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sulrject: Re!1ies to I-etters froh Japanese Polrrical Figures to President Nixon The Department believes that it would be alpropriate for the President to reply briefry to the letters from two monrbers of the Jalanese Diet, Bunsei Sato and Hajime Ishii, which weie fo alded with a lrhite House ,eferral of
Febttaty 24t 1972. sato and Ishii are frenbers of a risinq qroop younger of Japanese loliticiansr both are supporters of a continuing close us-Japan relationship and slrong adnirers of the President. Draft re!1ies
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for your leteer of Febrnary 10. It was good to see you at san clerence that yod were there in support of your govenrent's delegation. r an also healtened by the knovledse that since your retuin you have been briefing other nenbers of lhe riberal Democraiic Party o! the ontcome of that neeti.g, which r felt most usefnl. with best reqards and best ishes for your future Many thanks
tiberal Democratic !arty,
19-1 .honei Nagata-cho, Chiyoda Lu, ToLyo.
SUGGESTED
IETTIR
to leae frm yot! letter of Eebr@ry 10 that after your strdies in the thited states you have bea elected to the Diet and It {as
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cho6m to be the Directo!
of the ltteFational
affails Delartlldt of the Liberal D@ocratlc Partv. t hope and an conftdot that your Pres@'e at our recent allscusslm at Sd cldente s111 !r@e h1gh1v useful to you in carryinA foflald your work in rhese
positlocof influmce in the political life
I appreciate what yot ale doing to further letter relations betwea our two cointf,les ed offer t'est vishes for success in this and vour other
Rlchard Nixon
Hajine rshii,
Liberal Deoclatic Party,
19-1 ch@e, Nagata_cho, chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
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Feh.uary 10, 19?2
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