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M. A. Jones to DeLoach RE: "JUST FRIENDS AND BRAVE ENEMIES" BY ROBERT F. KENNEDY PURPOSE: To set forth a chapter by chapter summary of the above captioned book, a copy of which was autographed to the Director. CHAPTER 1: "THE WORLD IS A PROUD PLACE" Attorney General Kennedy begins his book with reference to his trip with his brother, then Congressman Kennedy, to Tokyo, Pakistan, India, Thailand, Manila and Indochina in 1951. During that trip they had met Dr. Gunji Hosono, the director of the Japan Institute of Foreign Affairs, who was most hospitable and who, shortly after President Kennedy's inauguration, called upon the Attorney General to invite the President--or if that was impossible, the Attorney General--to visit Japan. Mr. Kennedy then summarized the stops on his trip and his opinion as to the benefits derived from his contacts with these various peoples. CHAPTER 2: "A BUSINESS MEETING" The author expresses the opinion that little of value comes from the formal reception and dinners that are a part of official Ginlomacy. With this in mind, he wanted his contacts in the countries he visited to be/a more informal and personal basis. He details his visit to Japan and indicates that only the first day was given to formal cfficial calls. He called on Justice Minister Ueki and sit down with the staff of the Japanese Ministry of Justice for an informal discussion of their respeciive departments. They talked about what had been done in the United States to deal with { subversion and to control the spread of internal communism, particularly as far as organized lalor and youth organizations were concerned. Kennedy indicates ine told them in som= detail of the work of the FBI and how, that at a very early date, J. Edgar Hoover had recognized the menace of internal subversion and had taxen steps to deal with it. He alsotold them of American labors efforts to keep the communisiS out of the unions. He indicates that this was American history that seemed new to the Japanese and the fact that citizens, banding together, with vigor, courage anc deter- ; Minaticn, had won the struggle against communist elements, mace an impression. i He states that certainly part of our success in the United States in contrdling the | spread of internal communism has been due to the farsightedness of the FBI and to the fact that organized labor in part has pursued democratic, not communistic aims. The 4panese organized a citizens welcoming committee called The Young Feople’'s Committee for Better International Understanding. It gave itself -2-