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SUCCESTED DINNER TO
rt is
a cr€ar pleasure to retcome you back to
behau of the American pcople, and
it is
a
this country
on
pariicular pleasure io
Mr. Prime Minisier, inio hy
home on this occasion.
I know Mrs. Nixon regiets nor being able to be*lthusthis eve.ing, but she is now wisiring west Alrrca as my personar repres€ntaiive. You ar€ the
lirsi
head ol siate io
visit u3 at san clemente,
and
r thinl< ii is appropriate rlar you should be the first. so many ol your countr)den havc come io this Staie and this ?arr]icurar area, and rheir des.endants are a vttal part of rhe econony, rhe soci€ry and the pori-
tical scene -- in mary parts of Aherica, or course - bur especiauy here in
california.
The size, the importancei and the lolceful pa.-
iicipation in our national life of the Japanese-American commtrniiy is a
shall leflection of *hat leo
peopr€s and tao
plish vhen joined iogeih€r These virtues hav€ harked
.ur lwo countries Ior
cdtu
resp€ci and lriendship.
th. cours€ of relations beieeen
many years and we
husi ttley *ilt continue to
do
one of the songs ihat vas nurb€r one on the hit palade in Japan
last year was enlitled ,child!en rcho Hawe Newer
,z popular. Bui in
so
ce ier"rron oI c5.rd.en ..ho v
rlr n" i".
. leadâ&#x201A;Źrship we are making every possibte
I
Japan,
no"
rlo narionsi ii is a !oa] elr.ft i. achievei and, it i3 a goal ihar or our
E Ee are to have a Eeneralion of peace,
rtdy nali.ns of the vorld
ard th.eaten peace, and *e nrust be crea
tive and couraEeous enonsh io bridge thosedifieren.es, Japan is natioD capable ol lunciioninE in ihis
b ner --
a
even its se.sraphical
locatio. places it i. a position to span ihe di3ra.ce betlleen the asian
inportan.e ol his naii.n in ihis respect, and conrirmed ftdy titues his inte ion io make or.rapan a bridge over rroubted tscen diverse peoples, diverse societies,
sr
JaPan has thc
nrer.al sircng{h
ol chara.ter a.d seu-assurance ro select and absorb ideas and a. o-pri.r
,
!tandins f
-1, rr sor1.l dround
Lhe
'
.e
Lt,
it is thrs undersrandin!, and Lhis
re-r.h Ior " BFn.-d' on o
p-o
The past yea. Bas ewe.tful for both ou! nations-
rmy sFirit oI rhe ycar
boar. Nor qe begin
a
ihe year .1rhe {i1d
ne* cycle viih the year of the rar, TLe rat is
lamous {or being last, aleri and able to turn !hrgD! advaniaee
5tuatuns i ,ie
dd, equally imporiant, it symbolizes prosperity.
lve hope
all ihese eir mark rhe .ouse o! cooFerarion bchfc
whrle $e mdy tdve drrferen.es m thc .oming yea., as Ye haye had
i.
the pasi, let no one suppose thai those things Fhich uniie us are
noi sreater ihan
ou differences. rn datters of i,ade, iihin
a
lree-trade frametrork, The sheer
yolnme of fuade beiveen us ihar has resnlted
reir and co.stiides the larses iradinS part,ers - must iead us to expeci dilfere.ces_ $r1 biUion a
Bur in an ma*er3 of large consequence,
rellecl the same spiiit oI common recard dd common purposes -- prosperity dd Feace vhi.h has characterized rhe past yea.s, n vas in this spirit thai Japan lent it3 supporr dd c.operaiio. in rhe eftori to
a.h'e\e " reat,gnmert of
support in ihe
represeltation there, we app.e.
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u'nr
doo, , )
ri *as in rhis spirit
r
un 'dtc
€d Nations u
armry rhose ewiden.es or our co. -
prosperity dd peace.