Word: asato
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Dates: during 1956-1956
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...Civil Administration on Okinawa. Diffenderfer has toiled so hard to raise funds for the university that he is called Kojeki Ryu Dai Kagu Zeidan (begger for the University of the Ryukyus). Pressured by disenchanted donors (including a U.S. Marine outfit), Diffenderfer drafted an angry letter to University President Genshu Asato. The school's foundation is withholding all funds, said the letter, until "you can honestly assure us that anti-American and pro-Communist personnel of your student body and faculty have been removed...
...Expelled. Last week, aware that the university depends heavily on American good will and contributions, President Asato complied with Diffenderfer's demand, wrote him that the university "apologizes to the American people here and wherever they may be for the conduct of our students." Then he expelled six student leaders (including the president and vice president of the student body). Some of the expelled students were actually pro-American, said President Asato, "but they failed in their responsibilities to keep other students in line." Asato shrewdly acted while students were on vacation, to spare the U.S. another round...
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