LtICUIIVE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
,i Lat I have been askeil to r.sPond to your letter of September t3 to Dr. Kissinger, in which you very generously shared vith us your conwersations witl1 Japarcse H.use Speaker lurada a l Diet membcls Ha3egawa and Mircva, aB tetl as your om obsenations on t]1e cllrent Japanese
political
3cene.
lound this ii ormtiotr anil yonr ovn interpretation3 and snggesiiotrs most
May
I
say
tiai ve
x
?loleseor David ,. Lu Plofesso! of Hisioly ana Director of the Certer fo! JapaEse Siudies
\ Bucknell Udvereity
Lekishurg, Pennsyleania l?83?
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Dr5r,r.h.d l0/o/71 (rl,l
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BUCKNELI- UNIVENSITY
Ilouse sPeaker, Naka
1c! I{.. visirors fulue of the U. l,n oui approaches
These Japanese
then and a16o
Noboru }(inoua, a16o a mmber of the Dier. thcir concern for rhe
to,.rd the
quesrion
of
Irciderrarly,
@ke
trade
Mr.
to , 3Mr1 factionr calred Ishii-E, bu! rhe iiberal Derccra.ic Paftyrs bkumin undo sohombu, th rhe responstb{rlty or draftins l,DP e enjoys sood press relariotu, and is ouLsrde of his oln pafty. ihrle .here ts
ltttre rikerrhood of p.rty ra s to Bain a najoriry, i6 rela.i'ery
fonovinss
amonC
43),
Lhe norlhern island of secieta.y ro ?rtm Mtnlster s5to p!ese!. i3 a .lose
yduDc Gee
ro the r,DP. Dr. Tsumda professor.L ny 1963-69. He ls an priMrily adnirer of ,our scholarly ,orts aEd !s eBe defense
p.licie..
as ,eL1 as one
@ettng rtLh lmperor Ht.ohit. in Anchora8e {as tha! fomal invftaeion ro rhe Enperor be issued for cane fron Eu.opean coun.ri uniled staLe3 vilh vhon rh tuseSaea ehouehc lhe Japanese pub1r.,ould be mst srateful if a. rhe lime of tuerins 'fth t-ha. lnperor Hirohtto is a En of peace a.d rhar hrs
lhe Yar'
(I
hope phen
transLa.ed in.d than !'re &rm !9!&
eh !4!!!
or surrender be
our 6y
researci
or endi4
used) prevelred
scholars. My I
:
visft !o Pekina. lrhen I
Irosr rapsnese orfrcrals
.ountered hy
!o be folro,od tha!
by
Japan
visr. Eke pla.e as one
snery, a feerina
significantl, eha!
bloodshed
your sellous ai.enrion?
!t!113!!!_.!irelrlj 6efo.e rris
fu he.
definitely
ourd preler
nrsht calr
rirst is ipso facto rcre
staLes, and ,lapan eould rhere {ould
lhar i !t. ronova rrLinaled prep.red .o and corleague. .!e Tanaka the dolrar. (A figure of ta00 Eilrion su$ested. 'as by .he, do beELer.) saying rh't cduld 1 count.red tnat .his niEhr be followed by a tn JaP8n. rn Ir. lttno,a,s
! j-c j--E43!!=l_l:e!
IIr. bkuel
L. suard our doors {ithou!
on Aucqsr 23,
confided !o ne !ha! the yen
!hâ‚Ź ro'/, tax surch"rge. Iillen
Sovetunt enieriarned any alrerâ‚Źte in the affimriE. by ar leasr 11.2% or mre Thus Jspan,
'irhou!
I
asked
if
the JaPanese
revaLuati6tr, nisht
rhus inposed .ouLd
ret,in
pollurion conEol and puhlr. verfare. This nisht offset ro rhe u1rlEG ular suppdr., susses.ed a slntlar approach abour ,ou1d look rnro
eo
,eekg
her
of ou! not also .ercve .rade barrie!. are rc. real1y advantaees
fo.
ca.ada .nd o.her affec of rhe 10'l su!.harse. l4,y
r
Presidenr Nixon's
visi! to Peti*: fhe lrilliant Mmer in
ravolitegaminlollyo ralte place, riLh so@ people pLacing the date as €rLy as
dill
31so
.o the Possibilfty of
1971 (I sald
dre
Lo
fron sian in 1936.)
