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SUBJECT: omments on Presidential Address in Berlin Jl1f' ~ Thank you for sending us a copy of the 0900 29 May draft of the Presidential Address at the Brandenbur Gate, West Berlin, Germany, June 12, 1987.

lln We strongly recommend that the paragraph dealing with air kravel to Berlin, page 9, second full paragraph, be revised to read as follows:

"To open. Berlin still further to all Europe, East and West, the United States seeks to [greatly] expand [the vital air corridors] air service to this city. We also seek to find ways of making [commercial] air [service] travel to Berlin through the established corridors safer, more comfortable, and more economical. [We see Berlin as one of the chief aviation hubs in all Central Europe.]"

¢ our rationale for these changes is that the US is not seeking to expand the three vital air corridors to Berlin. These three air corridors are established by international agreement and their location, width and minimum altitude are specifically defined, and we do not legally recognize any upper ceiling. What is being considered is adding additional north-south routes to Berlin outside these three corridors; consideration may also be given to easing Soviet unilateral restrictions on flights in the corridors above 10,000 feet. We and our UK and French allies have been discussing with the Soviets for many months improvements in the safety of flights to Berlin--not just "commercial air service" but also military flights; hence the substitute of "air travel" in place of "commercial air service." We believe our first priority is to protect the viability of the three air corridors, including the economic viability of allied flights through these corridors; we should not unrealistically raise expectations about increasing air traffic to Berlin to the extent of Berlin becoming "one of the chief aviation hubs in all Central Europe."

f(f) We a lso propose that on pag e 5, the third full par a graph, the text be revised to read "Now the Soviets themselves may at last be [coming] starting to understand the importance of freedom." We

~ should not overstate the degree of Soviet understanding of the importance of freedom.

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. . - ,,,. . lf£ST l!UIN, C£JUIIA1-"l FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1987

CMneellor ~ohl, Governing tc.yor Diepgen, ladi•• and

9entle1en1 Twenty-tour Y••r• a90, Pr••ldent John r. Kennedy

visited Berlin, · •peaking to the people of thi• city and the world

•t the ~udolph Wilde r:atz. Since then, tvo other Pr••i~ent ■

have eome, ••ch in his turn, to Berlin.

1eeond vi1it to your ~~ty.

• We co«N to Berli~, ve Allerican Presidents, becaute it l• our •

~uty to 1peak, in th~s place, ct !reedoa. But I mu1t eor.!e11, we

are dr•wn here by otr.e~ thinq1 as well: By the !eel1nq o!

history in this eity, ~ore than 500 years older than our OW!\

~&t.ion. ly the sense ... .... energy in your .streets. ly the bea u t·;

0! th• Grunewald and -::-.e Tiergarten • . !'!ost cf all, br rour

cour•g• and triendsh!~.

Perhaps ~arler.e :~etrieh un~erstood scmethi~q a~cut ~~r : =~n

?:-e1 ident1. You ■ee, :.:.ke 10 many Pres:..:!e:i~ s be ter• :':\e. :c~.e

here toda, because wte~ever I 90, whatever! do:

"Ieh hab noch ei~•n kofter in Berlin.• r•r stil! h1v• a .. suitcase in Berlin• -- vords !roM a muc~-loved 10~9.~

Our qathering t~~ay is being ~roadcast throuqho~t ~•1t,r~ . . ' .

~urope and Sorth Amer~:a ~ r understand t~at it is b•1~~ ,e~~ a ~d

-• that Berlin television cant~ s&~n ~

as far to the soutr.e~i~ a• Leipzig, as !ar to the north•••~ as

Gdansk, that Berlin ~•~io can be picked up as !ar due•••~ a•

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To tho•• listening throu9hout Eastern £urope, t •xtend ffiy

varmeat greeting• and _the goodvi 11 of the AmericAn P41opl•. To

tho•• li1tening in East .. rlin, • special word. Although t

cannot be with. you: .. I addr••• II)' remarks to you juat •• 1urely aa

to tho•• atanding here before -... -Por I join you•• t join your

fellow citizen• in the W.•t in this fi1"11, thia unalter1bl•

beliet1 fin Ceman:) Then is only .2!1!. Berlin.

