It is w ith the book of history and not with isolated pages, that the United states w ill ever wish to be identif ied. My country wants to be constructive, not destructive. It ants agreements, not wars, among nations. It wants itself to live in freedom and in the conf idence that the people of every other nation enjoy equa lly the right of choosing their own way of life my country's purpose is to help us to move out of the dark chamber of horrors the light to find a way by which the minds of men, the hopes of men, the souls of men everywhere, can move forward towards peace and happiness and ell-being In this quest, I know that we must not lack patience. i know that in a world div ided, such as ours today, salvation cannot be attained by one dramatic act I know that many steps will have to be taken over many months before the world can look at itself one day and truly realize that a new climate of mutually peacef ul confidence is abroad in the world but i know above all else that we must start to take these steps now The United States and its allies, great Britain and france, have, over the past months, tried to take some of these steps. Let no one say that we shun the conference table. On the record has long stood the request of the United States, Great Britain, and france to negotiate w ith the Soviet Un ion the problems of a div ided germany. On that record has long stood the request of the same three nations to negotiate an Austrian peace treaty. On the same record still stands the request of the United Nations to negotiate the problems of Korea Most recently we have received from the Soviet Union what is in effect an expression of willing ness to hold a four-Power meeting. Along w ith our a ll ies, Great br ita in a nd France, we were pleased to see that his note did not conta in the unacceptable pre-conditions previo usly put forward. As you already know from our joint Bermuda communique, the United States, Great Brita in and france have agreed promptly to meet with the soviet union The Government of the United States approaches this conference with hopeful sincerity. We will bend every effort of our minds to the sing le purpose of emerging from that conference with tangible results towards peace, the only true way of lessening international tension. We never have, we never will, propose or suggest that the sov iet Union surrender what is rightly the irs. We will never say that th people of the Russia are an enemy with whom we have no desire ever to dea mingle in friendly and fruitful relationship. On the contrary, we hope that this com ing conference may initiate a relationship with the sov iet Union which will eventua lly bring about a free intermingling of the peoples of the East and of the West - the one sure, human way of developing the understanding required for conf ident and peacef ul relationsIt is with the book of history, and not with isolated pages, that the United States will ever wish to be identified. My country wants to be constructive, not destructive. It wants agreements, not wars, among nations. It wants itself to live in f reedom and in the confidence that the people of every other nation enjoy equally the right of choosing their own way of life. So my country’s purpose is to help us to move out of the dark chamber of horrors into the light, to find a way by which the minds of men, the hopes of men, the souls of men everywhere, can move forward towards peace and happiness and well-being. In this quest, I know that we must not lack patience. I know that in a world divided, such as ours today, salvation cannot be attained by one dramatic act. I know that many steps will have to be taken over many months before the world can look at itself one day and truly realize that a new climate of mutually peaceful confidence is abroad in the world. But I know, above all else, that we must start to take these steps now. The United States and its allies, Great Britain and France, have, over the past months, tried to take some of these steps. Let no one say that we shun the conference table. On the record has long stood the request of the United States, Great Britain, and France to negotiate with the Soviet Union the problems of a divided Germany. On that record has long stood the request of the same three nations to negotiate an Austrian peace treaty. On the same record still stands the request of the United Nations to negotiate the problems of Korea. Most recently we have received f rom the Soviet Union what is in effect an expression of willingness to hold a four-Power meeting. Along with our allies, Great Britain and France, we were pleased to see that his note did not contain the unacceptable pre-conditions previously put forward. As you already know f rom our joint Bermuda communiqué, the United States, Great Britain, and France have agreed promptly to meet with the Soviet Union. The Government of the United States approaches this conference with hopeful sincerity. We will bend every effort of our minds to the single purpose of emerging from that conference with tangible results towards peace, the only true way of lessening international tension. We never have, we never will, propose or suggest that the Soviet Union surrender what is rightly theirs. We will never say that the people of the Russia are an enemy with whom we have no desire ever to deal or mingle in f riendly and f ruitful relationship. On the contrary, we hope that this coming conference may initiate a relationship with the Soviet Union which will eventually bring about a f ree intermingling of the peoples of the East and of the West -- the one sure, human way of developing the understanding required for confident and peaceful relations