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KOREA-AMERICAN RALLY \ NEW YORK, NEW YORK
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1992 \ 6:30 P.M.
SENATOR D'AMATO, THANK YOU FOR THAT INTRODUCTION.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I'M GLAD TO BE BACK IN NEW YORK
CITY -- THAT SYMBOL OF A KINDER, GENTLER AMERICA. //
((RECENTLY WE HAD A DISCUSSION AT THE WHITE HOUSE
ABOUT THE POSSIBLE USE OF PEACEKEEPING FORCES TO QUELL
OPEN WARFARE. BUT FORTUNATELY, THE NEW YORK DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY FINALLY ENDED.)) //
- 2 -
TONIGHT, I AM HONORED TO BE AT AN EVENT WHICH
SPEAKS NOT OF WARFARE BUT OF FRIENDSHIP. AN EVENT
WHICH SALUTES AMERICA'S FASTEST-GROWING KOREAN
COMMUNITY: THINK OF IT -- MORE THAN 150,000 STRONG. //
IN THIS ROOM ARE PEOPLE WHO SHARE CERTAIN
PRINCIPLES. BELIEF IN WORK, AND SELF-DISCIPLINE. LOVE
OF FAMILY -- AS YOU SHOWED LAST WEEK IN YOUR KOREAN
THANKSGIVING. ABOVE ALL, FAITH IN GoD. //
- 3 -
THESE PRINCIPLES BROUGHT YOUR FAMILIES TO AMERICA.
TODAY, THEY CAN BRING AMERICA TO WHAT IS BEST IN MAN.
RECENTLY, I ANNOUNCED A PLAN WHICH DOES THAT -- MY
"AGENDA FOR AMERICAN RENEWAL." IT SEEKS TO OPEN
MARKETS -- AND ENHANCE OUR SCHOOLS, PROFESSIONS, AND
SMALL AND LARGE BUSINESSES. FOR, YOU SEE, TO ME GROWTH
IS NOT A BUZZWORD. IT'S A WATCHWORD WHICH MAKES
AMERICA THE ENVY OF THE WORLD. //
- 4 -
OUR AGENDA WILL ACHIEVE GROWTH THROUGH THE HUMAN
HEART AND WILL. ACHIEVE IT AS YOU HAVE IN NEW YORK --
WHERE NEARLY 12,000 KOREANS OWN BUSINESSES. / You
KNOW, IT'S FUNNY. I LOOK AROUND AND SEE BUSINESS
PEOPLE. SOME MoM AND POP / SOME BIGGER. I KNOW WHY
YOU'RE HERE. You KNOW PROGRESS COMES NOT FROM
GOVERNMENT DOING TO PEOPLE -- BUT THROUGH PEOPLE DOING
FOR THEMSELVES. //
- 5 -
LIKE MANY OF YOU, I'VE BEEN A BUSINESSMAN. SPENT
HALF MY CAREER IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR -- CREATING JOBS
AND MEETING A PAYROLL -- AND I HAD THE ULCERS TO PROVE
IT. / WHAT I LEARNED WAS THAT HIGHER TAXES AND
SPENDING DON'T CREATE JOBS. THEY DESTROY JOBS. THAT'S
WHY MY AGENDA FOR AMERICAN RENEWAL RECALLS WHAT DREW
YOU TO AMERICA: LOWER TAXES, LOWER SPENDING, AND LESS
REGULATION.
- 6 -
THESE FUNDAMENTALS CAN HELP CREATE THE WORLD'S FIRST
$10 TRILLION ECONOMY BY THE EARLY YEARS OF THE 21ST
CENTURY. //
HERE'S HOW WE'LL DO IT. FIRST, THROUGH CHALLENGING
THE WORLD. I WANT TO GET CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF THE
NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT. THE REASON'S
SIMPLE: MORE FREE TRADE MEANS MORE AMERICAN JOBS.
/
Mr OPPONENT SAYS AMERICA SHOULD TURN INWARD -- AWAY
FROM THE WORLD ECONOMY.
- 7 -
You SHOW WHY WE SHOULD REACH OUT -- TO MEXICO, CANADA,
EASTERN EUROPE, AND, YES, ACROSS THE PACIFIC TO YOUR
HOMELAND AND ALL OF ASIA. //
THINK OF HOW HARD YOU WORK. You SHOW WHY THE
AMERICAN WORKER COMPETES -- AND WHY WE WILL WIN. YET
OUR KIDS MUST COMPETE, AS WELL. THAT MEANS REFORMING
EDUCATION -- HIGHER STANDARDS, BETTER DISCIPLINE. / WE
ALSO NEED THE OTHER PARTS OF OUR AGENDA.
- 8 -
SHARPEN BUSINESS' COMPETITIVE EDGE -- CUTTING
REGULATIONS THAT TURN RED TAPE INTO PINK SLIPS. /
PROTECT ECONOMIC SECURITY -- CUTTING HEALTH CARE COSTS
WITHOUT SOCIALIZED MEDICINE. / HELP THE POOR -- AND
MAKE GOVERNMENT MORE RESPONSIVE. TODAY, GOVERNMENT IS
TOO BIG AND IT SPENDS TOO MUCH.
Look AT JANG [JAHNG] LEE, WHO OWNS A KOREAN RADIO
STATION IN Los ANGELES. HE KNOWS WHAT I MEAN.
- y -
So DOES THE GREAT MARTIAL ARTS INSTRUCTOR, JHOON [JUNE]
RHEE -- A DAILY POINT OF LIGHT WHO GIVES NEW MEANING TO
THOSE TWO WORDS, "OR ELSE. / THEN THERE'S AN AMERICAN
ORIGINAL WHO IS AN AMERICAN HERO, JAY KIM. HE CAME
HERE WITHOUT A PENNY. BUILT ONE OF AMERICA'S TOP
ENGINEERING COMPANIES. ELECTED MAYOR OF DIAMOND BAR,
CALIFORNIA. GIVE AS OFTEN -- AND AS MUCH -- AS YOU
CAN. WE NEED TO MAKE JAY KIM THE FIRST KOREAN-AMERICAN
ELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS. //
- 10 -
PEOPLE LIKE THESE SHOW WHY "KOREAN" IS NOT JUST A
NAME. IT'S A WAY OF LIFE. / IT MEANS RESPECT FOR LAW.
MY ADMINISTRATION WILL NOT REST UNTIL WE HAVE HELPED
ANY BUSINESS HARMED BY THE Los ANGELES AND CHICAGO
RIOTS -- AND MADE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ELSEWHERE. /
IT MEANS KNOWING THAT FAMILY IS AMERICA'S HEIRLOOM OF
THE HEART. You AS A COMMUNITY PROVE THAT.
"KOREAN" MEANS CREATIVITY, TOO: You KNOW
GOVERNMENT SHOULD REWARD WORK -- NOT PENALIZE IT. /
- 11 -
I'M IMPRESSED BY THE FACT THAT KOREANS INVENTED THE
WHEELCHAIR, MOVEABLE TYPE, AND ARMORED WARSHIPS.
((WHAT A PERFECT WEAPON FOR A CAMPAIGN. )) / I
SOMETIMES WONDER WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED HAD THE
WRIGHT BROTHERS BEEN FORCED TO WAIT FOR GOVERNMENT
APPROVAL BEFORE TESTING THEIR FLYING MACHINE. IF THEY
HAD, I MIGHT HAVE COME HERE BY STEAMBOAT, NOT AIR FORCE
ONE. /
- 12 - -
THE REASON KOREAN-AMERICANS ARE REPUBLICAN IS THAT
WE EMBRACE THESE VALUES. WE BACK FREEDOM AT HOME. WE
HAVE FOUGHT FOR IT ABROAD. IT'S BEEN SAID THAT "ONE
GENERATION OPENS THE ROAD UPON WHICH ANOTHER GENERATION
TRAVELS." / WELL, TODAY AMERICA IS OPENING A ROAD I
HOPE WILL LEAD TO DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS NORTH OF
THE 38TH PARALLEL. A ROAD OF SECURITY AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT. AND, YES, TO A REUNIFIED KOREA.
- 13 -
[[I WONDER IF MY OPPONENT FEELS THE SAME. I
SUSPECT MOST OF YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE LETTER
GOVERNOR CLINTON SENT HIS DRAFT BOARD. I URGE ALL OF
YOU TO READ IT -- BECAUSE IT INCLUDES SOME AMAZING
THINGS.
[[ONE LITTLE-REPORTED THING MAY ESPECIALLY INTEREST
YOU: IN DISCUSSING HIS OPPOSITION To THE VIET NAM WAR,
MY OPPONENT ADDED THAT THE UNITED STATES WASN'T
JUSTIFIED IN DRAFTING PEOPLE TO FIGHT IN KOREA. /
- 14 -
HIS LOGIC WAS THAT WE SHOULDN'T REQUIRE OUR CITIZENS To
FIGHT IN ANY WAR THAT -- AND I QUOTE -- "DOES NOT
INVOLVE IMMEDIATELY THE PEACE AND FREEDOM OF OUR
NATION."
THAT IS WRONG!
MY OPPONENT MAY NOT KNOW HOW, To A GREAT EXTENT,
OUR MODERN RELATIONS WITH KOREA DATE FROM THE BRUTAL
INVASION OF THE SOUTH BY THE COMMUNISTS IN 1950. WE
DO. WE REMEMBER YOUR SUFFERING AND SACRIFICE.
- 15 -
REMEMBER HOW IT WAS THE UNITED STATES THAT SUCCESSFULLY
MOBILIZED INTERNATIONAL RESISTANCE TO THE INVASION.
THEN -- WITH THE GENEROSITY DISTINCTIVE OF
AMERICA -- WE EXTENDED AN OPEN HAND -- AND MET KOREA'S
OPEN HEART. / WE REBUILT A COUNTRY / BEGAN A
PARTNERSHIP THAT ENDURES / AND COMMITTED AMERICA TO A
KOREA BOTH SAFE AND FREE. / YES, THE THREAT FROM THE
NORTH STILL LINGERS.
- 16 -
WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR
THREAT -- THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHICH ARE UNTHINKABLE.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TOLD PYONGYANG: THE PATH TO
RECONCILIATION IS THE ONLY PATH WORTH TAKING. /
I AM HOPEFUL ABOUT THE FUTURE. I KNOW THAT THE
REPUBLIC OF KOREA IS WORKING TO REDUCE NORTH-SOUTH
TENSIONS -- AND TO UNITE THE 10 MILLION KOREAN FAMILIES
NOW SEPARATED FOR 40 YEARS. WE ARE GIVING THESE
POLICIES OUR FULL SUPPORT. //
- 17 -
IT IS TRAGIC THAT KOREA IS THE ONLY COUNTRY STILL
DIVIDED SINCE WORLD WAR II. I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING
THE FIRST AMERICAN PRESIDENT TO STAND ON REUNITED
KOREAN SOIL. // AND I BELIEVE IT WILL HAPPEN -- FOR I
KNOW WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED IN THE LAST 3 AND 1/2 YEARS.
TODAY, IMPERIAL COMMUNISM IS NOT JUST E-V-I-L -- AS
RONALD REAGAN TOLD US. IT IS D-E-A-D. IF ITS TYRANNY
CAN CRUMBLE -- so CAN THE 38TH PARALLEL. //
- 18 -
FREEDOM ABROAD AND AT HOME. IT ALL COMES BACK TO
PRINCIPLES. LIBERTY. OPPORTUNITY. LOVE OF FAMILY.
