Ronald Reagan: “Your South Pacific AID program has been of considerable assistance to the development activities of the Fiji Government.”

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

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.

The objective of the United States remains, as always, a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.

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.