Intercontinental Press Africa Asia Europe Oceania the Americas Vol. 12, No. 39 © 1974 by Intercontinental Press November 4, 1974 Two Mniion Protest ord Visit to Japan Report Contradicts White House Claims Repression in Chile Worse Than Ever Interviewed in Sweden Blanco and Bejar Cross Swords Ernest Mandel Real Source of the Flood of Petrodollars Una Entrevista Con Nahuel Moreno La Ultroderecha: Nuevo Peligro en Argentina Model Businessmen How Tanaka Did It In This Issue A report by a team of twenty investi gative reporters working for the FEATURES A Note on the Careers of Bejor and Japanese monthly Bungei Shunju has Blanco—by Gerry Foley disclosed a number of the crooked Hugo Blanco and Hector Bejar Cross deals that made Premier Kakuei Ta Swords naka the multimillionaire he is today. An Arab and Iranian Finance Capital The investigation—the results of Emerges—by Ernest Mandel which were published in the maga Threat of World SI ump Alarms "Business zine's November issue —was prompt Week" —by Dick Fidler ed by reports that Tanaka spent $10 JAPAN How Tanaka Did It million to $16 million in his 1972 Two Million in Rallies Against Ford drive to become president of the ruling Visit to Japan— bv Peter Green Liberal Democratic party, and thus ARGENTINA They Opened Up With Machine Guns Japan's prime minister. Although the Police Raid on PST's Cordoba Local reporters were unable to document the BANGLADESH Bangladesh Ravaged by Hunger actual cost of his campaign, they did MOZAMBIQUE Portuguese Troops Attack Mozambicans learn that he had enough left over to GREECE The Lineup in Greek Elections buy three large resort villas at about Papodopoulos Exiled to Island the same time for $1.6 million. in Aegean Items covered in the study included: Repression in Chile Worse •Tanaka's 1950 conviction on Than Ever bribery charges. (The conviction was Shah Purges Iranian Press reversed on appeal in 1951.) — by Majid Namvar •Tanaka's financial deals with DOCUMENTS From Stalinism to Trotskyism in Kenji Osano, who was convicted of il New Zealand legal gasoline transactions in 1950 Spanish Police Report Arrest of and is now one of Japan's wealthiest Trotskyist Group men. The magazine reported that as Sfarement of Portuguese Postal Workers finance minister, Tanaka authorized GMR's Stand on Sunday Labor in Portugal the sale of choice government proper AROUND the WORLD ty to Osano, who resold it a few DRAWINGS George Papodopoulos-by Copain months later at a profit of $7.5 mil EN ESPANOL: lion. Later Osano bought a real es Amenazo de Crisis Mundial Alarmo a tate company from Tanaka for $5 "Business Week" — por Dick Fidler million, three times its face value. PORTUGAL Las Peligrosas llusiones en el Ejercito •A network of dummy companies Portugues—por A. Romero that list Tanaka and his close family ARGENTINA Asesinos de Ultraderecha: Nuevo or aides as officers and directors. 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Intercontinental Press Secret Pact Revealed on shipment of Nuclear Arms Two Million in Rallies Against Ford Visit to Japan By Peter Green Huge protest rallies throughout Ja ing, Halloran described the response Washington Post reported, "he stressed pan on international antiwar day, Oc at the Tokyo rally as "tepid." the official belief that the United States tober 21, demanded the removal of 'With the rather lighthearted, carni abides by what he described as a U. S. nuclear weapons and the cancel val atmosphere that prevailed to nuclear-free policy with respect to Jap lation of Ford's scheduled November night," he said, 'It seemed doubtful anese installations. .. ." 18 visit. The sponsoring organiza that they [the sponsoring organi "Japan's antinuclear 'three princi tions, which included the Communist zations] had made much headway to ples'—refusal to manufacture, main and Socialist parties and the major ward their objective" of forcing the tain or permit the introduction of nu trade unions, reported that 2.2 million cancellation of Ford's visit. clear weapons—are not contradictory persons had taken part in 456 dem However, three weeks before Eisen to the country's reliance on the U. S. onstrations. hower's planned visit in 1960, the nuclear shield in Asia, the foreign min A rally in Meiji Park in central To New York Times made a similar ef ister maintained." kyo was attended by 70,000 demon fort to play down the seriousness of Crew members from the U. S. air strators. Speakers at the rally repeat the opposition. "Students and Adults craft carrier Midway were able to give edly pointed to the massive protests Chant in Carnival Spirit Against Vis specific details of the nuclear weapons in 1960 that forced the cancellation it by Eisenhower" was the subhead on the ship brought into Japanese ports. of President Eisenhower's visit. A an article by Robert Trumbull in the The October 14 Washington Post re Communist party speaker called for May 27, 1960, New York Times re ported that "seamen with firsthand "an even larger-scale movement" to porting demonstrations by more than knowledge of the Midway's arma block Ford's visit. two million persons throughout ments and cargo said the white or The mounting opposition to the Japan. silver nuclear bombs with red-painted presence of U. S. nuclear weapons in The "carnival spirit" in 1960 forced noses are kept in 'special ammunition' Japan—the country that experienced the Japanese government to cancel magazines under 24-hour guard by the world's only atomic bombings — Eisenhower's visit and led to the resig armed U. S. Marines." has been given a further boost by new nation of Prime Minister Nobusuke The bombs were aboard when the revelations that confirm the existence Kishi a month later. The current wave carrier left California a year ago, they of a secret agreement between Wash of protest— sparked initially by the said, and more were brought aboard ington and Tokyo permitting the Unit congressional testimony of retired at Subic Bay in the Philippines in ed States to move nuclear weapons Rear Admiral Gene LaRocque that February. Since then only one bomb through the country. U. S. warships carrying nuclear weap had been rerhoved, after it reportedly Citing "authoritative Japanese ons do not unload them before enter failed a "safety test." One crewman, sources," New York Times correspon ing Japanese ports —might be just as quoted by a Socialist member of the dent Richard Halloran reported Oc far-reaching in its effects. Japanese parliament on October 21, tober 27 that the agreement was made When LaRocque's testimony was claimed the Midway was carrying at in 1960 by Aiichiro Fujiyama, then made public in Japan on October 7, least fifteen nuclear bombs. Japan's foreign minister, and Douglas 15,000 persons demonstrated at Sase- MacAurthur II, the U. S. ambassador. bo, near Nagasaki, until the guided- Even after all this. Prime Minister The secret agreement was concluded missile frigate Warden and the Kakuei Tanaka still stuck to his de without a Japanese text so that the destroyer Gurke left. The next day the nials. "I am convinced that nuclear Japanese government could deny its nuclear-powered attack submarine weapons have not been brought into existence without fearing that a copy Pogy left Yokosuka, and when the air Japan," he said October 22. He of the document might be leaked. Only craft carrier Midway returned to claimed that Washington had told the U. S. officials recorded the agreement. Yokosuka Bay October 10, it was met Japanese government that it would "The sources," reported Halloran, by about 1,000 demonstrators.