIDENCE IN ARGENTINA'S
FUTURE UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP.
IN THE RAPIDLY EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP AMONG THE
NATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN CONE, YOU HAVE TAKEN THE LEAD
IN ACHIEVING REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND ARMS
CONTROL.
- 7 -
FOR EXAMPLE, BY THE END OF 1995, THE
MERCOSUR [MARE-COH-SOOR] COMMON MARKET AIMS TO
ELIMINATE TARIFFS BETWEEN ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, PARAGUAY,
AND URUGUAY -- LINKING YOUR ECONOMIES TOGETHER IN A WAY
CONSISTENT WITH GATT -- TO FORM ONE OF THE HEMISPHERE'S
LARGEST OPEN MARKETS. You ARE TAKING A GIANT STEP
TOWARD THE GOAL I STATED LAST YEAR IN ANNOUNCING THE
ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS INITIATIVE: TO MAKE THE
AMERICAS THE WORLD'S LARGEST PARTNERSHIP OF FREE-
TRADING NATIONS.
- 8 -
WE ALSO WELCOME YOUR EFFORTS TO SET IN PLACE
NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS THAT WILL INCREASE INTERNATIONAL
SECURITY. YOUR DECISIONS TO FORSWEAR CHEMICAL WEAPONS
AND HALT MISSILE PROLIFERATION CREATE A SAFER
HEMISPHERE AND WORLD.
- 9 =
FROM RIVADAVIA [REE-BAH-DAH-BAH] TO RIO
GALLEGOS [GAH-YAY-GOS], FROM ZAPALA TO BUENOS AIRES...
YOUR STRONG, COMMITTED LEADERSHIP IS BRINGING YOUR
PEOPLE HOPE FOR POSITIVE CHANGE -- FAITH IN THEIR
COUNTRYMEN - -- AND THE COURAGE To "ARISE AND WALK"
TOGETHER.
ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, IT IS
MY GREAT PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
MAY GOD BLESS THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.
###
ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM \ THE SOUTH LAWN
NOVEMBER 14, 1991 \ 9:45 A.M.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. PRESIDENT MENEM, IT GIVES
ME GREAT PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE TIES BETWEEN OUR COUNTRIES HAVE NEVER BEEN
STRONGER, AND A GREAT DEAL OF CREDIT GOES TO YOU AND
YOUR ADMINISTRATION.
NEARLY A YEAR AGO, A REVOLT BY RENEGADE SOLDIERS
FACED YOU IN YOUR NATION'S CAPITAL. You STOOD FIRM IN
DEFENSE OF FREEDOM AND LIBERTY AND IN DEFENSE OF YOUR
PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO A GOVERNMENT OF THEIR CHOICE.
- 2 -
IN THE END, FREEDOM TRIUMPHED. IT WAS AN HONOR TO JOIN
YOU, JUST A FEW DAYS LATER, IN BEAUTIFUL BUENOS AIRES,
THE CAPITAL OF A PROUD AND FREE ARGENTINA.
IN YOUR INAUGURAL ADDRESS YOU ASKED ARGENTINA TO
"ARISE AND WALK." WHEN WE MET LAST YEAR IN BUENOS
AIRES, WE SPOKE ABOUT THE CHALLENGES YOUR COUNTRY
FACES, AND THE CHANGES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SET IN
MOTION.
- 3 -
TODAY, MR. PRESIDENT, ARGENTINA IS ASSUMING ITS
RIGHTFUL PLACE AS A LEADER IN THE DEMOCRATIC COMMUNITY
OF NATIONS. NOWHERE IN THIS HEMISPHERE IS THE SHAPE OF
THE POST COLD WAR WORLD MORE EVIDENT THAN IN ARGENTINA.
UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, ARGENTINA HAS BECOME ONE OF THIS
HEMISPHERE'S STRONGEST DEFENDERS OF DEMOCRACY, BOTH AT
HOME AND ABROAD. WHEN SADDAM HUSSEIN INVADED KUWAIT,
YOU SENT YOUR NAVY TO JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL COALITION
WHICH LIBERATED THAT PILLAGED NATION.
- 4 -
WHEN TANKS RUMBLED THROUGH THE STREETS OF Moscow,
THREATENING THE SOVIET UNION'S FORCES OF DEMOCRATIC
REFORM, YOU WERE ONE OF THE FIRST IN LATIN AMERICA TO
SPEAK OUT IN DEFENSE OF LIBERTY. You HAVE CALLED FOR
DEMOCRATIC REFORM IN CUBA AND MADE MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS
TO THE EFFORTS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
TO RESTORE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT IN HAITI.
AT HOME, YOU HAVE SLASHED GOVERNMENT SPENDING,
PRIVATIZED STATE-OWNED INDUSTRIES, AND
ABOLISHED
HARMFUL GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF THE ECONOMY.
- 5 -
You HAVE BROUGHT ONCE-RAMPANT INFLATION UNDER CONTROL.
LAST YEAR, ARGENTINA HAD A TRADE SURPLUS OF NEARLY
$8 BILLION, AND U.S. FIRMS ALONE INVESTED OVER
$200 MILLION IN ARGENTINA.
DESPITE FACING MANY DIFFICULT CHALLENGES WHEN YOU
TOOK OFFICE IN 1989, YOUR EFFORTS HAVE EARNED THE
RESPECT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
- 6 -
MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY STRENGTHENED ARGENTINA'S
COMPETITIVE POSITION IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, BY
ATTRACTING NEW CONFIDENCE AND INVESTMENT FROM AROUND
THE WORLD. I SHARE THAT CONFIDENCE IN ARGENTINA'S
FUTURE UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP.
IN THE RAPIDLY EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP AMONG THE
NATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN CONE, YOU HAVE TAKEN THE LEAD
IN ACHIEVING REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND ARMS
CONTROL.
- 7 -
FOR EXAMPLE, BY THE END OF 1995, THE
MERCOSUR [MARE-coH-soor] COMMON MARKET AIMS TO
ELIMINATE TARIFFS BETWEEN ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, PARAGUAY,
AND URUGUAY -- LINKING YOUR ECONOMIES TOGETHER IN A WAY
CONSISTENT WITH GATT -- TO FORM ONE OF THE HEMISPHERE'S
LARGEST OPEN MARKETS. You ARE TAKING A GIANT STEP
TOWARD THE GOAL I STATED LAST YEAR IN ANNOUNCING THE
ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS INITIATIVE: TO MAKE THE
AMERICAS THE WORLD'S LARGEST PARTNERSHIP OF FREE-
TRADING NATIONS.
- 8 -
WE ALSO WELCOME YOUR EFFORTS TO SET IN PLACE
NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS THAT WILL INCREASE INTERNATIONAL
SECURITY. YOUR DECISIONS TO FORSWEAR CHEMICAL WEAPONS
AND HALT MISSILE PROLIFERATION CREATE A SAFER
HEMISPHERE AND WORLD.
- 9 -
FROM RIVADAVIA [REE-BAH-DAH-BAH] TO RIO
GALLEGOS [GAH-YAY-GOS], FROM ZAPALA TO BUENOS AIRES...
YOUR STRONG, COMMITTED LEADERSHIP IS BRINGING YOUR
PEOPLE HOPE FOR POSITIVE CHANGE -- FAITH IN THEIR
COUNTRYMEN -- AND THE COURAGE TO "ARISE AND WALK"
TOGETHER.
ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, IT IS
MY GREAT PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
MAY GOD BLESS THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.
###
PRESIDENT MENEM OF ARGENTINA DINNER TOAST \ STATE FLOOR
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
\
7:15 P.M.
PRESIDENT MENEM, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.
I'D LIKE TO BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A SHORT STORY. IN
1839, THE "THOMAS JEFFERSON OF ARGENTINA," DOMINGO
FAUSTINO SARMIENTO, BEGAN PUBLISHING A WEEKLY
NEWSPAPER, EL ZONDA, AND WROTE OF THE YEARNING FOR
DEMOCRACY AND THE DREAM OF FREEDOM FOR HIS PEOPLE.
AFTER SIX ISSUES, IT WAS FORCED OUT OF BUSINESS WHEN
THE FEDERALIST GOVERNOR RAISED THE TAX ON NEWSPRINT.
- 2 -
SOON AFTER, SARMIENTO WAS IMPRISONED FOR CONSPIRACY,
NEARLY LYNCHED, AND THEN SENT INTO EXILE. SARMIENTO,
UNDER ARMED GUARD WHILE CROSSING THE ANDES INTO EXILE,
WROTE A MESSAGE IN FRENCH ON THE WALL OF A SHACK HE HAD
BUILT IN THE ZONDA VALLEY. THE SOLDIERS ESCORTING HIM
TO THE BORDER COULD READ NO FRENCH, AND so THE MESSAGE
REMAINED. SARMIENTO HAD WRITTEN: "ON NE TUE PAS LES
IDÉES" -- TRANSLATED, "IDEAS CANNOT BE KILLED."
- 3 -
THIS IS A MESSAGE FOR OUR TIME AS WELL. THE SIMPLE
YET PRECIOUS IDEAS OF FREEDOM, OPPORTUNITY AND HOPE FOR
A BETTER LIFE HAVE OFTEN BEEN CHALLENGED, BUT CAN NEVER
BE KILLED. THEY LIVE ON BECAUSE MEN AND WOMEN OF
COURAGE DEVOTE THEIR LIVES TO THE DEFENSE OF SUCH
IDEALS.
OUR OWN PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON SAID THAT ONE MAN
WITH COURAGE MAKES A MAJORITY. SOME WOULD DENY THAT,
AND SAY THAT LARGE AND IMPERSONAL FORCES RULE OUR
DESTINIES, THAT INDIVIDUALS CANNOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
- 4 -
To THOSE WHO DOUBT THE IMPACT OF THE INDIVIDUAL ON
HISTORY I SAY: LOOK TO ARGENTINA AND SEE THE
ACHIEVEMENTS OF CARLOS MENEM.
MR. PRESIDENT, IN TAKING OFFICE YOU COULD HAVE
BLAMED OTHERS FOR THE PROBLEMS YOU FACED, BUT YOU DID
NOT. You FACED YOUR NATION'S PROBLEMS SQUARELY: YOU
ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY, SOUGHT SOLUTIONS, PROVIDED
LEADERSHIP. IN YOUR INAUGURAL ADDRESS, YOU ASKED
ARGENTINES "To PARTICIPATE IN THE BIRTH OF A NEW TIME."
- 5 -
You CALLED ON THEM TO SEIZE WHAT YOU SAID MIGHT BE THE
LAST, "MOST IMPORTANT, DEFINITE AND DECISIVE
OPPORTUNITY OF OUR DAYS," AND YOU REMINDED THEM THAT
"THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY" IS THE ONE THE ARGENTINE
PEOPLE HAVE YET TO BUILD.
You CHALLENGED YOUR PEOPLE TO MAKE SWEEPING CHANGES
AT HOME AND IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP To THE WORLD. THEY
HAVE RESPONDED MARVELOUSLY.
- 6 -
IN GOVERNING ARGENTINA, YOU HAVE REPEATEDLY
DEMONSTRATED A FUNDAMENTAL QUALITY THAT DISTINGUISHES
TRUE STATESMEN FROM MERE PLACE HOLDERS -- POLITICAL
COURAGE.
I NOW RAISE MY GLASS TO A MAN OF IDEAS, A MAN OF
GREAT POLITICAL COURAGE, CARLOS MENEM. To A BEAUTIFUL
WORLD THAT WE HAVE YET TO BUILD: MAY IT BE ONE OF
FREEDOM, OPPORTUNITY AND A BETTER LIFE FOR ALL PEOPLE.
# # #
PRESIDENT MENEM OF ARGENTINA DINNER TOAST \ STATE FLOOR
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
\
7:15 P.M.
PRESIDENT MENEM, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.
I'D LIKE TO BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A SHORT STORY. IN
1839, THE "THOMAS JEFFERSON OF ARGENTINA," DOMINGO
FAUSTINO SARMIENTO, BEGAN PUBLISHING A WEEKLY
NEWSPAPER, EL ZONDA, AND WROTE OF THE YEARNING FOR
DEMOCRACY AND THE DREAM OF FREEDOM FOR HIS PEOPLE.
AFTER SIX ISSUES, IT WAS FORCED OUT OF BUSINESS WHEN
THE FEDERALIST GOVERNOR RAISED THE TAX ON NEWSPRINT.
