srrccEs rDD nnr,'.Rl(s:
lfl
were rrectina you
"velcome.
it
r
But since we
the Ha{dian
ir waslnhaton,'i11. Prino rhnister, I sould sav
de
ln
lawrii I ihinl it is
i
more approp.iate to sav
trry: (aloha.r
rAloha( is ona ol the hrppiest
dd vdmest
rvdrds tn my
better tbm my lnglish wod cm, it conveys the spirit
l$g!age. iluch
ofllien&hip, goodsill,
arxl allection Nhich has lorg choacterizcd thc rclations beh{aenJa!an md the
Uniled States. so we location
fo.
de es?ecially
glad
thttihe
lRdd ol aloh! should be
tlE
these inport@t meetinss over thc n€xl hvo aaJ6
We chose gonolulu
s
the slie tor thi6 con{ercnce
becdse geosEalhically it is mutualty convenient. Bul pdate because lt is
t
place wh€re our two culturcs
are Hawaiirs largest slngle nation.lif,y 8!oup,
inpat,
t1
also seemed appro-
heet - Jaldese_Americds
ad J3rro
aizable sharc ol thi6 State's tnvesineni, trad€ and
of course,
accounis for
tou sE
rYerv
Eawaiirs
Lieutenant Gov€rnor (G?o4e Ariyoshi) and hatl its delegation in Congres6 (S?nator Inouye
dd
whjcn giye6 you
a
nepresentative ilaisunags)
de
oI Jrpmese baclground
idea oI the l€adership role these people plav in this
--
com unitv.
tle lirsr lihe here
1n
an American
Prasidart ard r Jlpdese Prima
Hawaii. I thinL lhis
1s
very fithns,
dd I tm
accepted our lnvitatioD to come herc.
in from Ca]ilolDo 1i1@
edtier
jewels on lhe blue
is
o islad
ioday
ad
6av this tovely
Plcific, I was tnirling
aboui
Hawiiid ih.
sublec't
nation. 3nd tonisht ve
ofthe Unllcd Slates, A scncration ag! our hvo ..untries were cncnies ir Idends
-- boud
d
iBlnnd
v.r,
but since than we have been.llies and
bv a desree oi closeness tud understoding most recondv
,t".s .. of "ror'.._ r... d, O\'-L., s6ver6lgnty
tlis p*t
May
wa
so gratifying lo
"ho"e r.lL,
'
o
J'pr"s!
Amedcas
It is significdt, hosever, lhrt what {e in Affelica war oI lhirlri.e
--
thai
is,
dD
isolalionist
outlook is n.i
,nd I believe never
will be chradoristic oI Jopan, or liawaii, or of lhâ‚Ź Uniied Slates tu general. Ea.h oI out two counbies recogdzes ils .lose otner on., and indeed
inte
Nit[lhe shole *or1d conmunity.
with other nations, but never under brest<ins our older iies
th. illuslon
that thi6
intie process. Onthc cortary,
cpen.loncc wiih the e may seek nev tlcs
work to sfen:thcn our establishcd iies
diplomaiic
--
--
c{tura], mititarJ dd
ec@omic,
ae a starting point tuom rvhich to
forn
new ties.
An Englsh poet sdd centuri.s ago that "ao mrn ls a.
islud.
The
c&ll€nge se frce &v is to see ihai no people or no countlv is an istsd
ciihe!. Ameri.. ad
Japa! will prov. cqual to thai chdlcnge, I am sure.
Asian lead.r who hN made Uniicd States sinqe tha completjon oI
fie
h
olficinl visit io i1E
osco* and Pekiag
su mlt coder
6nces. Aid tt is intcrostirgto !ote, I lhiblr. thri y@r pr€docessor, Minisrer sa!o. was the
lst &Igigt
l€lder to hrk. su.h
a
'isit
"dmc
bdlore those
tvo journeys tor pace. Thi6 fact sums up quile succinctly ore of ihe basic
foreighpoli.y: tlrat even as vc
Pellic throud
nerv
seek
rclartonships
ftalilies of U.s
ioviden our horizols in Asia ad the
(ith
the grcat Communist
po*ers,
our
policies in the pacilic Nill continuc to cemer on our .llrJnc. sith Jxps, Thts tuiend6hip is Lhe ochor oi our entir. policy itrihe intend that
ii shdl
remain 50,
Ic
Ensl, and we