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...Thought for Neutrals. The price that Kishi himself would have to pay for his error was now painfully clear. Courageously defying continuing riots, the strong-willed Premier kept the Diet in session until the vital moment at week's end when the revised Security Treaty at last achieved ratification. But from sources within his own squabbling party came word that Kishi would have to resign his premiership by autumn at the latest, might well be compelled to quit long before that (see FOREIGN NEWS...
...chanted the student rioters as, with locked arms, they snake danced crazily before Premier Nobusuke Kishi's suburban home. Behind drawn curtains, protected by a cordon of police, barbed wire and a high wall, the aging Premier could hear the voices crying, "Kill Kishi! Kill Kishi!" Deserted by most of his Cabinet, his chief of police and the weak-kneed leaders of his Liberal Democratic Party, Kishi had finally asked President Dwight Eisenhower to cancel his visit to Japan...
Reddened Windows. The showdown began on Wednesday night, when Kishi summoned a Cabinet meeting in his official residence across from the white granite Diet building. As the 17 ministers assembled shortly after midnight, the windows were reddened by the glare of flames from police trucks set ablaze by 14,000 rioters outside. They could hear the howl of the mob as it acclaimed the martyrdom of a 22-year-old coed named Michiko Kamba, who had been trampled as the stone-throwing mob reeled backward under the charge of 4,000 nightstick-swinging policemen...
Speaking in level tones, Kishi explained that the U.S. Government had advised Japan that "postponement" of Eisenhower's visit could be requested right up to the time Ike left Manila. But after that, it would be very awkward. Kishi said the "anti-Ike" demonstrations were clearly the work of international Communism, whose basic aim was to disrupt friendly relations between the U.S. and Japan...
Drumming Thud. Tough-minded Ha-yato Ikeda, the Minister of Trade, agreed with Kishi, said that "to postpone the visit would be to bow to Communist pressure." But Minister of State Akagi strongly advised cancellation. Kishi turned to National Police Director Ishiwara and asked his opinion. Japan's top cop replied cautiously, "There is a limit to the guarantees the police can give about protecting the President," and urged Kishi to "reconsider" the invitation to Ike. Two other Cabinet members said they thought the police chief's advice should be accepted. None of the others had anything...