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by
Stanley
R Rader
Bridging National Differences
Tok)o. Japan, Deeember 11. 1975: One yc•r ago today. Mr. Herben Arnmrong
and
1
v.ere
rece~Vcd
by Japan's Pnme Mmt>tor Tokro Miko, wbo had reccntly
talen officx. For more than sevcn years wc had been workong with thc help of
many of Mr. Moki's colleagues
tn
the Japancse Ooet. along wnh OUIStandong
lcaders from uniVersotocs, mdustry. and sococty. 10 promote bener undcrstandong
betwecn the people of Jap•n and lhe Unotcd States - and. on addition. between
the peorle of Japan and
lhe
naiiOn> of1he developong world.
Mr. Miki's prcdecessors, the late Eisaku Sato :ond Kakeuo Tanaka. had j>tvcn
us much cncourng.ement in what was
:l
bC<::m1ngly
imposstble
task and onc thut
was npparenlly Ut lhál time runnm¡; a¡;a tn•l
n
vcry Slrong lid c. Secrctary or Sta le
Kissin¡¡cr. for cxample. bad very dccply offendcd thc Japancse and Pnmc
Monister Sato. drivin¡;Japanese-Amcrocan rclnuons 10 lheor loweso posowar poonl.
Me. Kissonger had failcd to consuh Mr.
Sato
and othcr members ofhis govern–
mcnl beforc
his 1972
usecrcl mtSSoon" to Ch ona. causmg Mr. Sato and hos
govcrnmcnl lo lose considerable face on Japan
a>
well
ns
on the entorc free world
and ha>tenmg the retiremenl of Prune Monosler Sato. Shonly after hos retoremcnL
Mr Sato told me m
bis
borne that he was very concxrned about the Japanese–
Amerocan relalionshop survivong Mr. Kos.songer'• v.ell-pubhcized ..shock." as 11
wa> commonly referred
10
in Japan. Refernng
10
Mr. Ktssonger. Mr. Sato statcd.
"He
fo~ot
that one should consuh "'llh ones fnend> first before one consuhs
wath one·s enemies."
The Un11ed States ilselfand lhe Amenean rcople on the last year anda half
ha ve also •uffered not one or two shocks. but
a
whole •eroes of shocks whtch have
bccn unprecedented
m
U.S. history. The p>ycholo¡¡ocal cffeeL< of these socoal
temblor~
are still largely unoneasurcd.
Pubhc fa ith in U .S. instituuons has becn seroously corroded and replaccd by
widesprend distrust, skepticism and
cyni<a!)nl.
a~
mst1tuuon
ancr
instltution is
revcaled 10 have been affectcd by decay und corrup11on ofproporlions heretofore
unsuspccted
by
a uusting American
cillz.cnry.
Evc:ry day ncw revelations aboul
un portani agencoes of the U.S. governoncnt and omportant
po~ticnl
figures of the
past and prescnl hterally shock the conscocncc or the American people.
Dcsp11e al! of this. however, relauons bet..,een the Unoted States and Japao
•re actually omprovíng because thc U.S. toreogn pohcy os. perhaps for lhe first
tome. takmg fui! cognlUlncx of thc ompor1ano: of Japan on the Pacofic area and
throughout thc free world. For
100
long. Amero<:a h_.taken olS clase relauoosbop
wolh thc Japanese people loo much ror granted as 11 sought new friends and
alhonccs, oncludong détente woth
Ru~oa
and full workong rclauonsbops wolh
Chona - much like the onsurancx man who IJLc' h" good clíents and theor
renewals for granted as he devole> his cncr¡¡ocs and time on pursuit of new
bu<oness.
Presiden! Ford's new Pacific doctrone emphaso7-CS just how importan! thc
Pacofic a rca
1>
10 thc Unued Stale> and l(l thc peace of 1he world . Dc.pilc
America's setback in Vietnam and ols wíthdruwal from the Asían maonland
(cxeept in South Korea). thc doctrine r..ognii.CS thc promincnt role Japan must
play if the goals and objeclives
or
lhc U.S. and the free world are 10 be r<ahzcd.
With Japan the U.S. can hn•e a moluary po>lurc thal will suppon o!> alhc:s
wuhout ontcrfcring in the interna! aft"atrs of each oountry. Moontaonong lhc roLyo
hnl. woll also prcvent Russia. and for that mallcr. Chona. from obtainong hcgc–
mony o•cr 1he enttre Pacific regoon. h os Jopan that woll be ablc 10 cstabltsh truly
tmportont CCQnomic and socoal ucs v.olh Chona. h
15
Japon that wtll be free or
ba>tC ethnoc dolrercncxs whtch honder a truc and fui! undcrslanding bet,.een the
nauons of the East and thc Wcsl. And
11 "
Japan thot woll be able
10
avood the
oolonoallabel whoch has becn so oficn and
~
roghtfully ascnbed 10 lhc nauons of
thcWe>t.
