CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 19, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 1, 1956
• Content Type: REPORT

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CONTENTS
1. KISHI SEEN AS HATOYAMA S SUCCESSOR
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1. KISHI SEEN AS HATOYAMA'S SUCCESSOR
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The death of Taketora Ogata, former
deputy prime minister, has made
Shinsuke Kishi, secretary general of
the Liberal-Democratic Party, the
leading can to to succeed Hatoyama as prime minister
of Japan. Ambassador Allison reports that in order to ap-
pease the ex- Liberals who are dissatisfied with Hatoyama,
arrangements might be made for Kishi to succeed Hatoyama
following the Upper House elections in June.
Allison discounts the concern of the
Japanese press that Ogata's death will result in a loosening
of ties with the US. He notes that strong elements among
the conservatives will continue to oppose a "soft" policy
toward the Orbit.
Comment Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
Ichiro Kono, party leader Bukichi Miki
and Kishi are the real powers in conservative Japanese pol-
itics. Kishi, a leading promoter of the successful conserva-
tive merger which took place last November, has been care-
ful to maintain a broad base of support among the various con-
servative.factions.
A former cabinet minister under Toj o who
spent two years in prison as a war crimes suspect, Kishi has
often asserted that he favors co-operation with the United
States. He has also stated, however, that the United States
must recognize--and help Japan to overcome--his country's
"economic and spiritual weaknesses," for which he blames the
occupation in part.
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