- 2 -
SOON AFTER, SARMIENTO WAS IMPRISONED FOR CONSPIRACY,
NEARLY LYNCHED, AND THEN SENT INTO EXILE. SARMIENTO,
UNDER ARMED GUARD WHILE CROSSING THE ANDES INTO EXILE,
WROTE A MESSAGE IN FRENCH ON THE WALL OF A SHACK HE HAD
BUILT IN THE ZONDA VALLEY. THE SOLDIERS ESCORTING HIM
TO THE BORDER COULD READ NO FRENCH, AND SO THE MESSAGE
REMAINED. SARMIENTO HAD WRITTEN: "ON NE TUE PAS LES
IDÉES" -- TRANSLATED, "IDEAS CANNOT BE KILLED."
- 3
THIS IS A MESSAGE FOR OUR TIME AS WELL. THE SIMPLE
YET PRECIOUS IDEAS OF FREEDOM,
OPPORTUNITY AND HOPE FOR
A BETTER LIFE HAVE OFTEN BEEN CHALLENGED, BUT CAN NEVER
BE KILLED. THEY LIVE ON BECAUSE MEN AND WOMEN OF
COURAGE DEVOTE THEIR LIVES TO THE DEFENSE OF SUCH
IDEALS.
OUR OWN PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON SAID THAT ONE MAN
WITH COURAGE MAKES A MAJORITY.
SOME WOULD DENY THAT,
AND SAY THAT LARGE AND IMPERSONAL FORCES RULE OUR
DESTINIES, THAT INDIVIDUALS CANNOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
- 4
To THOSE WHO DOUBT THE IMPACT OF THE INDIVIDUAL ON
HISTORY I SAY: LOOK TO ARGENTINA AND SEE THE
ACHIEVEMENTS OF CARLOS MENEM.
MR. PRESIDENT, IN TAKING OFFICE YOU COULD HAVE
BLAMED OTHERS FOR THE PROBLEMS YOU FACED, BUT YOU DID
NOT. You FACED YOUR NATION'S PROBLEMS SQUARELY: YOU
ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY, SOUGHT SOLUTIONS, PROVIDED
LEADERSHIP. IN YOUR INAUGURAL ADDRESS, YOU ASKED
ARGENTINES "To PARTICIPATE IN THE BIRTH OF A NEW TIME."
- 5 -
You CALLED ON THEM TO SEIZE WHAT YOU SAID MIGHT BE THE
LAST, "MOST IMPORTANT, DEFINITE AND DECISIVE
OPPORTUNITY OF OUR DAYS,' AND YOU REMINDED THEM THAT
"THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY" IS THE ONE THE ARGENTINE
PEOPLE HAVE YET TO BUILD.
You CHALLENGED YOUR PEOPLE TO MAKE SWEEPING CHANGES
AT HOME AND IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE WORLD. THEY
HAVE RESPONDED MARVELOUSLY.
- 6 -
IN GOVERNING ARGENTINA, YOU HAVE REPEATEDLY
DEMONSTRATED A FUNDAMENTAL QUALITY THAT DISTINGUISHES
TRUE STATESMEN FROM MERE PLACE HOLDERS -- POLITICAL
COURAGE.
I NOW RAISE MY GLASS TO A MAN OF IDEAS, A MAN OF
GREAT POLITICAL COURAGE, CARLOS MENEM. To A BEAUTIFUL
WORLD THAT WE HAVE YET TO BUILD: MAY IT BE ONE OF
FREEDOM, OPPORTUNITY AND A BETTER LIFE FOR ALL PEOPLE.
###
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEE:
THE WHITE HOUSE
11/13/91
WASHINGTON
CINOV12 P7: 25
November 12, 1991
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Both on
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
TONY SNOW TS
FROM:
MARY KATE GRANT Mkg
SUBJECT:
ARRIVAL STATEMENT AND DINNER TOAST,
STATE VISIT OF PRESIDENT MENEM OF ARGENTINA
I. SUMMARY
Attached for your review are the draft arrival statement and
dinner toast for the state visit of President Carlos Menem of
Argentina, to be held on Thursday, November 14. The arrival
statement is approximately 6 minutes in length; the dinner toast
is approximately 4 minutes long. Both will be on speechcards.
there consecutive translation?
IS IF so statement is too long.
yes,
CBA
Grant/Aarhus
November 12, 1991
A:MENEMARR
Draft Three
Good
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
9:45 A.M.
Thank you all very much. President Menem, it gives me great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. The ties between our
countries have never been stronger, and a great deal of credit
goes to you and your administration.
Nearly a year ago, a revolt by renegade soldiers faced you
in your nation's capital. You stood firm in defense of freedom
and liberty and in defense of your people's right to a government
of their choice. In the end, freedom triumphed. It was an honor
to join you, just a few days later, in beautiful Buenos Aires,
the capital of a proud and free Argentina.
In your inaugural address you told the Argentine people,
"Only working together we shall become the architects of a deep
change and of a positive transformation." You asked Argentina to
"arise and walk." And you reassured your people that the vision
of their forefathers would guide them -- leaders who believed
that frontiers could not become barriers between nations. When
we met last year in Buenos Aires, we spoke about the challenges
your country faces, and the changes that have already been set in
motion.
Today, Mr. President, under your courageous leadership,
Argentina is assuming its rightful place as a leader in the
2
democratic community of nations. Nowhere in this hemisphere is
the shape of the post cold war world more clearly evident than in
Argentina
Under your leadership, Argentina has become one of this
hemisphere's strongest defenders of democracy, both at home and
abroad. When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, you sent your proud dog Navy
Ships to join the international coalition which liberated that
pillaged nation. When tanks rumbled through the streets of
Moscow, threatening the Soviet Union's democratic reconstruction,
you were one of the first in Latin America to speak out in
defense of liberty. You have called for democratic reform in
Cuba and made major contributions to the efforts of the
Organization of American States to restore democratic government
in Haiti.
At home, you have brought down barriers to trade and
investment, slashed government spending, privatized state-owned
industries, and abolished harmful government regulation of the
economy. You have worked hard to meet Argentina's foreign debt
commitments and established Argentina's international credit
reputation. You have brought once-rampant inflation under
control. Industrial production levels are up; and in recent
months, your stock has risen sharply. Last year, Argentina had a
trade surplus of nearly $8 billion, and U.S. firms alone invested
over $200 million in Argentina.
You faced many difficult challenges when you took office in
1989, but your efforts have earned the respect of the
3
international community. More importantly, they strengthened
Argentina's competitive position in the global economy, by
attracting new confidence and investment from around the world.
I share that confidence in Argentina's future under your
leadership. You are showing the world the benefits of shaking
off the dogmas of the past, of thinking anew and acting anew to
build a better and more prosperous future for your peóple.
In the rapidly evolving relationship among the nations of
the Southern Cone, you have taken the lead in achieving regional
economic integration and arms control
For example, by the end of 1995, the Mercosur common market
aims to eliminate tariffs between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay,
and Uruguay --- linking your economies together in a way
consistent with GATT -- to form one of the hemisphere's largest
open markets. What an outstanding example you set for the
troubled economies of the world as you and your trading partners
open your markets and, through freer trade and competition,
increase the efficiency and prosperity of your workers and
businesses.
You are taking a giant step toward the goal I stated
last year in announcing the Enterprise for the Americas
Initiative: to make the Americas the world's largest partnership
of free-trading nations.
We also welcome your efforts -- and the efforts of Brazil -
- to bring the Treaty of Tlatelolco into force by setting in
place nuclear safeguards that will increase international
security. Your decisions to forswear chemical weapons and halt
4
missile proliferation create a safer hemisphere and world.
From Rivadavia to Rio Gallegos, from Zapala to Buenos Aires
...
your strong, committed leadership is bringing your people
hope for positive change -- faith in their countrymen -- and the
courage to "arise and walk" together.
On behalf of the people of the United States, it is my great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. May God bless the
Argentine Republic.
# # #
JA
Grant/Aarhus
November 12, 1991
A:MENEMTOA
Draft Three
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STATE DINNER TOAST
PRESIDENT MENEM OF ARGENTINA
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
President Menem, distinguished guests.
I'd like to begin tonight with a short story. In 1839, the
"Thomas Jefferson of Argentina," Domingo Faustino Sarmiento,
began publishing a weekly newspaper, El Zonda, and wrote of the
yearning for democracy and the dream of freedom for his people.
After six issues, it was forced out of business when the
Federalist Governor raised the tax on newsprint. Soon after,
Sarmiento was imprisoned for conspiracy, nearly lynched, and then
sent into exile. Sarmiento, under armed guard while crossing the
Andes into exile, wrote a message in French on the wall of a
shack he had built in the Zonda Valley. The soldiers escorting
him to the border could read no French, and so the message
remained. Sarmiento had written: "On ne tue pas les idees" --
translated, "ideas cannot be killed."
This is a message for our time as well. The simple yet
precious ideas of freedom, opportunity and hope for a better life
have often been challenged, but can never be killed. They live
on because men and women of courage devote their lives to the
defense of such ideals.
Our own President Andrew Jackson said that one man with
courage makes a majority. Some would deny that, and say that
large and impersonal forces rule our destinies, that individuals
2
cannot make a difference. To those who doubt the impact of the
individual on history I say: look to Argentina and see the
achievements of Carlos Menem.
Mr. President, in taking office you could have blamed others
for the problems you faced, but you did not. You faced your
nation's problems squarely: you accepted responsibility, sought
solutions, provided leadership. In your Inaugural addresss, you
asked Argentines "to participate in the birth of a new time."
You called on them to seize what you said might be the last,
"most important, definite and decisive opportunity of our days,"
and you reminded them that "the most beautiful country" is the
one the Argentine people have yet to build.
You challenged your people to make sweeping changes at home
and in their relationship to the world. They have responded
marvelously. In governing Argentina, you have repeatedly
demonstrated a fundamental quality that distinguishes true
statesmen from mere place holders -- political courage.
I now raise my glass to a man of ideas, to man of great
political courage, Carlos Menem. To a beautiful world that we
have yet to build: May it be one of freedom, opportunity and a
better life for all people.
# # #
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
91 NOV 13 All: 44
11/13/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
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DATE:
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL STATEMENT AND TOAST FOR PRESIDENT MENEM
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
MCCLURE
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SUNUNU
SCOWCROFT
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PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
BOSKIN
CARD
MCBRIDE
DEMAREST
FIRESTONE
FITZWATER
PORTER ROSE
GRAY
MONS
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
JINOVI? 31 P7:25
November 12, 1991
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
TONY SNOW TS
FROM:
MARY KATE GRANT MKg
SUBJECT:
ARRIVAL STATEMENT AND DINNER TOAST,
STATE VISIT OF PRESIDENT MENEM OF ARGENTINA
I. SUMMARY
Attached for your review are the draft arrival statement and
dinner toast for the state visit of President Carlos Menem of
Argentina, to be held on Thursday, November 14. The arrival
statement is approximately 6 minutes in length; the dinner toast
is approximately 4 minutes long. Both will be on speechcards.
Grant/Aarhus
November 12, 1991
A:MENEMARR
Draft Three
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
9:45 A.M.
Thank you all very much. President Menem, it gives me great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. The ties between our
countries have never been stronger, and a great deal of credit
goes to you and your administration.
Nearly a year ago, a revolt by renegade soldiers faced you
in your nation's capital. You stood firm in defense of freedom
and liberty and in defense of your people's right to a government
of their choice. In the end, freedom triumphed. It was an honor
to join you, just a few days later, in beautiful Buenos Aires,
the capital of a proud and free Argentina.
In your inaugural address you told the Argentine people,
"Only working together we shall become the architects of a deep
change and of a positive transformation." You asked Argentina to
"arise and walk." And you reassured your people that the vision
of their forefathers would guide them -- leaders who believed
that frontiers could not become barriers between nations. When
we met last year in Buenos Aires, we spoke about the challenges
your country faces, and the changes that have already been set in
motion.
Today, Mr. President, under your courageous leadership,
Argentina is assuming its rightful place as a leader in the
2
democratic community of nations. Nowhere in this hemisphere is
the shape of the post cold war world more clearly evident than in
Argentina.
