 Good evening, and Snovim Godin. This is Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, and I come to you this evening with a New Year's message from the people of America to the peoples of the Soviet Union. I had hope to address you by way of television and to have General Secretary Gorbachev address the American people on U.S. television as was done last year. Unfortunately, your government officials declined our offer to have such an exchange of greetings. I regret that we were not able to take full advantage of this opportunity to continue to build mutual trust, which is so important to building enduring peace. As I have quoted the General Secretary in our past personal meetings, weapons don't build trust. Mistrust builds weapons. So I come to you tonight over Voice of America.