711.94/1971: Telegram
The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State
[Received February 27—8:35 a.m.]
330. 1. Colonel Iwakuro has been assigned to the Japanese Embassy at Washington as “Special Adviser” to the Japanese Ambassador. He is to arrive in San Francisco on or about March 20 on the Tatsuta Maru. I recommend that arrangements be made to expedite his entry and to prevent the occurrence of anything untoward. He is to be accompanied by Colonel Shinjo, who will proceed to New York.
2. Colonel Iwakuro, according to a reliable source, is one of the most important leaders of the young officers’ group and has the complete confidence of the Minister of War.16 He paid me a courtesy call this morning and later had a prolonged conversation with members of my staff, who spoke to him very frankly along the lines of Embassy’s 230, February 14, 8 p.m. He said that he also did not believe that American-Japanese problems could be permanently resolved at this time but that he hoped to contribute toward maintaining an equilibrium until prospects appeared of a basic solution being found.
- Gen. Hideki Tojo.↩