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New York, Fri.—Japan’s newly appoint-d Ambasstdor to the
US Mr Saizo Iguchi warned in
a speech last night of the “unpreetdented dangers of the atomie age.”
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“We cannot escape from the:
fact that all of us are living ’
un
der the shadow of a terrible
nace,” he said.
"Every home and every com,
munity anywhere in the word!
even civiization itself—will be im}
danger of extinction if atomic?
witapons siould be used in an-,
hres
“Washington, Fri-A Cal formia Congressman juss back
from the Pacific hydrogen-tomb
test disclosed officizlly yester_ day that en explosion “larger
than expected” was set off by |
US earlier thts month,
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Representative ‘Chet Holifield;
“WDemocrat) mace the siatement!
in explaining v hy 234 person suf,
fered ;adiation exposure on Kwa-’
jalcin and nearby isiands, reports,
INS.
Karlie r, Congressmen who Tes?
fused to be quoted saidthe explesion amazed its creators.
Sencte Foreign Relations Chair-}
man Alexander Wily “(Republic-*
an), meanvhile demanded that!
Fresident Eissnkower tell thes
aeintenyee
other war. -In the face of this}
common danger whic. co-fronts:
mankind, your country and mine?
and
Beruee
Nathan?
Twining, Air Force Chief of .
Staff,, yesterday watchcd the /
first production micdel of the |
eight-jet B-52 “H-Bomb Carrier” ;
roll off the assemblyline at the
Aireraté
Comp.zny,-
Gen Twining said the giant :
Strato-Fortress is cépable of 3
bombing strategie areas anywhere in the world, with refuel“ine aid.—InS.
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Vetele Ty
Americen r.ople Just how power,
ful the new H-ticmbd was,
veral
Sinat
immediately”
that this might give;
ation to a potential cnemy4
Mr HoiZeld, who visited cin}
radiation victims on Kwajalein,
said unexpected shifts in. highaltitude wirds also played a part
in the incident
It apparently was. the first
major miscalculation mede in
muckar icste
Congressional sources revealed
that the unexpectedly large ex:
plosicn Brey ed thot there was an
increase in ‘force per pound” i¢-
He said the preblem of de- 4
fince’ wag exceedingly complex
for Capan. The Government was
faced with the “psychological
; demijtarization” wh'ch folow* ed the last war and the early *
settlement of. reparations with~
Asian neighbour countries: —
“Nor can We ignore the appre-
hersion of some of our nse
, bours" concerning the possible re[surgence of Japanese mil. tariscay”
be said,
p
jhittle possibility there {s of mli-
,tartst revival, Others do not and
We must therefore move from
cireumspection.” _
He added: “I do not mean
to oer excuses. The Japansse
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Government is fully committed «
to the building up of its de-
fence system to the limit of its
ability. °
“The major:ty of the Japanese
people are becoming increasingly
Jeased ty the Hlomb when it is}
made }arg*r, and that eside from}
“practigal co:nside rations it was a
“limitless” weapon.
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“We wha know the true tem-
: per of the post-war generation of
the Japanese people krow how
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Bocing
Prin-
Mr Iguchi said Japan would:
Teecreasingiy * assume responsibili-?
ty for its own defence under the:
terms of its security treaty and,
recently sigred military aid pact j
with the US but warned that his}
naticn’s efferts ta expand its de-}
fence role might seem “unjusti-y
flably inadequate”
Carrier” Rea y.
Fri—Gen
uphold the
first speech in the US since wbe-s
ing appointed. Ambessador, - of
"Fe52.“AHtornb |
Seattle,
who
pesce :aust work together to pre-;
sefve our civilization.”
Mr Iguchi was aidressing “ai
meeting of the Japan Society, his;
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all
ciples of humanity, morality andj
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freddy “
Japan News,
damsans
Biking Incident
aware of the stakes invoived.
“Even though her efforts must
jnecessarity be modest aurirg this
‘initial -slage, Japan {5 steadily
‘as suming increasing responsidil:i
ty for ker defence.
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| ‘The austerity budget which
jee piesent Japatese Gevyern
ment hag now imposed upon it- B
self is, I think, eloquent eviden2ce ‘:
‘of our intention to make the nes
‘essary
sacrifices
‘mn
orcer
to]
shoulder our share of ‘re defence
burden”?