We should conunue to work c loscly wolh our froends aod collcagucs on
Japan. not only
10
promote bcllcr undcrswndong bctwcen the United Staoe> and
Japan bul between al! nations of thc world. Jopan ha• aiready cvidenced a grcal
IIHCrcSl on helping the naloons Of thc
1'h~td
World. Wc have had the privilegc uf
working closely with outstanding Ooel membc,., :ond mher Japanese lcaders '"
Afrtca. in thc Middle East. throughout Soulheasl A\in, tn India, and in Ccntr-dl
und South Ameroca. Various projcct> onvolvong Japancse onstitutions and Am–
ba»ador Collegc. and '" lhe futurc the Ambassador lntcrnational Cultural
Foundaloon. wtll contínue 10 play an tmponanl role. O
orchids
letters
A Gro•th ProetiS
Conccrn•n& your artldc: m
Plom T1111lt
"'«l cndon& Novembcr l. 1975. c.-ollcd
..Chns112n11)
ls
a Growth Pn>cc$S... 1 h:n·c
nc\-er
t~ad
such an mspmng an1cle.
You
h..tve
no tdca how much that an.cle he:lped
me.
An
arhclc l1ke
thal
should rnake
tht
front page of
th1s country's
newspapus.
M
rs.
Ht 1lty Lan1er.
Atlanoic Cily, NJ
Your PetSOnal column
in
the
Novcmber
1
Plmn
Trulh.
"Chnstiartity
Ls
.;.~
Oro\lo th
Pre<ess." •s so
wondeñul ond uplofiong
11
¡1ves
us rouragc to get nght up
and
uy.
and
uy. ng:un a.nd again.
Thanlt.
you ror
th1.s mo,t htlpful arudt:.l1ntcnd tostudy
1t
thorou¡hly.
Lo1sMarun.
Goldoona. LA
Mr Armstron,·s
anaclc
on
""~Chns.aa.;.~niiY
ls
a
Gro~lh
Proct"ss"
an
Plot1t Tru1h
on
No\·tmbu 1
as
tht
yt:arcst )'CI!
Nt\'tr bavc
1
reid
¡o
much truth in
w
few won.ls.
Jt
haJ
chan¡ed
my
l1ft.
1
read 11
C\'t:ry
day
and
whcn
tcmptat1on
a.s
great..
1
read
it
again
lt
~etm:.
10
msptre
me
to
try hardcr to do
what
God
has plnnned for my hfc.
1
Wl\h
all the world c:ould read 11
:1s
they
begm a new dny
whic:h
brings us
closer to
thnt
wondcrful world
tomorrow he
lclls
us
abOut
so
onc:n
1
hopc
you
wall
g.¡ve
ll
to
us
m
pamphlel
(orm
thal
1
may
pass
H
on
Co
(ncn<b.
1
ohanl
God
ror the friend
who
firsttold me
:aboul
Pltmt
Tru1h.
Mrs.J.
R.Jad<son
Mar•ctta, QA
Chil
w.,.
Amon'
Ow
Reacfers
-The New Ct'll War" b) Ron Hors,.ell
•) an
Oubtandmg
hterary
aduevementl
Bmvo,
Plmn Trurh!
Ja<x:Juehne:
Swcuhelm.
Rockville Centre. NY
1
Jll.ll l
rercad "The Ncw Civil War:•
lt
1~.
wuhou1
t1
Uoubt.
the
poorcst
wnllcn ;trCICic
pronocd
by
you ever.
1
won't
waste my time
and
eH·on wuh 3
~r l llt.IUC.
Whilc l'm
at 11, wh.o do
1
"ntc to.
thc
cduor·an-chu~f.
edator. mana.gmgcdttor.
as·
••SH'tnt
tu thc
e..Suor.
news
edator.
fc:.uurc
edllor.
or onc ofthe
sc-nJorednors1
l'm
senous.
r,.-e nc'
er
wnucn an)th1n¡
h._c thts
to
)'OU
bcfore.
~
you
\enowl~
c:.tU
tha~
piten truth? Wuh
w
many
nlato"'.
v.
ho
X'f.:Cpts
the blame for pas:s2ng
tha>?
Plusc
don't
u._c
th~
to
mean l'm
tot411y
JgaiR\1 )'OU.
1
pta)'
oft:cn
fOr
you
.;.~nd
)jQC:C
rtad•n&
the
anu.:lc. 1
wall
pray
ror
)'OU
more
oflen
Bob Marl
Wtth.
Platnficld. IN
In your Octol>cr 18, 1975 ossue. Ron
llor$wcll's
"The New
Cavtl
\V3r."
