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1、ReportofaSpecialSubcommitteeoftheArmedServicesCommittee,HouseofRepresentativesFollowinganInspectionTourOctober14toNovember23,1955REPORTOFTHESPECIALSUBCOMMITTEEOnJuly26,1955,thechairmanoftheArmedServicesCommittee,HouseofRepresentatives,appointedaspecialsubcommitteewiththehonourableMe
2、lvinPriceaschairmantomakeaninspectiontourofourmilitaryinstallationsandmissionsinvariouspartsoftheworld.TheprimemissionofthesubcommitteewastostudythelandsituationinOkinawa.ChairmanVinsonappointedthefollowingmembersoftheCommitteeonArmedServicesasmembersofthespecialsubcommittee:Hon.O.C
3、.Fisher,Hon.W.SterlingCole,Hon.GeorgeMiller,Hon.WalterNorblad,Hon.JamesT.Patterson,Hon.WilliamH.BatesThefollowingpersonsalsoaccompaniedtimesubcommitteeinthecapacitiesdesignated:Mr.PhilipW.Kelleher(counsel,CommitteeonArmedServices),Mr.LloydK.Kuhn(assistantcounsel),Col.JohnW.Gorn(Offi
4、ceofLegislativeLiaison,DepartmentoftheArmy,escortofficer),M.Sgt.WilliamF.Daniels(UnitedStatesArmy,assistantescortofficer)Otherofficersassignedtothesubcommitteeforspecialdutieswere:Capt.JohnF.Davidson(UnitedStatesNavy),Lt.Comdr.WilliamJ.McMahon(UnitedStatesNavy)ThegroupdepartedWashin
5、gton,D.C.,onthemorningofOctober14,1955,andreturnedtoWashingtononNovember23,1955.Muchofthematerialpresentedtothesubcommittee,bothorallyandinwrittenform,duringthetripisnecessarilyofahighlyclassifiednatureandcannotbediscussedinthisreport.Suchclassifiedwrittenmaterialisonfileinthecommit
6、tee'sclassifiedfilesandisopentoinspectionbymembersoftheArmedServicesCommittee.OKINAWAInordertohaveaclearcomprehensionoftheunusuallyintricateandvariedproblemswhichfacetheUnitedStatesinitsoccupancyandacquisitionoflandsinOkinawa,itisnecessarytohavearathercompleteunderstandingofthehisto
7、ryofouroccupancyofthisislandfromthetimeitwaswrestedfromtheJapanesein1945.SimilarlyitisnecessarytohavesomeknowledgeoftherecentpoliticalhistoryoftheRyukyuIslands,ofwhichOkinawaisthelargest.TheRyukyuIslandsliesoutheastofJapan,northeastofFormosaandthePhilippines,andwestoftheBonins.Thech
8、ainofislandsissome7
