SDHF Newsletter No.118 The Greater East Asian War 9

The Greater East Asian War: How Japan Changed The World
By Kase Hideaki
(Published by KK Bestseller in Japanese, 2015)
Chapter 9 – A Nation with a Fabricated History
April 14, 2016

This link is to Chapter 9.
On October 2, 1945, the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP), issued General Orders No. 4 which read, “Make clear to all levels of the Japanese public the true facts of their defeat, their war guilt, the responsibility of the militarists for present and future Japanese suffering and privation, and the reasons for and objectives of the military occupation by the Allied Powers,” and launched the War Guilt Information Program (WGIP).
The WGIP was highlighted by extensive suppression of “freedom of speech” and “freedom of thought,” such as severe censorship of newspapers, magazines, broadcast content, opening of private correspondence and burning of about 7,000 different kinds of books. This was a clear violation of the Potsdam Declaration’s Article 10, which stated that “Freedom of speech, of religion, and of thought, as well as respect for the fundamental human rights shall be established.”
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East, also known as the “Tokyo War Crimes Trial,” was the central mechanism through which a war guilt complex was implanted in the Japanese mind. The Trial was plainly fraudulent—not at all worthy of being called a “trial”. Only crimes alleged to have been committed by the Japanese were raised, while no mention was made of war crimes committed by the Allies. Justice Radhabinod Pal of India concluded in his dissenting judgment that “a trial which is carried out on this basis of law is nothing more than a pretense to make it look as if proper legal procedures have been taken, in order to satisfy one’s desire of revenge.”
Heramba Lal Gupta, one of the leaders of the Indian Independence Movement, gave the following speech in 1964:

I think that the International Military Tribunal for the Far East will surely be re-evaluated by the nations of Asia by the time we enter the twenty-first century, and then, a second Tokyo Trial will be held where Asia and all the world will regain its good sense and will judge all deeds in a fair, equal, and truthful manner. … The Japanese who were accused of serious crimes by the IMTFE, especially the seven killed as Class A war criminals, will be rehabilitated, and the day may come when they shall be worshipped like gods as the saviors of Asia. That is what should rightfully happen.

URL: https://www.sdh-fact.com/book-article/673/
PDF: https://www.sdh-fact.com/CL/Greater9.pdf
Author profile: https://www.sdh-fact.com/auther/kase-hideaki/

*For your reference; Chapter 1. Up to the Day Japan Surrendered
https://www.sdh-fact.com/CL/The-Greater1.pdf
　　　　　　　　　　Chapter 2. The Trap Laid by the United States
https://www.sdh-fact.com/CL/Greater2.pdf
Chapter 3. The Greater East Asia Conference and the Dream of Racial Equality
https://www.sdh-fact.com/CL/Greater3.pdf
Chapter 4. The Noble Spirit Which Inspired the People of Asia
https://www.sdh-fact.com/CL/Greater4.pdf
Chapter 5. Freedom From Racial Discrimination
https://www.sdh-fact.com/CL/Greater5.pdf
　　　　　　　　　　Chapter 6. Japanese Army’s “Spirit-First Policy”
https://www.sdh-fact.com/CL/Greater6.pdf
Chapter 7. Why Do We Praise The Kamikaze?
https://www.sdh-fact.com/CL/Greater7.pdf
Chapter 8. The United States and the Atomic Bombings of Japan
https://www.sdh-fact.com/CL/Greater8.pdf
　
Questions are welcome.

MOTEKI Hiromichi, Acting Chairman
for KASE Hideaki, Chairman
Society for the Dissemination of Historical Fact