MacArthur feared postwar 'economic aggression' by Japan

MacArthur feared postwar 'economic aggression' by Japan

GENEVA, Switzerland - A Swiss document obtained by Kyodo News indicates Gen. Douglas MacArthur worried Japan would wage a ''new economic aggression'' after World War II. MacArthur stressed to a Swiss minister in Tokyo that labor unions had to be developed in Japan to counter the perceived threat. The document, a cable from the Swiss minister to the Swiss Foreign Ministry, is dated Oct. 5, 1945.

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