FAITH IN GOD. KOREANS SHARE THESE VALUES -- AS DOES
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY - -- AS DOES MY ADMINISTRATION. AND
WE ALWAYS WILL. //
ON NOVEMBER 3, WE CAN UPHOLD THESE VALUES -- AND
CARRY THEM TO THE NATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS,
AND YOUR SUPPORT. GOD BLESS YOU -- AND THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
# # # #
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WALDORF
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOREA-AMERICAN RALLY
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1992
Senator D'Amato, thank you for that introduction. Ladies
and gentlemen. I'm glad to be back in New York city -- that
symbol of a kinder, gentler America. 11
( (Recently we had a discussion at the White House about the
possible use of peacekeeping forces to quell open warfare. But
fortunately, the New York Democratic Primary finally ended.) //
Tonight, I am honored to be at an event which speaks not of
warfare but of friendship. An event which salutes America's
STET
fastest-growing
Korean
community: Think of it -- more than
150,000 strong. 11
In this room are people who share certain principles.
Belief in work, and self-discipline. Love of family -- as you
showed last ***] in your Korean Thanksgiving. Above all, faith
in God. 11 These principles brought your families to America.
Today, they can bring America to what is best in man.
Recently, I announced a plan which does that -- my
"Agenda for American Renewal." It seeks to open markets --
and enhance our schools, professions, and small and large
businesses. For, you see, to me growth is not a buzzword. It's
a watchword which makes America the envy of the world. 11
Our agenda will achieve growth through the human heart and
will. Achieve it as you have in New York -- where nearly 12,000 ,
2
Koreans own businesses. / You know, it's funny. I look around
and see business people. Some mom and pop / some bigger. I know
why you're here. You know progress comes not from government
doing to people -- but through people doing for themselves. 11
Like many of you, I've been a businessman. Spent half my
career in the private sector -- creating jobs and meeting a
payroll -- and I had the ulcers to prove it. / what I learned
was that higher taxes and spending don't create jobs. They
destroy jobs. That's why my Agenda for American Renewal recalls
what drew you to America: Lower taxes, lower spending, and less
regulation. dollar These fundamentals can help create the world's first
$10 trillion economy by the early years of the 21st Century. 11
Here's how we'll do it. First, through challenging the
world. I want to get Congressional approval of the North
American Free Trade Agreement. The reason's simple: More free
trade means more American jobs. / My opponent says America
should turn inward -- away from the world economy. You show why
we should reach out -- to Mexico, Canada, Eastern Europe, and,
yes, across the Pacific to your homeland and all of Asia. //
Think of how hard you work. You show why the American
worker competes -- and why we will win. Yet our kids must
compete, as well. That means reforming education -- higher
standards, better discipline. / We also need the other parts of
our Agenda. Sharpen business' competitive edge -- cutting
regulations that turn red tape into pink slips. / Protect
economic security -- cutting health care costs without socialized
4
The reason Korean-Americans are Republican is that we
embrace these values. We back freedom at home. We have fought
for it abroad. It's been said that "one generation opens the
road upon which another generation travels." / Well, today
America is opening a road I hope will lead to democracy and human
rights north of the 38th Parallel. A road of security and
economic development. And, yes, to a reunified Korea.
[[I wonder if my opponent feels the same. I suspect most of
you have heard about the letter Governor Clinton sent his draft
board. I urge all of you to read it -- because it includes some
amazing things.
[[One little-reported thing may especially interest you: In
discussing his opposition to the Viet Nam war, my opponent added
that the United States wasn't justified in drafting people to
fight in Korea. / His logic was that we shouldn't require our
citizens to fight in any war that -- and I quote -- "does not
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My opponent may not know now, to a great extent, our modern
relations with Korea date from the brutal invasion of the South
by the Communists in 1950. We do. We remember your suffering
and sacrifice. Remember how it was the United States that
successfully mobilized international resistance to the invasion.
Then -- with the generosity distinctive of America -- we
extended
an
open
hand
and met Korea's open heart. / We
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The reason Korean-Americans are Republican is that we
embrace these values. We back freedom at home. We have fought
for it abroad. It's been said that "one generation opens the
road upon which another generation travels.' / Well, today
America is opening a road I hope will lead to democracy and human
rights north of the 38th Parallel. A road of security and
economic development. And, yes, to a reunified Korea.
[[I wonder if my opponent feels the same. I suspect most of
you have heard about the letter Governor Clinton sent his draft
board. I urge all of you to read it -- because it includes some
amazing things.
[[One little-reported thing may especially interest you: In
discussing his opposition to the Viet Nam war, my opponent added
that the United States wasn't justified in drafting people to
fight in Korea. / His logic was that we shouldn't require our
citizens to fight in any war that -- and I quote -- "does not
involve immediately the peace and freedom of our Nation."
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
09/19/92 SEP 21
ACTIONICONCURRENCE.COMMEN DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOREAN-AMERICAN RALLY, NEW YORK, NY - 09/21
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
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VICE PRESIDENT
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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
PII : 23
September 18, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
STEVE PROVOST me & for SP
FROM:
CURT SMITH is
SUBJECT:
PROPOSED REMARKS TO KOREAN-AMERICAN RALLY
I. SUMMARY
On Monday, September 21st at 6:30 p.m., you will deliver
remarks to an audience of 250 Korean-Americans -- mostly business
leaders -- at a Victory '92 fundraiser in the Waldorf in New York
City.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (10 minutes / cards), based on your Agenda for
American Renewal, focus on the contributions of the Korean-
American community and the role they play in this election.
Please note the bracketed remarks on page 4. Per Bob Zoellick's
suggestion, they recall how Governor Clinton's letter to his
draft board opposed government's right to draft in Korea.
(Smith/Bunton)
Draft Three
September 18, 1992
WALDORF
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOREA-AMERICAN RALLY
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1992
Senator D'Amato, thank you for that introduction. Ladies
and gentlemen. I'm glad to be back in New York City -- that
symbol of a kinder, gentler America. //
( (Recently we had a discussion at the White House about the
possible use of peacekeeping forces to quell open warfare. But
fortunately, the New York Democratic Primary finally ended.) ) //
Tonight, I am honored to be at an event which speaks not of
warfare but of friendship. An event which salutes America's
fastest-growing Korean community: Think of it -- more than
150,000 strong. //
In this room are people who share certain principles.
Belief in work, and self-discipline. Love of family -- as you
showed last week in your Korean Thanksgiving. Above all, faith
in God. // These principles brought your families to America.
Today, they can bring America to what is best in man.
Recently, I announced a plan which does that -- my
"Agenda for American Renewal." It seeks to open markets --
and enhance our schools, professions, and small and large
businesses. For, you see, to me growth is not a buzzword. It's
a watchword which makes America the envy of the world. //
Our agenda will achieve growth through the human heart and
will. Achieve it as you have in New York -- where nearly 12,000
2
Koreans own businesses. / You know, it's funny. I look around
and see business people. Some mom and pop / some bigger. I know
why you're here. You know progress comes not from government
doing to people -- but through people doing for themselves. //
Like many of you, I've been a businessman. Spent half my
career in the private sector -- creating jobs and meeting a
payroll -- and I had the ulcers to prove it. / What I learned
was that higher taxes and spending don't create jobs. They
destroy jobs. That's why my Agenda for American Renewal recalls
what drew you to America: Lower taxes, lower spending, and less
regulation. These fundamentals can help create the world's first
$10 trillion economy by the early years of the 21st Century. //
Here's how we'll do it. First, through challenging the
world. I want to get Congressional approval of the North
American Free Trade Agreement. The reason's simple: More free
trade means more American jobs. / My opponent says America
should turn inward -- away from the world economy. You show why
we should reach out -- to Mexico, Canada, Eastern Europe, and,
yes, across the Pacific to your homeland and all of Asia. / /
Think of how hard you work. You show why the American
worker competes -- and why we will win. Yet our kids must
compete, as well. That means reforming education -- higher
standards, better discipline. / We also need the other parts of
our Agenda. Sharpen business' competitive edge -- cutting
regulations that turn red tape into pink slips. / Protect
economic security -- cutting health care costs without socialized
3
medicine. / Help the poor -- and make government more
responsive. Today, government is too big and it spends too much.
Look at Jang [Jahng] Lee, who owns a Korean radio station in
Los Angeles. He knows what I mean. So does the great martial
arts instructor, Jhoon [June] Rhee -- a Daily Point of Light who
gives new meaning to those two words, "Or else." / Then there's
an American Original who is an American Hero, Jay Kim. He came
here without a penny. Built one of America's top engineering
companies. Elected Mayor of Diamond Bar, California. Give as
often -- and as much -- as you can. We need to make Jay Kim the
first Korean-American elected to the United States Congress. //
People like these show why "Korean" is not just a name.
It's a way of life. / It means respect for law. My
Administration will not rest until we have helped any business
harmed by the Los Angeles and Chicago riots -- and made sure it
doesn't happen elsewhere. / It means knowing that family is
America's heirloom of the heart. You as a community prove that.
"Korean" means creativity, too: You know government should
reward work -- not penalize it. / I'm impressed by the fact that
Koreans invented the wheelchair, moveable type, and armored
warships. ( (What a perfect weapon for a campaign. )) / I
sometimes wonder what might have happened had the Wright Brothers
been forced to wait for government approval before testing their
flying machine. If they had, I might have come here by
steamboat, not Air Force One. /
4
The reason Korean-Americans are Republican is that we
embrace these values. We back freedom at home. We have fought
for it abroad. It's been said that "one generation opens the
road upon which another generation travels." / Well, today
America is opening a road I hope will lead to democracy and human
rights north of the 38th Parallel. A road of security and
economic development. And, yes, to a reunified Korea.
[[I wonder if my opponent feels the same. I suspect most of
you have heard about the letter Governor Clinton sent his draft
board. I urge all of you to read it -- because it includes some
amazing things.
[[One little-reported thing may especially interest you: In
discussing his opposition to the Viet Nam war, my opponent added
that the United States wasn't justified in drafting people to
fight in Korea. / His logic was that we shouldn't require our
citizens to fight in any war that -- and I quote -- "does not
involve immediately the peace and freedom of our Nation."
[What do you think of that?
[[I thought so. ]] //
My opponent may not know how, to a great extent, our modern
relations with Korea date from the brutal invasion of the South
by the Communists in 1950. We do. We remember your suffering
and sacrifice. Remember how it was the United States that
successfully mobilized international resistance to the invasion.
Then -- with the generosity distinctive of America -- we
extended an open hand -- and met Korea's open heart. / We
5
rebuilt a country / began a partnership that endures / and
committed America to a Korea both safe and free. / Yes, the
threat from the North still lingers. We are worried about the
potential North Korean nuclear threat -- the consequences of
which are unthinkable. That is why we have told Pyongyang: The
path to reconciliation is the only path worth taking. /
I am hopeful about the future. I know that the Republic of
Korea is working to reduce North-South tensions -- and to unite
the 10 million Korean families now separated for 40 years. We
are giving these policies our full support. //
It is tragic that Korea is the only country still divided
since World War II. I look forward to being the first American
President to stand on reunited Korean soil. // And I believe it
will happen - -- for I know what we have achieved in the last 3 and
1/2 years. Today, Imperial Communism is not just E-V-I-L -- as
Ronald Reagan told us. It is D-E-A-D. If its tyranny can
crumble -- SO can the 38th Parallel. //
Freedom abroad and at home. It all comes back to
principles. Liberty. Opportunity. Love of family. Faith in
God. Koreans share these values -- as does the Republican Party
-- as does my Administration. And we always will. //
On November 3, we can uphold these values -- and carry them
to the Nation. Thank you for your kindness, and your support.
