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前略
突然お手紙を差し上げる失礼をお許し下さい。
しかし、この手紙は個人としての西野様に差し上げるものではなく、VAWW-NETジャパンの共同代表である一種の公人たる西野様に差し上げるものとご理解下さい。
一方、私も幾つかの団体に属しておりますが、西野様に手紙を差し上げるという行為、或いは、その前提となる、米国下院議員マイク・ホンダへの手紙の送付、べーナー下院議長ほかへの手紙の送付は、如何なる団体からの指示や示唆を受けたものではなく、まったく個人としての発想と意志から行なったものであることを申し添えます。

本日、手紙を差し上げる問題は、VAWW-NETジャパン のご意見に従えば、「日本軍『慰安婦』」の件です。
どのみち、短い言葉で正確に実態を表現するのは難しいので、私は、あまりこだわりません。但し、明確に文書に残る形で公式に使われたのは、米国第１１０回下院を通過した決議文の中で使われた”Comfort Women” 或いは”Sex Slaves” であると認識しております。
この決議案について、２月中旬にマイク・ホンダ米国下院議員に質問状を出しました。その和訳を同封致しましたが、要点は、”Comfort Women”が実際にあったということを証拠づける、検証済み
の元資料を教えて欲しいということです。また、彼には、妥当な期間内に回答出来ない場合は、論理的に、彼が、”Comfort Women”は虚構であることを暗黙のうちに認めたと判断し、世界中の識者に公開することを通告してあります。

その後、米国ニュージャージー州で日本人の子供が、「慰安婦」の碑が元で、いじめられた事件もあり、米国下院議長べーナー氏などに手紙を書いたものです。
それは英語原文を同封致します。
マイク・ホンダ下院議員への手紙の英語原文、その後送ったＦＡＸなど、コピーを入手されたければ、喜んでお送りしますので、ご一報下さい。
また、ご参考に、茂木弘道氏が書かれた「慰安婦の素顔」も、同封致します。

私は、企業の世界で長年働き、かつ海外勤務が長く、その中でも米国では９年間勤務しました。
その中で貫いてきたモットーの一つは、「検証された事実に基づき、物事を論理的に判断する」でした。

その様な観点から、下記の質問をさせていただきますので、宜しくご教示下さい。
１．「日本軍『慰安婦』」が実際にあったとする根拠は何か、検証された元資料を教えて下さい。
　　２．多くの韓国人女性が強制的に連行される間、韓国では、これに反抗する暴動は起りましたか。また、連行は誰が実行したのですか、韓国人の警官は協力したのですか。
　　
なお、貴方様は、ある種の公人として、説明責任を有しておられます。責任を果たされない場合は、
それ相応のネガティブな結果を招くことは、十分ご承知のことと拝察します。

最後に、上記の話題とは外れますが、VAWW-NETジャパンは、「女性国際法廷」というものを開かれていると聞いております。
法廷という以上、さぞかし弁護人も居たと思いますが、どんな弁護人が居て、どんな弁論を行なったのか、大変関心がありますのでご教示下さい。

また、私のこの手紙の著作権は私にありますので、この手紙及び、回答を頂けない場合は、回答が頂けなかったという事実、そしてその事実から出てくる論理的推論を任意のブログほかのメディアに公開する可能性がありますことをお知らせします。

草々

平成２４年３月２７日
February 16, 2012


Congressman Michael M. Honda

1713 Longworth HOB

Washington DC 20515

USA

Dear Congressman Mike Honda:

We would pose some questions about “comfort women” or “sex slaves”.

You cosponsored a resolution condemning Japan for abducting many Korean
women and coercing them into sexual services for Japanese soldiers outside
of Japan during World War II and requiring Japanese government to make the
official apologies. And the resolution was brought before the House
Committee on International Relations. Afterwards, the House passed the
resolution with only ten attending Congressmen in July of 2007.

