10/20/1989
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"I do hereby proclaim the decade beginning January 1, 1990, as the Decade of the Brain."
"I welcome President Gorbachev's statement, at his press conference with Chancellor Kohl, accepting a united Germany's right to choose to remain a member of NATO."
"The Helsinki Final Act guarantees Germany's right to make this choice."
"And we think this solution is in the best interests of all the countries of Europe, including the Soviet Union."