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01-01-2023, 10:13 AM
Writing at the height of the Cold War and during the Vietnam War, the two antiwar activists said, "In view of the uncertain world situation we feel it very important to show the uncut version of the above film to the rest of the world" in their letter seen by Kyodo News on Saturday.
"We feel the time is urgent, and it is the responsibility of the Japanese people to show the rest of the world the actual atrocity that took place in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the hope that it would never be repeated again," they added.
"Please give us permission to show the film outside Japan," they ended the letter dated Dec. 17, 1969, with their cartoons drawn.
Diplomatic records show that the United States was worried that it could be used by the peace movement roiling against its involvement in the Vietnam War, and heighten anti-American sentiment during the Cold War and while calls were being made in Japan for the reversion of Okinawa to Japanese jurisdiction.
The Japanese government was also troubled since it faced the issue of Okinawa but did not want to worsen relations with its now-ally, said Akiko Kubota, an assistant professor at the Hiroshima University Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine. Japan was also in a tricky position as part of the U.S. nuclear umbrella.
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"We feel the time is urgent, and it is the responsibility of the Japanese people to show the rest of the world the actual atrocity that took place in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the hope that it would never be repeated again," they added.
"Please give us permission to show the film outside Japan," they ended the letter dated Dec. 17, 1969, with their cartoons drawn.
Diplomatic records show that the United States was worried that it could be used by the peace movement roiling against its involvement in the Vietnam War, and heighten anti-American sentiment during the Cold War and while calls were being made in Japan for the reversion of Okinawa to Japanese jurisdiction.
The Japanese government was also troubled since it faced the issue of Okinawa but did not want to worsen relations with its now-ally, said Akiko Kubota, an assistant professor at the Hiroshima University Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine. Japan was also in a tricky position as part of the U.S. nuclear umbrella.
https://japantoday.com/category/national...own-abroad
