Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Monday, September 11, 1995 Volume 31ÐNumber 36 Pages 1469±1530 1 VerDate 28-OCT-97 10:16 Mar 06, 1998 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 1249 Sfmt 1249 W:\DISC\P36SE4.000 p36se4 Contents Addresses and Remarks Communications to CongressÐContinued California Hungary-U.S. legal assistance treaty, message Abraham Lincoln Middle School in transmittingÐ1510 SelmaÐ1492, 1500 International Convention for the Protection of Alameda County Labor Day picnic in New Varieties of Plants, message PleasantonÐ1488 transmittingÐ1504 California State University at Monterey Bay Philippines-U.S. extradition treaty, message dedication in MontereyÐ1482 transmittingÐ1503 Clinton/Gore '96 fundraising dinnerÐ1515 Philippines-U.S. legal assistance treaty, Goals 2000 business leadersÐ1506 message transmittingÐ1504 Hawaii United States Government activities in the Arrival in HonoluluÐ1469 United Nations, message transmitting Joint service review at Wheeler Army reportÐ1511 Airfield in HonoluluÐ1470 Welfare reform, letterÐ1508 National Cemetery of the Pacific in HonoluluÐ1474 Communications to Federal Agencies Stamp unveiling ceremony on board the Korean Peninsula Energy Development U.S.S. Carl Vinson in Pearl HarborÐ Organization, memorandumÐ1492 1480 Rwanda, memorandum on assistanceÐ1491 Troops at Wheeler Army Airfield in HonoluluÐ1472 Interviews With the News Media World War II commemorative service in Exchanges with reporters HonoluluÐ1481 Cabinet RoomÐ1504 Wreath-laying ceremony on board the Oval OfficeÐ1506 U.S.S. Carl Vinson in Pearl HarborÐ 1478 Statement by the President Mayors and county officialsÐ1504 National Performance ReviewÐ1511 Bosnia, Agreed Basic PrinciplesÐ1527 Religious leaders, breakfastÐ1521 Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Radio addressÐ1477 Macedonia, agreementÐ1491 Communications to Congress Supplementary Materials Albania-U.S. investment treaty, message Acts approved by the PresidentÐ1530 transmittingÐ1510 Checklist of White House press releasesÐ Bosnia, letterÐ1473 1529 Budget deferral, messageÐ1528 Digest of other White House Federal Advisory Committees, message announcementsÐ1528 reportingÐ1509 Nominations submitted to the SenateÐ1529 WEEKLY COMPILATION OF regulations prescribed by the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register, approved by the President (37 FR 23607; 1 CFR Part 10). PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS Distribution is made only by the Superintendent of Docu- ments, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. 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Ch. 15), under ments. 2 VerDate 28-OCT-97 10:16 Mar 06, 1998 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 1249 Sfmt 1249 W:\DISC\P36SE4.000 p36se4 Week Ending Friday, September 8, 1995 Remarks on Arrival in Honolulu, loud and clear. And I hope all of you are Hawaii proud of the role that the members of the August 31, 1995 United States Armed Forces are playing in delivering that message. Thank you very much. Sergeant May, The war in Bosnia must end, but not on thank you for that introduction, and more im- the battlefield, rather at the negotiating portantly, thank you for your service. Gov- table. Just 2 weeks ago we lost three of our ernor Cayetano, Senator Inouye, Mayor Har- finest American diplomatic representatives in ris, General Lorber, Admiral Macke, mem- a tragic accident in Bosnia as they were work- bers of the armed service, distinguished ing for a negotiated peace. Today our nego- guests, honored veterans, Senator Akaka, tiating team continues its work as well. And Congressman Abercrombie, ladies and gen- in the skies above Bosnia, our pilots and tlemen: It is wonderful for our family and crews and their colleagues from other NATO for me personally to be back in Hawaii. It countries are risking their lives for the same is a great honor to be here to celebrate the peace. We are proud of those who fly and 50th anniversary of the end of World War those who are seeking to negotiate the peace. II. Ladies and gentlemen, it is only fitting that We come to celebrate the courage and de- we begin to commemorate this 50th anniver- termination of the Americans who brought sary of the end of World War II here at us victory in that war. But as we do, our Hickam Air Force Base, for it was here, right thoughts and prayers must also