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THE LAST threc or four years
f
have frequcntly, on this page,
told you of personal meetings
with heads of state around the world
- kings. emperors. presidents.
others high in governments and in
higher education.
But WHY?
At first. 1 did not know. myself.
1
did not initiate these meetings. ln–
vitat ions seemed to come coinciden–
tally. And the favor 1 was given
in
the eyes of these government lead–
ers was even more astonishing. All
my life, from age 19,
l
have come in
personal contact with importan!
men - executives of major business
corporations and banks. al first. Al–
though 1 found those men cordial,
there was no
special
warmth and
favor, such as
1
began to experience
in meeting these heads of state. 1
dídn 't understand it myself.
1díd know that they were tremen–
dously concerned about their own
problems of government and about
accelerating evi ls in this world. All
my life 1 had feh concerned abou t
the social evils and the unhappy
state of the lives of most of this
world's billions. And 1 knew
1
had
learned what few seem to know -
the CAUSES of the unhappy state of
the world, as well as what would, if
applied, CAUSE world peace, univer–
sal prosperity, happiness and abun–
dant well-bcing.
These men at the helm o f govern–
ments a re chargcd with thc respon–
sibility for improving their peoples'
weU-being. And 1 learned that they
really were interested in hearing
what I had to say.
But how should
1
know? Didn't it
seem ridiculously incongruous that 1
should have discovered the
answers
to humanity's problems, which had
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HIS
MAJES TY
King Hussein of
Jordan and Herbert W Armstrong,
chancellor of Ambassador College
and publísher of the Plaín Truth
magazine, warmly greet each other
{see story on page 30). ?hotos in
thís artícle by Hagop Toranian.
PLAIN TRUTH October-November 1974
Personal from
WHY 1TALK WITH
HEADS OF STATE ABOUT
WORLD EVILS ANO WORLD PEACE