Detroit evening times., 1945-12-03
THE ROAD
To TOKYO
BY James R.
Young

Il Scott w. Lucas w OF alln-V
nois. of the Pearl Harbor lnves-
tigating committee, urging HIM
that TO complete the report on
Japanese negotiations in the
capital prior 10 Dec 7, l94l,
prominent Americans and Japa-
neSe should be questioned on the
witness stand. so we may know
the extent of their "negotla-
tions' as referred to in decoded
japanese messages
BY their testimony We might
in the future beware of the
maneuvers Of do-gooders and
handshakers lest We fall again
into Jap trap,
From Tokyo the committee
should summon Sahlro kurusu.
Adm. kichiSaburo Nomura and
Japan's former financial com.
missioner in Washington, I.
NlShiyama.
| want 10 hear them Identify,
in the committee room, the
Influential" persons who they
say IN their decipher messages
were part of Tokyo's frontal
negotiations" with the White
House. Former Postmaster Gem
eral Frank G. Walker, accord
inc TO testimony by Sumner
Welles, was the cabinet MEM
ber 10 whom KuruSu has re-
ferred as one Of the prominent
Americans -heing used 10 avert
war.
THE other, whom Kurusu has
Il called An official person
age" is, by my investigation,
Senator Ebert d. Thomas d.
OF Utah. who for several DAYS
prior 10 the attack, was work.
ING with Langdon Warner. q
Cambridge, Mass, archeologist,
on a proposal that a direct mes
sage from the president 10 the
emperor might he effective. A
White House dinner party on
Dec. 4 194l. heard this pro-
posal The following day the
president sent the message, but
the emperor had already signed
tho declaration Of war
This information is so reveal
ing that for months Senator
Thomas sought special leglsla-
ton in Senate Bill S05 70 pro-
vide severe penalties for any ono
who reveals the contents ~ in
tercepted. decoded and ciphered
messages.
Another who should also ~
called is the Rev r Stanley
Jones, a Methodist missionary
evangelist. 10 whom the Japa-
-Hese -heamed special radio
message four days after he
Booi1ttte RAID on Tokyo ad-
dressed 10 Bishop Jones
IN RECENT newSrcels ku7Isu
i said he knew nothing ~ the
plans. but the deCOdcd messages
and phone conversations With
Tokyo prove that he was AZ
familiar with The orders 20
Washington as Gen Hideki Too.
Adm Nomura. after destroying
his codes. continued 10 contact
Senator Thomas through an IN
termedlarN as means ot nam.
tanning connections with the
White House.
The go-between vas Frederick
Moore, for 20 years on Japans
pay roll an intimate OF the
war criminal ioSuke MatSuoka
and a. various times an adviser
in Tokyo. London. Geneva and
Washington. II was Moore whom
Adm. Nomura asked 10 thank
Senator Thomas for the eff
forts being made bv the for
mer Norm missionary 10
Japan Moore, besides receiving
a japanese foreign Office paw
check, was picking up Stipenc
from the South Nanchurian
Railway Co, once headed by
MatSuoka
Moore. on the stand. could
identify the Dec. 4 l94i. dinner
guests AT the White House,
which affair was Plan A ~
the japanese diplomat plot in
the capital
Sumner Welles while special
ling in Latin and South Ameri-
4. f1v,.altar
the Japanese situation Many
years ago he was in our en-
baSsy in Tokyo He did not
trust the japanese. Welles was
hated by kurusu Welles waS
the single top man in Hullt de-
partment who would not sell
China down the river. To COM
plete this aspect the former
Chinese ambassador, DR.. Hu
HShih. could reveal how the
Chinese We're prepared 10 tell
all TO the world # HullS for
eign policy continued 10 appcaSe
Japan For additional back
ground on our constructive
conciliation' policy the commit
tee should question the state
departments Russian-born Leo
Pasvolsky.
I HAVE emphasized 10 Sena-
Il tor Lucas that the commit
tee must hear frSt-hand from
MaXwall Hamilton and Eugene
y ooman about how they
arrange 10 fy kurusu 70
Washington, and from DR. STAN
ley X. Hornbeck. ambassador 70
the Netherlands. Adm J. ..
Richardson has identified Horn
beck as the state department.
official who had more 10 do
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