God bless you -- and the United States of America.
# # # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
washington
92
SEP 21 A8:57
September 18, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DANIEL B. MCGROARTY
FROM:
STEPHEN G. RADEMAKER SR
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Korea-American Rally
Pursuant to Phil Brady's request, Counsel's Office has reviewed
the above-referenced matter and has no objection, subject to the
changes indicated on the attached text.
Attachment
(Smith/Bunton)
Draft One
September 18, 1992
WALDORF
ICE 10 P2: 55
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOREA-AMERICAN RALLY
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1992
Senator D'Amato, thank you for that introduction. Ladies
and gentlemen. I'm glad to be back in New York City. ((Someone
asked me how it feels to be fighting for a job that someone else
wants. I said: "If I run into Ray Randley I'll ask him. ") ) //
It is an honor to be with leaders of America's second-
largest Korean community. Think of it -- more than 150,000
strong. //
In this room are people who share certain principles.
Belief in work, and self-discipline. Love of family -- as you
showed last week in your Korean Thanksgiving. Above all, faith
in God. // These principles brought your families to America.
Today, they can bring America to what is best in man. //
Last month, I announced a plan which does that -- my
"Agenda for American Renewal." / It seeks to open markets --
create jobs -- and enhance our schools, professions, and small
and large business. For, you see: I believe this -- believe it
deeply. Growth is not a buzzword. It is a watchword which makes
America the envy of the world. //
gable
Our agenda will achieve growth through the human heart and
will, not race or national origin. Achieve it as you have in New
York -- where 13,000 Koreans own businesses. / You came here in
search of opportunity -- and you're finding it. Came to build a
2
letter life -- and are building a better America. Not through
government -- what bureaucracy has done to America -- but
entrepreneurial capitalism -- what Korean-Americans have done for
themselves. //
I look around here and see business people. Some mom and
pop / some bigger / owning dry cleaning, fish and grocery stores,
70 percent of New York's fruit and vegetable stores. I marvel at
this turnout, and I think: Here -- truly -- I'm at home. //
Like many of you, I've been a businessman. Unlike my
opponent, I've spent half my career in the private sector --
creating jobs and meeting a payroll -- and I had the ulcers to
prove it. / I think that's a pretty good qualification to be
President. What I learned in business was that higher taxes and
spending don't create jobs. They destroy jobs. //
That's why my Agenda for American Renewal seeks to decrease
what government must do and increase what the individual may do.
It builds on the fundamentals which drew you to America: Lower
taxes, lower spending, and less regulations. These fundamentals
will emable Ms to remain
can make us an economic, military, and export superpower. Let's
use them to build the world's first $10 trillion economy by the
early years of the Twenty-First Century. //
Here's how we'll do it. First, through challenging the
world. I want to complete the global trade agreement and get
Congressional approval of the North American Free Trade
Agreement. The reason's simple: More free trade means more
American jobs. / My opponent says America should turn inward --
3
away from the world economy. You show why we should reach out -
- to Mexico, Canada, Eastern Europe, and, yes, across the Pacific
to your homeland and all of Asia. //
Think of the hours you put in -- how hard you work. You
know why the American worker will never retreat. We will compete
-- and we will win. // We need to help our kids compete. That
means reforming education: Higher standards / better discipline
/ giving parents the right to choose kids' schools. / We need,
too, to adopt other parts of our Agenda. I want to sharpen
business' competitive edge -- cutting regulations that turn red
tape into pink slips. / I want to protect economic security --
cutting health care costs without socialized medicine. I want to
help the poor -- and to make government more responsive. Today,
government is too big and it spends too much.
Look at Jang Lee, who owns a Korean radio station in Los
Angeles. He knows what I mean. So does Wendy Gramm, wife of
Senator Phil Gramm and Chairman of the Commodities Future Trading
Commission. / or an American Original who is an American Hero.
This man came here without a penny. Built one of America's top
500 engineering companies. Elected Mayor of Diamond Barr,
California. I can't tell you how proud I am this event is
helping his campaign. Give as often -- and as much -- as you
can. We need to make Jay Kim the first Korean elected to the
United States Congress. //
People like these show why "Korean" is not just a name.
It's a way of life. It means respect for law. My Administration
4
will not rest until we have helped any business harmed by the Los
Angeles and Chicago riots. / It means love of family. The
family is America's umbilical cord: Our policies must strengthen
-- not weaken -- it. / "Korean" means creativity, too: You know
government should reward work -- not penalize it. / I'm
impressed by the fact that Koreans invented the wheelchair,
moveable type, armored warships, and taekwondo. ( (Maybe I should
sick Jhroon Ree on Congress.) ) / I sometimes wonder what might
have happened had the Wright Brothers been forced to wait for
government approval before testing their flying machine. If they
had, I might have come here by steamboat, not Air Force One. /
The reason Korean-Americans are Republican is that we
embrace these values: We know prosperity doesn't depend on the
size of government -- but on the size of your dreams. / We back
freedom at home. We have fought for it abroad. It's been said
that "one generation opens the road upon which another generation
travels. " / Well, today America is opening a road I hope will
lead to democracy and human rights not just in South Korea but
north of the 38th Parallel. A road of security and economic
development. And to the reunification of the country you love.
To some extent, our modern relations with Korea date from
the brutal invasion of the South by the Communists in 1950. I
know many of you recall that event. I recall it, too. I
remember your suffering and sacrifice. Remember how -- as we did
last year in Kuwait -- it was the United States that successfully
mobilized international resistance to the invasion. //
5
Then -- with the generosity distinctive of America -- we
extended an open hand -- and met Korea's open heart. / We
rebuilt a country / began a partnership that endures / and
committed America to a Korea both safe and free. / Yes, the
threat from the North still lingers. We are worried about the
potential North Korean nuclear threat. That is why we have told
Pyongyang: Remember Saddam -- aggression will not stand. /
I am hopeful about the future. I know for sure that we will
work, with our allies in Seoul, to reduce North-South tensions /
to end North Korea's isolation / and to unite the 10 million
Korean families now separated for 40 years. //
It is obscene that Korea is the only country still divided
since World War II. I look forward to being the first American
President to stand on reunited Korean soil. // And I believe it
will happen -- for I know what we have achieved in the last 3 and
1/2 years. In Berlin, a wall collapses. From Kuwait to Panama,
those once enslaved are now free. Today, Imperial Communism is
not just E-V-I-L -- as Ronald Reagan predicted. It is D-E-A-D.
If its tyranny can crumble -- so can the 38th Parallel. //
Freedom abroad. Freedom at home. It all comes back to
principles. Love of liberty, and opportunity. Belief in the
family. Belief in God. / Koreans share these values -- as does
the Republican Party -- as does my Administration. And we always
will. //
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On November 3, we can uphold these values -- and carry them
to the Nation. Thank you for your kindness, and your support.
God bless you -- and the United States of America.
# # # #
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
STEVE PROVOST me & for SP
FROM:
CURT SMITH is
SUBJECT:
PROPOSED REMARKS TO KOREAN-AMERICAN RALLY
I. SUMMARY
on Monday, September 21st at 6:30 p.m., you will deliver
remarks to an audience of 250 Korean-Americans -- mostly business
leaders -- at a Victory '92 fundraiser in the Waldorf in New York
city.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (10 minutes / cards), based on your Agenda for
American Renewal, focus on the contributions of the Korean-
American community and the role they play in this election.
Please note the bracketed remarks on page 4. Per Bob Zoellick's
suggostion, they recall how Governor Clinton's letter to his
draft board opposed government's right to draft in Korea.
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WALDORF
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOREA-AMERICAN RALLY
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1992
Senator D'Amato, thank you for that introduction. Ladies
and gentlemen. I'm glad to be back in New York city -- the
symbol of a kinder, gentler America. 11
should Insert more thanks, praise,
and expressions of gratitude to hosts.
starting off
( (Recently we had a discussion at the White House about the audience.
with a Joke
possible use of peacekeeping forces to quell open warfare. But
erhaps not
appropriate
fortunately, the New York Democratic Primary finally ended.) 11
for this audience- Tonight, I am honored to be at an event which speaks not of
jet the joke. warfare but of friendship. An event which salutes America's
and they might not
fastest-growing Korean community: Think of it -- more than
150,000 strong. 11
In this room are people who share certain principles.
Belief in work, and self-discipline. Love of family -- as you
showed last week in your Korean Thanksgiving. Above all, faith
in God. 11 These principles brought your families to America.
achieve all that
Today, they can bring America to Vwhat is best in man.
Recently, I announced a plan which does that -- my
"Agenda for American Renewal." It seeks to open markets -
and enhance our schools, professions, and small and large
to
me
businesses. For, you see, to MB" growth is not a buzzword It's
a watchword which makes America the envy of the world. 11
Our agenda will achieve growth through the human heart and
growth
will. Achieve 10 as you have in New York -- where nearly 12,000
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Koreans own businesses. / You know, it's funny. I look around
and see business people. Some mom and pop / some bigger. I know
why you're here. You know progress comes things not from government
doing things to people -- but through people doing for themselves. 11
Like many of you, I've been a businessman. Spent half my
career in the private sector -- creating jobs and meeting a
payroll - and 1 had the ulcers to prove it. / What I learned
was that higher taxes and spending don't create jobs. They
destroy them jobs. That's why my Agenda for American Ronewal mocalls
calls on the
fundamental
what drew you to America: Lower taxes, lower spending, and less
principles which
regulation. These fundamentals can help create the world's first
$10 trillion economy by the early years of the 21st Century. 11
Here's how we'll do it. First, through challenging the
to achieve global free trade
world! I want to get Congressional approval of the North
American Free Trade Agreement. The reason's simple: More free
trade means more American jobs. / My opponent says America
should turn inward -- away from the world economy. You show why
we should reach out -- to Mexico, Canada, Eastern Europe, and,
yes, across the Pacific to your homeland and all of Asia. 11
Think of how hard you work. You show why the American
worker competes -- and why we will. win. Yet our kids must
compete. as well. That means reforming aducation - higher
standards, better discipline. / We also need the other parts of
our Agenda, Sharpen business' competitive edge -- cutting
regulations that turn red tape into pink slips. / Protect
economic security -- cutting health care costs without socialized
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medicine. / Help the poor -- and make government more
responsive. Today, government is too bia and it spends too much.
Look at Jang [Jahng] Lee, who owns a Korean radio station in
Los Angeles. He knows what I mean. so does the great martial
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arts instructor, Jhoon [June] Rhee -- a Daily Point of Light who
gives new meaning to those two words,
"Or eIse."
/
Then there's
an American Original who is an American Hero, Jay Kim. He came
here without a penny. Built one of America's top engineering
Won election as
companies. /Elected Mayor of Diamond Bar, California. Give as
often -- and as much -- as you can. We need to make Jay Kim the
first Korean-American elected to the United States Congress. 11
People like these show why "Korean" is the not just a name.
for one thing,
It's a way of life. / It means respect for law. MY
every
Administration will not rest until we have helped any business
harmed by the Los Angeles and Chicago riots -- and made sure Lt such
tragedies never doesn't happen elsewhere. / It means knowing that family is
America's heirloom of the heart. You as a community prove that.