be with the here, that the guns of war shattered the men and women of our Armed Forces who peace of our land and drew America into the are putting their bravery and their profes- fight for freedom. sionalism on the line in Bosnia. I want to restate to you and to all the Looking out at the active duty troops who American people why our forces and their are with us today, representatives of the NATO allies are engaged in the military op- greatest fighting force in the world, standing eration there. The massacre of civilians in Sa- watch for freedom all over the world, it is rajevo on Monday, caused by a Bosnian Serb hard to imagine just how far our Nation had shell, was an outrageous act in a terrible war to come to win World War II. Just before and a challenge to the commitments which 8 o'clock on December the 7th, 1941, when NATO had made to oppose such actions by the first wave of enemy bombers swooped force if necessary. The United States took down upon our planes, parked wingtip to the lead in gaining those commitments by wingtip on this tarmac, all 231 aircraft at NATO, and we must help NATO to keep Hickam were either destroyed or damaged. them. At Pearl Harbor, as all of us know all too The NATO bombing campaign and the re- well, the pride of the Pacific's fleet lay in lated artillery campaign against the Bosnian ruins. Serb military in which our forces are taking But just a few hours later, just a few hours part skillfully is the right response to the sav- later, in the depth of our darkest hour, a agery in Sarajevo. The campaign will make handful of Army and Navy planes that were clear to the Bosnian Serbs that they have still able to fly took to the skies from Hickam nothing to gain and everything to lose by con- in search of the enemy fleet. The long jour- tinuing to attack Sarajevo and other safe ney to reclaim freedom for the Pacific and areas and by continuing to slaughter innocent for the world began with that first mission civilians. NATO is delivering that message from this very field. And it ended 50 years 1469 VerDate 28-OCT-97 11:04 Mar 06, 1998 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 1244 Sfmt 1244 W:\DISC\P36SE4.006 p36se4 1470 Aug. 31 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1995 ago this week when the forces of freedom Chief, U.S. Pacific Command; and Mayor Jeremy finally triumphed over tyranny. Harris of Honolulu. This item was not received In the days ahead, we will commemorate in time for publication in the appropriate issue. that victory, honor its heroes, and remember their sacrifice. But we will also celebrate more than the end of war. We will pay tribute Remarks at the Joint Service Review to the triumph of peace. Through war in at Wheeler Army Airfield in World War II, our people came together as Honolulu never before. But after the war, they used September 1, 1995 their newfound sense of unity and common purpose at home and a sense of mission Thank you, General Weyand, for your abroad to build for all of us 50 years of secu- wonderful remarks and, even more impor- rity, prosperity, and opportunity. tantly, for your lifetime of service to the Unit- Today, we turn toward a new century, in ed States. a very different set of economic and political Governor Cayetano; Secretary Perry; Ad- and social challenges. We now must draw on miral Macke; Secretary Brown; General the legacy of those who won World War II Shalikashvili; distinguished guests, especially and built peace and prosperity afterward to our friends and as good a friends the veterans do our job to fulfill the spirit of that most of the United States have ever had, Bob and remarkable of American generations. They Dolores Hope; the honored veterans of understood the duty they owed to one an- World War II; your families, your friends; other, to their communities, to their Nation, ladies and gentlemen: As we gather to cele- and to the world. After they won the war, brate the end of a war that engulfed the they advanced the peace, the values, the lib- world, I ask your leave to say a few words erties, and the opportunities that they fought about recent developments in the prospects and died to win. for peace in troubled Bosnia. Just a couple Here on this island of peace that knows of hours ago, we were able to announce that all too well the horror of war, let us vow to the Foreign Ministers of Bosnia, Croatia, and carry forward their legacy.