8enind ,ae stan~s • vall that divi~es the entire continent ot

Europe. Fro~ the Baltic south it cuts •cr~ss ~ermany 1n on•

eontinuou1 gash of concrete, b•rbed wire, qua=j tower,. doq rur.s, -a

..,,.d qun •"'P1•c•ment1. On borders farther so~t~. there uy be no

viaible, no obvious wall. lut there re~ain armed qu1rd1 1nd

-eh•ckpoint• all the same -- 1till a restrict:.cn. on th• r1qht to ...

travel, •till ar . . instrument to impose upon ori:!::-1ar;• Wien ar.<! w-:i:Tt~n ·'

the will of• tota!itariar. state.

Yet it i • here in S.rlin where the wa l: e:r1er9•1 ll'Olt

clearly, here, cutting aero•• your city, ~~c~~ ~he r.•v•~ho~o a~d

the televis1on scree~ have imprinted this ~i~~al divi110~ o! i

continent upon the mind of the world. Sta:-:~:..:-_; be~or• the

Brand•~burg Gate, any man 1• • German, separa~~d tro~ ~11 !~:lew

men. Any sun is• Berliner, forced to :cok ~;:~ a sear.

open •• l'ong as the Sr•r.c!e:1!:>urg G•te is c ~cse.:_. · Toda;·

lonq •• . thil ··gate is closed, •• long as ~?'l:.s s·car o! I

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permitted to stand, it is not ehe German ~ues~:on alo~• ~~a~ .. -

remain• open, but the questior. of !:eedom !c: all m~nkind.

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Yet J do not corae here to laaent. For I find in lerlin •

1neaaa9• of hope -- even, in the shadov of this vall, 1 me ■ 1age of ·

triumph. ,, - .. -

ln thi1 .aeaaoi~ of 1prin9 in 1945, the people ct lerlin

emrged troa their •ir-raid 1helt•r• to !ind devastation.

Street• choked vith rubble. · One building in five deatroyed.

Tena ot thou ■and• lying dead. Thou1and1 of miles away, the

peopl• of the United Stat•• reached out to help. In announeinq

the Mar1h•ll Plan, Secretary of State George ~ars~ll stated

preci ■ely 40 years ago thi• veek: •0ur policy is dir•~d not

ailin■ t any country or doctrine, but against hunger, pcnrty,

-. desperation, .-•nd ehao•. •

In th• ~•iehstag • fev 110ment1 a9e, I saw• display

commemorating this 40th anniversary of ~he Marshall Pl&n. twas

struck by the sig~ o~ a t~r~t-out, gutted s~=uctur• that wai

being rebuilt~ r under•t•nd that Berli::ers of rr.y ovn q•n•rat!.-:r.

can remember seeing sigr.• like it dotted throug~out th• Wett~r~

at work. ror the buildi~g of a Free ~crl~.•

•rTl~e building o! • Fr•• World• . -- i~ ~he ~est, that

buildin9 took place • .!apan rose fro1'\ r ..• -.. -· · giant. Italy, rranee, !elgiwa -- each saw ~c lit ica l u,~ ec:c~ r·:- i •=

.. rebirth. The European co,rau~ity was !cc:,ded •·

economic miracle, the •~irtsehaftswun~e:.• Adeh~uer, trhar!,

Reuter, and o~her leaeer1 understood ~he practical i~po~t~~~~ c!

liberty -- t~at ;~st as ~ruth can !lo~rish c~!y ~hen th•

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Journ•l.i•t · 1• given freed011 of 1peec:l\, so prosperity ean eoffl9

&bout only vhen the fat1Nr and businesu.an enjoy eeonoaie

freedom. The Gem'-~ lead.er• reduced tariffs, exp•nded tr•• . . - .,. ..

trade, levered t•xe1. Frca 1950 to 1,60 alone, the atand•rd ot

livinq 1.n West Geraany •nd ... t hrlin aore than doubt~.

Where four decade ■ a9c there va■ rubble, today 1ft

West Berlin there ·i• the 9reateat industrial output cf any ~tty

in German,1 busy office bloekas fine homes •nd apartJMntar proud

avenu•• end the 1preading l•vn• of parkland. Where • e 1. t y ' a -0

culture •••med to have ~n destroyed, today there •r• two qr~&t

up1vera1tie1, orchestras and an opera, countle1s th••t•r• and

~u■ euma. Where there wa■ v•nt, today there is abundance•- food,

c:lothinq_, •ut.omobiles, the vondertul goods of the i~•dam, ev4n

hom• c:Offlput•r• •

from d~vastatior. !rom utter ruin

!reedom rebuilt a city th•t once •gain ranks as one ot the

great••t or. Earth. The Soviets may have had other plans. But,

my !rier.d•, there was o~• thing the So~iets didn't eount on: : "' -

Ber:.ner 1cr.n~u:e. Ja, Berliner schnauze -- u~d m1t herz.

