Ronald Reagan: “I'm sure you regret as I do the House Budget Committee's recent actions.”

I can't be late for my luncheon.

I don't say that we're not prepared.

These unilateral reductions would, however, give a long-awaited encouragement for our efforts to achieve the genuine balance in conventional forces that would assure greater security and stability in Europe.

I expressed to President Gorbachev my confidence that the work we began together at Geneva in 1985 will continue under the Bush administration.