
A communist military victory and the installation of a government in Phnom Penh which is controlled by Hanoi would gravely threaten the fragile structure of peace established in the Paris agreements.
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A communist military victory and the installation of a government in Phnom Penh which is controlled by Hanoi would gravely threaten the fragile structure of peace established in the Paris agreements.

We must give even greater attention to the protection and renewal of our forest resources.

We must find better and more efficient ways to use our timber supply, ways which are consistent with our environmental values.

I ask that public attention be directed through appropriate activities and ceremonies to the importance of forest products in American life and to the responsibility we have for protecting and using them in the most intelligent manner possible.

Forest protection does not limit our resources but 'on the contrary, gives the assurance of larger and more certain supplies.'

We must improve the technology for reclaiming and recycling forest products.

We have taken major new initiatives to give strong momentum to closer multilateral cooperation and to develop a fairer and more efficient framework for the conduct of international economic relations.

Arrests of drug traffickers and pushers are rising, while drug-related crimes in our major cities have begun to decline.

I again urge every American to commit himself whole-heartedly, beginning now, to this supremely important humanitarian cause.

As legislative deliberation continues, I look forward to working with the Congress on this bill in a spirit of constructive partnership.

A major goal and an urgent goal at this time which we believe can, will, and must be achieved is a fair and just and peaceful settlement in the Mideast, and we all are dedicated to that goal.

I again urge the Congress, in considering my request for authority to grant normal tariff treatment to these countries, to work with me in framing an authority which preserves these gains.

I have given the highest priority to the work of eliminating this danger to our Nation.

Improved law enforcement is reducing illicit narcotics supplies.

We can eliminate drug abuse as America's public enemy number one.

I explained to the Foreign Ministers that in our first 4 years we had the opening to China, we had a new relationship with the Soviet Union, and of course, we brought an end to the war in Vietnam.

No problem faced by America is more insidious than the problem of drug abuse.

I gratefully salute those who have taken part in this highly effective form of people-to-people diplomacy.