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reivalmi a 4.8 by a prealeost owes" 1s7 Iteddhlet INreeleees. MutatAs @rights! ponces was to eadortake welters sad (Marl silo wast 14110*

* 1141114 soatt.reblo with the Christie' &imitable orp r. : a 'clopsCeewie4 ti l.s. t ten :totes sad by the adasioes ebroot • Is she 111sauaga to smtivet• lay Buddhis• to ;epee sad to ask. euedVotil so& loss oonflasl to the temples.

lo or pas Psi ng this cooloty Ornislal Sought support rrijm • so h • I am-• fries& •s000:444'.ed with the tango in dopes, who ti roa•fajaaj

s on., op its I /reseoet "odors writore est Coatis' Bectatt se. Thlabolo iriesellil) yes to sit es the aLlit for the ar,...:41E1 sad to• ----1404-44' roes—v a Ia. orthodox ti•rsisky St deposes* iftieti.str. It

tame oP r4S or toLiZstiOn the coolety was slat ssarecod lye Stsoviirk.rcels • kaS Stoma or to dhelnete the orgeettatloe ssofehorWah

-rs ass WWII is a remarkable tigers uhose• !Hopson", oP ' rat to,plaitetawilt los JtSzoi. bog tiptoe,

•.rter th• society was redo* and leeerpousted hi 44pa44Ow/ thi well4 -te the °sited States to E.tody the •rgoairetIoo ø Chtt a--41sta eltar■tsiPi • S•lolotles there sec to asks errenremonte for do Afa • -tr•Ns .4rit ie14 wou Li assist to the floessisl survort of les . Sehems. /ftfiFak. Rfoarto • y he seccootod is es4uirine a r erta.ri soovat op .otbm-en v orrerb g-e I:Is departure t , the ',/nitod Steles gismo fps Itsaik to have kaL its :is pot ease oa de 11 or Ina truat . .. 9• tots IWO*.

Oreifil**461.y • (4 1(.. shah ba 4,..rrivad in 4:11lesge. tb■ C.k t 5 ONisHt

Ilatobe arraowinaemis 1 tA neteaitti T. od ■ta!st t . •tts whIvi ksua tiolo head —elear tePS iskare to .-4 .to.vo l000tlees on, to rurc:`.,• g eed ol.olvol. pepSistoito iron• • sc. f. tit trey Intent ea. •.• os thse•mod(hr.*. %sat& et 154 : .ct11 n• a.isId oounulo• o.; pooserobly 4,, 4.ft a'lf•be •hroolOv Poroitos.• LpfloJahry, in -r.ar to tst14t aimtoot/Dors satoblegh —q - U re...kprou; Jaren

u014;io O.11s111 aal Sj •i• Li: t toe; en.: tri. 'ass womoii oot■o;oir s•wea st . WMt).11 tu,i.e t3 74,11Iii to Skooipe

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ftise rap ote mg thee. f re* t crinrge, dik poreeti 4.,1 tie. 4:11•••■•i4 votedc.1.•ke 7 d.. (.at *At seckusulated • good sus ra,..• cart at. Tkoxv 4.4 •k ;s 4411 /441 la •,o.terteks (martian projeits w t ■.tk woos elevs'oo/ toeok0000 tits prestle oft r• i! nr, etety end to oe aaIrs Mee aft4 1ers4e;;41.

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p.tea oomeeraing Iwo Jima, Ascii Ms moved thea4staple •Inevd plirpeSO that demoamtratos his tonee214 eAd 'WW1- WeU 4 4 'purse*/ tas plait to hold religious rites and to repotriki e flagrtlabin • !1* war deal o$i Iwo Jima with both the Jeoeisee• • • c41.4 *triflers A. (Amoral Reolowartore over the pest tour We,

v rest aaay •entesto with the Boroerved loonies ApAcmtsti■-.,Y(note kat? end Also with highly }limed aflame in G000ral deeileuemeLers. Lr.,tigb both these •vens** he has &seemed s distinet 104.: ot

as tte ;rimary oheapiea of this •us•. Ii 1949 te otaL«,,te.,11.9evtuolia. the United Antes Ali Pewee to seat sae of h l s oasistakis S. Jtmo is seeroh of a diary 1,111.44 wee slimed ti be is4. 11,4a i k to (If tr. eeVOS. This diary was t.pt by m Left.or f-ir 44s A •%e4s garrison and allesodly treoed an •core'..Air Fires smi Onvy bombing and bombardment damage's to too 1v)#,eretleeesuor , oto reeohing Iwo Jima, this assistant •elmittc: AUi

