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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
7254
File
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506
October 6, 1986
stements
MEMORANDUM FOR THE NSC STAFF
FROM:
W. ROBERT PEARSON BL
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Executive
Exchange Commission
Attached is a statement by the President today on the Reykjavik
meetings with General Secretary Gorbachev. You may find it
useful in discussions with other agency counterparts.
Attachments
As stated
(DOLAN)
OCTOBER 6, 1986
DROPBY MEETING OF EXECUTIVE
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
I AM DELIGHTED WE COULD MEET TODAY.
FIRST, THIS IS A CHANCE TO SAY HELLO TO ALL
OF YOU AND COMPLIMENT YOU ON THE WORK YOU'VE
BEEN DOING ON DEFENSE AND PEACE RELATED
ISSUES. AND SECOND, KNOWING OF YOUR INTEREST
IN THIS MATTER, I WANTED TO USE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER A PERSPECTIVE --
THE AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE IF YOU WILL --
ON THE MEETINGS BETWEEN MR. GORBACHEV AND ME
LATER THIS WEEK IN REYKJAVIK, İCELAND.
BY THE WAY, SINCE WE AMERICANS HAVE DEVELOPED
A REPUTATION FOR BEING UNCOMPLICATED,
STRAIGHTFORWARD AND NOT ESPECIALLY
LONG-WINDED, I WANT YOU TO KNOW I'LL BE
TRYING TO PRACTICE THESE NATIONAL TRAITS --
ESPECIALLY THE LAST ONE -- IN MY REMARKS TO
YOU TODAY.
3
- 2 -
RECENTLY, AS YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN
SOME SPECULATION THAT THE UNITED STATES AND
THE SOVIET UNION ARE ABOUT TO SIGN IMPORTANT
NEW ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENTS. NOW THIS SORT
OF TALK ISN'T ALL THAT UNEXPECTED;
WHENEVER LEADERS OF COUNTRIES ARE ABOUT TO
MEET, THERE ARE ALWAYS THOSE WHO PREDICT
LANDMARK TREATIES AND HISTORICAL
BREAKTHROUGHS.
YET, WHEN I SEE SUCH SPECULATION I CAN'T
HELP BUT THINK OF THE FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE
POST I HELD. I HOPE YOU'LL FORGIVE ME FOR
REMINISCING HERE, BUT AS A UNION PRESIDENT,
I SPENT A GOOD DEAL OF TIME AT THE BARGAINING
TABLE AND LEARNED ONE VALUABLE LESSON:
THAT IT's THE INITIAL PHASE OF THE
NEGOTIATING PROCESS - LAYING THE
GROUNDWORK - SETTING THE AGENDA --
ESTABLISHING AREAS OF AGREEMENT AS WELL AS
DISAGREEMENT - THAT PAYS OFF IN THE FUTURE.
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- 3 -
NOW IF THAT'S TRUE OF LABOR AND
MANAGEMENT NEGOTIATIONS HERE, YOU CAN IMAGINE
HOW RELEVANT IT IS TO SOVIET-AMERICAN
BARGAINING SESSIONS; AFTER ALL, WE BOTH HAVE
A LITTLE MORE SEPARATING US THAN, SAY, G.M.
AND THE U.A.W. so, GROUNDWORK IS ESSENTIAL.
FROM THE BEGINNING WE HAVE TRIED TO MAKE
THIS A HALLMARK OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY;
WE'VE TRIED TO TAKE A PRUDENT, REALISTIC AND,
ABOVE ALL, DELIBERATE APPROACH TOWARD SOVIET-
AMERICAN RELATIONS. INSTEAD OF RUSHING
UNPREPARED INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE
SOVIETS, THE ADMINISTRATION TOOK THE TIME IN
ITS EARLIEST DAYS TO MAKE CLEAR THE ESSENTIAL
ELEMENTS OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY: OUR
COMMITMENT TO THE TWIN GOALS OF WORLD PEACE
AND WORLD FREEDOM, OUR WILLINGNESS TO BE
REALISTIC AND CANDID ABOUT THE SOVIETS,
TO PUBLICLY DEFINE THE CRUCIAL, MORAL
DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN TOTALITARIANISM AND
1
DEMOCRACY, & TO ACTIVELY ASSIST THOSE WHO ARE
STRUGGLING FOR THEIR OWN SELF-DETERMINATION.
