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CHJECK AGAINST DBLIVBRY
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PR-MINISTIER ~ JKA SR. ORDA. ~ l 192
DINNER IN H{ ONOUR OF,
-THE VL* C1', PBS1DBNT OIV THE~ UNITED STATBS OF~ AME1RICA~
P~ AMR GEOR~ GE BUSH AND MRS BUSHJ
~~ ifrVi~ e Preiden1 rs Blush, ladies arnd gentlemen~.
b t -49ht., Jir Vice Pr -e-elb~ tdthe
-zXi. Vrsaty of the Battle of the Coral Sea together in
~~ y&~ eyTonight I welcom~ e you and Mra flush to M~ elbourne.
W-iia.-i~ sa .* ime when our two countries, commemorate the Austra). a/
== MAtst-Stes r. elationship and in particular the commitment
IULOst coritical of battles of. t-he Pacifc
~~ iw own.. attons it& ea,-irAte~ esi~~% r
imFN: i. j wt WS celebrate this week. The career that brought
~~ it~ your present office started In 1942 with your service
f_-a thia: youngest.' United States Naval Aviator irn the Pacific,
i'b-41 you, were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Your
3 sebkaqunt 4. areer has involved you significantly in the affairs
ft-eUdAiaPaoific region, and has given you an exceptional
udersan8and influence the role your country
-i 00 . n . ht -I spoke of the reasons why we remember the Coral
S~ aflatleeach year, of how that battle, together with the
__ at-~ one-of our own troops on the lokoda Trail, secured Australia
~~ agii~ t Invsionand had a profound influence 6n -the liv-es of
th-UntedStates entered the war none of us understood
~ õ tht . tefe1forts of those years were only the bejiining of a
campaign acpi standin peace as well
-i campaiign which has lasted over the 40 years sincek~
d. Ichf~ stas nev. er more important than today. In this campaign
i~ tik srvicemen and women of your country and * mine have servedl
ediJ y-side to support peace and democracy, either in peace-
Ow. qnpg -forces or in action, in every one of the last 40 years.
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t s* not: iauzpr4S41* -h-1we4-Iaverbeen involved together,
~ jr Piriccaris and Australians have a commnon commitment to
freedom and democracy and a shared view of the k~ ind of life
ye antfor our children.
'. 4-teI45, America had to assume a world leadership role
~~ J4th~ gains won in the war were not to be lost to a di~ ffererit
~~-tykan'ky, or peace put at risk, And in cncepting that, role,
thUh itd States applied princi~ ples which were far-ihe
and genexoxs. She set about nothIng less than the. Iimpleientatio'
of* ' rjew ior'ld order an open order in which the wqar-shattered
~' Tvol -e's of Europe could be quiakly rebuilt, an open order
7h7h -would encourage. the growth of peaceful i ntercourse between
8a~ a~ ni s-o xdler in which the prosperity of the Western World
* cI~&-row and spread.
~ 2h~:. jifttutQna~ which were ox'eated in the early post-war
~ yeAo-~ t carry _ this enterprige forward could not have com~
ito. exi-stence wit* het-thewtli2twgness of the United Stnter,
: to , sPonsox themi and to press other governm~ ents to give them
~~ 7ejtMiport. No country in the history of the world has
epoin -dd 6o readily and so ( jenerously to the desperate
~~ TI7 iuai 0 of Others.
TeI'~ lemontation of the Marshall Plan involved the redirection
o-~ billions of dollars of United States income away from
tme~ icA'sL own needs towards the rebuilding of Europe, a
B ur. ope. which included-wte-v~~ re so xecently Amrioa's
foej;. It trainsforned the circumistancos of social and political
d~ e: ywhiich Western Europe faced in 1945, and it Yndde. possible
e Weser uroppe we have known for thelt two decades, a
~~. Eb~ rpe of unprecedented affluence and aohievement.
~ j46Vrji; . tInough Vie U. S. commiitmnent to the Liberal System
.3rtnfttiona1 trade and payments, world trading conditions
a-ve-beisAn-treated in which a good many developing countries
te~ uthhave beewa ie texpanTd their owni production
*~ d~ liigstandards, and U. S. congresses have voted billions
~~ A~ f1ars -in aid to the developi ng world countries,
* h~ e decades, Mr V'ice Prersident, your country
ha~ h~ to. atand up againist ongoing threats to the woldI
pndSecurity, ' and has had to ste~ l itself to resist
~ maggoasin, * riot only against contingent possibilities but
again~ t psific tests..____
people in the West remember the Soviet union'. s blockade
-of stjerlin. Tbey tried to force the Western powers to
Aabdion .* their rights in that city, and they increased their
aruqy._ 1of occur. ation In Bast Germany to 40 divisions, against thie
d7~.~ ins~ eplye inheallied sectors, in an effort of
-iAsxidatioih. For eleven~ months in. 1948 and 1949, the Western
~ ft.. c ariedin early million tons of food,. fuel and
kahiy needed to keep life going ill 1est Berlin. It was t. he
' bsustained MrTIMCe~ t r 7 n itemonstrated Western
I o~ acievepeace and stability by peaceful means,
~~ c-iihh in earlier timeg the more likely response might have
neet force with force.