Mr.
llur·
~well
IHt.S
a wonderful comprchenston
ur
lfuth.
llaS
deti1ution or
our
social
organiza.
uon
(govNnment)
·~
the most dear
or
any
l'vc cvcr hcard
His-
suppon of Ambassa·
dur
Oo~ntcl
Moymhan wnh somt of tht
onions
trulh\
po1n1edly
cxprc$)<:d.
•nclud•n&
•n·
conu)ttnclcs. ., .about
to
hn us
10
a lc::u
apathciiC
pt>SIIIOn
orappraos.tl. Bully!
Raymond
W.
Sayrc.
S..lumorc.MO
Sugar. Thc
lkntíslS
R..
pond
1 he
.arltclt
an
Plam
Trwlh.
Novc:mber
J.
197S
by Arthur
W.
Oocken. os cssen11ally
torrec-t
and a
good doc:umcntation
of thc
ca~e
ap1Rst
sug.ar
mdental disease.
Unfor–
tunatcly
lhere
15 Ollt
gJ~ring
fault
111
h1s
MOry - lhe
sug&C$1iOn that
honcy
can
be
s.afcly
\ubstltutcd
fur
sugar
co
3\'0td dental
problems.
Thls
i.s
absolucely
incorrccl.
lfoney
•S
an
txc::w:llent
.subsltate
for acad·
produc•ns
b.tcttna
of
the
mouth..
and wlll
re>uh
on a
hogh decay raoe úused fr<ely
on
pi~((:
or
sugar.
h
1$
unfonunatt
that
an
Othcrwl~
u-,.eful
arttdc
would
ronta1n
such
m•.smformallon
for
your
rc-adcr$.
We ba'c
many urly dccay
problcms
in
small (;hil–
drcn •ho haH usc=d numng bottles con–
Uimn.¡ fNII
JU&Ct'S.
Thc
poiot
1S
lhat
natural
iUph
are
qu11e
upable:
or
aus.m&
dc:ntml daseas.e
af
lDgC"Sicd
frcquently
and
e..~pc:ctally
a(
an a
\hd.y
o r
adhesnc me·
dtum
Oavod
8.
Law. DOS. MS.
Professor of
Ch1ldrcn's
Oenu.srty.
Un•veJSIIy
ofWash•ngton.
School
ofDenlislry,
Seaotle, WA
J
"ouhJ
hkc
to
hdp the
rendcrs
o( Plarn
Tru1h
tc~rn
10
prcvrnt cavuics.
Your
ar–
uctc.
"'Thc
Su¡ar
Conspm~cy
... gives
an
~x
tcllcnt
uplanahon
or
lhe
cause-ctrecr
rciJtaonsh1p
ofsupr and cavittes. h should
al.k>
be:
potnte-d
out
t~l
any sugar.
whclhcr
11
comes; from naturaJ sug,ar canc.
natur~l
~upr
kcts. natur;)l
hoOC).
or
t'\' tn
thc nat·
ur.1l osupr
en applcs
Of
any frutt. can ea
use
taVIIIC'~
b)'
the
)ame
(c:rmc-ntabOn
process
E:hmtnattns
thc
~upr
lS
ex.cellent, but
~mct•mn
1rnprachcal. so
that
a
coro·
btnataon
of
cu111ng
down
on
su~r
mtakc.
nu
numcr whsu
~ource,
and
by
rcmovmg
the
othcr component
of rhe
fermcntat1on
prOCtM•
(the
bncccna)
wall
enabte
childn:n
to
"' 'e
hcahhy.
cavlty·free
tives.
11
1.)
abo
possible tO
prevent caviuc.s
by
first
eftccu...
ely
removmg
thc
b<:tctena
:md
thc bacumal
plaque
(the whtte:
stu::ky
mass
on lhc
ICtth)
JUII
pnor
to ea11ng
a.ny
naiU·
nal
~u¡•rs.
Th1s
btr3h
1hc
rcrmentahon
chatO
lnstcad
O(
rtn10VIO&
the
sugar
)OU
are
rc:mov1n'
1he baclcna and accomph.sh·
'"f
thc
umc-
th~n¡.. Ho,.,~'t'r.
11
..JOQ
no4
hclp OkSII). hc:art dlSCasc. or <Hhcr dljQse
problem\ eau...t
by
ho!J> sugar
onulc.
Uri
Shcldon S.:hwebcl. DOS.
\.loll Volley. CA
1
have
seen thc
f:mt.:t.Sitc
covcr
Mory
of
"S<:1cncc
l:xamane~
the
Supcrnaturar
1n
1hc
Oetobt:r
1975
t).Suc:
uf
Plain Tnah.
1
woultJ
~tppreciatc
very much
if
you
could
:tend me ten cvpies or
1h1~
i.ssuc.
I'.S. h's u great
magaZJne.
Un
Gellcr.
Ncw
York.
NY
•
Mr.
c~llrr
lS
refrrnng
lO
our
lnl~rnational
~JIIton
ofJ-.I..tln
Truth
FEBRUARY
1976