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Five pounds feel Martial Law been Gambari chairman of the military chief of staff of West on the other. Violence The largest. Allow me sir are. The privileged offer something to you the heads of the departments of the city administration. Members of the city council and ah but of estimate. To you ladies and gentlemen and those who are listening and we wish to record this morning. For the purposes of letting our people the city of New York to know that this is one of the great privileges that we have to welcome one who. Has been a renowned figure. All during. The war about as recently passed. And who still continues as the chief of the military. Of the Western powers to give the guidance of the democracies of the world to give them the support. That only one of his. Red experience and intelligence. And tenacity. Could possibly get. The larger. I feel inadequate. To give to use or in words. The joy on the on off that we experience here at City Hall this morning and giving you the hearty welcome that we hope you have recognized the map present is larger five months not. The photographers are demanding pictures with a man and of the by count the Montgomery is not. Hesitating a moment before he steps to the microphone However it looks as though the owners of the cameramen will soon be fulfilled and it is necessary of course to have this record and. Montgomery is before the microphone you will hear his voice in just a moment. Marshals like Montgomery. Mr math and gentleman. I do thank you very much indeed for all this well come this month I've not been to New York befall in this way when I was nine hundred forty six I stayed outside and just came in the fall of a show off. But this time I've come here to stay for several days and I want to see something of the life of this great city and that's what I'm going to do. In fact I think I'm going to do it so much that by the time I get on the Mount of Pena on the side of what you might call headed. I have to go to sleep for the. Whole of the way back over the Atlantic I think it's a great pleasure to come. Now I lead a very different life so many of you gentlemen nice I think I do because the you had a girl I was taken away from my British assignment and sent. To work with the military side of the Western Union. And so I am completely and how international. And I have to look I have to be very careful to look at every problem through international spectacles. And not through national spectacles and when you do that you realize how difficult things are. I in my country now is that ad which is covered by Holland Belgium. Luxembourg farms. Germany let's say Western Germany and the British Isles and I'm constantly on the move to those countries. And you will know very well that Western Europe has had a very bad time twice in two wars. And very. Very have been we could. Weaken the economic and weakened militarily. And the West is terribly grateful for what is being done for it by the United States. I often think that the United States have done far more all for the West than the nations of the West will err on the stab wounds of I don't think that the Western nations sometimes their lives the tremendous war effort of the United States when they very cost a mint which kind of this to the victory. Well now you've got this group of nations in Western Europe who are weak economic flare and weak militarily. And they look over here naturally have a look because the Atlantic. Too stinks they see. Economic strength and military strength. And they know if you are helping them you are helping them with the Marshall a economic. And now you have passed your military aid program you are going to help them militarily. And that is absolutely vital it is vital that they should the see not only Konami but military aid in the form of weapons and equipment. Because it was all taken away they would all occupy but the Germans and they haven't gotten it. So you all your military aid program which is what I am chiefly concerned with is absolutely vital and it's very soon going to start I hope. And I do hope it's not going to end too soon because that would be a great pity. And as a soldier that is what concerns me most is your military the military help you are giving but I do know because of the so very well indeed vast without economic strength military strength by itself is no good you want them both. And you were in the states are helping the West in best way to the cover economically and then to be strong militarily. And if they do those two things. It is my view that there will be no more war. That is my view. That. The keys of peace lie in the hand the sticks. Economic strength military strength you have then you have peace. And so my job is really working for peace. We soldiers are peaceable people. Everybody things we're not. We don't make walls all the other people make Well we are peaceable people we don't like Will. And I'm working for peace to the best of my ability and Western Europe. Now Mr Mayor I didn't come here to make a speech. I came to see you and see these gentlemen who work with you. And whatever cause I see the government already. And all about the place and I've no doubt they'll follow me about stuff that goes on. And I do want to thank you very much indeed for this welcome the car since I've been in the States. Everywhere I've seen it's been so friendly. The people of South Dakota Sweden have seemed pleased to see me and that day and I thank you very much indeed. The whole the on the. Shoreline. For World War or the old or wall. The roll the ball the ball the ball the bore hole the the old the old the. Poor. Wall the. Horrors. Of. War or. The horror the horror. The the. Horror. The marrow the setting the art the animal when you go to our house just received Field-Marshal psychology Montgomery here in the American pressure of time as Roger Poole now with Lee. Did boy does I think you've had. In his own simple unaffected story. The exact reason why the people of the United States are so happy to see him to make him feel welcome. He is a symbol of plots we are trying to do the democracies of the world to preserve the basic liberties and to extend them wherever possible where they do not exist. And that god. Alone. A large ship you'll always be welcome in every part of the United States. Not even taking into account your brilliance. During the late war we're happy to have you on this Father's Day Chapman the largest I can tell you they will follow you all over. The city they are the animals William O. dry has just terminated the reception and Field Marshal Viacom Montgomery here in the beautiful colonial reception room of city hall.