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WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
April 30, 1979
NEWS SUMMARY
WORLDWIDE EDITION
MR. ARMSTRONG VISITS JAPAN; MEETS PRIME MINISTER
Tuesday, April 24th, Mr. Armstrong was welcomed back to Japan by 150 of
Japan's leading citizens, including seven of the leading members of the
Japanese Diet, commonly known as Mr. Armstrong's "Japanese sons." Special
tribute was paid to Mr. Armstrong and his efforts on behalf of the Ja
panese people during the last ten years.
Thursday, Mr. Armstrong was received by Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira,
who will be visiting the United States for an important summit conference
in Washington D.C. on the following Monday, April 30.
Mr. Armstrong's return to Japan was his first visit since July 1977. He
declared that he was "renewing and reaffirming his efforts of the past
decade to strengthen the spiritual, educational, and cultural bonds be
tween the people and the institutions of Japan with those in the United
States." The various projects which the Foundation has undertaken in the
past ten years will be continued and will be augmented where necessary.
Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Rader plan to visit Tunisia in the latter half of
June 1979. Mr. Armstrong has long been interested in establishing an
Institute for Cultural Affairs. Recent developments in the Middle East
have indicated that a desirable place for such an institute would be
Tunisia.
MR. ARMSTRONG TO VISIT CHINA!
Word came from Tokyo on Friday, the 27th, that Mr. Armstrong has been
in,,ited to meet with Chinese government leaders in Peking this summer!
We will be hearing more about this very important and exciting opportunity
as details become available.
STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL AMENDS ORIGINAL COMPLAINT
The Attorney General has amended his charges against the Church, College
and the Foundation and their officials. He has done this by filing an
"amended complaint" in court.
(A complaint is the vehicle by which the
charges in a lawsuit are presented.)
Attorneys for the Church do not feel the Attorney General's amended
complaint supercedes the original one because three out of four parts of
the complaint were changed without court permission. In any case, the
amended complaint is essentially a rehash of the first one. Though some
of the most outrageous charges are dropped, similarly repulsive charges
are made in their stead.
Not long ago the Attorney General fought a motion Church attorneys made
before the court asking that the state bring forth any documents to substan
tiate their wild allegations. The Church is convinced that the Attorney
General went ahead and amended all counts in the complaint because he, in
fact, has no evidence of wrongdoing upon which to base his case, and is
merely "buying time" with which to harrass God's Church.