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WaaldoJ"on WaaldoJon Washington : " . , , 0 D CHere CHere C Here In Washington where wethe we feel feelthe fithe > ! the repercussions of the war more moredeepl1 rn rndeeply mideeply deepl1 deeply than anywhere in the COlIn COlIn1ry co cotry coltry > 1ry try except coast cities where ene eneplanes eneir eneiplanet ) v , . lllanes planes threaten and eventhought even the thethoughts 1thoughts thoughts thought * we had last week se cc ccvery lleezn lleeznvery severy < very far ( ar awayTo awayTo away To me Ole rue an even greater grf.ater grfater . gulf rutf selml selmlto scsi scsito sento to toexist exist between Friday and Satur- Satur Saturday Sat Satday Satday - ) day between peacetime and arid war- war wartime witime w wtime - time On Saturday Decembereat December G , B , I I.at .at at eat . at Inthe in the drawing room ofthe of the Jai JaiIfese Japa Japatlese Japllese tlese Ifese embassy talking with the em em'l ci elfcassys 'l l ' > 'lassy * 1 assy assya s first Orat secretary His card Cawhich ca : cardI I vhich "bleb bleb which " < h he gave me as I left It on the thedesk t tdesk tldesk desk as I write Hidenart Hldenarl Tera TeriakJ Ter TerBaki iakJ , Baki aakt * frst secretary of ot the Japa Jap Japtt WbeSIi ttbern tt Japjnese JapaWbeSIi bern ! er is ( i bassy basay Washington , , . & the &he he en e egraved eJFgraved graved script reads , . ( { With Wrth us " was Saburo Kurusu Kul'USU KulUSU Kuruu Kuruusmasi ' , . the tl tlrnaii smasi ' .man man . rnaii who was supposed to be plan planbing pta ptaIsing plabing ' bing Ising a peaceful peacetul settlement of at Japa Japanese Jap Japtiese Japtiese ' nese tiese American rela relations tlons at the very verymon ye veimon , _ ' mon moo ent when Japanese bombers bombersaad bombe bombeand bombeand aad and ba battleships tUeshlps were alreadytheir already on ontheir < their " way "ay ay to Pearl Harbor I 1 did didnot d dnot dnot not k ( < w it then but I wastheia wastheiaAmer was the last lastAmer laAmerian Amer tan can reporter report.er . - perhaps t.he the t.heonly U Uonly . Uonly " only r I e-lo e lo c-to c to e - to interview him . . . Washington Wallhrngton DIaryThf DiaryThc Diary Tht Thf Thc . . r I ext . afternoon atternoon just as 81 I Wal WalItart wi wistart wistart Itart start ng zig out . to take a walk in Rock RockCreek Ro RoCreek RocCreek Creek i J t ark the news of the astound astouri astoundfog astourilog astouniIng fog log attack on Hawaii reached me meFrom rn rnFrom mFrom . From tt tl ti eo en ert on radio and news nows re- re - reporteu p pporters nporters . porteu porters have been pretty bus busy , . But ButI Bi BiI BiI , I took time out to jot down the theevents it itevents thevents events of ot Saturday Sat.urday . that were wero a trag tral tragIcally tralIcally trajically , Ically stupid prelude to war Yiar I am amIJOW ar ar550W arnow ; IJOW 550W offering olTerlng this thill record In ( ( to In part part ) as asa a aa sa a sort of Washington Diary - - 8ato Saturday a , . D December cember 6 Spent the thewhole th thwhole thwhole whole day preparing tor for a special specialFar sped specisPar , Far Eastern broadcast , , a pick up of ofFar a aFar ci , , Far Eastern capitals London and anWash ani an | _ } ! Wash esh h ft , t n Went first Orst to calloi call on oi2l 01 oi " X 2l ' ; XI C C1 \ , ' \1 1 I 1 m iii I 1 knew Would be InforI in4orn in inorn forI 4orn < orn } p f a ' 1 J I as well wpll as anyone on tl II IIiteg ttticgft ttticgftiti e et1cgc t1cgc iteg ( t ' ' -iti iti 'lll lll 'lit lit - J I is S We sat in his bea 111tul ittful ill 111 itt ful tul I 1 brary urary The ancient books the themellow th thmellOw thi ? \ mellbw mellow leati leat ! ered chairs all gave gavi gaveI gave'the gavi'9 gavi9 I ! ! ' the pi p1 ice a atmosphere of dignit dignity dignitI dignitand : . 'the the ' I lJ and d s II 1 I ( ds Is /I I / ty that seemed set"med setmed " far 81\dY 81 dY 81dYtr ai.i aii aw.d.jt awd.jt awdjt \ . . . 