John Fitzgerald Kennedy

I cannot believe that Mr. Cadett or Mr. Johnson have been in Paris less time than I have.

But these concepts alone are not adequate for our European policies in the 1960's.

I think the question suggests a basic problem which is not easy to solve.

I want to express my thanks to all of you for having been kind enough to come out in the rain and to express your good will to my country.

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

Consultation does not always, regardless of how long it may go on, does not always provide unanimity at the end of the consultation.

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

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 will have even greater strength and force than it has had in past years.

I think that neither General de Gaulle nor I would feel it appropriate to have our rights, statutory rights, in West Berlin changed by force or the threat of force.

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

We are here with you, and as long as you are determined that our association with you is useful in the common cause, we shall remain, and we shall meet our commitments to the full, and we shall maintain our strength.

I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it.

I can assure you that the United States of America intends to bear its full part.

In many ways, the experience of Europe in the last 10 years has confounded all of those who believed that the tide of history was running against us.

I am grateful for your invitation to be here today.

And I express in behalf of the American people our thanks to you all.

I want to restate again the strong commitment of my country to the defense of Western Europe.

The United States cannot look forward to a free existence if Western Europe is not free.

We want to see this association become more intimate.

I come to this ancient city which was a community when omnia Gallia est divisa in tres partes.

I do not believe that there is any Embassy in the world more important to the United States than the Embassy in Paris.

I want to express my special appreciation to those of you who are of French extraction.

I believe the West is in the ascendancy.

Our interest here is more substantial, and I believe it goes to the common interests of both the United States and France.

I am delighted to be here today.