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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 6, folder \"3/20/75 - Foreign Diplomats Travel\nProgram Luncheon, State Department\" of the President's Speeches and Statements:\nReading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nDigitized from Box 6 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nTHE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN\nFOREIGN DIPLOMATS TRAVEL PROGRAM LUNCHEON\nSTATE DEPARTMENT\nTHURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1975\n- 1 -\nIT IS A PLEASURE FOR ME TO APPEAR AGAIN THIS YEAR\nON BEHALF OF A PROJECT I HAVE ENTHUSTASTICALLY SUPPORTED\nAS A CONGRESSMAN, AS VICE PRESIDENT, AND NOW AS PRESIDENT.\n- 2 -\nIT HAS BEEN SAID THAT, IN DIPLOMACY, THERE\nARE NO TRUE FRIENDSHIPS -- ONLY TEMPORARY ALLIANCES OF\nCONVENIENCE.\nLOOKING BACK ON HISTORY, THERE IS\nSOME TRUTH TO THIS.\n- 3 -\nBUT THAT IS NOT THE WHOLE PICTURE\nAND\nTHE WORLD WOULD BE A PRETTY GRIM PLACE IF IT WERE.\nYOU ARE PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMATS.\nYOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS\nTO DEFEND YOUR COUNTRY'S INTERESTS AND NEGOTIATE ON ITS BEHALF.\n- 4 -\nBUT, AS PARTICIPANTS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE\nTRAVEL PROGRAM FOR FOREIGN DIPLOMATS, YOU ALSO KNOW\nTHAT HUMAN UNDERSTANDING, COMMUNICATION AND FRIENDSHIP\nBETWEEN PEOPLE AND NATIONS IS ALSO A VERY REAL AND VITAL\nFORCE -- AN ESSENTIAL FORCE -- FOR PEACE IN THE WORLD TODAY.\n- 5 -\nIN THE PAST TWELVE YEARS, THIS VERY WORTHWHILE\nPROGRAM HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR MORE THAN FOUR THOUSAND\nDIPLOMATS TO KNOW AMERICA, AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,\nIN A WAY THAT THEY NEVER COULD HAVE THROUGH \"OFFICIAL CHANNELS\"\nONLY.\n- 6 -\nTHE COOPERATION OF COUNTLESS INDIVIDUAL AMERICAN FAMILIES\nAND PRIVATE SECTOR SUPPORT HAVE MADE THIS SUCCESS POSSIBLE,\nAND I AM DELIGHTED ONCE AGAIN TO ENDORSE THIS PROGRAM\nTHIS YEAR, AS IT CARRIES FORWARD ITS GOOD WORK.\nYOU\nARE DOING A FINE JOB. and I thank you\n- 7 -\nTO SEE FIRST HAND THE BEAUTY AND EXPANSE OF\nTHIS GREAT COUNTRY, TO GET TO KNOW THE DAY-TO-DAY JOYS\nAND FRUSTRATIONS OF AN AVERAGE WORKING FAMILY IN ONE OF\nOUR GREAT CITIES, TO EXPERIENCE THE IMMENSE DIVERSITY OF\nREGIONAL TASTES AND ACCENTS AND TRADITIONS THAT WE CALL\nAMERICA -- ALL THIS IS PERHAPS THE ONLY WAY TO REALLY\nCOMPREHEND THE IDEALS, ASPIRATIONS AND GREAT STRENGTHS\nUNDERLYING OUR NATIONAL POLICIES.\n- 8 -\nYOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND A NATION WITHOUT KNOWING ITS PEOPLE --\nAND ONLY BY GETTING TO KNOW INDIVIDUALS CAN YOU BEGIN TO\nKNOW THE PEOPLE AS A WHOLE.