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Japttn
~nu:~
1948.
Roth mcn
dfé
le.tdcN of
majt~r
faction!' wHhm thc
L.D.I'.
Born on Murch 17. 1907.
011
Ja–
pan's smallcst 1sland of
Shikolu.
M
•ki
wa~
1he o nly son or a rural.
midüle-class fercili¡:cr
nH.::rcham.
Unlikc most of his
prcd~ce-.sors
1n
the
pr<.·ma~r·s
otficc. he did not at–
tcn<.l u pre.)tigc '..:hool. hut
he
c:n–
tcred Tokyo"s Mciji
Univcr-:ity
in
1926.
B~c.tU~
úf
lliS
\' I .S i l~
lO lhl!
U.S.
(wherc he studícd for lúur }'CID)
and Europc. 1t took hnn 11
yc:-~rs
to
gel 1hrot1gh thc law 'Kh()<)l. t-le rc–
cci"ed his
l.tw
dcgrce from Mc:iji in
1937 and
~OOJl
thcrcaflcr was
elcctcd h)
thc
Dic1. to
whu:h
he
h<t~
beco rcelectcd 14 tunes
M1k1
publidy opposcd war wuh
thc Umtcd Stt.ttcs ilnü
t:dillC
mto
Ji~f;,tvor
wilh
" '3rttme
Prcmicr l li–
deki
IOJO.
He
wu~ ..:om~cqucmly
allowed to
conCimiC in
polilks dur–
i •~s
rhc
po~twar
U.S.
occupauon
He
JS
an
expcru! llC~d
polirictan,
having_ !<.et\'Cd
in
ten cabincl
poi<~i
rions
sincc
thc
war. including Dcp-
111) Prem1er. Forc•gn Minl!lltr.
and
Minister
of
lntcrnntional
Tr~1dc
and
lt1dustry.
f'> liki
unsucc('~:>fully
sought 1hc
premicrship
lhrec
tinu.~.
in
1968
and 1970
against
Ehaku Salo and
ni.
1972
at;;:•inst Kakuci Tanaka.
Pr.:m icr
Miki
faces numcrous
challenges. induding reforming
and
modcrmzing
thc
faction~nd·
den
Ubcrai-Dcmocr.uic
Pattv
amJ
dcaling wuh Japan's
Se\c:ré
in–
nntion
prohlcm
(over 20% an–
nu:olly).
/1.·1
iJa
wcll
undoubh:dly
mnmtam
Japan's
pro-Arnb
~tant"C.
ror
"hich
he
lj
rc~pon~ibJc
in
l~~rgc
mea..ure
for
<: rcatmg.
He
i<~: ~tlso
in
r::.,or
of
closcr lics with Peking and ••
more
active
Japanc\e
role
in Asian
re–
giomll
::1lt'ai~.
Despuc
his
p ro–
Amcrícanism.
~ume
experiS
fc:eJ
h is
dcsire
ror a more
mdcpencJenl
for–
clg.n
poli ~:y
may
pul a str.un on
Jap.:ancsc:-f\mcritom rclatioos-.
Miki has a lso opposed largc Jap–
:mcsc military forccs and hl'b de–
fended
thc ·•no
war"
cl.tUse
or
che
Jap:tnesc.: consLilucion. He
supfk"~rL<~:
che
Japancse-Amencun
Mutual
Security
Tre;~ty.
Prentic:r
Miki
and his
wi iC
ha,•c
chree grown children. liis
w1fc.
che
former
Mutsu~o
Mnn. is
the
daughter of the
founde r
of lhe
lnrge
prewar Mori md\IStrml cm·
pire. Mme.
Mik1,
who calls
hcr
hu$band ..lh1u m
un."
has .not
becn
rcluctant to
pub1icly
ro•nt out h•s
var10u!>
c<:centncitic~.
"Unshellcd
pcanuts are among his
f:1vorite
foods:•
shc reveals. ••but when
he
starl.!. eating chem. he scauers shells
all around the room." O
THREAT OF EMBARGO
(Cóutimt~d
[rom
pagt•
3)
than
U.S. Sccretary ofState Hcnry
Kissinger: U.S.
nulilary
inttr·
vcntion
cannot
be
nded
ou1
as a
last
resort
ir
the
West's cconomy is
t hrcatcncd
wi th
suangulalion.
Kissinger's low-key resnarks con·
IS1nel1 in an 101e.rvicw in
8U!itn<!S$
Week
magazine
d rew an
expectcd
di re reaction in
official
Middle East
cirdes.
Top
U.S.
govcrnmcnt orlicials
are
more rrcquently
d isc.ussing the
"option"
of
armed action
if
rhe nil
4
ART BUCHWALD
2600years
befare
Vladivostok
WASHINGTON - h ,,
wnuen
in the Book of the Prophct tsuiah
thoH
thc:
Lord
pronuscd
the peoplc.
