C. MY DEAR MR. SENATOR: It is with a great deal of delight and honor to inform you that I have been chosen as the first Japanese citizen in postwar Japan to receive an immigration visa to enter the United States. This was made possible by the passage of the new American immigration law. which eliminates racial barriers as a basis of exclusion from the United States. and which removes all racial barriers to naturalization as an American citizen. This event is without a doubt the greatest and happiest moment of my life. Words alone cannot express the thrill which I experienced when His Excellency the United States Ambassador to Japan. Robert D. Murphy. handed me the visa on January 21. 1953. at 11 a. M.. at the United States Embassy in Tokyo. Japan. In closing. I would like to express my sincere gratitude for giving me this great right to enter the United States of America. and I shall endeavor to make myself worthy of the great honor which has been bestowed upon me. Please give my best regards and gratitude to all personnel who made efforts for the passage of this new immigration law. Very truly yours.
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