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The original documents are located in Box 12, "7/29/75 - Luncheon Toast, Krakow,
Poland" of the President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford
Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 12 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
LUNCHEON TOAST
KRAKOW, POLAND
TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1975
MR. PRIME MINISTER
MR. CHAIRMAN
MR. FIRST SECRETARY
MR. MAVOR
Mr. MR. Prinal FIRST mustr, SECRETARY, mrs LADIES yoursheent AND GENTLEMEN: M.Ch. Y
mrs. Mrs
mr.
I AM REMINDED AS I LOOK ABOUT THIS HISTORIC ROOM OF
THE DISTINGUISHED RECORD OF KRAKOW (KRAH-KOOF) AS THE CENTER OF
POLISH CULTURE.
YOUR CITY'S ROLE WAS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT
DURING THE GRIM PERIODS OF PARTITION.
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THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM THIS AREA HAVE COME TO THE UNITED STATES.
THEY HAVE MADE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICA.
IT SEEMS ONLY RIGHT, THEREFORE, THAT THE JAGIELLONTAN
(YAH GEE YEH LON EE YAN) UNIVERSITY, CENTRAL EUROPE'S SECOND OLDEST,
SHOULD INTRODUCE YOUNG AMERICANS TO YOUR THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD
HERITAGE.
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YOUR HERITAGE HAS BECOME PART OF OUR COMMON HERITAGE.
OUR YOUNG AMERICANS ARE SHARING THEIR IDEAS AND EXPERIENCES.
THAT IS A FINE WAY TO EXPAND THE TIES THAT EXIST BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES AND POLAND.
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AS I TRAVELLED THROUGH THIS LOVELY CITY TODAY, I WAS
IMPRESSED WITH THE MANY MONUMENTS ATTESTING TO THE SPECIAL BONDS
BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES.
TADEUSZ KOSCIUSKO (TAH-DAY-OOSH
KOSH-CHOOSH-KO) HELPED AMERICA WIN ITS FREEDOM 200 YEARS AGO.
HE IS BUR IED ON THIS VERY HILL.
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A STATUE TO HIS MEMORY STANDS IN WASHINGTON IN VIEW OF THE WHITE
HOUSE.
ACROSS THE VISTULA (VIS-TU-LA) IS ANOTHER SYMBOL OF THE
VITALITY OF OUR FRIENDSHIP.
IT IS A HOSPITAL DEDICATED TO
CHILDREN.
I WAS THERE THIS MORNING AND SAW A PLAQUE
UNVEILED ONLY LAST JULY.
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I WAS PROUD OF WHAT IT SAID: "IN CONTINUATION OF THE EFFORTS
TO STRENGTHEN MAN'S STRUGGLE AGAINST DISEASE, MOTIVATED BY A SPIRIT
OF FRIENDSHIP, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEDICATE
THIS RESEARCH CENTER TO THE CHILDREN OF POLAND."
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EARLIER TODAY, I VISITED AUSCHWITZ, AN AWESOME
meminder of man's cruetty
SYMBOI OF MAN'S INHUMANTY TO MAN.
so I WAS DEEPLY MOVED
TO SEE HERE IN KRAKOW (KRAH-KOOF) A CENTER DEVOTED TO HEALING AND
COMPASSION.
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MAY I ASK YOU TO JOIN WITH ME IN A TOAST TO THE CHILDREN
OF POLAND, TO THE CHILDREN OF AMERICA, AND TO THE CHILDREN OF ALL
NATIONS.
WE MUST ENSURE THAT THEY GROW UP IN A WORLD OF
MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, OF COOPERATION, AND OF FRIENDSHIP.
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