D. Water-for-Peace (Desalination) XII-17. Expansion, Extension, and Acceleration of the United States *XII-18. "[United States] Vision of an Inexhaustible Supply of Pure, XII-19. United States Establishment of a Water-for-Peace Program: XII-20. Agreement Between the United States, Mexico, and the Inter- Part XIII. THE INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION, EDUCATIONAL XIII-1. United States Concern Over "the Decline in Good Manners in XIII-2. Third Annual Report of the United States Advisory Commis- XIII-3. Cultural Presentations Program of the Department of State, July 1, 1964-June 30, 1965: Report to the Congress and the Public by the Advisory Committee on the Arts, Released June 1966 (Excerpt) Page 1163 1164 1164 1165 1167 1168 1171 XIII-4. Appropriations for the United States Information Agency for XIII-5. "This Nation's Dream of a Great Society Does Not Stop at the ..... XIII-7. The United States Information Agency "Is and Should Be Part XIV. THE ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS, AND OPERATIONS A. Organization and Administration XIV-1. The Need To Establish a Single Foreign Affairs Personnel XIV-2. "No Government Sponsorship of Foreign Area Research Should 1175 1177 1179 1181 1187 1189 *XIV-3. Transfer of the Administration of the Food for Peace Program to the Department of State: Memorandum from the President (Johnson) to the Secretary of State (Rusk), October 20, 1965...... B. Appropriations XIV-4. The Department of State Budget Request for Fiscal Year 1966: Statement Made by the Secretary of State (Rusk) Before a Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations, February 16, 1965 (Excerpt) ... Page 1190 1190 XIV-5. Supplemental Appropriations for the Department of State for Fiscal Year 1965: Public Law 89-16, Approved April 30, 1965 (Excerpts) XIV-6. The Department of State Appropriation Act, 1966: Title I of 1194 1194 1199 C. Contributions to International Organizations D. Passport Regulations, Immigration and Visas XIV-9. Request for an Amendment to the Immigration and Nationality XIV-11. Termination of "the Harsh Injustice of the National-Origins 1200 1202 1204 1204 XIV-12. Amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act: Public 1206 XIV-13. Relaxation of Travel Controls for Doctors and Medical Scientists: Statement Issued by the Department of State, December 29, 1965 1216 List of Documents LXV Part I Principles and Objectives of American Foreign Policy Document I-1 Annual Message on the State of the Union Read by the President (Johnson) Before a Joint Session of the Congress, January 4, 1965 (Excerpt)1 "Our Concern and Interest, Compassion and Today the state of the Union depends, in large measure, upon the state of the world. Our concern and interest, compassion and vigilance, extend to every corner of a dwindling planet. Yet, it is not merely our concern but the concern of all free men. We will not, and we should not, assume that it is the task of Americans alone to settle all the conflicts of a torn and troubled world. Let the foes of freedom take no comfort from this. For in concert with other nations, we shall help men defend their freedom. Our first aim remains the safety and the well-being of our own country. 1 Department of State Bulletin, Jan. 25, 1965, pp. 94-100. We are prepared to live as good neighbors with all, but we cannot be indifferent to acts designed to injure our interests, or our citizens, or our establishments abroad. The community of nations requires mutual respect. We shall extend itand we shall expect it. In our relations with the world we shall follow the example of Andrew Jackson, who said: "I intend to ask for nothing that is not clearly right and to submit to nothing that is wrong." And he promised that "the honor of my country shall never be stained by an apology from me for the statement of truth or for the performance of duty." That was this nation's policy in the 1830's and that is the nation's policy in the 1960's. Our own freedom and growth have never been the final goal of the American dream. We were never meant to be an oasis of liberty and abundance in a worldwide desert of disappointed dreams. Our nation was created to help strike away the chains of ignorance and misery and tyranny wherever they keep man less than God means him to be. We are moving toward that destiny, never more rapidly than we have moved in the last 4 years. In this period we have built a military power strong enough to meet any threat and destroy any adversary. And that superiority will continue to grow so long as this office is mine-and you sit on Capitol Hill. In this period no new nation has become Communist, and the unity of the Communist empire has begun to crumble. In this period we have resolved in friendship our disputes with our neighbors of the hemisphere, and joined in an Alliance for Progress toward economic growth and political democracy. In this period we have taken more steps toward peace-including the test ban treaty-than at any time since the cold war began. In this period we have relentlessly pursued our advances toward the conquest of space. Most important of all, in this period the United States has reemerged into the fullness of its selfconfidence and purpose. No longer are we called upon to get America moving. We are moving. No longer do we doubt our strength or resolution. We are strong and we have proven our resolve. No longer can anyone wonder whether we are in the grip of historical decay. We know that history is ours to make. And if there is great danger, there is now also the excitement of great expectations. Yet we still live in a troubled and perilous world. There is no longer a single threat. There are many. They differ in intensity and in danger. They require different attitudes and different answers. With the Soviet Union we seek peaceful understandings that can lessen the danger to freedom. Last fall I asked the American people to choose that course. I will carry forward their command. If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better. I am sure that the American people would welcome a chance to listen to the Soviet leaders on our 2 Text in American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1963, pp. 1032-1034. |