Under your leadership, Argentina has become one of this
hemisphere's strongest defenders of democracy, both at home and
abroad. When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, you sent your proud
ships to join the international coalition which liberated that
pillaged nation. When tanks rumbled through the streets of
Moscow, threatening the Soviet Union's democratic reconstruction,
you were one of the first in Latin America to speak out in
defense of liberty. You have called for democratic reform in
Cuba and made major contributions to the efforts of the
Organization of American States to restore democratic government
in Haiti.
At home, you have brought down barriers to trade and
investment, slashed government spending, privatized state-owned
industries, and abolished harmful government regulation of the
economy. You have worked hard to meet Argentina's foreign debt
commitments and established Argentina's international credit
reputation. You have brought once-rampant inflation under
control. Industrial production levels are up; and in recent
months, your stock has risen sharply. Last year, Argentina had a
trade surplus of nearly $8 billion, and U.S. firms alone invested
over $200 million in Argentina.
You faced many difficult challenges when you took office in
1989, but your efforts have earned the respect of the
3
international community. More importantly, they strengthened
Argentina's competitive position in the global economy, by
attracting new confidence and investment from around the world.
I share that confidence in Argentina's future under your
leadership. You are showing the world the benefits of shaking
off the dogmas of the past, of thinking anew and acting anew to
build a better and more prosperous future for your people.
In the rapidly evolving relationship among the nations of
the Southern Cone, you have taken the lead in achieving regional
economic integration and arms control.
For example, by the end of 1995, the Mercosur common market
aims to eliminate tariffs between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay,
and Uruguay -- linking your economies together in a way
consistent with GATT -- to form one of the hemisphere's largest
open markets. What an outstanding example you set for the
troubled economies of the world as you and your trading partners
open your markets and, through freer trade and competition,
increase the efficiency and prosperity of your workers and
businesses. You are taking a giant step toward the goal I stated
last year in announcing the Enterprise for the Americas
Initiative: to make the Americas the world's largest partnership
of free-trading nations.
We also welcome your efforts -- and the efforts of Brazil -
- to bring the Treaty of Tlatelolco into force by setting in
place nuclear safeguards that will increase international
security. Your decisions to forswear chemical weapons and halt
4
missile proliferation create a safer hemisphere and world.
From Rivadavia to Rio Gallegos, from Zapala to Buenos Aires
... your strong, committed leadership is bringing your people
hope for positive change -- faith in their countrymen -- and the
courage to "arise and walk" together.
On behalf of the people of the United States, it is my great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. May God bless the
Argentine Republic.
# # #
Grant/Aarhus
November 12, 1991
A:MENEMTOA
Draft Three
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STATE DINNER TOAST
PRESIDENT MENEM OF ARGENTINA
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
President Menem, distinguished guests.
I'd like to begin tonight with a short story. In 1839, the
"Thomas Jefferson of Argentina," Domingo Faustino Sarmiento,
began publishing a weekly newspaper, El Zonda, and wrote of the
yearning for democracy and the dream of freedom for his people.
After six issues, it was forced out of business when the
Federalist Governor raised the tax on newsprint. Soon after,
Sarmiento was imprisoned for conspiracy, nearly lynched, and then
sent into exile. Sarmiento, under armed guard while crossing the
Andes into exile, wrote a message in French on the wall of a
shack he had built in the Zonda Valley. The soldiers escorting
him to the border could read no French, and so the message
remained. Sarmiento had written: "On ne tue pas les idees" --
translated, "ideas cannot be killed."
This is a message for our time as well. The simple yet
precious ideas of freedom, opportunity and hope for a better life
have often been challenged, but can never be killed. They live
on because men and women of courage devote their lives to the
defense of such ideals.
Our own President Andrew Jackson said that one man with
courage makes a majority. Some would deny that, and say that
large and impersonal forces rule our destinies, that individuals
2
cannot make a difference. To those who doubt the impact of the
individual on history I say: look to Argentina and see the
achievements of Carlos Menem.
Mr. President, in taking office you could have blamed others
for the problems you faced, but you did not. You faced your
nation's problems squarely: you accepted responsibility, sought
solutions, provided leadership. In your Inaugural addresss, you
asked Argentines "to participate in the birth of a new time."
You called on them to seize what you said might be the last,
"most important, definite and decisive opportunity of our days,"
and you reminded them that "the most beautiful country" is the
one the Argentine people have yet to build.
You challenged your people to make sweeping changes at home
and in their relationship to the world. They have responded
marvelously. In governing Argentina, you have repeatedly
demonstrated a fundamental quality that distinguishes true
statesmen from mere place holders -- political courage.
I now raise my glass to a man of ideas, to man of great
political courage, Carlos Menem. To a beautiful world that we
have yet to build: May it be one of freedom, opportunity and a
better life for all people.
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On Argentine President Menem's Arrival in Washington
Good Afternoon, and welcome to the White House.
Mr. President, it is a pleasure and a privilege to meet with
you again.
It is often said that our two countries share common traditions
and values. The people of Argentina and the United States look
back with pride to a history of frontier settlement,
individualism, risk, and hard work. These common histories,
and an undying devotion to liberty, continue to unite us today.
Today, Mr. President, under your courageous leadership,
Argentina is assuming its rightful place as a leader in the
democratic community of nations. Nowhere in this hemisphere is
the shape of the post cold war world more clearly evident than
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in Argentina.
Under your leadership Argentina has become one of the
hemisphere's strongest defenders of democracy.
When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwaiti you sent your proud ships
to join the international coalition which liberated that
country, boldly serving our common interests in a lawful
international order.
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democratic revolution you were one of the first to speak out in
defense of liberty.
More recently and closer to home, you have called for
democratic reform in Cuba and been a leader in the effort to
restore democratic government in Haiti. In so doing, you have
also sought to strengthen regional institutions such as the
Organization of American States.
Your efforts, with Brazil and the International Atomic Energy
Agency, to set in place nuclear safeguards will increase
security in this hemisphere and the world, and serve as an
example for others. Your decisions to forswear chemical
weapons and halt missile proliferation create a safer
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You have also taken the lead in the rapidly evolving
relationship among the nations of the Southern Cone.
By the end of 1995 the Mercosur common market will eliminate
tariffs between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay and
link your economies together -- consistent with the GATT -- to
form one of the hemisphere's largest open markets. What an
outstanding
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At the State Dinner in Honor of Argentine President Menem
President Menem and distinguished guests.
I'd like to begin with a short story. In November of 1840, the
Thomas Jefferson of Argentina, Domingo Sarmiento, began
publishing a weekly newspaper, El Zonda, and wrote of the dream
of freedom and the yearning for democracy among his people.
After six issues, it was forced out of business after the
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Federalist governor raised the tax on newsprint. Soon after,
Sarmiento was imprisoned for conspiracy, nearly lynched, and
then sent into exile. Sarmiento, under armed escort while
crossing the Andes into exile, wrote a message in French on the
wall of a shack he had built in the Zonda valley. His escorts
could read no French, and so the message remained. He had
written: "On ne tue pas les idees." That is, "ideas cannot be
killed."
This is a message for our time as well. The simple yet
precious ideas of freedom, opportunity, and hope for a better
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makes a majority. Some would deny that, and say that large and
impersonal forces rule our destinies, that individuals cannot
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make a difference. To those who doubt the impact of the
individual on history I say: look to Argentina and see the
changes wrought by Carlos Menem.
Mr. President, in taking office you could have blamed others
for the problems you faced, but you did not, You faced your
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nation's problems squarely: you accepted responsibility,
sought solutions, provided leadership.
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In your inaugural
address you asked Argentines "to participate in the birth of a
new time. " You called on them to seize what you said might be
the last, "most important, definite and decisive opportunity of
our days," and you reminded them that "the most beautiful
country" is the one the Argentine people have yet to build.
You challenged your people to make sweeping changes at home and
in their relationship to the world. They have responded
marvelously.
In governing Argentina you have repeatedly
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demonstrated a fundamental quality that distinguishes true
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statesmen from mere place holders -- political courage.
I now raise my glass to a man of ideas, to a man of great
political courage, Carlos Menem. To a beautiful world that we
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have yet to build: May it be one of freedom, opportunity, and
Document No.
8259
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 11/09/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 2:00 p.m. Tuesday 11/12
STATE DINNER TOAST and
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM/11/14
(11/08 draft two)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
CARD
MCBRIDE
DEMAREST
SNOW
PORTER ROSE
FITZWATER
FIRESTONE
GRAY
HOLIDAY
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than
2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 11/12, with a copy to this office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
November 13, 1991
The NSC approves with changes noted in the text.
Brent B Scowcroft
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Grant/Aarhus
November 8, 1991
31 NOV 8 P7: 36
A:MENEMARR
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
10 A.M.
Thank you all very much. President Menem, it gives me great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. The ties between our
countries have never been stronger, and a great deal of credit
goes to you and your administration.
Nearly a year ago, a revolt ensued by renegade soldiers
faced you in your nation's capital. You stood firm in defense of
freedom and liberty and in defense of your people's right to a
government of their choice. In the end, freedom triumphed. It
was an honor to join you, just two days later, in beautiful
Buenos Aires, the capital of a proud and free Argentina.
In your inaugural address you told the Argentine people,
"Only working together we shall become the architects of a deep
change and of a positive transformation." You asked Argentina to
"arise and walk." And you reassured your people that the sight
of their forefathers would guide them: San Martin, Bolivar, and
Artigas and Peron -- leaders who believed that common frontiers
freedom of opportunity must prevail.
must turn into union bridges President Menem, in their
tradition, you are a leader of courage and common sense, a man of
conviction, and a visionary® for a people facing common frontiers.
When we met last year in Buenos Aires, we spoke about the
challenges your country faces, and the changes that have already
been set in motion.
Under your leadership, Argentina has become one of this
hemisphere's strongest defenders of democracy, both at home and
ships
abroad. When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, you sent troops from
the Argentine navy to join the international coalition that
liberated that pillaged nation. When tanks rumbled through the
streets of Moscow, threatening the Soviet Union's democratic
reconstruction, you were one of the first to speak out in defense
of liberty. You have called for democratic reform in Cuba and
made major contributions to the efforts of
worked within the Organization of American States to restore
democratic government in Haiti.
At home, you have brought down barriers to trade and
investment, slashed government spending, privatized state-owned
industries, and abolished harmful government regulation of the
economy. You have worked hard to meet Argentina's foreign debt
and established Argentina's international credit reputation.
commitments
You have brought once-rampant inflation under
control. Industrial production levels are up; your stock market
-- the oldest in Latin America -- has risen sharply in recent
months. Last year, Argentina had a trade surplus of over $8
billion; U.S. firms alone invested over $200 million in
Argentina.
You faced many difficult challenges when you took office in
your efforts have
1989, but these measures earned the respect of the international
community. More importantly, they set Argentina on the road to a
stronger competitive position in the global economy
In the rapidly evolving relationship among the nations of
the Southern Cone, you have taken the lead in achieving regional
I share that confidence in Argentina's future under your leadership,
you are showing the world the benefits of shaking of f the
dogmas of the past, of thinking anew and acting anew to build a better
and more prosperous future for your people.
economic integration and arms control.
1995
For example, by the end of 1994, the Mercosur common market
will eliminate tariffs between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and
Uruguay -- linking your economies together consistent with GATT -
- to form one of the hemisphere's largest open markets. You and
your partners are taking a giant step toward the goal I stated
last year in announcing the Enterprise for the Americas
Initiative: to make the Americas the world's largest partnership
of free-trading nations.
We also welcome your efforts -- and the efforts of Brazil -
- to bring the Treaty of Tlatelolco into force by setting in
place nuclear safeguards which will increase security in this
hemisphere and the rest of the world.
From Rivadavia to Rio Gallegos, from Zapala to Buenos Aires
your strong, committed leadership is bringing your people
hope for positive change -- faith in their countrymen -- and the
courage to "arise and walk" together.
On behalf of the people of the United States, it is my great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. May God bless the
Argentine Republic.
# # #
Grant/Aarhus
November 8, 1991
A:MENEMTOA
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STATE DINNER TOAST
PRESIDENT MENEM OF ARGENTINA
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
President Menem, distinguished guests.
This is a message for our time as well. The simple yet
precious ideas of freedom, opportunity, and hope for a better
life have often been challenged, but can never be killed. They
live on because men and women of courage devote their lives to
I'd like to begin tonight with a short story. In November
of 1840, the "Thomas Jefferson of Argentina," Domingo Faustino
Sarmiento, began publishing a weekly newspaper, El Zonda, and
wrote of the yearning for democracy and the dream of freedom for
his people. After six issues, it was forced out of business
after the Federalist Governor raised the tax on newsprint.
the defense of such ideals.
