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...makes no bones about his own eta origin is blunt, 70-year-old Juichiro Matsumoto, a respected Socialist in the House of Councilors, the upper chamber of the Japanese Diet. He says angrily: "There are many eta people who have risen to top ranks in their professions, including screen stars and flower-arranging masters, but they dare not be frank about their origin because their popularity would immediately drop. But before we blame them, we must blame Japan's society, which permits such discrimination...
...Kono, aging Hatoyama hobbled out of his plane at Moscow airport, smiled gratefully as white-bearded Premier Bulganin took him firmly by the arm to help him down. Hatoyama was obviously flattered by the imposing list of Soviet notables attending the conference: "Some of their biggest men," said Ambassador Matsumoto. The visits began with banquets too rich for Japanese stomachs ("Oh, if they'd only cut the servings in half," muttered Mrs. Hatoyama), accompanied by toasts to the glories of Japanese culture. But in the long private sessions with Khrushchev, neither water, tea nor cigarettes were provided...
...Premier abandon the Moscow trip unless the Russians could be persuaded to give advance assurances that possession of Etorofu and Kunashiri would "continue to be the subject of negotiations" even after a peace settlement. To pacify the businessmen, the Hatoyama government promptly sent Japan's Roving Ambassador Shunichi Matsumoto off; to Russia to seek such assurances. Last week, after letting Matsumoto cool his heels in a hotel room for three days, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Nikolai Federenko gave the Soviet reply: "Russia is ready to welcome Premier Hatoyama to Moscow for the purpose of signing a pact...
While the Philippines hoped to reach a settlement with the elusive Japanese (see above), Japan, in turn, was being teased along by Russia's Jacob Malik. In London, Ambassador Malik (who speaks Japanese) presented Chief Japanese Negotiator Shunichi Matsumoto with a peace treaty draft which hardly differed from the terms Japan rejected four years...
...Kensington Palace Gardens, known locally as "Millionaires' Row," Russia and Japan last week began their first high-level talks since the war. Russian Ambassador Yakov Malik, usually scowly, invited photographers into the Embassy's sacrosanct conference room and smilingly offered a cigarette to the Japanese Ambassador, Shunichi Matsumoto. The Japanese diplomat, who does not smoke, accepted the cigarette and beamed. "Very congenial," said Matsumoto afterwards. "The atmosphere is very warm...