"Korean" means creativity, too: You know government should
reward work -- not penalize it. / I'm impressed by the fact that
Koreans invented the wheelchair, moveable type, and armored
warships. ((What a perfect weapon for a campaign.)) / I
sometimes wonder what might have happened had the Wright Brothers
been forced to wait for government approval before testing their
flying machine. If they had, I might have come here by
steamboat, not Air Force one. /
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part of our family
The reason Korean-Americans are Republican is that we
embrace these values. We back freedom at home. We have fought
for it abroad. It's been said that "one generation opens the
road upon which another generation travels." / Well, today
America is opening a road I hope will lead to demcoracy and human
rights north of the 38th Parallel, A road of security and
economic development. And, yes, to a reunified Korea.
[[I wonder if my opponent reals the same. I suspect most of
you have heard about the letter Governor Clinton sent his draft
board. I urge all of you to read it -- because it includes some
amazing things.
[[one little-reported thing may especially interest you:
In
discussing his opposition to the Viet Nam war, my opponent added
that the United States wasn't justified in drafting people to
fight in Korea. / His logic was that we shouldn't require our
citizens to fight in any war that - and I quote -- "does not
involve immediately the peace and freedom or our Nation."
xe
attached
[[What do you think of that?
text for
[[I thought so.]] 11
proposed
insertion
My opponent may not know how, to a great extent, our modern
relations with Korea date from the brutal invasion of the South
by the Communists in 1950. We do. We remember your suffering
and sacrifice. Remember how it was the United States that
successfully mobilized international resistance to the invasion.
Then -- with the generosity distinctive of America -- we
extended an open hand -- and met Korea's open heart. / We helped to
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rebuile a country / began a partnership that endures / and
committed America to a Korea both safe and free. / Yes, the
threat from the North still lingers. We are worried about the
potential North Korean nuclear threat -- the consequencas of
which are unthinkable. That is why we have told Pyongyang:) The
path to reconciliation is the only path worth taking. /
I am hopeful about the future. I know that the Republic of
Korea is working to reduce North-South tensions -- and to unite
the 10 million Korean families now separated for 40 years. We
are giving these policies our full support. 11
It is tragic that Korca is the only country still divided
since World War II. I look forward to being the first American
President to stand on reunited Korean soil. 11 And I believe it
will happen -- for I know what we have achieved in the last 3 and
1/2 years. Today, Imperial Communism is not just E-V-I-L -- as
Ronald Reagan told us, It is D-E-A-D. If its tyranny can
crumble -- so can the 38th Parallel. 11
Freedom abroad and at home. It all comes back to
principles. Liberty. opportunity. Love of family. Faith in
God. Koreans share these values - as does the Republican Party
-- as does my Administration. And we always will. 11
on November 3, we can uphold these values -- and carry them
to the Nation. Thank you for your kindness, and your support.
God bless you - and the United states of America.
SECK.
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I. Summary
If the President's message of strong support for small
businesses (the vast majority of Korean enterprises) is coupled
with a successful effort to define Clinton as another Jimmy Carter,
we can ensure a strong Korean vote in the President's favor.
The Korean community still carries vivid and angry memories of
the policies of the Carter administration, which nearly resulted in
the unilateral pullout of all American forces from the peninsula,
leaving the South open to a military takeover by the Communist
North. Linking Clinton to the Carter tradition - a Southern
governor of a small state, with no foreign policy experience and no
visible appreciation of Korean immigrants' security concerns about
their homeland - will have a visceral impact on the Korean
community. Clinton as "Carter II" will provoke revulsion in this
group, and guarantee tremendous support for the President.
We would propose the insertion of the following passage in the
section indicated in the text on page 4:
"[I thought SO. 11//
"My opponent, of course, is entitled to his views.
"Just as another Southern governor, a man who also had no
foreign policy experience, was entitled to his. And that Southern
governor, as Commander-in-Chief, wanted to pull all American troops
unilaterally out of Korea, leaving the entire South open to a
Communist invasion from the North. If that had happened, the
results would probably have cast their tragic shadow over every
person sitting in this room tonight.
"My opponent wants to carry on in the tradition of that other
Southern governor. I want to carry on in the tradition of America's
role as friend and defender of your homeland.
My opponent may not know how
"
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WALDORF
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOREA-AMERICAN RALLY
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1992
Senator D'Amato, thank you for that introduction. Ladies
and gentlemen. I'm glad to be back in New York City. ((Someone
UNCLEAR:
asked me how it feels to be fighting for a job that someone else
JOKES ARE
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RISKY To
wants. I said: "If I run into Ray Randley I'll ask him. ") ) //
THIS
AGRIENCE
It is an honor to be with leaders of America's second-
(TORKELL-NSC
fast-growing (FONG)
largest Korean community. Think of it -- more than 150,000
strong. //
In this room are people who share certain principles.
love of country (JD FOSTER)
Belief in work, and self-discipline. Love of family -- as you
showed last week in your Korean Thanksgiving. Above all, faith
in God. // These principles brought your families to America.
Today, they can bring America to what is best in man. //
week (Holiday)
Last month, I announced a plan which does that -- my
"Agenda for American Renewal.' " / It seeks to open markets --
create jobs -- and enhance our schools, professions, and small
and large business. For, you see: I believe this -- believe it
opportunity (FONC)
deeply. Growth is not a buzzword. It is a watchword which makes
America the envy of the world. //
Our agenda will achieve growth through the human heart and
will, not race or national origin. Achieve it as you have in New
York -- where 13,000 Koreans own businesses. / You came here in
search of opportunity -- and you're finding it. Came to build a
2
letter life -- and are building a better America. Not through
government -- what bureaucracy has done to America -- but
entrepreneurial capitalism -- what Korean-Americans have done for
themselves. //
I look around here and see business people. Some mom and
pop / some bigger / owning dry cleaning, fish and grocery stores,
70 percent of New York's fruit and vegetable stores. I marvel at
this turnout, and I think: Here -- truly -- I'm at home. //
Like many of you, I've been a businessman. Unlike my
opponent, I've spent half my career in the private sector --
creating jobs and meeting a payroll -- and I had the ulcers to
prove it. / I think that's a pretty good qualification to be
President. What I learned in business was that higher taxes and
spending don't create jobs. They destroy jobs. //
limit (JD FOSER) CEA
That's why my Agenda for American Renewal seeks to decrease
overly intrusive government regulations expand (JD FOSTER) CEA
what government must do and increase what the individual may do.
that strangle small business and unleash the full potential of entrepreneural spirit (FON6)
It builds on the fundamentals which drew you to America: Lower
in a word more Freedom (JD Foster)
taxes, lower spending, and less regulations. These fundamentals
can make us an economic, military, and export superpower. Let's
keep inflation the lowest its been in a generation while building (JD FOSTER)
use them to build the world's first $10 trillion economy by the
early years of the Twenty-First Century. //
Here's how we'll do it. First, through challenging the
world. I want to complete the global trade agreement and get
Congressional approval of the North American Free Trade
Agreement. The reason's simple: More free trade means more
American jobs. / My opponent says America should turn inward --
3
away from the world economy. You show why we should reach out -
- to Mexico, Canada, Eastern Europe, and, yes, across the Pacific
to your homeland and all of Asia. //
Think of the hours you put in -- how hard you work. You
know why the American worker will never retreat. We will compete
-- and we will win. // We need to help our kids compete. That
means reforming education: Higher standards / better discipline
/ giving parents the right to choose kids' schools. / We need,
too, to adopt other parts of our Agenda. I want to sharpen
business' competitive edge -- cutting regulations that turn red
tape into pink slips. / I want to protect economic security --
cutting health care costs without socialized medicine. I want to
help the poor -- and to make government more responsive. Today,
government is too big and it spends too much.
[JAHNG] (TORKELL-NSC)
Look at Jang Lee, who owns a Korean radio station in Los
Angeles. He knows what I mean. So does Wendy Gramm, wife of
Senator Phil Gramm and Chairman of the Commodities Future Trading
Commission. / Or an American Original V who is an American Hero.
JAYKIM.
move hope than motwation than money
This man came here without a penny. Built one of America's top
500 engineering companies. Elected Mayor of Diamond Barr,
California. I can't tell you how proud I am this event is
helping his campaign. Give as often -- and as much -- as you
AMERICAN (TORKELL -NSC) FONG OPL
can. We need to make Jay Kim the first Korean elected to the
United States Congress. // We need more JAY kim's in Congress (FONB)
People like these show why "Korean" is not just a name.
It's a way of life. It means respect for law. My Administration
4
will not rest until we have helped any business harmed by the Los
Angeles and Chicago riots. / It means love of family. The
vand make shre it doesn't happen in NY, DC (Fow2)
at the bedrick of Success for all Americans. Von as a community prove that. (fong)
family is America S umbilical cord: Our policies must strengthen
(FONG)
-- not weaken -- it. / "Korean" means creativity, too: You know
government should reward work -- not penalize it. / I'm
impressed by the fact that Koreans invented the wheelchair,
(FONG/TORKELL)
TORKELL-ASC/FONG-OPL TORKELL-NSC
moveable type, armored warships, and taekwondo. ((Maybe I should
sick Jhroon Ree on Congress ) ) / I sometimes wonder what might
have happened had the Wright Brothers been forced to wait for
government approval before testing their flying machine. If they
had, I might have come here by steamboat, not Air Force One. /
The reason Korean-Americans are Republican is that we
embrace these values: We know prosperity doesn't depend on the
size of government -- but on the size of your dreams. / We back
freedom at home. We have fought for it abroad. It's been said
that "one generation opens the road upon which another generation
travels. " / Well, today America is opening a road I hope will
FONG
lead to democracy and human rights not just in South Korea but but
north of the 38th Parallel. A road of security and economic
development. And to the reunification of the country you love.
To some extent, our modern relations with Korea date from
the brutal invasion of the South by the Communists in 1950. I
know many of you recall that event. I recall it, too. I
remember your suffering and sacrifice. Remember how -- as we did
TOELETE
last year in Kuwait -- it was the United States that successfully
OF COMPARIS KOREA
mobilized international resistance to the invasion.
//
AÑO LED (TORKELL-NSC)
(ROSS)
KUWALT
5
Then -- with the generosity distinctive of America -- we
extended an open hand -- and met Korea's open heart. / We
rebuilt a country / began a partnership that endures / and
committed America to a Korea both safe and free. / Yes, the
threat from the North still lingers. We are worried about the
the consequences of which are unthunkable (TORREL-NSC)
potential North Korean nuclear threat. That is why we have told
the path reconcelliation is the only path with taking (Thekell-NSC).
Pyongyang:
Remember Saddam -- aggression will not stand.
/
TORKELL-NSC
I am hopeful about the future. I know for sure that we we will
the Republic of korea is working ( Torbell-NSC)
work, with our allies in Seoul, to reduce North-South tensions
/
to end North Korea's isolation / and to unite the 10 million
Korean families now separated for 40 years. // We are giving these policies our full
tragic (Torkell)
support (Torbell-NS<)
It is obscene that Korea is the only country still divided
since World War II. I look forward to being the first American
President to stand on reunited Korean soil. // And I believe it
will happen -- for I know what we have achieved in the last 3 and
1/2 years. In Berlin, a wall collapses. From Kuwait to Panama,
those once enslaved are now free. Today, Imperial Communism is
told us (JD FOSTER)
not just E-V-I-L -- as Ronald Reagan predicted. It is D-E-A-D.
said (TORKELL)
If its tyranny can crumble -- so can the 38th Parallel. //
Freedom abroad. Freedom at home. It all comes back to
principles. Love of liberty, and opportunity. Belief in the
family. Belief in God. / Koreans share these values -- as does
the Republican Party -- as does my Administration. And we always
will. //
6
On November 3, we can uphold these values -- and carry them
to the Nation. Thank you for your kindness, and your support.
God bless you -- and the United States of America.
