Ronald Reagan: “The Communists have suppressed free speech and free press.”

We must and will dedicate ourselves as a Nation to continue this effort, and to stand in solidarity with those who resist, until the blessings of democracy, freedom, and respect for human dignity are assured throughout the world.

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

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

That is, again, one of those things I should have said to your question.