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...after day the Cabinet conferred with the Army and Navy High Commands in deepest secrecy. Said the Cabinet's spokesman, Ko Ishii: "The situation is so delicate that there will be no statement on the Government's foreign policy today." There was no statement the next day, or the next...
...Tokyo, Ko Ishii, spokesman for Japan's Information Bureau, was explaining Japan's importance another way. "It is almost certain that the U.S. will enter the European war on the British side . . . Japan as a partner in the Tripartite Pact remains dominant on the other side of the Pacific and is playing an important role as a strong deterrent...
...things stand," said Mr. Ishii darkly, "The U.S. will think twice ... or thrice...
...scare, were dismayed at the length it had gone. To their protestations of peaceful intentions U. S. Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles coldly replied that the U. S. was interested in deeds, not words, and Congress voted an appropriation to fortify Samoa and Guam. At this point Ko Ishii bustled into his press conference and suggested that the U. S. restrict its activities to the Western Hemisphere. Then...
This was a full diplomatic retreat, for only through the prolonging of war in Europe can Japan hope to snatch more of East Asia. If there was any doubt that Spokesman Ishii was talking for his Government, it was dispelled by British Foreign Under Secretary Richard Austen Butler, who told the House of Commons that the mediation offer had been made official. This week Prime Minister Churchill received Japanese Ambassador Shigemitsu, turned the offer down...