# # # #
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of month - I
annouced a plan
added to Master
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 18, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
STEVE PROVOST
FROM:
CURT SMITH
SUBJECT:
PROPOSED REMARKS TO KOREAN-AMERICAN RALLY
I. SUMMARY
On Monday, September 21st at 6:30 p.m., you will deliver
remarks to an audience of 250 Korean-American business leaders at
a Victory '92 fundraiser in the Waldorf in New York City.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (approximately 11 minutes / cards), based on
your agenda for American Renewal, focus on the contributions of
the Korean-American community and the role they play in this
election.
(Smith/Bunton)
Draft Two
September 18, 1992
WALDORF
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOREA-AMERICAN RALLY
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1992
Senator D'Amato, thank you for that introduction. Ladies
and gentlemen. I'm glad to be back in New York City. ((Someone
asked me how it feels to be fighting for a job that someone else
wants. I said: "If I run into Ray Handley I'll ask him.") ) //
It is an honor to be with leaders of America's fastest-
growing Korean community. Think of it -- more than 150,000
strong. //
In this room are people who share certain principles.
Belief in work, and self-discipline. Love of family -- as you
showed last week in your Korean Thanksgiving. Above all, faith
in country and God. // These principles brought your families to
America. Today, they can bring America to what is best in man.
Two weeks ago, I announced a plan which does that -- my
"Agenda for American Renewal." / It seeks to open markets --
create jobs -- and enhance our schools, professions, and small
and large businesses. For, you see: I believe this -- believe
it deeply. Growth is not a buzzword. It is a watchword which
makes America the envy of the world. //
Our agenda will achieve growth through the human heart and
will. Achieve it as you have in New York -- where nearly 12,000
Koreans own businesses. / You came here in search of opportunity
2
-- and you're finding it. Came to build a better life -- and are
building a better America. Not through government -- what
bureaucracy has done to America -- but entrepreneurial capitalism
-- what Korean-Americans have done for themselves. //
I look around here and see business people. Some mom and
pop / some bigger. Members of the garment industry / owners of
dry cleaning, fish and fruit, vegetable and grocery stores /
stars from high-tech to high finance. I marvel at this turnout,
and I think: Here -- truly -- I'm at home. //
Like many of you, I've been a businessman. Unlike my
opponent, I've spent half my career in the private sector --
creating jobs and meeting a payroll -- and I had the ulcers to
prove it. / I think that's a pretty good qualification to be
President -- not the ulcers! The understanding. / What I
learned in business was that higher taxes and spending don't
create jobs. They destroy jobs. //
That's why my Agenda for American Renewal builds on the
fundamentals which drew you to America: Lower taxes, lower
spending, and less regulations. / These fundamentals can make us
an economic, military, and export superpower. Let's use them to
build the world's first $10 trillion economy by the early years
of the Twenty-First Century. //
Here's how we'll do it. First, through challenging the
world. I want to get Congressional approval of the North
American Free Trade Agreement. The reason's simple: More free
trade means more American jobs. / My opponent says America
3
should turn inward -- away from the world economy. You show why
we should reach out -- to Mexico, Canada, Eastern Europe, and,
yes, across the Pacific to your homeland and all of Asia. //
Think of the hours you put in -- how hard you work. You
know why the American worker will never retreat. We will compete
-- and we will win. // We need to help our kids compete. That
means reforming education: Higher standards / better discipline
/ giving parents the right to choose kids' schools. / We need,
too, to adopt other parts of our Agenda. I want to sharpen
business' competitive edge -- cutting regulations that turn red
tape into pink slips. / I want to protect economic security --
cutting health care costs without socialized medicine. I want to
help the poor -- and to make government more responsive. Today,
government is too big and it spends too much.
Look at Jang [Jahng] Lee, who owns a Korean radio station in
Los Angeles. He knows what I mean. So does Phil Gramm's wife,
Wendy, Chairman of the Commodities Future Trading Commission. or
the great martial arts instructor, Jhoon [June] Rhee -- a Daily
Point of Light who gives new meaning to those two words, "Or
else. " /
Then there's an American Original who is an American Hero,
Jay Kim. This man came here without a penny. Built one of
America's top engineering companies. Elected Mayor of Diamond
Bar, California. Give as often -- and as much -- as you can. We
need to make Jay Kim the first Korean-American elected to the
United States Congress. //
4
People like these show why "Korean" is not just a name.
It's a way of life. It means respect for law. My Administration
will not rest until we have helped any business harmed by the Los
Angeles and Chicago riots -- and make sure it doesn't happen
elsewhere. / It means love of family. The family is America's
heirloom of the heart. You as a community prove that.
"Korean" means creativity, too: You know government should
reward work -- not penalize it. / I'm impressed by the fact that
Koreans invented the wheelchair, moveable type, and armored
warships. ( (What a perfect weapon for a campaign. )) / I
sometimes wonder what might have happened had the Wright Brothers
been forced to wait for government approval before testing their
flying machine. If they had, I might have come here by
steamboat, not Air Force One. /
The reason Korean-Americans are Republican is that we
embrace these values: We know prosperity doesn't depend on the
size of government -- but on the size of your dreams. / We back
freedom at home. We have fought for it abroad. It's been said
that "one generation opens the road upon which another generation
travels.' / Well, today America is opening a road I hope will
lead to democracy and human rights north of the 38th Parallel. A
road of security and economic development. And to the
reunification of the country you love.
To some extent, our modern relations with Korea date from
the brutal invasion of the South by the Communists in 1950. I
know many of you recall that event. I recall it, too. I
5
remember your suffering and sacrifice. Remember how it was the
United States that successfully mobilized international
resistance to the invasion. //
Then -- with the generosity distinctive of America -- we
extended an open hand -- and met Korea's open heart. / We
rebuilt a country / began a partnership that endures / and
committed America to a Korea both safe and free. / Yes, the
threat from the North still lingers. We are worried about the
potential North Korean nuclear threat -- the consequences of
which are unthinkable. That is why we have told Pyongyang: The
path to reconciliation is the only path worth taking. /
I am hopeful about the future. I know that the Republic of
Korea is working to reduce North-South tensions / to end North
Korea's isolation / and to unite the 10 million Korean families
now separated for 40 years. We are giving these policies our
full support. //
It is tragic that Korea is the only country still divided
since World War II. I look forward to being the first American
President to stand on reunited Korean soil. // And I believe it
will happen -- for I know what we have achieved in the last 3 and
1/2 years. In Berlin, a wall collapsed. From Kuwait to Panama,
those once enslaved are now free. Today, Imperial Communism is
not just E-V-I-L -- as Ronald Reagan told us. It is D-E-A-D.
If its tyranny can crumble -- so can the 38th Parallel. //
Freedom abroad. Freedom at home. It all comes back to
principles. Love of liberty, and opportunity. Belief in the
6
family. Belief in God. / Koreans share these values -- as does
the Republican Party -- as does my Administration. And we always
will. //
On November 3, we can uphold these values -- and carry them
to the Nation. Thank you for your kindness, and your support.
God bless you -- and the United States of America.
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DATE:
9/18/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 9/18 COB
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOREA-AMERICAN RALLY
SUBJECT:
NEW YORK - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
MOORE
SCOWCROFT
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BATES
PORTER
BRADY
PROVOST
BROMLEY
ROSS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
TUTWILER
FITZWATER
ZOELLICK
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
GROOMES
HORNER
MCGROARTY
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, RM. 122,
x2930, no later than COB, TODAY, FRIDAY, SEPT. 18, with a copy
to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE: TO: PHILLIP BRADY
The NSC staff concurs, with changes indicated.
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Brent Scowcroft
(Smith/Bunton)
Draft One
September 18, 1992
10 P2:55
WALDORF
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOREA-AMERICAN RALLY
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1992
Senator D'Amato, thank you for that introduction. Ladies
and gentlemen. I'm glad to be back in New York City. (Someone
Uncleur; risters jokes
asked me how it feels to be fighting for a job that someone else
are risby
wants. I said: "If I run into Ray Randley I'll ask him.")) //
tothis
audiance
It is an honor to be with leaders of America's second-
largest Korean community. Think of it -- more than 150,000
strong. //
In this room are people who share certain principles.
Belief in work, and self-discipline. Love of family -- as you
showed last week in your Korean Thanksgiving. Above all, faith
in God. // These principles brought your families to America.
Today, they can bring America to what is best in man. //
Last month, I announced a plan which does that -- my
"Agenda for American Renewal." / It seeks to open markets --
create jobs -- and enhance our schools, professions, and small
and large business. For, you see: I believe this -- believe it
deeply. Growth is not a buzzword. It is a watchword which makes
America the envy of the world. //
Our agenda will achieve growth through the human heart and
will, not race or national origin. Achieve it as you have in New
York -- where 13,000 Koreans own businesses. / You came here in
search of opportunity -- and you're finding it. Came to build a
2
letter life -- and are building a better America. Not through
government -- what bureaucracy has done to America -- but
entrepreneurial capitalism -- what Korean-Americans have done for
themselves. 11
I look around here and see business people. Some mom and
pop / some bigger / owning dry cleaning, fish and grocery stores,
70 percent of New York's fruit and vegetable stores. I marvel at
this turnout, and I think: Here -- truly -- I'm at home. //
Like many of you, I've been a businessman. Unlike my
opponent, I've spent half my career in the private sector --
creating jobs and meeting a payroll -- and I had the ulcers to
prove it. / I think that's a pretty good qualification to be
President. What I learned in business was that higher taxes and
spending don't create jobs. They destroy jobs. //
That's why my Agenda for American Renewal seeks to decrease
what government must do and increase what the individual may do.
It builds on the fundamentals which drew you to America: Lower
taxes, lower spending, and less regulations. These fundamentals
can make us an economic, military, and export superpower. Let's
use them to build the world's first $10 trillion economy by the
early years of the Twenty-First Century. //
Here's how we'll do it. First, through challenging the
world. I want to complete the global trade agreement and get
Congressional approval of the North American Free Trade
Agreement. The reason's simple: More free trade means more
American jobs. / My opponent says America should turn inward --
3
away from the world economy. You show why we should reach out -
- to Mexico, Canada, Eastern Europe, and, yes, across the Pacific
to your homeland and all of Asia. //
Think of the hours you put in -- how hard you work. You
know why the American worker will never retreat. We will compete
-- and we will win. // We need to help our kids compete. That
means reforming education: Higher standards / better discipline
/ giving parents the right to choose kids' schools. / We need,
too, to adopt other parts of our Agenda. I want to sharpen
business' competitive edge -- cutting regulations that turn red
tape into pink slips. / I want to protect economic security --
cutting health care costs without socialized medicine. I want to
help the poor -- and to make government more responsive. Today,
government is too big and it spends too much.
(PRONOUNCED JAHNG)
Look at Jang Lee, who owns a Korean radio station in Los
Angeles. He knows what I mean. So does Wendy Gramm, wife of
Senator Phil Gramm and Chairman of the Commodities Future Trading
Commission. / or an American Original who is an American Hero.
This man came here without a penny. Built one of America's top
500 engineering companies. Elected Mayor of Diamond Barr,
California. I can't tell you how proud I am this event is
helping his campaign. Give as often -- and as much -- as you
American
can. We need to make Jay Kim the first Korean elected to the
United States Congress. //
People like these show why "Korean" is not just a name.
It's a way of life. It means respect for law. My Administration
6
On November 3, we can uphold these values -- and carry them
to the Nation. Thank you for your kindness, and your support.
God bless you -- and the United States of America.
