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Remarks of Welcome to Prime Minister Churchill at the Washington National Airport

January 5, 1952

MR. PRIME MINISTER, I can't tell you when I have had more pleasure than I have this morning in welcoming you as a visitor to the United States of America.

I hope you will enjoy your visit. I hope that it will be a satisfactory one.

Great Britain and the Commonwealths and the United States are the closest of friends, and you and I want to keep it that way. And I am sure that we will succeed in doing that.

It is a pleasure, sir, to welcome you to Washington, D.C.

[At this point Prime Minister Churchill responded briefly. The President then resumed speaking.]

Peace on earth is what we are both striving for.

NOTE: See also Items 6, 16.