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Digitized from Box 5 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NOVEMBER 19, 1974
OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
(Tokyo, Japan)
THE WHITE HOUSE
A TOAST BY THE PRESIDENT
AT A LUNCHEON GIVEN BY.
PRIME MINISTER TANAKA
PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICIAL RESIDENCE
AT 2:45 P.M. JAPAN TIME
Mr. Prime Minister, Excellencies, Gentlemen:
The reception that I received upon arriving
in Japan and the warm reception received during the day
today is further proof of the great hospitality that
the Japanese people have for the Americans.
This very kind and gracious hospitality -- the
warm reception is typical of the attitude of the
Japanese Government and the Japanese people. When I
stopped in Anchorage on the way to Japan, the last
words I said to my fellow Americans were that although
Japan and the United States were separated by the
broadest of oceans, they were on the other hand the
warmest of friends.
Mr. Prime Minister, you spent many years in
your Parliament and I spent better than 25 years in the
Congress of the United States. I have a great liking
for the Congress. I called it my home outside home.
I can't speak with any personal relationship to
the Congress a hundred plus years ago when they were
alleged to be lacking in civilization, but I would have
to say in defense of the Congress today -- whether I
agree with what they do or not, they are better behaved.
(Laughter)
Let me assure you, Mr. Prime Minister, Mrs.
Ford deeply regrets she is not with me on this trip.
She had long looked forward to visiting Japan, meeting
the Japanese people, and she is terribly disappointed
that it is impossible for her to be here on this
occasion. I spoke with her on the telephone this morning.
That didn't help any, because of her desire to be here.
But I can say that she is here in spirit, if not in
person, and she will come on some other occasions.
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Mr. Prime Minister, the United States is
a nation of citizens with many backgrounds, many
ancestors. Some of our very finest citizens have a
Japanese ancestry. We are proud of the tremendous
contributions that they make to a better America.
We are proud of them because of the significant
contributions they have made to our culture, to our
industry, to our trade, to our education, and to our
Government.
Mr. Prime Minister, the dialogue that we began
in Washington and which we have continued here in Tokyo
indicates that we have many, many basic ties and many
areas of common purpose. We have many problems, but
the frank and open discussions that we have had and
will continue to have involving areas of prosperity
on a worldwide basis and peace on a global basis are
beneficial to your country and to ours and to the world
as a whole.
Our two countries, by working together, can
significantly contribute to world peace, and we will.
Our two nations, cooperating with one another, can make
a significant contribution to prosperity in both of our
countries and to the world at large.
Mr. Prime Minister, we must discuss and
coordinate our economic policies in an era of energy
shortages and some international monetary crises.
We must work together in order to produce and dis-
tribute, make available the need of mankind for food
throughout the world.
Mr. Prime Minister, we must join together in
helping those nations throughout the world that are
less fortunate than we. We have in the past and we will
expand those efforts in the future.
In contemplating these problems, the expansion
of peace and the betterment of the world economically,
it is good to know that we can discuss the issues and
problems in an attitude and an atmosphere of mutual
understanding in a spirit of good will.
Mr. Prime Minister, let us join in a toast
which honors the friendship and the collaboration
between our people and our nations. This is a
characterization of what is good for all and in the
best interests of each.
To Japan.
END
(3:00 P.M. JAPAN TIME)