Richard Nixon actually said...

I believe this message is one of the most significant proposals that will be made during the entire period of this administration.

Today, as you arrive for this official visit, we want you to know that we hope that we can continue to work with your people and your govern...

Through that 350 years, your country and ours have been so closely associated in friendship and in good causes.

We believe it will, without question, increase the efficiency and reduce the cost, eventually, of postal service in the United States.