03/31/1997
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"I came here to say to you, the people of Bulgaria, that through freedom you, too, shall overcome."
"I strongly support and admire the political, economic, and military reforms that the Government has undertaken."
"I am especially grateful for Bulgaria's policy and history of tolerance and cooperation among different groups of people within this country."
"I will make a very strong statement about the importance of everybody getting over this ethnic hatred and going beyond it."