John Kennedy actually said...

I salute all of you who are participating in this great common event, and I hope in the years that are now ahead that this communal alliance...

It is, of course, our hope that the talks now proceeding at Evian will be successful.

I am hopeful that all members of the NATO Alliance will fulfill the goals to which they are committed.

In answer to the first part of the question, the answer was we have discussed these matters.