"I ask you to remember that the Japanese troops are a strictly disciplined force and perform their duties with as little harmfulness as possible."
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Quoted in "President Proposes" - Time Magazine - July 4, 1932
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Sadao Araki
Baron Sadao Araki (May 26, 1877 – November 2, 1966) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army before World War II. A charismatic leader and one of the principal nationalist right-wing political theorists in the late Japanese Empire, he was regarded as the leader of the radical faction within the politicized Japanese Army.
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