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Originally Processed With FOIA(s): FOIA Number: 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: Davis, Mark, Files Subseries: Subject File, 1989-1991 OA/ID Number: 13875 Folder ID Number: 13875-001 Folder Title: Richard Thornburgh Send-Off, 3/3/89 Stack: Row: Section: Shelf: Position: G 19 2 7 1 PRESIDENT BUSH/3/3/89 DRAFT/2/24/8:30 A.M. DEMM2371 PAGE 1 Tokyo Thornburgh Send-off Good afternoon. As you know, I just had a working lunch with Attorney-General Thornburgh, General Scowcroft, Secretary Baker and the man Congress will soon confirm as America's new drug czar -- my good friend Bill Bennett. The subject of our discussion was a critical national security issue -- how to combat an enemy that subverts our youth and threatens to destroy our American future. Yes, I am referring to drug abuse. Yes, I consider it to be a national security crisis. I have called drug abuse a scourge, because that is what it is -- a contamination of the blood, the body and the very soul of America. When a nation is engaged in a mortal struggle, cooperation is the key to victory. I am deeply moved by the unity and thination determination of my advisors to fight the drug trade. -MORE- PRESIDENT BUSH/3/3/89 DRAFT/2/24/8:30 A.M. PAGE 2 But the scope of our cooperative effort must be global. Heroin and cocaine are smuggled into America by the ton, in the hulls of ships and the bellies of jet aircraft. It is obvious that we must reach out to other governments, to cooperate and to coordinate our actions if we are to stem these rivers of poison. As Vice President, I went to Latin America to forge an alliance against the drug trade. Dick Thornburgh will continue this effort when he leaves Sunday on a fact-finding mission to three Latin American nations -- Colombia, Bolivia and Peru. Dick goes to Latin America not to lecture, but to learn; not to scapegoat, but to support. We acknowledge that the drug problem in America is driven by demand. -MORE- PRESIDENT BUSH/3/3/89 DRAFT/2/24/8:30 A.M. PAGE 3 Dick will tell these three governments that the American people are adopting a tough zero tolerance policy. Since 1981, the U.S. federal anti-drug budget has grown by nearly 370 percent. But more is needed, and that is why I have proposed $6 billion in 1990 for prevention, treatment and enforcement. More than $4 billion is to be provided in grants to state and local law enforcement agencies alone. And no expenditures can match the gradual hardening of the American attitude against so-called casual drug abuse. But even this is not enough. Dick will impress upon these three governments the need for them to stop supply as we dry up demand. He will pledge to them our support in their life-or-death struggle against the international drug cartels. These governments can go to the source. These governments can smash drug laboratories by the dozens, and uproot cocoa plants by the millions. Together, we can raise the cost of business for the drug lords to an intolerable level. Together, we can create an interdiction effort that is as international as the drug trade itself. -MORE- PRESIDENT BUSH/3/3/89 DRAFT/2/24/8:30 A.M. PAGE 4 Let us never forget that many brave men and women in Latin America have already given their lives to do just this. Many more live under the constant threat of assassination. Nor we will forget (name), an American D.E.A. agent who lost his life in this same war. We are fighting a war without boundaries, in which every nation must be an ally. In this global struggle, history offers us a lesson. During the last century, another nation -- Great Britain -- declared that slavery was immoral, and that the selling of human beings had to end. The world viewed such declarations as utopian. The doubters, the cynics, the naysayers said that there were too many powerful people getting too rich from slavery. True, the British Navy could harass the slavers. But it was believed that they could never put the slave trade out of business. -MORE- PRESIDENT BUSH/3/3/89 PAGE 5 DRAFT/2/24/8:30 A.M. And yet, well before the end of the century, the oceans of the world had seen the last slaving ship set sail. World intolerance grew until slaving ships could no longer find an open port. The indignation of a few committed people moved governments, and then moved the world. Today, the oceans and airways of the world are transporting a different kind of trade that results in a more subtle form of slavery. My friends, we will