Soon after, Sarmiento was imprisoned for conspiracy and nearly
lynched, then sent into exile. Sarmiento, under armed guard
while crossing the Andes into exile, wrote a message in French on
the wall of a shack he had built in the Zonda Valley. The
soldiers escorting him to the border did not read French, and so
the message remained. Sarmiento had written: "On ne tue pas les
idees" -- translated, "ideas cannot be killed."
President Menem, you are a man of ideas -- ideas of freedom,
opportunity and hope for a better life for your people. These
ideas can never be killed.
In your Inaugural address, you said: "I call you to
participate in the birth of a new time. of a new opportunity
which may be the last one, which may be the most important,
definite and decisive opportunity of our days. The most
beautiful country is the one we have not built yet."
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I now raise my glass to a man of ideas, Carlos Menem. To
the beautiful world that we have not yet built: May it be one of
freedom, opportunity and a better life for all people.
# # #
Mr. President, when you took office you could have blamed
others for the problems you faced. But you did not. You faced
your nation's problems squarely: you accepted responsibility,
sought solutions, provided leadership. In governing Argentina,
a nation of great potential and great human and natural resources,
you again and again demonstrated a fundamental quality that
distinguishes true statesmen from mere place holders--political courage.
Document No.
825
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 11/09/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 2:00 p.m. Tuesday 11/12
STATE DINNER TOAST and
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM/11/14
(11/08 draft two)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
CARD
MCBRIDE
DEMAREST
SNOW
PORTER ROSE
FITZWATER
FIRESTONE
GRAY
HOLIDAY
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than
2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 11/12, with a copy to this office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
The NSC approves with changes noted in the text.
Brent Scowcroft
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
10 A.M.
Thank you all very much. President Menem, it gives me great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. The ties between our
countries have never been stronger, and a great deal of credit
goes to you and your administration.
Nearly a year ago, a revolt ensued by renegade soldiers
faced you in your nation's capital. You stood firm in defense of
freedom and liberty and in defense of your people's right to a
government of their choice. In the end, freedom triumphed. It
was an honor to join you, just two days later, in beautiful
Buenos Aires, the capital of a proud and free Argentina.
In your inaugural address you told the Argentine people,
"Only working together we shall become the architects of a deep
change and of a positive transformation." You asked Argentina to
"arise and walk." And you reassured your people that the sight
of their forefathers would guide them: San Martin, Bolivar, and
Artigas and Peron -- leaders who believed that common frontiers
freedom of opportunity must prevail.
must turn into union bridges President Menem, in their
tradition, you are a leader of courage and common sense, a man of
conviction, and a visionary, for a people facing common frontiers.
When we met last year in Buenos Aires, we spoke about the
challenges your country faces, and the changes that have already
been set in motion.
Under your leadership, Argentina has become one of this
hemisphere's strongest defenders of democracy, both at home and
ships
abroad. When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, you sent troops from
the Argentine navy to join the international coalition that
liberated that pillaged nation. When tanks rumbled through the
streets of Moscow, threatening the Soviet Union's democratic
reconstruction, you were one of the first to speak out in defense
of liberty. You have called for democratic reform in Cuba and
made major contributions to the efforts of
worked within the Organization of American States to restore
democratic government in Haiti.
At home, you have brought down barriers to trade and
investment, slashed government spending, privatized state-owned
industries, and abolished harmful government regulation of the
economy. You have worked hard to meet Argentina's foreign debt
and established Argentina's international credit reputation.
commitments
You have brought once-rampant inflation under
control. Industrial production levels are up; your stock market
-- the oldest in Latin America -- has risen sharply in recent
months. Last year, Argentina had a trade surplus of over $8
billion; U.S. firms alone invested over $200 million in
Argentina.
You faced many difficult challenges when you took office in
your efforts have
1989, but these measures earned the respect of the international
community. More importantly, they set Argentina on the road to a
stronger competitive position in the global economy
In the rapidly evolving relationship among the nations of
the Southern Cone, you have taken the lead in achieving regional
I share that confidence in Argentina's future under your leadership,
you are showing the world the benefits of shaking of the
dogmas of the past, of thinking anew and acting anew to build a better
and
economic integration and arms control.
1995
For example, by the end of 1994, the Mercosur common market
will eliminate tariffs between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and
Uruguay -- linking your economies together consistent with GATT -
- to form one of the hemisphere's largest open markets. You and
your partners are taking a giant step toward the goal I stated
last year in announcing the Enterprise for the Americas
Initiative: to make the Americas the world's largest partnership
of free-trading nations.
We also welcome your efforts -- and the efforts of Brazil -
- to bring the Treaty of Tlatelolco into force by setting in
place nuclear safeguards which will increase security in this
hemisphere and the rest of the world.
From Rivadavia to Rio Gallegos, from Zapala to Buenos Aires
... your strong, committed leadership is bringing your people
hope for positive change -- faith in their countrymen -- and the
courage to "arise and walk" together.
On behalf of the people of the United States, it is my great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. May God bless the
Argentine Republic.
# # #
Christina marlin
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
10 A.M.
Thank you all very much. President Menem, it gives me great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. The ties between our
countries have never been stronger, and a great deal of credit
goes to you and your administration.
Nearly a year ago, a revolt ensued by renegade soldiers
faced you in your nation's capital. You stood firm in defense of
freedom and liberty and in defense of your people's right to a
government of their choice. In the end, freedom triumphed. It
was an honor to join you, just two days later, in beautiful
Buenos Aires, the capital of a proud and free Argentina.
In your inaugural address you told the Argentine people,
"Only working together we shall become the architects of a deep
change and of a positive transformation." You asked Argentina to
"arise and walk.' " And you reassured your people that the sight
of their forefathers would guide them: San Martin, Bolivar, and
Artigas and Peron -- leaders who believed that common frontiers
freedom of opportunity must prevail.
must turn into union bridges President Menem, in their
tradition, you are a leader of courage and common sense, a man of
conviction, and a visionary, for a people facing sommon frontiers.
When we met last year in Buenos Aires, we spoke about the
challenges your country faces, and the changes that have already
been set in motion.
Under your leadership, Argentina has become one of this
hemisphere's strongest defenders of democracy, both at home and
abroad. When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, you sent troops ships from
the Argentine navy to join the international coalition that
liberated that pillaged nation. When tanks rumbled through the
streets of Moscow, threatening the Soviet Union's democratic
reconstruction, you were one of the first to speak out in defense
of liberty. You have called for democratic reform in Cuba and
made major contributions to the efforts of
worked within the Organization of American States to restore
democratic government in Haiti.
At home, you have brought down barriers to trade and
investment, slashed government spending, privatized state-owned
industries, and abolished harmful government regulation of the
economy. You have worked hard to meet Argentina's foreign debt
and established Argentina's international credit reputation.
commitments
You have brought once-rampant inflation under
control. Industrial production levels are up; your stock market
-- the oldest in Latin America -- has risen sharply in recent
months. Last year, Argentina had a trade surplus of over $8
billion; U.S. firms alone invested over $200 million in
Argentina.
You faced many difficult challenges when you took office in
your efforts have
1989, but these measures earned the respect of the international
community. More importantly, they set Argentina on the road to a
stronger competitive position in the global economy
In the rapidly evolving relationship among the nations of
the Southern Cone, you have taken the lead in achieving regional
you I share are that confidence in Argentina's future under your leadership,
showing the world the benefits of shaking of the
dogmas of the past, of thinking anew and acting anew to build a better
economic integration and arms control.
1995
For example, by the end of 1994, the Mercosur common market
will eliminate tariffs between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and
Uruguay -- linking your economies together consistent with GATT - -
- to form one of the hemisphere's largest open markets. You and
your partners are taking a giant step toward the goal I stated
last year in announcing the Enterprise for the Americas
Initiative: to make the Americas the world's largest partnership
of free-trading nations.
We also welcome your efforts -- and the efforts of Brazil -
- to bring the Treaty of Tlatelolco into force by setting in
place nuclear safeguards which will increase security in this
hemisphere and the rest of the world.
From Rivadavia to Rio Gallegos, from Zapala to Buenos Aires
... your strong, committed leadership is bringing your people
hope for positive change -- faith in their countrymen -- and the
courage to "arise and walk" together.
On behalf of the people of the United States, it is my great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. May God bless the
Argentine Republic.
# # #
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November 8, 1991
::MENEMTOA
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STATE DINNER TOAST
PRESIDENT MENEM OF ARGENTINA
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
President Menem, distinguished guests.
This is a message for our time as well. The simple yet
precious ideas of freedom, opportunity, and hope for a better
life have often been challenged, but can never be killed. They
live on because men and women of courage devote their lives to
I'd like to begin tonight with a short story. In November
of 1840, the "Thomas Jefferson of Argentina," Domingo Faustino
Sarmiento, began publishing a weekly newspaper, El Zonda, and
wrote of the yearning for democracy and the dream of freedom for
his people. After six issues, it was forced out of business
after the Federalist Governor raised the tax on newsprint.
the defense of such ideals.
Soon after, Sarmiento was imprisoned for conspiracy and nearly
lynched, then sent into exile. Sarmiento, under armed guard
while crossing the Andes into exile, wrote a message in French on
the wall of a shack he had built in the Zonda Valley. The
soldiers escorting him to the border did not read French, and so
the message remained. Sarmiento had written: "On ne tue pas les
idees" -- translated, "ideas cannot be killed."
President Menem, you are a man of ideas -- ideas of freedom,
opportunity and hope for a better life for your people. These
ideas can never be killed.
In your Inaugural address, you said: "I call you to
participate in the birth of a new time. of a new opportunity
which may be the last one, which may be the most important,
definite and decisive opportunity of our days. The most
beautiful country is the one we have not built yet. "
2
I now raise my glass to a man of ideas, Carlos Menem. To
the beautiful world that we have not yet built: May it be one of
freedom, opportunity and a better life for all people.
###
Mr. President, when you took office you could have blamed
others for the problems you faced. But you did not. You faced
your nation's problems squarely: you accepted responsibility,
sought solutions, provided leadership. In governing Argentina,
a nation of great potential and great human and natural resources,
you again and again demonstrated a fundamental quality that
distinguishes true statesmen from mere place holders--political courage.
Document No.
825°
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 11/09/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 2:00 p.m. Tuesday 11/12
STATE DINNER TOAST and
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM/11/14
(11/08 draft two)
ACTION FYI
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VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
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PORTER
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ROGICH
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SMITH
CARD
MCBRIDE
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SNOW
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HOLIDAY
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REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than
2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 11/12, with a copy to this office.
Thanks.
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PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
ENTERTAINMENT -- JOEL GREY
THANK YOU, JOEL. As YOU KNOW, JOEL IS WORLD-FAMOUS
FOR HIS ROLE IN "CABARET," AND BARBARA AND I ARE
THRILLED THAT THIS TONY AND ACADEMY AWARD-WINNER COULD
JOIN US TONIGHT. JOEL HAS BEEN A HIT WITH CRITICS AND
AUDIENCES SINCE HIS DEBUT AT AGE NINE. TODAY, HE IS A
MASTER OF VIRTUALLY EVERY MEDIUM -- STAGE, SCREEN,
NIGHTCLUB, CONCERT AND TELEVISION SPECIALS. WHETHER HE
IS SINGING, DANCING, OR ACTING, HIS CREATIVE TALENTS
AND ENERGY ARE LIMITLESS.
- 2 -
JOEL GREY HAS JOINED US FOR DINNER HERE AT THE WHITE
HOUSE BEFORE, BUT THIS TIME, WE WANTED HIM TO COME BACK
AND SING FOR HIS SUPPER.
JOEL, THANK YOU AGAIN.
###
ENTERTAINMENT -- JOEL GREY
THANK YOU, JOEL. As YOU KNOW, JOEL IS WORLD-FAMOUS
FOR HIS ROLE IN "CABARET," AND BARBARA AND I ARE
THRILLED THAT THIS TONY AND ACADEMY AWARD-WINNER COULD
JOIN US TONIGHT. JOEL HAS BEEN A HIT WITH CRITICS AND
AUDIENCES SINCE HIS DEBUT AT AGE NINE. TODAY, HE IS A
MASTER OF VIRTUALLY EVERY MEDIUM -- STAGE, SCREEN,
NIGHTCLUB, CONCERT AND TELEVISION SPECIALS. WHETHER HE
IS SINGING, DANCING, OR ACTING, HIS CREATIVE TALENTS
AND ENERGY ARE LIMITLESS.
