Ronald Reagan: “I believe we can increase our agricultural exports 42 percent by 1984.”

Well, that wasn't a proposal. That was a decision that has been made.

I'm sure they'll—as we will—they'll take it for what it is.

Rather than making them or talking about putting up a fence, why don’t we work out some recognition of our mutual problems, make it possible for them to come here legally with a work permit, and then, while they’re working and earning…

I think he recognizes that their massive buildup has been responsible for the great economic crisis that he faces there in the Soviet Union.