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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:
Grant, Mary Kate, Files
Subseries:
Subject File, 1988-1991
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13881
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Hungary Remarks, 6/89
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PRT: HUGHES KELLER STUDDERT SPEECHWRITERS
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<PREC> IMMEDIATE CLAS CONFIDENTIAL DTG> 081338Z JUN 89
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MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT BUSH AND STUDENTS IN HUNGARY
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1. PROPOSED TALKING POINTS FOR SUBJECT MEETING AS
FOLLOWS:
- IT IS ESPECIALLY MOVING FOR ME TO BE MEETING WITH
YOU. HUNGARIAN AND AMERICAN STUDENTS, AT THE SITE
WHERE ONE OF LAST CENTURY'S GREATEST FREEDOM
FIGHTERS, LAJOS KOSSUTH, WAS IMPRISONED FOR HAVING
DEFENDED HIS IDEALS. HE ALSO TAUGHT HIMSELF ENGLISH
HERE. FOR AMERICANS, LAJOS KOSSUTH IS AN EXAMPLE OF
DEDICATION AND HEROIC SELFLESNESS IN THE QUEST FOR
FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY.
- THIS IS ANOTHER HISTORIC PERIOD IN HUNGARY AND
THROUGHOUT EASTERN EUROPE.
- YOUTH HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN LAYING THE
FOUNDATION OF YOUR OWN FUTURE.
- GRATIFYING TO SEE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ACTIVELY
INTERESTED IN THE AFFAIRS OF THEIR COUNTRY, THE YOUNG
PEOPLE BELONGING TO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE FIDESZ (THE
DECLASSIFIED
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MOST DEMOCRATIC YOUTH GROUP) AND OTHERS REPRESENTED
HERE.
- MY PERSONAL VIEW ON EDUCATION IS THAT IT IS THE
FOUNDATION FOR EVERYTHING ELSE -- ECONOMIC GROWTH,
POLITICAL FREEDOM. PERSONAL HAPPINESS.
- STRONGLY SUPPORT ACADEMIC EXCHANGE PROGRAMS AND
WILL BE ANNOUNCING SOME NEW ONES.
2. PROPOSED QUESTIONS:
- WHAT DO YOU FEEL ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEMS
TO BE RESOLVED IN YOUR COUNTRY?
- HOW DO YOU ENVISAGE YOUR ROLE IN THIS REFORM
PERIOD?
- WHAT IS YOUR VIEW OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE?
- ONE OF YOU WILL BE GOING TO THE UNITED STATES ON
JULY 14 FOR AN EXCHANGE PROGRAM (WITH THE UNIVERSITY
OF SOUTH CAROLINA) ON CONSTITUTION AND THE RULE OF
LAW. HOW CAN THE UNITED STATES HELP HERE IN CREATING
A SOCIETY BASED ON LAWS AND FREE ELECTIONS?
- (TO THE AMERICAN STUDENTS) WHAT IS YOUR OPINION
ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE IN HUNGARY.
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1. CONFIDENTIAL - - ENTIRE TEXT.)
2. PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO HUNGARY OFFERS US AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD ON A KEY U.S. OBJECTIVE --
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PRESIDENT'S VISIT, TO REAFFIRM THE U.S. INTEREST
IN REDUCING THE LENGTH OF THE COCOM LIST AND IN
SPEEDING UP THE PROCESSING OF EXPORT LICENSES. A
NEW ELEMENT WOULD BE A PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT OF
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OUR WILLINGNESS TO CONSIDER SYMPATHETICALLY SPECIFIC
CASES OF INTEREST TO HUNGARY IN RETURN FOR A GOH
COMMITMENT TO STOP THE ILLEGAL ACQUISITION OF TECHNOLOGY
SUCH AN UNDERSTANDING SHOULD GIVE US INCREASED
LEVERAGE WITH THE HUNGARIANS ON TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
ISSUES AND COULD HELP CURB THE DEMAND SIDE FOR
ILLEGAL ACQUISITION OF TECHNOLOGY. WHILE WE HAVE
NO ILLUSIONS THAT SUCH A PLEDGE WOULD RESULT IN
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EFFORTS ON THIS SCORE.
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3. IN MY RECENT MEETINGS WITH PRIME MINISTER NEMETH
AND MINISTER OF INDUSTRY HORVATH, THE HUNGARIAN SIDE
RAISED TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. THERE IS A CLEAR HUNGARIAN
INTEREST IN IMPROVING ITS DIALOGUE WITH US ON THIS
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ISSUE. INDUSTRY MINISTER HORVATH STATED THAT THE
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RESTRICTIONS ON TRADE, BUT ALSO NOTED THE GOH
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INTEREST IN REDUCED CONTROLS. HE ADDED THAT HIS
MINISTRY WOULD PREPARE A LIST OF AREAS WHERE HUNGARY
HAS THE GREATEST INTEREST AND STRESSED THAT SUCH A
LIST WOULD BE REALISTIC. THE HUNGARIAN CONCERN OVER
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IS NOT CONFINED TO THE
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GOVERNMENT, RATHER THERE IS A WIDESPREAD PUBLIC
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PERCEPTION THAT IF THE HUNGARIAN ECONOMIC REFORM IS
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MARKETS, IT NEEDS THE MATERIAL INPUTS REQUIRED FOR
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MODERN PRODUCTION. THIS MEANS ACCESS TO MEDIUM AND
HIGH TECHNOLOGY SUBJECT TO COCOM CONTROLS.
4. THE HUNGARIAN POLITICS OF THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT
MAKES DESIRABLE THAT PRESIDENT BUSH ADDRESS COCOM
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AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN SOME MANNER. THE DEMOCRATIC
OPPOSITION HERE AS WELL AS REFORMERS INSIDE THE SYSTEM
BELIEVE THIS IS CRITICAL TO THEIR FUTURE. PRIME
MINISTER NEMETH COULD MAKE A STATEMENT THAT THE GOH
WILL NOT ILLEGALLY ACQUIRE TECHNOLOGY. THE PRESIDENT
COULD, IN HIS SPEECH HERE, REAFFIRM THE USG INTEREST
IN REDUCING THE COCOM LIST AND IN SPEEDING UP THE
PROCESSING OF EXPORT LICENSES AND, AS AN ADDITIONAL
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TECHNOLOGY WILL STOP.
5. SUGGESTED LANGUAGE FOR PRIME MINISTER NEMETH'S
STATEMENT FOLLOWS:
THE GOH RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF WESTERN
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HUNGARIAN ECONOMIC REFORM
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EFFORT AND BELIEVES THAT WESTERN TECHNOLOGY CAN
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MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO HUNGARIAN
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COMMODITIES. THE GOH AGREES TO CONFINE HUNGARIAN
ACQUISITION OF TECHNOLOGY TO THOSE COMMODITIES
AVAILABLE UNDER COCOM LIMITATIONS.
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THE USG WILL CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE
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SYMPATHETICALLY HUNGARIAN APPLICATIONS IN EXPORT
LICENSING CASES OF PARTICULAR INTEREST. WE TAKE
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CONFIDENTIAL
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 14, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHIEF OF STAFF
BOBBIE KILBERG
DAVID BATES
PATTY PRESOCK
RICHARD BREEDEN
LINDA CASEY
ANDREW CARD
ROBERT GUTTMAN
JAMES CICCONI
TIMOTHY MCBRIDE
DAVID DEMAREST
ROSE ZAMARIA
MARLIN FITZWATER
TONY LOPEZ
BOYDEN GRAY
DAVID VALDEZ
FRED MCCLURE
BILLY DALE
BONNIE NEWMAN
JAY ALLISON
ROGER PORTER
BRUCE ZANCA
BRENT SCOWCROFT
LAURIE FIRESTONE
STEPHEN STUDDERT
CASEY HEALEY
CHASE UNTERMEYER
JEAN LAMB
SUSAN PORTER ROSE
DEB ANDERSON
ED ROGERS
USSS/PPD OPS
JOE HAGIN
WHCA AUDIO/VISUAL
JIM WRAY
WHCA OPERATIONS
CHRISS WINSTON
MEDICAL UNIT
PRESIDENTIAL
DOCUMENTS
THRU:
STEPHEN M. STUDDERT
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR SPECIAL
ACTIVITIES AND INITIATIVES
FROM:
JOHN G. KELLER, JR. JEK
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND
DIRECTOR OF PRESIDENTIAL ADVANCE
SUBJECT:
TRIP OF THE PRESIDENT TO EUROPE
JULY 9 - 18, 1989
For your use and planning purposes, the attached is information
for the Trip of the President to Europe. As you will see,
departure is Sunday, July 9, 1989 at 7:00 am from Andrews Air
Force Base.
Please note that schedules are subject to change.
DRAFT
6/14 11:00 am
Washington, DC
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. BUSH
TO
WARSAW, POLAND
JULY 9-11, 1989
Sunday, July 9, 1989
7:00 am (B) Depart Andrews Air Force Base en route Warsaw,
Poland.
