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later, in March. The campaign there is being sponsored by members
of the Cabinet -- the highest officials next to the President! The
third Public Appearance is now arranged for Addis Ababa in May.
There will be no such Public Campaign in April, since we
are having the opening concert in the new auditorium at Pasadena,
and the Ministers' Conference and the dedication of the auditorium,
to be dedicated as GOD'S HOUSE at the present Headquarters of His
Work on earth.
But plans are already laid for the third Public Meeting
in Addis Ababa in May.
So NOW you see where these round-the-world trips have been
leading! HOW WONDERFULLY our leader, Jesus Christ. has been
guiding HIS WORK! And I would not be surprised if even radio and
TV in these countries is not soon opened to us!
Now I'll have to be BRIEF in telling you about this latest
January trip. In December in Tokyo, we learned that a group of
eight Japanese Congressmen were being sent by the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs on an official Good Will tour of the Middle East
in January. The three appointed to lead were good friends of ours.
We were planning to visit the same areas in January, and invited
them to fly with us instead of commercial scheduled airlines.
They accepted.
At cities like New Delhi, Teheran, Addis Ababa, where we
have many friends at the top of the countries, we were able to
arrange dinners or receptions in their honor, and in the Arab oil
cities, Kuwait, Dubai and Cairo, they opened the door for me to
have meetings with heads of governments.
The door is now wide open to meet the top sheiks in several
countries. We already met many on this trip, and I had a VERY warm
personal meeting with the acting Prime Minister in Cairo. He has
promised to arrange a private personal meeting with President Sadat
on my next visit. President Sadat was in Damascus when I was in
Cairo.
On the day the Separation of Forces, between the armies of
Israel and Egypt was signed, at noon, we flew with some of the
Japanese out to Aswan dam in the morning. Dr. Kissinger had been
commuting back and forth between Aswan and Jerusalem, to bring
about this agreement. President Sadat had been staying in a winter
palace of his at Aswan, so his meetings with Dr. Kissinger were
held there.
Our plane let down on the Aswan landing strip about 10:30
in the morning. The Air Force 707, labeled "THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA" -- one of President Nixon's two "Air Force ONE" planes was
being used by Dr. Kissinger, and was due there.
As we taxied to a stop, a brightly uniformed honor guard
marched briskly to our airplane entrance, and lined up six on each
side, in a salute position, as we debarked from our plane. It's
possible they thought I was Dr. Kissinger.