: •eerl1~er schnauze• is• well-known ph~ase mea~ing eour1qe ~~x~d

heart.•J ·: '·

,.' . In the .l960's, Xhru•hchev predicted: •we will buty :·ou.•

But ;.r. th• West today, we ••• a !ree world that has ac:h1e,·t:"~ .s

level~! prosperity an~ vell-being unprecedented in •ll ~u~ar.

history. :n the East, we see failure. Technological

backwar~~~••• ~ecl~ning standards of health. tven vant e! •~~

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flldat -ba ■ ic >tind -- too little food. The Soviet Union ■ till

cannot feed itself. t.at C.nuny ·h•• 1Mde strides, but at

harvest tiJN the new• announcer• •till speak, to use the

vell-Anown phr~se: ·of •the battle to brin9 in the crop1.•

After th••• four decade•, then, t.here •tanda before the

entire world one 9reat and inescapable conclusion. Preedoa leads

to pro ■ perity. Freedom repl•c•• the •ncient hatreds betveen th~

nations with comity and pe•c•. Freiheit tit der Sieger. !FreedOl'll ii th•

vietor.1 +~ • Now the Soviets theeselves may at last be & omi ~ to •

· under•ttnd the importance o! freedom. We hear ~uch froffl Mo1eow

:about:· •. · new pe!ic~· o! openne11 and reform -- to use th• 1tua111r. .

. term, ... gla•noat. • Sor.ie political prisor.ers hav~ been r•l•1t&d . .

Certain foreig~ ~ews brcadcasts are no lo~ger . being j1Me~. Sc~e

economic enterprises have ~•n perm.itte~ to operate vith greater

freedom !rOffl 1tate control.

~r• the•e the begi~~in91 of profcur.d cha~qes in th• Sc vi~t

state? O: are they token ;estures, inte~~ed or. :y to r1i1e !a~s~

hope a 1n t:r.e West? We want to encouraqe c!",a~ge and ope rH,e11. ;•:~

want ~•w agreements -- especially those ~ha~~::! r-.due• ~uel~ar

arm,.

Th•r• ii one sign t~e Soviets can ~a~e that vc,uld b• . . -

unm1atak•ble, ~hat woul~ •~vance dramatically t ~e c~u•• ot .

und~r•tand i ng between nation■, the cause o~ peace •nd treedo~.

General Secretary Gorb•chev, if you seek peace, eo~• to

Berl1n. l! you seek pr~•p•ri~y for the Soviet ~nion end !at~~r~

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Europe; come to Berlin. If you •~k liberalization -- lt you

·•••k •9la•no•t• -- come to .. rlin.

Coma here, to thi• 9au.

Herr Gorb.chev,-.,.chen ate die■e ■ ~or auf. (Mr. Gorbaeh~v.

open thi• 9ate.l

· Mr. ·Gort>.chev, te&r down ~hi• wall. ·

While we watch and vait, vein the West ft'IUSt res1at Sovlet

expanaion. So we rau ■ t maintain defenses of unass&ila~l•

■ trength, Yet it is our ruture a ■ free peoples to 11alit• ffl.tn 1 test

our goodwill. So we must strive to reduee arms on both ■ ides.

• B•i1nning 10 year• ago, the Soviets challenged the Western • Alliance with• grave nev thr••tz the deployment or hundred ■ o!

nucl••r ,..1•1ilea, c•pable cf •triking e~ry ca?i~al in turope .

The Western All.iance responded by connitti:ig itself · to a

counter-deployment -- unless the So~iets agre~d to ne;oti•te ~

better 1olution. For fflany months, the Soviets refus•d to ee~~ ~~

the table. As the Alli•nc• in turn prepared to go fon.rard wi~~

ita counter-deployment, there were di!!icu!.: c!&i'S -- d1y1 c!

prot••t• like thoae durinq my 1982 \·isit to ~his eit}•·

But. through it all, the AlliAnce held !ir~. ~n~ t irw!.tf!

tho ■e who protested then -- I invite those w~o prot,1t today·­

to mark thi1 fact: Because we remained stro~g. the !o~i•ts c~~e

to the ·table. Because ve rem&ined stron~, ··c·oda;· we ar• enqa?"'d

in talk• that hold out tM po■ sibilit)', r.ot me:-elj• c! li.:fli t:.rq

the growth of arms, but of eliminating, !or the first tiM•, ~~

entire cl••• of nu=lear veapons from the face cf the !arth.

