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that in 1960, amid a large protest in Japan, US press secretary James Hagerty deliberately ordered his car be driven into a crowd, hoping to provoke a government crackdown. Protesters then mobbed and smashed the vehicle for an hour, thus prompting the Marines to rescue him by helicopter.

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Fun Fact: that in 1960, amid a large protest in Japan, US press secretary James Hagerty deliberately ordered his car be driven into a crowd, hoping to provoke a government crackdown. Protesters then mobbed and smashed the vehicle for an hour, thus prompting the Marines to rescue him by helicopter.

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