Compton Packenham

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Compton Packenham
Founding member of American Council on Japan
Personal details
BornKobe, Japan

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 11 May 1893 in Kobe, Japan.[1] His father was British and managed a shipyard. He spoke fluent Japanese.[2] He had spent his early childhood in Japan.[3] He served in the Coldstream Guards as a lieutenant colonel, was awarded the Military Cross and mentioned in de[4]spatches.[5]

Career[]

Packenham worked in the New York Times in the 1920s.[2] He was the author of The Rearguard (1930.) [6]He was the Tokyo Correspondent of Newsweek after World War II.[7] In 1946 he was appointed the bureau chief of Newsweek in Japan.[2] He was part of the .[3] He helped found the council in late June 1948 in Harvard Club in New York City.[8] Upon the recommendation the Emperor of Japan, Packenham helped John Foster Dulles meet Japanese politicians and businessmen.[9] In 1947 he engaged in bitter criticism of Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.[10]

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.[11] 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.[12] Compton Pakenham died 17 August 1957.[13]

References[]

  1. ^ "Person Page".
  2. ^ a b c Schonberger, Howard B. (1989). Aftermath of War: Americans and the Remaking of Japan, 1945-1952. Kent State University Press. p. 136. ISBN 9780873383820. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b Schaller, Michael (1997). Altered States: The United States and Japan Since the Occupation. Oxford University Press. p. 30. ISBN 9780195069167. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Person Page".
  5. ^ Finn, Richard B. (1992). Winners in Peace: MacArthur, Yoshida, and Postwar Japan. University of California Press. p. 256. ISBN 9780520069091. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  6. ^ Rearguard. January 1930.
  7. ^ Schaller, Michael (22 October 1987). The American Occupation of Japan: The Origins of the Cold War in Asia. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199878840. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  8. ^ Takemae, Eiji (2003). Allied Occupation of Japan. A&C Black. p. 459. ISBN 9780826415219. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  9. ^ Stueck, William (29 September 2010). The Korean War in World History. University Press of Kentucky. p. 162. ISBN 978-0813136950.
  10. ^ Kataoka, Tetsuya (1991). The Price of a Constitution: The Origin of Japan's Postwar Politics. Taylor & Francis. p. 71. ISBN 9780844817149. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  11. ^ Seagrave, Sterling; Seagrave, Peggy (2003). Gold Warriors: America's Secret Recovery of Yamashita's Gold. Verso. p. 122. ISBN 9781859845424. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  12. ^ Davis, Glenn; Roberts, John G. (9 July 2012). An Occupation without Troops: Wall Street's Half-Century Domination of Japanese Politics. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 9781462903702. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  13. ^ "Person Page".

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