*
*
DEPARTURE STATEMENT
5-7mm
-Open Press
(Flight Time: 8 Hours 50 Minutes
Mcgranty
(Time Change: Ahead 6 Hours)
(Interchange: Yes)
9:50 pm (B) Arrive Warsaw, Poland.
*
ARRIVAL CEREMONY
5mm
-Arrival Statement
-Pool Coverage
mc Nally
10:10 pm (B) Depart Airport en route Parkowa Guest House.
(Drive Time: 20 Minutes)
10:30 pm (B) Arrive Parkowa Guest House for RON.
Monday, July 10, 1989
8:35 am
Depart Guest House en route Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
8:45 am
Arrive Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
*
WREATH LAYING CEREMONY
-Open Press
9:00 am
Depart Tomb of the Unknown Soldier en route
Umschlagplatz.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
9:10 am
Arrive Umschlagplatz.
*
WREATH LAYING CEREMONY
-Pool Coverage
9:20 am
Depart Umschlagplatz en route Belwedere Palace.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
9:30 am
Arrive Belwedere Palace.
*
BILATERAL MEETING WITH GENERAL
JARUZELSKI
-Photo Opportunity
*
EXPANDED BILATERAL MEETING WITH
GENERAL JARUZELSKI
-Photo Opportunity
no statement I
11:30 am
Depart Belwedere Palace en route Ambassador's
Residence.
(Drive Time: 15 Minutes)
11:45 am
Arrive Ambassador's Residence.
*
LUNCHEON WITH SENATE LEADERS (opp., non-gut-leaders
(12:00 pm - 1:30 pm)
-Photo Opportunity
*
POLISH LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL EVENT
(1:45 pm - 2:00 pm)
-Pool Coverage
Smith
Burfremarks
2:00 pm
Depart Ambassador's Residence en route The Sejm.
Parliament
(Drive Time: 15 Minutes)
2:15 pm
Arrive The Sejm.
Lange
(8:15 (ESA)
*
ADDRESS JOINT SESSION OF PARLIAMENT
-Expanded Pool Coverage
cammed
-Teleprompter
20min
(trons.)
3:15 pm
Depart The Sejm en route Council of Ministers.
(Drive Time: 5 Minutes)
3:20 pm
Arrive Council of Ministers.
*
MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER
-Photo Opportunity
4:00 pm
Depart Council of Ministers en route American
Embassy.
(Drive Time: 5 Minutes)
4:05 pm (B) Arrive American Embassy.
*
AMERICAN COMMUNITY GREETING
-Pool Coverage
*
Tacking points Lange
4:45 pm (B) Depart American Embassy en route Parkowa Guest
House.
:
(Drive Time: 5 Minutes)
4:50 pm (B)
Arrive Parkowa Guest House.
AdMINISTRATIVE
(PRIVATE TIME: 2 HOURS 55 MINUTES)
7:45 pm (B) Depart Guest House en route Radziwill Palace.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
7:55 pm (B) Arrive Radziwill Palace.
*
STATE DINNER HOSTED BY GENERAL
JARUZELSKI
*
-Pool Coverage
Toasts
-Official Party + (35)
-Business Suit
mc Nally
10:00 pm (B) Depart Radziwill Palace en route Guest House.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
10:10 pm (B) Arrive Guest House for RON.
Tuesday, July 11, 1989
9:40 am (B) Depart Parkowa Guest House en route Warsaw
Airport.
(Drive Time: 20 Minutes)
10:00 am (B) Arrive Warsaw Airport.
10:10 am (B)
Depart Warsaw, Poland en route Gdansk, Poland.
( Flight Time: 1 Hour 15 Minutes)
( Time Change: None)
( Interchange: Yes)
DRAFT
6/14 11:00 am
Washington, DC
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. BUSH
FOR
GDANSK, POLAND
TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1989
8:00
AdMIN. TIME
11:25 am (B) Arrive Gdansk Airport, Gdansk, Poland.
11:35 am (B) Depart Gdansk Airport en route Oliva Cathedral.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
11:45 am (B) Arrive Oliva Cathedral.
*
MEETING WITH BISHOP GOCLOWSKI
-Photo Opportunity
12:35 pm (B) Depart Oliva Cathedral en route Walesa Residence.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
12:45 pm (B) Arrive Walesa Residence.
*
PRIVATE LUNCH WITH LECH WALESA
-Photo Opportunity
1:45 pm (B)
Depart Walesa Residence en route Solidarity
Worker's Monument.
(Drive Time: 15 Minutes)
2:00 pm (B) Arrive Solidarity Worker's Monument. (slipgard gates)
*
WREATH LAYING CEREMONY
-Photo Opportunity
*
ADDRESS
10 min. rally (10/10) (ref. next stap)
color/
*
mc Nally
-Open Press
2:35 pm (B)
Depart Solidarity Worker's Monument en route
Westerplatte.
(Drive Time: 25 Minutes)
3:00 pm (B) Arrive Westerplatte.
*
WREATH LAYING CEREMONY
-Pool Coverage
3:30 pm (B) Depart Westerplatte via Boat en route Downtown
Dock.
verig tentative (security problems)
(Cruise Time: 30 Minutes)
4:00 pm (B)
Arrive Downtown Dock.
*
OFFICIAL GREETING WITH GDANSK CITY
OFFICIALS
-Photo Opportunity
4:20 pm (B) Depart Downtown Dock en route Gdansk Airport.
(Drive Time: 15 Minutes)
4:35 pm (B) Arrive Gdansk Airport.
*
DEPARTURE CEREMONY
Pool Coverage
Lange
-Statement THE
*
Very Buy
4:45 pm (B)
Depart Gdansk, Poland en route Budapest, Hungary.
(Flight Time: 2 Hours)
(Time Change: None)
(Interchange: Yes)
DRAFT
6/14 11:00 am
Washington, DC
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. BUSH
TO
HUNGARY
JULY 11 - 13, 1989
6:45 pm (B) Arrive Budapest, Hungary.
6:55 pm (B) Depart Budapest Airport en route Kossuth Square.
(Drive Time: 20 Minutes)
7:15 pm (B) Arrive Kossuth Square.
*
REMARKS AT KOSSUTH MEMORIAL SQUARE
-Open Press 7-10 min.
*
*
FORMAL ARRIVAL CEREMONY
-Open Press
Smith
7:50 pm (B) Depart Kossuth Square en route Parliament via
foot.
7:55 pm (B) Arrive Parliament.
*
STATE DINNER
Pool Coverage
Mcgroanty
Brief Remarks/Toast
5mm
-
*
-Business Suit
-Official Party
10:00 pm (B) Depart Parliament en route Guest House.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
10:10 pm (B) Arrive Guest House for RON.
Wednesday, July 12, 1989
8:45 am
Depart Guest House en route Parliament.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
8:55 am
Arrive Parliament.
*
COURTESY CALL ON PRESIDENT STRAUB
(9:00 am - 9:10 am)
-One on One
-Photo Opportunity
*
BILATERAL MEETING WITH GENERAL
SECRETARY GROSZ (9:15 am - 10:05 am)
-Eight on Eight
-Photo Opportunity
*
BILATERAL MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER
NEMETH (10:10 am - 11:00 am)
-Eight on Eight
-Photo Opportunity
11:05 am
Depart Parliament en route Guest House.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
11:15 am
Arrive Guest House.
Admin
(PRIVATE TIME: 1 HOUR)
12:15 pm
Depart Guest House en route Var, Old Prison on
Castle Hill.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
ME
!
12:25 pm
Arrive Old Prison on Castle Hill.
*
INFORMAL DISCUSSION WITH STUDENTS
-Photo Opportunity
T.P.'s
*
1:05 pm
Depart Old Prison en route Karl Marx University
of Economics.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
1:15 pm
Arrive Karl Marx University of Economics.
*
ADDRESS TO STUDENTS (TELEPROMPTER)
*
-Open Press
-Simultaneous Translation
- 20-25min. 20-2 Smin.
Davis
2:00 pm
Depart Karl Marx University en route Ambassador's
Residence.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
2:10 pm
Arrive Ambassador's Residence.
*
MEETING WITH STATE MINISTERS POZSGAY
AND NYERS (2:15 ( pm - 3:00 pm)
-Photo Opportunity
*
MEETING WITH LEADERS OF NEW POLITICAL
PARTIES (3:15 pm - 4:00 pm)
-Photo Opportunity
4:10 pm
Depart Ambassador's Residence en route Guest
House.
(Drive Time: 5 Minutes)
4:15 pm
Arrive Guest House.
(PRIVATE TIME: 2 HOURS 30 MINUTES)
Freyn
OPTION: Tennis with Prime Minister and Secretary
?
Baker.
6:45 pm
Depart Guest House en route Ambassador's
Residence.
6:50 pm
Arrive Ambassador's Residence.
*
RECEPTION HOSTED BY PRESIDENT BUSH (non-governmental)
(7:00 pm -- 7:45 pm)
-Pool Coverage
8:00 pm
Depart Ambassador's Residence en route Guest
House.
(Drive Time: 5 Minutes)
8:05 pm
Arrive Guest House for RON.
