Ronald Reagan: “I want to express my deep and heartfelt appreciation to all who have contributed to my care.”

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

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

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.

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