Informal Exchange With Reporters in
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[Inaudible] -- cooperate with our allies in a couple of months on stiffer
sanctions on
The President. Right now, we're
cooperating on another account here that has to do with agriculture.
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The Secretary of State, sir, seemed to suggest yesterday the door is still
open.
The President. We haven't closed any
doors.
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Are you willing to make a deal on Star Wars with the Soviets, sir?
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Mr. President, Botha loved your speech.
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Mr. President, are you willing to make a deal with the Soviets on SDI?
The President. I'm not going to take
any questions here on this subject. I will just -- --
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Is this a bailout, Mr. President? Is this a bailout?
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Bail of hay?
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Are you going to do anything else for the farmers? Are you going to give them
any other aid?
The President. We are trying with
everything we've got at our disposal.
Q.
What?
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What else can you do, Mr. President, for the farmers? What else?
The President. As I've said,
everything that our farm program will allow us to do we're going to try to do.
I may be speaking a little bit about that where I'm going.
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You can't make it rain, can you?
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They want more.
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More rain.
The President. I know it. And if
you'll ask the same fellow I'm asking, maybe it'll happen.
Q.
Mr. President, Botha loved your speech on
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Did you ever pitch any hay when you were young?
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