Thursday, July 13, 1989
8:50 am
Depart Guest House en route Ambassador's
Residence.
(Drive Time: 5 Minutes)
8:55 am
Arrive Ambassador's Residence.
*
* T.P.
American community greeting
-Pool Coverage
Smith
9:30 am
Depart Ambassador's Residence en route Budapest
Airport.
(Drive Time: 15 Minutes)
5-7
9:45 am
Arrive Budapest Airport.
brief
*
BRIEF DEPARTURE CEREMONY
statement
*
-Open Press
Davis
10:00 am
Depart Budapest, Hungary en route Paris France.
(Flight Time: 2 Hours 20 Minutes)
(Time Change: None)
(Interchange: Yes)
DRAFT
Revised 6/14/89 11:00 am
Washington, DC
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. BUSH
FOR
PARIS, FRANCE
JULY 13 7 17, 1989
Thursday, July 13, 1989
12:00
Rights of mon Ceremony
12:35 pm
Arrive Orly Airport, Paris, France.
12:45 pm
Depart Orly Airport en route Palais
de L'Elysee
(Drive Time: 25 Minutes)
1:10 pm
Arrive Palais de L'Elysee.
*
BICENTENNIAL LUNCHEON HOSTED BY
PRESIDENT MITTERRAND
-Photo Opportunity
2:45 pm
Depart Palais de L'Elysee en route Paris American
Hospital.
(Drive Time: 15 Minutes)
3:00 pm (B) Arrive Paris American Hospital.
*
DEDICATION OF NEW HOSPITAL WING
-Pool Coverage
-Brief Remarks
3:45 pm
Depart Paris American Hospital en route Palais
de L'Elysee.
(Drive Time: 15 Minutes)
4:00 pm
Arrive Palais de L'Elysee.
*
BILATERAL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
MITTERRAND
-Photo Opportunity
-Brief Arrival Ceremony
-One on One
4:30 pm
Depart Palais de L'Elysee en route Ambassador's
Residence.
(Drive Time: 5 Minutes)
4:35 pm
Arrive Ambassador's Residence.
(PRIVATE TIME: 2 HOURS 10 MINUTES)
6:45 pm (B)
Depart Ambassador's Residence en route Opera House
at La Bastille.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
6:55 pm (B) Arrive Opera House at La Bastille.
*
OPENING OF THE BASTILLE OPERA
-Photo Opportunity
KEY TO BASTILLE EXCHANGE CEREMONY
-Photo Opportunity
8:45 pm (B)
Depart Opera House at La Bastille en route Musee
d'Orsay.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
8:55 pm (B)
Arrive Musee d'Orsay
*
DINNER HOSTED BY PRESIDENT MITTERRAND
-Photo Opportunity
11:00 pm
Depart Musee d'Orsay en route Ambassador's
Residence.
11:30 pm
Arrive Ambassador's Residence for RON.
/
Friday, July 14, 1989
9:45 am
Depart Ambassador's Residence en route Place de la
Concorde.
9:50 am
Arrive Place de la Concorde.
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11:45 am
Depart Place de la Concorde en route Ambassador's
Residence.
11:50 am
Arrive Ambassador's Residence for Private Time.
(PRIVATE TIME TIME: 1 HOUR)
12:50 pm (B)
Depart Ambassador's Residence en route Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
1:00 pm (B)
Arrive Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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MITTERRAND
-Press TBD
1:30 pm (B)
Depart Ministry of Foreign Affairs via Foot en
route Hotel de Lassay.
1:40 pm (B)
Arrive Hotel de Lassay.
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MITTERRAND
-Photo Opportunity
3:15 pm (B)
Depart Hotel de Lassay en route Ambassador's
Residence.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
3:25 pm (B)
Arrive Ambassador's Residence.
(PRIVATE TIME: 1 HOUR 15 MINUTES)
4:40 pm
Depart Ambassador's Residence en route Pyramide du
Louvre.
(Drive Time: 15 Minutes)
4:55 pm
Arrive Pyramide du Louvre.
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OF INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS
6:45 pm
Depart Pyramide du Louvre en route Ambassador's
Residence.
(Drive Time: 15 Minutes)
7:00 pm
Arrive Ambassador's Residence for Private Time.
(PRIVATE TIME: 1 HOUR 25 MINUTES)
8:25 pm
Depart Ambassador's Residence en route Hotel de la
Marine, Place de la Concorde.
(Drive Time: 5 Minutes)
8:30 pm
Arrive Hotel de la Marine.
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MITTERRAND
-Photo Opportunity
10:30 pm
Depart Hotel de la Marine, Place de la Concorde en
route Ambassador's Residence.
(Drive Time: 5 Minutes)
10:35 pm
Arrive Ambassador's Residence for RON.
Saturday, July 15, 1989
9:35 am
Depart Ambassador's Residence en route Arche de la
Defense.
(Drive Time: 15 Minutes)
9:50 am
Arrive Arche de la Defense.
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(10:00 am - 10:15 am)
-Heads Only
-Photo Opportunity
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(10:15 am - 12:30 pm)
-Heads/Ministers/Shirpas
-Photo Opportunity
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(1:00 pm - 2:30 pm)
-Heads Only
-Photo Opportunity
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(3:00 pm - 5:00 pm)
-Heads/Ministers/Shirpas
-Photo Opportunity
5:05 pm
Depart Arche de la Defense en route Ambassador's
Residence.
(Drive Time: 15 Minutes)
5:25 pm
Arrive Ambassador's Residence for Private Time.
(PRIVATE TIME: 45 MINUTES)
6:10 pm
Depart Ambassador's Residence en route Pyramide du
Louvre.
(Drive Time: 15 Minutes)
6:25 pm
Arrive Pyramide du Louvre.
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(6:30 pm - 7:30 pm)
-Heads Only
-Press TBD
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MITTERRAND
(8:00 pm - 9:45 pm)
-Heads Only
-Photo Opportunity
9:45 pm
Depart Pyramide du Louvre en route Ambassador's
Residence.
(Drive Time: 15 Minutes)
10:00 pm
Arrive Ambassador's Residence for RON.
Sunday, July 16, 1989
8:30 am (B) Depart Ambassador's Residence en route American
Cathedral of Paris.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
8:45 am (B)
Arrive American Cathedral of Paris.
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-Press TBD
9:30 am
Depart American Cathedral of Paris en route
Arche de la Defense.
9:45 am
Arrive Arche de la Defense.
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(10:00 am - 12:30 pm)
-Photo Opportunity
-Heads/Ministers/Shirpas
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(1:00 pm - 2:30 pm)
-Heads/Ministers of Foreign Affairs
*
PLENERY SESSION
(3:00 pm - 5:00 pm)
-Photo Opportunity
-Heads/Ministers/Shirpas
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(5:20 pm - 5:45 pm)
-Pool Coverage
5:55 pm
Depart Arche de la Defense en route Meridian
Hotel.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
6:05 pm
Arrive Meridian Hotel.
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6:50 pm
Depart Meridian Hotel en route Ambassador's
Residence.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
7:00 pm
Arrive Ambassador's Residence for Private Time.
(PRIVATE TIME: 50 MINUTES)
7:50 pm (B)
Depart Ambassador's Residence en route Palais
d'Elysee.
7:55 pm (B)
Arrive Palais d'Elysee.
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DINNER HOSTED BY PRESIDENT MITTERRAND
-Photo Opportunity
-Black Tie
10:00 pm (B)
Depart Palais d'Elysee en route Ambassador's
Residence.
10:05 pm
Arrive Ambassador's Residence for RON.
Monday, July 17, 1989
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(8:00 am 8:15 am)
-Pool Coverage
8:15 am (B)
Depart Ambassador's Residence en route
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Orly Airport.
8:40 am (B) Arrive Orly Airport and board Air Force One.
8:50 am (B) Depart Paris, France en route Valkenberg NAS,
The Netherlands.
(Flying Time: 1 Hour 25 Minutes)
(Interchange: Yes)
(Time Change: None)
DRAFT
6/14/89 11:00 am
Washington, DC
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. BUSH
TO
THE NETHERLANDS
JULY 17 - 18, 1989
10:15 am (B) Arrive Schipol Airport, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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10:30 am (B) Depart Schipol Airport en route Nordeinde
Palace, The Hague.
(Drive Time: 40 Minutes)
11:10 am (B) Arrive Nordeinde Palace.
*
OFFICIAL GREETING WITH QUEEN BEATRIX
-Photo Opportunity
11:40 am
Depart Nordeinde Palace en route Parliament.
(Drive Time: 5 Minutes)
11:45 am
Arrive Parliament.
*
EXPANDED BILATERAL MEETING WITH
PRIME MINISTER LUBBER'S
-Photo Opportunity
-Ten on Ten
12:45 pm
Depart Parliament en route Catshuis.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
12:55 pm
Arrive Catshuis.
*
WORKING LUNCHEON WITH PRIME MINISTER
LUBBER'S
-Photo Opportunity
-Ten on Ten
2:35 pm
Depart Catshuis en route The Pieterskerk, Leiden.