According to our study “comfort women” or “sex slaves” is a complete
fictitious story. It was precisely and logically denounced based on verified
facts described in the attached article titled “The Truth About the
“Comfort Women” edited by Mr. Hiromichi Moteki, secretary general of
Society for the Dissemination of Historical Fact. Any historical fact should
be logically and fairly understood and interpreted based on the verified
original sources. We understand American people are such people who
enthusiastically pursue fairness.

We, therefore, would ask you the following questions.



1. Do you still stick to the idea that Japanese government (including
its local agents) or Japanese army abducted many Korean women and coerced
them into sexual services for Japanese soldiers outside of Japan during
World War II?

2. If you do so, could you present the verified original sources
supporting your belief? Please tell us the names of the documents or others.

3. If it is revealed that your maintenance you had around the year of
2007 is groundless or based on false information, will you admit it and make
apologies for your baseless sullying of Japan as the most brutal people in
the world?



We know that many people tend to ignore a question unpleasant to them and
reject to answer the question. You may choose such a line of behavior. OK,
but you
should realize that you expose yourself to a dangerous situation by doing
so. If we don’ t receive the answer from you within a reasonable time
period, we have to understand that you implicitly admit that your
maintenance that Japanese government including the local agents and/or
Japanese army abducted many Korean women and coerced them into sexual
services for Japanese soldiers outside Japan was groundless. And we will
inform all Congressmen, Senators and many opinion leaders in the world of
our questions and the fact that you failed to answer the questions and
eventually to verify that your maintenance of “comfort women” and “sex
slaves” was valid. Your quick and sincere answer will be much appreciated.

Sincerely,
~~~~~~~~~

The Honorable John Boehner

1011 Longworth H.O.B.

Washington, D.C., 20515

USA



Dear Mr. Speaker:

I have a sense of affinity with you because I lived and worked in Washington
C. H. Ohio.

We request that you and your esteemed colleagues in the House of
Representatives review the allegation that the Japanese Government and the
Imperial Army coerced many Korean women into sexual servitude for Japanese
soldiers during World War II.

Congressman Mike Honda took initiative in introducing House Resolution 121
in the 110th Congress, 1st Session, which condemned Japan for the above
mentioned brutality and which required an official apology by Japanese
Government. This unfortunate Resolution passed in 2007.



We, the Society for the Dissemination of Historical Fact, previously edited
an article titled “The Truth About the “Comfort Women” in which the
Society demonstrated the complete fictitiousness of the “Comfort Women”
issue using verified historical sources. In the end, using rational
argument, our article exposed the “Comfort Women” issue as completely
baseless.



We have heard of an incident, in which a Japanese child living in New Jersey
was bullied by another child, motivated by, of all things, an inscription on
a monument built by pro-Korean organization to the “Comfort Women”. Such
conduct is cowardly and intolerable. We believe that the American people
cherish and enthusiastically defend fairness and justice. Because of your
commitment to justice as a member of Congress, we believe that you and your
esteemed colleagues will review the facts concerning the “Comfort Women”
with impartiality and see the “Comfort Women” issue for what it truly is.



As a member of the Society for Dissemination of Historical Fact, I sent a
letter to Representative Mike Honda on February 16, 2012. In that letter, I
asked Representative Honda, if he still truly believed the “Comfort Women”
story and asked him to present the verified historical sources that form the
basis of his belief. I hope that Representative Honda has reconsidered his
view on this issue and will notify his esteemed colleagues of this.

However, we have not received a reply from Representative Honda, so we would
like to educate other members of the House and Senate concerning the
“Comfort Women” issue. We ask only for an impartial and reasoned
reconsideration on this issue.



My grandfather worked in Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C. as an
assistant to the naval attache to conclude the Washington Naval Treaty. I
hope that this letter contributes to furthering the friendship between Japan
and the United States.

Sincerely,







Michio Sekino



Enclosed:

1. The Truth About the “Comfort Women” (Summary)

2. Questioning letter to Representative Mike Honda

3. Fax Letter to Representative Mike Honda



Senators, Congresswomen and Congressmen to whom this letter is sent:

Speaker of the House John Boehner

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi

Senator John Kerry (by email)

Congresswoman Ileana Lehtinen



cc. Congressman Mike Honda

Professor Jim Auer