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SUBJECT: DRAFT TEXT OF PRESIDENT'S .REBILD MESSAGE 
1. THE G ?HERING TOGETHER OF THOUSANDS OF DANES AND AMERICANS 

. EACH YEAR TO CELEBRATE AMERICAN 'INDEPE~DENCE DAY IN DENMARK IS 
AN EXTRAORDINARY EVENT, UNPARALLELED ELSEWHERE. IN MORE THAN 

·H LF A CENTURY, A MILLION DANES AND AMERICANS HAVE C<Jt!E 
TOGETHER AT REBILD, . A NATIONAL PART DEDICATED TO LIBERTY AND FREEDOM. ON JULY FOURTH THEY MEET TO RECALL TH£IR Cfl'lMON ORIGINS, RECOU T THE R MUTUAL BLESSINGS, AID ENJOY THElWISELVES. IT IS A DRA~ATIC EMONSTRATION OF UNBROKEN AND · UNBREAKABLE FRIENDSHIP OF THE UNITED STATES AND DENMARK. IT IS A TESTIMONY T0 1 THE 
DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF TWO COUNTRIES THAT INSIST UPON GUARANTEEING THE RIGHTS OF T~EIR CITIZENS AND OF I~DIVIDUAL MEN. SUCH SPONTANEOUS 
MEETINGS OF TWO PEOPLES IS A HEARTENING EXAMPLE OF MUTUAL RESPECT 
OTHERS MI GHT EM'Ul ATE. . 
2•• I SEND CORD I AL GREETINGS AND HOPE THAT DANES AND AMERICANS 

WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AND RE-DEDICATE THEMSELVES 
ANNUALLY TO THE HIGH PRINCIPLES FOR WHICH THEIR COUNTRIES STAN~ ~3.. EMBAS.SY OULD APPRECI TE OBTAINING EARLY ..-WHITE HOUSE APPROVAL 
~O BOVE TEXT S TH T IT CAN BE R£AD AT ANNUAL REBI1.D FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATIO • "ITE 
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