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I · und.ereu1nd the fear o! war and the pain of divi1ion th,t

aftliet thi• continent. <!:- I ■pe•k] i=ore..t ~J-~d-M~

NATO~•in sterl (!,...,-. .. ei::eo,

in Iceland to review the pr09re•• of our proposal• for th• . - - ,. .. complete elimination of interaadiate-range nuclear fore•• that r

.. ntioned. At the talk• 1n Geneva, ve have propo1ed deep eut ■ in

atrate9ic tore••· And tha Western Allies have likewite m•d•

f•r-reaeh1ng proposal• to reduce the danger of eonventionAl war.

and to place a total ban on eheaical veapons.

While we pursue the•• •na• reduetior.s, I pl~ge to you -:!i~-:

we will ffi•intain t~• capacity to deter Soviet aqgre11ion •~ ..... .,J .' :

• level at which it might occur. And in cooperation vith r.-.an·/ o!

our Alliea, the United State• is pursuing a Strate9ie O•!•~•e

Initiative -- research that will base deterrence not on th•

threat ot offensive retaliation, but on strategic det•~••• t~~=

truly def•nd: on eefense1, in short, that wil~ prot•ct li~e, ~=:

by tar9eting popul• t ion• but by shielding them.

Ye ■ , our de!e:-.se• •re crucial -- but only the m.•n1 to

something !ar greater: · the life of !reecom. Pe~haps w~•~ Pre11dent ~e~nedy spoke at .the Rudolph ~i:~e P:atz thc1• :~ :·~ ~rs

ago, it~•• !reedom that vas encircle~. !er:in that vas u~:~r

siege. No longer. Despite all the pressures 1.:~on tl'\11 C'. - • ' . . ~ ,

Berlin •tands secure in its liberty. Ar.d tc:!ay fr••dom ~-:Je:~ ~s .. -::. ....

tran1torllling the globe. / .: ... ·._. .. . : {

·:·· .. ...· .-.. ·• ; •. In the Phi!iFPi~e•; in Argentina, !raz:l, a~d aer0s1 ~J~~~

America, deJDCcracy ?-.as been given a r~bin:h. ':'hrouqhout .-:,~•

Pacific, tree ~arke~s are working mirac!e a!ter miracle e!

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grantea certain economic freed0t1•. tn the industriali1ed

i°:·:: nation•, a technological revolution is taking place -- a

revolution urked by rapid, draa&tic advances in computers •nd . . - .....

teleeom11unic1tion•.

In Europe, .only one nation •nd tho•• it control• retu1e to

join th• c:oaaunity of freedcm, ··-Yet in thi• •ge of redoubled

econ011ie grovth, o! in!orution and innovation, th• Sovi•t Unlon

tae•• • eho1ce. It must .. t• fundamental changes. Or it '-till

become ob101ete.

In this respect, today represents• moment o! ~e~. W• i~

tf\4 Weit 1t1nd ready to cooperate with the East to promot• true

openne11 -- to break do\ffl ~h• barriers that 1eparate people, to

create• ••fer, treer world. And surely there is no ~•t.ter place

than lerlin, the meetingpl•c• of £ast and We~t, to ~•k• ~ lt4r~.

Fr•• p•ople o! Berlin, I urge you to ~each o~t tot~• tds~.

~••ch out, ••tti~g an examp!e of qoodwil!. Reach cut.

demon•trat inq to ;•our neighbor• t:he power!ul exarr,p le c ! ! :-•edo:-,.

