Central America. (President Reagan's address) (transcript)

This week the House joined the Senate in approving production of the MX Peacekeeper missile and sent an important signal: America will maintain deterrence by modernizing our strategic forces, and we will stand united behind our negotiating team at the arms talks in Geneva. And by strengthening deterrence, we can ensure those weapons are never used and meet a crucial challenge to our shared bipartisan responsibility for preservice people.

But another crucial challenge must be squarely faced. It's a challenge that I and members of my Administration will be presenting to you with the utmost seriousness in the days ahead, for it goes to the heart of American security. I'm …