Fwd: Truth is the First Casualty of War

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Tue Jul 4 05:45:11 PDT 2000


On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Michael Hoover wrote:


> What "concessions on China"? . . . This "agreement" seems to have been
> readily attainable by unilateral Japanese action . . . So what actions
> was the United States to have undertaken?
> Brad DeLong [ellipses are mine, not Brad's]

This seems like a fair question, Michael. I don't know why you're treating it so scornfully. I'm certainly interested. What were the Japanese to get in return for their military concessions? From your comments about Fair trade, can we assume it was some sort of an exclusive franchise on Chinese trade?

Michael

__________________________________________________________________________ Michael Pollak................New York City..............mpollak at panix.com



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