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Title	Richard Poole Interview
Creator	Poole, Richard
Contributors	Gibney, Alex (interviewer)
Subject - LCSH	Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952 Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952--Personal narratives Japan--History, Military--1945- Japan--Politics and government--1945- Japan--Social conditions--1945- Japan--Politics and government--1945- --Anecdotes Japan--Politics and government--1945- --Congresses Japan--Politics and government--1945-1989--Decision making Emperors--Japan Constitutional conventions Constitutional history
Coverage - Spatial	Japan
Coverage - Temporal	1945-1952
Description	Richard Poole arrived on Japanese soil in October 1945 and was quickly directed to at headquarters. As a junior officer he was assigned to the drafting of the Japanese constitutions. Poole discusses the excitement and obstacles of drafting the constitution within only one week. Poole, along with one other officer, was put in charge of the provisions dealing with the emperor. Together they needed to redefine the role of the emperor in the constitution so that he remained significant yet not too powerful.
Publisher	The Pacific Basin Institute
Date	1988 or 1989
Language	eng
Source	One 60 minute digital video 8mm cassettes recorded from two beta tapes
Collection	The American Occupation of Japan, Voices of the Key Participants, http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/aoc
Rights	Physical rights are retained by the institution. Copyright is retained in accordance with U. S. Copyright laws.
Type	Moving Image
Format	video/f4v
Running Time	00:47:00
Object File Name	aoc00002

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