rpaul@crow.UUCP (Rodian Paul) (06/10/91)
I'm sorry to use this mail-group in such a fashion, but a touch of paranoia
on my part deems it necessary. Please bear with me, decide and perhaps
distribute.
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[The following article is from a front page report in the International Herald
Tribune, Tokyo edition, dated June 8-9 , published by The New York Times and
The Washington Post. Sorry for abusing any copyrights.
Thanks Sylvia for passing this on to me.
Once again guys, all typo's &tc. are due to weaknesses in my scanning
software, perhaps this will qualify as a RISK |-).
Sylvia pointed out that this publication made it past the Japanese
censors. rp]
CIA STUDY WARNS THAT JAPAN SEEKS ECONOMIC DOMINATION.
By Paul F. Horvitz
WASHINGTON. A frank and provocative
academic report prepared for the Central Intelli-
gence Agency warns that Japan is a fundamentally
amoral society that will dominate the world
through its economic prowess unless challenged
anew by the West.
If the Japanese value system succeeds, the study
concludes, it could well supplant Western values
and undermine the economic security of the Unit-
ed States and Europe by the middle of the next
century.
The report also sees the potential for a Japanese- [ This part I find hard
Soviet alliance that could give Japan a hedge to swallow, but $$$
against "an almost certain American backlash." It can work wonders. rp.]
suggests that unless the U.S. budget deficit is
brought under control, the United States may lose
the ability to wage war without Japanese financial
support and consent.
The draft document, entitled "Japan 2000,"
terms tbe Japanese "racist" in their tendency to
discriminate against or be suspicious of foreigners
and "not democratic" because national policy is
guided by a tiny bureaucratic and political elite. It
also describes the Japanese corporate and political
leadership as highly skilled in manipulating public
opinion both inside Japan and the United States.
The report, commissioned by the CIA but not
classified as secret, is a result of recent discussions
among eight prominent scholars, business leaders
and security experts.
They are Jeffrey E. Garten, a former managing
director in New York and Tokyo of the Shearson
Lehman Brothers investment bank; Chalmers
Johnson, an Asia specialist at the University of
California at San Diego; Frank J. Pipp, a retired
group president of Xerox Corp.; Tim Stone, a
former top CIA industrial analyst who now directs
corporate intelligence for Motorola Corp.; Robert
C. McFarlane, the onetime national security advis-
er to President Ronald Reagan; Roy Amara, an
engineer who is senior research fellow at the Insti-
tute for the Future, in Menlo Park, California;
Kent E. Calder, director of the U.S.-Japan Rela-
tions program at Princeton University, and M.
Richard Rose, a former deputy defense secretary
and U.S. Marine Corps officer who is president of
Rochester Institute of Technology.
The document cites Japanese "skill, stamina
perseverance and ability to work together" but
finds Japan focused soley on "the accrual of
greater economic wealth and power, unimpeded by
any sense of responsibility for world leadership or
global welfare."
"The Japanese mission," it says, "is to accumu-
late sufficient wealth to satisfy demands at home
and to create an overall economic position that is
unassailable: to be a richer Japan and to create a
world in which it is possible and safe to continue to
make money. Geopolitical and idealogical issues
do not interest the Japanese; they are interested
simply in creating climates for their
own economic growth"
The report was written by An-
drew J. Dougherty assistant to the
president of the Rochester Institute
of Technology in Rochester New
York, under a CIA contract with its
subsidiary, RIT research Corp.
Mr. Dougherty is a former air force
colonel who was dirctor of re-
earch at the Defense Depart-
ment's National Defense Universi-
ty.
Tbe report's existence, revealed
nearly two weeks ago in Rochester,
proved so controverslal on the
campus that the university's trust-
ees decided Thursday to investigate
the college's CIA link.
Mr. Dougherty, 61, unexpected- [ Hmmrppphhhh? rp.]
ly retired Thursday.
In an interview before his retirement
he said the report that he was making public
had undergone nine drafts. He also
said that Mr. McFarlane, after see-
ing an earlier draft, had asked that
his name be removed from the doc-
ument for fear that it "would create
a terrible international stir."
"We are really on a collision
course wlth Japan," Mr. Doughherty
said. "But we can avoid it if we
understand each other." [ Please refer to my to my
personal comments at the end
of this posting. rp.]
The CIA issued a statement
Thursday defending its need for
outside experts to write such re-
ports, saying, "We are particularly
interested in ideas that challenge
conventional wisdom or ortho-
doxy."
A CIA spokesman said the re-
port would probably be circulated
within the U.S. intelligence com-
munity but cautioned that it "is not
a CIA document."
Virtually a manifesto, the study
calls for a "dramatic, unfied reas-
sertion of Western intent" and ur-
gent measures to expand Western
study of Japanese culture and lan-
guage.
As have many studies in the past,
"Japan 2000" warns that the West
does not adequatley understand
Japanese culture and what it calls
Japan's "powerful sense of shared
national vision" to build the means
to overcome scarce land and re-
sources.
But the study also describes in
stark terms a Japan that, to Ameri-
can eyes, would seem threatening.
These are some examples:
* "In Japan, the struggle for eco-
mic power is paramount. The
group and, by extension, Japan as a
nation must win at any cost. In
their value system, almost any tac-
tic is acceptable."
* "The Japanese firmly believe
that 'might is right.'"
* "Japan controls probably the
most effective and efficient lob-
bying/influence-peddling machine
in the U.S., surpassing all special- [ Pardon me? rp.]
interest groups, unions, industries,
and both pollltical parties. It is fo-
cused, relentless, amply funded
and frighteningly successful."
* "Inside Japan, much publicity is [Perhaps a little harsh,
focused toward "reinforcing the vi- but no doubt true. rp.]
sion of the U.S. as racist, Japanese-
bashing and a decaying 'has-
been.' "
* "The Japanese economic strat-
egy is clear. They are investing vir-
tually all of their profits and energy
to commercialize new technologies,
develop new markets, improve effi-
ciency and expand investments
around the world in preparation
for the next phase of economic
domination."
The study faults Japan for re-
stricting its markets for U.S. prod-
ucts and says the Japanese have
extensive operations in Europe de-
signed to influencce the rules that
the European Community is adopt-
ing to create a single market.
[ The paradox?
IMHO a fair number of Japanese act like Nazi's.
Westerners are begininng to treat the Japanese like the Jews before the
"New Order" of the old Germany of WWII.
The middle-aged Japanese are currently trashing the youth here, but I
believe that the younger generation of Japan understand us much more than
their forebears.
Strong remarks, I agree, but there is more than a hint of truth to them.
Points to note:
I have only resided in Japan during the the past 18 months.
My personal observations center on living in Tokyo. I cannot remark
on the people residing in other areas of Japan. rp.
]
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ccut.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp!crow!rpaul FAX: +81 (3) 5706-8437Dan Karron@UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU (06/10/91)
I second your feelings. The only legitimate way to overcome Japans domination in the computer commodity area (Memory chips, dos machines) is for us to fund the R & D to obsolete their technology. They don't have what is required in R & D, only B & S (buy and sell). | karron@nyu.edu (e-mail alias ) Dan Karron, Research Associate | | Phone: 212 263 5210 Fax: 212 263 7190 New York University Medical Center | | 560 First Avenue Digital Pager <1> (212) 397 9330 | | New York, New York 10016 <2> 10896 <3> <your-number-here> |
uh311ae@sunmanager.lrz-muenchen.de (Henrik Klagges) (06/12/91)
I believe that there is a good chance that in 50 years everyone will be praying to the great Sony, but what is the use of this in a technical newsgroup ? Rick@vee.lrz-muenchen.de