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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, September 5, 1979
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Dateline--Peking
Stanley Rader, executive Vice-President of Ambassador International Cultural
Foundation was honored this week by the Chinese government and Peking
University. The honor was an invitation to speak to the faculty and students
of the University of Peking, with another special lecture to be given to the
Department of Law.
Mr. Rader, presently visiting universities throughout the country, accepted
the government's invitation and spoke on the law, the judicial system, and
the American lawyer.
Rader, noted American lawyer and former professor of law at the University
of Southern California who holds the Order of the Coif, was warmly received.
Should time permit, invitations to the country's other leading universities
will be accepted.
PUBLISHING SERVICES UPDATE
The latest available figures from our PLAIN TRUTH insert test in the San
Diego Union have shown that this has doubled PLAIN TRUTH penetration in
this area. This brings San Diego to higher than the national average.
Also of interest is the fact that the 16-page newsstand edition, which was
introduced in May because of budgetary constraints, has shown to pull
greater response than the March and April 32-page editions.
--Roger Lippross, Publishing Services Director
SUMMER MAIL CONTINUES UP
Usually mail flow slows down during the summer months. However, mail for
both of the months of July and August has held up well this year. In fact,
the mail count for the month of August (as of the 28th) is about 4% higher
than it was last year at this time. Combined mail receipts for both the
Pasadena and Tucson offices now stand at 137,123 letters through August 28.
There is no one single item which is bringing in the strong mail. A number
of our mailings are doing well:
A letter to PLAIN TRUTH subscribers which offered the booklets "What
Do You Mean--Born Again?", "What Will You Be Like In The Resurrection?",
"What Do You Mean Conversion?" and "You Need God's Holy Spirit."
PT subscription renewals.
Responses to the "Literature Catalog" (which offers 19 pieces of our
most popular literature to new subscribers).
Cards from newsstand displays are also coming in.
All in all, it adds up to a steady mail picture for us during August. We
hope mail volume will continue at this good rate during the corning months
also.
--Richard Rice, Mail Processing Center