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The original documents are located in Box 13, "8/4/75 - Luncheon Toast, Belgrade,
Yugoslavia" of the President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R.
Ford Presidential Library.
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REVISED
Digitized from Box 13 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
8/3/75
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN....
DINNER TOAST
BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA
SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 1975
- 1 -
MR. PRESIDENT, MADAM BROZ, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
I AM DELIGHTED TO BE BACK IN YUGOSLAVIA.
TWELVE YEARS IS MUCH TOO LONG TO BE AWAY.
MRS. FORD AND I
THANK YOU SINCERELY FOR THE WARM WELCOME OF YOUR PEOPLE AND
FOR YOUR OWN GRACIOUS REMARKS, MR. PRESIDENT.
- 2 -
WHILE I AM DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE JUSTLY RENOWNED
YUGOSLAV HOSPITALITY SHOWN TO MRS. FORD AND ME PERSONALLY,
I AM MINDFUL THAT THIS KIND EXPRESSION REPRESENTS THE FRIENDSHIP
WHICH THE YUGOSLAV PEOPLE FEEL FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
I CAN
ASSURE YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT THIS SENTIMENT IS FULLY
RECIPROCATED ON OUR PART.
-3-
WE AMERICANS HAVE LONG VALUED OUR TIES OF FRIENDSHIP WI TH
YUGOSLAVIA. AMERICANS HAVE PARTICULARLY ADMIRED YUGOSLAVIA'S
INDEPENDENT SPIRIT.
WHENEVER INDEPENDENCE IS THREATENED, PEOPLE
EVERYWHERE LOOK TO THE EXAMPLE OF THE STRUGGLE OF THE YUGOSLAV PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT THEIR HISTORY. THEY TAKE STRENGTH AND INSPIRATION FROM
THAT EXAMPLE.
-3a-
MR. PRESIDENT, THIS SPIRIT AND YOUR COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP
BROUGHT THE YUGOSLAV PEOPLE SUCCESSFULLY THROUGH THE HARSH TRIALS
OF WORLD WAR TWO AND ITS AFTERMATH INTO AN ERA OF PEACE,
STABILITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH.
- 4 -
YUGOSLAVIA IS CONFIDENT OF ITS PLACE IN THE WORLD AND
OF ITS PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE.
I BELIEVE YOUR CONFIDENCE IS
FULLY JUSTIFIED.
- 5 -
AMERICAN INTEREST IN YUGOSLAVIA'S CONTINUED INDEPENDENCE,
INTEGRITY AND WELL-BEING, EXPRESSED OFTEN IN THE PAST, REMAINS
UNDIMINISHED.
TONIGHT I HAVE THE PLEASURE TO REASSERT
MY NATION'S POSITIVE INTEREST IN THE FUTURE OF YOUR NATION.
- 6 -
YUGOSLAVS AND AMERICANS HAVE BOTH BENEFITED FROM MANY
JOINT EFFORTS TO SPEED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF YUGOSLAVIA.
OUR BILATERAL TRADE CONTINUES TO GROW.
IT HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED
IN FIVE YEARS.
YUGOSLAV-AMERICAN ECONOMIC COUNCILS HAVE BEEN
ESTABLISHED IN BELGRADE AND NEW YORK CITY.
- 7 -
MANY AMERICAN FIRMS ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH YUGOSLAV ENTERPRISES
SUCH AS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF YOUR COUNTRY'S FIRST NUCLEAR POWER
FACILITY. OUR EXPORT-IMPORT BANK PLAYS A VERY POSITIVE ROLE IN
SUPPLYING LOANS AND GUARANTEES. YUGOSLAV-AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC,
TECHNOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL COOPERATION AND EXCHANGES ARE AN
INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR EXCELLENT BILATERAL RELATIONS.
- 8 -
BUT OUR MUTUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN DEALING WITH ECONOMIC
PROBLEMS MUST BE VIEWED FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE INTERDEPENDENCE
OF ALL NATIONS. WE HAVE BEEN DISTRESSED BY THE INTRANSIGENCE
AND IRRESPONSIBILITY REFLECTED IN SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS OF
VITAL ECONOMIC ISSUES IN UNITED NATIONS FORUMS.
- 9 -
THE GROWING ALIENATION BETWEEN DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING NATIONS
CAN ONLY HARM THE BEST INTERESTS OF BOTH AND JEOPARDIZE THE SOLUTION
OF UNIVERSAL PROBLEMS.
I ASSURE YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT THE
UNITED STATES WILL PLAY ITS FULL PART IN EFFORTS TO RESOLVE THESE
ISSUES IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF ALL PEOPLES.
- 10 -
YUGOSLAVIA HAS TAKEN A PROMINENT ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL
AFFAIRS UNDER YOUR GUIDANCE, MR. PRESIDENT.
THE UNITED STATES
RECOGNIZES THAT YOUR COUNTRY'S POLICY OF NON-ALIGNMENT MAKES AN
ACTIVE CONTRIBUTION TO GREATER UNDERSTANDING AMONG PEOPLES.
- 11 -
YUGOSLAVIA AND THE UNITED STATES HAVE CONSISTENTLY WORKED FOR
COOPERATION BASED ON THE EQUALITY OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY UNDER THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER IN SETTLING OUTSTANDING
INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS.
- 12 -
OUR TWO COUNTRIES -- AS IN THE CASE OF ALL FRIENDS --
HAVE HAD DIFFERENCES.
BUT WE ARE ABLE TO DISCUSS THEM OPENLY,
AS FRIENDS DO, AND TO RESOLVE THEM.
THE MAIN POINT IS THAT
WE ARE NEVER IN DOUBT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR COMMON GOALS
OR ABOUT OUR DEEP COMMITMENT TO THE CONTINUITY OF FRIENDLY RELATIONS.
- 13 -
AT THIS TIME, WITH THE AIMS OF THE CONFERENCE ON
SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE so CLEARLY IN OUR THOUGHTS,
LET US EMPHASIZE THE MUTUALITY AND INTERDEPENDENCE OF OUR BASIC
CONCERNS FOR PEACE, SECURITY AND HUMAN PROGRESS IN THE YEARS
TO COME.
- 14 -
IN THAT SPIRIT, I ASK YOU TO JOIN ME IN A TOAST
TO PRESIDENT TITO, WHOSE COURAGE, WISDOM AND LEADERSHIP
HAVE MEANT so MUCH FOR YUGOSLAVIA AND THE WORLD IN WHICH
HIS COUNTRY HAS PLAYED SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART.
END OF TEXT