March 9, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3995 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS SECRETARY BAKER'S VIENNA and we continue to seek, our security in a mand might invade them. Those in the East SPEECH coalition of free nations, drawn together by should be free of the fear that armed Soviet common values, not only mutual interests. intervention, justified by the Brezhnev Doc­ And we envisioned then as we envision now, trine, would be used again to deny them HON. WM. S. BROOMFIELD a Europe at peace, its nations free to devel­ choice. OF MICHIGAN op in diversity but united against war. "New thinking" and the Brezhnev Doc­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Our vision was not the only vision. There trine are in fundamental conflict, was another view, opposed to the values We call today upon General Secretary Thursday, March 9, 1989 most cherished by the West. And the com­ Gorbachev to renounce the Brezhnev Doc­ Mr. BROOMFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I would petition between the two visions gave us the trine-beyond any shadow of a doubt. Let like to insert in the RECORD the text of the difficult legacy with which we live today. A the "new thinking" sweep away this vestige speech delivered by Secretary of State James Europe, forcibly divided against the will of from the era of stagnation. A. Baker yesterday in Vienna. its peoples. A Europe, the most heavily These four freedoms are inseparable. Secretary Baker's speech offers a clear armed continent in the world. They are the principles for the new Europe, Now, as we approach the end of this they are the keys that open the door to the guideline for United States foreign policy decade new horizons are beckoning, hori­ European house of the future. As the Amer­ toward arms control in Europe and United zons that offer us the opportunity to go ican President Abraham Lincoln said, "a States relations with the Soviet Union. One beyond the conflicts of the past. The other house divided against itself cannot stand." A particularly important element in this speech is vision is changing. It is changing because we continent divided by a 'Vall cannot be Secretary Baker's comments regarding chemi­ in the West have been faithful to our own secure. A secure and prospf rous Europe can cal weapons. vision. And it is changing because realism never be built on the basis of artificial bar­ I was very impressed and pleased by his has begun to triumpn in the Soviet Union. riers, fear and the denial of indep~ndence. comprehensive statement regarding U.S. Perestroika, glasnost, democratization are I am happy to report that we have made the slogans of the "New thinking." There chemical weapons policy. The question of some progress toward realizing the new are encouraging developments in human Europe of the Freedoms~progress upon chemical weapons proliferation is emphasized rights, iJ;l the emphasis on the rule of law. which we can build. The Conference on Se­ as a global, multilateral problem which all the Economics once rigidly fixed in the grip of curity and Cooperation in Europe, through Western democracies must address resolutely centralized control are being loosened and a the Helsinki, Madrid, Stockholm and now and in a concerted manner. I couldn't agree role for individual initiative has been de­ the Vienna documents, has defined ever more. creed. Recently. General Secretary Gorba­ more precisely the obligations of states. We This speech deserves the attention of my chev has declared, "world politics, too, have emphasized a new freedom for individ­ colleagues. It is an important initial marker for should be guided by the primacy of univer­ uals, and the expanded concept of openness the new administration in the area of foreign sal human values." The rhetoric of Soviet and confidence building measures -in the foreign policy is being reshaped with less field of security. We support this process. policy. I would highly recommend that my col­ emphasis on the use of force. The Helsinki Final Act embodies our vision leagues read this speech. No one can foretell where this process will of Europe. And NATO's security dimension NEW HORIZONS IN EUROPE lead or even whether it will endure. Yet we has always had the prevention of war as its <Address by Hon. James A. Baker III, cannot deny the reality of what is actually only purpose. Secretary of State> happening in Europe today. Dostoevsky, in Economic change is also a marked feature Foreign Ministers, ladies and gentlemen, his novel, "The Possessed," wrote, that of the new Europe. The creation of a single we meet here today in an historic setting. "The fire is in the minds of men, not in the market by 1992, looking outward to benefit Vienna is a living monument to the creativi­ roofs of buildings." The revolutionary all who wish to trade, would surely fulfill ty of Western culture. This city is also a changes in that part of Europe still freedom the hopes of those postwar visionaries who crossroads of civilization. It reminds u& that of the mind, freedom in the home, they're rightfully saw economic union as a buttress Europe and the achievements of Europe all in the minds of free governments. And of peace and freedom. Centralized econo­ have always gone beyond the limits of geog­ these freedoms will heal the wounds inflict­ mies are slowly divesting the straightjacket raphy to influence the wider world. ed by stagnation and tyranny. of outmoded Marxist-Leninist theories. And But Vienna also bears witness to vanished I propose that we dedicate ourselves to the desire for increased commercial contact hopes. Negotiations and agreements intend­ creating a new Europe, based on these free­ is strong and growing stronger. ed to bring enduring peace to Europe have doms: There also is a genuine possibility for all been discarded too often in war. Too often The freedom of all Europeans to have a industrialized nations~ both 'eRst and west, the lack of security in Europe has meant a say in decisions which affect their lives, in­ to work together on newly recognized tt~ns­ lack of security for the world. That is why cluding freedom of the workplace. The le­ national problems. Dangers to QUJ" epviron­ we are meeting here to negotta.te. Our pur­ gality of Solidarity, for example, should be ment, for example, risk the mo&.t fundamen­ pose is to improve: the security of Europe, the norm not the subject of negotiations. tal security of all the ear'tll's Citizens, Just thereby also strengthening the foundations The freedom of all Europeans to express last week, to proteet the globe's, 0zc.me layer, of world peace. their political differences. when all ideas are the European Community and the United I believe that we need a larger perspective, welcome and human rights are truly inviola­ States decided to end the use of all chloro­ a common vision of where we are headed ble. Monitors of the Helsinki agreements, fluorocarbons <CFCs} by the year 2000, as­ and why, in order to succeed. for example, should be honored not hunted suming adequate substitutes ca» be found After the Second World War, Europe and by their governments. as we believe they can. We hope the Soviet the world were confronted by two opposing 'l'he freedom of all Europeans to exchange Union will consider joining us, in the spirit views. The United State& and its allies in ideas, and information and to exercise free­ of "new thinking." Western Europe held the vision of free peo­ dom of movement. The researcher in This is progress. But while the old, era ap­ ples, living under the rule of law, their indi­ Prague, for example, should be able to find parently recedes before the porizcms, of the vidual freedoms protected, their democratic the books he needs. Barbed wire should not new Europe, those horizons are s.till too dis­ governments responsible to the people. separate cousins in Hamburg from cousins tant. The arms and the armies still face We believed, as we continue to believe, in Dresden. And a wall should not divide each other. An Iron Curtai:n s.till divides the that freedom of speech and of religion, free­ Berlin, continuing, as we've seen in the past Continent. Too many governm~nts have fol­ dom from fear and freedom of opportunity, month, to cost the lives of people seeking lowed their solemn signature on human were and are the natural rights of free m_en freedom. rights pledges with violent suppression of everywhere. We were certain, and we coJ;ltin­ Finally, the freedom of all Europeans to dissent. ue to be certain, that free markets and indi­ be safe from military intimidation or attack. And so, as we eye the horizon, important vidual initiatives are the surest routes to Those in the West should be free of the fear questions remain unanswered. Will the new social and economic progress. We sought, that the massive forces under Soviet com- rhetoric be translated into new actions or e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the fl9or. 3996 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 9, 1989 will we see a repetition of the past, of hopes years, Australia has played a leading role fidence building measures in the near disappointed once more? internationally in trying to prevent the future, aimed at increasing transparency Will East and West together be able to spread of chemical weapons, including as and reducing the possibility of surprise dismantle the barriers thrown up by the old leader of the Australia Group of Western attack.