r'.if,
If possible, could
P.kris to stsn
rhe Nuclear Non-?roliferaiion Treare? acconplished,
as fa! as Jlpan is
ac.edes taken by a snaLl Eiaoriry nuclear.' (r hare
It
Peliirc alro
and
oI ratifi.a.ion, once srifle rhe posrtion
vould also
o
counc lers.) uriitur.1y
lhe risdon M.r,
rhe
I
a13o 3uscesr
mjoriLy and si€nificanr
to rhe
and in rhe evenL developnear (such as Pelttis's a.cessron
Nucrear Non-rrolrferatroa
that specific Mlrer.
or the poli.y
rrelty),
1t i3 fudhar
rn advrnce of the publi. announ.emn. on
&i!e*_-!:_-&_j : nre press reporL shols rhar ror.isn a.tirude,' on lheLher rhe u.N. decLaling that tlre auster of req(idn€ a bo-rhitd Mjori.y. fdis rs nistraBl.tion Japan docs not lish accuratelv.elle.r.
Tsumda, the quesrion of could have spLrt
not
tlr.
Tamka had Bde uP his
rapsn rele.red
rePlled rhat
as
Japan, and fron lhar pdint
of viev {ouLd
uino{a then ca11ed Mi. Tanaha before lhe latrer enbas.yi3 lare dlnner at 10. rrr. Iul(uda had a breakrasi Eee jutt b.rore the resolurion .he lever confererce. Ple.uBbLy .he t,o xivars for
left
co-spoNer lhe resolutron.
ursi4 lheir
Lever besr
china. ur. nasegala exprain' the olren.ar feerins of no! itr disr.ess, especialLy defea.ed Japan in 1945. I{e
comunicated lhrougn lhe kfte! M3 Indeed the
splir sithrn raPan on her china poli.y is deeP' factioEl divisidns. l.ray I ulge to Japan on rhe dtter of co_
!!e !!!q!9 s1 4! politicia* detry Lhe p.6si! iLy of Diet fo! irs ratlrl.atron.
ftrsL ballet !o
Minister sato vouLd resicr ihts rhese vrevs they neieLy
ranana has rhe required maiorily
o!
.he
e intra-ParLy struegle, or by a dt.ecr
effe.tively his political porei nust
noL be ero,red
.ny further.
rhat i. is !o our narioml
part,
rhe rulins
lhe po.enlra1 3p1rr 1970 MI. sato ran for
PriMrily ror the rceived flon
PurPose
for lhat
reason
avoided ar all cos!. In or the l,DP os.ensrveLy ror .he
of
the infomalion r
Mri
sato Gither throush sp.ciaL emiss.rles or erml
dipromtic chamels),
Ere his o{n
dre sa1ur,ry cffecr lacking ii our
rn AuSusr of
1970
successor. sense
oI trusr
'hich
is ofton
'hen
had lound out about his ne8oriations vith rhe rztsuoka {as Japon's foreiBn ninisrer in 1940 and
I
41, and ftenbers
sonehov connived ,ith a cr eflect the ouster of ktsuoka from hiE po3.. hs. s.to ,fce. the desrh ol l,Irs.
artached
to
Lhe
hemry of
the fanilY
lEtsuoh. After
to susgcrr rhaL llr.
is cldsely
eoins
LhaL the united sra.es
failed to consuLr
courd
If Lhis lack of
issue of chiE ultiMterY brinc about hls
the ninds of Japanese leaders, shether Lhey
Iutuda, or
).rr.
orher rhlrers:
p.,.. -.;s-L ',in\ .". " hnrd on the liberalizario!
urlar areas, ald ie able Lo retain its po,er rhloush shovin8s in !u!61 areas. qdrck
as a further maGanircus cestule tovard uni1.lerally canceL thae portion of people are not
Japan, ee mlcht
lil<ely ro 11s.en to rhe voice or Amri.a
and PeopLeis RepobLi.
of
broadcasr
c
Japrn. the era of J,pan for Japan is over. 1f J.pan ur.he3 !o tecome pa!tne., full-fredged 3he Nst a13o ask herselE 'ruhat can s.ares?, fnis
cessions fron
a
reading this lenerhy cor.esponderce.
of Eistory Director of the
Professor and