not defeat the drug lords tomorrow. We will not defeat them next year or in the year after that. But with the cooperation of principled people in neighboring nations, we will fight, and we will not stop short of victory ... This is the message I want Dick to convey to the Justice Ministers of Latin America. Bill Bennett and I look forward to hearing his report. I am confident that Dick will do a splendid job. And I want him to know that he leaves with the heartfelt thanks of us all. # # # WORKING DRAFT A RECONCICIATION PRESIDENT BUSH/3/3/89 DRAFT/2/28/10:30 A.M. PAGE 1 Thornburgh Send-off Good afternoon. As you know, I just had a working lunch with Attorney-General Thornburgh, General Scowcroft, Secretary Baker and the man Congress will soon confirm as America's new drug czar -- my good friend Bill Bennett. The subject of our discussion was a critical national security issue -- how to combat an enemy that subverts our youth and threatens to destroy our American future. Yes, I am referring to drug abuse. Yes, I consider it to be a national security crisis. I have called drug abuse a scourge, because that is what it is -- a, contamination of the blood, the body and the very soul of America. When a nation is engaged in a mortal struggle, cooperation is the key to victory. I am deeply moved by the unity and determination of this nation to fight the drug trade. -MORE- PRESIDENT BUSH/3/3/89 DRAFT/2/28/10:30 A.M. PAGE 2 But the scope of our cooperative effort must be global. Heroin and cocaine are smuggled into America by the ton, in the hulls of ships and the bellies of jet aircraft. It is obvious that we must reach out to other governments, to cooperate and to coordinate our actions if we are to stem these rivers of poison. As Vice President, I went to Latin America to forge an alliance against the drug trade. Dick Thornburgh will continue this effort when he leaves Sunday on a fact-finding mission to three Latin American nations -- Colombia, Bolivia and Peru. Dick goes to Latin America not to lecture, but to learn; not to scapegoat, but to support. We acknowledge that the drug problem in America is driven by demand. -MORE- PRESIDENT BUSH/3/3/89 DRAFT/2/28/10:30 A.M. PAGE 3 Dick will tell these three governments that the American people are adopting a tough zero tolerance policy. Since 1981, the U.S. federal anti-drug budget has grown by nearly 370 percent. But more is needed, and that is why I have proposed $6 billion in 1990 for prevention, treatment and enforcement. More than $4 billion is to be provided in grants to state and local law enforcement agencies alone. And no expenditures can match the gradual hardening of the American attitude against so-called casual drug abuse. But even this is not enough. Dick will impress upon these three governments the need for them to stop supply as we dry up demand. He will pledge to them our support in their life-or-death struggle against the international drug cartels. These governments can go to the source. These governments can smash drug laboratories by the dozens, and uproot coca plants by the millions. Together, we can raise the cost of business for the drug lords to an intolerable level. Together, we can create an interdiction effort that is as international as the drug trade itself. -MORE- PRESIDENT BUSH/3/3/89 DRAFT/2/28/10:30 A.M. PAGE 4 Let us never forget that many brave men and women in Latin America have already given their lives for this very cause. Many more live under the constant threat of assassination. Nor will we forget Enrique Camarena-Salazar, an American D.E.A. agent who lost his life in this same war. We are fighting a war without boundaries, in which every nation must be an ally. In this global struggle, history offers us a lesson. During the last century, another nation -- Great Britain -- declared that slavery was immoral, and that the selling of human beings had to end. The world viewed such declarations as utopian. The doubters, the cynics, the naysayers said that there were too many powerful people getting too rich from slavery. True, the British Navy could harass the slavers. But it was believed that they could never put the slave trade out of business. -MORE- PRESIDENT BUSH/3/3/89 DRAFT/2/24/8:30 A.M. PAGE 5 And yet, well before the end of the century, the oceans of the world had seen the last slaving ship set sail. World intolerance grew until slaving ships could no longer find an open port. The indignation of a few committed people moved governments, and then