S
- 4 -
YET AT THE SAME TIME WE ALSO MADE PLAIN
ANOTHER OF OUR ESSENTIAL OBJECTIVES --
OUR DETERMINATION TO SEEK WAYS OF WORKING
WITH THE SOVIETS - -- TO PREVENT WAR AND TO
KEEP THE PEACE. IN PURSUING THIS OBJECTIVE,
WE ADOPTED A STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH TOWARDS
SOVIET-AMERICAN NEGOTIATIONS, GRADUALLY
EXPANDING AND INTENSIFYING THE AREAS OF BOTH
BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL DISCUSSION.
AND, AS WE'VE SEEN, EVENTUALLY SUMMIT
MEETINGS THEMSELVES BECAME A CRITICAL PART OF
THAT EFFORT,
NOW THIS WILLINGNESS TO MAKE PAINSTAKING
PREPARATIONS WAS WHAT I BELIEVE MADE LAST
YEAR's TALKS IN GENEVA A SUCCESS. EACH SIDE
HAD A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT TO EXPECT; THERE WAS
AN AGENDA; MR. GORBACHEV AND I COULD BE
CANDID WITH EACH OTHER. IN SHORT, WE HAD
SOMETHING TO WORK WITH, SOMETHING TO BUILD
ON.
- 5 -
AND WE MUST CONTINUE IN THIS SPIRIT.
THAT's WHY ICELAND IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A
SIGNING CEREMONY OR A MEDIA EVENT BUT A
PRE-SUMMIT PLANNING SESSION, A CHANCE TO MAKE
PREPARATIONS FOR THE SERIOUS WORK
MR. GORBACHEV AND I WILL HAVE TO DO WHEN HE
VISITS THE UNITED STATES. ICELAND IS A BASE
CAMP BEFORE THE SUMMIT.
AND YET, WHILE OUR EMPHASIS WILL BE ON
PLANNING AND PREPARATION, NOT TREATY PAPERS
OR PUBLICITY, PART OF THE EMPHASIS IN ICELAND
WILL BE ON THE BROAD-BASED AGENDA WE HAVE
AGREED TO: DISCUSSION NOT ONLY OF CRITICAL
ARMS REDUCTION PROPOSALS BUT EQUALLY
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS SUCH AS SOVIET HUMAN
RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND MILITARY INTERVENTION
BY THE SOVIETS AND THEIR PROXIES IN REGIONAL
CONFLICTS.
ON THIS POINT OF THE SUMMIT AGENDA,
LET ME ADD ANOTHER POINT OF BACKGROUND.
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- 6 -
A FEW YEARS AGO IN A SPEECH TO THE UNITED
NATIONS I SAID THAT I SHARED THE SENSE OF
URGENCY MANY FELT ABOUT ARMS CONTROL ISSUES.
BUT I ALSO SUGGESTED THAT PLACING THE ENTIRE
BURDEN OF SOVIET-AMERICAN RELATIONS ON ARMS
CONTROL NEGOTIATIONS COULD BE DANGEROUS AND
COUNTERPRODUCTIVE. I NOTED THAT PROBLEMS IN
ARMS NEGOTIATIONS SHOULD NOT BE PERMITTED TO
THWART OR IMPERIL THE ENTIRE SOVIET-AMERICAN
RELATIONSHIP AND, SIMILARLY, THAT SOMETIMES
NEGOTIATIONS IN OTHER AREAS COULD ASSIST IN
SPEEDING UP THE ARMS CONTROL PROCESS.
IN SHORT DOING MORE ABOUT ARMS CONTROL
MEANT TALKING ABOUT MORE THAN ARMS CONTROL.
AND so I PROPOSED IN MY 1986 U.N. ADDRESS
WHAT I CALLED "UMBRELLA TALKS," NEGOTIATIONS
WITH A BROAD-BASED AGENDA.
