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The original documents are located in Box D6, folder "Ford Press Releases - Berlin Wall
Anniversary, 1965" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at
the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box D6 of The Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR THE SENATE:
THE JOINT SENATE-HOUSE
FOR THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES:
Everett M. Dirksen, Leader
Thomas H. Kuchel, Whip
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP
Gerald R. Ford,
Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Chr.
Leader
of the Policy Committee
Leslie C. Arends, Whip
Leverett Saltonstall, Chr.
Melvin R. Laird,
of the Conference
Press Release
Chr. of the Conference
Thruston B. Morton,
Chr. Republican
John J. Rhodes, Chr.
Senatorial Committee
of the Policy Committee
Clarence J. Brown,
PRESIDING OFFICER:
Ranking Member
The Republican
Rules Committee
National Chairman
Bob Wilson,
Ray C. Bliss
Chr. Republican
Congressional Committee
FOR RELEASE
FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1965
STATEMENT BY THE
JOINT SENATE-HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP
Senator Dirksen
Representative Ford
Senator Kuchel
Representative Arends
Senator Hickenlooper
Representative Laird
Senator Saltonstall
Representative Rhodes
Senator Morton
Representative Brown
Representative Wilson
August 13 marks the fourth anniversary of a tragedy in American
foreign relations and a tragedy for all mankind- the erection of one of
man's most hated and degrading structures, the Berlin Wall. The Wall
is an insult to all of mankind. It is an ugly reminder that the com-
munists cannot command the voluntary allegiance of those trapped by
terrible circumstance within their borders.
In 1961, the communists violated the Four Power Agreement, a pledge
among nations, and they violated man's sense of individual diversity, a
pledge among all men, when they constructed their cold cement edifice.
Now, four years afterward, the Wall has been warmed many times over by
the blood of courageous, imprisoned men who have sought escape from
mistrust, compulsion by force, and deadening conformity.
The lust for freedom of the east German people has sent unnumbered
hundreds under, through, and over the Wall in quest of this freedom.
In order to join with their families and friends in the West and escape
the tyranny of communist government, these men have matched bravery and
ingenuity against the fiendish traps and obstacles concocted by the
communists. Many German people have died by the bullets of communist
rifles when they sought to escape.
It is a great irony that man's response to the Wall, the escape,
has become one of the most meaningful and important actions to all
Room S-124 U.S. Capitol-CApitol 4-3121 - Ex (more) 3700
STAFF CONSULTANT: Robert Humphreys
- 2 -
freedom-loving men. We feel a common bond with the stifled individuals
behind the Wall, and every free man identifies with the individuals
who are compelled by conscience and blessed with the opportunity to
escape.
Tragically, as more men have escaped and more men have died, the
Wall has been fortified and enlarged with cement, wire, and explosives,
Yet one remains confident that the bravery and genius of such men will
not be defeated by a wall.
The return of freedom and unity to all the German people must
remain a major objective of the foreign policy of the United States
until the Wall is no more.
FOR THE SENATE:
THE JOINT SENATE-HOUSE
FOR THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES:
Everett M. Dirksen, Leader
Thomas H. Kuchel, Whip
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP
Gerald R. Ford,
Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Chr.
Leader
of the Policy Committee
Leslie C. Arends, Whip
Leverett Saltonstall, Chr.
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Representative Ford
Senator Kuchel
Representative Arends
Senator Hickenlooper
Representative Laird
Senator Saltonstall
Representative Rhodes
Senator Morton
Representative Brown
Representative Wilson
August 13 marks the fourth anniversary of a tragedy in American
foreign relations and a tragedy for all mankind- the erection of one of
man's most hated and degrading structures, the Berlin Wall. The Wall
is an insult to all of mankind. is an ugly reminder that the com-
munists cannot command the volunten allegiance of those trapped by
terrible circumstance within theirsborders.
In 1961, the communists violated the Four Power Agreement, a pledge
among nations, and they violated man's sense of individual diversity, a
pledge among all men, when they constructed their cold cement edifice.
Now, four years afterward, the Wall has been warmed many times over by
the blood of courageous, imprisoned men who have sought escape from
mistrust, compulsion by force, and deadening conformity.
The lust for freedom of the east German people has sent unnumbered
hundreds under, through, and over the Wall in quest of this freedom.
In order to join with their families and friends in the West and escape
the tyranny of communist government, these men have matched bravery and
ingenuity against the fiendish traps and obstacles concocted by the
communists. Many German people have died by the bullets of communist
rifles when they sought to escape.
It is a great irony that man's response to the Wall, the escape,
has become one of the most meaningful and important actions to all
Room S-124 U.S. Capitol-CApitol 4-3121 Ex (more) 3700
STAFF CONSULTANT: Robert Humphreys
- 2 -
freedom-loving men. We feel a common bond with the stifled individuals
behind the Wall, and every free man identifies with the individuals
who are compelled by conscience and blessed with the opportunity to
escape.
Tragically, as more men have escaped and more men have died, the
Wall has been fortified and enlarged with cement, wire, and explosives,
Yet one remains confident that the bravery and genius of such men will
not be defeated by a wall.
The return of freedom and unity to all the German people must
remain a major objective of the foreign policy of the United States
until the Wall is no more.