oULy WieVIeT Ne 1s TreLlerring vO anytning recent or concrete.
Moreover,
..-3's app.rent ittempt to place the nature of the threat thit the JCP repre‘.t% ir its croper perspective by comparing the size of the JCP membership with
* .£ che T .chers Union is somewhat disconcerting, for Maianc neglected to
ait oul th t altauouzh a ver, small mumber of teachers are JCP members, compa-
- * nflnence ain the Teachers Union is of substantial proportions.
(A com.enta-
are aypani hsDun also deplored this statement but for far different masons,
tm ou At TE Gag typieal of Makino to link the Teachers Union and the JCP
-. %. ay ac the sare sort of organizations.)
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Although some press reports hinted
rc ga.yinese security agencies may be taking a more gloomy view of the situation
", an th t displayed in this sp:ech, there was little significart newspaper
“=, tton.
(HT)
“". Rishtist etivity(eontinyed)
A somewh.t pathetic footnote was added to recent rumors of possible rightist
.20,4ncs when a group of about fifty extremists staged a denonstration in front
co itane Minister Hatoyama's private residence on the night of Zuesday, Septanber
. ‘She croup hich included some women, was led by Bin AKAO of the Greist Japan
“r.otae Party (Lai Nappon Avkoke-to) and consisted primarily of his followers.
‘ney ¢..cried canners protesting Hutoyama's proposed trip to Moscow. Police pre=
rerLed them from entering the gramds of the residence, but adout twenty of the
Jaconstrators staged a sit~dowm protest outside the gates throughout a very rainy =.
tte
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On Thursday, September 27, the National Protection Society (GokokuDan) held
a rally in the plaza in front of Tokye's large Shimbashi Station.
ers of the
Ciet received bisarre invitations to the rally which were represented as coming
from the deceased conservative leaders Taketora OGATA and Bukichi MIKI, These
invitations Invited the recipients to attend the funeral service of the "traitor®
rrime Minister Ichire HATOYAMA, There were no assassinations or other attempts
to add a note of realism to the mock ceremony. Press reaction and public interest