his office and demanded more favorable coverage of the treaty. Then on June 10, MacArthur deliberately provoked the so-called "Hagerty Incident" (ハガチー事件, Hagachii jiken). That afternoon, MacArthur was leaving Tokyo's Haneda Airport in a black car carrying himself and President Eisenhower's press secretary James Hagerty, who had just arrived in Japan to prepare for a planned visit by Eisenhower, when MacArthur ordered that the car be deliberately driven into a large crowd of anti-treaty protesters. The mob surrounded the car and proceeded to smash the car's windows and tail lights, slash its tires, and dance on the roof until MacArthur and Hagerty finally had to be rescued by a U.S. Marines helicopter. MacArthur had hoped that by provoking the incident, he would force the Japanese government to carry out a more forceful police response to suppress the protests ahead of Eisenhower's planned arrival. However, MacArthur's gambit backfired, as widespread shock at the Hagerty Incident helped force prime minister Nobusuke Kishi to cancel Eisenhower's visit, for fears that his safety could not be guaranteed. It was revealed in 1974 that MacArthur had negotiated a secret agreement with Japanese foreign minister Aiichiro Fujiyama to allow the transit of American nuclear weapons through Japanese territory. It was also revealed, through documents declassified in the 2000s, that MacArthur pressured the Japanese judiciary, including Chief Justice Kōtarō Tanaka, to uphold the legality of the United States military presence in Japan after a lower court decision found it unconstitutional. Other posts Following his time in Japan, MacArthur served as Ambassador to Belgium (1961–1965), Assistant Secretary of State (1965–1967), Ambassador to Austria (1967–1969) and Ambassador to Iran (1969–1972). While in the latter post, he escaped an attempted kidnapping by Iranian extremists in 1970. Later life and death MacArthur died in Washington, D.C., in 1997. See also Girard incident Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan Anpo protests Hagerty Incident References External links 1982 interview with Ambassador MacArthur related to US diplomatic efforts related to Vietnam 1909 births 1997 deaths People from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania Military personnel from Pennsylvania American people of Scottish descent Ambassadors of the United States to Austria Ambassadors of the United States to Belgium Ambassadors of the United States to Iran Ambassadors of the United States to Japan United States Career Ambassadors Douglas II Barkley family Yale College alumni Yale University alumni American prisoners of war in World War