Affiliation HOW THE SISTER CITY AFFILIATION CAME TO BE At the April 1960 Universal Postal Conference, a representative of Denver, Colorado inquired about a Japanese city that might be interested in creating a Sister City Affiliation with the City of Denver. It was at this time the Nagoya Postal Bureau recommended the City of Takayama as an option. The city of Takayama agreed that Denver, the capital of the state of Colorado would make a good sister city. Both Takayama and Denver are industrial cities taking pride in their excellent facilities and wanting to grow with the future. PROPOSAL OF SISTER CITY AFFILIATION In recent years, there have been many Sister City Affiliation made between Japan and the United States of America. Because Denver, Colorado is similar to Takayama in that it is a tourist city among mountains with many historical traditions, I consider it a very significant opportunity to make a Sister City Affiliation with Denver. Thus, I ask for the City Assembly's approval on proposing Denver for the affiliation. Proposed by Mayor Shinichiro Iwamoto on June 27, 1960 and approved on the same day PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, the city of Takayama, Japan, has asked to be affiliated with Denver as a "sister-city" under the program of international goodwill proposed by the Department of the State of the United States of America; and WHEREAS, Takayama is situated in a mountainous region in the central part of Japan, and has a background and tradition in many ways comparable to ours; and WHEREAS, since this is the centennial year of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Japan and the United States, such a fraternal tie would be most timely; and WHEREAS, such an affiliation would in no way affect the association we now enjoy with Brest, France, save to complement and give added significance to Denver's efforts to promote internationalunderstanding and goodwill; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Richard Y. Batterton, Mayor of the City and County of Denver, Colorado, do proclaim that Takayama, Japan, and Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., are "Sister-Cities," and call upon all citizens of Denver to recognize this voluntary tie of friendship with the people of Takayama and take every opportunity to foster a close relationship between the two cities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and have caused the seal of the City of Denver to be affixed this 29th day of July, 1960. Richard Y. Batterton Mayor of the City and County of Denver Mayor Batterton(right)