(Drive Time: 25 Minutes)
3:00 pm (B)
Arrive The Pieterskerk, Leiden.
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ADDRESS TO RESIDENTS
-Open Press
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-Pool Coverage
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-Closed Press
4:30 pm (B)
Depart The Pieterskerk, Leiden en route Nordeinde
Palace.
(Drive Time: 25 Minutes)
4:55 pm (B)
Arrive Nordeinde Palace.
(PRIVATE TIME: 3 HOURS)
7:55 pm (B)
Participate in State Dinner.
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-Pool Coverage
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-Informal Toasts
TP's
10:30 pm
Dinner Concludes.
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Tuesday, July 18, 1989
7:40 am
Depart Nordeinde Palace en route Ambassador's
Residence.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
7:50 am
Arrive Ambassador's Residence.
*
MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADER KOK
(8:00 am - 8:30 am)
*
BREAKFAST WITH PARTY LEADERS AND FOREIGN
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEMBERS
(8:35 35 am - 9:35 am)
-Photo Opportunity
9:45 am
Depart Ambassador's Residence en route American
Embassy.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
9:55 am (B)
Arrive American Embassy.
*
AMERICAN COMMUNITY GREETING
Smith
Pool Coverage
-Brief Remarks
TP's
10:30 am (B) Depart American Embassy en route Nordiende Palace.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
10:40 am (B)
Arrive Nordeinde Palace.
*
DEPARTURE GREETING WITH QUEEN
BEATRIX
11:00 am (B) Depart Nordeinde Palace en route Schipol Airport.
(Drive Time: 40 Minutes)
11:40 am (B)
Arrive Schipol Airport.
*
DEPARTURE CEREMONY
-Pool Coverage
11:55 am (B)
Depart Amsterdam, Netherlands en route Andrews
Air Force Base.
(Flight Time: 8 Hours 10 Minutes)
(Time Change: Back 6 Hours)
(Interchange: Yes)
1:40 pm
Arrive Andrews Air Force Base.
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STREET THERE IS A VIEW THAT THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP
WILL BE A FAILURE IF HE DOES NOT DO SOMETHING DRAMATIC
TO HELP E.A.S.E THEIR DEBT BURDEN. THERE IS MUCH TALK
ABOUT A MARSHALL PLAN. EVEN AMONG REALISTIC HUNGARIAN
LEADERS. WHO SAY PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY THAT THEY
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COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE NOT YET RESCHEDULED. POTENTIAL
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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20523
7 JUN 1989
ASSISTANT
ADMINISTRATOR
June 6, 1989
Mr. Stephen M. Studdert
Assistant to the President for
Special Activities and Initiatives
The White House
2nd Floor, West Wing
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Steve:
To make you aware of my Bureau's proposed projects for
Poland and Hungary, I'm enclosing a one-page memo relative
to this matter.
I hope your trip was good. The press has been great
for our President's handling of NATO matters.
Steve, thanks for your help on the Rose Garden event
for the International Executive Service Corps.
Sincerely,
Neal Peden
Assistant Administrator
Bureau for Private Enterprise
Enclosure
Investment Promotion in Poland and Hungary
The proposed new initiatives now being discussed for
promoting business relationships between the United States and
Poland and Hungary might include a component patterned after a
program developed by the Bureau for Private Enterprise of the
Agency for International Development.
The program would create an office for investment promotion
within the Chamber of Commerce in each country.
Both offices would utilize a project officer operating from
the offices of the International Executive Service Corps (IESC)
in Stamford, Connecticut.
The targeted investment promotion program for Poland and
Hungary would entail the training and placement of indigenous
investment promoters within offices established in the local
Chamber of Commerce/Industry in order not only to create new
investment but also to institutionalize the office. If a fee
for services would be charged, in several years the offices
could be self-sufficient.
There is a two-fold objective in establishing such an
office. First, there is the direct accomplishment of creating
new private sector joint ventures between U.S. and foreign
businesses. Second, there is the institutionalizing of the
office within the private sector, such as in the Chamber of
Commerce/Industry.
The office will create new business opportunities by
seeking out likely projects that have not yet been developed.
It will also react to proposals presented by indigenous
businessmen. The projects will be vetted by the investment
promotion- officers, and U.S. investment partners will be
secured by the IESC project officer located in the United
States. Both the indigenous investment promotion officer and
the IESC project officer will follow up the projects until the
joint venture is formed or it is ascertained that the project
is not feasible.
The IESC has its registry of experts who are available to
assist in locating the suitable joint venture partner. And,
further, at a cost of expenses only, the experts can develop
business and marketing plans, do feasibility studies, and offer
other business advice.
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TRIP OF THE PRESIDENT
TO POLAND, HUNGARY, FRANCE AND THE NETHERLANDS
Report from the White House Pre-Advance
June 2 - June 11
Overview
President and Mrs. Bush will leave Andrews around 7 a.m. EDT on
Sunday, July 9, arriving Warsaw around 9:50 p.m. Local, or 3:50
p.m. EDT. (All European times on this trip are EDT + 6 hours.)
They will spend two nights in Warsaw, two nights in Budapest,
four nights in Paris and one night in the Netherlands, returning
to the United States on July 18. A last-minute revision of the
schedule during the pre-advance trip eliminated the need for a
refueling stop en route back from the Netherlands. Contrary to
earlier talk, Bush will return to Andrews from Europe and spend a
night or two back in Washington, then fly to Houston. In Poland
and Hungary, where the obvious emphasis will be on further
political and economic liberalization in Eastern Europe. Bush
will follow an official schedule of meetings with government
officials and formal dinners, as well as an unofficial schedule
put together by the U.S. side that will include meetings with
opposition and new political forces in both countries. In Paris,
events connected to the bicentennial of the French Revolution
have been added to his schedule. as have bilaterais with.
Mitterrand and possibly other leaders attending the Economic
Summit. what now looks like a 25-hour stop in the Netherlands
will include appearánces with Queen Beatrix. meetings with
political figures jockeying for position in advance of elections
in September, a state dinner and remarks to the American
community. NOTE: All times listed below are tentative and
quite subject to change. In many cases, specific coverage
arrangements (pool sizes, etc.) have yet to be negotiated with
host countries. COVERAGE NOTE: White House is promising to try to
integrate travel pools into as many coverage pools as possible to
avoid duplication. This looks like it will be more possible in
Poland, Hungary and The Netherlands than in Paris, due to the
Bicentennial/Summit media crush. FILING NOTE: With the exception
of Warsaw, phones with international dialing capability should be
installed at all filing centers, event sites and pool holding
rooms.
POLAND
In Poland, most of the official schedule will play out in Warsaw,
while the unofficial schedule is keyed to a lunch with Lech
Walesa and speech at the famous Solidarity monument located just
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outside the gate to the Lenin Shipyard where Walesa worked as an
electrician and founded Solidarity in 1970. The official schedule
is complicated a bit by the lop-sided outcome of the recent
elections, which left Solidarity in a far stronger position than
expected and the communist party leadership largely repudiated,
even though the rules negotiated by the government and opposition
guaranteed the party and its supporters a certain level of
representation in the newly constituted Sejm, or parliament.
Officials on both sides insist the events clanned for the visit
will go on as planned, even though no one could be certain the
two chambers of the reconstituted parliament -- a new, 100-member
Senate and the 460-member Sejm, or lower chamber would be
legally filled by the time Bush speaks to a joint session on July
10. Prime Minister Mieczyslav Rakowski, who is scheduled to meet
with Bush, was among those party leaders rejected by the voters
on June 4 and it was not certain at the time of our visit whether
the necessary electoral gears will have turned in time for
Wojciech Jaruzelski, who has been head of state since November
1985, to hold the new title of president. In the June 4
elections, Solidarity won 160 of 161 allotted seats in the Sejm
and 92 seats in the Senate. Runoff elections are set for June 18.
ACCOMMODATIONS:
The White House Filing Center will be in the main ballroom (Sala
Balowa) on the ground floor of the Victoria Intercontinental
Hotel, ul. Krolewska 11, telephone 255-051. AT&T will install a
satellite system connecting with its operators in the U.S. for
clean data and voice transmission. Unfortunately, these phones
will be your only hope for getting calls back to the states, The
telephone system in Poland is dreadfully inadequate and operator-
placed calls to the U.S. can take several hours. The traveling
white House press corps will be staying at a notel other than the
Victoria, which has been taken over for members of the official
delegation and other staff. During our visit, a Holiday Inn was
to have opened slightly more than a half-mile from the Victoria.
One other possibility for the press could be the Europejski,
which is located near the Victoria but lacks the modern
facilities of that hotel or the Holiday Inn. In any case, olan on
calling home only from the filing center. In Gdansk, the filing
center will be located in the main-floor ballroom of the Hevelius
Hotel, al. Heweliusza 22, telephone 315-631, where AT&T will have
another satellite set-up (on a slightly more limited scale than
Warsaw) for communication back to the U.S. The Polish Zloty
exchanges at a rate of 4,000 to the U.S. dollar, making shopping
and eating real bargains if you find the right places.
