((Public - Memo from the Desk of Kitasato Yataro, Minister of Justice, New Order Government, Kyoto))
The Secret Masters of the Osaka Pact: The KAP Cospiracy (Or: Ito's Revenge)
The Traditionalist pretender government in Edo, holding the Emperor's divine self hostage, is now being led by the worst criminal in modern Japanese history; Kusaribe Kinzo. The former Minister of the Interior and head of the infamous Tokkei secret police, Kusaribe is suspected of having used illegal measures, without knowledge of the Diet or the Emperor, against Japanese citizens. The same socialists and radicals currently being encouraged to revolt in Hiroshima by his so-called government were tortured and extrajudicially murdered by his ministry, under his direct authority; or so the reports would seem to indicate.
Under his leadership, the lawless Tokkei became a state within the state and a party within the party, housing former Kamikaze Party members. One wonders how long the National Liberal Party government had before the KAP wolves they foolishly invited into their flock turned on them.
Most damning, Kinzo was the mastermind behind the 1898 coup that saw the Tokkei try and fail to imprison the lawful Supreme War Council of Japan. Unfortunately, they had more success in kidnapping the Emperor than they did the Grand-Marshal Prince-Regent, and they currently hold the Imperial Household hostage in Edo. While the late Kishiwada could perhaps be forgiven as a misguided idealist being taken advantage of by Kinzo's treasonous Osaka Pact, now that there are no obstacles within the pretender government to Kinzo's supremacy, there is no telling what depths of depravity he will sink to in order to win. Should the Kyoto Government fail, all of Japan will be subject to his state-terror tactics. For the sake of the Emperor and the rule of law we must not allow that to happen.
Let us never forget the long list of crimes the KAP is guilty of. It's founder, Ito Katashi, was the madman who attempted to assassinate Prince Sakamoto Naotari and Marquis Uesugi Narinori. His assassins successfully murdered the Prime Minister, Marquis Oshiro; as well as Count Hosokowa. Most damning, their infiltrators attempting to subvert the military shot Prince Marshal Date on the front lines of the Great Asian War.
Throughout modern Japanese history, the KAP have been the worst anarchists of all, using fanatical murderers to target loyal and patriotic civilian and military leaders alike. And now, under Kinzo, they have finally achieved their fiendish goal of holding the Emperor hostage to their fanatical demands.