- 2 -
JOEL GREY HAS JOINED US FOR DINNER HERE AT THE WHITE
HOUSE BEFORE, BUT THIS TIME, WE WANTED HIM To COME BACK
AND SING FOR HIS SUPPER.
JOEL, THANK YOU AGAIN.
###
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
91 NOV 12 A10: 02
DATE: 11/09/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 2:00 p.m. Tuesday 11/12
STATE DINNER TOAST and
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM/11/14
(11/08 draft two)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE N/C
P
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN N/C
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH NIC
BROMLEY
SMITH
CARD
MCBRIDE
DEMAREST
shelee
SNOW
PORTER ROSE
FITZWATER
FIRESTONE
GRAY
HOLIDAY
BOSKIN
N/C
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than
2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 11/12, with a copy to this office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
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Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
10 A.M.
Thank you all very much. President Menem, it gives me great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. The ties between our
countries have never been stronger, and a great deal of credit
goes to you and your administration.
Nearly a year ago, a revolt (NSC) ensued by renegade soldiers
faced you in your nation's capital. You stood firm in defense of
freedom and liberty and in defense of your people's right to a
government of their choice. In the end, freedom triumphed. It
was an honor to join you, just two days later, in beautiful
Buenos Aires, the capital of a proud and free Argentina.
In your inaugural address you told the Argentine people,
"Only working together we shall become the architects of a deep
change and of a positive transformation. You asked Argentina to
"arise and walk." And you reassured your people that the (sight)
vision (DCC)
(research)
of their forefathers would guide them [san San omit Martin, Bolivar,
Artigas and Peron leaders who believed that common freedom of frontiers opportunity prevail. must
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must turn into union bridges. [President Menem, in their OLC says omit (NSC)
tradition, you are a leader of courage and common sense, a man of
conviction, and a visionary. for a people facing common frontiers. (NSC
When we met last year in Buenos Aires, we spoke about the
challenges your country faces, and the changes that have already
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hemisphere's strongest defenders of democracy, both at home and
abroad. When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, you sent troops from
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the Argentine navy to join the international coalition that
liberated that pillaged nation. When tanks rumbled through the
streets of Moscow, threatening the Soviet Union's democratic
reconstruction, you were one of the first to speak out in defense
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of liberty. You have called for democratic reform in Cuba and
made major contributions to the efforts of
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At home, you have brought down barriers to trade and
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...
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hope for positive change -- faith in their countrymen -- and the
courage to "arise and walk" together.
On behalf of the people of the United States, it is my great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. May God bless the
Argentine Republic.
# # #
SEE ATTACHED
November Grant/Aarhus 8, 1991 FOR MASTER
A: MENEMTOA
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STATE DINNER TOAST
PRESIDENT MENEM OF ARGENTINA
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
President Menem, distinguished guests.
I'd like to begin tonight with a short story. In November
of 1840, the "Thomas Jefferson of Argentina," Domingo Faustino
Sarmiento, began publishing a weekly newspaper, El Zonda, and
wrote of the yearning for democracy and the dream of freedom for
his people. After six issues, it was forced out of business
after the Federalist Governor raised the tax on newsprint.
Soon after, Sarmiento was imprisoned for conspiracy and nearly
lynched, then sent into exile. Sarmiento, under armed guard
while crossing the Andes into exile, wrote a message in French on
the wall of a shack he had built in the Zonda Valley. The
soldiers escorting him to the border did not read French, and so
the message remained. Sarmiento had written: "On ne tue pas les
idees" -- translated, "ideas cannot be killed."
President Menem, you are a man of ideas -- ideas of freedom,
opportunity and hope for a better life for your people. These
ideas can never be killed.
In your Inaugural address, you said: "I call you to
participate in the birth of a new time. of a new opportunity
which may be the last one, which may be the most important,
definite and decisive opportunity of our days. The most
beautiful country is the one we have not built yet."
2
I now raise my glass to a man of ideas, Carlos Menem. To
the beautiful world that we have not yet built: May it be one of
freedom, opportunity and a better life for all people.
# # #
MASTER
Grant/Aarhus
November 8, 1991
A:MENEMTOA
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STATE DINNER TOAST
PRESIDENT MENEM OF ARGENTINA
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
President Menem, distinguished guests.
This is a message for our time as well. The simple yet
precious ideas of freedom, opportunity, and hope for a better
life have often been challenged, but can never be killed. They
live on because men and women of courage devote their lives to
I'd like to begin tonight with a short story. In November
of 1840, the "Thomas Jefferson of Argentina," Domingo Faustino
Sarmiento, began publishing a weekly newspaper, El Zonda, and
wrote of the yearning for democracy and the dream of freedom for
his people. After six issues, it was forced out of business
after the Federalist Governor raised the tax on newsprint.
the defense of such ideals.
Soon after, and Sarmiento was imprisoned for conspiracy, and nearly
lynched, Vthen sent into exile. Sarmiento, under armed guard
while crossing the Andes into exile, wrote a message in French on
Stet
the wall of a shack he had built in the Zonda Valley. The
could read no
soldiers escorting him to the border did not read French, and so
the message remained. Sarmiento had written: "On ne tue pas les
idees" -- translated, "ideas cannot be killed."
President Menem, you are a man of ideas -- ideas of freedom,
opportunity and hope for a better life for your people. These
ideas can never be killed.
In your Inaugural address, you said: "I call you to
participate in the birth of a new time. Of a new opportunity
which may be the last one, which may be the most important,
definite and decisive opportunity of our days. The most
beautiful country is the one we have not built yet. "
2
I now raise my glass to a man of ideas, Carlos Menem. To
the beautiful world that we have not yet built: May it be one of
X are both striving to build (OLC) No
freedom, opportunity and a better life for all people.
# # #
Mr. President, when you took office you could have blamed
others for the problems you faced. But you did not. You faced
your nation's problems squarely: you accepted responsibility,
sought solutions, provided leadership. In governing Argentina,
a nation of great potential and great human and natural resources,
you again and again demonstrated a fundamental quality that
distinguishes true statesmen from mere place holders--political courage.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 12, 1991
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
TONY SNOW TS
FROM:
MARY KATE GRANT MKg
SUBJECT:
ARRIVAL STATEMENT AND DINNER TOAST,
STATE VISIT OF PRESIDENT MENEM OF ARGENTINA
I. SUMMARY
Attached for your review are the draft arrival statement and
dinner toast for the state visit of President Carlos Menem of
Argentina, to be held on Thursday, November 14. The arrival
statement is approximately 6 minutes in length; the dinner toast
is approximately 4 minutes long. Both will be on speechcards.
Grant/Aarhus
November 12, 1991
A:MENEMARR
Draft Three
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
9:45 A.M.
Thank you all very much. President Menem, it gives me great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. The ties between our
countries have never been stronger, and a great deal of credit
goes to you and your administration.
Nearly a year ago, a revolt by renegade soldiers faced you
in your nation's capital. You stood firm in defense of freedom
and liberty and in defense of your people's right to a government
of their choice. In the end, freedom triumphed. It was an honor
to join you, just a few days later, in beautiful Buenos Aires,
the capital of a proud and free Argentina.
In your inaugural address you told the Argentine people,
"Only working together we shall become the architects of a deep
change and of a positive transformation.' You asked Argentina to
"arise and walk." And you reassured your people that the vision
of their forefathers would guide them -- leaders who believed
that frontiers could not become barriers between nations. When
we met last year in Buenos Aires, we spoke about the challenges
your country faces, and the changes that have already been set in
motion.
Today, Mr. President, under your courageous leadership,
Argentina is assuming its rightful place as a leader in the
2
democratic community of nations. Nowhere in this hemisphere is
the shape of the post cold war world more clearly evident than in
Argentina.
Under your leadership, Argentina has become one of this
hemisphere's strongest defenders of democracy, both at home and
abroad. When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, you sent your proud
ships to join the international coalition which liberated that
pillaged nation. When tanks rumbled through the streets of
Moscow, threatening the Soviet Union's democratic reconstruction,
you were one of the first in Latin America to speak out in
defense of liberty. You have called for democratic reform in
Cuba and made major contributions to the efforts of the
Organization of American States to restore democratic government
in Haiti.
At home, you have brought down barriers to trade and
investment, slashed government spending, privatized state-owned
industries, and abolished harmful government regulation of the
economy. You have worked hard to meet Argentina's foreign debt
commitments and established Argentina's international credit
reputation. You have brought once-rampant inflation under
control. Industrial production levels are up; and in recent
months, your stock has risen sharply. Last year, Argentina had a
trade surplus of nearly $8 billion, and U.S. firms alone invested
over $200 million in Argentina.
You faced many difficult challenges when you took office in
1989, but your efforts have earned the respect of the
3
international community. More importantly, they strengthened
Argentina's competitive position in the global economy, by
attracting new confidence and investment from around the world.
I share that confidence in Argentina's future under your
leadership. You are showing the world the benefits of shaking
off the dogmas of the past, of thinking anew and acting anew to
build a better and more prosperous future for your people.
In the rapidly evolving relationship among the nations of
the Southern Cone, you have taken the lead in achieving regional
economic integration and arms control.
For example, by the end of 1995, the Mercosur common market
aims to eliminate tariffs between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay,
and Uruguay -- linking your economies together in a way
consistent with GATT -- to form one of the hemisphere's largest
open markets. What an outstanding example you set for the
troubled economies of the world as you and your trading partners
open your markets and, through freer trade and competition,
increase the efficiency and prosperity of your workers and
businesses. You are taking a giant step toward the goal I stated
last year in announcing the Enterprise for the Americas
Initiative: to make the Americas the world's largest partnership
of free-trading nations.
We also welcome your efforts and the efforts of Brazil -
- to bring the Treaty of Tlatelolco into force by setting in
place nuclear safeguards that will increase international
security. Your decisions to forswear chemical weapons and halt
4
missile proliferation create a safer hemisphere and world.
From Rivadavia to Rio Gallegos, from Zapala to Buenos Aires
...
your strong, committed leadership is bringing your people
hope for positive change -- faith in their countrymen -- and the
courage to "arise and walk" together.
On behalf of the people of the United States, it is my great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. May God bless the
Argentine Republic.
# # #
Grant/Aarhus
November 12, 1991
A:MENEMTOA
Draft Three
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STATE DINNER TOAST
PRESIDENT MENEM OF ARGENTINA
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
President Menem, distinguished guests.
I'd like to begin tonight with a short story. In 1839, the
"Thomas Jefferson of Argentina," Domingo Faustino Sarmiento,
began publishing a weekly newspaper, El Zonda, and wrote of the
yearning for democracy and the dream of freedom for his people.
After six issues, it was forced out of business when the
Federalist Governor raised the tax on newsprint. Soon after,
Sarmiento was imprisoned for conspiracy, nearly lynched, and then
sent into exile. Sarmiento, under armed guard while crossing the
Andes into exile, wrote a message in French on the wall of a
shack he had built in the Zonda Valley. The soldiers escorting
him to the border could read no French, and so the message
remained. Sarmiento had written: "On ne tue pas les idees" --
translated, "ideas cannot be killed."
This is a message for our time as well. The simple yet
precious ideas of freedom, opportunity and hope for a better life
have often been challenged, but can never be killed. They live
on because men and women of courage devote their lives to the
defense of such ideals.
Our own President Andrew Jackson said that one man with
courage makes a majority. Some would deny that, and say that
large and impersonal forces rule our destinies, that individuals
2
cannot make a difference. To those who doubt the impact of the
individual on history I say: look to Argentina and see the
achievements of Carlos Menem.
Mr. President, in taking office you could have blamed others
for the problems you faced, but you did not. You faced your
nation's problems squarely: you accepted responsibility, sought
solutions, provided leadership. In your Inaugural addresss, you
asked Argentines "to participate in the birth of a new time."
You called on them to seize what you said might be the last,
"most important, definite and decisive opportunity of our days,"
and you reminded them that "the most beautiful country" is the
one the Argentine people have yet to build.
You challenged your people to make sweeping changes at home
and in their relationship to the world. They have responded
marvelously. In governing Argentina, you have repeatedly
demonstrated a fundamental quality that distinguishes true
statesmen from mere place holders -- political courage.
