 I would like you to meet my husband. Secretary, Mr. Dozier, we're going to have you go ahead. This is such a thrill. This is just the beginning of a very long one for you today. Yes, but this is a kind of a nice interlude. Thank you so much. But different than most of the other things that are going to happen today. Thirty seconds. What? Thirty more seconds until they get in place. I'm Donna Regal. The Secretary of the Treasury is now the Chief of Staff here. He keeps me working at the desk over there. You're the slave driver. I'm the weapon. First I just wanted to brief you real quick. You and the President are going to be announced out. You'll go out into the Rose Garden and step up on the small days we have. The President is going to go to the podium and make remarks. You're going to go out and stand to his left while he's speaking. At the end of the President's remarks, you're going to have another mark where you step over to the left in front of a little table and the President will move from behind the podium to his left also. And in the center will be a table with the presentation, the apple model on a Mahogany plaque. The President will present it to you and you're both going to stand in the face of cameras in front of you and kind of walk to your left both ways. And after your presentation, you can go ahead and put the apple back down on the table and then you'll go to the podium and make your remarks. And when you finish, that'll be the end of the ceremony. I hope I'm going to forget all this. You want me to hold that for you? Yes, would you please? Thank you. We're ready. Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States and Teresa Dozier, the 1985 National Teacher of the Year. I want to be the hero that Emily Dickinson once described. If I can stop one heart from breaking in vain. Each gifted instructor, each leader helping restore excellence in education today. The adventure of creativity. This treasures the youth and love. We have such an individual with us today in Saigon. Mrs. Teresa Dozier enjoys a dual honor. She and her mother, her brother teaching is a way of repaying that debt. And she has. Her teaching is a reflection of her own experiences. A statement that there is no certainty, our values will serve. I strongly believe, and I know the Secretary Bennett agrees, that you do so well, not only teaching. thermal high already know. You are teacher of the year because you taught so many, so much, so well, and even more because your gift has given them joy and love of learning. And I don't think I'm going to present Mrs. Dozier with a golden apple. President Reagan, thank you for those wonderful words. I cannot tell you what a tremendous I'll be here today being recognized by the highest office in our country. And what a privilege it is to be living in a country where public, to encourage our teachers to restore a new faith in our public schools and to inspire our brightest students to go into the teaching profession. And for you students that are here today, I want to commit a challenging feel imaginable. And I wish for you all of the joy and the happiness that I am. Test, test. 18th of April, 1985, we're in the Oval Office's closing meeting. The President meets with Democratic senators. Good afternoon Mr.怖ie. President Horry. Thank you Gerald President, how are you doing? Looking well. The first American adoption to yet an amazing career. A very unprecedented thing and she, to the row, gets the Teacher of the Year或者. You're our senior crygator. And when I have here, really, is something of yours. I mean, they gave me a copy of it, too. You're getting it. There includes people like Winston Churchill III, Jay Malcolm Frazier, the former Prime Minister of Australia, all these from all over Europe and everything they have come here to present to the Congress of the United States an urgent message signed by all of them asking you to support the Nicaraguan resistance. Opening line says, democracy itself is at stake in Nicaragua. After four years of dictatorship, the FSLM, the Vitalitarian Ruling Party, has not succeeded in breaking the resistance of the Nicaraguan people. So they came here and visited the White House this morning, gave me this review beginning, and I went up there for an overview frame, and I don't know whether they'll frame me or not. I just thought you'd like to see this because they've talked me in. I believe now that we ought to go there. You had to twist your arm. Max Fraterstorff had you on the doubtful list just before that. Leaving. Leaving, leaving. Well, as it might be seriously though, and talk here for just a minute, and then we'll hear from all of you. First of all, I regret that in some circles, present company accepted, I regret very much the, this is kind of being placed over into a Democrat-Republican context. I think this is one of those situations where traditionally we've always closed ranks at the water's edge, and it does have to do with our national security. And the reason proposing this plan came, was inspired by the fact that several weeks ago, the Contras offered to lay down their weapons and enter into discussions and negotiations regarding a peaceful reconciliation to simply restore the goals of the original revolution. Today, contrary to what all this disinformation program says, the both of those Contras and their leaders are also veterans of that revolution who fought against Samolson, and who fought for it. 18 April 1985, again in the Oval Office, is closed. President meets with Dan McGurdy, Congressman Dan McGurdy, No. 4, Quarter C. You're going to catch a wading here. The only thing I can say is to lay the blame on, say every day that I have meetings