Chapter 64 third quarter

Yuli Ya Lastovorov had come to Japan about three years before the incident, at the age of thirty-five, as a second secretary.He was a member of the Tokyo Alien Tennis Club, and he often joked with American and British officers on weekdays. He was a simple and cheerful person.Up to the eighteenth of January he was playing at the Lawn Tennis Club, and no one in the membership thought he was in poor health.He came to Japan alone to take up the post, leaving his wife and a daughter in China. Suddenly, seven months have passed since Rastovorov's disappearance, when Japan and the world have speculated about the incident.As mentioned above, on August 14th, the U.S. State Department suddenly held that unusual press conference.The location is also very special, it is where the Secretary of State announces the policy.In advance, the State Department called journalists from various countries one by one, informing them that they would make an "important talk related to Japan" and invited them to attend a press conference held in the auditorium of the State Council. The speaker was Sedam.

At the meeting, Rastovorov personally answered the questions raised by the reporters.Rastovorov was wearing a new gray summer suit, tie, shoes, etc., in the completely American style.He read a written statement about his disappearance in Tokyo, first in Russian and then in English, before answering questions from reporters. A Japanese reporter in Washington wrote: "He is more than six feet tall, full of energy, and must have eaten well. His conversations were occasionally mixed with jokes, and he did not use the interpreter provided by the State Department to assist him. Almost all questions were answered in English."

At that time, notes from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the American Embassy in Japan and Rastovorov's own notes titled "Before Escape to the Free World" were also attached. The gist of the incident announced is: "Second Secretary Rastovorov is a lieutenant colonel attached to the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs and engaged in intelligence activities. He came to the US authorities on January 24 to ask for asylum. The reason was that he was deeply shaken by the purging of his boss Beria, so he decided not to return to the Soviet Union. The US authorities transported this person overseas on the 26th with a US military plane. A number of Japanese are involved with Rastovorov, and some of them have surrendered themselves. Senior government officials have nothing to do with him. The U.S. authorities have not consulted with the Japanese government on Rastovorov’s departure. Sorry for that.”

At the beginning, the Japanese Metropolitan Police Agency issued an order to all parts of the country to search for it according to the request made by the representative agency of the Soviet Union.In fact, on the third day of his disappearance, the U.S. State Department notified the Japanese government of the "escort" of this person to the United States by military aircraft.That is to say, the disappearance of Rastovorov has made the Japanese people anxious for half a year, but the government has not announced anything and pretended not to know. Rastovorov's question-and-answer session with reporters lasted forty-five minutes, but the news agency was disappointed. One report said: "For some questions, he could not avoid answering them on the grounds that they were not in the interests of the United States and that he could not answer them." answer, so the content of the conversation is poor.” During the question-and-answer process, a reporter asked him where he got the information.Rastovorov replied: It was obtained from members of various institutions, including the Japanese government.He also said that the positions of those officials are not very high, it can be said that they are middle-level.He said he never got in touch with the Japanese Communist Party.He also stated that he has not received information from American soldiers or civilians in Tokyo.

The statement jointly issued by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Public Security Investigation Agency is as follows: "In order to prevent the disclosure of the secrets of this incident and to protect my personal safety, especially because I was afraid that the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs would harm his family if he was informed of his voluntary departure, the U.S. authorities strongly expressed their wish to deal with it as a simple disappearance as much as possible, so I made the decision. He was transported out of the country by a U.S. military aircraft. However, in view of the above-mentioned personal pleas and the need to maintain the confidentiality of the investigation related to this case, it has been delayed until today. Furthermore, according to the government investigation, Lastovolo It is beyond doubt that the husband escaped of his own free will."

Rastovorov voluntarily left the country for the United States, and the United States helped him achieve this goal.In fact, this has nothing to do with Japanese citizens.They can do as they please with each other.But the reason why Japan cannot remain silent at this moment is because the United States has violated Japanese laws and transported this person to its own country.However, when Foreign Minister Okazaki made a statement on this point, he said: "The United States has expressed regret and promised that it will try its best not to have the same situation happen again in the future, so the Japanese side expressed its understanding only this time," and simply surrendered.

Moreover, the average Japanese only knew at this time that in order to investigate Rastovorov in the United States, Kashiwamura, the head of the first investigation department of the Public Security Investigation Agency, and Yamamoto, the chief of the third section of the Public Security Bureau of the Metropolitan Police Department, once stayed in the United States. The fact of two weeks. (Prosecutor Hase also went later.)