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Originally Processed With FOIA(s): FOIA Number: S S FOIA MARKER This is not a textual record. This is used as an administrative marker by the George Bush Presidential Library Staff. Record Group/Collection: George H.W. Bush Presidential Records Collection/Office of Origin: Speechwriting, White House Office of Series: Speech File Backup Files Subseries: Chron File, 1989-1993 OA/ID Number: 13691 Folder ID Number: 13691-013 Folder Title: Hungary-Most Favored Nation 10/26/89 [OA 6270] Stack: Row: Section: Shelf: Position: G 26 19 4 4 Amb. Fred Zec 457-1001 HOUSE OF CEO OPIC is Pres. OPIC Oct 8th- who th body Howardth When name A 3 Hungary or 6-10TH LLD watercan Insust. Leipzig Missim Davis/Martin Oct. 25, 1989 Title: Hungary Draft: Two PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION: HUNGARY, ROSE GARDEN Thursday, Oct. 26, 1989, 10 a.m. ( (Acknowledgements to come -- Secretary Baker, Lawrence Eagleburger, Congressman Lantos, Hungarian ambassador, etc.) ) ( (Let me begin with a small confession. When I visited Hungary in July, I made a reference to that famous brainteaser from Budapest, the Rubik's Cube, only I called it a Rubik's Cone. But I don't feel bad about it.\\ After all, I wound up puzzling more people than Mister Rubik himself. )) It was my privilege to return to Hungary last summer, and become the first American President to visit a nation that is so much a part of Europe, and so much a part of America. At Karl Marx University, before the very statute of Marx himself, I met students, teachers and entrepreneurs who are making a bold break with the past. And in their bright faces I saw a burning idealism, a determination to escape the dead hand of ideology, forever. I promised to support their hopes, by supporting the process of economic and democratic reform in Hungary. I promised to ask Congress to authorize $25 million to establish an Hungarian- American Enterprise Fund, and I submitted this proposal to Congress in September. 2 I promised a $5 million fund to open an environmental center for Central and Eastern Europe in Budapest, so that East and West can cooperate on our shared natural heritage; and I also submitted this proposal to Congress in September. I promised to stimulate American business investment in Hungary by extending the business insurance of the Overseas Investment Corporation to Hungary. Ambassador Fred Zeder, President and CEO of OPIC, led a delegation to Hungary two weeks ago to plan for operations to begin once the corporation receives enabling legislation from the Senate. I promised $6 million for cultural and educational exchange programs. This program is also ready for action by Congress. I promised to bring Radio Free Europe to Hungary. And on September 9, Radio Free Europe opened its first station in Eastern Europe in Budapest. I also promised to instruct the Peace Corps to make its first European mission to Hungary, to teach English in every county of that nation. Peace Corps Director Paul Coverdall recently led a delegation to Hungary to plan this mission. I have also dispatched Commerce Secretary Bob Mosbacher, EPA Director William Reilly, USIA Director Bruce Gelb and others to Hungary to discover ways our government can support reform. But the promises I made to the Hungarian people really reflect one overarching commitment: America is ready to invest in a partnership with the world's newest republic; a partnership to build a common future of freedom and prosperity. 3 Nowhere is this commitment more evident than in today's ceremony. For today we mark the fulfillment of yet another pledge I made to the people of Hungary. I promised that as soon as the Hungarian Parliament liberalized its emigration laws, I would notify Congress that Hungary meets all the requirements of U.S. law to qualify for permanent Most Favored Nation treatment. On September 26, Hungary fulfilled its part of the bargain. I am here to fulfill ours. In a few moments, I will sign two documents -- advising the Secretary of State and Congress that Hungary meets our emigration criteria. With my signature, these documents will grant Hungary the most liberal trade treatment under U.S. law, and make it the first country ever to be granted a waiver from annual reviews of its emigration practices. Hungary is already starting to enjoy tangible results of our commitment to support reform. In September, an American corporation purchased 100 percent of an Hungarian trading firm -- the first such total acquisition in Eastern European history. ( (Another example to come. ) ) But today's action represents something far greater than a mere trade agreement. It signals the recognition that a quiet revolution is taking place in thousands of shops, farms and factories. It signals the rebirth of Hungary as an entrepreneurial nation. Our measure will, of course, grant these new Hungarian entrepreneurs access to the largest single market in the world. But the peoples of America and Hungary are exchanging more than 4 just blue jeans and fine wine. We are exchanging ideas and ideals that can only be the shared province of free peoples. Just last week, on the anniversary of the 1956 Revolution, Hungary scrapped the title "People's Republic" -- that epitaph of democracy