I now raise my glass to a man of ideas, to man of great
political courage, Carlos Menem. To a beautiful world that we
have yet to build: May it be one of freedom, opportunity and a
better life for all people.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 12, 1991
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
TONY SNOW TS
FROM:
MARY KATE GRANT mkg
SUBJECT:
ARRIVAL STATEMENT AND DINNER TOAST,
STATE VISIT OF PRESIDENT MENEM OF ARGENTINA
I. SUMMARY
Attached for your review are the draft arrival statement and
dinner toast for the state visit of President Carlos Menem of
Argentina, to be held on Thursday, November 14. The arrival
statement is approximately 6 minutes in length; the dinner toast
is approximately 4 minutes long. Both will be on speechcards.
Grant/Aarhus
November 12, 1991
A:MENEMARR
Draft Three
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
9:45 A.M.
Thank you all very much. President Menem, it gives me great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. The ties between our
countries have never been stronger, and a great deal of credit
goes to you and your administration.
Nearly a year ago, a revolt by renegade soldiers faced you
in your nation's capital. You stood firm in defense of freedom
and liberty and in defense of your people's right to a government
of their choice. In the end, freedom triumphed. It was an honor
to join you, just a few days later, in beautiful Buenos Aires,
the capital of a proud and free Argentina.
In your inaugural address you told the Argentine people,
"Only working together we shall become the architects of a deep
change and of a positive transformation." You asked Argentina to
"arise and walk." And you reassured your people that the vision
of their forefathers would guide them -- leaders who believed
that frontiers could not become barriers between nations. When
we met last year in Buenos Aires, we spoke about the challenges
your country faces, and the changes that have already been set in
motion.
Today, Mr. President, under your courageous leadership,
Argentina is assuming its rightful place as a leader in the
2
democratic community of nations. Nowhere in this hemisphere is
the shape of the post cold war world more clearly evident than in
Argentina.
Under your leadership, Argentina has become one of this
hemisphere's strongest defenders of democracy, both at home and
abroad. When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, you sent your proud
ships to join the international coalition which liberated that
pillaged nation. When tanks rumbled through the streets of
Moscow, threatening the Soviet Union's democratic reconstruction,
you were one of the first in Latin America to speak out in
defense of liberty. You have called for democratic reform in
Cuba and made major contributions to the efforts of the
Organization of American States to restore democratic government
in Haiti.
At home, you have brought down barriers to trade and
investment, slashed government spending, privatized state-owned
industries, and abolished harmful government regulation of the
economy. You have worked hard to meet Argentina's foreign debt
commitments and established Argentina's international credit
reputation. You have brought once-rampant inflation under
control. Industrial production levels are up; and in recent
months, your stock has risen sharply. Last year, Argentina had a
trade surplus of nearly $8 billion, and U.S. firms alone invested
over $200 million in Argentina.
You faced many difficult challenges when you took office in
1989, but your efforts have earned the respect of the
3
international community. More importantly, they strengthened
Argentina's competitive position in the global economy, by
attracting new confidence and investment from around the world.
I share that confidence in Argentina's future under your
leadership. You are showing the world the benefits of shaking
off the dogmas of the past, of thinking anew and acting anew to
build a better and more prosperous future for your people.
In the rapidly evolving relationship among the nations of
the Southern Cone, you have taken the lead in achieving regional
economic integration and arms control.
For example, by the end of 1995, the Mercosur common market
aims to eliminate tariffs between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay,
and Uruguay -- linking your economies together in a way
consistent with GATT -- to form one of the hemisphere's largest
open markets. What an outstanding example you set for the
troubled economies of the world as you and your trading partners
open your markets and, through freer trade and competition,
increase the efficiency and prosperity of your workers and
businesses. You are taking a giant step toward the goal I stated
last year in announcing the Enterprise for the Americas
Initiative: to make the Americas the world's largest partnership
of free-trading nations.
We also welcome your efforts -- and the efforts of Brazil -
- to bring the Treaty of Tlatelolco into force by setting in
place nuclear safeguards that will increase international
security. Your decisions to forswear chemical weapons and halt
4
missile proliferation create a safer hemisphere and world.
From Rivadavia to Rio Gallegos, from Zapala to Buenos Aires
...
your strong, committed leadership is bringing your people
hope for positive change -- faith in their countrymen -- and the
courage to "arise and walk" together.
On behalf of the people of the United States, it is my great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. May God bless the
Argentine Republic.
# # #
Grant/Aarhus
November 12, 1991
A:MENEMTOA
Draft Three
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STATE DINNER TOAST
PRESIDENT MENEM OF ARGENTINA
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
President Menem, distinguished guests.
I'd like to begin tonight with a short story. In 1839, the
"Thomas Jefferson of Argentina," Domingo Faustino Sarmiento,
began publishing a weekly newspaper, El Zonda, and wrote of the
yearning for democracy and the dream of freedom for his people.
After six issues, it was forced out of business when the
Federalist Governor raised the tax on newsprint. Soon after,
Sarmiento was imprisoned for conspiracy, nearly lynched, and then
sent into exile. Sarmiento, under armed guard while crossing the
Andes into exile, wrote a message in French on the wall of a
shack he had built in the Zonda Valley. The soldiers escorting
him to the border could read no French, and so the message
remained. Sarmiento had written: "On ne tue pas les idees" --
translated, "ideas cannot be killed."
This is a message for our time as well. The simple yet
precious ideas of freedom, opportunity and hope for a better life
have often been challenged, but can never be killed. They live
on because men and women of courage devote their lives to the
defense of such ideals.
Our own President Andrew Jackson said that one man with
courage makes a majority. Some would deny that, and say that
large and impersonal forces rule our destinies, that individuals
2
cannot make a difference. To those who doubt the impact of the
individual on history I say: look to Argentina and see the
achievements of Carlos Menem.
Mr. President, in taking office you could have blamed others
for the problems you faced, but you did not. You faced your
nation's problems squarely: you accepted responsibility, sought
solutions, provided leadership. In your Inaugural addresss, you
asked Argentines "to participate in the birth of a new time."
You called on them to seize what you said might be the last,
"most important, definite and decisive opportunity of our days,"
and you reminded them that "the most beautiful country" is the
one the Argentine people have yet to build.
You challenged your people to make sweeping changes at home
and in their relationship to the world. They have responded
marvelously. In governing Argentina, you have repeatedly
demonstrated a fundamental quality that distinguishes true
statesmen from mere place holders
--
political
courage.
I now raise my glass to a man of ideas, to man of great
political courage, Carlos Menem. To a beautiful world that we
have yet to build: May it be one of freedom, opportunity and a
better life for all people.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 12, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR TONY SNOW
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: State Dinner Toast and
Arrival Ceremony for President Menem
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: Phillip D. Brady
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
A7:57
DATE: 11/09/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 2:00 p.m. Tuesday 11/12
STATE DINNER TOAST and
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM/11/14
(11/08 draft two)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
CARD
MCBRIDE
DEMAREST
SNOW
PORTER ROSE
FITZWATER
FIRESTONE
GRAY
HOLIDAY
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than
2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 11/12, with a copy to this office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Grant/Aarhus
November 8, 1991
91 NOV 8 P7: 36
A:MENEMARR
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
10 A.M.
Thank you all very much. President Menem, it gives me great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. The ties between our
countries have never been stronger, and a great deal of credit
goes to you and your administration.
Nearly a year ago, a revolt ensued by renegade soldiers
faced you in your nation's capital. You stood firm in defense of
freedom and liberty and in defense of your people's right to a
government of their choice. In the end, freedom triumphed. It
was an honor to join you, just two days later, in beautiful
Buenos Aires, the capital of a proud and free Argentina.
In your inaugural address you told the Argentine people,
"Only working together we shall become the architects of a deep
change and of a positive transformation." You asked Argentina to
"arise and walk." And you reassured your people that the sight
of their forefathers would guide them: San Martin, Bolivar,
Artigas and Peron -- leaders who believed that common frontiers
must turn into union bridges. President Menem, in their
tradition, you are a leader of courage and common sense, a man of
conviction, and a visionary for a people facing common frontiers.
When we met last year in Buenos Aires, we spoke about the
challenges your country faces, and the changes that have already
been set in motion.
Under your leadership, Argentina has become one of this
hemisphere's strongest defenders of democracy, both at home and
abroad. When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, you sent troops from
the Argentine navy to join the international coalition that
liberated that pillaged nation. When tanks rumbled through the
streets of Moscow, threatening the Soviet Union's democratic
reconstruction, you were one of the first to speak out in defense
of liberty. You have called for democratic reform in Cuba and
worked within the Organization of American States to restore
democratic government in Haiti.
At home, you have brought down barriers to trade and
investment, slashed government spending, privatized state-owned
industries, and abolished harmful government regulation of the
economy. You have worked hard to meet Argentina's foreign debt
commitments. You have brought once-rampant inflation under
control. Industrial production levels are up; your stock market
-- the oldest in Latin America -- has risen sharply in recent
months. Last year, Argentina had a trade surplus of over $8
billion; U.S. firms alone invested over $200 million in
Argentina.
You faced many difficult challenges when you took office in
1989, but these measures earned the respect of the international
community. More importantly, they set Argentina on the road to a
stronger competitive position in the global economy.
In the rapidly evolving relationship among the nations of
the Southern Cone, you have taken the lead in achieving regional
economic integration and arms control.
For example, by the end of 1994, the Mercosur common market
will eliminate tariffs between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and
Uruguay -- linking your economies together consistent with GATT -
- to form one of the hemisphere's largest open markets. You and
your partners are taking a giant step toward the goal I stated
last year in announcing the Enterprise for the Americas
Initiative: to make the Americas the world's largest partnership
of free-trading nations.
We also welcome your efforts -- and the efforts of Brazil -
- to bring the Treaty of Tlatelolco into force by setting in
place nuclear safeguards which will increase security in this
hemisphere and the rest of the world.
From Rivadavia to Rio Gallegos, from Zapala to Buenos Aires
your strong, committed leadership is bringing your people
hope for positive change -- faith in their countrymen -- and the
courage to "arise and walk" together.
On behalf of the people of the United States, it is my great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. May God bless the
Argentine Republic.
# # #
Grant/Aarhus
November 8, 1991
A MENEMTOA
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STATE DINNER TOAST
PRESIDENT MENEM OF ARGENTINA
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
President Menem, distinguished guests.
I'd like to begin tonight with a short story. In November
of 1840, the "Thomas Jefferson of Argentina," Domingo Faustino
Sarmiento, began publishing a weekly newspaper, El Zonda, and
wrote of the yearning for democracy and the dream of freedom for
his people. After six issues, it was forced out of business
after the Federalist Governor raised the tax on newsprint.
Soon after, Sarmiento was imprisoned for conspiracy and nearly
lynched, then sent into exile. Sarmiento, under armed guard
while crossing the Andes into exile, wrote a message in French on
the wall of a shack he had built in the Zonda Valley. The
soldiers escorting him to the border did not read French, and so
the message remained. Sarmiento had written: "On ne tue pas les
idees" -- translated, "ideas cannot be killed. "
President Menem, you are a man of ideas -- ideas of freedom,
opportunity and hope for a better life for your people. These
ideas can never be killed.
In your Inaugural address, you said: "I call you to
participate in the birth of a new time. of a new opportunity
which may be the last one, which may be the most important,
definite and decisive opportunity of our days. The most
beautiful country is the one we have not built yet. "
2
I now raise my glass to a man of ideas, Carlos Menem. To
the beautiful world that we have not yet built: May it be one of
freedom, opportunity and a better life for all people.
# # #
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 11/09/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 2:00 p.m. Tuesday 11/12
STATE DINNER TOAST and
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM/11/14
(11/08 draft two)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
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SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
P
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
CARD
MCBRIDE
SNOW
DEMAREST
PORTER ROSE
FITZWATER
FIRESTONE
GRAY
HOLIDAY
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than
2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 11/12, with a copy to this office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE: Comments from Cabinet Affairs are attached.
Thanks,
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Elizabeth Luttig
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Grant/Aarhus
November 8, 1991
91 NOV 8 P7: 36
A:MENEMARR
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
10 A.M.
Thank you all very much. President Menem, it gives me great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. The ties between our
countries have never been stronger, and a great deal of credit
goes to you and your administration.
