ONE AMERICAN-BORN JAPANESE WHO CHOSE JAPAN 449

both as a group and individually. He told me afterwards that he was
too much moved to make more than a perfunctory reply.

Here is another entry from Dooman's diary telling about the
American-born Japanese who chose Japan :

Yesterday evening shortly before six o'clock Benninghoff re-
ported to me that Fujimoto, the translator, had disappeared.
Fujimoto was born in the United States and had dual nation-
ality until a few years ago, when he returned to the United
States and divested himself of Japanese nationality. He came
back to Japan and has since been a member of the Embassy staff.

According to Benninghoff, Fujimoto was last seen at about
10.30 in the morning. Although his wife had noticed his absence,
she was not particularly alarmed until about three o'clock in
the afternoon, when she reported to Benninghoff that she had not
been able to find her husband. Benninghoff and Turner then
made a thorough search of the buildings and grounds, but to no
effect. Benninghoff thereupon went to Kyokawa, the officer in
charge of the police detachment at the Embassy, He found
Kyokawa working on some papers, and he asked him whether
he knew where Fujimoto was. Kyokawa continued writing with-
out looking up and asked : " Isn't he here ? " Benninghoff then
described the efforts to find Fujimoto and said that it was obvious
that Fujimoto was not in the compound. Kyokawa all this time
continued to work on his papers and did not look up. If anyone
in the compound had left the compound without Kyokawa's
knowledge, one could be certain that Kyokawa would be extremely
excited, but he showed himself wholly unconcerned over the dis-
appearance of Fujimoto. It was apparent to Benninghoff that
Kyokawa was cognizant of the matter.

Upon receiving this report from Benninghoff I immediately
went to Kyokawa and asked him whether he knew anything at
-all about the disappearance of Fujimoto. Kyokawa looked me
straight in the eye and said he knew nothing at all about it, but
that he would call up the metropolitan police station and make
inquiries. He went into the next room where the telephone is
and I heard him through the door say over the telephone that
I was making inquiries about the Fujimoto case and he asked
what position he should take. Kyokawa returned shortly there-
after and said that he was going to the police station and would
inquire about the Fujimoto case. I asked Kyokawa to telephone
to the Swiss Minister at once and ask that the Swiss Minister come
and call upon the Ambassador. Kyokawa then turned quite ugly,
said that he was under no obligation to " obey my instructions,"
and he walked off.

After dinner the Ambassador gave me a note asking the Swiss
Minister to call the first thing this morning, and I took the note
to the policeman on duty and asked whether he would allow the