44,..v;est himself from the top of Mt. Airebeehl. them brIng:egf

resicp sad more Arms to Waelti's easeo.

ia past few meek*, Weehl has finally sueeeedod in pehueltw.U . Fars.. to aovernment to sponsor him officially in his .visa retie iLl ym to hold wireless for the war 40ad aad to ropetr:.'tgotith • tLa remains. This plea his hese approved by 10APqu arters -%1 aoudad to by CINCFAC. usD1, amsompanied byo$O imrethr of the Japentee Oeverameat Repatriation Maroon, lei:: t-flo?.4. 100 .*Aft no Tailor, 17 sad will spend shoat tea days an11A velp— eity moulting tram this trip sod the primaay of fisa%.140almolo4c .1 eoubtlees ',tradition his profit'', and ask* M.oN e4 leAlfieeat than it oa:reatly lo. The poteatlft rFrom these 41ce4ast00ees and frog the ethos aetivities In .•. •ifeseX !vgates meld in4loate that it may %scums as Drport4c;vs • ;if* and may have •ertslis political LapIxonti,—followeee

Is • greduato of the Jealous.* Ulm] RefOlftWfClass er t:e Lrent about half of hta career in th* -%goy . 1a lotollleseee work end p remien/ma to erv.A.%,jar% ths• • Ar.43• tbo Navy rad! the Foroiga Aweless etl A co.: •

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smoareepting sod brooking the delerleee end British dlp.Lowat.:04.44e4. has •agated is work *a diplemetie odes of other04 ss tIms ,r drew near was aloe involved is signal intel.trial..80,1c op a Atrietly navel •hamster. In 1940 until toe nUttr•4‘a set. •i. .L use ststioaed in idaxioe designated as thoCall estiseke but eetually oharged with the respossibility •. *iris/instil/44,mo sort In monitoring the operational messages et t;.•

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1444 Waani assiessi as ammollwr it tald sum., ; pappesf,„,3••• 40•4. As sash,' hie was is Sellleaall of ths idarint ti nib,'

&reaps pan' (ay that base. ?bas• hivalypS, together witr, •..n•Pone coat ng*Iit sorwisiag the air: laLlI as the Isleozt, 31i, 4 7. Ur 4.4-oho( 1-c rr on toree. Washt wee reitelpet of his earaawino -z. Si". 4/1.11-es rosol h of a tissersoseast with the LW rem eosaaaelisewk .i$I.j ti. divert omit sts at %ski eeallask 0,6dons•- us‘iawei - *earns. purpensa 4/tartly attar his roloasu (onoro• 406.1 loss J tilted by US. tlen•Pae room) tirE ef

3.1-• •04, fleles-eso deadl. Wash& rersolood Jap‘a on upt 41% wawa /In 4 oll(s co.. ee ustl I thie lir OM war, At that tigse es usal fir sKo Lno by U. S. 00 .)upa tin& 1611Mbea awl vas detains& in Suter fr■sobs-iseets (ge4toe Altbough ha was belt there several he%eve,- rri • ef a war srisisNal. Airing the period f ;wen op !Set •tilko a otsaaistasso with sowsral U otegieers "At

ve 4roellos rolusl4•rsb1• *mattes ossoorsiisg his pre- war yew' 4.eie- elAiee c-% 4 4 i We. Hs ha g thip story of his thtollionee wA1-., fro /Ms",wee-Prinks od I belly", he has estilltes. e short treeti 14bhe us e o ;44.ar gals octuntarilitti ; len -I meal sail oils

ed.aos c of h..1 s naval not, Aloha mg purged if t !-.1 :4 re ices cPro" $ufaieee and imesellately retiree $s fin** with the leiier•eArime leoas o..p.eq 4160c, N2114h1at geriesthOoll... studied in tr.e - 4480.#44-'

