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BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON SHORIKI MATSUTARO AND HIRATSUKA TSUNEJIRO

1. SHORIKI Matsutaro '6 tv&il ),a. SHORIKI was born in 1885 in Toyama Prefecture.

b. SHORIKI graduated from the German Law School of TOKYO UNIVERSITY in 192He entered the Metropolitan Police Department, and subseqUently became chief of theHORIDONE and KAKURAZAKA district police stations. Subject also served as chiefsecretary of the Metropolitan Police Department, chief of the Special Thought PolicdSection and chief of the Police Affairs Bureau.

c. SHORIKI resigned from the police force in 1924, and was appointedpresident of the YOMIURI NEWSPAPER COMPANY. Since then subject has concurrentlyheld the positions of executive member of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association,chairman of the KYUSHU DAILY, SANIN NEWS and the SHIZUOKA Newspaper Association, anddirector of the All Japan TOKYO Baseball Club prior to and during World War II. In1949, subject was elected chairman of the Japan Baseball Federation.

d. In Jul 54, SHORIKI was reappointed as head of the YOMIURI NEWSPAPERCOMPANY, which he had been forced to relinquish after the war because he had been onthe purge list and indicted as a class A war criminal for his activities in theImperial Rule Assistance Association.

e. He was elected to the House of Representatives in Feb 55, froieternii0iPrefecture. Aside from the above, subject holds the following positionsi' State'Minister as chairman of the Atomic 'Energy Commission, president of the 1P4.TELEVISION CORPORATION, acting managing director of romIuRI KAIKAN (TOMIURI HALL),chairman of the Japan Baseball Federation, managing director of the KORAKUEN ATHLETIiSTADIUM, chairman of the KANTO RACE CLUB, comptroller of the MANNA AMUSEMENT CENTER:a member of the Japan Deliberation Club and a standing member of the Kanto BusinessManager's Association.

2. Reports from reliable sources indicate that SHORIKI, due to his connections.with the YOMIURI NEWSPAPER and the NIPPON TELEVISION CORPORATION, does not necessari/require strong outside financial supportas in the case of other politicians.SHORIKI's determination to enter politics was said to have been motivated by KONOIchiro Gc\rin-0. ), Minister of Agriculture and Forestrg, who was badly in needa good prospect to oppose the late OGATA Taketora tr'r) 4t ) as a rival candidatAccording to reports from certain political quarters, it was stated that SHORIKI waspromised in advance of a State Minister's post at the time he decided to enterpolitics. Today, subject is a member of the cabinet as a State Minister, and isreported to be gradualll consolidating his financial background in line with hispolitical activities. One of the most well organized and strongest supporters issaid to be the Japan Atomic Energy Industrial Forum, Inc. This forum was establishedby large private electric power companies to conduct research on the deiMp lopment ofnuclear energy for peaceful purposes, and because of the enthusiastic suppoxt givenby these companies to the forum, especially by chairman SUGA Reinosukean unusually-c/ise relationship haelprung up between SHORIKI and SUA. At the timeof the inauguration of the JIMAtomieftergy Industrial Forum, Inc., voices withinthe electric power circles were heard to have said "SHORIKI's dollar-box is nowcompleted." Moreover, there are large numbers of second and third rate industrialistwho are flocking around SHORIKI, according to informatpn from reliable sources. Oneof these backers is the SATO iNDUSTRIAL COMPANY ( Lef./K- T- 1-,vs-A,1 ), a firmmainly engaged in dam construction and civil engineering, which was reported to havemade huge contributions to SHORIKI.

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3. The SATO TNDUSTRIAL COMPANY is headed by SATO Sukekuro ( 4-0-9t A-A13 ),

chairman of the Board of Directors. The president is SATO Kinji (I Wk.. ),younger brother of Sukekuro. The vice president is SATO Hisao (1k. ),brother-in-law of Sukekuro, who was adopted into the SATO family. kekuro besidesbeing the chairman, is concurrently managing director of the TATEYAMA RAILROADDEVELOPMENT COIQANY, TOKYO CEMENT COMPANY and the NORTH JAPAN BROADCASTING CORPORATIONcomptroller of the TOYAMA MUTUAL BANK and the KANOETSU RAILROAD COMPANY. Sukekuro's

tSigperatanent address is TA E-MURA, fIGASHI TONAMI-GUN, TorAim-rmi

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compamf k.o.ds e .o ow pos. . ns:Industrial Mall, advisor to the EAST JAPAN CONSTRUCTION SECURITY COMPANY, vice-chairman of the TOKYO Construction Association standing director of the.NationalConstruction Association, Civil Engineering Industry Association and the OverseasConstruction Association, managing director of the Japan Construction Machinor,Association'and chairman of the Toyama Construction Industry Association. Althoughsubject is a native of Toyama Prefecture, he presently resides at No. 18-2, ICHIBAN-CHO, CHHODA -KU, TOKYO. Telephone: 334072.

4. SUGA Reinoduke, besides being the chairman of the Japan Atonic Energy-Industrial Forum, Inc. is president of the TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY and theWEST JAPAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY COMPANY, comptroller of the TOKIO GAS CAN!, consultantto the DA WINING COMPANY and the OTAKI NATURAL GAS COMPANY, and chairman of theFederation of Electrical Enterprises. SUGA is a native of Akita Prefecture, andPresently resides at No. 75 SEKINE-CHO, SLUINAMI-KU, Torro. Telephone: 39-1172.

