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for the American press and this was he'pful in the way the news was
reported in the States, But we were not permitted to meet the Japanese press until the following November when we had some very
successful new: conferences in which a lot of this was rehashed, and
I think it did some good, Sut all through the period that [ was in
Japan, neither Ambassador Allisor nor I met with the press,
The
only direct announcements from the Americans were from people
who were just passing through and who had no relationship with the
thing, but felt that they would lile to oe spokesmen,
waa muddy the water,
All they did
MILLET: There is a very high level cf comraderie between the
American psychiatrists and tae Japancse profession, toa, We went
over there for a short conference, then brought them back the next
year and hosted them to go down to MMexico for an international cangress with the Mexicans, That's been a very profitable experience
for everybody,
HISENHUD-
When it was all over, John Morton and ! decided to
go to Fniwetck because ne wae interested in finding out whet he could
about the natives there, bob Conard ard Chuck Dunham and [, and
others, thought it was a secret that we were leaving. We learned ia
retrospect there realty weren't any secrets a!l through there, that
almost every move we made wan pretty well known to the Japanese,
When T pot to the ai: port, the whole sctentific corps turned out to say
good-bye tous, My house is decorated from one end to the other
“with lovely presen's that were given to us, and Lthink it was quite
sincere,
SCHULL Ore has to be careful in placing too much emphasis
upon events of that kind in Japan, Courtesy requires that individuals
of prominence ve welcomed and sent off, even when they may not be
Liked, To do otherwise is a reflection upon oneself,
WARREN:
Is one supposed to give presents in return”
SCHULL. Not necessarily, It secms to me that if there are answers to b:: found to situations like the ones we have been discussing,
they must be sought inthe culture of tne country, and dosseo.y years
of historical events which may have preceded the ‘affair.’ Japan is
certainly a marvelous illustration of this, her reaction to t.e Fukurvu
Maru incident is not to be explained in such simple terms as the response of a defeated nation to her defeator, Japan's image of herself