"They
shall
bc::at thcir
'won.h
uno
plowshlres and their spcurs
llllt'
ptumng
hook~:
natiun !"hall 1101 hll
up
~word
ag_ainst
nat100. nc1ther
shall lhey
learn war an)'
more:·
11
ncvcr
rcally
happe1 ed...
ru.l 1
havc
m my
pos-se~:.i<.tn
. 1
De-dd Sc.t
Scroll "hil·h
tdls
why.
At
one
hrne
the
Phtli!<otiOñ
and
Judah
l<oigncd
.t
drsarm;_uncnl
p.tct
hmtting
1he llUillber of
l>WOrds
und
~pear$.
\Vhen thc King of Ju<.lah
broughl
che ueat)
bacl
10
ht"
peoplt. there
"a$
JO}'
1n
thc l:tntl .
"Doc..;
th~J;
mean ' ' e
w1ll
not
huve cv
~pcnd
gold
fQr
amu·)·•
1h~y
~·sketl.
'·Jt
mcans no
~uch
thing."
thc
kmg replied. "\Ve
w1ll,
m facL h:l\'1.!
to
spcnd
nwrc
gold
than
cvcr:·
..But."
:t
.scribe
a~ked
the king.
..ifwc have a
treaty
with thc Ph1li!\·
unes.
why dt>
we
havc to "'pcnd
1nore gold for
.&rmamcnb?"
..Becm1sc
1r
wc have
tu
be:u uur
swords
mto
plowsh<~rc-s
and
our
SJlC31'$ 1n to
pruníng
h•ll ..
l..',
wc mu:.t
dcVclop
new
we<~pom.
to oppos.c
1hc Ph1lis1ines."
che kmg of
Jud,eh
replicd.
'"nn:.
will involve ;.\
~t;r.abk
mvcstment in
rc~earch
of r<M.:k·
throwing
mnch1 n~
and
~rmorcJ
donkeyfi.
which at.
yo
u k
now .are
not
covcrcd
by
che
trc.tty. Wc c•m·
not
allow
our agre<:mcnc
' ''1th tht.:
Phihscíncs
w
put
us at a milít.lf)'
ÓISadV81Hage:·
"Si
te."
l'lnOthcr
~ribc
:>\Ud.
"doc:–
the agreement
mean
th:uall (1\\ orJ.>
will
be
beatcn into
pl <m~harc_, ~tnd
all
~pears
anlo
prun1ng
hook~?"
crisis
become~
unmanuge.d.,lc:.
1\
leading U.S. "think
t.mk"
hots bct:n
commisstonct.l to do a
dccp
~tud)
as
10
how w-ch intcrvenuon could
be carned out. Ameril-un Annv .tnd
M~trinc unit~
huvc
s tcppcd up
t.ICM:r1
warrarc
train~ng.
but
011 a
low protile bas:is:...
1ntercsrulgly.
l•n lc :mcmp1 '"
being
m:uJe
to conceal thb
~mwing
line
or
thinking
rrom
f(ltel,gn
it.r–
tel hgen~~.
h is hopcd. m
f:1<.:t.
thut
Arnb
ca
a
.trc
h~tening
-
<\nd
gel ..
ting
the
mes.\age. A
tor-tevd U.S.
policy·maker
Stte~ed
1h;11 Wash–
•ngton
1<1:
detcrmined
((l
:1void pro·
' 't>cal ive
thrc:H~~
"Btll wc
wun1
1hc
;\ rnbs:·
he affim\!>. "to under..tand
thou
we are
not
rul ing
out
thc
U$4.:
of
Americ-an
military
pow~r
if
thc:
sat–
uat lon
rcquircs
it"
Such
milit:tr')'
intcn.'e ntion
i:~o.,
or
course, seen
as
a bst rcrort.
Chanccs or
succcss
of such .,
drastic
s1ep?
At prcse1H. moM
of
the
Mu.ldle East
powers aré
consi\lcred
1\ ililál'y
"gazell~
in
a
world or
lion:~;.''
Thi$.
or coursc. could
ehange 1n the_
ruwrc. given
the:
huge quantities of
soph1sticatcd
ar–
maments
bc:ing
purchascd
by
lran
and Saudi Arabia. Ncvenhcless.
seizure
of
Ara.b
oil
raciiHie~
is
"No.
11
dO-t."~n·a.
lt
mean.> that
horh sidcs may keep thc
'>word\
thcy now
have
a nd incrtase thc:ir
'Pc~lr
c-,¡¡ rrien. h.l
2.400.
Thc
Phih<~:·
une~. a~
yo
u
lnow.
tmve
~upcnont)
1n
tht.:
we1gh1 of
1hc~r
s.pcars..
but
1\Ur
lh rowc"
>~re
twil-'C
.t~
ott:-curatc.