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- 7 -
THE SUMMIT PROCESS HAS REFLECTED THIS
APPROACH AND INCLUDED A BROAD-BASED AGENDA;
WE HAVE STRESSED IN ADDITION TO ARMS
REDUCTION THREE OTHER AGENDA ITEMS:
RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, RESOLVING REGIONAL
CONFLICTS, AND IMPROVING BILATERAL CONTACTS
BETWEEN THE SOVIETS AND OURSELVES.
NOW THAT FIRST AREA, HUMAN RIGHTS,
TAKES ON -- IN VIEW OF THE RECENT DANILOFF
INCIDENT -- A PARTICULAR RELEVANCE. AS YOU
KNOW, AFTER A SOVIET SPY AT THE U.N. WAS
ARRESTED, THE SOVIETS RETALIATED BY ARRESTING
AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST, NICHOLAS DANILOFF,
ON TRUMPED-UP CHARGES. IT WAS AN ACT THAT
HELD HOSTAGE NOT ONLY AN INNOCENT AMERICAN
JOURNALIST BUT THE FUTURE OF SOVIET-AMERICAN
RELATIONS. [ IN ADDITION] THE UNITED SOVIETAST STATES
TOOK ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THE USE OF OUR THE
U.N. INSUCTON FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES BY
ORDERING THE EXPULSION OF 25 SOVIET PERSONNEL
KNOWN TO BE INVOLVED IN SUCH ACTIVITIES.
- 8 -
THAT THE ARREST OF A SINGLE SPY COULD
LEAD TO SUCH RISK-TAKING BY THE SOVIETS AGAIN
UNDERSCORES THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OUR TWO
SYSTEMS. IT WAS AN EXTREMELY GRAVE STEP BUT
ONE THAT COULD HARDLY SURPRISE US; AFTER ALL,
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE SOVIET BLOC
REMAIN UNCEASING BECAUSE THEY ARE
INSTITUTIONALIZED AND SANCTIONED BY THE STATE
IDEOLOGY.
IT's WORTH NOTING HERE THAT WE AGREED TO
EXCHANGE THE SOVIET SPY IN QUESTION FOR THE
NOTED RUSSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEADER, YURI
ORLOV, AND HIS WIFE. MR. ORLOV's SERVICE TO
HUMANITY -- THE RECORD OF HIS SUFFERINGS --
MAKES HIM A HERO FOR OUR TIME; YET IT IS ALSO
WORTH NOTING HE WAS PERSECUTED SIMPLY BECAUSE
HE LED AN EFFORT TO GET THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT
TO LIVE UP TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS AGREEMENTS IT
SIGNED AT HELSINKI IN 1975.
- 9 -
WHEN THE SOVIET STATE's IDEOLOGY MAKES IT A
CRIME TO ADVOCATE LIVING UP TO INTERNATIONAL
COMMITMENTS, THE REST OF THE WORLD HAS TO
TAKE NOTICE; THIS POINT AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE
RANGE OF SOVIET HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES MUST BE
ADDRESSED AT FUTURE SUMMITS.
so TOO, THERE IS THE ISSUE OF REGIONAL
CONFLICTS. IT WOULD BE SIMPLY UNTHINKABLE
FOR WORLD LEADERS TO MEET IN SPLENDID
ISOLATION EVEN AS THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN,
CENTRAL AMERICA, AFRICA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
UNDERGO TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS AS A RESULT OF
SOVIET INVASION OR MILITARY INTERVENTION.
AGAIN OUR PROPOSALS FOR RESOLVING REGIONAL
CONFLICTS REMAIN A CRITICAL AGENDA ITEM.
AND ON THIS POINT, YOU MAY HAVE READ LAST
WEEK THAT THE SOVIET FOREIGN MINISTER
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT AFGHANISTAN HAS TO BE
1
DISCUSSED IN REYKJAVIK. I WISH WE SAW ANY
EVIDENCE THAT THE SOVIETS HAD MADE A DECISION
TO GET OUT.