Nearly a year ago, a revolt ensued by renegade soldiers
faced you in your nation's capital. You stood firm in defense of
freedom and liberty and in defense of your people's right to a
government of their choice. In the end, freedom triumphed. It
was an honor to join you, just two days later, in beautiful
Buenos Aires, the capital of a proud and free Argentina.
In your inaugural address you told the Argentine people,
"Only working together we shall become the architects of a deep
change and of a positive transformation." You asked Argentina to
"arise and walk." And you reassured your people that the sight
of their forefathers would guide them: San Martin, Bolivar,
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Artigas and Peron -- leaders who believed that common frontiers
has been
must turn into union bridges. President Menem, in their
causing
economic
tradition, you are a leader of courage and common sense, a man of
problems
conviction, and a visionary for a people facing common frontiers.
(Comerce)
When we met last year in Buenos Aires, we spoke about the
challenges your country faces, and the changes that have already
been set in motion.
Under your leadership, Argentina has become one of this
hemisphere's strongest defenders of democracy, both at home and
abroad. When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, you sent troops from
the Argentine navy to join the international coalition that
liberated that pillaged nation. When tanks rumbled through the
streets of Moscow, threatening the Soviet Union's democratic
reconstruction, you were one of the first to speak out in defense
of liberty. You have called for democratic reform in Cuba and
worked within the Organization of American States to restore
democratic government in Haiti.
At home, you have brought down barriers to trade and
investment, slashed government spending, privatized state-owned
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economy. You have worked hard to meet Argentina's foreign debt
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commitments. You have brought once-rampant inflation under
control. Industrial production levels are up; your stock market
-- the oldest in Latin America -- has risen sharply in recent
months. Last year, Argentina had a trade surplus of over $8
billion; U.S. firms alone invested over $200 million in
Argentina.
You faced many difficult challenges when you took office in
1989, but these measures earned the respect of the international
community. More importantly, they set Argentina on the road to a
stronger competitive position in the global economy.
In the rapidly evolving relationship among the nations of
the Southern Cone, you have taken the lead in achieving regional
economic integration and arms control.
For example, by the end of 1994, the Mercosur common market
aims to
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last year in announcing the Enterprise for the Americas
Initiative: to make the Americas the world's largest partnership
of free-trading nations.
We also welcome your efforts -- and the efforts of Brazil -
- to bring the Treaty of Tlatelolco into force by setting in
place nuclear safeguards which will increase security in this
hemisphere and the rest of the world.
From Rivadavia to Rio Gallegos, from Zapala to Buenos Aires
your strong, committed leadership is bringing your people
hope for positive change -- faith in their countrymen -- and the
courage to "arise and walk" together.
On behalf of the people of the United States, it is my great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. May God bless the
Argentine Republic.
# # #
Grant/Aarhus
November 8, 1991
A:MENEMTOA
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STATE DINNER TOAST
PRESIDENT MENEM OF ARGENTINA
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
President Menem, distinguished guests.
I'd like to begin tonight with a short story. In November
of 1840, the "Thomas Jefferson of Argentina," Domingo Faustino
Sarmiento, began publishing a weekly newspaper, El Zonda, and
wrote of the yearning for democracy and the dream of freedom for
his people. After six issues, it was forced out of business
after the Federalist Governor raised the tax on newsprint.
Soon after, Sarmiento was imprisoned for conspiracy and nearly
lynched, then sent into exile. Sarmiento, under armed guard
while crossing the Andes into exile, wrote a message in French on
the wall of a shack he had built in the Zonda Valley. The
soldiers escorting him to the border did not read French, and so
the message remained. Sarmiento had written: "On ne tue pas les
idees" -- translated, "ideas cannot be killed.'
President Menem, you are a man of ideas -- ideas of freedom,
opportunity and hope for a better life for your people. These
ideas can never be killed.
In your Inaugural address, you said: "I call you to
participate in the birth of a new time. Of a new opportunity
which may be the last one, which may be the most important,
definite and decisive opportunity of our days. The most
beautiful country is the one we have not built yet. "
2
I now raise my glass to a man of ideas, Carlos Menem. To
the beautiful world that we have not yet built: May it be one of
freedom, opportunity and a better life for all people.
# # #
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
8v 21 AON 16
DATE: 11/09/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 2:00 p.m. Tuesday 11/12
STATE DINNER TOAST and
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM/11/14
(11/08 draft two)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
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SCOWCROFT
P
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
P
PORTER
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BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
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CARD
MCBRIDE
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DEMAREST
SNOW
S
PORTER ROSE
FITZWATER
FIRESTONE
GRAY
HOLIDAY
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than
2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 11/12, with a copy to this office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
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Toast was really nice. Just a few comments
on the animal.
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Thanks,
Assistant to the President
Jo.
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Grant/Aarhus
November 8, 1991
91 NOV 8 P7: 36
A: MENEMARR
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
10 A.M.
Thank you all very much. President Menem, it gives me great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. The ties between our
countries have never been stronger, and a great deal of credit
goes to you and your administration.
Nearly a year ago, a revolt ensued by renegade soldiers
faced you in your nation's capital. You stood firm in defense of
freedom and liberty and in defense of your people's right to a
government of their choice. In the end, freedom triumphed. It
was an honor to join you, just two days later, in beautiful
Buenos Aires, the capital of a proud and free Argentina.
In your inaugural address you told the Argentine people,
"Only working together we shall become the architects of a deep
change and of a positive transformation. " You asked Argentina to
"arise and walk. And you reassured your people that the sight
of their forefathers would guide them: San Martin, Bolivar
Artigas and Peron -- leaders who believed that common frontiers
must turn into union bridges. President Menem, in their
tradition, you are a leader of courage and common sense, a man of
conviction, and a visionary for a people facing common frontiers.
When we met last year in Buenos Aires, we spoke about the
challenges your country faces, and the changes that have already
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been set in motion.
Under your leadership, Argentina has become one of this
hemisphere's strongest defenders of democracy, both at home and
abroad. When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, you sent troops from
the Argentine navy to join the international coalition that
liberated that pillaged nation. When tanks rumbled through the
streets of Moscow, threatening the Soviet Union's democratic
reconstruction, you were one of the first to speak out in defense
of liberty. You have called for democratic reform in Cuba and
worked within the Organization of American States to restore
democratic government in Haiti.
At home, you have brought down barriers to trade and
investment, slashed government spending, privatized state-owned
industries, and abolished harmful government regulation of the
economy. You have worked hard to meet Argentina's foreign debt
commitments. You have brought once-rampant inflation under
control. Industrial production levels are up; your stock market
-- the oldest in Latin America -- has risen sharply in recent
months. Last year, Argentina had a trade surplus of over $8
billion; U.S. firms alone invested over $200 million in
Argentina.
You faced many difficult challenges when you took office in
1989, but these measures earned the respect of the international
community. More importantly, they set Argentina on the road to a
stronger competitive position in the global economy.
In the rapidly evolving relationship among the nations of
the Southern Cone, you have taken the lead in achieving regional
economic integration and arms control.
For example, by the end of 1994, the Mercosur common market
will eliminate tariffs between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and
Uruguay -- linking your economies together consistent with GATT -
- to form one of the hemisphere's largest open markets. You and
your partners are taking a giant step toward the goal I stated
last year in announcing the Enterprise for the Americas
Initiative: to make the Americas the world's largest partnership
of free-trading nations.
We also welcome your efforts -- and the efforts of Brazil -
- to bring the Treaty of Tlatelolco into force by setting in
place nuclear safeguards which will increase security in this
hemisphere and the rest of the world.
From Rivadavia to Rio Gallegos, from Zapala to Buenos Aires
your strong, committed leadership is bringing your people
hope for positive change -- faith in their countrymen -- and the
courage to "arise and walk" together.
On behalf of the people of the United States, it is my great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. May God bless the
Argentine Republic.
# # #
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the usual line about a hee trade zone throughout the america.
Was this deliberate N.
Grant/Aarhus
November 8, 1991
A:MENEMTOA
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STATE DINNER TOAST
PRESIDENT MENEM OF ARGENTINA
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
President Menem, distinguished guests.
I'd like to begin tonight with a short story. In November
of 1840, the "Thomas Jefferson of Argentina," " Domingo Faustino
Sarmiento, began publishing a weekly newspaper, El Zonda, and
wrote of the yearning for democracy and the dream of freedom for
his people. After six issues, it was forced out of business
after the Federalist Governor raised the tax on newsprint.
Soon after, Sarmiento was imprisoned for conspiracy and nearly
lynched, then sent into exile. Sarmiento, under armed guard
while crossing the Andes into exile, wrote a message in French on
the wall of a shack he had built in the Zonda Valley. The
soldiers escorting him to the border did not read French, and so
the message remained. Sarmiento had written: "On ne tue pas les
idees" -- translated, "ideas cannot be killed. "
President Menem, you are a man of ideas -- ideas of freedom,
opportunity and hope for a better life for your people. These
ideas can never be killed.
In your Inaugural address, you said: "I call you to
participate in the birth of a new time. of a new opportunity
which may be the last one, which may be the most important,
definite and decisive opportunity of our days. The most
beautiful country is the one we have not built yet. "
2
I now raise my glass to a man of ideas, Carlos Menem. To
the beautiful world that we have not yet built: May it be one of
freedom, opportunity and a better life for all people.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
91 NOV 12 P/2: 44 November 12, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR TONY SNOW
FROM:
STEPHEN G. RADEMAKER
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Arrival Ceremony for
President Menem, 11/14
Pursuant to Phillip Brady's request, Counsel's Office has
reviewed the above-referenced matter. We have no legal objection
to the proposed remarks, but offer the editorial suggestions
indicated on the attached text.
Attachment
CC: Phillip D. Brady
Grant/Aarhus
November 8, 1991
91 NOV 8 P7: 36
A:MENEMARR
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
10 A.M.
Thank you all very much. President Menem, it gives me great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. The ties between our
countries have never been stronger, and a great deal of credit
goes to you and your administration.
Nearly a year ago, a revolt ensued by renegade soldiers
faced you in your nation's capital. You stood firm in defense of
freedom and liberty and in defense of your people's right to a
government of their choice. In the end, freedom triumphed. It
was an honor to join you, just two days later, in beautiful
Buenos Aires, the capital of a proud and free Argentina.
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In your inaugural address you told the Argentine people,
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"Only working together we shall become the architects of a deep
change and of a positive transformation. " You asked Argentina to
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"arise and walk." And you reassured your people that the sight vision
of their forefathers would guide them: San Martin, Bolivar, and
Artigas and Peron -- leaders who believed that common I frontiers
could not become barriers between nations.
must turn into union bridges. President Menem, in their
tradition, you are a leader of courage and common sense, a man of
conviction, and a visionary for a people facing common frontiers.
When we met last year in Buenos Aires, we spoke about the
challenges your country faces, and the changes that have already
been set in motion.
Under your leadership, Argentina has become one of this
hemisphere's strongest defenders of democracy, both at home and
abroad. When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, you sent troops elements from of
the Argentine navy to join the international coalition that
liberated that pillaged nation. When tanks rumbled through the
streets of Moscow, threatening the Soviet Union's democratic
reconstruction, you were one of the first to speak out in defense
of liberty. You have called for democratic reform in Cuba and
worked within the Organization of American States to restore
democratic government in Haiti.
At home, you have brought down barriers to trade and
investment, slashed government spending, privatized state-owned
industries, and abolished harmful government regulation of the
economy. You have worked hard to meet Argentina's foreign debt
commitments. You have brought once-rampant inflation under
control. Industrial production levels are up; your stock market
-- the oldest in Latin America -- has risen sharply in recent
months. Last year, Argentina had a trade surplus of over $8
billion; U.S. firms alone invested over $200 million in
Argentina.
You faced many difficult challenges when you took office in
you have taken
1989, but these measures earned the respect of the international
community. More importantly, they set Argentina on the road to a
strengthened Argentina's
stronger (competitive position in the global economy.
In the rapidly evolving relationship among the nations of
the Southern Cone, you have taken the lead in achieving regional
economic integration and arms control.
For example, by the end of 1994, the Mercosur common market
will eliminate tariffs between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and
Uruguay -- linking your economies together consistent with GATT - -
- to form one of the hemisphere's largest open markets. You and
your partners are taking a giant step toward the goal I stated enunciated
last year in announcing the Enterprise for the Americas
Initiative: to make the Americas the world's largest partnership
of free-trading nations.
