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Syria could take over the northern part of Jordan. The Iraqis take
over the central part. King Hussein could be assassinated any hour
now. The Israelis would then be compelled to take over the
southern portion of Jordan.
A day or two ago, the United States fleet in the Mediterranean
moved quickly to the eastern Mediterranean, ready to fly large
numbers of Marines, probably parachute troops, into Jordan. The
guerrillas threaten to kill all Americans, and destroy all American
property in Jordan if the U.S. intervenes. Of course the principal
reason the U.S. forces have moved up close to Jordan is to block
the U.S.S.R. from moving in, as well as to be poised for any
emergency. Meanwhile the Israeli forces are on instant alert as of
September 23.
This is a serious world crisis. It could EXPLODE into a world
war at any moment.
Meanwhile, we must PUT ON THE PRESSURE, and speed up the great
Work the living God is doing through us, for it is yet far from
finished. Since we cannot know how much time we have left, we are
laying long-range plans for ten years ahead -- in case we may be
allowed that much time -- but ALSO we are planning to SPEED UP the
Work as fast as funds allow, in case we may have no more than 15
months or so remaining.
Now about the present trip. It is very important that I speak
to all our new incoming students each year in Freshman Orientation,
to get them off to a right start. After Orientation on the
Pasadena campus, and the opening Faculty Reception, I flew to the
Texas campus. Then on to the campus in England, attending
Orientation and Faculty Reception at each campus. We stagger the
opening on each campus to make it possible for both myself and
Garner Ted Armstrong to attend all three.
From England we flew on to New Delhi, capital of India. A
conference had been arranged with the Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira
Gandhi (daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru). However, she was
at the time in Nairobi, in Africa, attending the Congress of
Unattached Nations. So Dr. Singh, secretary to the President of
India, V.V. Giri, arranged for me to visit the President. Even he
was away at the time, in Bangalore, in the far south of India. We
were entertained at a luncheon at Dr. Singh's official residence.
Arrangements were made for us to fly to Bangalore, en route to
Singapore. The President's personal car, with the presidential
flag flying at mast in front, met us at the Bangalore airport, and
drove Mr. Stanley Rader (our chief legal counsel) and Mr. Gotoh
(Japanese member of our faculty), to the palace of the Governor of
the State. There we had a nice visit with President Giri. I
presented him with a small gift, and a copy of the college
students' yearbook, The ENVOY. He, in turn, presented me with a
large photograph of himself, in a handsome silver frame with his
special presidential monogram at the top. President Giri promised
to come to Pasadena to speak before an assembly of our students.
I have devoted my next Personal page in The PLAIN TRUTH to our
visit in India. You may read the rest of it there.