 Thank you very much, thanks very much. Going to be coming in here. I can't get him over to one. Does the ANSIS alliance have any future given the lack of cooperation we've been getting from our South Pacific allies? Well, the only thing that has happened that has disturbed that is the New Zealand position on the vessels that can be right at that point. Other than that, I think our ANSIS alliance is very sound and very solid. And I think the President is here at the first head of state in the new term that the Prime Minister of Australia is at. Doesn't the announcement yesterday of a change in plans on the MX test give you any reason for concern, Mr. President? No, because that was pretty much our own idea. We had several alternatives. We made a choice. Are you concerned at all about a ripple effect throughout the other allies? No. Thank you. What does the U.S. intend to do, sir, about the New Zealand position on the vessels? What does the U.S. intend to do with what we may be considering economic sanctions while reviewing our relationship? Oh, this is, I don't think any time to discuss that. Will you be talking to your guest about a separate alliance between the U.S. and Australia and Exclusive Music? They will reveal the answer to the alliance is very much alive and working. How do you feel about the reaction of your speech last night, sir? That's a whole different subject. I don't answer those other questions because I thought that I couldn't avoid them on the subject they were on. I've been pleased. Lights, please. Thank you. First meeting, my second term here, and I think it's about years. I think I'll use it to find out what is first on your mind. Now as Director of CIA for one year, it was one of the most pre-agency put together. Here they were actively involved in defense, their doctrine being the winnability of a nuclear war by human violating treaties at ABM, although when they attacked them. Prime Minister Bob Hawke, it was a pleasure to meet with you today, the first head of state to visit us since the inauguration. And this I understand is also your first trip abroad since your own reelection. We're each getting our new term started by sitting down and talking with a good friend. I cannot overstate the value of America places on our friendship with Australia. We share a commitment to democratic ideals. In fact, at the heart of our election process is the secret ballot, which by no coincidence was referred to as the Australian ballot when it was first introduced into our country. Australia is a reliable ally, an important trading partner, a trusted friend, and a fellow democracy. We've stood together through trials and tribulations. We've rejoiced together in triumph. Now as Australia approaches its bicentennial in 1988, the United States government and private sector will play an active part in that historic event. As a key ally and a vital voice in world affairs, Australia makes a significant contribution to the way that we approach international challenges. My conversations with Prime Minister Hawk today reflected the serious consideration with which we take Australia's views and national interests. Much of our consultation was focused on our control. Prime Minister Hawk made clear the importance of this issue to the Australian people, and it is no less so for us. I reiterated my sincere desire to achieve deep reductions in nuclear arms as a giant first step toward eliminating them all together. As allies, we've always consulted closely on foreign policy issues, and now that Australia's been named a member of the UN Security Council, new weight will be added to our consultations. On regional issues, we reaffirmed our strong belief in cooperation among Pacific states to maintain secure, prosperous and democratic societies. Prime Minister Hawk and I agree that strength and unity of purpose will give the West the leverage it needs to achieve effective and verifiable norms reductions with the Soviet Union. We consider that close and comprehensive interaction among ANZUS members on political, economic and defense matters is central to the continued effectiveness of the ANZUS Alliance. In particular, continued military cooperation is essential to maintenance of the Alliance's integrity and strength. We deeply regret the decision by the New Zealand government to deny port access to our ships. We consider New Zealand a friend. It's our deepest hope that New Zealand will restore the traditional cooperation that has existed between our two countries. Allies must work together as partners to meet their shared responsibilities. The security which we derive from these arrangements is at the foundation of the growing prosperity we share. Prime Minister Hawk and I were very pleased to discuss the economic good news coming from both our countries and many others around the world. The global economy is picking up steam, and we're happy to have played a part in that recovery. This is our second meeting, Bob. It's still a long way from Australia to the United States, but modern technology and good old-fashioned friendship are bringing us closer than ever before. I'm grateful for your visit. I'm looking forward to working together with you in the coming years to make the world a safer and a better place. Godspeed now on your way home. Mr President, I greatly appreciate the warmth and the friendliness of your statement, and of the consultations we have just concluded with you and with the members of your administration. But this is my first overseas visit since our elections, and that we have the honour to be the first official visitors here since your second inauguration. Point up the prime importance of our personal relationship with those between our governments and between our countries. The timing of our talks has not just been of symbolic significance, but has added greatly to their substantive value. We have again found an extensive coincidence of preoccupations and of priorities in managing our respective foreign and domestic affairs. You have just launched a budgetary process which will have great significance for the international community. Both our governments face the task of maintaining the strong growth that both the United States and Australia have recently enjoyed, and we shall both be tackling this on a number of fronts during 1985. We're looking also to increasing trade flows to sustain economic recovery fully and widely. We seek to resist protectionism and to preserve and to strengthen the multilateral trading system. And Mr President, we look to and we know we will receive from you strong leadership in that direction. One aspect and important one of the ANZS relationship has become a matter of close concern to us both, and will require continuing consultation. Let me say first that the relationship between Australia and the United States under the ANZS Treaty and the rights and obligations assumed by us under the treaty are undiminished by recent events. Your statement accurately reflects the position. The ANZS Treaty remains. The fundamental importance of cooperation within it has been reaffirmed here today. Similarly, we have reaffirmed the need for solidarity and common purpose in pursuit of arms reductions. I congratulate you again on reaching agreement with the Soviet Union to enter into the forthcoming round of negotiations and on the approach you have taken to that agreement. You will have our continuing support in what is bound to be a difficult and protracted process. We will remain closely in touch as that process moves forward and we will continue to offer counsel while maintaining our own direct participation with you in multilateral disarmament work. We will continue both nationally and in the established pattern of partnership with you to make our contribution to Western security in every way open and acceptable to us. We will do so against the basic criterion that a situation of stable deterrence, despite its defects, is necessary in order to produce progress on disarmament. We have a fundamental interest in that starting point of stable deterrence in the final goal of disarmament and in an intermediate and hopefully early stage of substantial arms reductions. I said, Mr President, at the outset that the timing of our talks was important. I believe we have been successful in bringing steady consideration to the issues before us. In the process, we have once more tested and proved our ability to work closely together. One of the continuing strengths of a mature relationship is that neither seeks from the other a complete conformity of views and actions, but we have shown once again the capacity to respond to each other's needs in the pursuit of major objectives on which we have the widest measure of agreement. Mr President, I thank you for your hospitality and for your warm references to our bicentennial celebrations in which we look forward to active United States participation. I thank you also, Mr President, for the kind reception which you and Mrs Reagan have given to me and to my wife. I look forward to continued meetings with you and members of your administration whether up here or down under. How about next fall? Are you going to help Mother Hale, Mr President? They're all lying helicopters.