# # # #
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Document No. 351139ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
92 SEP 18
DATE:
9/18/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 9/18 COB
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOREA-AMERICAN RALLY
SUBJECT:
NEW YORK MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
MOORE
SCOWCROFT
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BATES
PORTER
BRADY
PROVOST
BROMLEY
ROSS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
TUTWILER
FITZWATER
ZOELLICK
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
GROOMES
HORNER
MCGROARTY
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, RM. 122,
x2930, no later than COB, TODAY, FRIDAY, SEPT. 18, with a copy
to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE: TO:
Mr. Dan McGroarty:
September 18, 1992
The NSC staff concurs, with changes indicated.
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
John Brent Scowcroft
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Bunton)
Draft One
September 18, 1992
10 P2: 55
WALDORF
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOREA-AMERICAN RALLY
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1992
Senator D'Amato, thank you for that introduction. Ladies
and gentlemen. I'm glad to be back in New York City. ((Someone
Unclear; risted jokes
asked me how it feels to be fighting for a job that someone else
are Crisby
wants. I said: "If I run into Ray Randley I'll ask him.")) //
andiance tothis
It is an honor to be with leaders of America's second-
largest Korean community. Think of it -- more than 150,000
strong. //
In this room are people who share certain principles.
Belief in work, and self-discipline. Love of family -- as you
showed last week in your Korean Thanksgiving. Above all, faith
in God. // These principles brought your families to America.
Today, they can bring America to what is best in man. //
Last month, I announced a plan which does that -- my
"Agenda for American Renewal. " / It seeks to open markets --
create jobs -- and enhance our schools, professions, and small
and large business. For, you see: I believe this -- believe it
deeply. Growth is not a buzzword. It is a watchword which makes
America the envy of the world. //
Our agenda will achieve growth through the human heart and
will, not race or national origin. Achieve it as you have in New
York -- where 13,000 Koreans own businesses. / You came here in
search of opportunity -- and you're finding it. Came to build a
2
letter life -- and are building a better America. Not through
government -- what bureaucracy has done to America -- but
entrepreneurial capitalism -- what Korean-Americans have done for
themselves. //
I look around here and see business people. Some mom and
pop / some bigger / owning dry cleaning, fish and grocery stores,
70 percent of New York's fruit and vegetable stores. I marvel at
this turnout, and I think: Here -- truly -- I'm at home. //
Like many of you, I've been a businessman. Unlike my
opponent, I've spent half my career in the private sector --
creating jobs and meeting a payroll -- and I had the ulcers to
prove it. / I think that's a pretty good qualification to be
President. What I learned in business was that higher taxes and
spending don't create jobs. They destroy jobs. //
That's why my Agenda for American Renewal seeks to decrease
what government must do and increase what the individual may do.
It builds on the fundamentals which drew you to America: Lower
taxes, lower spending, and less regulations. These fundamentals
can make us an economic, military, and export superpower. Let's
use them to build the world's first $10 trillion economy by the
early years of the Twenty-First Century. //
Here's how we'll do it. First, through challenging the
world. I want to complete the global trade agreement and get
Congressional approval of the North American Free Trade
Agreement. The reason's simple: More free trade means more
American jobs. / My opponent says America should turn inward --
3
away from the world economy. You show why we should reach out -
- to Mexico, Canada, Eastern Europe, and, yes, across the Pacific
to your homeland and all of Asia. //
Think of the hours you put in -- how hard you work. You
know why the American worker will never retreat. We will compete
-- and we will win. // We need to help our kids compete. That
means reforming education: Higher standards / better discipline
/ giving parents the right to choose kids' schools. / We need,
too, to adopt other parts of our Agenda. I want to sharpen
business' competitive edge -- cutting regulations that turn red
tape into pink slips. / I want to protect economic security --
cutting health care costs without socialized medicine. I want to
help the poor -- and to make government more responsive. Today,
government is too big and it spends too much.
(PRONOUNCED JAHNG)
Look at Jang Lee, who owns a Korean radio station in Los
Angeles. He knows what I mean. So does Wendy Gramm, wife of
Senator Phil Gramm and Chairman of the Commodities Future Trading
Commission. / Or an American Original who is an American Hero.
This man came here without a penny. Built one of America's top
500 engineering companies. Elected Mayor of Diamond Barr,
California. I can't tell you how proud I am this event is
helping his campaign. Give as often -- and as much -- as you
American
can. We need to make Jay Kim the first Korean elected to the
United States Congress. / /
People like these show why "Korean" is not just a name.
It's a way of life. It means respect for law. My Administration
4
will not rest until we have helped any business harmed by the Los
Angeles and Chicago riots. / It means love of family. The
family is America's umbilical cord: Our policies must strengthen
-- not weaken -- it. / "Korean" means creativity, too: You know
government should reward work -- not penalize it. / I'm
impressed by the fact that Koreans invented the wheelchair,
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moveable type, armored warships, and taekwondo. (Maybe I should
group sial wim
is controver knean
sick Jhroon Ree on Congress. ] / I sometimes wonder what might
Americant)
have happened had the Wright Brothers been forced to wait for
government approval before testing their flying machine. If they
had, I might have come here by steamboat, not Air Force One. /
The reason many Korean-Americans are Republican is that we
X
embrace these values: We know prosperity doesn't depend on the
size of government -- but on the size of your dreams. / We back
freedom at home. We have fought for it abroad. It's been said
that "one generation opens the road upon which another generation
travels. " / Well, today America is opening a road I hope will
lead to democracy and human rights not just in South Korea but
north of the 38th Parallel. A road of security and economic
development. And to the reunification of the country you love.
To some extent, our modern relations with Korea date from
the brutal invasion of the South by the Communists in 1950. I
know many of you recall that event. I recall it, too. I
remember your suffering and sacrifice. Remember how -- as we did
last year in Kuwait -- it was the United States that successfully
mobilized international resistance to the invasion
[]?//
and
5
Then -- with the generosity distinctive of America -- we
extended an open hand -- and met Korea's open heart. / We
rebuilt a country / began a partnership that endures / and
committed America to a Korea both safe and free. / Yes, the
threat from the North still lingers. We are worried about the
the consequences of which are unthinkable
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potential North Korean nuclear threat. That is why we have told
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to first.
since World War II. I look forward to being the first American
for
President to stand on reunited Korean soil. // And I believe it
will happen -- for I know what we have achieved in the last 3 and
1/2 years. In Berlin, a wall collapses. From Kuwait to Panama,
those once enslaved are now free. Today, Imperial Communism is
said
not just E-V-I-L -- as Ronald Reagan predicted. It is D-E-A-D.
If its tyranny can crumble -- so can the 38th Parallel. //
Freedom abroad. Freedom at home. It all comes back to
principles. Love of liberty, and opportunity. Belief in the
family. Belief in God. / Koreans share these values -- as does
the Republican Party -- as does my Administration. And we always
will. //
6
On November 3, we can uphold these values -- and carry them
to the Nation. Thank you for your kindness, and your support.
God bless you -- and the United States of America.
# # # #
Document No. 351139ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
92 SEP 18
DATE:
9/18/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 9/18 COB
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOREA-AMERICAN RALLY
SUBJECT:
NEW YORK - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
MOORE
SCOWCROFT
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BATES
PORTER
BRADY
PROVOST
BROMLEY
ROSS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
TUTWILER
FITZWATER
ZOELLICK
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
GROOMES
HORNER
MCGROARTY
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, RM. 122,
x2930, no later than COB, TODAY, FRIDAY, SEPT. 18, with a copy
to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
no comments
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
(R.Grady may provide at comments a later Time)
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Bunton)
Draft One
September 18, 1992
10 P2: 55
WALDORF
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOREA-AMERICAN RALLY
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1992
Senator D'Amato, thank you for that introduction. Ladies
and gentlemen. I'm glad to be back in New York City. ((Someone
asked me how it feels to be fighting for a job that someone else
wants. I said: "If I run into Ray Randley I'll ask him.")) //
It is an honor to be with leaders of America's second-
largest Korean community. Think of it -- more than 150,000
strong. //
In this room are people who share certain principles.
Belief in work, and self-discipline. Love of family -- as you
showed last week in your Korean Thanksgiving. Above all, faith
in God. // These principles brought your families to America.
Today, they can bring America to what is best in man. //
Last month, I announced a plan which does that -- my
"Agenda for American Renewal." / It seeks to open markets --
create jobs -- and enhance our schools, professions, and small
and large business. For, you see: I believe this -- believe it
deeply. Growth is not a buzzword. It is a watchword which makes
America the envy of the world. //
Our agenda will achieve growth through the human heart and
will, not race or national origin. Achieve it as you have in New
York -- where 13,000 Koreans own businesses. / You came here in
search of opportunity -- and you're finding it. Came to build a
2
letter life -- and are building a better America. Not through
government -- what bureaucracy has done to America -- but
entrepreneurial capitalism -- what Korean-Americans have done for
themselves. //
I look around here and see business people. Some mom and
pop / some bigger / owning dry cleaning, fish and grocery stores,
70 percent of New York's fruit and vegetable stores. I marvel at
this turnout, and I think: Here -- truly -- I'm at home. //
Like many of you, I've been a businessman. Unlike my
opponent, I've spent half my career in the private sector --
creating jobs and meeting a payroll -- and I had the ulcers to
prove it. / I think that's a pretty good qualification to be
President. What I learned in business was that higher taxes and
spending don't create jobs. They destroy jobs. //
That's why my Agenda for American Renewal seeks to decrease
what government must do and increase what the individual may do.
It builds on the fundamentals which drew you to America: Lower
taxes, lower spending, and less regulations. These fundamentals
can make us an economic, military, and export superpower. Let's
use them to build the world's first $10 trillion economy by the
early years of the Twenty-First Century. //
Here's how we'll do it. First, through challenging the
world. I want to complete the global trade agreement and get
Congressional approval of the North American Free Trade
Agreement. The reason's simple: More free trade means more
American jobs. / My opponent says America should turn inward --
3
away from the world economy. You show why we should reach out -
- to Mexico, Canada, Eastern Europe, and, yes, across the Pacific
to your homeland and all of Asia. //
Think of the hours you put in -- how hard you work. You
know why the American worker will never retreat. We will compete
-- and we will win. // We need to help our kids compete. That
means reforming education: Higher standards / better discipline
/ giving parents the right to choose kids' schools. / We need,
too, to adopt other parts of our Agenda. I want to sharpen
business' competitive edge -- cutting regulations that turn red
tape into pink slips. / I want to protect economic security --
cutting health care costs without socialized medicine. I want to
help the poor -- and to make government more responsive. Today,
government is too big and it spends too much.
Look at Jang Lee, who owns a Korean radio station in Los
Angeles. He knows what I mean. So does Wendy Gramm, wife of
Senator Phil Gramm and Chairman of the Commodities Future Trading
Commission. / or an American Original who is an American Hero.
This man came here without a penny. Built one of America's top
500 engineering companies. Elected Mayor of Diamond Barr,
California. I can't tell you how proud I am this event is
helping his campaign. Give as often -- and as much -- as you
can. We need to make Jay Kim the first Korean elected to the
United States Congress. //
People like these show why "Korean" is not just a name.
