07/24/1979
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"We are eager to share our own problems and challenges and hopes and dreams and aspirations with others."
"And I'm very proud of my own personal friendship with Helmut Schmidt."
"And I just want all of you to know how much we appreciate this good relationship."
"This friendship that exists between the United States and the Federal Republic has existed from the very day the Federal Republic was formed."