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are mo~ re people who remem)) er Cuba in 1962, The level
o. at~ ger was inonlculablty greater than fouirteen years___
ea~ X~ xnot-least because the Soviet Union hail acguAPIecI
sigificant nuclear capacity. At issue was the rapid
by the Soviet Union of an OffensiVe-nuclear 11dSSi). e
an. atrategiLc bbinher capacity in close range of the major
ies.' it was properly described by the Atv-' 1 21
-L. WvetnL; ment of the time as an act of monstrous~ blackrmal1
-Te bonoequen coo, bad the United States shown weakness over
; z -Cubiti W* ould have been profound and far reaching. It woi~ bld
_ c' 1. ff. a wave of appeasement througho~ ut the Wegto
tests of leadersehip aud resolve of whi3ch
and-Cuba are but two very visible examples J~ ave
_, jt-i Place ini a world that has grown steadily more cml
-7 7-t-' And the responsibilities of Western nations
made -nio ivasier -au the war in Vietnam showed by the
77~ a ~ fr 1d dentocratio governments to sustain continuing public
upport for-their objectives however difficult thesemih
tob.
atee the difficulties and challenges, the pariod
Jdg~ nq ront the Second World War at least until recent
yarg.. wala cilie in which the politicial arid economi-e-1fe*
cr-eited. af ter .1945 worked to great of fect, and the system
o'f: alliancea, of which NATrO is the centreplece was
ifulPIa. hoa4ng potential aggression at bay..
&~ i. c~ fferet-ir the international scene, which we face In May
_-a8 ' The fabric built up over the Aast' 3 decades and more,
A. I~ ibridcfor-which the United States, moxe than any Other
. o : vtryp, hap'been responsible, is under challenge on two
The first arises from the poon cnm~~ fli
and the elusive nature of agreement. oyn solutions
~~ preentcd Soviet power around the world.
.*. Ct. J1Ae pons and th ecn rme eplmn of
2~ k~~ juitionof these two evetsreetpobesf
~ñ~ rdficnt tproportions, the nature or dimensions of which
t~ Pi56not believe have yet been fully identified. There
~~ zny. questlone we need to ask ourselveB. Ii) the early
years there would bave bean fairly general turetandi~
' geement'or the nature of the SovIet Union's intentions.
~ Tha~ ageeenrt led to the formation of NATO and the continuation
.~ bf~ heWe tern Alliance. Is there still the sam underetanding
~ Ott hatur, ana purposes of the Soviet Union? Are he
.4fferences tbat sometimes appear in the allionce caused by
" 71fterent -perLcept ions 310w of the Soviet threat? Is there
capacity to achieve agreement about the way we should
nduot our r~ elations with the Soviet Union? Is the West
~~ in itelfa hostage to fortune by boilding dep on1t
on: ' bviet-akets and on Soviet strategic supplies?
d these questions come on top of the economic difficulties
the Ves telcm industri aljisod democracies which threaten the
! OLAsptma nd-purpose of Western countries._____ I
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~ ookingto the Soviet Union, we see the continued provocation
~ aazdg eeeir~ of Soviet policies in the occupation of
f 4vadstan, In the repression of Poland, In its support for
I~~ iias. continued occupation of Kamipuchea, We see It operating
4Ctdztly and indirectly in Central America and in Africa, and in
~~ p~ 6. s6f the Middle V~ ast. And the Soviet Union's increased
~~ capaility -to. project both nuclear and conventional military
gW. power is serious in
j~ it i'rehve been greatly encouraged by the determination of.
E= P* 6sident. aagan to effect the revival of Western power,
'~~. poereveni more vital to the defence of freedom now than
any time since the end of the Second World War.
TU6 sx1. a Government has been consistently arguing
10 tie Tid-2970s for a clearer perception and adequate
by the West to the Soviet Union's international
'. tOneB, forL we detected a tendency to overlook bow frequawTM2y-----
UJt1. e a& Qantager. of the policies of detente seemed to flow
Q-' nekWay: to theO Soviet Union.
2he pe~ rsistience of the Soviet Union in contintiing to devote
1-3 per Cent Of its national product to military purpose'i(., i.;'
not-be taken lightly, when by comlparison, even with its~
regent efforts to incr~ ease defence spending, the-Unitedr. t
ikpro rtion la-no more than 6 per cent. 1
a~' ilt racgdn of the conjunction o iiioi
litical and strategic Issues that the-summit meetings that*%.
M _ 7FTTe Vl~ early next month, the sumrmit oñ tne
eon~ omic powers in Vrsailles, ano the Dieeting of the
% 1t NkTo heade of government in Bonn, ta-ke on special urgency.
~ Boe meetings face difficulties which -are compounded by
Pjeple who. d'o not want Western Burope properly armed against
' ejost-mod~ ern and devastating Soviet weapons, by the
~~ Obolis problems In Wsternl countries, by the temptation
i-o. ro ouintries to adopt beggar-* thy -nei ghbour policies which
7iVflly set back economic revival but which can easily sow
i4~ igi~ atnoxg partners.
~ 1~ febnjdnctionof the two meetings means that economic and
~~ eecxit-yfav-tors can both be addi-essed, and the linkages
~ between. them. given proper emphasis. Australia is not'directly
~ i'inolea in tlece, discussions, but we and most other free
~~ plee willbe profoundly affected. by their outcome.
W4herfore-value the opportunity your visit has -given usi-
' Snef it. from your Informed perceptions and to give you
isigtBof ours which might be helpful.
V-exY-much welcome the opportunity to continue these
Jicuagions with President Reagan in two week's time.
Vice PreE-ident, we very much appreciate the fact that
W~!~. o1ave -bee~ n amongst us, that you have demonstrated a
r0a2. concern for the countries of the Western. Pacific.
~ i-uh pe ouhave had somve time to enjoy yourself here.
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