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AMBASSADOR COLLEGE
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG, Chairman
Publisher of The PLAIN TRUTH Magazine
EXTENSION DEPARTMENT
An educational service at all levels
for all people worldwide
Hong Kong
February 21, 1974
Dear Inner Family of Brethren
and Co-Workers with Christ:
I must write this letter a bit early this month, because
this is the year's shortest month, and I am in the Far-East.
This letter must be mailed first to Pasadena Headquarters and
then sent on to you.
The first of my public appearance campaigns in world
capitals was originally scheduled to begin tonight in Saigon, South
Vietnam. In my last letter (January 27), I mentioned that the
Vietnamese War was still sputtering intermittently. A few days
later it worsened and the government people there, who are
sponsoring my campaign, felt it would be better to postpone the
public meetings one month.
The people sponsoring the Manila (Philippines) campaign were
glad to move their campaign up by three weeks -- so now the first
of these world-capital campaigns is to begin a week from tomorrow
night in Manila.
I go from here directly to Manila, with just about the busiest
week of my life scheduled for next week. I am to have another
private meeting with President Marcos. I am to give a graduation
address at the university and receive an honorary Doctor's degree.
I am to speak before the Rotary Club, the Lion's Club, the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, the Press Club, and I am to be interviewed
on radio and television.
There probably will be private meetings or dinners with
others there. Finally, of course, the big public appearance
will occur on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights in public
auditoriums -- the final campaign in the big coliseum seating
around 15,000 people.
We are hoping the war situation in South Vietnam will allow
the campaign there three weeks later. As I mentioned in a
previous letter, these campaigns are being sponsored or endorsed
by those high in local governments, in whose eyes God has given me
and my message great favor.
These public appearance campaigns in world capitals are
absolutely unique in that they start from the very top of the