- 10 -
THEY NEED TO SEE THAT THE ONLY SOLUTION THAT
CAN LAST IS ONE PROVIDING SELF-DETERMINATION
FOR THE AFGHAN PEOPLE AND A RAPID,
COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL OF SOVIET FORCES. SHORT
OF THAT, THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS WILL STRUGGLE
ON, AND LET ME PROMISE YOU, THEY'LL HAVE THE
SUPPORT THEY NEED FROM PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD.
FINALLY, THERE IS THE ISSUE OF BROADER
CONTACTS BETWEEN THE SOVIET AND AMERICAN
PEOPLES, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE. WE ALL
WELCOMED THE COMMITMENT MADE LAST YEAR IN
GENEVA TO INCREASE CONTACTS, NOTABLY IN THE
CULTURAL EXCHANGE AREA. THIS WAS THE RESULT
OF CAREFUL PRE-SUMMIT PLANNING AND IT IS OUR
HOPE THAT OUR WORK IN ICELAND WILL SPEED UP
IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE PROGRAMS AND LAY THE
GROUNDWORK FOR FURTHER PROGRESS AT FUTURE
SUMMITS.
- 11 -
THESE THEN ARE THE DIFFICULT MATTERS ON
OUR SUMMIT AGENDA: ARMS REDUCTIONS, HUMAN
RIGHTS, REGIONAL CONFLICTS, PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE
CONTACTS - I THINK YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THEN
WHEN MR. GORBACHEV EXTENDED HIS INVITATION TO
A PRE-SUMMIT DISCUSSION I ACCEPTED.
WITH SUCH GRAVE AND COMPLEX MATTERS, THERE IS
NO SUCH THING AS TOO MUCH PREPARATION.
so, I HOPE THAT IN EXPLAINING ALL THIS I
HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO DISPEL SOME OF THE
INACCURATE SPECULATION AND FALSE HOPES RAISED
ABOUT THE ICELAND TALKS. I EXPECT THESE
TALKS TO BE USEFUL AND SUCCESSFUL BUT ONLY AS
PREPARATION FOR FUTURE SUMMIT CONFERENCES.
OUR VIEW IS THAT WE WILL PROCEED AS WE HAVE
FROM THE START STEP-BY-STEP - CAUTIOUSLY,
PRUDENTLY, AND REALISTICALLY.
AND BY THE WAY, I HOPE THIS LAST POINT
ABOUT OUR REALISM HELPS TO ANSWER SOME OF THE
DOMESTIC CRITICISMS RECENTLY OF THE SUMMIT
PROCESS.
- 12 -
ACTUALLY, I'VE GOT TO CONFESS THAT HEARING
SUGGESTIONS THAT I'M GETTING SOFT ON
COMMUNISM IS FOR ME A NEW -- AND PERHAPS THE
WORD IS TITILLATING -- EXPERIENCE.
BUT, SERIOUSLY, I WOULD ASK THOSE OF MY
OLD SUPPORTERS WHO MAY HAVE VOICED DOUBTS TO
SIMPLY CONSIDER THREE FACTS THAT I THINK MAKE
THE CURRENT SUMMIT PROCESS VERY DIFFERENT
FROM THAT OF PREVIOUS DECADES. FIRST,
THE UNITED STATES HAS MADE IT PLAIN WE ENTER
THESE NEGOTIATIONS WITHOUT ILLUSIONS;
AND THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE CANDID ABOUT
THE SOVIET UNION, THE MORAL IMPLICATIONS OF
ITS IDEOLOGY, THE GRAVE DANGER OF ITS
GEOPOLITICAL INTENTIONS.
- 13 -
SECOND, PART OF THIS CANDID APPROACH INCLUDES
RESTATEMENT OF WHAT I SAID IN MY 1982 SPEECH
AT WESTMINSTER PALACE IN GREAT BRITAIN:
THAT THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF AMERICAN FOREIGN
POLICY IS NOT JUST THE PREVENTION OF WAR BUT
THE EXTENSION OF FREEDOM -- TO SEE THAT EVERY
NATION, EVERY PEOPLE, EVERY PERSON SOMEDAY
ENJOYS THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY.
AND FINALLY, I WOULD ASK THAT SOME NOTE BE
TAKEN OF THE HISTORICAL TIDES. AMERICA IS NO
LONGER UNDER SIEGE; FAR FROM IT.
