Ronald Reagan: “California, here I come.”

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

I am delighted that later today I'll have the opportunity to welcome President Gorbachev to the United States and extend to him the hospitality and good wishes of the American people.

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 do hereby proclaim December 17, 1988, as Wright Brothers Day.