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 November 17, 1950. 'TO : SUBJ: Minister Joseph M, Dodge, SCAP Financial Advisor Request for Utilization of the Deposit Bureau Fund and the Counterpart Fund as Fund for Jane Typhoon Disaster Restoration: Allow us hereby to express our hearty welcome to you on the occasion of your third visit to Japan with our renewed sense of gratitude for the hard efforts and kind assistance you have made for effecting the stabili- zation and independence of the postwar economy of this country. ! As you know, the whole Kinki district was badly hit by Jane typhoon on the 3rd of last September that 19 said the severest of its kind experienced 10 more than ten years of late and the damage suffered by various industrial facilities, materiale, commodities as well as private residences and public installations showed an amazing figure and its effect upon the in- dustrial production circulation of this district was also immeasurable. Needless to say, this district 19 a center of industry, commerce and foreign trade of Japan, dealing In textiles, steel, machines, chemicals, shipbuilding, etc. among other many essential items. Therefore, 11 we want to establish a self-sufficient economy in Japan veghouldyno tFnaglects there en,otethedastrdrating even a day. From this point of view, we are now making strenuous efforts not only to restore the public in- stallations but also to study how to prevent a happen- 10g of such disaster in the future, while, as for the industrial damages, we are planning to take this oppor- tunity to realize the rationalization of industry. to- gether with its restoration, cont.a - 0153 ..... RE'-0010