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News from Senator
BOB DOLE
(R - Kansas) SH 141 Hart Building, Washington, D.C. 20510

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1989

CONTACT: WALT RIKER
(202) 224-5358

SENATOR DOLE - SECRETARY DOLE MISSION TO POLAND & ARMENIA
STOPS IN MOROCCO - SOVIET ARMENIA - POLAND - THE NETHERLANDS
CARRY RELIEF SUPPLIES TO SOVIET ARMENIA
MEET WITH POLISH PRESIDENT JARUZELSKI, CARDINAL GLEMP, AND LECH WALESA.
AUDIENCES WITH QUEEN BEATRIX OF THE NETHERLANDS AND MOROCCAN KING HASSAN II

[DEPARTURE NEWS CONFERENCE: Friday, August 18, 8:30 a.m.; Andrews AFB.]

WASHINGTON - Senate Republican leader Bob Dole and Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole will depart Washington Friday morning on an official visit to Morocco, Soviet Armenia, Poland and The Netherlands, including meetings with Polish President Wojciech Jaruzelski, Solidarity leader Lech Walesa and Polish Catholic Cardinal Glemp. In addition, the Doles will have audiences with Moroccan King Hassan II and Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands.

The White House announced the trip Wednesday evening. The Senator and the Secretary will carry President Bush's greetings to the heads of state they will meet. At the request of the president they will report back their findings and recommendations, primarily in the areas of Armenia and Poland. In a letter to Senator Dole the president said, "I am delighted that the two of you are undertaking such an important journey at this time and I look forward to a firsthand report of your impressions as soon as you return."

At the request of Project Hope the Doles will carry a plane load of relief and rehabilitation supplies destined for their earthquake relief activities in Armenia. A departure news conference will be held at 8:30 a.m. Friday, August 18, at Andrews Air Force Base. The topic of the news conference will be the relief and rehabilitation supplies being brought to Armenia. Project Hope officials will be on hand.

The trip comes at a time when Jaruzelski, Walesa and other Polish officials are engaged in negotiations aimed at forming a new Solidarity-led government, possibly the East bloc's first non-communist government. The Doles will also meet with Polish Catholic Cardinal Glemp. Secretary Dole will discuss possible Labor Department projects that are part of the administration's proposed $100 million aid package to Poland.

The audience with King Hassan II of Morocco will focus on his activities within the Arab League aimed at ending the fighting in Lebanon.

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In Armenia, Soviet and American relief organizations continue efforts to rebuild cities and villages devastated by last December's earthquake. Senator Dole has been deeply involved in Armenian issues for decades and has taken a personal interest in earthquake relief activities. The president has praised the senator for his "crucial" leadership in "mobilizing American support for Armenian earthquake relief." Dole was instrumental in Senate ratification of the International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Senator Dole will examine the status of reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts and give his recommendations to the president.

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SENATOR BOB DOLE - SECRETARY ELIZABETH DOLE TRAVEL SCHEDULE - AUGUST 18 - 28, 1989

Monday, August 21
RABAT, Morocco; Audience with King Hassan II and other official meetings.

Wednesday, August 23
YEREVAN, Armenia; Wreath laying at Martyr's Monument
YEREVAN, Armenia; Meeting with First Secretary of Communist Party of Armenia, Prime Minister, and President of the Supreme Soviet
YEREVAN, Armenia; Meeting with representatives of American Relief Organizations (American Red Cross, Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Project Hope)
YEREVAN, Armenia; Lunch hosted by Armenian Government officials
LENINAKAN, Armenia; Hospital visit to meet recovering earthquake survivors including survivors who were treated in the U.S.
LENINAKAN, Armenia; Meeting with elementary age students at tent school if school is in session.
SPITAK, Armenia; (Tentative) briefing by local officials and meeting with local citizens.
YEREVAN, Armenia; Dinner hosted by government officials for entire delegation.

Thursday, August 24
ECHMIADZIN, Armenia; Meet with His Holiness Catholicos Vazgen I, head of the Armenian Church
WARSAW, Poland; Meeting with President Wojciech Jaruzelski

Friday, August 25
WARSAW; Meeting with Minister of Labor
WARSAW; Meeting with Cardinal Glemp
WARSAW; Meeting with Prime Minister
WARSAW; Courtesy call on Speaker of Parliament Mikolaj Kozakiewicz and Marshall of the Senate Andrzej Stelmachowski
WARSAW; Visit to factory accompanied by Minister of Labor.
WARSAW; Dinner hosted by Ambassador. Guests to include Ministry of Labor officials and Opposition Sejm Deputies and Senators.

Saturday, August 26
GDANSK; Attend Mass with Lech Walesa at St. Brygida's Church. (Mass celebrated by Solidarity Priest Father Jankowski)
GDANSK; Meeting with Lech Walesa
AMSTERDAM; Arrive The Netherlands

Monday, August 28
THE HAGUE; Meetings with government officials

THE HAGUE; Audience with Her Majesty Queen Beatrix

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In Armenia, Soviet and American relief organizations continue efforts to rebuild cities and villages devastated by last December's earthquake. Senator Dole has been deeply involved in Armenian issues for decades and has taken a personal interest in earthquake relief activities. The president has praised the senator for his "crucial" leadership in "mobilizing American support for Armenian earthquake relief." Dole was instrumental in Senate ratification of the International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Senator Dole will examine the status of reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts and give his recommendations to the president.

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SENATOR BOB DOLE - SECRETARY ELIZABETH DOLE TRAVEL SCHEDULE - AUGUST 18-28, 1989

Monday, August 21
RABAT, Morocco; Audience with King Hassan II and other official meetings.

Wednesday, August 23
YEREVAN, Armenia; Wreath laying at Martyr's Monument
YEREVAN, Armenia; Meeting with First Secretary of Communist Party of Armenia, Prime Minister, and President of the Supreme Soviet
YEREVAN, Armenia; Meeting with representatives of American Relief Organizations (American Red Cross, Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Project Hope)
YEREVAN, Armenia; Lunch hosted by Armenian Government officials
LENINAKAN, Armenia; Hospital visit to meet recovering earthquake survivors including survivors who were treated in the U.S.
LENINAKAN, Armenia; Meeting with elementary age students at tent school if school is in session.
SPITAK, Armenia; (Tentative) briefing by local officials and meeting with local citizens.
YEREVAN, Armenia; Dinner hosted by government officials for entire delegation.

Thursday, August 24
ECHMIADZIN, Armenia; Meet with His Holiness Catholicos Vazgen I, head of the Armenian Church
WARSAW, Poland; Meeting with President Wojciech Jaruzelski

Friday, August 25
WARSAW; Meeting with Minister of Labor
WARSAW; Meeting with Cardinal Glemp
WARSAW; Meeting with Prime Minister
WARSAW; Courtesy call on Speaker of Parliament Mikolaj Kozakiewicz and Marshall of the Senate Andrzej Stelmachowski
WARSAW; Visit to factory accompanied by Minister of Labor.
WARSAW; Dinner hosted by Ambassador. Guests to include Ministry of Labor officials and Opposition Sejm Deputies and Senators.

Saturday, August 26
GDANSK; Attend Mass with Lech Walesa at St. Brygida's Church. (Mass celebrated by Solidarity Priest Father Jankowski)
GDANSK; Meeting with Lech Walesa
AMSTERDAM; Arrive The Netherlands

Monday, August 28
THE HAGUE; Meetings with government officials
THE HAGUE; Audience with Her Majesty Queen Beatrix

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