07.01.2016 - 06:12 [ New York Times ]

C.I.A. Spent Millions to Support Japanese Right in 50‘s and 60‘s

(9.Oktober 1994) „This story reveals the intimate role that Americans at official and private levels played in promoting structured corruption and one-party conservative democracy in post-war Japan, and that‘s new,“ said John Dower, a leading Japan scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. „We look at the L.D.P. and say it‘s corrupt and it‘s unfortunate to have a one-party democracy. But we have played a role in creating that misshapen structure.“