ルイス・ストロースと日米交渉の背景
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The originator of the Japanese-American Peace Negotiations before the outbreak of the Pacific War was Fr. James Drought of Maryknoll Fathers. From the summer of 1940, Fr. Drought had pondered over a plan concerning peace construction between Japan and the U.S. with the help of Sir William Wiseman and Lewis L. Strauss who were the partners in Kuhn, Loeb & Co. in New York. As these three gave first priority to destroy Hitler's Germany just after the outbreak of the Second World War, they had also kept their mind on the evasion or postponement of the expansion of the other battle front, the war with Japan in the Pacific. To this day, the secret activities of Fr. Drought and Sir Wiseman have been unveiled with the studies of their declassified documents. On the contrary, Strauss' appeasement activities toward Japan have been so far "veiled" without the access of his documents. This article aims to uncover the untold story of Strauss' works in relation to the Japanese affairs. His business experience was not only as private secretary to Hervert Hoover, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commision, and Secretaty of Commerce, not recognized by the Senate, but he was also a Naval Intelligence officer. And so, the documents concerned, e.g. Naval Intelligence or Drought and Wiseman Files, indicate that he associated himself with Fr. Drought and Sir Wiseman in making peace works with Japan. Strauss' main work was to make known his information about his Japanese affairs to Fr. Drought. If one were to write the prehistory of the Japanese-American Peace Negotiations, One would have to refer to Strauss' works without fail. In addition, it is necessary to pay special attention to the appeasers toward Japan, the Republican or conservative web of personal connections (e.g., Hoover -Strauss-Drought-Wiseman), in writing the prehistory of the peace works between Japan and U.S. during two world wars. The resulting hope of this article is to make a contribution to the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Pacific War that broke out fifty-four years ago.
- 長崎純心大学・長崎純心大学短期大学部の論文
- 1995-03-10