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BUCHAREST -- STATEMENT ON ARRIVAL Speaking for my country and for the American people, I thank you for your warm welcome. 1. In the traditional response of the Romanian people, BEE-nay AHM gah-ZEET. (It means I am welcomed. " This is not my first visit to your country. 1. I was here in 1967. my firt visit to you county cib , (1) I recall that visit with great pleasure; is it was at the very end of winter, at the beginning of a new spring. 1. I had very useful talks with President Ceausescu, who was then General Secretary, and other Romanian government officials; wares welme 2. And, I recall vividly the courtesies extended to me by the people of Romania. This is an bector because While this is not my first visit to your country, it is the first visit of a President of the United States to Romania -- the first State visit by an American President to a socialist country or to this region of the continent of Europe.