【正文】 otest todayto mark this fact: Because we remained strong, the Soviets came back to the we remained strong, today we have within reach the possibility, not merely of limiting the growth of arms, but of eliminating, for the first time, an entire class of nuclear weapons from the face of the I speak, NATO ministers are meeting in Iceland to review the progress of our proposals for eliminating these the talks in Geneva, we have also proposed deep cuts in strategic offensive the Western allies have likewise made farreaching proposals to reduce the danger of conventional war and to place a total ban on chemical we pursue these arms reductions, I pledge to you that we will maintain the capacity to deter Soviet aggression at any level at which it might in cooperation with many of our allies, the United States is pursuing the Strategic Defense Initiativeresearch to base deterrence not on the threat of offensive retaliation, but on defenses that truly defend。on systems, in short, that will not target populations, but shield these means we seek to increase the safety of Europe and all the we must remember a crucial fact: East and West do not mistrust each other because we are armed。we are armed because we mistrust each our differences are not about weapons but about President Kennedy spoke at the City Hall those 24 years ago, freedom was encircled。Berlin was under today, despite all the pressures upon this city, Berlin stands secure in its freedom itself is transforming the the Philippines, in South and Central America, democracy has been given a the Pacific, free markets are working miracle after miracle of economic the industrialized nations, a technological revolution is taking place, a revolution marked by rapid, dramatic advances in puters and Europe, only one nation and those it controls refuse to join the munity of in this age of redoubled economic growth, of information and innovation, the Soviet Union faces a choice: It must make fundamental changes, or it will bee , thus, represents a moment of in the West stand ready to cooperate with the East to promote true openness, to break down barriers that separate people, to create a safer, freer surely there is no better place than Berlin, the meeting place of East and West, to make a people of Berlin: Today, as in the past, the United States stands for the strict observance and full implementation of all parts of the Four Power Agreement of us use this occasion, the 750th anniversary of this city, to usher in a new era, to seek a still fuller, richer life for the Berlin of the , let us maintain and develop the ties between the Federal Republic and the Western sectors of Berlin, which is permitted by the 1971 I invite : Let us work to bring the Eastern and Western parts of the city closer together, so that all the inhabitants of all Berlin can enjoy the benefits that e with life in one of the great cities of the open Berlin still further to all Europe, East and West, let us expand the vital air access to this city, finding ways of making mercial air service to Berlin more convenient, more fortable, and more look to the day when West Berlin can bee one of the chief aviation hubs in all central our FrenchWith our French and British partners, the United States is prepared to help bring international meetings to would be only fitting for Berlin to serve as the site of United Nations meetings, or world conferences on human rights and arms control, or other issues that call for international is no better way to establish hope for the future than to enlighten young minds, and we would be honored to sponsor summer youth exchanges, cultural events, and other programs for young Berliners from the French and British friends, I39。m certain, will do the it39。s my hope that an authority can be found in East Berlin to sponsor visits from young people of the Western final proposal, one close to my heart: Sport represents a source of enjoyment and ennoblement, and you may have noted that the Republic of KoreaSouth Koreahas offered to permit certain events of the 1988 Olympics to take place in the sports petitions of all kinds could take place in both parts of this what better way to demonstrate to the world the openness of this city than to offer in some future year to hold the Olympic games here in Berlin, East and these four decades, as I have said, you Berliners have built a great 39。ve done so in spite of threatsthe Soviet attempts to impose the Eastmark, the the city thrives in spite of the challenges implicit in the very presence of this keeps you here? Certainly there39。s a great deal to be said for your fortitude, for your defiant I believe there39。s something deeper, something that involves Berlin39。s whole look and feel and way of lifenot mere one could live long in Berlin without being pletely disabused of , instead, that has seen the difficulties of life in Berlin but chose to accept them, that continues to build this good and proud city in contrast to a surrounding totalitarian presence, that refuses to release human energies or aspirations, something that speaks with a powerful voice of affirmation, that says “yes” to this city, yes to the future, yes to a word, I would submit that what keeps you in Berlinis “l(fā)ove.”Love both profound and this gets to the root of the matter, to the most fundamental distinction of all between East and totalitarian world produces backwardness because it does such violence to the spirit, thwarting the human impulse to create, to enjoy, to totalitarian world finds even symbols of love and of worship an ago, before the East Germans began rebuilding their churches, they erected a secular structure: the television tower at Alexander ever since, the authorities have been working to correct what they view as the tower39。s one major flaw: treating the glass sphere at the top with paints and chemicals of every even today when the sun strikes that sphere, that sphere that t