moved the world. Today, the oceans and airways of the world are transporting a different kind of trade that results in a more subtle form of slavery. My friends, we will not defeat the drug lords tomorrow. We will not defeat them next year or in the year after that. But with the cooperation of principled people in neighboring nations, we will fight, and we will not stop short of victory This is the message I want Dick to convey to the Justice Ministers of Latin America. Bill Bennett and I look forward to hearing his report. I am confident that Dick will do a splendid job. And I want him to know that he leaves with the heartfelt thanks of us all. # # # 1 Davis/Dooley March 1, 1989 8:10 p.m. TALKING POINTS: THORNBURGH SEND-OFF MARCH 3, 1989 -- I am about to begin a working lunch with Attorney-General Thornburgh, General Scowcroft, Secretary Baker and the man I have asked the Senate to confirm as America's new drug czar -- my good friend Bill Bennett. -- We will discuss a critical national security issue -- how to combat an enemy that subverts our youth and threatens to destroy our future -- drug abuse. Cooperation is the key to victory in this mortal struggle. -- Cooperation must be global if we are to stem this poisonous tide. As Vice President, I went to Latin America to forge an alliance against the drug trade. Dick Thornburgh will continue this mission when he leaves Sunday on a fact-finding mission to three Latin American nations -- Colombia, Bolivia and Peru. -- Dick goes to Latin America not to lecture, but to learn; not to scapegoat, but to support. We know that the drug problem in America is driven by demand. 2 -- Dick will tell these three governments that I am committed to a tough zero tolerance policy. Since 1981, the U.S. federal anti-drug budget has grown by nearly 370 percent. More is needed. I am proposing $6 billion in 1990 for prevention, treatment and enforcement. -- Dick will impress upon these three governments the need for them to stop supply as we dry up demand. Together, we can create an interdiction effort that is as international as the drug trade itself. -- I know none of us have forgotten the many brave men and women in Latin America, who have given their lives for this cause. Many more live under the constant threat of assassination. We are fighting a war without boundaries, in which every nation must be an ally. -- This is the message I have asked Dick to convey to the presidents and justice ministers of Latin America. Bill Bennett and I look forward to hearing his report. This is a critical mission in the war we have declared on drugs. # # # (Davis/Dooley) March 1, 1989 8:45 p.m. TALKING POINTS: THORNBURGH SEND-OFF MARCH 3, 1989 -- I am about to begin a working lunch with Attorney General Thornburgh, General Scowcroft, Secretary Baker, and the man I have asked the Senate to confirm as America's new drug czar -- my good friend Bill Bennett. -- We will discuss a critical national security issue -- how to combat an enemy that subverts our youth and threatens to destroy our future -- drug abuse. Cooperation is the key to victory in this mortal struggle. -- Cooperation must be global if we are to stem this poisonous tide. As Vice President, I went to Latin America to forge an alliance against the drug trade. Dick Thornburgh will continue this mission when he leaves Sunday on a fact-finding mission to three Latin American nations -- Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru. -- Dick goes to Latin America not to lecture, but to learn; not to scapegoat, but to support. -- Dick will tell these three governments that I am committed to a tough zero tolerance policy. Since 1981, the U.S. federal anti-drug budget has grown by nearly 370 percent. More is needed. I am proposing $6 billion in 1990 for prevention, treatment, and enforcement. -- Dick will impress upon these three governments the need for them to stop supply as we dry up demand. Together, we can create an interdiction effort that is as international as the drug trade itself. -- I know none of us have forgotten the many brave men and women in Latin America who have given their lives for this cause. Many more live under the constant threat of assassination. We are fighting a war without boundaries, in which every nation must be an ally. -- This is the message I have asked Dick to convey to the presidents and justice ministers of Latin America. Bill Bennett and I look forward to hearing his report. This is a critical mission in the war we have