1:22:00
I've been telling Congress for
months we need 400,000 men in Japan.
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MacArthur holds a press conference, says
he can make do with half that number.
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General, did he clear
this with you? No, sir.
1:22:08
There's been some misunderstanding.
Not by me there isn't.
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I invited MacArthur to come home. I wanted
to discuss occupation policy with him,
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and I expected him to back up our position
before the congressional committees.
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So I held out
the big carrot to him.
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I told him we'd set up a series of welcome-home
demonstrations and a joint session of congress.
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You know what he replied?
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He said he thought the situation was just too
dangerous there for him to come home right now.
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He was just too busy. That's what he said to
the president of the United States, damn it!
1:22:34
General Derevyanko,
I must say...
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I've missed you.
1:22:39
Only short visit to Moscow,
a meeting with my superiors,
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a holiday on Caspian Sea
with family.
1:22:45
Good. I was afraid that
Stalin had had you shot.
1:22:49
No, no.
Why do you say that?
1:22:51
Would Truman
have you shot?
1:22:54
Sometimes I wonder.
1:22:58
General, it's come to my attention
that several hundreds of thousands...
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of Japanese prisoners
fell into your hands...
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in the closing days
of the war.
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You understand that
the Japanese authorities...
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and my own superiors as well are
pressing me for an accounting.
1:23:13
Ah, we have some small numbers of
enemy troops in our hands, that is true.
1:23:16
But I can assure that in
this matter, as you know,
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my government will abide by the
decisions of the Potsdam Conference.
1:23:24
Yes. When will they
be repatriated?
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Soon.
1:23:28
In that connection,
my government is making plans...
1:23:32
for the occupation
of Hokkaido Island.
1:23:35
Hokkaido Island is occupied.
It is under my command.
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The Soviet Union
is a coequal ally.
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It is my government's
intention...
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to occupy Hokkaido
on its own behalf.
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As the supreme commander,
I represent all Allied powers.
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We are fully prepared to commence
our rightful occupation...
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whether you permit or not.