It's a way of life. It means respect for law. My Administration
4
will not rest until we have helped any business harmed by the Los
Angeles and Chicago riots. / It means love of family. The
family is America's umbilical cord: Our policies must strengthen
-- not weaken -- it. / "Korean" means creativity, too: You know
government should reward work -- not penalize it. / I'm
impressed by the fact that Koreans invented the wheelchair,
moveable type, armored warships, and taekwondo. ((Maybe I should
sick Jhroon Ree on Congress. )) / I sometimes wonder what might
have happened had the Wright Brothers been forced to wait for
government approval before testing their flying machine. If they
had, I might have come here by steamboat, not Air Force One. /
The reason Korean-Americans are Republican is that we
embrace these values: We know prosperity doesn't depend on the
size of government -- but on the size of your dreams. / We back
freedom at home. We have fought for it abroad. It's been said
that "one generation opens the road upon which another generation
travels. " / Well, today America is opening a road I hope will
lead to democracy and human rights not just in South Korea but
north of the 38th Parallel. A road of security and economic
development. And to the reunification of the country you love.
To some extent, our modern relations with Korea date from
the brutal invasion of the South by the Communists in 1950. I
know many of you recall that event. I recall it, too. I
remember your suffering and sacrifice. Remember how -- as we did
last year in Kuwait -- it was the United States that successfully
mobilized international resistance to the invasion. //
5
Then -- with the generosity distinctive of America -- we
extended an open hand -- and met Korea's open heart. / We
rebuilt a country / began a partnership that endures / and
committed America to a Korea both safe and free. / Yes, the
threat from the North still lingers. We are worried about the
potential North Korean nuclear threat. That is why we have told
Pyongyang: Remember Saddam -- aggression will not stand. /
I am hopeful about the future. I know for sure that we will
work, with our allies in Seoul, to reduce North-South tensions /
to end North Korea's isolation / and to unite the 10 million
Korean families now separated for 40 years. //
It is obscene that Korea is the only country still divided
since World War II. I look forward to being the first American
President to stand on reunited Korean soil. // And I believe it
will happen - - for I know what we have achieved in the last 3 and
1/2 years. In Berlin, a wall collapses. From Kuwait to Panama,
those once enslaved are now free. Today, Imperial Communism is
not just E-V-I-L -- as Ronald Reagan predicted. It is D-E-A-D.
If its tyranny can crumble -- so can the 38th Parallel. //
Freedom abroad. Freedom at home. It all comes back to
principles. Love of liberty, and opportunity. Belief in the
family. Belief in God. / Koreans share these values -- as does
the Republican Party -- as does my Administration. And we always
will. //
6
On November 3, we can uphold these values -- and carry them
to the Nation. Thank you for your kindness, and your support.
God bless you -- and the United States of America.
# # # #
Document No. 351139ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
9/18/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 9/18 COB
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOREA-AMERICAN RALLY
SUBJECT:
NEW YORK MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
MOORE
SCOWCROFT
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BATES
PORTER
BRADY
PROVOST
BROMLEY
ROSS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
TUTWILER
FITZWATER
ZOELLICK
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
GROOMES
HORNER
MCGROARTY
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, RM. 122,
x2930, no later than COB, TODAY, FRIDAY, SEPT. 18, with a copy
to this office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Bunton)
Draft One
September 18, 1992
DOB 10 P2: 55
WALDORF
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOREA-AMERICAN RALLY
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1992
Senator D'Amato, thank you for that introduction. Ladies
and gentlemen. I'm glad to be back in New York City. ((Someone
asked me how it feels to be fighting for a job that someone else
wants. I said: "If I run into Ray Randley I'll ask him. ") ) //
It is an honor to be with leaders of America's second-
largest Korean community. Think of it -- more than 150,000
strong. //
In this room are people who share certain principles.
Belief in work, and self-discipline. Love of family -- as you
showed last week in your Korean Thanksgiving. Above all, faith
in God. // These principles brought your families to America.
Today, they can bring America to what is best in man. //
Last month, I announced a plan which does that -- my
"Agenda for American Renewal. " / It seeks to open markets --
create jobs -- and enhance our schools, professions, and small
and large business. For, you see: I believe this -- believe it
deeply. Growth is not a buzzword. It is a watchword which makes
America the envy of the world. //
Our agenda will achieve growth through the human heart and
will, not race or national origin. Achieve it as you have in New
York -- where 13,000 Koreans own businesses. / You came here in
search of opportunity -- and you're finding it. Came to build a
2
letter life -- and are building a better America. Not through
government -- what bureaucracy has done to America -- but
entrepreneurial capitalism -- what Korean-Americans have done for
themselves. //
I look around here and see business people. Some mom and
pop / some bigger / owning dry cleaning, fish and grocery stores,
70 percent of New York's fruit and vegetable stores. I marvel at
this turnout, and I think: Here -- truly -- I'm at home. //
Like many of you, I've been a businessman. Unlike my
opponent, I've spent half my career in the private sector --
creating jobs and meeting a payroll -- and I had the ulcers to
prove it. / I think that's a pretty gobd qualification to be
President. What I learned in business was that higher taxes and
spending don't create jobs. They destroy jobs. //
That's why my Agenda for American Renewal seeks to decrease
what government must do and increase what the individual may do.
It builds on the fundamentals which drew you to America: Lower
taxes, lower spending, and less regulations. These fundamentals
can make us an economic, military, and export superpower. Let's
use them to build the world's first $10 trillion economy by the
early years of the Twenty-First Century. //
Here's how we'll do it. First, through challenging the
world. I want to complete the global trade agreement and get
Congressional approval of the North American Free Trade
Agreement. The reason's simple: More free trade means more
American jobs. / My opponent says America should turn inward --
3
away from the world economy. You show why we should reach out -
- to Mexico, Canada, Eastern Europe, and, yes, across the Pacific
to your homeland and all of Asia. //
Think of the hours you put in -- how hard you work. You
know why the American worker will never retreat. We will compete
-- and we will win. // We need to help our kids compete. That
means reforming education: Higher standards / better discipline
/ giving parents the right to choose kids' schools. / We need,
too, to adopt other parts of our Agenda. I want to sharpen
business' competitive edge -- cutting regulations that turn red
tape into pink slips. / I want to protect economic security --
cutting health care costs without socialized medicine. I want to
help the poor -- and to make government more responsive. Today,
government is too big and it spends too much.
Look at Jang Lee, who owns a Korean radio station in Los
Angeles. He knows what I mean. So does Wendy Gramm, wife of
Senator Phil Gramm and Chairman of the Commodities Future Trading
Commission. / Or an American Original who is an American Hero.
This man came here without a penny. Built one of America's top
500 engineering companies. Elected Mayor of Diamond Barr,
California. I can't tell you how proud I am this event is
helping his campaign. Give as often -- and as much -- as you
can. We need to make Jay Kim the first Korean elected to the
United States Congress. / /
People like these show why "Korean" is not just a name.
It's a way of life. It means respect for law. My Administration
4
will not rest until we have helped any business harmed by the Los
Angeles and Chicago riots. / It means love of family. The
family is America's umbilical cord: Our policies must strengthen
-- not weaken -- it. / "Korean" means creativity, too: You know
government should reward work -- not penalize it. / I'm
impressed by the fact that Koreans invented the wheelchair,
moveable type, armored warships, and taekwondo. ( (Maybe I should
sick Jhroon Ree on Congress.) ) / I sometimes wonder what might
have happened had the Wright Brothers been forced to wait for
government approval before testing their flying machine. If they
had, I might have come here by steamboat, not Air Force One. /
The reason Korean-Americans are Republican is that we
embrace these values: We know prosperity doesn't depend on the
size of government -- but on the size of your dreams. / We back
freedom at home. We have fought for it abroad. It's been said
that "one generation opens the road upon which another generation
travels. " / Well, today America is opening a road I hope will
lead to democracy and human rights not just in South Korea but
north of the 38th Parallel. A road of security and economic
development. And to the reunification of the country you love.
To some extent, our modern relations with Korea date from
the brutal invasion of the South by the Communists in 1950. I
know many of you recall that event. I recall it, too. I
remember your suffering and sacrifice. Remember how -- as we did
last year in Kuwait -- it was the United States that successfully
mobilized international resistance to the invasion. //
5
Then -- with the generosity distinctive of America -- we
extended an open hand -- and met Korea's open heart. / We
rebuilt a country / began a partnership that endures / and
committed America to a Korea both safe and free. / Yes, the
threat from the North still lingers. We are worried about the
potential North Korean nuclear threat. That is why we have told
Pyongyang: Remember Saddam -- aggression will not stand. /
I am hopeful about the future. I know for sure that we will
work, with our allies in Seoul, to reduce North-South tensions /
to end North Korea's isolation / and to unite the 10 million
Korean families now separated for 40 years. //
It is obscene that Korea is the only country still divided
since World War II. I look forward to being the first American
President to stand on reunited Korean soil. // And I believe it
will happen -- for I know what we have achieved in the last 3 and
1/2 years. In Berlin, a wall collapses. From Kuwait to Panama,
those once enslaved are now free. Today, Imperial Communism is
not just E-V-I-L -- as Ronald Reagan predicted. It is D-E-A-D.
If its tyranny can crumble -- so can the 38th Parallel. //
Freedom abroad. Freedom at home. It all comes back to
principles. Love of liberty, and opportunity. Belief in the
family. Belief in God. / Koreans share these values -- as does
the Republican Party -- as does my Administration. And we always
will. //
6
On November 3, we can uphold these values -- and carry them
to the Nation. Thank you for your kindness, and your support.
God bless you -- and the United States of America.
# # # #
Clayton
(Smith/Bunton)
Draft One
September 18, 1992
WALDORF
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOREA-AMERICAN RALLY
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1992
Senator D'Amato, thank you for that introduction. Ladies
and gentlemen. I'm glad to be back in New York City. ((Someone
asked me how it feels to be fighting for a job that someone else
wants. I said: "If I run into Ray Randley I'll ask him.")) //
It is an honor to be with leaders of America's second- vihrat
fast growing
largest Korean community. Think of it -- more than 150,000
strong. //
In this room are people who share certain principles.
Belief in work, and self-discipline. Love of family -- as you
showed last week in your Korean Thanksgiving. Above all, faith
in God. // These principles brought your families to America.
Today, they can bring America to what is best in man. //
Last month, I announced a plan which does that -- my
"Agenda for American Renewal.' " / It seeks to open markets --
create jobs -- and enhance our schools, professions, and small
and large business. For, you see: I believe this -- believe it
Opportunity
deeply. Growth is not a buzzword. It is a watchword which makes
America the envy of the world. //
Our agenda will achieve growth through the human heart and
will, not race or national origin. Achieve it as you have in New
York -- where 13,000 Koreans own businesses. / You came here in
search of opportunity -- and you're finding it. Came to build a
2
letter life -- and are building a better America. Not through
government -- what bureaucracy has done to America -- but
entrepreneurial capitalism -- what Korean-Americans have done for
themselves. //
I look around here and see business people. Some mom and
pop / some bigger / owning dry cleaning, fish and grocery stores
D
70 percent of New York's fruit and vegetable stores. I marvel at
this turnout, and I think: Here -- truly -- I'm at home. //
Like many of you, I've been a businessman. Unlike my
opponent, I've spent half my career in the private sector --
creating jobs and meeting a payroll -- and I had the ulcers to
prove it. / I think that's a pretty good qualification to be
President. What I learned in business was that higher taxes and
spending don't create jobs. They destroy jobs. //
overly intrusive govt regs that strangle su. bus. and on leash the fill potential
That's why my Agenda for American Renewal seeks to decrease
what government must do and increase what the individual may do. of entrepance
spirit.