with Congressman, I wind up being behind schedule. Well, come in. I just had this to be showing to some of your colleagues here today, all of these people here today, and this is really for you, I mean for Congress. I'm sending this to you, but they gave me a copy freeing. Winston Churchill, a third is in there. There's no comparison used to the Prime Minister. And it's an urgent message from Europeans to Congress to support the Nicaraguan business. That's part of the line of things. I just thought I'd keep it around here. Well listen, I know that you just came back on a trip down there, and I'm very happy to hear your views. Well, we did have an excellent trip. The next was with us, and members of the Intelligence Committee. It was a very, very good trip. I have taken the liberty, I just have photographs, I show you that runway that we walked, we walked, the big runway there, the Nicaragua, and Bob Stump and I were able to do that. Some of the things that we've been concerned about, perhaps something was given indication of where things are, how to express my concerns, based on what I saw there. Photo op in the Oval Office. This is a congressional signing ceremony. Today is the 19th of April. Green camera had the recording. Good morning. Good morning, Mr. President. Good morning. Hello there. I'm sorry, I might get you a phone. I'm sorry. You're not missing that. I'm sorry. I will. How are you, Mr. President? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. One of the youngest. I live in Washington, and I'm very proud of you. We have a future of you, signed by you. I support your policies for Central America. 100%. How are you, Mr. President? Good to see you. On this day, 1961, the forces were landed there in an effort to free the people of Cuba from communist tyranny. And because this joint resolution, 236, recognizes this historic occasion and the brave men of 2536. I'm very pleased. I want to thank senators Hawkins and Schiles and Congressman Clay Shaw, and particularly Congressman Claude Pepper, for all of your efforts in making this possible. And I'll stop talking and start writing. This will have many other demands in writing. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thanks to you. He's the President. Yes. 2506 Brigade General. Good to see you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Good to see you. Good to see you. Good to see you. 19 April, 1985, Oval Office meeting with Eli Ruzel, the Spatric on Camera, Roger on Sound. Take the chairs over here. Where would you like to sit? Well, you would be on that. Okay. How are you, sir? Nice to see you again. I'm just delighted. How are you? Pleasure to meet you. George, hello Marshall. Do you know Becky Tishman? How are you? It's been a long time. Mr. President. You know that we are your friends. You know that we are your friends. Yes, we are your friends. I've been hoping for several days that you know I am yours. We know that we are your friends for many, many years. We still are. Very, very important to know. And we came a few days ago very long ago. We are on the same side. We are with you. We are trying simply to to help you. To help you save your image and ours and the country. I know the difficulties. Of course, we are with you. We have to make decisions. We don't have to make decisions. But we are here to help you. To give you some background and some understanding of why certain words hurt us. What you, certain words hurt us and certain decisions is not it that would change our friendship for you or our admiration for you. We are together. Well, I think that we are all the victims right now. A lack of understanding and clear of what has taken place. I have to say that I've always believed forgiveness is divine but I don't think I'm ever going to be able to forgive the press for their handling of this. This entire situation came about as a result of Helmut Kohl's really sincere desire to make the observance of this end of the war day instead of one of shooting fireworks and so forth made it that it followed the end of that war peace and the friendship and it's most unusual in the world to start and think seven is a state leading in the economic all as allies and close friends and three of those seven were the nations of the axis of the Nazi powers and the Soviet Union which was our ally in the war is now the enemy and it's really the only nation in the world that is really systematically conducting persecution of people of Jewish faith and Helmut had an experience he and Francois Mitterrand appeared at a military cemetery together a year ago and they're doing and the impact the impact on his people was such that he months ago spoke to me about this trip and we were there if we could do the same thing and I agreed now we do know that most of the this does not mean forgiving or forgetting because I've said the opposite of that this is what you who are in those camps suffered they're never we can never wipe that out nor should we as long as I have breath to speak we must never forget and it must never happen again but the people of Germany that's the majority of which were either small children or not born yet aren't really having a problem with their own shame but I don't know if we can ever imagine anything of that same kind of having at the same time wanting to love your country and be loyal to the same time having a great this great feeling of shame and guilt so the misunderstanding that came when the invitation to Dachau seemingly came from outside the state visit that had been set up and I felt that for me as a guest of the state in the midst of a series of events that had been arranged for me to go off and I only do this was the