declared on drugs. # # # Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet (George Bush Library) Document No. Subject/Title of Document Date Restriction Class. and Type 01. Memo Mark W. Davis to Chriss Winston, Re: Background on A.G. 02/22/89 PS [Attorney General] Send-Off. (2 pp.) Collection: Record Group: Bush Presidential Records Office: Speechwriting, White House Office of Series: Davis, Mark William Subseries: Subject File Open on Expiration of PRA WHORM Cat.: (Document Follows) File Location: Richard Thornburgh Send-Off 3/3/89 By CAP (NLGB) on 4/5/05 Date Closed: 12/14/2004 OA/ID Number: 13875-001 FOIA/SYS Case #: S Appeal Case #: Re-review Case #: 2005-0481-S Appeal Disposition: P-2/P-5 Review Case #: Disposition Date: AR Case #: MR Case #: AR Disposition: MR Disposition: AR Disposition Date: MR Disposition Date: RESTRICTION CODES Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)] Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)] P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA] (b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA] P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA] (b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA] agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or (b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA] (b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA] (b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA] (b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of (b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of gift. financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] (b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile. Feb. 22, 1989 MEMORANDUM To: CHRISS WINSTON From: MARK W. DAVIS Re: Background on A.G. send-off According to Julie Andrews at the Department of Justice, the Attorney-General will travel to Bogata, Colombia; La Paz, Bolivia; and Lima, Peru. President Bush is currently scheduled to preside over the A.G.'s send-off ceremony on March 3. Ambassador David Miller of the N.S.C. stressed the need to refer to the Attorney-General's trip as a "fact-finding" mission to minimize the deluge of requests for money and hardware from the three governments. Bob Pastereno of the N.S.C. also recommended that we praise the brave men and women of those countries who run such terrible risks by fighting the drug cartels (as do our own D.E.A. undercover agents). However, he stressed we should avoid mentioning the names of any Latin American crime fighters, lest we be embarrassed down the road by a revelation of dishonesty. Pastereno also said that these governments are inclined to seek offense where none is intended. His advice: "The less said, the better." David Tell with Bill Bennett stressed that this is a very sensitive time for his boss. This will be the same week Bennett goes to the Hill, and Congress will be keen to prove that the President's new drug czar is out of the loop. He recommended we avoid this by noting that Bill Bennett and the President will meet with Thornburgh before his departure, and look forward to hearing his report upon his return. -MORE- -2- Doug Wead and Sharee Sanchez of Public Liaison believe the President will want to refer to his vice-president trip to Latin America as a turning point in regional attitudes. Dick Weatherby of Justice recommended a mention of the U.N. Convention signed last December by the Attorney-General on behalf of the United States, along with the signatories of dozens of other nations. This document puts these nations on record as being committed to international cooperation against drug traffickers. He recommended that the President prompt these nations to ratify the Convention as soon as possible. Everyone I spoke with was in agreement that cooperation is the principal theme. We should avoid the appearance of dealing with these countries in a heavy-handed manner. The President can best do this by recognizing that there is a problem with the demand side (the United States), as well as with supply (Latin America). # # # 2/28/89 DRUG ENFORCEMENT 633-1000 Beac/P,A. Bill officer 633-1469 / EnRique CAMARenA- SAL A3AR AMB. MILLER 2/22/89 MATER ENDOWMENT FOR THE Homanities FEB. 22 Trip TAGGED "AS fact finding " A.G. Bouquots for you. leaned on for RESOURCES - 2/22/89 - DAVID TEll last minte instructions - BUSHT wach BENNETT LOOKING FORWARD TO Report to them 3 Thomlingh) - Meeting /wfore +w/3 after (Bush, Bermett + Mention BENNETT - My punipal day ad. +A met of DIEF Dick Thornburgh