[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[April 3, 1992]
[Page 540]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Statement by Deputy Press Secretary Smith on the President's Telephone 
Conversation With President Vaclav Havel of Czechoslovakia

April 3, 1992
    The President spoke by telephone for 15 minutes this morning with 
Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel, who had just returned from a state 
visit to Russia. They concurred on the critical need to galvanize 
international support for President Yeltsin and the Government of the 
Russian Federation.
    Specifically, they agreed that the success of the Russian 
Government's landmark economic reform program was vitally important for 
peace and stability in Europe. Pointing to the package of economic 
measures he announced on April 1, the President assured President Havel 
of the firm U.S. resolve to assist the Russian Government and other 
reform-minded States in the former U.S.S.R.