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AO air pug pu .p\t .pt .p p t . ilterpt ilterptIll \ f . ; II IIs Hi Ill _ us 0 s friendliness trlendUnes &lendllnesg lendllnesg & . i Itsai it8e1I t WIng ! av ' / . . I IIng Ing log plen pien ! > < ' " hla his piece P ce he flad J \ \8d 8d J8d ri ade la lao B 4ela tphJSeM11 o- o - oP . " S P phtIeCaU ecau Bnd and led mel me . * troxrijchfrrfy romt1i iri . Uut Uutch chjtic'Y chjticY ch rY ! ' lnto Into the embassy emb8q embaiy $ whi whi'I wMca4Jo whic wMc ' y . a 'Ia a4Jo a4JoI a4Jo'a o 'I I ' | | - I IS 'a a ' Impressed Impresse4 , ) . a aA awac all A wa wac wacnlitiine fi nlitiine t jOle I wa1k walklsdt tdQ he1 he1rCO0ni 16 16r rCO0ni r rrp'OIJ rrpOIJ ' hall hail haUwith with t.b tb th . t.balt thit _ _ _ _ _ _ _ baJ alt ! ? of the setting The Tue Tueless e ' p pI less I s , paintings on the Walls waUa Vff wIth wIthtLcs , t'h th ' t'hrU tLcs rU ii weird and elusive cbanu4ot charzu4o ? . . Icyton Qs Qsart e-Ull e Ull - -al al - art art , , the graceful turrtturelattic turnit turrtturel r . attic r /e e Ie / tie LIe blending of tints in wan wall wane wa 4 4e e rations rratlOns tition and wainscoting wainscotingiis wainscotingI wainscotingii I 1IS ii " ! iis room is too large laree tor for con coneJ1lt conreS1 , benat reS1 eJ1lt n said Mr Terasaki Terasald , , , Indi mdi mdisri 1 jeaiig attt sri the main reception recepUon room . . G GSeiwk So Sol , , l e eI e"k ek /I I / ) ( " j { me to a . smaller one anlist and andweill d Seiwk [ weill at down for a moment Almol Almost AlmostJmtledlately AlmostJrnzediateiy it Jmtledlately Jrnzediateiy neediately , Good will Ambaasa- Ambaasa Ambassa AmbaasaDIY . - DIY daKtirusu j Kurusu K urusu appeared a-ppeared a ppeared - a little man man'dJtS manstd 'dJtS dJtS ' ! drtffd std ( d in an expensive tweed ault suit suitII eut . . H J II ! bad a small smaIl . , close-cropped close cropped clo.e-cropped clo.ecropped clo.e cloe close-eropped eropped . - - mUl- mUl mus- mus mUllaoe musue - . - . isAe laoe ue and wore spectacles Hla lIla Hi . tace face taceI'll face5along , wu I'll Ill 5along ' long and under a hurried burried llance glance llancebtmlght glancebought txinight btmlght bought pass as an American . . rerasaki ferasaki lerasald bowed low from the theblpS thelips y hips blpS lips but Kurusu took my m , . hand band inlamally In- In Intlf1alIy . - - fonnally tlf1alIy lamally ! when wben I was wal presented presentedTerasaki presentedlerasaki Terasaki TerasakJ lerasaki opened the conversatioe conversaUoDb1 conversaUoD conversation br b1 ' 1 Baying saying saY lg that I had bad said sald as aa long longII longKurusu u II Kurusu was still sun here no news newsas newsiS , 8 ns , as iS good new news . Kurusu Kuruau Kuruaq , either Ither Itlser 0118 mis 0118understood'rersBkl misnderatoodnteraaki ' aderstood understood'rersBkl understoodrersBkl nderatoodnteraaki . , , Terasakl ' , * or chose cbose to Ig IgD igre { n D re his h1S remark rerntk rem * n'k nk ' . . We sal IIB't IIBt sat ' down anKur and andur nd ndKur . Kur ur su repeated In less len formal formalJiJrdseolDgy formalrdseology . jArdseology JiJrdseolDgy rdseology the general argumer argument argumentII argumentch II < ch Terasaki had onered olTered offered . . . . Kurusu urtssu Pre.ent Preent Presents Presentsipan's . . Japan Japan's Japans ipan's ipans ' _ Case Ca.e C a.e ae . _ II 11 lie e two tWD nal nat natons ons OI1S cjuld CJuid could agree agr e on onpr onPr pr iples ipies with lengthy and arid leisurely leisurelyd leisurelyds ds d S , > ssion s-non s non ' > - lOn but now an emergencyI emergencyex emergencyCt emergency ex Ct I t d Japan was in Ui a a)051t 'posit posit \)051t )051t 051t ' " \ ) ' . on on.h onah emergencyI I .h h ah . h re she was forced to take cer cerL1 cera u L1 a steps for her survival survJval The TheLn TheLa TheIn Ln La 1 f I States ta tes would have ha ve to agrn-o agrn o agru agrat - . o 0 e discussion of real stic stlc she issuesIts issues ISSUI'S ISSUIS issuesri ISSUI'Sfr ' fr Its ri and leave U tl e principles to laterI laterd later laterds ds d ssionU ssion sSlon sSlonU U less that happened no progressou progressOs progress ou Os I I 1 be made madet madef madeI t f I c curse urse we are hopeful hesa he hesa sa $5 5 $ 1 I rather hopelessly I thought thoughtOn thoughtOtt On Ott tl II U e whole his attitude seemed to |