Special relationship that exists between us. cementing and affirming one of the greatest forces for progress this world has ever none. 70 years ago in 1946, churchill proposed a new phase in this relationship. he describes how an iron curtain had fallen from the ball tin to the adriatic, covering the capitols of the asian states and eastern europe. warsaw, berlin, prague, bell great and bucharest. today those great cities, homes of great culture and heritage, lives in freedom and peace. and they do so because of the leadership of britain and america and of mrs. thatcher and president reagan. [applause]