Word: mamoru
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...after day in his briefings, Soviet Press Officer Kharlamov repeated his claim that the East Germans had been made full participants-implying diplomatic recognition by the West. On both sides of the Iron Curtain some news outlets accepted the line. Cried Radio Warsaw: "Victory for the U.S.S.R." Cabled Correspondent Mamoru Kikuchi to the Japan Times: "East Germany has won de facto recognition." Such was the effect of the Communist pitch that at one point U.S. Secretary of State Christian Herter felt obliged to spell out the West's attitude toward the East German regime during a conference session, persuaded...
...Died. Mamoru Shigemitsu, 69, durable, one-legged (from a 1932 bomb- throwing) diplomat who signed Japan's 1945 surrender aboard the Missouri, served twice as Foreign Minister (1943-45, 1954-56); of a heart ailment; in Yugawara, Japan. Careerist Shigemitsu was an early advocate of expansion into China, but wanted no part of a war with Britain or the U.S. He had little to say in Japan's World War II government until 1943, when apprehensive Premier Tojo wanted a moderate Foreign Minister, gave him the post. Railroaded into the war crimes trials by the Soviets (who blamed...
Smiles flashed and vodka flowed in Moscow's Spiridonovka Palace one day last week. It was Soviet Foreign Minister Shepilov's way of welcome to his Japanese counterpart, one-legged Mamoru Shigemitsu, in honor of Shigemitsu's 69th birthday. Gallantly, Shepilov apologized for not having sukiyaki for his Japanese guests. "Your vodka and caviar," replied Shigemitsu graciously, "are as good as ever...
Last week, after a long series of protests, foreign correspondents finally got a foot in the door. For the first time since Japan regained its independence, they attended the regular press conference of the Foreign Minister, now Mamoru Shigemitsu. In addition, the government supported the Foreign Correspondents Club in its campaign for equal access to the news...
Three weeks ago, on his visit to the U.S., one of the paroled six called on General Douglas MacArthur at Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria Towers. Said the general to Japan's Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu: "I think that Japan's so-called war criminals should be released." Shigemitsu thought so too and said so to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles...