 Once in Japan, the reply of Kijuro Shidehara's government, however, was that little can be done because of the confusion in the post-war Japan.Kunio through his friends' introduction met General Douglas MacArthur, who was the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, and his staff.They immediately sensed a possible human calamity if 1.6 million people were left to hunger and marauding in Manchuria, and started the triangular operation of transshipment among Shanghai, Huludao and Fukuoka.