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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 3, folder \"11/19/74 - Toast at the Imperial\nBanquet. Imperial Palace, Tokyo\" of the President's Speeches and Statements: Reading\nCopies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nDigitized from Box 3 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nTHE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN\n86.\nPRESIDENTIAL TOAST\nIMPERIAL BANQUET\n- I -\nI AM HONORED TO BE THE GUEST OF YOUR IMPERIAL MAJESTIES.\nIT IS WITH A DEEP SENSE OF THIS SPECIAL MOMENT THAT I SPEAK.\nTHIS FIRST STATE VISIT OF AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT TO JAPAN\nIS AN OCCASION OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO ALL AMERICANS.\nYOUR\nGRACIOUS HOSPITALITY SYMBOLICALLY HONORS THE 213 MILLION PEOPLE\nI REPRESENT.\n- 2 -\nI CAN REASSURE JAPAN THAT THE UNITED STATES\nIS DETERMINED TO PERPETUATE THE UNIQUE TIES THAT LINK OUR\nTWO NATIONS FOR THE COMMON GOOD.\n- 3 -\nTHOUGH SEPARATED BY THE BROADEST OF OOEANS, WE HAVE\nACHIEVED THE CLOSEST OF FRIENDSHIPS.\nOUR RELATIONSHIP TRANSCENDS\nTHAT OF GOVERNMENTS AND HEADS OF STATE.\nEACH YEAR THE TIES\nBINDING AMERICANS WITH JAPANESE INCREASE IN TRADE, SCIENCE, THE\nARTS, SPORTS, AND MANY OTHER AREAS INCLUDING CHERISHED PERSONAL\nCONTACTS BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS.\n- 4 -\nWE SHARE A COMMON DEVOTION TO MORAL AND SPIRITUAL\nSTRENGTH. OUR PATHS ARE NOT ALWAYS IDENTICAL BUT LEAD IN THE\nSAME DIRECTION, THAT OF WORLD PEACE AND HARMONIOUS RELATIONS\nAMONG MANKIND.\n- 5 -\nLET US CONTINUE TO SEEK HIGHER UNDERSTANDING WITH\nEACH OTHER AND AMONG ALL PEOPLES.\nLET US TRADE AND SHARE TO\nPERPETUATE THE PROSPERITY OF BOTH NATIONS.\nLET US WORK TOGETHER\nTO SOLVE COMMON PROBLEMS, RECOGNIZING THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF THE\nMODERN WORLD.\nAMERICA IS DETERMINED TO DO ITS PART.\n- 6 -\nIT IS IN A SPIRIT OF RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FOR THE\nJAPANESE NATION, IN DEDICATION TO OUR CONTINUING COLLABORATION,\nAND WITH SINCERE CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE, THAT I OFFER A TOAST\nTO THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF YOUR IMPERIAL MAJESTIES.\nEND OF TOAST"
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