OUR ECONOMIC AND MILITARY POWER IS RESURGENT,
THE WESTERN DEMOCRACIES ARE REVITALIZED AND
ALL ACROSS THE WORLD NATIONS ARE TURNING TO
DEMOCRATIC IDEAS AND THE PRINCIPLES OF THE
FREE MARKET. IN ALL OF THIS, THE UNITED
STATES CONTINUES TO PLAY ITS HISTORICAL ROLE
AND ASSIST THOSE WHO STRUGGLE FOR WORLD
FREEDOM.
- 14 -
AND WE BELIEVE THE SUMMIT PROCESS CAN BE
USEFUL IN PREVENTING WAR AS WE MOVE TOWARDS
A WORLD OF EXPANDING PERSONAL FREEDOM AND
GROWING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. WE BELIEVE
THE SUMMIT AGENDA REFLECTS THE HELPFUL
CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE WORLD;
WE ARE DISCUSSING NOT JUST ARMS CONTROL,
FOR EXAMPLE, BUT ARMS REDUCTIONS AS WELL AS
HUMAN RIGHTS AND REGIONAL CONFLICTS.
PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR TWIN GOALS OF PEACE
AND FREEDOM THEN WILL NOT BE EASY;
AS I MENTIONED IN MY SATURDAY RADIO TALK --
WE SEEK THE SUPPORT OF ALL AMERICANS.
WE NEED YOUR HELP. AND WE ALSO NEED,
AS I SAID, SOME CAREFUL PREPARATION.
AND THAT IS WHY WE AGREED TO THE TALKS IN
ICELAND AND WILL LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING
MR. GORBACHEV THERE. AND, COME TO THINK OF
IT, IT's ALSO WHY I HAVE TO GET BACK ACROSS
THE STREET TO MY HOMEWORK AND MY BRIEFING
BOOKS.
110
:
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THANKS FOR HAVING ME; AGAIN MY
COMPLIMENTS ON YOUR GREAT WORK.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
###
PD/A
17
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 7, 1986
MEMORANDUM FOR JACK MATLOCK
FROM:
Larry Speakes
SUBJECT:
Communications Plan for Iceland Meetings
The attached communications plan for press events relative to
the Iceland meeting is for your information and
implementation as appropriate.
COMMUNICATIONS PLAN
MEETINGS BETWEEN
PRESIDENT REAGAN AND GENERAL SECRETARY GORBACHEV
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND
Tuesday, October 7, 1986
to
Tuesday, October 14, 1986
October 7, 1986
5:00 p.m.
COMMUNICATIONS PLAN
Meetings Between
President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev
Reykjavik, Iceland
Pre-Meeting Events
Tuesday, October 7, 1986
O
Event: Morning News Show:
7:10 a.m. "Today" NBC: Donald T. Regan
ACTION: Denny Brisley
o
Event: 8:30 a.m. President meets with Bipartisan
Congressional Leadership to discuss Iceland
meeting. Old Family Dining Room.
ACTION: Larry Speakes/Will Ball
O
Event: 10:30 a.m. WORLDNET Interview - Secretary
Shultz.
ACTION: Don Mathes
O
Event: 11:15 a.m. Secretary Shultz gives pre-trip
briefing in White House Press Briefing Room.
(On-the-record, for Camera)
ACTION: Dan Howard
Event: 12:00 p.m. White House Briefing by Larry
Speakes on logistics for trip.
ACTION: Larry Speakes
NOTE: Press Trip Briefing Books are distributed at
this briefing.
ACTION: Roman Popadiuk
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Tuesday, October 7, 1986 (continued)
O
Event: 3:30 p.m. The President meets with Human
Rights Leaders. Cabinet Room. (Writing Pool
and Open Photo Coverage).
ACTION: Larry Speakes/Mari Maseng
Wednesday, October 8, 1986
NOTE: Presidential Travel Day:
North Carolina
Atlanta
Section of speech devoted to theme of
Reagan/Gorbachev meeting.
O
Event: Morning News Shows:
7:10 a.m. "Good Morning America", ABC:
Secretary Shultz
ACTION: Denny Brisley
O
Event: 10:00 a.m. WORLDNET Interview: Assistant
Secretary Rozanne Ridgway.
