Address Before the Japanese Diet in Tokyo
11/10/1983
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Please accept, Mr. President, my best wishes on behalf of all Americans, for good health in your well deserved retirement.
We regard that election, which completed the return to civilian government from military rule, to be an excellent example for the region.
Spain's strategic location, and human and material resources, will make a major contribution to the security of the Alliance.
I will not ask you to try to balance the budget on the backs of the American taxpayers.