JAPAN'S PREMIER: A Vigorous Visitor with an Urgent Message

JAPAN'S PREMIER

Said Secretary of State John Foster Dulles as Japan's new Conservative Premier got set to make his first official call on Washington this week: "This visit is very important and comes at a formative period in the relations between our two countries. There is a growing feeling in Japan that a new stage is approaching in [its] relations to the rest of the world, and I hope and believe that we will have a chance to talk that over constructively."

Tte Premier: Nobusuke Kishi, 60.

Early Career. Born in Yamaguchi Prefecture, 70 miles from Hiroshima, son of a poor sake manufacturer...

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