\nBY INTRODUCING FOREIGN\nVISITORS TO SUCH A WIDE RANGE OF AMERICANS, THE TRAVEL\nPROGRAM PERFORMS A GREAT SERVICE TO OUR NATION.\n- 9 -\nI HASTEN TO ADD THAT I DO NOT SEE THE TRAVEL PROGRAM\nAS A ONE-WAY STREET.\nIT IS JUST AS NECESSARY FOR UNITED STATES\nDIPLOMATS TO GET TO KNOW THE PEOPLE OF THEIR HOST NATIONS, AND\nTO APPRECIATE FULLY THEIR TRADITIONS AND CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS.\nTHE FRIENDSHIPS YOU HELP FORGE TODAY WILL PAY DIVIDENDS IN\nPEACEFUL UNDERSTANDING FOR YEARS TO COME.\n- 10 -\nI HAVE OFTEN SAID THAT THE KEYSTONE OF MY ADMINISTRATION\nIS OPENNESS.\nBUT WHEN YOU GET RIGHT DOWN TO IT, THE KEYSTONE\nOF THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE IS OPENNESS.\nWE DON'T BELIEVE\nIN HIDING THE TRUTH, WHETHER IT'S FLATTERING OR UNFLATTERING.\n- 11 -\nWE KNOW THAT WE HAVE OUR FAULTS AND OUR PROBLEMS, BUT WE WANT\nOUR FRIENDS FROM ABROAD TO SEE THE TRUTH, TO SEE HOW WE SOLVE\nOUR PROBLEMS OPENLY, AND TO JUDGE FOR THEMSELVES THE SUCCESS\nOF OUR DEMOCRATIC EXPERIMENT.\n- 12 -\nWE LIVE IN A TIME UNIQUE FOR BOTH ITS PERIL AND ITS\nPROMISE.\nTHE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES OF WAR TODAY ARE MORE\nTERRIBLE THAN THEY HAVE EVER BEEN IN HUMAN HISTORY.\nBUT,\nAT THE SAME TIME, THE POSSIBILITY OF LASTING, GLOBAL PEACE\nAND PROSPERITY IS CLOSER THAN EVER BEFORE.\n- 13 -\nTHE ROAD TO SUCH A PEACE IS BOUND TO BE LONG AND DIFFICULT,\nBUT I DEEPLY BELIEVE THAT WE ARE MAKING HEADWAY -- AND ONE\nOF THE THINGS THAT MAKES THE ROAD A LITTLE SMOOTHER, AND THE\nTRIP MORE REWARDING, IS A PROGRAM LIKE THIS, AND THE SPIRIT IT\nREPRESENTS.\nTHANK YOU VERY MUCH.\nEND OF TEXT\nCLEARANCE FORM FOR PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH MATERIAL\nTO:-\nTHE PRESIDENT\nVIA:\nROBERT HARTMANN BAA\nFROM:\nPAUL A. THEIS OAt\nSUBJECT:\nForeign Diplomats Travel Program Luncheon\nTIME, DATE AND PLACE OF PRESIDENTIAL USE:\n12 noon, Thursday, March 20, 1975, State Department\nSPEECHWRITER: Bakshian\nEDITED BY:\nTheis / NSC\nBASIC RESEARCH/SPEECH MATERIAL SUPPLIED BY:\nTravel Program for Foreign Diplomats, Inc.\nCLEARED BY (Please initial):\n(x) OPERATIONS (Rumsfeld) RBC\n(X) PRESS (Nessen) RHN\n(x) CONGRESSIONAL/PUBLIC LIAISON (Marsh) Im\n( ) LEGAL (Buchen)\n( ) ECONOMIC POLICY BOARD (Seidman)\n( ) OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET (Lynn)\n(X) DOMESTIC COUNCIL (Cannon) deferred\n(X) RESEARCH (Waldron) AW\n(X) NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL (Scowcroft) July\n(x) JERRY WARREN (FYI) The\n( ) ENERGY RESOURCES COUNCIL (Zarb)\n( )\n( )"
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