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Tuesday, May 29, 1997
PM Tony Blair / NATO Expansion

THURSDAY: PRESIDENT MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER BLAIR IN LONDON

Today in London, President Clinton with newly-elected Prime Minister Tony Blair. The two forward-looking leaders will continue to build a strong U.S.-U.K. partnership for the 21st Century:

WEDNESDAY: PRESIDENT COMMEMORATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MARSHALL PLAN, LOOKS AHEAD TO UNDIVIDED, DEMOCRATIC EUROPE

Yesterday in the Hague, President Clinton joined with leaders from throughout Europe to honor the accomplishments of the Marshall Plan on its 50th anniversary, and to summon the spirit of the Marshall Plan for the next 50 years and beyond --to build a Europe that is democratic, at peace, and undivided for the first time in history:

President Clinton said: "We who follow the example of the generation we honor today must...shape the peace, freedom and prosperity they made possible into a common future where all our people speak the language of democracy...where prosperity reaches clear across the continent and states pursue commerce, not conquest; where security is the province of all free nations working together; where no nation in Europe is ever again excluded against its will from joining our alliance of values; and where we join together to help the rest of the world reach the objectives we hold so dear."



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