Re: Re: Re: The Japanese

[Aiviet Nguyen <aiviet@cat.syr.edu>]

Hi friend,
  Thanks. I agree with you that everything must be checked. Although, I 
was taught not only by the textbooks like you said, but I am willing to 
revision everything. I think the Japanese people would be also interested
in clarifying the case, if some truths are misunderstood.

  I am not an expert in Treaties, but my feeling is that the San Francisco
Treaty is still far from what we would like to see.

With my best regards,
Aiviet

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  My knowledge about 1945 is that the Japanes Commander in VN ordered to
destroy the rice fields one months before the havest. Military commanders
did a lot of mad things in Wars, so the story is believable for most of 
Vnmese. The morality here is that, the action lacked any good intention
for Vnmese people. ( Good intension can be wrong in other cases. It 
cannot be considered as judgement, but somehow more excusable).
  I would be happy if my knowledge is wrong. In the other case, I think an
official apology is not so hard to say. Nobody will have face to put a 
condition on such a noble action. 
   Sorry if I make you feel offended.

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On Fri, 4 Apr 1997 K430751@kepco.co.jp wrote:

> Anh Hiep Nguyen wrote:
> 
> There are photographs that showed Japanese soldiers beating and 
> confiscating rices from peasants. Last year, a Japanese delegation who 
> came to Vietnam to make some documentaries during the war came to see Vo 
> An Ninh. They thanked him for some immensely valuable materials that he 
> has collected over the years. Vo An Ninh told me they were moved by many 
> pictures he showed them and they filmed the documentaries and these 
> showed irrefutable evidence of what happened.
> 
> *************************************************************
> 
> Their report has no effect in Japan, because the delegation was strongly 
> affected by special politicl group and had no influence to Japanese 
> society.  Average people felt that the group began to cause trouble to 
> speak loudly about what might be myth.  (Also the situation are the same 
> about Korea "pleasure lady" which the Korean did the same thing in 1960s.
>   Taiwan and Korea had this system in their military system.) 
> And I know that in VN they teach that the Japanese caused 1945 problem 
> in text book.  I think there would be some chance to check the library 
> of Defence Institute in Tokyo.  Many materials seems to be sleeping in 
> their library.
> 
> To find the truth, we should check everything from all sides including 
> France.
> 
> Tsuchikawa
> 
>