Recommended among the restaurants in Warsaw (both in the Old Town
section) are Bazyliszek and Swietoszek. Electrical power is
220/240 V, requiring an adapter with twin round plugs.
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THE SITES:
In 1987, Bush became the highest-ranking American official to
visit Poland since Jimmy Carter in 1977. This time, as in 1987.
his first major event will be a wreath-laying at the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier in the Saxxon Gardens, just across the street
from the Victoria Hotel. Two soldiers wearing the four-cornered
military cap known as the "rogatyvka" guard the triple-colonade
memorial, an eternal +lame honoring Polish military men who died
in World War II and a marble slab inscribed with the words "Here
lies the Polish soldier who gave his life for the Fatherland." A
second wreath-laying is planned at Umschlagplatz, an almost
unmarked memorial of marble walls at about the precise point
where Jews were loaded onto trains for transport to the Nazi-
death camps. The memorial is relatively new, dedicated in April
1988 to coincide with the 45th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto
uprising. In Polish, on the wall: "Along this path of suffering
and death over 300,000 Jews were driven in 1942-1943 from the
Warsaw Ghetto to the gas chambers of the Nazi extermination
camps. The wall also is inscribed with the family names of some
of those taken off to the camps. On his last visit, Bush laid a
wreath at the granite Monument to the Heroes of the Ghetto.
Official events in Warsaw will be held at: Belwedere Palace, the
home of the last Polish king. where Jaruzelski receives official
guests; the residence of U.S. Ambassador Jonn Davis, where Bush
met Walesa in 1987 and where this time he will have lunch with
selected members of the Sejm either in a dining room or under a
tent in garden, with an appearance by Jaruzelski possible.
depending on his official status at the time: The Sejm. where
Bush will speak to a joint session from a wood podium in the
opstairs main chamber (now undergoing ÷ modest amount Of
renovation), press to be seated in the marole-columned gallery;
the Council of Ministers, where Bush will meet with the prime
minister; the American Embassy, where Bush will have remarks to
members of the American community and embassy workers in a small
and most likely cramped basement assembly room; and Radziwill
Palace, these days a somewhat plain and musty remnant of Polish
royalty where Frederick Chopin is said to have played his first
concert. Bush will be staying at the Parkowa Guest House. No
official events are to held there.
Events in Gdansk will be held at: the twin-soired Basilica Minor
Olivienes, the "Cathedral Church in Oliva" known for its huge
7,896 pipe organ dating back to 1755, where Bush, to ensure he
touches base with all three major political forces in Poland,
will meet with Bishop Goclowski, in lieu of earlier plans to meet
in Warsaw with Cardinal Glemp, who will be out of the country at
the time of this visit (Culinary note: Polish sausage sandwiches
with pickles. consumed with surprising digestive impunity by
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several members of the pre-advance delegation, were available
from the vendor in the trailer across the road from the basilica
for about 5 cents); the Walesa residence, a. large house on the
outskirts of Gdansk that Walesa recently purchased to accommodate
his office and family needs, complete with "Digital" satellite
dish and orchard in the back yard; the Solidarity Workers
Monument, one of the most famous sites in recent Polish history,
a tall metal sculpture rising to three crosses topped with
anchors in memory of the 76 shipyard workers killed in the
December 1980 riots, located in what is now known as Solidarity
Square, right outside the Lenin Shipyards, a huge facility that
Polish-born American heiress Barbara Johnson (of the Johnson &
Johnson fortune) has offered to rescue from a planned phase-out
by the Polish government; the Westerplatte Memorial, a tall
monument overlooking the Gdansk shipyards on one side and the
Baltic on the other, on land where the first shots of World War
II were fired. Unlike the other events in Gdansk, this will be.
part of the official schedule for Poland and will see Jaruzelski
rejoin Bush for a ceremony honoring the defenders of Polish soil
who fell during the month-long Nazi offensive of September-
October, 1939. The 100-foot-tall stone monument carries the names
of places where Polish soldiers fought in World War II.
THE SCHEDULE:
Sunday, July 9:
7:00 a.m.:
Bush departs Andrews AFB.
9:50 p.m.:
Arrival ceremony, remarks TBD. EXPANDED POOL.
10:10 p.m.:
Depart for Parkowa Guest House.
10:30 p.m.:
Arrive guest house. RON.
Monday, July 10:
8:35 a.m.:
Depart guest house for Tomb of Unknown Soldier.
3:45 a.m.:
Wreath-laying at Tomb of Unknown Soldier. POOL.
9:10 a.m.:
Wreath-laying at Umschlagplatz, POOL.
9:30 a.m.:
Arrive Belwedere Palace. Inside POOL coverage of
welcoming handshake, POOL coverage at the start of a one-on-one
meeting in the Pompeian Room with two principals seated on a
couch. POOL moves to the Room of the Works of the Council of
State for photo of expanded meeting around a long oval table.
11:30 a.m.:
Depart for Ambassador's Residence.
11:45 a.m.:
Luncheon with Senate leaders. POOL.
2:00 p.m.:
Depart for the Sejm.
2:15 p.m.:
Speech to joint session of the Sejm. Essentially
OPEN coverage,
with as many as 100 press seated in gallery.
3:15 p.m.:
Depart for Council of Ministers.
3:20 p.m.:
Meeting with prime minister. POOL.
4:00 p.m.:
Depart for U.S. Embassy.
4:05 p.m.:
Greeting to American community and embassy
workers. POOL.
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4:45 p.m.:
Depart for quest house.
4:50 p.m.:
Arrive guest house.
7:45 p.m.:
Depart for Radziwill Palace.
7:55 p.m.:
State dinner hosted by Jaruzelski. Guests seated
at horseshoe-shaped table. POOL coverage of toasts at top of
dinner, delivered with consecutive translation.
10:00 p.m.:
Depart for guest house.
10:10 p.m.:
Arrive guest house.
Tuesday, July 11:
10:00 a.m.:
Airport departure ceremony.
10:10 a.m.:
Depart for Gdansk.
11:25 a.m.:
Arrive Gdansk.
11:45 a.m.:
Arrive cathedral by motorcade for meeting with
bishop in upstairs residence adjacent to basilica (POOL), to be
followed by walk into cathedral for brief organ concert. POOL.
12:35 p.m.:
Depart for Walesa residence.
12:45 p.m.:
Arrive Walesa residence for lunch. POOL will be
brought in for photo of Bushes and Walesas sitting at wooden
dining table (bench seating) in small dining room. Could be
followed by walk through garden.
1,55 p.m.:
Depart for Solidarity Workers Monument.
2:10 p.m.:
Wreath-laying and remarks (with Walesa) against
backdrop of monument base, Solidarity banner and shipyard gate.
OPEN.
2:45 p.m.:
Depart for Westerplatte.
3:10 p.m.:
Arrive Westerplatte, greeted by Jaruzelski (POOL)
for walk up hill (possible pre-set POOL) for wreath-laying
(separate pre-set POOL) with remarks TBD.
3:40 p.m.: Depart Westerplatte by boat. down canal past
shipyards into the center "Old Town" section of the city. POOL to
follow. NOTE: The drive to Westerplatte, the ceremony there and
the boat trip back are intended to free up about one hour after
the speech at the Solidarity Workers Monument. This could be
tight for some people, who should bear in mind the next
opportunity come only once at the hotel in Budapest.
4:10 p.m.:
Arrive downtown dock.
4:20 p.m.:
Depart by motorcade for airport.
4:45 p.m.:
Depart Gdansk for Budapest.
HUNGARY
Bush was the highest-ranking American official ever to visit
Hungary in 1983 and will reclaim that title as the first
president to travel there. As in Poland, the schedule will
include government-to-government as well as other meetings. With
political reform further along in Hungary, the visit may lack
some of the drama of the moment that Poland holds: At the same
time, the contrast to Poland may come as a start --- the streets,
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shops and sidewalk cafes bustling, the parliament a marvel of
ornate architecture and the hotels equipped with the latest in
modern conveniences. For the record, most of the events and the
hotels for press and staff will be on the Pest side of the
Danube. The guest house, Ambassador's Residence and Old Prison on
are on the Buda side.
ACCOMMODATIONS:
The White House Filing Center will be in the first-floor (one up
from ground) ballroom of the Duna Intercontinental Hotel, Apaczai
Csere Janos utca 4, telephone 175-122, overlooking the Danube.
The hotel, where the traveling press corps also will be housed,
has color television with English channels in the rooms, indoor
pool, several bars or restaurants and direct-dial telephone. Room
rates were not known, though the nearby Atrium Hyatt, where the
pre-advance party stayed, went for about $100 a night. Although
USA Direct is available in Hungary (dial local number 171-499 to
connect), the quality of the service during our visit was awful.
As a result, AT&T satellite service will be available from the
Filing center. If the bugs in USA Direct have not been
straightened out, direct-dial overseas service from the rooms
should be good (at least for voice) but extremely expensive. AC
power, again, is 220/240V requiring a two-prong adapter. The Duna
has hard-currency shops in the hotel and an active shopping
district nearby. The local currency, the forint, goes for about
60 to the U.S. dollar. For the record, staff hotel is the Atrium-
Hyatt, minutes away from the Duna.
