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    "ocrText": "Digitized from Box 14 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nFOR RELEASE UPCN DELIVERY\nJULY 29, 1975\nOffice of the White House Press Secretary\n(Krakow, Poland)\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nTEXT OF REMARKS TO BE DELIVERED\nBY THE PRESIDENT\nAT MARKET SQUARE\nKRAKCW, POLAND\nMr. Mayor, Mr. First Secretary, Ladies and Gentlemen of Krakow. After\nthe wonderful warmth of the reception you have just given me, I know why\nthe millions of Americans of Polish extraction are so proud of their heritage.\nThis ancient square is surely one of the most beautiful in the world. It is\nfilled with some of the finest creations of Polish architects and artists and\nwith the memory of so many great moments in Polish history. Americans\nhonor the memory of General Kosciuszko as a hero of America's war for\nindependence and liberty.\nI am standing only a few feet from the plaque marking the spot where he took\nhis famous oath to fight to regain the independence of Poland and the freedom\nof all Poles. I am proud to be here with you at this place so rich in Polish\nhistory and so closely associated with a Polish hero of our struggle for\nindependence.\nI have come to Krakow to see both the monuments of your great past and\nyour modern achievements. I congratulate you on your creativity. In this\ncity, the ties of kinship and of friendship are strong between our countries.\nWe welcome the rapid increase in trade between us and the gowing number\nof tra vellers in both directions.\nIn my meetings with First Secretary Gierek during this visit to Poland, we have\nreviewed with satisfaction the progress and improvements in United States-\nPolish relations in recent years. We have fully agreed on the desirability\nof furthering this progress for the mutual benefit of the American and Polish\npeoples in the coming decades.\nYour welcome today -- and all the heartwarming Polish hospitality -- are\nsymbolic of the rapport and affection between our peoples.\nI have faith in a future that will see our relations continue to improve and grow.\nLong live Poland.\n#\n#\n#"
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