common to one-party states -- and proclaimed itself to be a true republic. It is this new Hungarian Republic that has adopted a Bill of Rights to guarantee freedom of the press, assembly and religion. Americans watch these acts of national courage with wonder and admiration and something more -- a willingness to help. Just as we are helping the people of Hungary today, so we are determined to assist wherever people aspire to greater freedom. In Poland, the new Solidarity-led government has put forward a bold program of economic reform. They have asked for our support, and they will get it -- starting with this Administration's commitment to provide a grant worth $200 million as our contribution to the Polish request for a $1 billion stabilization grant from the West. ((And on Monday, I will announce a U.S. mission to Warsaw of officials, businessmen and economic experts to determine how this fund can best serve the cause of reform. )) We are not passive observers, but active supports of reform. For we know that we are privileged to participate in a very special moment in human history. Never before have repressive, centralized, regimes attempted the transformation into pluralistic democracies with market economies. In Budapest, a 5 boy waves the flag of his nation -- with the hammer and sickle removed. Remarkable. In Warsaw, a dissident who once languished in a dungeon now presides over Parliament. Incredible. In East Germany, thousands of courageous men and women march arm-in-arm through the streets of Leipzig to make a peaceful stand for freedom. Inspiring. It is in these amazing scenes that we see a portrait of the indomitable spirit of Man. Throughout Eastern Europe and in the Soviet Union itself, we see evidence of the ascendancy of freedom. We see signs of a new Europe, which no one need fear, a Europe whole and free. And as we witness this historic tide of freedom, riding at the crest is one nation -- the people of Republic of Hungary. To them I say: We admire you. We support you. And we welcome you as friends of freedom. Thank you, and now it will be my pleasure to sign these two documents to grant Hungary Most Favored Nation status. -1A- IT IS A PLEASURE TO HAVE SO MANY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HERE WITH US TODAY. SEN. PELL SEN. MOYNIHAN REP. ROSTENKOWSKI REP. AND MRS. LANTOS REP. GIBBONS REP. BROOMFIELD REP. GILMAN REP. Cox REP. GINGRICH REP. FRENZEL Davis/Martin Oct. 25, 1989 Title: Hungary Draft: Two PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION: HUNGARY, ROSE GARDEN Thursday, Oct. 26, 1989, 10 a.m. VAR- ( (Acknowledgements to come -- Secretary Baker, Lawrence Varkonyi Eagleburger, Congressman Lantos, Hungarian ambassador, etc. ) ) VAR ko nuce ( (Let me begin with a small confession. When I visited Hungary in July, I made a reference to that famous brainteaser from Budapest, the Rubik's Cube, \\ only I called it a Rubik's Cone. \\ But I don't feel bad about it. After all, I wound up puzzling more people than Mister Rubik himself. )) July ga It was my privilege to return to Hungary last summer, and become the first American President to visit a nation that is so much a part of Europe, and so much a part of America. At Karl Marx University, before the very statute of Marx himself, I met students, teachers and entrepreneurs who are making a bold break with the past. And in their bright faces I saw a burning idealism, a determination to escape the dead hand of ideology, forever. I promised to support their hopes, by supporting the process WH sheet Fact of economic and democratic reform in Hungary. I promised to ask Congress to authorize $25 million to establish an Hungarian- July American Enterprise Fund, and I submitted this proposal to 0a.1087 1289 12 Congress in September. Bob x5932 Hutchings Kare Mary Doc. 1084 UNIO July1219 Fact Sheet 2 68.21 I promised a $5 million fund to open an environmental center for Central and Eastern Europe in Budapest, so that East and West can cooperate on our shared natural heritage; and I also submitted this proposal to Congress in September. I promised to stimulate American business investment in Hungary by extending the business insurance of the Overseas PRIVATE Investment Corporation to Hungary. Ambassador Fred Zeder, Oct 8-1289 President and CEO of OPIC, led a delegation to Hungary two weeks ago to plan for operations to begin once the corporation receives enabling legislation from the Senate. I promised $6 million for cultural and educational exchange programs. This program is also ready for action by Congress. RFE berty I promised to bring Radio Free Europe to Hungary. And on adio September 27 Radio Free Europe opened its first station in sfible Eastern Europe in Budapest. 5 a I also promised to instruct the Peace Corps to make its first European mission to Hungary, to teach English in every 9-27-89 county of that nation. Peace Corps Director Paul Coverdall DC+1b-17 recently led a delegation to Hungary to plan this mission. I Sept 17-19 have also dispatched Commerce Secretary Bob Mosbacher, EPA Sept 12-14 Director William Reilly, USIA Director Bruce Gelb and others to Hungary to discover ways our government can support reform. But the promises I made to the Hungarian people really reflect one overarching commitment: America is ready to invest in a partnership with the world's newest republic; a partnership to build a common future of freedom and prosperity. 