Mayor ,1epgen, today•• in the past, the ~~i:e~ S:at••

stands !or t~~ strict observance an~ !~11 i~plemer.titi~n v! . . .. ~ ..

parts o! the roUr-Power Agreement 6! 19~!. · Yet ~C~a;·, e:'\ t!-.;.s, · -

:he 750th anni vers•ry of the tounc!ing of ~his cit::·, ~ le; ,c r.c ~

cnly to th• city's defense, bu~ to buildi~g for Eer!i~ 1 at~l~

fuller, rieh•r life !or the ·t'ueure·. :.et us stri•.·e for More ··

complete implefflentation o! the Four-Pover ~greeme~t -- ••~ecLJ:::· of the provi1ions that call tor ties between the re~eral P•~ut:i~

•nd th• We1tern sectors of Berlin. Wi:hin Berlin !ts•l!, let ~s

work to bri~~ t~e two p6rts o! the cit¥ c:oser tcg@t~er, ,c !hat

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• •ll th• i'nhabitants of ill l•rlin can enjoy the benetit• that

should eOtN v1th life . in one of the great cities of th• ~orld.

With our ~reneh and British partners, the Unit~ Stat•• lS

. - - .... -prepared to sponsor international 1Metings in Berlin . tt vould

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be only fitting for lerlin to ••rve •• th• aite ot world

conterene•• on hwun riCJht• and ariu control -- •·re•• that call

tor cooperation between E&at and Weit. There is no better vay to

·establi1h hope tor the future than to enlight@n youn9 ~lnd1, and

American authorities in Berlin would t>. honored to 1pon1or ■ ur.u,\er

youth exeh•nge1, cu~tural events, an~ ether prc;r••• tor you~q

tlrlin•r• !rom the East. Our French a~d British friend•

indicated that they are prepared to do the sa.tne: it is my hope

that aut_hority eould be found in E-tat lerlin to •ponaor v11it1 . :'

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!rom ·younq people here in the Western sectors.

To open Berli:: still further to al: Europe, E••t •~d ~-•~, . -0 ... the United States t.seek1 ~o c;r•<1:tli} ~expa~d [ he ,.. 1 t~ l ~ir eorr i 1ors

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. A to thit cit,· . k o find vays ! m•k inq cc~.merciaj} air .. ..,.wet ::> , ' 0 ,.,.. ~ >C

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Ber!in thrcuqh the establith•~ cor~i~o~s .· arer, ~r• eom!o~~4=•

G ••• !erli~. as c:-:e of -: he ehiet 1 v :.1i:~ c:,

hub, in 111 Central turope]

One final proposal -- one close tc ~Y hea~~. Sport -

repre1ent1 a •ouree e f er.!oyr.ient ar.d e~~ob 1 er.-.e:: ':, ar,d ~-o~ :-- a :.­

have noted th•t ~he Republic o! !Corea ·'·- - Sout!-1 Ko~•• -~ t-, .15

offered t-=> perm.!.-: ;:-ertain e<1ent1 o! the :988 o: ympicl to tl -<iaa

place i~ ~he ~ort~. Interr.atior.al spcrts competition• or!::

kind ■ eou ld take F ;.ace in both parts o ! this c: ty. And ... :-.d t

better wal to stc~ ;oodv!lI toward ~he East -- what b♦ tt~r ~~ - t o

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demonatrat• to th• world the openne11 of thi• city -- t~an in

■om• future year to hold the Olyapie C.MI here in .. rlin, laat

and Weat7 . - - .... In th••e four decadea, •• I have said, you hrlinera have

rebuilt a 9r••t city. You bave dona •o in 1pite of thr11t11 The

Soviet atteapt• to impo•• the C.at ... rk. The blockade. Today

the city thrives in spite of the challenges implicit ln the very

preaence ot thi• wall.

What k••P• you here?

~hat p•r•u•des you to 1tay when you could so •••1ly travel • te the We1t7

I epok• earli~r of ... rliner 1ehnau1•,• and of ccur•• there

is a 9reat deal to be .••ii for your fortitude, !or your detiant

c:ouraqe.

eut I b~! i eve :hat th~re is something deeper. So~hing

that i~volvea ·aerlin's vhol• look and !eel and way ot lite. Not

mere sentiment -- no one could live lon~ in Berlin vithout being

cc~pletely d i sabused of illu1ions. · S0rt1ething i~ste•d that 1eet

the d1!!icult1es of life in Berlin ~ut chooses to •ccept them.

':'!-.at 1tubborn:, re! ·~se1 to abandon this good Anc! proud eitr t:- a •

1urroundin9 presence that i• merely brutish. Sot:\ethi.nq th•t.