We
h:tvc
mor~
th.1n
e1\uug.h
hl
r~
pui"'C any
fir;~¡:a.-.tn~c
r.u:.ck.
but
wc're
-,un
weal '"
<.'Qnvcntion.ll
we-apons
Mlth
fl$
~ticb
and largc
'tol\l"S.''
..How
(.'Un
wc
he
~urc
th.u
che
Phih.)tlncs wi ll 1101 pul
more
lh~w
one head on 1hc1r
~rc~&r:>?"
J.
M:nbc
a~kcd.
..\Vh1lt
thc
treaty doe$
nu1
limil
che
numbcr
of
head!~
you
c;.~n
pul
un a 'pe.1r,"
thc
ldng rcplicd. ''it
<.loco~
lintit thc
numbcr
of carners
10
throw thcm.
ThlS i!<o
che first
11mc
lhc
Jllu l í~lincs
havc c\·en bcen ""'111-
lllg
to
db<.'U.)$
puuing a
stop
Jo
the
~pe.1r
racc."
'"What
1'>
10 pcevent thc:
Phili'> ~
11ne~
from bcat.ng
thcu sword\: in 10
plow~harcs
and thcn ::mackang us
wrth
lhc
pll''~:-tMr('~'?"
"Al this
aim<!
wc ha' e a
threc~to·
(lOC
piO\\',sh.nc .lc.h·antage
ov~r
ahe
Phili~lJOC''.
··our
defl!'n_~tc
peoplc
h~wc .t~kcd
fot
.tn
~x.tro•
ton
of gold to linanc--c
.m
•• n ti·rlc)\\~harc
system
\\hich
\"ould dctect the
dcpiO)' I\lCn t
of
any
pl ow~h..re:s
by
thc
Phih~t1ne:~ .
Thcy
:JIMlMC
.-t.,king
in
th~lr
budget
fM
..t
ncw
~níleng \'C<;~c l
ca pable of
l.wnching
lireball5-
.lg.t i n~t
.1
Phi li'>·
une
boon at JO
fect.
fhi~
will makc
up
for
any
lO'."
we
will
.Mtfl'cr In not
hcing
pcrm iucd
tu
m:Jke nt"'
~'vonk
1 :.h.lll m:•kc
1hcse
r.:qucn~
10
thc
<:Qunéi l
10
my
Stutc
of
1hc
Kmg~.lom mC"-"·'~c
Ol':\t
\\Cck: ·
··s1re.
fCirgh~
me IOr- 'aying. thi;;,
hut wc don·t
~t>l.!nl
any
do!-.er
tu
peacé with 1he l
1
hlh,tin"'
th,m wr
wer('
bé'forc
thc
plvw..,h~trc
tremy.
(\lt,d-.1 )Oll
tcll
U!<
wh~t l
\\\: gJu)Cd
fmmitT.
..., he
Jlh 1 l'--" tulc~
h:lvc
:tgrcctl
to
bu)
otll
our
whc.tt
CrtlP'
unt1l
l.l
U.C." O
~~!m,~~;~,("~~ r,~~~~\1011.
wr)
ngh\
lñ~
pre~c1111)
nol
~o-'l"..l'li l llcrctl
msur·
mounwhle.
ucc-ording
to '> t ratcgl"'
pl.umers
10 the WC$L
1\
g_l ~ulce
at
thc
map
'\hClW!)
mo~t
l'crs.mn
(iulf
011
lic-' wcll
withm
reuch of co.ca·
bascd
~trtkang
forccs. The problcm
ur ')almtage
a nd
ht~ril.!-sing
:uwcks
by
guerrilla
mi\lers
.nc rclat ivd)
sm:dl
t.langcr~
<.:ompa,·cd
lo
the
unknown
Céaction
or
thc Sovkt
Union.
WoulJ thc Rus,inn'
inter~
vcnc w1th
their own
lloullo~
of
113\'..tl
ship!o tOMOp
sudl <nl
in'a~ion?
No
one knows.,
(h)WC\'Cf,
¡n
laiC
Novcmbcr.
ror
thc lln.t 11mc
in
26
)C:u~.
thc U.S.