We also welcome your efforts -- and the efforts of Brazil -
- to bring the Treaty of Tlatelolco into force by setting in
place nuclear safeguards which that will increase security in this
hemisphere and the rest of the world.
From Rivadavia to Rio Gallegos, from Zapala to Buenos Aires
...
your strong, committed leadership is bringing your people
hope for positive change -- faith in their countrymen -- and the
courage to "arise and walk" together.
On behalf of the people of the United States, it is my great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. May God bless the
Argentine Republic.
# # #
Grant/Aarhus
November 8, 1991
:MENEMTOA
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STATE DINNER TOAST
PRESIDENT MENEM OF ARGENTINA
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
President Menem, distinguished guests.
I'd like to begin tonight with a short story. In November
of 1840, the "Thomas Jefferson of Argentina," Domingo Faustino
Sarmiento, began publishing a weekly newspaper, El Zonda, and
wrote of the yearning for democracy and the dream of freedom for
his people. After six issues, it was forced out of business
after the Federalist Governor raised the tax on newsprint.
Soon after, Sarmiento was imprisoned for conspiracy and nearly
lynched, then sent into exile. Sarmiento, under armed guard
while crossing the Andes into exile, wrote a message in French on
the wall of a shack he had built in the Zonda Valley. The
soldiers escorting him to the border did not read French, and so
the message remained. Sarmiento had written: "On ne tue pas les
idees" -- translated, "ideas cannot be killed. "
President Menem, you are a man of ideas -- ideas of freedom,
opportunity and hope for a better life for your people. These
ideas can never be killed.
In your Inaugural address, you said: "I call you to
participate in the birth of a new time. Of a new opportunity
which may be the last one, which may be the most important,
definite and decisive opportunity of our days. The most
beautiful country is the one we have not built yet. "
2
I now raise my glass to a man of ideas, Carlos Menem. To
are both striving to build:
the beautiful world that we have not yet built: May it be one of
freedom, opportunity and a better life for all people.
# # #
Document No.
If NOV WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
P12:27
DATE: 11/09/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 2:00 p.m. Tuesday 11/12
STATE DINNER TOAST and
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM/11/14
(11/08 draft two)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
CARD
MCBRIDE
SNOW
DEMAREST
PORTER ROSE
FITZWATER
FIRESTONE
GRAY
BOSKIN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than
2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 11/12, with a copy to this office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
This
H
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
91 NOV 12 P12: 01
DATE: 11/09/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 2:00 p.m. Tuesday 11/12
STATE DINNER TOAST and
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM/11/14
(11/08 draft two)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
N
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
V
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
CARD
MCBRIDE
DEMAREST
SNOW
PORTER ROSE
FITZWATER
FIRESTONE
GRAY
HOLIDAY
BOSKIN
>
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than
2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 11/12, with a copy to this office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Grant/Aarhus
November 8, 1991
91 NOV 8 P7: 36
A:MENEMARR
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
10 A.M.
Thank you all very much. President Menem, it gives me great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. The ties between our
countries have never been stronger, and a great deal of credit
goes to you and your administration.
Nearly a year ago, a revolt ensued by renegade soldiers
faced you in your nation's capital. You stood firm in defense of
freedom and liberty and in defense of your people's right to a
government of their choice. In the end, freedom triumphed. It
was an honor to join you, just two days later, in beautiful
Buenos Aires, the capital of a proud and free Argentina.
In your inaugural address you told the Argentine people,
"Only working together we shall become the architects of a deep
change and of a positive transformation." You asked Argentina to
"arise and walk." And you reassured your people that the sight
of their forefathers would guide them: San Martin, Bolivar,
Artigas and Peron -- leaders who believed that common frontiers
must turn into union bridges. President Menem, in their
tradition, you are a leader of courage and common sense, a man of
conviction, and a visionary for a people facing common frontiers.
When we met last year in Buenos Aires, we spoke about the
challenges your country faces, and the changes that have already
been set in motion.
Under your leadership, Argentina has become one of this
hemisphere's strongest defenders of democracy, both at home and
abroad. When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, you sent troops from
the Argentine navy to join the international coalition that
liberated that pillaged nation. When tanks rumbled through the
streets of Moscow, threatening the Soviet Union's democratic
reconstruction, you were one of the first to speak out in defense
of liberty. You have called for democratic reform in Cuba and
worked within the Organization of American States to restore
democratic government in Haiti.
At home, you have brought down barriers to trade and
investment, slashed government spending, privatized state-owned
industries, and abolished harmful government regulation of the
economy. You have worked hard to meet Argentina's foreign debt
commitments. You have brought once-rampant inflation under
control. Industrial production levels are up; your stock market
-- the oldest in Latin America -- has risen sharply in recent
months. Last year, Argentina had a trade surplus of over $8
billion; U.S. firms alone invested over $200 million in
Argentina.
You faced many difficult challenges when you took office in
1989, but these measures earned the respect of the international
community. More importantly, they set Argentina on the road to a
stronger competitive position in the global economy.
In the rapidly evolving relationship among the nations of
the Southern Cone, you have taken the lead in achieving regional
economic integration and arms control.
For example, by the end of 1994, the Mercosur common market
will eliminate tariffs between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and
Uruguay -- linking your economies together consistent with GATT - -
- to form one of the hemisphere's largest open markets. You and
your partners are taking a giant step toward the goal I stated
last year in announcing the Enterprise for the Americas
Initiative: to make the Americas the world's largest partnership
of free-trading nations.
We also welcome your efforts -- and the efforts of Brazil -
- to bring the Treaty of Tlatelolco into force by setting in
place nuclear safeguards which will increase security in this
hemisphere and the rest of the world.
From Rivadavia to Rio Gallegos, from Zapala to Buenos Aires
...
your strong, committed leadership is bringing your people
hope for positive change -- faith in their countrymen -- and the
courage to "arise and walk" together.
On behalf of the people of the United States, it is my great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. May God bless the
Argentine Republic.
# # #
Grant/Aarhus
November 8, 1991
: MENEMTOA
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STATE DINNER TOAST
PRESIDENT MENEM OF ARGENTINA
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
President Menem, distinguished guests.
I'd like to begin tonight with a short story. In November
of 1840, the "Thomas Jefferson of Argentina," Domingo Faustino
Sarmiento, began publishing a weekly newspaper, El Zonda, and
wrote of the yearning for democracy and the dream of freedom for
his people. After six issues, it was forced out of business
after the Federalist Governor raised the tax on newsprint.
Soon after, Sarmiento was imprisoned for conspiracy and nearly
lynched, then sent into exile. Sarmiento, under armed guard
while crossing the Andes into exile, wrote a message in French on
the wall of a shack he had built in the Zonda Valley. The
soldiers escorting him to the border did not read French, and so
the message remained. Sarmiento had written: "On ne tue pas les
idees" -- translated, "ideas cannot be killed. "
President Menem, you are a man of ideas -- ideas of freedom,
opportunity and hope for a better life for your people. These
ideas can never be killed.
In your Inaugural address, you said: "I call you to
participate in the birth of a new time. of a new opportunity
which may be the last one, which may be the most important,
definite and decisive opportunity of our days. The most
beautiful country is the one we have not built yet. "
2
I now raise my glass to a man of ideas, Carlos Menem. To
the beautiful world that we have not yet built: May it be one of
freedom, opportunity and a better life for all people.
# # #
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
91 NOV 12 P4:20
DATE: 11/09/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 2:00 p.m. Tuesday 11/12
STATE DINNER TOAST and
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM/11/14
(11/08 draft two)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
CARD
MCBRIDE
SNOW
DEMAREST
PORTER ROSE
FITZWATER
FIRESTONE
GRAY
HOLIDAY
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than
2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 11/12, with a copy to this office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE: no comment
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Grant/Aarhus
November 8, 1991
91 NOV 8 P7: 36
A:MENEMARR
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ARRIVAL CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT MENEM
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
10 A.M.
Thank you all very much. President Menem, it gives me great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. The ties between our
countries have never been stronger, and a great deal of credit
goes to you and your administration.
Nearly a year ago, a revolt ensued by renegade soldiers
faced you in your nation's capital. You stood firm in defense of
freedom and liberty and in defense of your people's right to a
government of their choice. In the end, freedom triumphed. It
was an honor to join you, just two days later, in beautiful
Buenos Aires, the capital of a proud and free Argentina.
In your inaugural address you told the Argentine people,
"Only working together we shall become the architects of a deep
change and of a positive transformation. You asked Argentina to
"arise and walk. " And you reassured your people that the sight
of their forefathers would guide them: San Martin, Bolivar,
Artigas and Peron -- leaders who believed that common frontiers
must turn into union bridges. President Menem, in their
tradition, you are a leader of courage and common sense, a man of
conviction, and a visionary for a people facing common frontiers.
When we met last year in Buenos Aires, we spoke about the
challenges your country faces, and the changes that have already
been set in motion.
Under your leadership, Argentina has become one of this
hemisphere's strongest defenders of democracy, both at home and
abroad. When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, you sent troops from
the Argentine navy to join the international coalition that
liberated that pillaged nation. When tanks rumbled through the
streets of Moscow, threatening the Soviet Union's democratic
reconstruction, you were one of the first to speak out in defense
of liberty. You have called for democratic reform in Cuba and
worked within the Organization of American States to restore
democratic government in Haiti.
At home, you have brought down barriers to trade and
investment, slashed government spending, privatized state-owned
industries, and abolished harmful government regulation of the
economy. You have worked hard to meet Argentina's foreign debt
commitments. You have brought once-rampant inflation under
control. Industrial production levels are up; your stock market
-- the oldest in Latin America -- has risen sharply in recent
months. Last year, Argentina had a trade surplus of over $8
billion; U.S. firms alone invested over $200 million in
Argentina.
You faced many difficult challenges when you took office in
1989, but these measures earned the respect of the international
community. More importantly, they set Argentina on the road to a
stronger competitive position in the global economy.
In the rapidly evolving relationship among the nations of
the Southern Cone, you have taken the lead in achieving regional
economic integration and arms control.
For example, by the end of 1994, the Mercosur common market
will eliminate tariffs between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and
Uruguay -- linking your economies together consistent with GATT -
- to form one of the hemisphere's largest open markets. You and
your partners are taking a giant step toward the goal I stated
last year in announcing the Enterprise for the Americas
Initiative: to make the Americas the world's largest partnership
of free-trading nations.
We also welcome your efforts -- and the efforts of Brazil -
- to bring the Treaty of Tlatelolco into force by setting in
place nuclear safeguards which will increase security in this
hemisphere and the rest of the world.
From Rivadavia to Rio Gallegos, from Zapala to Buenos Aires
...
your strong, committed leadership is bringing your people
hope for positive change -- faith in their countrymen -- and the
courage to "arise and walk" together.
On behalf of the people of the United States, it is my great
pleasure to welcome you to the White House. May God bless the
Argentine Republic.
# # #
Grant/Aarhus
November 8, 1991
A:MENEMTOA
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STATE DINNER TOAST
PRESIDENT MENEM OF ARGENTINA
NOVEMBER 14, 1991
President Menem, distinguished guests.
I'd like to begin tonight with a short story. In November
of 1840, the "Thomas Jefferson of Argentina," Domingo Faustino
Sarmiento, began publishing a weekly newspaper, El Zonda, and
wrote of the yearning for democracy and the dream of freedom for
his people. After six issues, it was forced out of business
after the Federalist Governor raised the tax on newsprint.
Soon after, Sarmiento was imprisoned for conspiracy and nearly
lynched, then sent into exile. Sarmiento, under armed guard
while crossing the Andes into exile, wrote a message in French on
the wall of a shack he had built in the Zonda Valley. The
soldiers escorting him to the border did not read French, and so
the message remained. Sarmiento had written: "On ne tue pas les
idees" -- translated, "ideas cannot be killed. "
President Menem, you are a man of ideas -- ideas of freedom,
opportunity and hope for a better life for your people. These
ideas can never be killed.
In your Inaugural address, you said: "I call you to
participate in the birth of a new time. Of a new opportunity
which may be the last one, which may be the most important,
definite and decisive opportunity of our days. The most
beautiful country is the one we have not built yet. "
2
I now raise my glass to a man of ideas, Carlos Menem. To
the beautiful world that we have not yet built: May it be one of
freedom, opportunity and a better life for all people.
# # #