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------------------------------------ Exchange Mail DATE-TIME FROM CLASSIFICATION SURJECT TO CARBON COPY TEXT BODY TRANSLATED ATTACHMENT - 8/28/98 1:37:51 PM Wozniak, Natalie S. UNCLASSIFIED RBTP and First Lady at the Lighting of the City Christmas Tree Belfast City Hall Belfast Northern Ireland.doc [UNCLASSIFIED] Hachigian, Nina L. Budig, Nyda N Crowley, Philip 1. Wozniak, Natalie S. and First Lady at the Lighting of the City Christmas Tree Belfast City Hall Belfast Northern Ireland .doc THE WHI

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------------------------------------ Exchange Mail DATE-TIME FROM CLASSIFICATION SURJECT TO CARBON COPY TEXT BODY TRANSLATED ATTACHMENT - 8/28/98 1:37:51 PM Wozniak, Natalie S. UNCLASSIFIED RBTP and First Lady at the Lighting of the City Christmas Tree Belfast City Hall Belfast Northern Ireland.doc [UNCLASSIFIED] Hachigian, Nina L. Budig, Nyda N Crowley, Philip 1. Wozniak, Natalie S. and First Lady at the Lighting of the City Christmas Tree Belfast City Hall Belfast Northern Ireland .doc THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the PressSecretary" (Belfast, Northern Ireland) F or Immediate Release November 30, 1995 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST LADY AT THE LIGHTING OF THE CITY . CHRISTMAS TREE Belfast City Hall Belfast, Northern Ireland 7:36 P.M. (L) MRS. CLINTON: Thank you very much, Lord Mayor. And thank all of you. (Applause.) Tonight is a night fill~d with hope and peace. And for those of us gathered here throughout Northern Ireland and around the world, often it is our - children who offer us the clearest and purest reasons why peace and why this peace 'process is so important. ­ In a national-competition, asking students to share their hopes for a peaceful Northern Ireland in letters to my husband, two students whom you see here tonight, Cathy Harte and Mark Lennox won the top prize. We will be privilege to , have them in America.at summer camp this coming summer. Tonight-it is my privilege to read excerpts from their letters. This is what Cathy said: "My name is Cathy Harte-and I am a 12-year-old Catholic girl. I live in Belfast in Northern Ireland, and I love it here. It's green, it's beautiful, and, well; it's Ireland." (Applause.) "All my life, I have only known guns and bombs with people fighting. Now, it is different. There are no guns and bombs.1I' Cathy continues: "My dreams for the future, well, I have a lot of them. Hopefully, the peace will be permanent; that one day Catholics and Protestants . will be able to walk hand-in-hand and will be able to live in the same areas." (Applause.) "Catholics, Protestants, black or 'white, it is the person inside that counts." (Applause.) "What I hope," said Cathy, "is that when I have my own children that there will still be peace and that Belfast will be a peaceful place from now on." Thank you, Cathy. (Applause.) -Mark Lennox is the same age as our daughter, 15. And he explains in his letter ­ the simple hows of achieving peace. And this is what he says: "I am a '15-:year-old schoolboy from Glengormley High School. I am very pleased about the ­ chance of permanent peace in Northerri Ireland and the. chances of living in a secure atmosphere. ' "If Northern Ireland is to have a future, then we must all learn to live with . eachother in a more tolerant way. Also, we must all work hard for peace and make a real effort. We will have to change our ideas and work for change. Change must mean changing our own understanding of each other. We must learn _ together and know more about our different traditions. Some people warit to destroy peace and the peace process in Northern Ireland." And Mark says, !'We must not allow this to happen." (Applause.) As the Lord Mayor said, in a moment the Christmas tree will be lit as Christmas trees will be lit all over the world in the days to come. This Christmas let us remember the reason behind why we light Christmas trees. Let us remember the reason for this grea:t holiday celebration. And let us remember that we seek peace most of all for our children. May this be one of many, many happy and peaceful Christmases in Northern Ireland this year and for many years to come . . (Applause.) And may God keep you and bless you and hold all of you in the p~m . of His hand: Thank you and God bless you .. (Applause.) . LORD MAYOR: Now, ladies and gentlemen, we have a duty to do tonight. And that ' is we're going to ask the President to turn the lights on. But you and I have s'omethirig to do. We have to count down, 10 down to zero. So we want the count, 10, 9 --slowly please, so that when the President gets ready I'll give you the okay and, then we will have the countdown. (The Christmas tree is lit.) THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. (Applause.) To the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, let me begin by saying to all ' of you, Hillary and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts for making us feel so very, very welcome in Belfast and Northern Ireland. (Applause.) We thank you, Lord Mayor, for your cooperation and your help in making this trip so successful, and we trust that, for all of you, we haven't inconvenienced you ~o . much. But this has been a wonderful way for us to begin the Christmas holidays. (Applause.) Let m:~ also say I understood just what an honor it was to be able to turn on this Christmas tree when I realized the competition. (Laughter.) Now, to become , ' Preside,nt of the United States you have to undertake some considerable competition. But I have never confronted challengers with the name recognition, . the understandi…

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