3 Nowhere is this commitment more evident than in today's ceremony. For today we mark the fulfillment of yet another pledge I made to the people of Hungary. I promised that as soon as the Hungarian Parliament liberalized its emigration laws, I would notify Congress that Hungary meets all the requirements of U.S. law to qualify for permanent Most Favored Nation treatment. On September 26, Hungary fulfilled its part of the bargain. I am here to fulfill ours. In a few moments, I will sign two documents -- advising the Secretary of State and Congress that Hungary meets our emigration criteria. With my signature, these documents will grant Hungary the most liberal trade treatment under U.S. law, and make it the first country ever to be granted a waiver from annual reviews of its emigration practices. Hungary is already starting to enjoy tangible results of our commitment to support reform. In September, an American corporation purchased 100 percent of an Hungarian trading firm -- the first such total acquisition in Eastern European history. ((Another example to come.)) Guardian -Jt venture But today's action represents something far greater than a mere trade agreement. It signals the recognition that a quiet revolution is taking place in thousands of shops, farms and factories. It signals the rebirth of Hungary as an entrepreneurial nation. Our measure will, of course, grant these new Hungarian entrepreneurs access to the largest single market in the world. But the peoples of America and Hungary are exchanging more than 4 just blue jeans and fine wine. We are exchanging ideas and ideals that can only be the shared province of free peoples. Just last week, on the anniversary of the 1956 Revolution, Hungary scrapped the title "People's Republic" --- that epitaph of democracy common to one-party states -- and proclaimed itself to be a true republic. It is this new Hungarian Republic that has adopted a Bill of Rights to guarantee freedom of the press, assembly and religion. Americans watch these acts of national courage with wonder and admiration and something more -- a willingness to help. Just as we are helping the people of Hungary today, so we are determined to assist wherever people aspire to greater freedom. In Poland, the new Solidarity-led government has put forward a bold program of economic reform. They have asked for our support, and they will get it -- starting with this Administration's commitment to provide a grant worth $200 million as our contribution to the Polish request for a $1 billion stabilization grant from the West. ( (And on Monday, I will announce a U.S. mission to Warsaw of officials, businessmen and economic experts to determine how this fund can best serve the cause of reform. ) ) We are not passive observers, but active supports of reform. For we know that we are privileged to participate in a very special moment in human history. Never before have repressive, centralized, regimes attempted the transformation into pluralistic democracies with market economies. In Budapest, a Tadeusz mazowiecki - Prive minister 5 no symbols on flag waves the flag of his nation -- with the hammer and sickle NSC removed. Remarkable. In Warsaw, a dissident who once languished in a dungeon now presides over Parliament. Incredible. In East Germany, thousands of courageous men and women march arm-in-arm through the streets of Leipzig to make a peaceful stand for freedom. Inspiring. It is in these amazing scenes that we see a portrait of the indomitable spirit of Man. Throughout Eastern Europe and in the Soviet Union itself, we see evidence of the ascendancy of freedom. We see signs of a new Europe, which no one need fear, a Europe whole and free. And as we witness this historic tide of freedom, riding at the crest is one nation -- the people of Republic of Hungary. To them I say: We admire you. We support you. And we welcome you as friends of freedom. Thank you, and now it will be my pleasure to sign these two documents to grant Hungary Most Favored Nation status. - Rose Garden 10:00 Am (450 EOB-RAIN) 220 people invited - all us citizens from communist countries - celebrated every yr. since 1959 - This is 30th Anniu. - initially set up by congress to honor citizens of E. European nation now applies to People all over the united world. - 8 min. speech should be forward -Looking, no soulet bashing, discuss an writed. free Europe, forces pulling out of Cambodica, peaceful accord in Angola, people of Cuba, NIC , , Ethiopia , etc. - From discussion w/cw - talk about how reform does not happen suddenly, "take your time + do it right (safely)" - There may be 7 people standing with the Pres. They would be famous citizens from captive nations - - moule stars, rock stars, sports heros, etc. Yet to be approved. - Talk to Sichan, he was a guest last yr. + is extremely up -to, date on positive movements w/in captive countries - Cuba 5wks ago rejection of E. European approach continue restrictions - NIC they have the opportunity little willingness I laws fall short for free 1 open election confirmed when VP visited restrict + kick out Diplonats + electoral obs. no dialogues w/ oppisition no marches