The following is article is part of the United States Department of State’s “Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations” series. It is reproduced here under the public domain. Introduction President Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office determined to improve relations with… Read More ›
President Ronald Reagan issued the following statement on July 10, 1981, after signing H.J. Res. 238. I take great pleasure in signing into law House Joint Resolution 238, an act to “approve a Constitution for the United States Virgin Islands.”… Read More ›
On June 8-9, 1981, President Ronald Reagan hosted Mexican President Jose Lopez Portillo at the White House. On June 8, Reagan and Lopez Portillo delivered the following remarks at the South Portico of the White House. Lopez Portillo spoke in… Read More ›
President Ronald Reagan sent the following letter to the Senate on April 21, 1981, regarding a treaty between the United States and the British Virgin Islands. The note dated February 18, 1981, mentioned in the letter is not included here…. Read More ›
President Ronald Reagan’s press secretary issued the following statement on February 24, 1981. The statement was preceded by a meeting between Reagan and Jamaican Prime Minister Edward Seaga in January 1981, which dealt with many of the same topics that… Read More ›
President Ronald Reagan issued Executive Order 12341 on January 21, 1982, which delegated authority to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General under the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980. By the authority vested in me… Read More ›
President Ronald Reagan issued the following statement on January 12, 1982, in which he reiterates his stance that the future of Puerto Rico should be made by the people of the island. When I announced my candidacy for this office… Read More ›