ACTION: Don Mathes
O
Event: 11:00 a.m. Background briefing by Assistant
Secretary Rozanne Ridgway at Foreign Press
Center.
ACTION: Dan Howard
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Thursday, October 9, 1986
O
Event: Morning News Shows:
7:10 a.m. CBS "Morning News": Donald T.
Regan
ACTION: Denny Brisley
O
Event: Departure Statement by the President.
South Grounds. 9:25 a.m. (Open Press Coverage)
ACTION: Pat Buchanan
O
Event: The President arrives Reykjavik, Keflavik
Airport. No arrival remarks.
7:05 p.m. (L) 3:05 p.m. EDT
(Open White House Press Coverage)
ACTION: Larry Speakes
Friday, October 10, 1986
O
Event: Morning News Shows
NBC "Today": Secretary Shultz
11:10 a.m. (L) 7:30 a.m. EDT
ACTION: Larry Speakes
Event: Daily White House Press Briefing. Hotel
Loftleidir, Press Filing Center.
11:30 a.m. (L) 7:30 a.m. EDT
ACTION: Larry Speakes
O
Event: The President has working lunch with Senior
Staff in preparation for meetings.
12:30 p.m. (L) 8:30 a.m. EDT
(Photo Release)
ACTION: Larry Speakes
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Friday, October 10, 1986 (continued)
O
Event: Background Briefing by Robert Linhard and Jack
Matlock of the NSC and Assistant Secretary
Rozanne Ridgway.
Hotel Loftleidir Press Filing Center.
2:30 p.m. (L) 10:30 a.m. EDT
ACTION: Dan Howard
Event: Assistant Secretary Rozanne Ridgway briefing.
International Press Filing Center.
4:00 p.m. (L) 12:00 p.m. EDT
(On-the-Record, for Camera)
ACTION: Dan Howard
Event: The President meets with the President, Prime
Minister and Foreign Minister of Iceland.
Location to be determined.
4:30 p.m. (L) 12:30 p.m. EDT
(Tight Pool and Photo coverage at beginning)
ACTION: Larry Speakes
O
Event: Daily White House Press Briefing.
Hotel Loftleidir Press Filing Center.
6:30 p.m. (L) 2:30 p.m. EDT
ACTION: Larry Speakes
Meeting Days
Saturday, October 11, 1986
Event: The President arrives at Hofdi House for
Opening Meeting. Photo with General Secretary
Gorbachev.
10:30 a.m. (L) 6:30 a.m. EDT
(Expanded Pool Coverage Outside)
ACTION: Larry Speakes
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Saturday, October 11, 1986 (continued)
O
Event: The President holds first meeting with General
Secretary Gorbachev. Hofdi House.
(Tight Pool Coverage Inside)
ACTION: Larry Speakes
O
Event: Daily White House Briefing.
Hotel Loftleidir Press Filing Center.
11:30 a.m. (L) 7:30 a.m. EDT
ACTION: Larry Speakes
O
Event: Daily White House Briefing.
Hotel Loftleidir Press Filing Center.
6:30 p.m. (L) 2:30 p.m. EDT
ACTION: Larry Speakes
Sunday, October 12, 1986
O
Event: Daily White House Briefing,
Hotel Loftleidir Press Filing Center.
11:30 a.m. (L) 7:30 a.m. EDT
ACTION:
Larry Speakes
O
Event: The President concludes third meeting at Hofdi
House and bids farewell to General Secretary
Gorbachev.
12:30 p.m. (L) 8:30 a.m. EDT
(Tight Pool Coverage Inside)
ACTION: Larry Speakes
O
Event: Secretary Shultz Briefing.
Hotel Loftleidir Press Filing Center.
