Thank you for taking time to consider how these reforms will impact the Soviet-US relationship. I think you will be pleased to see how they will help smooth relations between our countries. We will now be more open to Western ideas, and we hope you will be more open to Soviet ideas as well.
My program of perestroika means restructuring. I will give the government an overhaul and focus on giving the Soviet people more economic freedom. That means businesses will be able to grow. My other program, glasnost, will focus on openness. Through this program, citizens will be able to access Western ideas and products, and they will be able to speak and write more freely.