wrong thing to do and I said I also thought that the individual who mused the invitation sort of had a political axe of his own to grind in Germany he's a member of the government well, evidently it had not been made plain to me that this was part of helping also to do this now the when Helen cabled me to the news broke my answer in that press conference well, I immediately said yes we have selected now as the result of Mike being there Delson Bergen, we think it's far more important place seems that Dachau is kind of a well, it's a rebuilt just a building, it's all rebuilt that was, but Delson Bergen it was my suggestion that's right I suggested it that was going to be now we the services that had been arranged at Bitburg where our troops and German troops are there together as a part of the NATO line and I have learned also they're there that Americans have been stationed there so long there have been many marriages there have been children born there is an interchange between these groups and when the cemetery there was taken helmet himself did not know of the presence of about 30 raids of SS troops there are 3,000 of them so all told there the bulk of them are means they were these youngsters of teenagers that were conscripted toward the end of the war with a manpower shortly it was so great and I did not mean that I said they were victims too that their experience in any way was parallel to yours I simply meant that I think everyone who died in that war on all sides were victims of the Nazi terror the horror that that man loosed on the world and I have found out also that our own military as well as some of our Allied military over the years have had ceremonies various occasions where they are military late-reeds at that cemetery and commemorating the dead on both sides of all wars and the the devotion now to peace everything that I am doing in this thing is based on not wiping out what happened in the past but recognizing this great change that has taken place now and not only among the survivors of that war and those others who remember but the younger generations of both sides and for the sake of the living and the preservation of peace and the continuation of this of this peace but I will never reduce or downplay the Holocaust what it means and as I say I believe that all people including the people of Germany must as I'm sure they do pledge in their hearts now this morning a co-call about the Bergen-Belsen did not know that I was aware and approved also and one of that on a schedule I said of course he was quite dismayed by what has arisen and reiterated some emotion only his feeling about what good can be done for the living today recognizing how we have become friends and allies we understand the need for reconciliation we understand the need for Holocaust but we here today are celebrating 5,000 years of Jewish heritage and it is very difficult for us with thought of a tribute being paid to those individuals who try to destroy that heritage forever and that is the center of the Jewish community it is very troublesome yes as I say I can understand but again does this really imply to the people who were drafted into the military who fought a war because they had no choice as I said the thing that we must recognize as being what threatened that extermination was a thing which we ourselves have eliminated by way of that war so as I say I think our own death were victims of the laying of the wreath there we were the victor we killed we killed we killed those men and I I think it should be pointed out also that several heads of state of Germany since the war of Italy and of Japan have all come here and going to Arlington and laying wreaths and things of that kind it took more for them since they were defeated but it was an indication that they too feel the same way about those that perpetrated that era as we do and they did it to make it evident that we are all we're different now well for you to give us this time is such a treasure for me but I do have a problem with the SS for a Nazi force brutality is unparalleled in the history of mankind and we can't like any other soldiers to them and I think it is that that is so problematic I wish you could find another site but I have said to our people I've said look 30 out of 3,000 I've said let's find and get ourselves as far away in that cemetery from then as possible I'm quite sure there will be members of the press who will do anything they can to seek those out and take pictures of those tombstones but even cold that was decided was not aware and as a matter of fact even a personal visit and as you know the tombstones there are flush with the ground and if it snowed and he in good faith there are no SS in the cemetery well I think it's safe to say that the President's remarks during his entire trip in Germany will draw a distinction between the German soldier and the SS and that he will in no way condemn I mean approve or say any kind of approving word regarding SS Nazis or the Third Reich in no way will condemn and will constantly say that we do not want a reputation of all that again and we will be working during this regular administration to ensure that it does that we have made such a reversal but in August we're going to face the end of the war with Japan and we can't forget that in the fighting of that war the Japanese policy with their soldiers had been one of brutalizing them you know the death march the rape of the man king the things that they did and we have to recognize that today that is not that is not the Japan of today we notice but there's a conscious effort to make brutes out of people that have seen their culture generally calls for great courtesy