1:30 p.m. (L) 9:30 a.m. EDT
(On-the-Record, for Camera)
ACTION: Dan Howard
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Sunday, October 12, 1986 (continued)
O
Event: Sunday News Shows:
CBS "Face the Nation": Donald T. Regan
2:30 p.m. (L) 10:30 a.m. EDT
NBC "Meet the Press": Secretary Shultz
3:00 p.m. (L) 11:00 a.m. EDT
ABC "This Week with David Brinkley":
2:30 p.m. (L) 10:30 a.m. EDT
CNN "Newsmaker":
ACTION: Dale Petroskey
Event: Separate print background briefings scheduled
with key officials:
Secretary Shultz: New York Times
Washington Post
Los Angeles Times
Wall Street Journal
ACTION:
Larry Speakes/Peter Roussel
Donald T. Regan:
AP
USA Today
UPI
N Y Daily News
Reuters
Washington Times
AFP
Chicago Tribune
ACTION:, Peter Roussel
Assistant Secretary
Newhouse
Rozanne Ridgway:
Knight-Ridder
Copley
Scripps-Howard
ACTION:
Dan Howard
Event: Magazines - Final update for Time, Newsweek and
U.S. News & World Report by Donald T. Regan and
Assistant Secretary Rozanne Ridgway
ACTION: Peter Roussel/Dan Howard
is
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Sunday, October 12, 1986 (continued)
O
Event: Departure. President bids farewell to
Icelandic officials. Keflavik Airport.
3:30 p.m. (L) 11:30 a.m. EDT
(Open White House Press Coverage)
ACTION: Larry Speakes
o
Event: The President departs.
3:45 p.m. (L) 11:45 a.m. EDT
ACTION: Larry Speakes
Event: The President arrives at Andrews AFB.
5:50 p.m. EDT
(Open Press Coverage)
ACTION: Larry Speakes
Event: The President arrives on South Grounds.
6:05 p.m. EDT
(Open Press Coverage)
ACTION: Larry Speakes
Post-Meeting Events
Monday, October 13, 1986
o
Event: Evening Presidential Address to the Nation
from the Oval Office.
ACTION: Pat Buchanan/Larry Speakes
26
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
TIME STAMP
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY REFERRAL
360CT7 P 1: 48
SYSTEM I LOG NUMBER: 7255
(FIRST DRAFT OF REMARKS)
ACTION OFFICER: RODMAN
DUE: IMMEDIATELY
Prepare Memo McDaniel to Chew
URGENT
Prepare Memo McDaniel to Dolan
Prepare Memo McDaniel to Speakes
Prepare Memo
to
*** PUT RESPECTIVE STAFF OFFICER'S NAME IN MARGIN BESIDE CHANGES.
CONCURRENCES/COMMENTS*
DUE:
URGENI
*PHONE to action officer at ext. 3110
Brooks
X
Lavin (FYI)
Burghardt
X
Linhard (FYI)
Sable Ross (FVI)
Burns
Lenczowski
Sachs
Cannistraro
Levine
Saunders
Childress
Mahley
Sestanovich
Cobb
Major
Danzansky
Mandel (FYI)
X
Sommer Small (FYI)
deGraffenreid
Matlock
Soos
Dobriansky
May
Stark
Donley
Mingle
Steiner
Douglass
Morton
St Martin
Farrar
Murdock
Tahir-Kheli
Grimes
North.
Teicher
Hanley (FYI)
Perry
Thompson
Kelly
Platt
Tillman
COCKELL
Kissell
Pugliaresi
Kraemer
Raymond
Laux
Reger
INFORMATION
McDaniel
Pearson
Secretariat
Rodman
Cockell
Exec. Sec. Desk
Poindexter (advance)
Keel (advance)
7255
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDULWRGENT
DATE: 10/7/86
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 9:00 A.M. 10/8/86
SUBJECT: REMARKS: TOAST FOR SOCIAL EVENT HOSTED BY ICELAND
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND
(10/7/86 12:30 p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MILLER - ADMIN.
REGAN
POINDEXTER
MILLER - OMB
RYAN
BALL
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REMARKS:
Please give your recommendations to Tony Dolan
with an info copy to my office by 9:00 a.m. tomorrow
morning. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
David L. Chew
Staff Secretary
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October Q', 1986
12:30 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TOAST FOR SOCIAL EVENT HOSTED BY ICELAND
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1986
Madam President, Mr. General Secretary, ladies and
gentlemen: I want to thank the people of Iceland, and in
particular President Finnbogadottir, for the hospitality they've
extended and for the support they've given to make this meeting
possible. I am grateful, as is everyone in my traveling party,
for the good will and cooperation so evident here.
