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词条 Compton Packenham
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  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. References

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Compton Packenham was an American journalist. He was a former British army officer and served in the American Council on Japan.

Early life

Packenham was born in Kobe, Japan. His father was British and managed a shipyard. He spoke fluent Japanese.[1] He had spent his early childhood in Japan.[2] He served in the Coldstream Guards as an officer.[3]

Career

Packenham worked in the New York Times in the 1920s.[1] He was the Tokyo Correspondent of Newsweek after World War Two.[4] In 1946 he was appointed the bureau chief of Newsweek in Japan.[1] He was part of the American Council on Japan.[2] He helped found the council in late June 1948 in Harvard Club in New York City.[5] Upon the recommendation the Emperor of Japan, Packenham helped John Foster Dulles meet Japanese politicians and businessmen.[6] In 1947 he engaged in bitter criticism of Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.[7]

He along with others of the American Council on Japan taught Nobusuke Kishi English and helped him improve his image. They helped him become Prime Minister of Japan.[8] In Japan during the occupation period, he helped Japanese government officials communicate with senior US politicians and officials. The Japanese government was able to circumvent MacArthur's communication blockade.[9]

References

1. ^{{cite book|last1=Schonberger|first1=Howard B.|title=Aftermath of War: Americans and the Remaking of Japan, 1945-1952|publisher=Kent State University Press|isbn=9780873383820|pages=136|url=https://books.google.com/?id=0O7nID3qgaEC&pg=PA136&dq=Compton+Packenham#v=onepage&q=Compton%20Packenham&f=false|accessdate=30 January 2017|language=en|year=1989}}
2. ^{{cite book|last1=Schaller|first1=Michael|title=Altered States: The United States and Japan Since the Occupation|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780195069167|pages=30|url=https://books.google.com/?id=p3TmCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA30&dq=Compton+Packenham#v=onepage&q=Compton%20Packenham&f=false|accessdate=30 January 2017|language=en|year=1997}}
3. ^{{cite book|last1=Finn|first1=Richard B.|title=Winners in Peace: MacArthur, Yoshida, and Postwar Japan|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520069091|pages=256|url=https://books.google.com/?id=TZHK6GU_LmgC&pg=PA256&dq=Compton+Packenham#v=onepage&q=Compton%20Packenham&f=false|accessdate=30 January 2017|language=en|year=1992}}
4. ^{{cite book|last1=Schaller|first1=Michael|title=The American Occupation of Japan: The Origins of the Cold War in Asia|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199878840|url=https://books.google.com/?id=zgElh08a9IYC&pg=PT162&dq=Compton+Packenham#v=onepage&q=Compton%20Packenham&f=false|accessdate=30 January 2017|language=en|date=1987-10-22}}
5. ^{{cite book|last1=Takemae|first1=Eiji|title=Allied Occupation of Japan|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=9780826415219|pages=459|url=https://books.google.com/?id=Ba5hXsfeyhMC&pg=PA459&dq=Compton+Packenham#v=onepage&q=Compton%20Packenham&f=false|accessdate=30 January 2017|language=en|year=2003}}
6. ^{{cite book|last1=Stueck|first1=William|title=The Korean War in World History|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=0813136954|pages=162|url=https://books.google.com/?id=JsY0zzmdVEoC&pg=PA162&dq=Compton+Packenham#v=onepage&q=Compton%20Packenham&f=false|language=en|date=2010-09-29}}
7. ^{{cite book|last1=Kataoka|first1=Tetsuya|title=The Price of a Constitution: The Origin of Japan's Postwar Politics|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9780844817149|pages=71|url=https://books.google.com/?id=iuUynl48h4EC&pg=PA71&dq=Compton+Packenham#v=onepage&q=Compton%20Packenham&f=false|accessdate=30 January 2017|language=en|year=1991}}
8. ^{{cite book|last1=Seagrave|first1=Sterling|last2=Seagrave|first2=Peggy|title=Gold Warriors: America's Secret Recovery of Yamashita's Gold|publisher=Verso|isbn=9781859845424|pages=122|url=https://books.google.com/?id=n3c_gKdOXAcC&pg=PA122&dq=Compton+Packenham#v=onepage&q=Compton%20Packenham&f=false|accessdate=30 January 2017|language=en|year=2003}}
9. ^{{cite book|last1=Davis|first1=Glenn|last2=Roberts|first2=John G.|title=An Occupation without Troops: Wall Street's Half-Century Domination of Japanese Politics|publisher=Tuttle Publishing|isbn=9781462903702|url=https://books.google.com/?id=gfvPAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT35&dq=Compton+Packenham#v=onepage&q=Compton%20Packenham&f=false|accessdate=30 January 2017|language=en|date=2012-07-09}}
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