Ronald Reagan: “We wish for the people of China what we wish for ourselves—to live in peace and to enjoy prosperity.”

Neither treaty has been ratified because they were not verifiable in their original form.

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

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

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.