Evening star., 1960-06-10
HAGERTY
10000 Besieee U. S. Aide in Tokyo
To Protest Eisenhower's Visit

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the airport. There they met
Mr.. Hagerty's car.
Mr.. Hagerty added:
only when it was obvious
we were not going to be per-
mitted to drive did we call for a
helicopter."
Red Flags In Crowd
The car doors were locked,
but the demonstrators had a
chance to break through the
windows and unlock the doors.
They passed up this opportu-
nifty to lay hands on the White
House emisSaries-presumably
because they wanted to go so
far and no farther.
Amid the surging crowd were
red flags, banners, placards and
crew leaders with whistles.
Mr.. Hagerty told q news
conference tonight:
I'VE are sure that the dem
onstrations in no way reflect
the feeling and the attitude of
the great majority of the Japa-
nese people for whom America
has the warmest friendship"
Mr.. Hagerty said the demon
Stration was obviously care
fully planned and the fact that
the demonstrators were sing
ing the "Internationale"-the
song Of international COM
munism raised doubts
whether they even had ale
glance to Japan.
The demonstrators had been
called out by Zengakuren,
Japan's extreme leftist student
federation, apd the leftist
Sohyo federation Of labor
unions.
Picked up by Copter
Japanese police finally
cleared an opening around the
battered car In which Mr.. Hag-
erty, Mr.. Stephens and Mr..
Macarthur had been held
prisoner and a United States
Marine helicopter swooped
down, picked them up and flew
them to a Japanese Army base.
From there they drove to the
back gate Of the heavily guard
ed United States Embassy and
slipped in, escaping 5000 DEM
onstratorS massed out front.
Within a few minutes, how
ever, several hundred students
rushed up to the back gate and
battled police, who kept them
from breaking into the en-
baSSy compound.
Mr.. Hagerty refused to see
leaders of the demonstrators,
and the crowd settled down for
an all-night vigil in front Of
the embassy, chanting and
shouting slogans attacking Mr..
Hagerty, the Presidents visit
and Prime Minister Nohusuke
Kishi.
At his news conference Mr..
Hagerty was asked whether it
would not be risking Mr.. Eli
senhower'S safety to bring him
to Japan in the present tur-
moil.
Sees Adequate Protection
II wouldn't think So" Mr..
Hagerty replied. HE will be
a guest of Japan. I would
think that the necessity for !,
protection would be adequately
handled by the capable forces
Of the japanese government.
II don't think the japanese
people will permit the Presi-
dent of the United States to
be caught in the same bind
we were caught in," Mr.. Hag-
erty added.
Mr.. Macarthur said Mr.. Kishi
and Foreign Minister Aiichiro
Fujiyama had apoligized and
I'VE accepted the expression of
regret and sympathy immedi-
ately."
Mr.. Hagerty said many Jap
anese including government
officials flooded the embassy
switchboard with calls to apollo
gize.
wv e told them we under-
STOOD" he said.
Limousine Pummeled
Mr.. Hagerty said he figured
the demonstrators intended to
harm him, adding: II don't
think it is friendly to throw
stones or have people climb on
the roof of the car and smash
windows"
In their first charge at the
1856 Cadillac limousine, the
demonstrators rocked it from
side to side. Mr.. Hagerty, Mr.. q,
Macarthur and Mr.. Stevens
hung on inside until the rock
ing stopped. )
Then the demonstrators pum-
meled the car with their fists.
They kicked its sides. Some !
swung their placards at the car.
A few jumped on its roof with i
exhortations to the mob. ,
American security officials
jumped out Of accompanying ,
cars and used their bodies as
shields. Then Japanese police