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in my hotel suite by the parents of a
girl student at our Pasadena cam–
pus, a transfer from the university at
Okinawa, on our new exchange pro–
gram with that university and also
by the father and one of the broth–
ers of a young male student at Pasa–
dena, also a transfer from the
Okinawan university.
At six, President Takara of the
university carne to my suite for an
informal chat and renewal of ac–
quaintance prior to the banquet.
At 6:30 p.m. , we entered the prí–
vate banquet room in our hotel, the
newly opened Okinawa Hilton.
Present were Govemor and Mrs.
Yara, university Presiden! Takara
and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Matsumura,
Mr. and Mrs. Ichimura, a Mr. Sho,
grandson of the last king of the
Ryukyus, now a businessman and
member of the Board of Trustees of
the university. These Japanese
women appeared in their bright and
beautiful Japanese kimonos. Then
also present, of course, were those of
our own party, my daughter Mrs.
Gott and myself, Princess Sukhuma,
Mr. and Mrs. Rader and Mr. Gotoh.
Near the end of the dinner, as
interpreter of both the Japanese and
English languages, Mr. Gotoh rose
lo make a short introductory speech,
followed by university President Ta–
kara, Governor Yara and a final
speech of appreciation by myself.
8oth the university president and
the governor spoke at sorne length
- Mr. Gotoh translating, sentence
by sentence, into English. The gov–
emor's speech, especially. was full
of feeling, sincerity and emotion. He
wanted me to convey to former
Prime Minister Sato his deep apprc–
ciation for his tireless efforts in
bringing about the reversion of Oki–
nawa (from the United States) to
Japan.
A portion of his deeply felt spcech
was this: "Picase convey to Prime
Minister Sato that nothing is lost in
Okinawa. We have many problems
facing us. But we hope to create a
new
Okinawa. Please convey this
PLAIN TRUTH
June
1973
Left to right: Herbert W. Armstrong, Prince Mikasa, and Ambassador College
Counsel Sta nley Rader.
additional message: We believe and
desire, because of the friendship of
America and mainland Japan, for a
better Okinawa - a better tomor–
row. The new Okinawa is like a
woman expecting a child - it wiU be
painful , but a priceless and precious
new Life will be born.
It
wiU take a
long period of patience to create this
new Okinawa. The reversion is pre–
cious - not because of yesterday -
not because of today, but because of
tomorrow!"
The govemor said he was ex–
pressing his personal opinions and
feelings. He had wanted, originally,
to be a teacher, so at this important
meeting, he was speaking as an
educator among educators. He also
said that before the reversion, the
big goal was to achieve the rever–
sion.
But now that that was accom–
plished, he had discovered his prob–
lems were far greater than they were
before. He was then chief executive
of the Japanese people under Amer–
ican government and authority.
Now that he is govemor, and
in
au-
thority, he finds that the problems
confronting him and bis administra–
tion are greater than when
under
the
authority of the United States.
Problems previously submerged
now confront him.
The university president ex–
pressed his appreciation over the ex–
change program of the university
with Ambassador College.
1 spoke on the problems con–
fronting both Japan and the United
States, and the causes of the trade
and monetary imbalance, asking for
understanding and patience. and
asking them to look forward to the
world of peace we are proclaiming
worldwide. But this was neither the
time nor place for a sermon on how
that happy result actually
will be
brought about.
However, such meetings and con–
ferences as 1 have had on this most
recent round-the-world trip defi–
nitely
are
paving the way for getting
that
HAPPY
and
WONDERFUL GOOO
NEWS
in great power before the peo–
ples and nations of this unpeaceful
and unhappy world today.
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