I pledge to you, President Lopez Portillo, that in the coming months and years, I will go even further than is required through diplomatic courtesy to work closely with you.

I believe that the future holds an even closer opportunity for mutual enjoyment and to get to know one another.

I would like to propose a toast to President Lopez Portillo and his wife, and to the people of the great nation of Mexico.

This is a good change, and now with a common border we see renewed opportunities to bind ourselves ever closer together.

The people have put their faith in him and they are beginning to realize the fruits of his tremendous intelligence.

By working together under a zero-base budgeting system, we can reduce costs and make the Federal Government more efficient and effective.

Welcome to the United States, one of my close friends.

A zero-base budgeting system permits a detailed analysis and justification of budget requests by an evaluation of the importance of each operation performed.

Our problems are mutual.

This exchange of personal friendship, I think, has been apparent to all of our people.

We share a great, common history with our friends and neighbors and visitors from Mexico.

During the campaign, I pledged that immediately after the inauguration I would issue an order establishing zero-base budgeting throughout the Federal Government.

Under President Lopez Portillo's administration the distance from God has become much less.

Helping to promote an equitable and lasting solution to the problems of Cyprus is a high priority for my Administration.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, and as President of the United States of America, in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C…

I can assure the Congress that the United States will do all it can to build on these positive developments and advance the cause of a negotiated settlement for Cyprus.

I urge them to do so.

I want to make sure that the regulations that come out of the Federal Government... are necessary, brief as possible, and worded in plain and simple English.