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**2. Relationship with Kanto Gakuin University**

There are more specific records regarding Kanto Gakuin University.

In an essay by Tsuji Hitoshi that cites the historical work *Complete History of the New Left Movement* (Kurata Kazunari, 1978), the following is recorded:

- Thursday, August 28, 1969: Founding general meeting of the Red Army Faction at Jogashima
- Tuesday, September 2, 1969: Western Japan Communist Youth Red Army Faction general uprising rally at Momoyama Gakuin University
- Wednesday, September 3, 1969: Founding political assembly at Kanto Gakuin University
- Thursday, September 4, 1969: Red Army Faction major political assembly at Katsushika Public Hall
- Friday, September 5, 1969: Appearance at the National Zenkyoto Alliance founding congress at Hibiya Outdoor Music Hall

This record is consistent with the account in the report by the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Nationals (cited in the previous response) that members assembled at the Kanazawa Campus of Kanto Gakuin University on Wednesday, September 3, 1969.

**3. Conclusion**

Relationship between the Communist League Red Army Faction and universities around 1969:

- **Doshisha University (Congregationalist tradition)**
Records state that the Red Army Faction’s base was placed inside the student union building in Kyoto.

- **Kanto Gakuin University (Baptist tradition)**
Records state that a founding political assembly was held there on Wednesday, September 3, 1969.

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