Iceland, as is clear by the welcome we've received, is a
country with which we Americans have ancient ties and a
long-standing friendship. On Monday, the people of our country
will be celebrating Columbus Day, honoring the man who, with
vision and a full complement of tenacity, organized and led the
expedition that opened the New World to Western civilization.
Yet being here, one cannot help but think of the legend that
tells us of an earlier explorer who once sailed from these
shores, a Norseman named Leif Ericsson. The politics of those
days cannot really be compared to our own, but it's interesting
to note that Leif was the son of a fellow called Eric the Red.
Hummm.
No political significance, of course, but Leif and other
Norsemen ventured West from Iceland to discover the North
American continent, calling it Vinland. And, Mr. General
Secretary, some historians believe it was another Norseman,
Rurik, who sailed from Scandinavia up the rivers of Russia to
found the first Russian state. A turn of fate then, Mr. General
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Secretary, has brought us together in Iceland, as guests of Leif
Ericsson's descendants, a people who have historical ties to both
our nations. So, we meet geographically halfway but on friendly
ground.
Rurik and Leif Ericsson were undoubtedly fierce warriors.
Yet, it is noteworthy that they are remembered today for their
courage in exploring new lands, a relatively peaceful enterprise
for Vikings of their day. Let us hope that we, too, are
remembered for conquering new frontiers instead of other nations,
for pushing back boundaries, and exploring new avenues that might
lead mankind to a new world, a world of freedom and peace, a
world that no longer lives in fear of aggression or nuclear
holocaust, a world in which tyranny and war are but memories of a
distant past.
Unlike the pathfinders who went before us, however, our task
is not reaching a new world, but building one. Progress is
measured not in miles traveled, but in changes made. We are here
as a preparatory step to change and most assuredly to build on
the direct dialogue begun in Geneva.
For our part, we seek progress not by glossing over
differences, but by facing them; not by ignoring issues, but by
recognizing them and putting them on the table. Respect for
human rights, arms reduction, the resolution of regional
conflict, and the further opening up of contact between our
peoples must be part of the same step forward.
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Our peoples. A word about them. The love of freedom, the
worship of God, the desire for peace, these are unifying forces
at the heart of America.
And then there is the Russian people. Who can say enough
about them -- their culture; the master works of art and
literature and music; their bravery; their nobility. There is a
love song from your country, Mr. General Secretary, that says so
much: "Happy or sad my beloved, you are beautiful, as beautiful
as a Russian song, as beautiful as a Russian soul." We come here
as leaders to talk heart to heart. Let us look deep and let us
lift our glasses to the souls, to the nobility of our two
peoples. There we will find a yearning for peace and for freedom
that should guide us in all we do here.
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SEVERAL ARTICLES IN THE OCTOBER 14 PRAVDA AND
IZVESTIYA MADE THIS POINT BY COVERING DEVELOPMENTS
IN THE U.S. AND EUROPE. THESE ARTICLES:
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DISAPPOINTMENT THAT ADMINISTRATION INSISTENCE
ON SDI STOOD IN THE WAY OF HISTORIC AGREEMENTS;
-- SAID THAT "ULTRA-RIGHTISTS" LIKE CONGRESSMAN
JACK KEMP WERE PUSHING THE PRESIDENT TO HANG
TOUGH ON SDI;
-- CLAIMED THAT EUROPE WAS CONCERNED BY THE SDI-
RELATED FAILURE TO ACHIEVE A SUITABLE INF AGREEMENT.
2. THE NATIONAL EVENING TV NEWS OCTOBER 13
INCLUDED NUMEROUS INTERVIEWS WITH SOVIETS AND
FOREIGN MEDIA EXCERPTS REGRETTING THE U.S.
FAILURE TO AGREE ON SDI LIMITS. GORBACHEV' S
REYKJAVIK PRESS CONFERENCE, INITIALLY AIRED
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THAT GORBACHEV WILL SPEAK ON THE 9:00 P.M. (LOCAL)
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