And so in presenting him to you, I present a man who represents his own country with great distinction,

Mr. President, I am honored to be the fourth American President to welcome you to Washington, D.C.

We look forward to our talks, to get your judgment as to how all nations can contribute to the goal of not simply an end to the fighting which is going on now but to building a new structure of peace in the Mideast.

And after she was able to take a trip to Africa, which I have been wanting to take and I, incidentally, Dr. Kissinger, intend to take before my term of office is finished--the first American President ever to visit Africa--

In other words, we have in our company tonight--and I wish all of you could know him as I have known him, as my wife has known him--a world statesman of the first rank,

Now, we both agree that we talked about cocoa and coffee and reverse preferences and international trade problems, and other bilateral matters, like whether Kaiser should or should not invest in Ivory Coast--and they should--

Mr. President, I say that we give you a very special welcome today to our country because of your official position.

Mrs. Nixon came back with very warm feelings for all the countries she had visited, but she had a very special feeling about Ivory Coast, and its President and its First Lady.

Dr. Kissinger and his colleagues have been very busy.

We are developing support for a position which we hope and believe will be effective in stopping the fighting.

Jim Copley has been a close friend and adviser to me for more than a quarter century.

But we are also grateful today that the message of liberty he most wanted to spread in this country and throughout the Americas will continue to be heard through his newspapers' 'ring of truth.'

His contribution to international peace and understanding was felt far beyond our Nation's borders through his selfless work with newspapers of other countries.

And it is a measure of the man's quiet humanitarianism that the room where he finally lost that fight was part of a hospital and clinic that his generosity had built.

Thus it is with a special sadness that Mrs. Nixon and I join his family, friends, and countless admirers in mourning his death.

THE untimely death of James S. Copley takes from us a noble American whose distinguished career in journalism and public affairs placed him in the direct line of descent from this country's great printer-patriots of the past--from Zenger to Pulitzer.

We do not assume God's favor, but we seek it.

America is a nation under God.