,\ircraft cMricr
cu,utellatión
~aí led
thc Pen.lan úulfJUSI
()fr
thc
world'<l;
tichc!::OI
oil lidJ!-. The cxcur.o.ton
Wob
•'in
ket:p•ng
wuh
uur polícy
o(
more:
rrequem
derloymcnts
10
the
lnJmn
Oc~un
fi:gi,ln,"
U.S. u lli–
duls
~.tid
Buc the
cruise
was :darm..
mg
10
:-.o
me J\rath
Whilc
11
e\
¡')rc~cnt ly ~xpec.Jicn 1
fM
governmenl
c)fficizlls
m
v:•r)ing
c~p;tcitic :,
to
den)
any
planncd
or
poss1blc
m11ítary
acuon
in
ahc
M
id ·
east.
the
record of
hiStl'lfY
speaks
n\óre
e loqut ntly:
Tf!i• \:ung
1he
un·
thinkablc bec,)mc:"
eá~y
t"' do when
a
na110n
is
backcd
into
a
cor·
ncr.
o
llllarldwalall
by
Gene H Hogberg
REPORTING FROM ARMAGEDDON...
Whik warming up thc carly-mornmg ooO'ce thc othcr day. [
was pcrforming my cus1omary dial-twirling mual - llipping ba<'k
and forth bctwccn NBC's
Today Slww
and thc
CBS Moming News.
Television bcmg thc ulcer-ridden compctillve market that it is,
thc
best shows
are
always
on
a t
the
samc
time. even
ncws and
spccml cvcms -
which
ma~cs
a
full·timc
ncws~\vatcher
Jike myseJf
furious.
Dunng
a
oornmercwl time-out on
TQday
1
<wuchcd ovcr two
dial spots lo Hughcs RudJ 's
Mvmmg Ne"-'·
A
;pectal repon
was
in
progress from thc volatile Middle
F.ast.
The newsman
was
inter–
vicwmg
lsraeli
cuizcns on whether
thcy
fe lt
t hcir nauon
was ju.cai–
fied in dcvelopmg and , more importan
t.
using atomic wcapoos.
or
those
intcrvicwed
t hc unammous
answcr
was ·•ycs" - cvcn
from
a
gentleman philosopher who had been. up unlll now.
a
lifc-long
pacifist. To him. Israel'< burdencd back
was
slowly but stcad •ly
be.ng shoved up agamst a poli t•cal Wailing WaiL He lidt 1ha1 if
worse carne
lO
worse m a
foture
Arab-l sracli war. Israel would be
JUSiilied in usmg thc bomb - 1f it had it - and in risking cvcn sclf–
imposed extinction rathcr than subm111mg to thc thre:uening Arab
•um1es.
In rich symbolism: thc
CBS
rcportcr. swnchmg to
a
very
appropriate outdoor localion for hts s¡gn·olf said. "This
tS
Tom
Fcnton, rcponing from thc plains ofArmagcddon."
Th is madc me think. Fcn1on just míght havc to do another
report from
thc
:"ame spot in ::-nother ten
ycM'S.
thc way thmg_s are
goiog
m
the world
now.
Out;ide the <ingula rly frighlful U.S.-U.S.S.R. racc (<lm•cd to"
mere trot
by
means of thc
Vladívo~tok
Surnmit
agrecmcnl)
thc
nuclear •·pox''threatcn1' to
b rc.ü..
uut all
O\cr.
lndj~, ~hockcd
lhe
world
hy
cxpiOOmg ÍL\ ·•dcvicc" in
May
1974. No". t\li Bhuno. lhc presiden!
of
Amb-rival l'aki>tan d:l.im>
that
hi~
truncatctl.
ímp,)\lcn:,hc..l
country nHg.ht
llc tOrced into
a
crash program to dcvclop a
··dcvacc··
of itsown.
France and
Ch1nn
<-onunut' thcir cxpcns:ivc
nuclear
weapon~
rcscarch-dcvcl<>pmcnt-dcploymcnt progran•s.
llul it is in lhc extremcly narrow geogmphic.1l .tnd polirica l
con fi nes of thc Mideast whero nuclctlf prolifcrauon could havc thc
g rcatcst impact
c.m
the world. ls • fngh tcncd Israel uc1ually
m
the
process of developing ' ' the bomb"? Will Egypt. dcsp11e U.S. a.sur–
a.nccs
to the con1rary. divcrt the plutonium from her promised U.S.
nuclear powcr
plan~~
into
wcapon~
production'! Will lhe So,,iets.
dcspitc thc heady aura of detente. supply taclical nucle<tr "'C"pons
co certain
oflh~ir
Mideast allics'l
To
makc all
of the above specu lalion' trip ly dangcrou<. wc "re
OO\Y
treatec.l ro
oontinua l
rumors
from rmH1) t'irclcs -
ulways
;•categorically
dcnicd'" of <.:our.!tc
of fu ture militar) action
agam~t
lhe Middle Eas1 oil produccr.. unJess crudc oil pricc; come down or
in Cdse thcre is a nothcr embargo.
How near are we. tbcn. to thc time of Armagcddon. spoken of
in Revelation ló:
16
whcn allthe major nallon> of thc world will
be
gathered for history's g reatcst bloodbath'!
o
WEEK EI'IDING. IiEB. 8. 1975