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The original documents are located in Box 34, "6/2/76 - Remarks at the Arrival Ceremony
of King Juan Carlos I of Spain with his Wife the Queen" of the President's Speeches and
Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 34 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
PRESIDENT'S REMARKS ON ARRIVAL OF
KING JUAN CARLOS I
JUNE 2, 1976
-1-
YOUR MAJESTIES,
ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
I TAKE PLEASURE IN WELCOMING YOU TO THE UNITED STATES
YOUR FIRST VISIT AS KING AND QUEEN OF SPAIN TO THE UNITED
STATES RENEWS THE HISTORIC AND DEEP TIES BETWEEN OUR
COUNTRIES
-2-
NEARLY 500 YEARS AGO, SPAIN WAS A LEADER IN
THE GREAT AGE OF EXPLORATION THAT OPENED THIS CONTINENT
TO SETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
-3-
NOW, \" IN THIS BICENTENNIAL YEAR, \ THE PEOPLE OF
SPAIN AND AMERICA CAN RECALL WITH PRIDE A GROUP OF BRAVE
SPANIARDS LED BY BERNARDO DE GALVEZ (BERNARDO DUH GALVEZZ)
WHO HELPED 200 YEARS AGO IN OUR STRUGGLE FOR NATIONAL
INDEPENDENCE
-4-
IN 1776, GALVEZ
THEN GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA
PROVIDED NEEDED ARMS AND SUPPLIES TO THOSE STRUGGLING
FOR FREEDOM IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES
LATER, HIS
EXPEDITIONS NEAR PENSACOLA,
MOBILE AND NATCHEZ HELPED
TO KEEP THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND GULF OF MEXICO OPEN,
PROTECTING THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN FLANKS OF THE COLONIES.
-4A-
THE FORMAL ENTRANCE OF SPAIN INTO OUR WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
IN 1779 BROUGHT VALUABLE SUPPORT TO THE AMERICAN CAUSE
THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, TODAY HONORS
THE NAME OF BERNARDO DE GALVEZ
THE CITY OF WASHINGTON
WILL SOON HAVE A STATUE OF GALVEZ
A GENEROUS BICENTENNIAL
GIFT OF THE SPANISH PEOPLE
-
--
TO COMMEMORATE THE CONTRIBUTION
OF THIS GALLANT SPANISH SOLDIER-STATESMAN TO THE INDEPENDENCE
OF THE UNITED STATES
-6-
THE UNDERSTANDING AND TRADITIONAL FRIENDSHIP
BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES CONTINUES TO ENDURE
TODAY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO EVEN CLOSER COOPERATION WITH
SPAIN
-7-
I LAST VISITED SPAIN JUST OVER A YEAR AGO
I WAS DEEPLY MOVED BY THE WARM WELCOME ACCORDED BY THE
SPANISH PEOPLE AND PARTICULARLY BY YOU,
YOUR MAJESTIES
SINCE THEN GREAT CHANGES HAVE TAKEN PLACE
YOUR COUNTRY
HAS ENTERED A NEW ERA UNDER YOUR WISE AND ABLE LEADERSHIP
-8-
IT HOLDS GREAT PROMISE FOR THE FUTURE OF SPAIN AND FOR
THE WESTERN COMMUNITY OF NATIONS
I AM CONFIDENT
THAT YOUR LEADERSHIP WILL PROVE MORE THAN EQUAL TO THE
GREAT TASKS AHEAD AND THAT THE PROMISE OF THE FUTURE WILL
BE FULFILLED
-9-
BOTH OF OUR COUNTRIES TODAY FACE COMPLEX CHALLENGES
WE LOOK TO OUR OWN FUTURE WITH CONFIDENCE AND WE TAKE CONFIDENCE
FROM THE ASSURANCE THAT THE SPANISH PEOPLE WILL MEET THESE
CHALLENGES WITH THE QUALITIES THEY HAVE SHOWN IN THEIR LONG AND
ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY -- COURAGE, DIGNITY, STRENGTH AND PRIDE
10=
OUR BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP AS CONFIRMED IN THE
RECENTLY CONCLUDED TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION,
IS EXCELLENT
I STATED LAST YEAR AND I REAFFIRM TODAY
THAT SPAIN THROUGH ITS BILATERAL DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH
THE UNITED STATES MAKES A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE WESTERN
WORLD
-II-
WE ARE AGREED ON THE INTERESTS OUR TWO COUNTRIES SHARE IN
COMMON OBJECTIVES AND COMMON BURDENS PROMOTING THE
PROSPERITY AND SECURITY OF THE ATLANTIC AND MEDITERRANEAN
REGIONS
-12-
WE ARE PROUD OF OUR HISTORIC TIES WITH SPAIN
WE ARE ENCOURAGED BY SPANISH PROGRESS UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP
WE LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING OUR
RELATIONSHIP
-13-
YOUR MAJESTIES
I
AM PRIVILEGED TO EXTEND
TO YOU THE SINCERE WELCOME OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES
END OF TEXT
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