Acknowledgement

The abridgment of the voluminous original was undertaken by Messrs. Tadaomi Saito, Yusaku Usanami and Hiroshi Yasumura of the Hiroshima Branch, Asahi Shimbun. The English letterpress was made by the excellent staff of Business Information Center. We express our deepest appreciation to the individual efforts poured to help introduce this booklet to the public.

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