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TAPE 14 NICOLA INTERVIEW Apr 17, 1991 (Includes: Occupation Era Miscellaneous, King of Korea, Ginza Machii, Nick’s Niece, PostWar GI Violence, etc, Shintaro Ishihara, Gold Scam, Book Reference, Gold Scam, Book Reference) SIDE A (counter 000) (OCCUPATION ERA MISCELLANEOUS) A: My nephew in Fort Myers wants to sell his liquor store. Suntory, they don’t have…

(TAPE 13) Nicola Interview  Apr 3, 1991 (Includes: Miscellaneous, Revenge Fantasties and Tacit Book Permission, Yokota-Tanashi Details, Other Crimes and Misdemeanors, Growing Up in Mafia Neighborhood, East Harlem Family, Miscellaneous–deported, early Roppongi, Gangs, Family Life, Joe Dibello, Club 88, Nihon Kotsu, Ginza Machii, The Book,)  (SIDE A) (Counter 000) (MISCELLANEOUS) Q: Tell me about Ted…

(TAPE 12) Nicola Interview Nov 16, 1989) (Includes: Narcotics, Black Market Liquor Etc., Ginza Machii, Pimping-Hotel New York, Ginza Machii, Yokota Gang & TSK, King of Korea, Roppongi, Trade-D. Trump)  SIDE A (Counter 000) (NARCOTICS) Q: Was there a lot of  hard drugs back in the immediate postwar era or the 50’s A: Before I…

(TAPE 11) Nicola Interview Nov 9, 1989 (Includes: Japanese vs American, U.S. Japan Trade [for most of tape]} SIDE A (Counter 000) (JAPANESE VS. AMERICAN) A: …(re Emperor’s Death). He was declared dead in January, but like he died in September or October. Because of the business relationship between New Year’s and all that shit…

(TAPE 10) Nicola Interview Nov 2, 1989 (Includes: Trade/Mitsubishi-Rockefeller, Yae, On Doing Business With The Japanese-boxing & bowling, On the Japanese, The Restaurant Business, U.S.-Japan Trade Problem: Solutions, Discrimination Rant)  SIDE A  (Counter 000) (TRADE/MITSUBISHI-ROCKEFELLER)) Q: What do you think about Sony buying Columbia? Mitsubishi just buying into Rockefeller? Any particular thoughts on that? A:…

(TAPE  9) Nicola Interview Oct 19, 1989 (Includes: Leases, Net Worth) SIDE A (Counter 000) (LEASES. COST OF SETTING UP SHOP) (note: US$1.00=100 yen. 30 tsubo = 100 square meters approx.) A:…Everything has gone crazy around her. And 4 million per tsubo  is not a lot of money when you now consider that the land…

(TAPE 8)  Nicola Interview Oct 13, 1989 (Includes: Nihon Kotsu Case First Verdict, Lawyer’s Lawsuit, Ballplayers, Sex Stories/Carousing, Omura, Red Light Yoshiwara & Other Occupation Tales, King of Korea) SIDE A (Note: First ¾ of Side A are boring) Counter 000 (NIHON KOTSU CASE. FIRST VERDICT: “Mr. Nicolas Can Not Be Believed”) (LAWYER’S LAWSUIT) A:…

(TAPE 7) Nicola Interview October 6, 1989 (Includes: U.S.-Japan Relations/Trade, U.S.-Japan Relations/ Marriage, Business Bribes and Gifts, Dope Deal/Nepal Ambassador’s Son, Sumo & Other Fixed Matches, Alpha 66/FBI/Pizza & Pieces, J. Citizenship, Lawyer Suit)  SIDE A  (Counter 000) (U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS: TRADE) A: People forgot what Admiral Yamamoto said. You woke up a Sleeping Lion. And…