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~tEP~AS, the "People-to-People Program" was inaugurated in 1956 to establish greater friendship and understanding between the peoples of the United States and other nations through the medium of direct personal contact; and ~EREAS, to implement this program the City of Portsmouth and other cities of the United States have been requested through the American Municipal Association to affiliate with a foreign city of similar population and mutual interests; and V~HERE~, the City of Portsmouth through its Council does recognize and endorse this program with the hope that it will lead to a lasting friendship b~tween the people of Portsmouth and the people of ~unedin, New Zealand° NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RH~SOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: Section 1. That this Council, on behalf of the people of the City of Portsmouth, hereby extends an invitation to the government and people of the City of Dunedin, New Zealand, to participate with Portsmouth ~s ~ts Sister-City in the "People-to-People Program", for the purpose of creating good will and understanding between the peoples of our two great natiOns. Section 2. That Benjamin Arthur Haddon is hereby authorized to act as an official representative of the City of Portsmouth, to carry out this program. Section 3. That the City Clerk shall forward certified copies of this resolution to the Mayor and Council of the City of Dunedin, the American Municipal Association, the United States Department of State, the Committee on International Municipal Cooperation and the Embassy of New Zealand at Washington, D. C. Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at a meeting held October 23, 1962. Teste: City Clerk.