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OBJECT ID

ddr-njpa-4-831 (J1104.003)

PARENT COLLECTION

Nippu Jiji Photograph Archive, "Japanese" Collection

DESCRIPTION

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Japan-America goodwill mission representative Otohiko Matsukata arrived in America. To move past the diplomatic crisis of 1935-1936, Foreign Minister Hirota is preparing to mend friendship between Japan and America. As one part of this plan, the ambassador to America and others suggested Hirota send Otohiko Matsukata, who graduated from Harvard University with President Roosevelt and had a close relationship with the President, who still asks after him sometimes, to America. Kentaro Kaneko, who has power in American diplomatic circles, also urged the Foreign Minister [?] to send Matsukata to America. Matsukata, who has been lying low in Hayama for seven years since the economic panic of 1927, left for America on the 12th on the Esha-go, which departed from Yokohama Bay. The picture shows (1) Mr. Matsukata at Tokyo Station."

CONTRIBUTOR

Hawaii Times Photo Archives Foundation

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the Hawaii Times Photo Archives Foundation

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