THE SITES:
The schedule begins with a formal arrival ceremony in Kossuth
Square, named for freedom fighter Lajos Kossuth. leader of a
national government born of an explosion of unrest in the mid-
19th century. The square is remembered for the tanks positioned
and shots fired there during the uprising of 1956. There will be
remarks under the statue of Kossuth, then a walk to the other end
of the plaza (near the entrance to parliament) for troop review
and anthems. Bush will then proceed inside parliament. up a red-
carpeted stairway, to a state dinner in the Hunt Room with heavy
wood panel and stained glass windows on one side. Guests will be
seated at a long table down the center, with Bush and President
Bruno Ferenc Straub seated across from one another near the mid-
point. The next day, Bush will return for three meetings at the
parliament: 15 minutes with Straub in the Munkacsy Room, named
for the artist whose huge painting spans almost. the full length
of one wall; an 8-on-8 meeting with Straub, party leader Karoly
Grosz (replaced as head of government last fall) and other
government officials in the Nandorfehervar Room, with a view of
the Danube; and a 6-on-8 meeting with Prime Minister Miklos
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Nemeth and. other officials in the Delegation Room. Bush will be
staying in a large, modern guest house facility on the Buda side
of the river. One of the main attractions of Budapest is Castle
Hill, site of the former royal palace. The palace, an impressive
structure that overlooks the Danube from a hill on the Buda side,
was all but destroved during the seven-week siege of 1944-45 and
since has been rebuilt. Not far away is the Old Prison on Castle
Hill. The stone prison where Kossuth was held for three years is
still there, but the grounds belong to the U.S. government as the
result of a swap for debt after World War II and the compound now
serves as home for the 10 Marines attached to the U.S. Embassy.
The grounds have a panoramic view of the Danube and the Budapest
cityscape. Against that background, Bush will meet with about 15
students, some vigorous opponents of the government, Afterward,
he will motorcade back across the river to Karl Marx University
of Economic Sciences, described by U.S. Ambassador Mark Palmer as
"the most radical university in the city, despite the name." The
university has exchanges with some 23 American schools and the
opposition movement in Hungary has drawn trom its Law School
faculty. Bush will speak in the main hall on street level, with
his remarks piped to overflow crowds. Marx will not, however, be
looking over Bush shoulder as Lenin did with Reagan at Moscow
State. Instead, Bush will speak at the opposite end of the hall.
from the statue of Marx. At the Ambassador's Residence. Bush will
meet first in the Piano Room with state ministers and a short
time later in the adjacent living room with members of new
political parties. That evening, he will return to host an
outside reception for a cross-section of the Hungarian community,
then will remain for a orivate dinner. The ambassador S
residence, by the way, was snatched UD in the same post-war real
estate ceal as the Old Prison. For those in the pool, the
bulldog's name is Fredrica.
THE POSSIBLE SCHEDULE:
Tuesday, July 11:
6:45 p.m.:
Arrive Budapest; depart for Kossuth Square.
7:05 p.m.:
Arrival ceremony in Kossuth Square. OPEN.
7:35 p.m.:
Proceed into parliament. PRE-SET POOL FOR WALK.
8:00 p.m.:
State dinner. POOL coverage of toasts at start.
10:00 p.m.:
Depart parliament for guest house.
10:10 p.m.:
Arrive guest house.
Wednesday, July 12:
8:50 a.m.:
Depart guest house for parliament.
9:00 a.m.:
Arrive parliament for three meetings (Straub.
Nemeth 6-on-8 and final expanded 8-on-8.) POOL.
11:00 a.m.:
Depart for guest house.
11:10 a.m.:
Arrive guest house for private time.
12:15 p.m.:
Depart quest house for Old Prison on Castle Hill
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12:25 p.m.:
Informal discussion with students at Old Prison.
POOL coverage of view of Budapest and start of discussion. No
coverage of actual discussion.
1:15 p.m.:
Arrive Karl Marx University for speech. OPEN.
2:00 p.m.:
Depart for Ambassador' S Residence.
2:15 p.m.:
45-minute with state ministers. POOL photo opp.
3:15 p.m.:
45-minute meeting with leaders of new political
parties. POOL photo opp.
4:10 p.m.:
Depart for guest house.
4:15 p.m.:
Arrive for 2 hours, 30 minutes private time. NOTE:
One option considered for this period was to have Bush and Baker
play tennis with the prime minister and foreign minister.
6:45 p.m.:
Depart for Ambassador's Residence.
6:50 p.m.:
Arrive for 45-minute reception (POOL) and private
dinner (CLOSED PRESS).
9:35 p.m.:
Depart for guest house.
9:40 p.m.:
Arrive guest house.
Thursday, July 13:
8:50 alm.:
Depart guest house for Ambassador S Residence.
8:55 a.m.:
Arrive for greeting to American community (POOL).
9:30 a.m.:
Depart for airport
9:45 a.m.:
Arrive for brief departure ceremony (OPEN).
10:00 a.m.:
Depart for Paris.
FRANCE
What might have been a simple trio to the annual Economic Summit
15 complicated in Paris by the fact that Mitterrand descided to
schedule this small gathering of Western leaders at the same time
as celebrations of: (a) the bicentennial of the French Revolution
and (b) the centennial of the Statue of Liberty. Although Bush
was not to have formally attended the Bicentennial, lines of
distinction have become blurred. In addition to the summit, he is
now slated to attend several Bicentennial-related events. He also
will hold a bilateral with Mitterrand and could schedule similar.
meetings with one or more other summit leaders. It might be of:
interest to some that the only substantive OPEN event now on the
schedule is a post-summit news conference on Bunday, July 16.
ACCOMMODATIONS:
The white House Filing Center will be in the downstairs (one
floor below lobby level) Rendir Room at the Meridien Hotel, 81 bd
Gouvion St-Cyr, telephone 4758-1230. This also will be the press
hotel, with overflow at the Concorde just across the street. Both
are modern hotels with shops, 24-hour room service, etc., located
past the Arche de Triomphe as one moves from the center city out
to La Defense, the site of the summit talks. Needless to say, no
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one with time on his or her hands should go hungry in this
neighborhood. Rooms at the Meridien have been going for 1,550
francs (about $235 at recent exchange rates) a night, though that
certainly could go higher around Bastille Day. Telephone service
in the filing center will be through USA Direct. Although the
pre-advance party stayed at a different hotel, Ellis Kitchen of
AT&T advises that data
transmission should be possible from sleeping rooms (with the
suitable coupling device) through USA Direct, which is accessed
locally by calling 19, waiting for a second dial tone, then
dialing 0011. Power is 220V requiring dual-prong adapter. In
addition to the filing center at the hotel, work space for the
U.S. press has been reserved at Arche de La Defense, where the
formal summit sessions will be held and where the international
filing center will be located. However, we have been assured that
facility will be considered only as a back-up and that any
official briefings by the U.S. delegation will take place at the
hotel, eliminating the need to be in two places at once.
THE SITES:
Appropriately enough, Bush begins at the historic Palais de
'Elysee with a Bicentennial luncheon hosted by Mitterrand. From:
the ceremonial surroundings of the palace, he goes to the
American Hospital of Paris, founded in 1910, for the dedication
of a new wing that, like most everything alse on the schedule in
Paris, was still very much under constrution at the time of our
visit. Busn will stress çooperation in medical treatment in
remarks to almost 200 people (construction schedules permitting)
in the new amphitheater of the wing, which will contain a
library, equipment to communicate with hospitals in the U.S. and
elsewhere and parking. That night (Thursday:, Bush will attend a
90-minute performance at the new Bastille Opera House, a piece of
architectural avant-garde located on Bastille Square near the
site where the Bastille prison was pulled down on July 14. 1789.
Before the performance, the heads of delegation (the seven heads,
of government and the president of the EC) will gather for
dedication of a plaque. Immediately afterward, Bush will present
Mitterrand the key to the Bastille, which has been in U.S. hands
since Lafayette gave it to George Washington. In reality, the
hand-off will be only a loan. The Mount Vernon Ladies Association
of the Union loaned the key to the government for the occasion.
From the opera, the summit leaders will head to the Musee d'Orsay
(Orsay Museum) for a black-tie dinner. Located on the left bank
of the Seine, the museum was once an imposing railway station and
hotel, abandoned in 1939 and declared a national monument in 1973
by President Georges Pompidou, who ordered it turned into a
display of the art from Napoleon III's Second Empire to the
beginnings of Cubism, in effect a link between the older art of
the Louvre and the moderism of the Centre Georges Pompidou. More
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than 4,000 works are displayed there. There will be a reception
in the main hall, then dinner upstairs for about 80 (including
heads of delegations and spouses) in La Salle des Fetes.
