No. 697
Editorial Note
In his diary notes for October 8, President Eisenhower discussed Japan as follows:
“In Japan there seems to be some hope that the Japanese will attempt to pick up some of the load and establish their own security organization. Their Constitution, adopted under General MacArthur’s supervision, denies them the right to have military forces. But the time has come when they must become responsible for their own internal defense, even though to avoid frightening our other friends in the Pacific, we must always provide the naval and air strength required in that region by the free world.” (Eisenhower Library, Whitman file, DDE Diaries)