d we look w formad to his report on his return Mark - Cordination Cuturen nations note - condination when agencies 2/22/89 Thornburout SEND - OFF CONTACTS: DAVID TEll / C.O.S. to BENETT 673-2619 DOUG WEAD - Public LIASON / ShARee Shnchez JUSTICE KATE MOORE P.A. office - Policy 6,250 633-2000 NSC Latin Desk EDUCATION INTERDICTION REHAB DRUOS AS A NATL. SEZ, iSSUE / Douc WEAD: 7140 / Bash different - cordination ShAREE SANCHEZ Just like the C/A- - Fed L state + local "When A went to South america -delived. - Their oun people are suffering now- KATE MOORE - Pt. 1 Thouslengh - tw "BuilDina A BETTER AMERICA" и She will list them for oligatives 633-2023 JUSTICE- DAVID Runkel /633-4894/- (DETAICS: JULIE Andrews BoGAta Colombia PRESIDENTS, Min. of Justice LA PA3, Bolivia / OR Interior, LAW Enforcen- LIMA, Peru Dick WeAtherby 6332927 - A Hy Gen. - Purpre to remfore AD postion These three countries. An-country day enforcement programs- - Colomlia has Gst Suprem ct, Justices, lost policemon lost Security chief of a migor newspaper gumed down in front of unfe + ten 8 Gh Late Col. A.C. CARLOS MAURO Hoyos Col Kipmapred and mudiced, Amb. to Hurgay Emugine PAREjo gumed down in BUDAPEST- Still aline - ) Col. Homer Minister of Justice? We are oddressing the Demand side I A.G. will reinfouce that - Substanture taltes of Minstut PROGRAMMATIC - (i) U.N. Commention sind last Dec. (100 country) hy A.b. comention US. day trafficling - all Dign. byreed to crade doun. will discuss implemediation of treaty. (RATIFICATION - -iF UNRATIFIED, PRES. ADVOCATING * ratification) * problem- - This what me are trying to do We are the (2) EXTRADITION mallins - Say up from - its our world's liggest exporter of chemicals - We produce produced in would produced in USA) - We me 25 7007 all manjucua, (ball speed FLSO+ toughing our law. 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[COWTL E] mainstream. drugs out of the Woodstream of the WORD PERFECT - ESC, "F7" "F5" is LIST SB, & my new chy as in B.B.- I - & valural Secute issue, a vital, issue of matt. sec. aminco's blood, to body + mina. an emmy - contanuation of nul - shy' cully-jet Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet (George Bush Library) Document No. Subject/Title of Document Date Restriction Class. and Type 02. Notes Handwritten notes, Re: Attorney General Thornburgh's trip to 02/22/89 South America. (1 pp.) Collection: Record Group: Bush Presidential Records Office: Speechwriting, White House Office of Series: Davis, Mark William Subseries: Subject File Open on Expiration of PRA WHORM Cat.: (Document Follows) File Location: Richard Thornburgh Send-Off 3/3/89 By CAP (NLGB) on 4/5/05 Date Closed: 12/14/2004 OA/ID Number: 13875-001 FOIA/SYS Case #: S Appeal Case #: Re-review Case #: 2005-0481-S Appeal Disposition: P-2/P-5 Review Case #: Disposition Date: AR Case #: MR Case #: AR Disposition: MR Disposition: AR Disposition Date: MR Disposition Date: RESTRICTION CODES Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)] Freedom of Information Act [5 U.S.C. 552(b)] P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA] (b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA] P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA] (b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA] agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or (b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA] (b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA] (b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA] (b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of (b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of gift. financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] (b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information P.RM. Removed as a personal record misfile. LATIN AMERICAN 2/22/89 BOB PASTORENO 4592 - -Wbektogetten - Res said the litter - Demand + Supply We're in it together - Looling for mus ways to coopurate DON'T MENTION NAMES - BUT PRAISE BRAVE men + WOMEN - BE UAGUE ABOUT COUNTRIES PRAISE 4 DEA UNDERCOUR AMB. MILLER: UN QUESTION 633-1034 7548259 DEA: FEB. 23 633-1469 NCSC-PAOE 131 See NCSL speech in from Readership for Anica Jayne Victor- G.B, fought drugs for eight years as ("my eight yours of exp. us ) DRVO.ED- CCC Must start at home - Quention + educa- tion must he termend I toughnss possessing drup should learn to consuction + a sentence. "F you DO CRiME -you DO time. ") - Called for a Wistern Himsphere Sumit - law+ order judys P. 203