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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, December 20, 1979
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zation keeps growing and whatever you are doing keeps moving. And when we
appear in Peking (which is not exactly in the middle of the Sahara Desert)
and Mr. Armstrong speaks before 70 representatives of foreign governments
--many of whom know that Mr. ArMstrong has visited their nation and has
been very favorably received--and when he is in the Great Hall of the
People at a dinner party and there are 20 some members of the Chinese
government there as well, those ambassadors who are there representing
their government and their people think it would be helpful to their
people that Mr. Armstrong visit--/aftE!r all/ if it was good for China,
it should be good for Zambia. I think it's very obvious. That's the way
it comes about.
"If you were an ambassador from the United States and you were in a room
with somebody that had been welcomed to France, Germany and other coun
tries, I think you might think it's important to see that this man is
brought to the attention of your government.
"That's why you're there as an Ambassador: you are the eyes and ears of
your government. That's what an ambassador does. So then the ambassador
says /to himself/ 'Well, this will be good for my country, it will be good
for my people, It will be good for my fitness report: it will look good
on my record that I sent Mr. Armstrong there.'"
Mr. Rader went on to
explain that, on the other hand, occasionally an ambassador is reluctant
to warm up to us. But it is not a problem for the most part.
"That's how it works--they know we are not in politics, per se," said Mr.
Rader. "They are perceptive enough, however, to know that we have publica
tions that we control. We have radio, television, the printed word. If
we go into their country and say something nice about it, that's political.
And Mr. Armstrong has always said he is not going to write something about
a country that he has visited if he can't write something that will not be
more positive than negative."
So Mr. Rader summed up his explanation of how Mr. Armstrong's invitations
to other nations and their leaders often come about by noting that "An
ambassador can pave the way--can make it all happen."
Television Special Concerning Church/State Crisis to Be Aired
Mr. Rader has just reviewed our own recently completed one-hour documentary
concerning the State's invasion of the Church. "It is really excellent,"
Mr. Rader said, "and I think it will do much to impress the public of the
nature of this litigation and what it means to them and, of course, what it
means to us and others in a similar situation." He said we were presently
trying to clear station time for the last week in December for its initial
showing in the Los Angeles area. It will be suitable for showing around
the country and will not be particularly dated, so it is hoped it will
get quite extensive exposure in the future.
Our own cameramen were present during the events in the earlier part of
the year when some of the more dramatic happenings occurred, so it should
be a very intriguing film--certain to impress as well as inform any
audience.