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Died. Admiral Nobumasa Suetsugu, 64, brusque, violent, onetime Commander in Chief of the Japanese Grand Fleet, strategist of Japanese submarine warfare, 79th Japanese admiral pronounced dead since May 27; in Japan...
Although a disciple of the violently anti-foreign Admiral Nobumasa Suetsugu, Shimada refrained then, as usual, from rattling his tongue. He sedulously avoided embroilment in domestic Jap politics. He won the confidence of Jap Army leaders because he had the reputation of being "regular Navy"-only more so-and minding his business...
...Grim, fire-eating Admiral Nobumasa Suetsugu, perhaps the leading naval source of Japan's present policies...
...Yoshizawa was calculated to be more than a match for Amateur Diplomat van Mook. Muttered Admiral Nobumasa Suetsugu, longtime policymaker for the Japanese Navy, as the negotiations opened: "We have a right to ask the East Indies to cooperate with us ... and to ask them for the materials needed for our common prosperity and existence. . . . There is no cause for hesitation. It all depends on Japan's own determination." Minister van Mook was also determined...
...position to fight. But while the Japanese played for time, Minister van Mook was the one who got it - and used it. When the negotiations ended in a complete Japanese defeat last June, thanks to Hubertus van Mook the Dutch had had time to get ready. Admiral Nobumasa Suetsugu felt that Japan's fail ure to grab the Indies was unforgivable...