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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: 13753 Folder ID Number: 13753-009 Folder Title: NSA Awards Ceremony 5/1/91 [OA 8322] Stack: Row: Section: Shelf: Position: G 26 21 3 6 McGroarty/Dooley April 29, 1991 10:00 am [NSA.arr] PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NSA ARRIVAL CEREMONY FORT MEADE, MARYLAND MAY 1, 1991 TIME: TBD Thank you all for this warm welcome. [Introductory acknowledgements.] Admiral Studeman. Director Webster. To all the dedicated professionals of the NSA: it is my great pleasure to share with you this special day. // I understand that this visit is a bit of a departure from the routine here at NSA. This is not the kind of place where you can pull off a surprise party. [[As I was saying just this morning in the Oval Office to General Scowcroft / Well, I guess you already know what I said //]] In the past couple of months, I've had the privilege of meeting with many brave men and women who served in DESERT STORM -- who dedicated themselves to the cause of peace in the Persian Gulf. Today, I am here to express my deepest appreciation to you -- the thousands of men and women, civilian and military, of the United States Signals Intelligence system. From the time we took action to the moment the fighting stopped, the world witnessed a display of courage and competence that made every American proud. / But what America and the world saw in DESERT STORM was just the tip of the iceberg. Our success in the Gulf could quite literally never have happened -- 2 without the dedication on display right here, through all the days and nights of DESERT STORM. As our troops go home to friends and family, they go home heroes. They've earned every parade -- every pat on the back. They know -- and I know -- they owe a debt to you. That's why I'm here today -- to salute you: the unsung heroes of DESERT STORM. /// My association with NSA goes back many years -- and over the years, I have come to appreciate the full value of SIGINT. As President and Commander in Chief, I assure you: Signals Intelligence is a prime factor in the decision-making process by which we chart the course of this nation's foreign affairs. Desert Storm was a team effort on many fronts: military, diplomatic, economic. NSA and the Service Cryptologic Agencies gave us the critical intelligence we had to have to operate effectively on every front. The information all of you provided enabled me and my key advisors to have a sound understanding of Saddam Hussein's capabilities -- and solid information on the situation on the ground. It is the nature of your work to shun the spotlight. Where others step forward to fanfare and public acclaim -- your reward is quiet pride. // I am here today on behalf of the American people -- the many millions who cannot know the contributions you make to their safety, security and freedom every day -- to convey the thanks of a grateful nation. // 3 Once again, my sincere thanks to each of you for a job well done -- and may God bless the United States of America. # # # James Madison: on free press and importance of info to good govt "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. " Chuschill re-established signals int. - esp. code Dreaking as First Lord of Admiralty wwl. Churchill: re: Signals int. "I have studied this information over a long period and more attentatively than probably any other ("Room minister has done. All the years I have been in office since it 40" @the (signals intelligence) began in the autumn of 1914. I have read every one of these flimsies, and I attach more importance to them Admiralty as a means of forming a true judgment of public policy in these just speaking after the State." spheres than in any other source of knowledge at the disposal of WWI from: Doug Mulholland THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON MEMORANDUM TO: GENERAL SCOWCROFT FROM: KATHY SUPER SUBJECT: APPROVED PRESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY EVENT: Attend the Annual Awards Ceremony for Civilian and Military Units at the National Security Agency DATE: Wednesday, May 1, 1991 TIME: TBD DURATION: 30 minutes LOCATION: Fort Meade, Maryland ATTIRE: Business Suit REMARKS REQUIRED: Yes MEDIA COVERAGE: TBD FIRST LADY Is Invited PARTICIPATION: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: CONTACT: , TELEPHONE: OFFICE HOME NOTE: PROJECT OFFICER, SEE ATTACHED CHECKLIST Ed Rogers Marlin Fitzwater Ede Holiday Philip Brady David Demarest David Valdez Fred McClure Fran Norris USSS PPD Susan Porter Rose Sig Rogich Gary Walters Patty Presock John Keller WHCA Audio/Visual Chriss Winston Bruce Caughman WHCA Operations Laurie Firestone J. Bonnie Newman C. Boyden Gray William Kristol Paul Bateman Laura Melillo Jackie Kennedy Debra Romash John Herrick Deb Anderson Richard Trefry AJM 3/29/91 Billworking Bill 3334 Kevin 0 Connell To Peggy Date 4/22 Time 2:40 WHILE YOU WERE OUT M Mark Koro WH exp pool- of Adv. at NSA Phone 301-688-7834 Area Code Number Extension TELEPHONED x PLEASE CALL CALLED TO SEE YOU WILL CALL AGAIN WANTS TO SEE YOU URGENT RETURNED YOUR CALL Message has TP's 2 sets of remarks - 5 min. thank you for CMB Operator 70500 agey emps outdpare, unclass Desert Storm AMPAD 23-000 50 SHT. PAD EFFICIENCY@ 23-001 250 SHT. DISPENSER BOX awards usemang- class. # Fri - 10 a.m. TUO BRSW UDY SUIRW Hazelrigg to ESTA JJADIS843J9 озиончацат UOY BEE misaru Apr IAS 17 NSA UCY 688-6527 Policy 6511 jejjed Boston - brief remarks 100-ES a