    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1996, Book II)]
    [November 20, 1996]
    [Pages 2127-2128]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Exchange With Reporters Prior to Discussions With Prime Minister
    John Howard of Australia in Canberra
    November 20, 1996

    President's Cup Golf Tournament

    [The exchange is joined in progress.]

        Prime Minister Howard. ----I signed off a letter the other day
    trying to--and we're very keen for it to come here.
        The President. I've told the PGA that I thought it was a good idea
    not to keep it always in the United States, that I thought it would be a
    good idea to bring it here.
        Prime Minister Howard. And we're rather hoping it will actually come
    to the ACT right here in Canberra because they have--well, they have one
    really outstanding course in Canberra, as you'll find----
        The President. I saw it today.
        We're talking about the President's Cup; you know, the golf
    tournament. The PGA is trying to arrange to have it in Australia 2 years
    from now.
        Prime Minister Howard. In '98. And naturally, in the lead-up to the
    Olympic games, if we can pull it off we'll be delighted--and very
    delighted to have the President's endorsement of the idea, too.
        The President. I'm for it.
        Q. Will that change the rules to allow it?
        Prime Minister Howard. No.
        The President. No. The Ryder Cup is an American-European contest,
    and it alternates. So we just had the President's Cup in the alternating
    years--in the alternating 2 years we don't have Ryder Cups. It's the
    American team against teams essentially from Australia, Japan, and the
    southern part of Africa and anyplace else in the Asia-Pacific region. So
    we're going to alternate it.
        Q. Who's the golf pro in your entourage, Mr. President?
        The President. What do you mean?
        Q. There were reports----
        Q. [Inaudible]--golf and you brought a golf pro with you on Air
    Force One.
        The President. To my knowledge, that is not so. [Laughter]
        Q. Would you have liked to?
        The President. I would have, yes. I'm going to need all the help I
    can get tomorrow.

    Zaire

        Q. Will you all talk about Zaire? Is that something that----
        The President. Yes. And we will have a press conference later and
    answer all your questions. We want to.
        Prime Minister Howard. Yes, you'll have a good run. [Laughter]

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    President's Visit

        The President. And I want you to have fun tonight.
        Q. We did the boat tour last night.
        The President. You did?
        Q. You get to do it tonight. The press was taken out on the same
    boat last night.
        The President. Good.
        Q. The view was spectacular.
        The President. Did they tell you there were sharks in the water?
        Q. They told us they had sharks on deck. [Laughter]
        Prime Minister Howard. A lot in the water, too.
        The President. In Sydney Harbor?
        Prime Minister Howard. Yes, seriously.
        The President. So you don't want to fall in.

    Note: The exchange began at 10:50 a.m. in the Prime Minister's Office at
    Parliament House. In his remarks, the President referred to his
    scheduled golf game with Australian professional golfer Greg Norman. The
    exchange released by the Office of the Press Secretary did not include
    the complete opening remarks of the President and the Prime Minister. A
    tape was not available for verification of the content of this exchange.