The bicentennial events continue Friday, July 14, with the
Bastille Day Parade, which Bush and other foreign leaders will
watch from a viewing stand on the Place de la Concorde, which was
designed before the revolution and dedicated to Louis XV, a
statue of whom graced the center of the area. The statue was torn
down during the revolution and in its place a guillotine erected,
which took care of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette and others. The
viewing stand will be erected under the Egyptian Obelisk from the
temple of Luxor, given to France in 1931. A press stand was being
built across the street. After the parade, Bush will attend a
garden party and lunch hosted by Mitterrand at the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and adjacent Hotel de Lassay, the residence of
the chairman of the National Assembly. So ends the Bicentennial
portion of the schedule.
The 25th Summit of Industrialized Nations gets under way late
that afternoon (Friday) with ceremonial arrivals and an opening
session at the Pyramide du Louvre, the I.M. Fei-designed (and
controversial) glass pyramid --- its base a 125-foot X 125-foot
square -- now used as the main entrance to the displays and
walkways that provided new and badly needed space for the 196-
vear-old museum in the only place available: under the Cour
Napoleon, or Napoleon Courtyard. The summit leaders will pose for
a group photo outside the large main pyramid, which along with
two smaller pyramids covers a large underground area where the
leaders will then proceed down a spiral staircase to the Napoleon
Lobby and on to at room known as the rotunda to sit down to
business at a circular table. That night, the summit leaders
gather for dinner at Hotel de la Marine, the Ministry of the
Navy, for dinner. They will dine in a second-flcor room that with
a balcony that looks out onto Place de la Concorde. And at some
point, the leaders are expected to walk out onto the balcony and
view the final Bicentennial gala from behind bulletproof glass.
On Saturday, the formal summit talks open in a 35th-floor
conference room in Arche de La Defense, an arch-shaped office
building at the center of a huge new development about 4
kilometers from the Place de la Concorde. The leaders will meet
on the top floor, between the two sides of the arch, in a room
that was nothing but concrete, steel and ductwork when last
visited but was supposed to be decorated with artwork and made to
lead out to steps that would take the leaders to a spot offering
an expansive view of Paris. That night, back to the Louvre for
dinner in a foyer known as Pyramdon, located under one of the two
smaller pyramids on the mezzanine level of the Pyramide du
Louvre. The dinner is expected to be followed by a tour of the
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ancient walls of Paris, the 12th-century stone walls uncovered
during excavation for construction of the pyramid complex.
On Sunday, the Bushes will attend services at the American
Cathedral of Paris, headquarters of the Convocation of American
Episcopal (Anglican) Churches in Europe, at 23 Av. George V. The
Rev. James R. Leo is dean of the church. The Bushes are expected
to arrive through a side entrance and will sit in a front pew for
the 30- to 45-minute service. After that: more summit talks at
Arche de la Defense, reading of the joint communique at the arch
by Mitterrand, Bush news conference at the Meridien and a final
black-tie dinner of summit leaders at Elysee Palace.
THE SCHEDULE:
Thursday, July 13:
12:35 p.m.:
Arrive Orly Airport.
12:45 p.m.:
Depart for Elysee Palace.
1:10 p.m.:
Bicentennial luncheon. POOL.
3:00 p.m.:
Arrive American Hospital of Paris for remarks at
dedication of new wing (OPEN) and possible visit with patient(s)
(POOL).
4:00 p.m.:
Arrive Elysee Palace for meeting with Mitterrand.
Arrival and POOL photo opp.
4:30 p.m.:
Depart for Ambassador a Residence for 2 hours, 10
minutes private time.
6:45 p.m.:
Depart for Bastille Opera House.
6:55 p.m.:
Arrive to be met by minister of culture; escorted.
upstairs to dedication/plaque ceremony POOL) and key to Bastille
exchange ceremony (POOL) before proceeding to performance.
8:45 p.m.:
Depart for Musee "Orsay.
8:55 p.m.:
Arrive for black-tie dinner. PRE-SET POOL on
platform for outdoor arrival. Inside POOL photo opp. Remarks only
by Mitternand.
11:00 p.m.:
Depart for Ambassador's Residence.
11:30 p.m.:
Arrive Ambassador's Residence.
Friday, July 14:
9:45 a.m.:
Depart residence for Place de la Concorde.
9:50 a.m.:
Arrive for Bastille Day Parade. Possible POOL near
reviewing stand.
11:45 a.m.:
Depart for Ambassador 5 Residence for 60 minutes
private time.
1:00 p.m.:
Arrive Ministry of Foreign Affairs for garden
party/reception. Coverage TBD.
1:30 p.m.:
Walk with Mitterrand to Hotel de Lassay.
1:40 p.m.:
Arrive Hotel de Lassay (through tented walkway)
for Luncheon. POOL of arrival walk-up.
3:15 p.m.:
Depart for Ambassador's Residence for 75 minutes
private time.
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4:40 p.m.:
Depart for Pyramide du Louvre.
4:55 p.m.:
Arrive to honors, group photo. PRE-SET POOL from
camera platform lining arrival path after Bush arrives last.
Inside PRE-SET POOL for walk down into main hallway. POOL in
three waves at top of meeting in the rotunda for opening session.
6:45 p.m.:
Depart for Ambassador S Residence for 85 minutes
private time.
8:25 p.m.:
Depart for Hotel de la Marine.
8:30 p.m.:
Arrive for reception in Diplomatique room and
dinner in Des Amiraux. POOL photo opp at top of dinner.
10:35 p.m.:
Arrive back Ambassador's Residence.
Saturday, July 15:
9:35 a.m.:
Depart residence for Arche de la Defense.
9:50 a.m.:
Arrive for restricted session, plenary session,
working luncheon and plenary session. No coverage.
5:05 p.m.:-
Depart for Ambassador Residence for 45 minutes
private time.
6:10 p.m.:
Depart for Pyramide du Louvre.
6:25 p.m.:
Arrive (PRE-SET POOL) for dinner. POOL coverage of
walk upstairs from informal working session, POOL coverage of top
of dinner.
9:45 p.m.:
Depart Louvre for Ambassador's Residence.
10:00 p.m.:
Arrive residence.
Sunday, July 16:
8:30 a.m.:
Depart residence for American Catnedral.
8:45 a.m.:
Arrive for Sunday services. Possible no coverage.
9:30 a.m.:
Depart for Arche de le Defense.
10:00 a.m.:
Meeting with heads/ministers/smerpas. POOL.
1:00 p.m.:
Working luncheon. No coverage.
3:00 p.m.:
Plenary session. POOL.
5:20 p.m.:
Reading of communique by Mitternand. POOL.
5:55 p.m.:
Depart for Meridien Hotel.
6:05 p.m.:
Arrive for news conference. OPEN.
6:50 p.m.:
Depart for Ambassador S Residence for 50 minutes
private time.
7:50 p.m.:
Depart residente for Elysee Falace.
7:55 p.m.:
Arrive for black-tie dinner. POOL.
10:00 p.m.:
Depart for Ambassador' $ Residence.
10:05 p.m.:
Arrive residence.
Monday, July 17:
8:35 a.m.:
Depart residence for Orly Airport.
9:05 a.m.:
Depart for
The Netherlands.
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As now configured, this will be a mere 25-hour stop. taking place
slightly more than two months after the collapse of the center-
right coalition government headed by Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers.
who will be under challenge in September elections. The schedule
has been compressed some from its original form and could be
revised even further as the trip approaches.
ACCOMMODATIONS:
The White House Filing Center will be in the Europa Hotel at
Zwolsestraat 2, 2587 VJ in The Haque/Scheveningen, telephone 070-
512651, telex 33138, fax 070-506473. Scheveningen is a resort
town on the North Sea coast that blends into The Hague at the
edges. The hotel is 100 meters from a shop- and cafe-lined
boardwalk and beach and across the street from a large indoor
shopping complex. Overflow press not accommodated in the 174-
room Europa will be housed nearby at the Cariton Beach. The
Europa went for about $75 a night during the pre-advance, though
at a special embassy rate. The Kurhuis, a complex that includes a
hotel, rescaurants and a casino, is next door and is where the
official delegation and staff will stay. There is an excellent
Indonesian restaurant, the Ramed Mas, in this area, as well as a
number of grill rooms along the boardwalk. For those who crave
something closer to home (in spirit if not actual taste), there
is a Tex-Mex place next door to the Indonesian place, for which
not a single member of the pre-advance team could vouch. The
Europa also boasts "real American" dishes ac its own New Orleans
Ribhouse, though a Louisiana-born foreign servuce officer who has
dined there seemed to believe New Orleans had had its name taken
in vain. AT&T service at the filing center will be through USA
Direct. Standard USA Direct service is available over hotel
phones (dial 06, wait for second dial tone and then kev in 222-
9111) and offered clear and quick voice communication during our
stay, but balked at data transmission. Ellis Kitchen of AT&T said
this technical matter would be pursued and hopefully corrected.
Again, that should affect only filing from the room and not from
the filing center. AC is 220/240 V requiring standard two-prong
adapter. The currency is the guilder, convertable at just more
than 2-to-1 for U.S. dollars.