It builds on the fundamentals which drew you to America: Lower
taxes, lower spending, and less regulations. These fundamentals
can make us an economic, military, and export superpower. Let's
use them to build the world's first $10 trillion economy by the
early years of the Twenty-First Century. //
Here's how we'll do it. First, through challenging the
world. I want to complete the global trade agreement and get
Congressional approval of the North American Free Trade
Agreement. The reason's simple: More free trade means more
American jobs. / My opponent says America should turn inward --
3
away from the world economy. You show why we should reach out -
- to Mexico, Canada, Eastern Europe, and, yes, across the Pacific
to your homeland and all of Asia. //
Think of the hours you put in -- how hard you work. You
know why the American worker will never retreat. We will compete
-- and we will win. // We need to help our kids compete. That
means reforming education: Higher standards / better discipline
/ giving parents the right to choose kids' schools. / We need,
too, to adopt other parts of our Agenda. I want to sharpen
business' competitive edge -- cutting regulations that turn red
tape into pink slips. / I want to protect economic security --
cutting health care costs without socialized medicine. I want to
help the poor -- and to make government more responsive. Today,
government is too big and it spends too much.
Look at Jang Lee, who owns a Korean radio station in Los
Angeles. He knows what I mean. So does Wendy Gramm, wife of
Senator Phil Gramm and Chairman of the Commodities Future Trading
Commission. / Or an American Original who is an American Hero. Jaytin
This man came here without a penny. Built one of America's top
500 engineering companies. Elected Mayor of Diamond Barr,
California. I can't tell you how proud I am this event is
helping his campaign. Give as often -- and as much -- as you
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-- not weaken -- it. / "Korean" means creativity, too: You know
government should reward work -- not penalize it. / I'm
impressed by the fact that Koreans invented the wheelchair,
moveable type, armored warships, and taekwondo ( (Maybe I should
sick Jhroon Ree on Congress. )) / I sometimes wonder what might
have happened had the Wright Brothers been forced to wait for
government approval before testing their flying machine. If they
had, I might have come here by steamboat, not Air Force One. /
The reason Korean-Americans are Republican is that we
embrace these values: We know prosperity doesn't depend on the
size of government -- but on the size of your dreams. / We back
freedom at home. We have fought for it abroad. It's been said
that "one generation opens the road upon which another generation
travels." / Well, today America is opening a road I hope will
lead to democracy and human rights not just in South Korea but
north of the 38th Parallel. A road of security and economic
development. And to the reunification of the country you love.
To some extent, our modern relations with Korea date from
the brutal invasion of the South by the Communists in 1950. I
know many of you recall that event. I recall it, too. I
remember your suffering and sacrifice. Remember how -- as we did
last year in Kuwait it was the United States that successfully
mobilized international resistance to the invasion. //
5
Then -- with the generosity distinctive of America -- we
extended an open hand -- and met Korea's open heart. / We
rebuilt a country / began a partnership that endures / and
committed America to a Korea both safe and free. / Yes, the
threat from the North still lingers. We are worried about the
potential North Korean nuclear threat. That is why we have told
Pyongyang: Remember Saddam -- aggression will not stand. /
I am hopeful about the future. I know for sure that we will
work, with our allies in Seoul, to reduce North-South tensions /
to end North Korea's isolation / and to unite the 10 million
Korean families now separated for 40 years. //
It is obscene that Korea is the only country still divided
since World War II. I look forward to being the first American
President to stand on reunited Korean soil. // And I believe it
will happen -- for I know what we have achieved in the last 3 and
1/2 years. In Berlin, a wall collapses. From Kuwait to Panama,
those once enslaved are now free. Today, Imperial Communism is
not just E-V-I-L -- as Ronald Reagan predicted. It is D-E-A-D.
If its tyranny can crumble -- so can the 38th Parallel. //
Freedom abroad. Freedom at home. It all comes back to
principles. Love of liberty, and opportunity. Belief in the
family. Belief in God. / Koreans share these values -- as does
the Republican Party -- as does my Administration. And we always
will. //
6
On November 3, we can uphold these values -- and carry them
to the Nation. Thank you for your kindness, and your support.
God bless you -- and the United States of America.
# # # #
Petersmeyer
p.4
92 SEP 18 P5: 11
Jase
Jhroon - -Should be
Jhoon -
he is also a Daily
Pant of light +
teaches tack wordo
to kids
Ross
92 SEP 18 P5: 05
- pr4
7th line -drop "Manybe
1 should
4
-drop all references
companing Kurea to
Kuwait
J.D. Foster CEA
(Smith/Bunton)
Draft One
September 18, 1992
WALDORF
10 P2: 55
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOREA-AMERICAN RALLY
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1992
Senator D'Amato, thank you for that introduction. Ladies
and gentlemen. I'm glad to be back in New York City. (Someone
asked me how it feels to be fighting for a job that someone else
wants. I said: "If I run into Ray Randley I'll ask him.")) //
It is an honor to be with leaders of America's second-
largest Korean community. Think of it -- more than 150,000
strong. //
In this room are people who share certain principles.
add love of country
Belief in work, and self-discipline. Love of family -- as you
showed last week in your Korean Thanksgiving. Above all, faith
Buddison among Kureans?
in God. // These principles brought your families to America.
Today, they can bring America to what is best in man. //
Last month, I announced a plan which does that -- my
"Agenda for American Renewal.' / It seeks to open markets --
create jobs -- and enhance our schools, professions, and small
businesses
and large business. For, you see: I believe this -- believe it
deeply. Growth is not a buzzword. It is a watchword which makes
America the envy of the world. //
Our agenda will achieve growth through the human heart and
will, not race or national origin. Achieve it as you have in New
York -- where 13,000 Koreans own businesses. / You came here in
search of opportunity -- and you're finding it. Came to build a
2
letter life -- and are building a better America. Not through
government -- what bureaucracy has done to America -- but
entrepreneurial capitalism -- what Korean-Americans have done for
themselves. //
I look around here and see business people. Some mom and
pop / some bigger / owning dry cleaning, fish and grocery stores,
70 percent of New York's fruit and vegetable stores. I marvel at
this turnout, and I think: Here -- truly -- I'm at home. //
Like many of you, I've been a businessman. Unlike my
opponent, I've spent half my career in the private sector --
creating jobs and meeting a payroll -- and I had the ulcers to
prove it. / I think that's a pretty good qualification to be
President. What I learned in business was that higher taxes and
spending don't create jobs. They destroy jobs. //
limit
That's why my Agenda for American Renewal seeks to decrease
expand
what government must do and increase what the individual may do.
It builds on the fundamentals which drew you to America: Lower
in a word more freedom.
taxes, lower spending, and less regulations. These fundamentals
can make us an economic, military, and export superpower. Let's
keep
use them to build the world's first $10 trillion economy by the
inflation
the
its early years of the Twenty-First Century. //
begenervation lowest in
Here's how we'll do it. First, through challenging the
a
world. I want to complete the global trade agreement and get
while building
Congressional approval of the North American Free Trade
Agreement. The reason's simple: More free trade means more
American jobs. / My opponent says America should turn inward --
3
away from the world economy. You show why we should reach out -
- to Mexico, Canada, Eastern Europe, and, yes, across the Pacific
to your homeland and all of Asia. //
Think of the hours you put in -- how hard you work. You
know why the American worker will never retreat. We will compete
-- and we will win. // We need to help our kids compete. That
means reforming education: Higher standards / better discipline
/ giving parents the right to choose kids' schools. / We need,
too, arammer to adopt other parts of our Agenda. I want to sharpen
business' competitive edge -- cutting regulations that turn red
tape into pink slips. / I want to protect economic security --
cutting health care costs without socialized medicine. I want to
help the poor -- and to make government more responsive. Today,
government is too big and it spends too much.
Look at Jang Lee, who owns a Korean radio station in Los
Angeles. He knows what I mean. So does Wendy Gramm, wife of
Senator Phil Gramm and Chairman of the Commodities Future Trading
Commission. / or an American Original who is an American Hero.
This man came here without a penny. Built one of America's top
500 engineering companies. Elected Mayor of Diamond Barr,
California. I can't tell you how proud I am this event is
helping his campaign. Give as often -- and as much -- as you
can. We need to make Jay Kim the first Korean elected to the
United States Congress. //
People like these show why "Korean" is not just a name.
It's a way of life. It means respect for law. My Administration
4
will not rest until we have helped any business harmed by the Los
Angeles and Chicago riots. / It means love of family. The
family is America's umbilical cord: Our policies must strengthen
-- not weaken -- it. / "Korean" means creativity, too: You know
government should reward work -- not penalize it. / I'm
impressed by the fact that Koreans invented the wheelchair,
ck. spelling
moveable type, armored warships, and taekwondo. ( (Maybe I should
who is ne?
sick Jhroon Ree on Congress.) ) / I sometimes wonder what might
have happened had the Wright Brothers been forced to wait for
government approval before testing their flying machine. If they
had, I might have come here by steamboat, not Air Force One. /
The reason Korean-Americans are Republican is that we
embrace these values: We know prosperity doesn't depend on the
size of government -- but on the size of your dreams. / We back
freedom at home. We have fought for it abroad. It's been said
that "one generation opens the road upon which another generation
travels." / Well, today America is opening a road I hope will
lead to democracy and human rights not just in South Korea but
north of the 38th Parallel. A road of security and economic
development. And to the reunification of the country you love.
To some extent, our modern relations with Korea date from
the brutal invasion of the South by the Communists in 1950. I
know many of you recall that event. I recall it, too. I
remember your suffering and sacrifice. Remember how -- as we did
last year in Kuwait -- it was the United States that successfully
mobilized international resistance to the invasion. //
5
Then -- with the generosity distinctive of America -- we
extended an open hand -- and met Korea's open heart. / We
rebuilt a country / began a partnership that endures / and
committed America to a Korea both safe and free. / Yes, the
threat from the North still lingers. We are worried about the
potential North Korean nuclear threat. That is why we have told
Pyongyang: Remember Saddam -- aggression will not stand. /
I am hopeful about the future. I know for sure that we will
work, with our allies in Seoul, to reduce North-South tensions /
to end North Korea's isolation / and to unite the 10 million
Korean families now separated for 40 years. //
It is obscene that Korea is the only country still divided
since World War II. I look forward to being the first American
President to stand on reunited Korean soil. // And I believe it
will happen -- for I know what we have achieved in the last 3 and
1/2 years. In Berlin, a wall collapses. From Kuwait to Panama,
those once enslaved are now free. Today, Imperial Communism is
told us.
not just E-V-I-L -- as Ronald Reagan predicted. It is D-E-A-D.
If its tyranny can crumble -- so can the 38th Parallel. //
Freedom abroad. Freedom at home. It all comes back to
principles. Love of liberty, and opportunity. Belief in the
Buddism?
family. Belief in God. / Koreans share these values -- as does
the Republican Party -- as does my Administration. And we always
will. //
6
On November 3, we can uphold these values -- and carry them
to the Nation. Thank you for your kindness, and your support.
God bless you -- and the United States of America.
# # # #
CEA JD FOSTER
PAGE 1:
3rd 2 Par. "Belief in work, 5' self-
discipline 92 SEP 18 P4: 56
,
add love of
RSE
Country
2ND Par. "Faith in God"
? Buddism among
4th
Koreans ?
3rd Par. 3rd Par. not "Bussiness"; but
bussinesses
PAGE 2:
4th Par: - "decrease" to limit
"increase" to expand
- after "less regulations"- -
in a word more freedom
- "Lets use them to
"
keep inflation the lowest
its bunin a generation while
building "the worlds
Page 3:
Par 2: "We need, too, to"
? grammer
Page 4:
Par ): spelling
Jhoon Rhee
? who he is:
"father of Tae kwo Do
in america"
- spelling of Tae Kwo Do
PAGE 5:
Par3: "Regan".
told US
Par 4: Baliefin god
?
Buddism ?