Word: macarthurs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...head and pursed his lips. Turning back to Goodpaster and to Press Secretary Jim Hagerty, who was close by, Ike said: "We better get something out on this as soon as we can. You fellows ride over to the palace with me after this thing. And get Doug MacArthur on the phone." He faced front again, mouthing a single, soundless word. Abruptly he whispered to President Garcia, swung around to tell Mrs. Garcia, then looked out over the grassy park for a long moment...
...announce to newsmen the decision to ask President Eisenhower to cancel his trip. Then, in a gesture that emphasized the rebuff the U.S. had suffered, Foreign Minister Aiichiro Fujiyama formally reported the decision to a dark, ruggedly handsome man who bears a name all Japan once honored. For Douglas MacArthur II, U.S. Ambassador to Tokyo and the principal architect of present-day U.S. policy toward Japan, Kishi's retreat was an unhappy confirmation of his own growing doubts about the Ike visit. With a mixture of relief and bitter regret, Mac-Arthur phoned the news to the Eisenhower party...
...Activist. A lifelong sportsman with a sportsman's love of bold action. Douglas MacArthur II fortnight ago decided to try to bring Presidential Press Secretary James Hagerty into Tokyo by car instead of in the helicopter that stood ready at the international airport. MacArthur's explanation: As a test for Ike, "we had to find out just how far the mob would go." They found out when Zengakuren students mobbed MacArthur's limousine, tore off the American flag and forced Hagerty & Co. to retreat to the helicopter (TIME, June...
Even after that attack, MacArthur continued to recommend that Ike go ahead with the Tokyo visit unless the Japanese government itself asked him to stay away. But with the pointed firmness that has led one colleague to dub him "the man with the most leg drive in the Foreign Service," MacArthur also pressed Kishi's government for details of the security measures planned for Ike's arrival. When he learned that Kishi's chief security scheme was to organize pro-government demonstrations to counter the leftists, MacArthur cabled Washington that he could no longer hold...
...MacArthur had clearly recognized from the start, more was involved in the struggle raging inside Japan than the possibility of mob action against Ike. At bottom, what was at stake was the U.S.'s long range interest in Japan. For in a classic sample of Communist strategy, all the trappings of democracy in Japan-a strong labor movement, a free press, an expanded educational system-were being employed to undermine the foundations of democratic government...