After her book was published in 1987, Miep Gies received invitations from all over the world to recount her memories of Anne Frank and the other people hiding in the Secret Annex. Miep Gies considered it an honor to speak on behalf of Anne at such occasions. 

On the occasion of her visit to America in 1988, the then-President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, wrote her the letter shown below.


Letter from the White House, of October 25, 1988.