ABSTRACT
To General Tojo's credit it must be admitted that he did not apparently seek to exacerbate the ill-feeling between the U.S. and Japan caused by Mr. Matsuoka's many tactless public utterances. On the contrary there is evidence that he attempted at that time to pour oil on the troubled waters and seek a settlement of American-Japanese differences. One instance of this was the support he gave to the idea of dispatching to the U.S. an unofficial mission to explore the possibilities of a friendly adjustment. This affair, which brought him into conflict with Mr. Matsuoka, shows that there was at that time at least some limit to his fire-eating propensities.
