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whom we had Hown, at Prime Min–
isrcr aro's rcc¡ucsr ar San Clemente
lasr January, ro our Texas campus for
rwo days. The orher was Represenra–
rive Ishii. a Sranford
Universir~
grad–
u:ue, who also accompanied Prime
i\finisrer Sato ro rhe San Clemenre
meeting wirh Presidenr Nixon.
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mer
Reprcscnrnrivc Ishii in Tokyo in
March. He is a chief adviscr
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Mr.
Tanaka. Borh of rhese gcnclcmen had
made this
early
morning vi!tir ro ac–
company me in che meering wirh
Prime
~linisrcr
Tanaka.
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prcscnrcd che new Prime
~linisrer
wirh a cusromary gifr - a bcauriful
oiT1ce desk piece of Steubcn cryscal.
Mr. Tanaka scemed delighted wich ir
- opcning che red lcarhcr case. in
which ir was presenred. rhrce rimes ro
look at ir. We did not have oppor–
runiry ar rhis early morning, prdimi–
nary mecring ro enrer inro any
discu,sion !>Ínce orher groups were
wairing ourside ro ger in. bur agreed
ro arrange, rhrough Represenrarive!i
Ishii and Okuda for an extended
mcering larcr in rhe week.
Mr. Tanaka and I have a numbcr
of rhings in common. As young men,
we wcre borh inspired wi rh drive and
dercrminarion ro make a biggcr suc–
cess in life rhan our farhcrs. Borh of
us have been self-educared and have
bccn rhrough rhe school of "hard
knocks."
A meeting wirh rhe new Foreign
Minisrer, Ohira. is being arranged for
larer in rhc week.
Tonigbt we are having dinncr wirh
Japan's foremosr privare-cirizen
couple, Dr. and Mrs. Ohama. Dr.
Ohama is Japan·s number one cduca–
ror. They ha\'e been our guesrs ar
borh rhe P:tsadena and Texas
campuses of Ambassador Collcgc. Dr.
Ohama accompanied me on rhe Oki–
nawa visir, and he and t-Irs. Oh:tma
PLAIN TRUTH Sepfember·Oclober 1972
flew wirh us lasr i\larch ro coul.
Korea.
Tomorrow
we
rake rhe fase, ncw,
stn.:amlined rrain ro Kyoro ro pl:tce
che order fo r production of rhc large
main cu rcain for che ncw audicorium
now under consrrucrion at rh<.: Pasa–
dena campus. Thcse ncw srre:tmlincd
rrains rravel ar a specd of more rhan a
hundred miles an hour. Ir is much
handier and jusr :ts <.¡uick. if nor
<¡uicker,
ro
rake che rrain rhan ro fly.
There is no landing ficld ar Kyoro.
We would have co land ar Osab :tnd
drive a car for abour an hour ro reach
K
yoro.
I have a number of ocher appoinr–
menrs coming up - onc or rwo wi rh
Japanese press correspondenrs, and a
meeting wirh Prince Mikasa, brorher
of Emperor Hirohiro. ro discuss our
joinr projecr of an lnsrirure of Bíbli–
ca! Research in Tokyo. wherc people
of rhe Easr may srudy ro learn abour
che culture of rhe West and rhe
Middle Easc. On Sarurday nighr we
are having dinner wich Prince and
Princess Mikasa. and rhe Israelí Am–
bassador.
Kexr. a meeting is planned in
Jakarra wirh Presidenr Suh:mo of In–
donesia. and, if rhere is rime, anorher
meeting wirh rhe King of Thailand.
We are paniciparing wirh che King
in his program for rhe educaring of
his mounrain peoplc.
Nexr will
be
a couple of days ac
Ceylon. Ol11cially, rhc name of
Ceylon has now been changed ro
Sri
Lanka.
We are invired rhere for meet–
ings again wirh rhe Prcsidcnr, :tnd rhe
Prime Minisrer, and orher rop person–
ages.
Then on ro Israel. where we have
90
srudenrs linishing :t summer's
work on rhe hugc archaeological proj–
ecr, in which wc ar<.: in joinr parricipa–
rion wirh Hebrew Univcrsiry. Every
yea r ac rhis rime, Hebrew Universiry
hoscs a banquec in my honor, which
is arrended by our srudenrs. wirh fac·
ulry and sraffmembers who tuve been
rherc wich rhem. Wlc will be joined
in Israel by Dr. and Mrs. Roderick
C.
Meredirh. Dr. Mcredirh is a member
of rhe Board ofTruscees, a Vice Presi–
denr of Ambassador Collcge, and
Depury Chanccllor ar rhe Pasadcna
campus.
From rhcrc, wc wil l spend a fcw
days ar rhc campus in England, and
rhen lly on back ro Pasadena.
U.
S.-Japanese
Ties
Japan's ncw Prime Minisrer, Mr.
Tanaka, is an advocare of dose cíes
wirh rhc Unircd Srares. He has s.:tid,
''Japanesc-U. S. relarions are like rhose
berwecn air and water. Withour rhem
we cannot live."
Japancsc-American rclarions have
bccn somcwhar strained rhe pase rwo
years. I wrorc, in rhis
Personal,
after
my meeting wirh former Prime Min–
isrer Sato, in December,
1970.
of his
ddicare and diplomaric warning of
U. S. rariiT policics srarring a rrade
war like rhe one rhat previously re–
sulted in war. Mr. Tanaka's mosr
immediace rask is going to be ro rry
ro heal che breach and rescore berter
U. S.-Japanesc relarions. [n facr a prc–
lirninary meeting, ar a lower level,
was hcld here in Japan yesrerday wirh
apparenrly good resulrs. Mr. Tanaka is
ro mecr Presidenr
ixon in a few
weeks ar Honolulu in a summit meet–
ing. Mr. Tanaka says he is willing ro
bend, bur not roo far.
A high-ranking U. S. diplomar has
said rhar rhe United Srares and Japan
are on a collision course, economic–
ally.
Early chis morning, seeing all rhe
accivicy, wirh che uniformed securiry
guards and police, l simply
had
ro
rhink abour rhis problem of world
PEACE.
The highesr people of Japan. both
in che Imperial family. che govern–
ment, and che universiries, have been
nor onl)' courreous and friendly, bur
also vcry
wtmn
toward me, personally.
rm surc rhac rhey want only close
and
FRIFNDl.Y
ríes wirh rbe Unired
Sraces. l'm ec¡ually sure rhar nor onlr
rhe people of che U. S.. bur also our
governmenc otl1cials, want onlr dose
and
FRILNDI.Y
relarions wich Japan.
And righr here is rhe very crux of
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