5. H1RAISUKA Tsunejiro (4=44 ;1,01 ),

a. H1RATSUKA was born in 1881 at HAKODATE, HOKKAIDO.

b. HIRATSUKA graduated from the SAPPORO ROSEI SCHOOL in 1901. He went tothe Russian territory of KAMCHATKA, and conducted mp on the spot survey for thepurpose of developing the salmon and sea-trout fishingi?sources.

c. With the signing of the Portsmouth . frtaty lisubject took control of themanagement of the RORY0 GYOGY0 COMPANY ( 1A-'WIti ). From 1921 to the present,-HIRATSUKA held the following ppsitions: president Of the JAPAN-SOVIET FISHINGINDUSTRaS COt?ANY LTD. ( ), the PACIFIC FISHING COMPANY( ), the R1'H K MARINE PRODUCTS COMPANY, the TOY° CANMANUFACTURING COMPANY ( ),A0e:KAKODATE HEAVY OIL TANK COMPANY, theKARAFUTO BA 100 CA ), managing direqtor of the TODDMACHINERY compur (; ) and MARINE CHEMICAL COMPANY (7(4f.IC4 ),comptroller of the AXODATE K (ARDS (0411 fikt, ), consultant to the JAPAN-SOVIET FISHING INDUSTRIES COMPANY LTD. and the TAIL( - SHI MARINE PRODUCTS COMPANY andadvisor to the splinter faction of the former Liberal Party. -

d. Since 1946, subject has been elected to the House of Representativesthee times.

e. In May 46, subject was appointed Ministeeof Tran.spartagon in the firstYOSHIDA Cabinet. He visited the United States and European countries on threeoccasions and made several trips to the Soviet Union. He was honored by the JapanMarine Products Association for his outstanding contribution to the fishing industry,and also cited by the government with the Green Ribbon Medal for meritoriousachievements.

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.f. Today, HIRATSUKA concurrently- holds the following posits: member ofthe Housd of Representatives attached to the Liberal-Domocratic Farty, president ofthe JAPAN-SOVIET 2ISHING INDUSTR1FeS COMPANY LTD., chairman of the TOKYO Canned TunaSales Agency ( I/P_R,A0Xitn-.44-A ), chairman of the Japan Marine ProductsAssociation, managing director of the Japan Marine Industry Hall, chairman of theBoa„rd of Directors of the Diet Nembers Federation for the Promotion of Japan-SinoTrade. Subject presently resides at No. 28 SARUGAKU-CHO, SHIBUYA-KU, TOKYO.Telephone: 46-0406.

6. The financial background of HIRATSUKA is reported not to exceed twenty-one(21) potential supporters or backers, which mainly include the JAPAN-SOVIET FISHINGINDUSTRIES COMPANY LTD. and other affiliated companies in the marine circle. However,reliable SOC2CeS have stated that not all fishing industrtaa.sere unanimous in theirbacking of HIRATSLILFF. One conspicuous example is the 'on attitude ofKenkichi (()m 6 . , ), president of the TAIN CONPANY ),toward the pro-Russian combination of HIRATSUKA and X' I. It was reported that NAKABE,who accompanied KCNO when he attended the fishing ne tiations with the Russians inM0SCCW, returned to Japan, via Canada, by . hinaelre' NAME was believed, to have takenthis action because he discovered during the JnOhn-Soviet fishing negotiations thatHIRATSUKA and KONG were maneuvering to dividethe monopoly of the fishing rights ofthe northern seas among the JAPAN-SOVIETIPISHING INDUSTRIES COMPANY LTD., the JapanMarine Products Association and the-MOKILLIDO FISHING INDUSTRY CORPORATION, and excludethe TAZO FISHING COMPANY frost.hat area. At present, the northern seas fishingindustry is being condtirtedefniultaneousI.y by the TAZIOIXIMEIP*GOMPAIlt, the KYOKUTOWHALING COMPANY (0. PR)NRA; ) and the above three oaripalitiat: However, it seemsthat the KYOKUTO WHALING' compar is slowly being sciaiited- o4' 'ofthe northernfishing waters.

7. On the Other hand, H1RATSUKA has made huge contribUtio6s to the establishmentof the NationaW'Council for the Restoration of Normal Relations Between CommunistChina and Soviet Russia in an effort to gain a controlling hold/in the proposedJapan -Sino'and Japan-Soviet trade markets parallel to big' tishing industry. However,this plan has only caused heavy financial burden on HIRATSUKA, and no appreciableresults have been seen to date. Politically, it seems that HIRATSUFCA has withdrawnhis support of HATOYANA. Subject was reported to have stated at the press club ofthejtuziatry of Agriculture and Forestry that fiATOYANA by all means should step downfroa. ipsi present position. He refused, however, to state whom he considered as alikely_vccessor, but it seems that he has thrown his weight behind K1SHI Nobusuke( pr.' 1-6 11- ), Secretary-General of the Liberal-Democratic Party.

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