At the time a Japanese reply to a stiff American protest over infringement of American rights in China was being prepared. The desire to respond to America's gesture in the Saito case was s0 strong that officials decided to rewrite and tone down sections of the Japanese answer, When Baron Kiichiro Wiranuma was selected as Premier to succeed.
Prince Fumimaro Konoye those who were content with surface indications interpreted the selection as evidence that Japan headed—toward Fascism. but in recent years had tun servative. At the time he became Premier, he was a firm advocate of keeping Japan away from any change in its traditional form of Govern= ment,
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