President Ford in Japan Specifically Memorized
Former U.S. President Gerald R. Ford passed away.
He visited Japan on November 18, 1974, which was the first as the official visit of an incumbent U.S. President to Japan in the history.
Then Prime Minister of Japan Kakuei Tanaka welcomed President Ford in Tokyo.
But, a month later, Prime Minister Tanaka resigned for suspicion of money scandals.
A half year later, Saigon fell into the clutch of Vietcong and North Vietnam.
It is also known that President Ford signed an intelligence order to ban assassination of foreign leaders.
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Though it was 1968 that Japan became the second largest economy in the world in terms of GNP (Gross National Product), it is 1970's that the world really began to turn its eyes to Japan for its economic success and Japan itself started to feel its competitive edge in various fields.
The Cold War seemed to continue as far as we could overlook the ongoing history toward future.
Or did we miss something important in those days that could be a good lesson 30 years later.
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It is Americans that should judge if the late President Gerald R. Ford served his nation, then still suffering from aftermath of the Vietnam War, neither too much nor too little.
And, there will be surely a President in future just after the War on Terror. In this case, I suppose the whole world would judge similarly on the President.
"WE HAVE ONLY DONE OUR DUTY"