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LUCY 1{lNCHESTER
,rr"rt" uurt .litl RE:
Preparasion oI Plaque Comenorating
Attached is the tert of a plaque that the Plesident has request€d be prepared .ohmeholaling the heeting betreen lhe Plesident of rhe Urited Staies and His lmperial Majesty Hiiohito, Empeior of Japan. Would yo! ptea3e leguest Sandy l.ox to have a bronze plaque plepared, keeping in minit that this vilI be affixed to the exterio! of a honse itr Alaska and aust be able to rtilstand tle elehents. I envision something similat to that which woulil be aff*ed to a colnelEtohe oI a bli1ding, lathcr thatr a Eimple, insclibeit brass plaqne.
I eould appreciate ti if Sandy could give me an e6ti@ted dafe rhen lhis vill be c.mpleted.
SITE OF T]IE HISTORTC I1EDTINC NET1TTEN TIIE
PRISIDE:!T OF THE UN1TED STATES
AND HIS IMPERL\L MAJESTY HIROH]TO
EMPEROR OF JAPAN
Elm.ndort Air Force Base Anchorac€, Alaska seprembcr 26, L9?l
at this locarion, presidenr Nl,on velcomed Hjs rmperial Maj.sry Hi!ohito, Emleror
or Japan, to
Aherican so , ire filsr m.etios in hisrory bci{een
tn€ heads of siate ol thes. ivo nations and LLe tirsr
,isit
by a reisning
monar.h or Japan io rhe untcd siales.
Dnring thc past qualrer
c.nrury,
Togerher with the Japanese people,
ntly raise ro hearr rhat atl
p.litical,
tics
economic and cutrural
k6ich spans the spa.e bet'een our a.d may rhis historic mcetins d.m.nstratc for all the
ycars
rhe presidents ot the
u.fted stat€s,
and her Cove.nhelt and tl)e p€opr€i hawe giw€. us unsriDted
oatcrially
and
assi.ta.ce,
moratly, afrer the
to coDe a detcrminalio! ol our hvo
end ol the
grcat peoples to vork togct)1cr in
and bnildins up ot our counfuy.
fricndship lo! peace and prosp.rity
I
tor the Pacilic and lor alt pcople
my
Richa.d Nuon
iD
var, in rhe rcsiolarion
take lhis opportunity to exprcss
h.st sinccre gratitude Io! it. Ehpcror Hirohfto