Ky.r. ,co years as* least fro& thaws imolliately I â .vErIC ko;040-e.i.otets :loots*: Si has 0117 rweastlY b4""Y d 'Ariv r-1014 • -D.,

cov eSs .0 Ike roe t . seen Mr* IlIneal hes kepi issalwa Coleib4i cOCeia ess4Pow*. se 'Ill o;-i wool** MIA also has assooLatioa with • pees ele!"..t.04.$. S me4'•1- rd. 1. Ito r7 ortjdoors of Ian If °roar Stator.1 titan 00 I

He, lass ...rftrasd to spoor Ingilab and a-pc1E:23 wiLb noose* / ereoec...kPe re. is- *a irs is lore* aaa for a spanowo 144 in ert7.-e! 5- viperle+s-h.a84. ' 141s4. • ersonality I* fora"). andi nee desist nate s -Ley ass gen4/),.-.No 4engS 48.1 et..13 and hod is• heal tatioli in •xpessatate We , -164wwo40.:1 -Ye is h. Lb) oP I ou• •barn and preatig*:." Fotentlal Sic h0 ■14qc

on an. e &era sitcs or e for**ful I senior, ptraw the rtg • Srri'nr4 g0 0-0,' d •j breeribi witk cis iaberroat *obi &toss . Bo *mild Ineo.oee i. &Jr,*

eskes Vilest. * Vilb J Alma.

t.) v% o -one into •ewatset with .faohi in esonneet -1 on oftteeAo4 4 r.;i• to to ;lam. Thor. are at loset three oosarbiot-,*

per sena 1 ex ., (12 - 1 o 000 wit& his shish I *onside.?psy-s S het 000saion to iatrodsee him to Commander Ftle,) leSke Zi te.td. Glvernoent offiettr on Admiral Radford 's il. fle0M.,. b.,. • Fieroloy u t the tine •xpr***ad his willingtieestoot 4, epee to Iwo nibs assl in rstiira salted ffoshic440dielvlsitt_4sees i •feueiNea isformatioa with market to the deitellV640,

4f.aus.. 71cdley particularly wanted the 111.fliiii*".':.0ea.:N..14es ,. rtiosre who had been aslissniatad with h Pl e■ Ot - .0*.$1leevsee. el ete as.• systeas ea those Islands. enthx,,u '

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%UHT returned to me with a list ol a half dozen officer° who had been soassociated. his list gave all military det-ils concerning rank hnd organi-zation, together with exact information concerning rhei r present addresses.It occurred to me that WACdI must have fairly well develooed associations withformer minter: , officers to produce such a complete document in so short atime.

The second occasion was at a dinner to which WA'HI invited me along with leiterHichols of CI&E. his dinLer we held in n%arge, reahhing house dir-ctly oehindthe Old war Einistry at Pershing iieghts. he house is now a "hotel" which isrun by a former Japanese Navy captain and whose guests a.Teared to De almostentirely of the people were associated -ith the White Lotus 4ociety. Pnosewho did nat wear the priestly robes wore their old Japanese Navy uniforms withthe buttons and stripes removed. They addresseA each other in tears of theirformer naval ranks.

At this dinner NAChI told me with great relish of his activities in connectionwith the fterican diplometis codes. He particularly delighted in His formerexploits breaking into the American consulate frommils General at Kobe on a regu-lar monthly OMAR to extrae the code key from the Consulate General's safe.He talked at greet length nbout the difficulties n intercepting, monitoringand breaking Soviet codes, and inliceted that he had given the bevefit of hisexperience to teh signal intelligence of'icer of the ?EC. In discovering thatI had been in the Navy during the war and that my ship had been hit twice byJatanese suidide plane)!, he w ent into a long discussion of the merits of suicidetactics and his personnl evaluation of what could hrve teen done in the Philip-pines 6f prayer kami-kaze squadrons had De•n stationed there. The ctmosphereof the whole gathering was sonsiderably more military than religious. Ihe priest-ly robes did not notceaoly inhibit the wearer's appreciation of wite or thegeisha writresses.

