The first man to disembark carried a picture of President Havel.

President Havel, the playwright and former dissident, has lost none of his immense popularity.

President Havel has given his blessing to go ahead.

"President Havel is a man of high moral principles," he said.

President Havel is remembered around the world foremost as the brilliant playwright who stood up .

He gave President Havel one of the first copies.

To write those words, President Havel said, "was a simple and important act of the human spirit.

President Havel told me that Saddam's aggression is having a severe effect on his struggling economy.

However, such relations require good will on both sides, something that President Havel indeed referred to today in his afternoon speech.

You may not have been present this afternoon, when President Havel spoke.