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    "ocrText": "FOIA Number:\nOriginally Processed With FOIA(s):\nS\nFOIA\nMARKER\nThis is not a textual record. This is used as an\nadministrative marker by the George Bush Presidential\nLibrary Staff.\nRecord Group/Collection:\nGeorge H.W. Bush Presidential Records\nCollection/Office of Origin:\nSpeechwriting, White House Office of\nSeries:\nSmith, Curt, Files\nSubseries:\nChron File, 1989-1992\nOA/ID Number:\n13890\nFolder ID Number:\n13890-017\nFolder Title:\nJohn Major, Washington D.C., 6/6/92\nStack:\nRow:\nSection:\nShelf:\nPosition:\nG\n18\n29\n1\n6\n(Smith/Aarhus)\nDraft One\nJune 2, 1992\nBRIT\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: JOHN MAJOR\nSATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1992\nLadies and gentlemen. I want to welcome Prime Minister\nMajor to America, and say how pleased I am with our talks. / We\nspoke to, and of, our special relationship. We met as\ncolleagues, and as friends. /\nIt has been said that Britain and America are two nations\nseparated by a common language. / We are also joined by a common\nculture and heritage, civilization and soul. /\nDwight Eisenhower -- beloved in both countries -- once put\nit best. To preserve the freedoms only God can grant, Ike said,\n\"a Londoner will fight. So will a citizen of Abilene.' \" //\nForty-eight years ago today, Ike and Monty -- Churchill and\nFDR -- linked hearts, and minds, to defend all we hold dear. Our\ngoal was peace. To win it, we first had to win a war. / So we\nformed the greatest armada in the history of man. June 6, 1944\ntold the world: Aggression will not stand. //\nIn Korea, Viet Nam -- in crises large and small -- we\nreaffirmed our relationship. Then came the Persian Gulf -- where\nagain we stood fast so that liberty could stand tall. / Years\nfrom now, men will marvel at British and American heroism in the\nGulf. They will talk of the 82nd Airborne and the Desert Rats -\n- as we do now of El Alamein and the Burma Road and Monte Cassino\nand Utah Beach. /\n2\nThey will salute Britain's help in forging our great\ncoalition -- its belief that life means nothing without fidelity\nto principle. / They will recall how the last year reaffirmed\nour alliance of the rule of law and basic rights / the fact that\nthere will always be an England / and England will always be our\nfriend. / /\nOur Nation sprang from England's belief in the sanctity of\nthe individual. Today, that belief has never been stronger --\nour alliance never firmer -- our desire never deeper to build a\nfree and peaceful world. / So the Prime Minister and I talked of\ncooperation culturally / economically / intellectually /\nmilitarily. / Debating -- discussing -- how resolution in the\ncause of freedom can best lift and transform the globe. //\nGreat Britain has been likened to a bull dog. To freedom's\nenemies she resembles more a pit bull. / Think of steel,\nintegrity, creativity, and conviction -- that indelibly British\nmix known as character. / Our challenge now is to use those\nqualities to achieve what another Prime Minister asked in 1943,\nas the tide turned toward the Allies.\nAddressing the Congress, Winston Churchill said: \"By\nsingleness of purpose, by tenacity and endurance such as we have\nso far displayed -- by these, and only by these, can we discharge\nour duty to the future of the world and to the dignity of man. \"\n//\nMr. Prime Minister, on the face of freedom -- Winston\nChurchill, like Margaret Thatcher, like you today -- are the\n3\nstiff upper lip. / Thank you for your duty -- and for your love\nof freedom. / Now, we'll be glad to answer questions.\n# # # #\n(Smith/Aarhus)\nDraft Two\nJune 2, 1992\nBRIT\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: JOHN MAJOR\nSATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1992\nLadies and gentlemen. I want to welcome Prime Minister\nMajor to America, and say how pleased I am with our talks. /\n((First, let me say it's always good to spend some time with\nsomeone who knows a thing or two about coming from behind to win\nan election. )) //\n( (I should also note that the Prime Minister's father once\nplayed minor-league baseball here in the U.S., so John has a\nconnection to two great sports. / He was going to explain\ncricket to me, but his visit lasts only two days.) ) //\n/\nEven so, the Prime Minister and I spent many hours talking\nabout our countries' special relationship. / We responded to\neach other not with just the formal handshake of two allies --\nbut with the warm embrace of two friends. //\nDwight Eisenhower -- beloved in Britain and America -- as\nusual, put it best. // To preserve God's freedoms, Ike said, \"A\nLondoner will fight. So will a citizen of Abilene.' \" //\nForty-eight years ago today, Ike and Monty -- Churchill and\nFDR -- Allied soldiers, sailors, Marines, and airmen -- heroes\nall -- fought side-by-side. Our goal was peace. To win it, we\nfirst had to win a war. / So we formed the greatest armada in\n2\nthe history of man. June 6, 1944 told the world: Aggression\nwill not stand. //\nAmericans endured great hardships in the war, but unlike the\nBritish, we were not subjected to direct enemy bombing of our\ncities night after night, week after week. / It is largely\nbecause the British proved that bombs can destroy buildings but\nnot spirit, that the Allies -- and freedom -- prevailed. //\nIn Korea, Viet Nam -- in crises large and small -- we\nreaffirmed our relationship. Then came the Persian Gulf -- where\nagain we stood fast so that liberty could stand tall. /\n\"Operation Desert Storm\" proved once more that the jackals of\noppression are no match for the eagle and the lion of freedom.\nIt showed why years from now, men will marvel at British and\nAmerican heroism in the Gulf. //\nThey will talk of the 82nd Airborne and Desert Rats -- as\nwe do now of El Alamein and Burma Road and Monte Cassino and Utah\nBeach. / They will salute Britain's help in forging our great\ncoalition -- its belief that life means nothing without fidelity\nto principle. / They will recall how the last year reaffirmed\nour alliance of the rule of law and basic rights / the fact that\nthere will always be an England / and England will always be our\nfriend. //\nOur Nation sprang from England's belief in the sanctity of\nthe individual. Today, that belief has never been stronger --\nour alliance never firmer -- our desire never deeper to build a\nfree and peaceful world. / So the Prime Minister and I talked of\n3\ncooperation culturally / economically / intellectually /\nmilitarily. / Discussing how resolution in the cause of freedom\ncan best lift and transform the globe. //\nGreat Britain has been likened to a bull dog. To freedom's\nenemies she resembles more a pit bull. / Think of steel,\nintegrity, creativity, and conviction -- that indelibly British\nmix known as character. / Our challenge now is to use those\nqualities to achieve what another Prime Minister asked in 1943,\nas the tide turned toward the Allies. //\nAddressing the Congress, Winston Churchill said: \"By\nsingleness of purpose, by tenacity and endurance such as we have\nso far displayed -- by these, and only by these, can we discharge\nour duty to the future of the world and to the dignity of man. \"\n//\nMr. Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, like Margaret\nThatcher, like you today -- are the stiff upper lip on the face\nof freedom. / Thank you for your duty, and for our talks today.\n/ Now, we'll be glad to answer questions.\n#\n#\n#\n#"
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