My thir.: exerience with WAChI and Us orgsnizRtion waa in attendance atsumo wrestling exhioition held in tLe recreation area at Sugamo Prison for thebenefit of the war criminals internei there. lhis exhibition, which featuredall the chanvion sumo wrestlers who will shotrly ap.:eor in the national finalsat Tokyo were arranged by the White Lotus Society. "lmost all 64 the war crimin-als were present and obviously enjoyed themselves. -11of then, from the youngbullies ilprisoned fof e-rocities to the dignified o6d generals and statesmenimprisoned for their war plans, rose removed their caps and stood at respect-ful attention while Chaplain SEKIGUOnI, alaressing them as mg Men of Sugamo"described to them the efforts of the Aii + e Lotus hoviety in bringing the sumowrestler.: to the priscn for their benefit.

It appears obvious that ACEI end his society have nchieved a prominence whichwill continue to grow. They have recently removed

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t1:'- aleenilve headquarters te Otsumamiya, some fifty miles north of• p..! . ( ,it Is possible theit they have removed there te! teke theJr

rmt dftslings out from ender the observation of .:.c.tye prefectural• 013_ i understand tLat these used clothing t immolations are

, tairaly on e eommercial basis emd their import is duty free andenrninta are tax fres 000 to the alleged el ornery ohm-outer

ar the -orgenimation, It .la else pOsoille that the IHitten his beeniufluanced by tbe'roceat establiabmeat of aNstionaLrolioe aeeerve

-::•POIS,Pment in that taws. Wachl has already associated himself withtAi,?,:'aneempasatead Priests of his order aramenosurreriag to bee**.

kn-theliPR„.. The pretest pnblielty niteedoat apes Wachl.'sIwolrte cannot tail to catapult his into national prominence

rOact te trc repetriation movement ineagurated by the BereavselAasociatione. Wecti already enjoys special prominence wick,

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,ess aesoeistiene and is Oonsidered to bell modarn konsitobe (the term.A1 .7.i1404 in tho feudal period to warriors who resonamed war to enter

and engage in works of atonement) At meant dedi44r2' , :, f a restored chapel, the aosts of *hose rehabilitation were

J.,:.712;7y1 by tne kAtite Lotus :Society, 'tumorous roprosemtatiVe inimmitteeathe Boiooved FOmilles Aasoeiatioss were La altos Moe. Aleb at

tue seramoity Wes the Toohyollre popekteeat Dead.: The Laterestingennuetietion-of this parties/a! is that this bead was formerly the •

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iapene0• Nosy Bead shish wee -takes Over . os a *nit by this Ylro4.;liketagint after'llusaurrOster. 'Also at aigaifleameeris th _act .4L

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: - IA •94O7o.,-krip.etsd is the sowoweatlar:nonsolatlamend, rep/Ail:8:ehr-Osed - igrOweVthst Viechi end his society ail-I-assume the

▪vd . tne Iaponese-CoveeneetteLioh,finds the abolabusineSa eon '-and,-soin‘what-eepay-, h net ialten initiative to satisfy

he'pop4W4saand along these lines. They Will therefore probablywIt i.c-4q* inkit 'e seeibms sctiviti.ead his nequiletiooible organlmettosel

-Thh rrost popular sup OOlit. 'which be would schieve"from 'sach.(...,,q1bow8 could. rrovide v s tnifieast apringbaard for his msb1

4,11:5T.: what -those sebitici are or nay bosoms is ulghly qaas1.1,1"-41t.- 1; ,bilWvieiseUie the perspeotive of his reeerd so iscopoblo of

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