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Digitized from Box 19 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DECEMBER 6, 1975
OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
(Manila, Republic of the Philippines)
THE WHITE HOUSE
EXCHANGE OF REMARKS
BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT
AND
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
PRESIDENT OF THE
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
MANILA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
4:18 P.M. (Manila Time)
PRESIDENT MARCOS: Mr. President, Mrs. Ford, your
daughter, your excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies
and gentlemen:
We are indeed happy and honored that the President
of the United States and his lady and their daughter have
been able to pay a visit with us, and they come to vila
in the course of a long journey that has brought them to two
of the most important capitals of the world -- Peking and
Djakarta.
Mr. President, that you have come to Asia during
this -- one of the most eventful periods of our history and
of your country -- demonstrates the urgency of your concern
and the quality of your present undertaking.
The relations between our two countries are old,
tested by time and events. Perceptions may change, but these
relations have remained. The Philippines considers the
United States its strongest ally. It will so remain for a
long time to come.
The world may be in a state of flux, and new
realities may present new challenges, new opportunities.
In Asia today, Asian nations ask questions that require and
demand intelligent answers.
We have watched as you, Mr. President, from the
assumption of the Presidency of your great country, sought
to set the course of American diplomacy in a world of change,
disruptive change, and we have cheered from the sidelines
as you so genuinely expand the domains of peace.
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This visit to Asia is in this direction. It
therefore occasions many expectations. As we remark
these dramatic changes, not only in Asia but throughout
the world, we cannot but observe that certainly America's
specific destiny is inextricably linked with these changes.
As we look around the world, we see that it is
the destiny of America that while she alone may be unable
to solve all the problems of the world, there is no serious
problem of the world that can be solved without America.
This is the burden that is borne by the American
people, and this is the weight of responsibility that is
on the shoulders of their President.
So, today, Mr. President, you come to a country
that is prepared to admit you with affection. In the past,
our relations have been passed with candor and with generosity
of spirit, as well as of the mind.
As we seek to reassess these relations in accordance
with the conditions and the temper of the time, we shall
need this same candor and this generosity of the spirit and
of the mind, for our two countries are partners that have
seen the growth of productive, cooperative undertakings,
and which has allowed America to maintain a concentration,
the greatest naval and aerial power in this part of the world.
This partnership has served the Pacific and Asia
well, but there are new realities in the world, and these
new realities hold challenges and opportunities not only
to all people, but especially to our two countries.
Our two countries seek new solutions to new
problems. Yours is a great power, and ours is a small
developing country, but an independent and free country
nonetheless and we, too, seek an authentic role in the
future.
Mr. President, I have great faith in the future
of our relations. On behalf of our people, I say we have
great confidence that you shall share with us your wisdom
and fill our minds with understanding.
Once again, I say with affection, we extend you
warm welcome.
Mabuhay.
THE PRESIDENT: Mr. President, Mrs. Marcos:
I thank you very kindly for the especially warm
welcome that you have extended to me and to Mrs. Ford and
to the American people. I have long looked forward to
visiting this beautiful country, which is reknowned for
its warm hospitality.
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After your more than generous remarks, I now
see that all these forecasts are accurate and totally
true.
I find it very significant that this visit to the
Pacific nations should conclude here in the Philippines,
among some of my country's best and oldest Asian friends.
Our two countries, Mr. President, have shared a unique
history -- a unique history together both in times of
peace and in times of dire adversity.
The years of common history which bind us together
provide a unique relationship of deep understanding and of
deep trust which survives the test of time. I am confident
that that relationship will continue for many, many years
to come.
The past decade, Mr. President, has seen remark-
able changes in the world around us, yet that relationship
between our two countries has deepened and matured.
We meet today as sovereign nations, each with its
own pride and with its own independence. We meet as friends
who have known what it is to fight shoulder to shoulder
for common ideals.
The days ahead, Mr. President, hold great challenges
for our two countries and also great promise. Your country
is already moving out and exploring new horizons, both in
Asia and elsewhere.
Mr. President, I look forward to the opportunity
of discussing with you freely and very frankly the many and
varied relationships between our two countries, as well as
to the future of Asia.
Thank you again, Mr. President, and to the
Philippine people for your especially generous and warm
welcome. May I add from the American people to the people
of the Philippines -- Mabuhay.
END
(AT 4:28 P.M. MANILA TIME)