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such as Queen Elizabeth does in England.
Japan has a parliamentary system of government, headed by
the Prime Minister, who is chief Executive of the government, as
the President is in the United States.
A little over two years ago, I was luncheon guest of Prince
Mikasa in Tokyo. After luncheon, he drove me through the very
spacious and beautifully landscaped Imperial Palace grounds, and
on leaving, presented me to his very lovely and charming wife
(that's not newspaper reporter flattery -- she is just that).
Last September, on our trip around the world, we were dinner
guests in Tokyo of the Prince, his wife and one of their daughters.
On that trip Prince Mikasa had arranged for a special meeting of
some sixty leading professors from leading universities in Japan,
before whom I spoke.
On the present visit to Tokyo, we visited the Prince and his
Princess wife in their new palace, into which they had moved only
last month -- since our September visit.
Highlight of this visit, however, was a forty-five minute
meeting with the Prime Minister, Eisaku Sato, in his office. He
gave me a message for the American people which will appear in
The PLAIN TRUTH.
While I was there, a week ago Sunday, the great riot occurred
on Okinawa - a primarily Japanese island, now a U.S. military
base. No private plane has ever landed there, but Prime Minister
Sato made special request that I visit Okinawa, accompanied by a
very prominent Japanese educator with whom I have become
acquainted, and who accompanied me to Prime Minister Sato's office.
This educator is the government's chief adviser in Okinawa matters,
with a semi-government authority.
So AT LAST the DOOR IS OPEN.
I have set the tentative date to open the campaign in Japan
for next July 1st. I say tentative, because there MUST OF
NECESSITY BE A CONDITION.
That condition is a matter of adequate funds. That is YOUR
part. We will want to start using DOUBLE PAGE ADS in Reader's
Digest, other advertising space in other magazines or newspapers,
and open with The WORLD TOMORROW program, in Japanese, over radio.
GOD HAS PERFORMED THE MIRACLE! He has opened all doors, to
Japan. I can walk on through this door ONLY if you Co-Workers
stand back of me in this.
We are closing a very difficult year, financially. December
has been the most difficult December in years. We have managed to
come through. To keep our heads above water this year, we had to
make many cutbacks. But beginning now we MUST again publish The
PLAIN TRUTH and TOMORROW'S WORLD every month. We MUST go back on
all radio stations DAILY instead of once a week, or the Work would