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    "ocrText": "441 N. Painter Avenue,\nWhittier, California\nHon. Richard Nixon, vice president\nWashington D. C.\nEarly Sept\nDear Mr. Vice-President,\nThank you very much for meeting my wife, my son\nHiroshi and myself when you came to Whittier College on June 12th.\nI came to the United States in 1930 for the purpose of goodwill\nbetween the United States and Japan, visiting Whittier and giving\nthe city a Japanese doll. At that time, I received a very warm\nwelcome from many people in Whittier and to show my appreciation,\nI donated two stone lanterns to the city in 1931. I believe you know\nthe fact that one of these stone lantern is still standing in the\nWhittier College campus. I have been fortunate in visiting Whittier\nfor four times in my life.\nThrough the kind invitation of President Smith of Whittier\nCollege we came to Whittier again on May 17th to attend the Broad-\noaks Kindergarten. In the early part of September we are hoping\nto visit Washington D. C. I realize your work keeps you very busy\nbut we will be very greatly honored if you can see us even for a\nfew minutes. We would also like to visit the White House for I'm\nsure it would serve as one of our fondest memories of our visit\nto the United States.\nSincerely yours,\nyourself\nKokam Yasuma\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library"
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