Appeal to the People or An Appeal to the People was a document written by communists in

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Imperial Japan in

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. It was issued after their release on October 10, 1945, a month after the

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, Yoshio Shiga, and other released Communists issued an "Appeal to the People" on October 10, 1945. In it the following themes were advanced: According to

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"Later, when the

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intensified, this would become a point of embarrassment to the Communists, who lamely rationalized Tokuda's words by pointing out that the reference to "Allies" included the Soviet Union.

References

{{Reflist 1945 in Japan 1945 documents Communism in Japan Japanese Communist Party Manifestos Prison writings Republicanism in Japan Shōwa period