3peak• with a powerful voice of affirmation -- that 1ay1 r•• to . . ..

tr.is city, i·•• to the tuture, yea to :reedom. ~n a word, t wcu~d

s~bmit th•t vhat ~eeps you in Berlir. is love -- love both

pro !ound and abiding . · .. ..... . ~- ·• · .•~ ...

Perh•p• thi• gets to ~he root of the matter, to tht most

!undamental distinction o! all between East and We ■t. Th•

totalitarian world does not produce lov living standard• .and

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backw&rdn••• because of soae technical 1hortc0Nin9 in it ■

econo■ic arrangements. . It produces baekvardnesa bec:aua• it does

euch violence to th• •pirit, thwarting the human iapul1• to . - - ,.. -

create, ·· to -enjoy, to worship.

Th• totalitarian vorld find• even aymbol• of ton an

a!!ront. During the War, the •c:ulpture atop the Brandenburg Gate

wa1 taken dovn for safekeepin9 and stored here, in th• We1tern

••ctor• ot the city. In 1,_, the West turned the aeulptur• over

to th• E••t in a gesture ot goodwill, and soon · the sculpture was

once again looking cut upon •onter den Linden• fthe .. in 1v•nue

~n £alt Berl i n). But 1oeething vas di!!erent. The cro11 -- the

- cr011 th• fiiure had borne aloft for nearly 150 year••• that

cro•• wa ■ gone. In its place vaa • Co1111uni1t wreat~.

_ ,••r• later, euthoriti•• in th• East erected vh1t ts now

the tal:e ■ t structure i~ ~he city, the television towr above

Alex•nderpl•tz, : under1t&nd th&t virtu•lly ever 1inet() the

ai.;t.horitie ■ have teen vorking to correct what they vtev 11th@

tower' ■ o~e maJor · flaw, treating the glass do~e at th• top with

?~: ~t• •r.d chemicals of every kind. Yet even today vh•n the su~

strik•• that dome -- that dom that towers over all lerl1n -- t he

1i;ht make1 th• a1gn o! tM cross.

Aa I looked out a !DOment ago fro~ the Rei c hsta9 •• t~at

e .. .!:>odiment of German ur.it1 -- I notice~ words ·crudely · ,.

spray-p•intec:! ·upon the w•ll -- perhaps br a roung Berliner -~ •

word• th&t •nswer the Cent.an question. •This wall vi ll !111.

Beliet1 becOflle realit~•. •

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Y••, aero•• Europe, this vall will f~ll. For it cannot

withatand faith. It cannot vithatand truth.

Di• Mauer kann Freiheit nicht zuruekhalten. {The wall - ... -

cannot with1tand freed011.J

Thank you. God bl••• yoa all •

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT

FROM: ANTHONY R. DOLAN

We're grateful for your kind words about the Berlin draft which 've assed alon~ to Eete Rob~~son. In view of ali you told us

about what you wanted in Berlin -- including the outline and the killer lines you gave us -- it was particularly generous of you. But I do hope you know, Mr. President, that no one except possibly Mrs. Reagan understands better than the staff here that you have always been the author of your own success -- and in every way; and that that will be the unquestioned judgment of history, too. We frequently tell people: most of what we do over here is plagiarize your old speeches or take good notes about where you want to go in a speech.

We were wondering though -- since Senator Baker (who has been wonderful to us) and Tom Griscom, (who fought like a lion to make sure the draft represented your words and views and not the bureaucracy's) still think that we are coming up with some of this stuff ourselves -- could we keep all this quiet just a little longer? Job security, you know.

By the way, speaking of security, I indicated to John Simpson that his shouted announcement during your and Mrs. Reagan's tour of the Cipriani pool that I had been out there everyday (instead of just the one time I was trying mendaciously to convince you of) has gone a long way towards giving John, my ex-friend, a very severe personal protection problem of his own. Also vis-a-vis your comment about putting on my shirt, I did it out of respect and because I didn't want you to see that when I wasn't lounging by the pool I was out eating pasta.

Many thanks again.

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Hon. Ronald Reagan

June 12, 1987

President of the United States of America The White House Washington, D.C.

Dear President Re.agan,

I listened to your speech in Berlin this morning and rush to write you so that you get my letter when you return home.

I congratulate you for your courage at the Branden bur e in Berlin in taking a strong stand in support of the cause for freedom of all.

God bless you. Sincerely yours,

/7/y,~ Dr. Ivan Docheff Honorary President Bulgarian National Front, Inc.