Diplomacy

I came here today for one good reason: simply because I could not come to this part of the world and not come to see you.

I have come as an 'equal among equals' to share with friends and allies our problems, our plans, and our hopes.

If any man in this room has a formula for peace, I hope he will offer it to us.

I do not know how many Australian faces I have looked into or how many Australian hands I have shaken during the last 3 1/2 days.

Tonight we come to you near the close of the most wonderful visit that I have ever made to any land.

Americans and Australians are finding that peaceful comradeship today.

I feel confident that our acceptance of this Beirut Agreement will soon bring a doubling in the number of nations--there are now 18--which are full partners to the agreement.

I summarized briefly my hopes in the seven-nation conference coming up.

I approve of what the Ambassador says.

We are very anxious to pursue any proposal that would interest the North Vietnamese.

I am happy and pleased to honor that request.

I do think each of these steps that I have enumerated, each of these exchanges, will produce better understanding, and will finally lead us to a solution that is much to be preferred to the ones that have been practiced in times gone by.

We have sought the help of the United Nations in arranging international peace talks.

Peace must be fought for.

This is the time for bridges to be built, not for antagonisms to be aroused.

This year the United Nations is twenty-one years old, and Americans should join other peoples of the world in welcoming it to majority.

Earlier this afternoon he reported to me privately in some detail about the events in his area of the world and his evaluation of the situation there.

Mr. Prime Minister, let me assure you that we Americans do understand your language.