 President, the Chancellor of Germany... No, no. I think it is. And the goal is avoided. I'm very happy. Thank you. Nice to see you. Nice to see you. Thank you. Hello. How are you? It's nice to see you. We should sit down. Good. I think you've been in health care before. There will be three waves of press. Yes. I would always be better. Two years ago. Two years ago. I would be better. And in 10 years, the President will not have to do anything. He will only take pictures. Anything. No, no. No, no. How are you? Good. Well, I have a little allergy. I have a little allergy. But there is a lot of weather. It's a beautiful weather. I saw you in the movie last night. I spoke to the President. We saw this in a movie which they showed yesterday. Well, we brought this weather back from California. Just for you. Very good. It was already cold. But we had frost. We had frost already. Early frost. 6 to 7 degrees celsius. Did you see the weather? Yes. We put a set in the warehouse. It was photographed when I was 8 years old. Have you ever made any estimates of how many photographers are here to the watchers? No. We haven't counted. But we put a set in the warehouse. It's very impressive. I have wondered what they do with all these photos. I think they're older than the archives. Fireworks. And this is the day of the 6th anniversary. 6th year. 6th year. 6th year. 6th year. 6th year. 6th year. 6th year. 6 very good years between enjoying close friendship and cooperation. And I think we did a good job here. I was able to remove some more structures because of that. I said that when I rode with George Schultz. A lot of friendship. A lot of affection. The President, he chose like his plans for the meeting. There's some of the meeting with General Secretary Gorbachev plans. We know he's coming, and we're hopeful that there'll be an opportunity for us to at least have a brief visit. What do you hope to get out of this? Out of this meeting? Out of this meeting with Secretary Garbage? Well, as I say, that isn't anything in the nature of a summit meeting. He's coming here to address the United Nations. We hope that at least we can have just a brief get-together. He brings new proposals as he did at RECAVIC. Mr. President, what will you do? Are you prepared to respond and negotiate? Well, it depends on whether you're going by the public version of RECAVIC or what actually happened there. Well, Mr. President, are you at all concerned that Mr. Gorbachev may use to play for public opinion, perhaps to, you know, unveil some kind of new proposal in order to seize the initiative from the new American president on arms control? I have no way of speculating. Are you prepared to talk about start Afghanistan issues of this nature? We'll just have to see what comes up. The Vice President said he didn't need to get an appointed session with the General Secretary. Was he wrong? No, because the Vice President has been involved in the meetings that we've had in all the eight years we've been here, and he is, has met and is familiar with all of the national leaders that we've met with. And what's the purpose of the meeting? What's the purpose of it? Well, I think now in his present situation, it would be proper for him to be present. Is this going to be just the proposal, Mr. Reagan? As I say, I have no way of knowing other than that. It just, I can only tell you, it is not going to be a summit. Thank you. Did the General Secretary request the meeting, Mr. President? We only know he's coming to the House today. We're going to make ourselves available. And give him a little bit of room. Chairman, this way, please. And you see how I always refuse to answer questions. I don't know. I'm going to go to my vital partner. Chairman, this way, please. The Chief. George, I think we'll come back at noon. I don't really know what his schedule is. I think so. I think I've heard that he's going to come back. Because we will meet him later in the day. I've already called him by telephone. Yes, here we are. Another way, Mr. President? That's the last way. This way. This way. This way, please. To the left. Thank you. This way, please. We had a chance and a little visit in the other room, but I think we've made important progress in the East-West relations. And our successes are the result of a patient-unified approach to the Soviet Union. Important changes are clearly underway in the East, which we need to analyze correctly and we're possibly encouraged. And this goes for the Soviet Union, as well as many of the countries in Eastern Europe. And if we're to succeed in our policies, I think it's essential to maintain a common Western line on security and arms control matters. We also cannot lower our focus on human rights. I met just yesterday with Sakharov on this subject. I think it deserves priority, attention. The East-West economic relations should similarly be based on long-standing principles. And we support an expansion of non-strategic trade with the East as long as that trade and credits are provided on a commercial basis. And I think we must also keep tight control on sensitive technology. And we're prepared to work with you to strengthen our streamline, I should say, the co-com list. But we ask for far more attractive German enforcement. But I know you must have some things you'd like to touch on also. And I'll pause right here. One minute. One minute. One minute. One minute. One minute. One minute. One minute. One minute. One minute. One minute. You make people more confident and more patient. But you know, there's a little story that I've heard that I think would fit either one of our countries. This was a man who was late to work. And his employer said to him, what did they say to him? No, they don't. He's right. I'm stupid. His views are greatly valued and his commitment to personal efforts to strengthen German-American ties has made an enormous difference in the relationship between the United States and West Germany. Today, we reviewed a broad range of important international issues, control in ending regional conflicts and with respect to human rights. We also noted that the Vienna Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, which is entering its final stage, required a balanced and substantive outcome. In stability at lower levels of armaments, the United States and West Germany, together with our allies, will ensure that our conventional and nuclear forces are kept up-to-date. We also agreed that for the foreseeable future, there is no viable alternative must be avoided and reiterated our support for an applicable resolution of the U.S. and European community trade issues and for real progress during the mid-term review of the Uruguayans. And let me just add a final personal word to you for your friendship and counsel. Thank you, Helmut. May God bless you and may God bless our two great nations. Herr Präsident, Exzellenzen meine Damen und Herren von Amerika und der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ist von existenzieller Bedeutung für unser Land. Das war so und das wird auch in Zukunft zu bleiben. It has always been that way and it will remain so in future. Die Idee der Freiheit, die uns zusammengeführt hat. It has been meetings between friends. And I would like to thank you from all my heart for... I should like to mention the agreement and the commitment which we have made to exchange young people, students and also other...