MAKE URGENT PROTESTS TO THE CITY OF HIRAKATA
That Called Off the Nanking Art Exhibition,
Yielding to the Rightist Organization

The City of Hirakata (Osaka Pref.) called off The Art Exhibition Nanking 
1937 painted by the Chinese American artists living in New York, which was to 
be held from August 30 to September 4.

In the City of Osaka was the start of that art Exhibition, which has been
held in the cities of Kobe, Kyoto, Nagoya and so on one after another.
The Chinese American artists started to paint the arts in 1982, when the history w
as rewritten in the process of the revision of history textbooks on Japan, in 
order to record the historical fact, protesting against the Denials of the Nan
king Massacre and against Claiming the Nanking Massacre "Phantom."

$B!!!!(B In Hirakata, the Exhibition had been prepared, sponsored by the City of H
irakata and the Hirakata City Board of Education, cooperated by "the Nanking M
assacre Art Exhibition" citizens projecting group in Osaka

$B!!!!(B However, the City of Hirakata has decided to call off the Exhibition, yie
lding to the "Protests" by the rightist organization at the Executive Meeting,
 which was composed of the Mayor of Hirakata, Mr. Nakatsuka, the Superintenden
t of Education of Hirakata, Mr. Nakano and so on.

$B!!!!(B On August 9, the Superintendent gave an account of the calling off  which
 was quite unclear and out of recognizing the seriousness of the problem, to t
he$B!!(Bcitizens projecting group.

$B!!!!(B That DecisiOsaka-fu,on of Calling Off the Exhibition means that the admin
istrative organ denies the historical fact of Japanese agression, yielding to 
the threats by the specific violent group.  That Decision is, before anything 
else, disrespecting the victims of Japanese agression, including those of the 
Nanking Massacre.
$B!!!!(B We protest about the decision of Calling Off the Exhibition to the City o
fHirakata and the Hirakata City Board of Education and demand them to hold the
 Exhibition, withdrawing the decision.

$B!!!!(B There is not a moment to lose till August 30.$B!!(BWe ask the readers of this
 article to make urgent protests to the City of Hirakata.

$B!!(B Address for Protests:
$B!!!!!!!!!!(B Mr. NATATSUKA Hiroshi, the Mayor of Hirakata
$B!!!!!!!!!!(B Mr. NAKANO Kazuo, the Superintendent of Education of Hirakata
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