THE SITES:
Bush will arrive at Schiphol Airport, the main airport
serving
Amsterdam, where he will be met by Queen
Beatrix and Prince Claus. Beatrix is the titular head of state
and succeeded to the throne in April 1980 on abdication of her
mother, Queen Juliana. She delivers an annual statement of
government policy from a raised throne in Ridderzaal, a high-
ceilinged room in the parliament building where the counts of
Holland once met. The motto on the throne: "Je Mainiendri"
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countryside, along the main highway between The Haque and
Amsterdam, Bush will go into a round of official meetings with
Lubbers and other government leaders. On arrival at parliament,
which comprises the First and Second chambers, Bush will proceed
to the second-floor Treveszaal, or Truce Room, the site of talks
that led to a temporary halt to hostilities in the 80-year war
(1568-1648) for independence from Spain and the room the Cabinet
now meets every Friday, for a 10-on-10 meeting. His next stop is
Catshuis, the official residence of the prime minister, a large
white country house with dark green trim, fronted by a pond with
ducks and swans, for a working lunch at a long table in the
Barden Room, which is used for Cabinet meetings in the summer and
opens out to a patio and large garden/backyard. The house, by the
way, is named for Jacob Cats, a Dutch lawyer, poet and writer who
built the original house on that site in the 17th century.
Weather permitting, Bush and Lubbers will step out to the garden.
before the lunch for a photo. After lunch, Bush will motorcade
25-30 minutes to the town of Leiden for the only OPEN event of,
his stay in The Netherlands: a speech on shared values and
American-European ties at The Pieterskerk, the Church of St.
Peter, a huge cathedral built around 1500 that rises some 95 feet
in the main vault. Leiden was chosen for its historical value:
the Pilgrims, driven from England by religious dissent, resided.
there for 11 years before their voyage to America in 1620. A
Pilgrim Fathers Documents Center remains in Leiden and Bush is
expected to be taken on a private tour of Pilgrim records and
other artifacts after delivering nis speech from a podium at the
West wall, under the huge pipe organ first built around 1550 and
reconstructed 90 years later. Alternate site: the opposite side.
with his back to the choirscreen and east window. Beatrix.
Lubbers, members of the American community and Countil of
Ministers and other official guests are excected to be on hand in
an audience that could number as many as 1,500. That night, Bush
will attend a state dinner at Nordeinde Palace, the pale yellow,
recently renovated "working palace" used for government offices
and official functions. Up a white marble staircase (CNN's Wendy
Walker, immortalized in the last pre-advance report and still
pleasant after all these years, notes the ceiling is done in the
same artistic fashion as the one in her bedroom), the Bushes will
pose with Beatrix and Claus in the Balcony Room for a photo, then
will move into the ballroom for dinner at one long main table and
five connecting tables. The queen is expected to have a toast at
the top, though there was some question as to whether coverage
would be permitted. The final events in The Hague will occur at
the ambassador's residence, along diplomatic row, where the
artwork on the walls includes a collection of four Andy Warhol
prints of none other than Queen Beatrix. Portraits of John Adams
and John Qunicy Adams hand there as well, noting the fact that
both served as ambassadors to The Netherlands (John Adams
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assignment there in 1782 was the first of a U.S. ambassador
anywhere in the world) and presidents. There will be back-to-back
meetings, first in the Blue Room and then in the Green Room, with
members of Lubbers' opposition and other members of the First and
Second chambers. If the logistics can be worked out, Bush will
address members of the American community and embassy staff in
the backyard. If not, that event (the last one before heading to
the airport) will be held in a small courtyard at the embassy.
THE SCHEDULE:
Monday, July 17:
10:30 a.m.:
Arrive Schiphol
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POOL of arrival ceremony.
10:45 a.m.:
Depart for The Haque
11:55 a.m.:
Arrive parliament for Treaty Room meeting. POOL.
12:50 p.m.:
Depart for Catshuis
12:55 p.m.:
Arrive for working lunch. EXPANDED POOL.
2:35 p.m.:
Depart for The Pieterskerk, Leiden.
3:00 p.m.:
Arrive for speech. OPEN.
4:00 p.m.:
Depart for Nordeinde Palace.
4:25 p.m.:
Arrive for 3 hours, 30 minutes private time.
7:55 p.m.:
State dinner. POOL photo.
Tuesday, July 18:
7:35 a.m.:
Depart palace for Ambassador S Residence.
7:45 a.m.:
Arrive for one-on-one (POOL) and breakfast with
political leaders and parliament members (POOL).
?:7? a.m.:
American community greeting. POOL.
Bush should arrive at Schiphol Airport (outsige Amsterdam) in
time for a brief departure ceremony (with Beatrix present) and an
11:30 a.m. departure, which would place him back at Andrews
around 2 p.m. EDT.
Norm Sandler/UPI
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 9, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR DAVID DEMAREST
FROM:
STEPHEN M. STUDDERT Grub
SUBJECT:
HUNGARY SPEECHES
Ambassador Vernon Walters strongly recommends that any
Presidential remarks in Hungary should include references to or
quotes from Petofi.
According to Walters, Petofi is a Hungarian poet who wrote
something to the effect that "Hungarians should stand up and be
free; this is the hour" kind of thing. In 1848, Hungarians
rebelled. The government called in Russians to help. Petofi
called on Hungarians to help control people, etc.
Walters also says remarks should include something like: "You are
an extraordinary people. Whether it be in Olympic gold medals,
in Nobel prizes, music, art, science, you have an inordinate
number of recognitions for ten million people."
June 21, 1989
MESSAGE TO THE HUNGARIAN PEOPLE:
I am very pleased and very proud to see a Hungarian edition
of my autobiography. I hope that Hungarian readers will regard
this book not just as a singular account of my life, but as a
larger portrayal of the tremendous opportunities for achievement
in a free, democratic society. As President and a former
businessman, I have seen the power of free enterprise and
democracy in my life -- and in the lives of many Americans.
In our country, we all have the same rights and freedoms --
all Americans are given equal opportunity under the law. This
allows each American to pursue his or her dreams, whatever they
may be. Opportunity is central to our very way of life.
My experience in both business and public life has left me
certain about one thing: there is very little that an individual
-- and society as a whole -- cannot accomplish in an environment
of political and economic freedom.
Like most Americans, I am convinced these freedoms cannot be
separated from each other. The history of the 20th Century has
taught us a valuable lesson -- that a nation cannot enjoy
political freedom if its economy is being crushed by the dead
weight of state interference. Conversely, we have also seen that
economic growth remains rootless and fragile if it is not
accompanied by democratic political institutions.
I know that Hungarians, no less than Americans, value both
political and economic freedom. Hungarians, like Americans, want
a society in which the rights of the individual are inviolable,
in which government exists by and for the people, and in which
the economy moves forward free from the shackles of state
control.
The government and people of the United States look forward
to a future of cooperation and understanding between our nations.
# # #
June 21, 1989
MESSAGE TO THE HUNGARIAN PEOPLE:
I am very pleased and very proud to see a Hungarian edition
of my autobiography. I hope that Hungarian readers will regard
this book not just as a singular account of my life, but as a
larger portrayal of the tremendous opportunities for achievement
in a free, democratic society. As President and a former
businessman, I have seen the power of free enterprise and
democracy in my life -- and in the lives of many Americans.
In our country, we all have the same rights and freedoms --
all Americans are given equal opportunity under the law. This
allows each American to pursue his or her dreams, whatever they
may be. Opportunity is central to our very way of life.
My experience in both business and public life has left me
certain about one thing: there is very little that an individual
-- and society as a whole -- cannot accomplish in an environment
of political and economic freedom.
Like most Americans, I am convinced these freedoms cannot be
separated from each other. The history of the 20th Century has
taught us a valuable lesson -- that a nation cannot enjoy
political freedom if its economy is being crushed by the dead
weight of state interference. Conversely, we have also seen that
economic growth remains rootless and fragile if it is not
accompanied by democratic political institutions.
I know that Hungarians, no less than Americans, value both
political and economic freedom. Hungarians, like Americans, want
a society in which the rights of the individual are inviolable,
in which government exists by and for the people, and in which
the economy moves forward free from the shackles of state
control.
The government and people of the United States look forward
to a future of cooperation and understanding between our nations.
# # #
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June 21, 1989
MESSAGE TO THE HUNGARIAN PEOPLE:
I am very pleased and very proud to see a Hungarian edition
of my autobiography. I hope that Hungarian readers will regard
this book not just as a singular account of my life, but as a
larger portrayal of the tremendous opportunities for achievement
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in a free, democratic society. As Y businessman and public
servant, I have seen the power of free enterprise and democracy
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taught me the importance of keeping government off the backs of
small businesses, and of making American firms competitive in the
world marketplace. My concerns were the concerns of every
American businessman, my experiences in many ways common. I
wouldn't trade those years out in the oilfields for anything.
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rootless and fragile if it is not accompanied by democratic
political institutions.
I know that Hungarians, no less than Americans, value both
political and economic freedom. Hungarians, like Americans, want
a society in which the rights of the individual are inviolable,
in which government exists by and for the people, and in which
the economy moves forward free from the shackles of state
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