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Nixon, Kimura & Kaneko on U.S.-Japan relations and Diplomatic exchange

Friday, April 13, 1973 · 11:08 AM–11:18 AM ET · Oval Office · 11 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Kimura, Morie; Kaneko, Masanou; Tomono, Taketo; Ogiyama, Yoshio; Kakehashi, Kumashi; Kodama, Masao; Ogowa, Masakichi; Schneider, Richard L.; Crihfield, Brevard; Kissinger, Henry A.; Nichimura, Ichiro; Scowcroft, Brent G. (Gen.)Conversation895-013 on Tape 895StartFriday, April 13, 1973 at 11:08 AMEndFriday, April 13, 1973 at 11:18 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 895-013 ↗

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President Nixon met with a delegation of Japanese governors and officials to discuss the strengthening of U.S.-Japan relations through localized diplomatic exchanges. The participants highlighted the importance of fostering ties beyond the national government level, specifically between state and local leaders, to better connect with the general public in both countries. Discussion touched upon the shift toward friendly economic competition and the long-term historical importance of bilateral cooperation. The meeting concluded with a photo opportunity in the Rose Garden to celebrate the spirit of international friendship.

  • U.S.-Japan relations
  • Diplomatic exchange
  • State-level diplomacy
  • Economic competition
  • International trade

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Yes, I do.
Yes, I do.
Yes, I do.
Well we are very happy to welcome you here and I want to express the appreciation
for the warm milk that you gave our gunners when they came to Japan.
And we all hope that we can reciprocate and make their visit here to Water Country as very pleasant as they said their visit to Japan was.
We consider good relations with Japan as the highest priority, not only at this level of the White House prime minister, but at the level of the state governments, and consequently
I would like to say that our relationship with Japan is very important.
This is the White House.
It is not just the relationship between the government and the government.
It is also the relationship between the government and the government.
It is also the relationship between the government and the government.
It is very important.
in our country, the Democrats in Japan, are closer to the people than the prime minister or president.
Mr. President, you are right.
The Japanese president is closer to the general public than the general public.
Mr. President, you are right.
Mr. President, you are right.
Mr. President, you are right.
Mr. President, you are right.
However, one thing that might appear to some of us here, is that we might have both snowed.
I'm sorry.
So we've invited some of the other support groups, and we've pulled out every sacrifice of all people.
However, thanks to the U.S. assistance, we have made such a change so that we can now advance again.
However, the ages of the economy here, they'll be fine, so they'll be spending more on sand. .
We found out in Wisconsin that the average farmer that we found is about 70 hectares, versus a Japanese farmer of 1.3 hectares.
So we have to be promised to end this agreement.
They just want us to deal with abortion problems.
The second problem is the first problem of our country.
So we have to be promised to end this agreement.
It's been a long time since I've been in Japan.
I've been in Japan for a long time.
I've been in Japan for a long time.
I've been in Japan for a long time.
I have made such a great progress that we have made an effort over a long period of time and we have announced in red recently that we have overcome this problem and then we still
And that shows our concern
Despite that, we know we owe you so much, we owe the students so much, but the recent development led to some concern in Japan as to simply due to this such a rapid development in recent years that the United States might institute some countermeasures to this concern.
I think that this is an effort to develop the hearts of the people of Japan.
This is not only for the government, but also for the people of Japan.
This is an effort to connect the feelings of the people of Japan with Japan.
This is an effort to connect the feelings of the people of Japan with Japan.
This is an effort to connect the feelings of the people of Japan.
I don't understand the people's basis that we adhere to promote a stronger tie between two nations.
We have realized that Japan is now our strongest competitor economically in the world.
But I said, let's go out and you don't understand.
I said, okay, then give me this name.
But I said, no, I'm not listening.
I said, no, give me this name.
He goes like this.
And we recognize that that is not simply because of our assistance, but because of the enormous ability of the Japanese people to work hard, to create, to build.
And we agreed
We're destined to be competitors, but this visit indicates, demonstrates elegantly that we will be friendly competitors.
Oh, thank you.
We, uh, think that your birthday picture today would be in the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh,
Uh, uh, uh...
Thank you.

NARA Description

On April 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Morie Kimura, Masanou Kaneko, Taketo Tomono, Yoshio Ogiyama, Kumashi Kakehashi, Masao Kodama, Masakichi Ogowa, Richard L. Schneider, Brevard Crihfield, Henry A. Kissinger, Ichiro Nichimura, and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:08 am to 11:18 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 895-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 895-13

Date: April 13, 1973
Time: 11:08 - 11:18 a.m.
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Governors Morie Kimura, Masanou Kaneko, and Taketo Tomono, Vice
Governors Yoshio Ogiyama and Kumashi Kakehashi, Masao Kodama, Masakichi Ogowa,
Richard L. Schneider, Brevard Crihfield, Henry A. Kissinger, Ichiro Nichimura, and Gen. Brent
G. Scowcroft.

     Introductions and greetings

     Exchange visits
          -US Governors’ visit to Japan
          -Value
          -US – Japan relations
                -Priority for all levels
                      -President
                      -Japan’s Prime Minister
                      -Governor of states
                      -Cabinet officers
          -Governors
                -Closeness to populace
          -Kakuei Tanaka
          -Gift
          -Snow

     Japan
             -US assistance
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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                                 Conversation No. 895-13 (cont’d)

            -Building standards [?]
            -Farmers
                  -Visit to Wisconsin by Japanese Governors
                        -Amount of hectometers [?]
                        -Compared to Japanesse farmers
            -Current problems
                  -Resolution
                        -Japan’s progress
                        -Balance of payments
            -Current concerns
            -Ties with US
                  -Visits
            -Economic competition with US
                  -Will of Japanese people
                  -US - Japan relations
                        -Friendship

      Photo opportunity
           -Rose Garden
                 -Crap apple trees
                 -Japanese flower and garden cultivation

The President, et. al., left at 11:18 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 895-013, April 13, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/895-013 (accessed October 25, 2026).