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VOLl NO I I MARCH 1945 I.ICD A QUICK LOOK AT ItPage 3 HE FIGHTING FRONTSe AKASHI PLANT WAS Pag.131G PRODUCER ) e ASTUDY OF ENEMY ""01Pag.17 AIRCRAFT TACTICS ~ BEST JAP flAK Pag.23 a.DEFENDS HOMELAND o,a.


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XX I BOWl BE R e 0 M MAN D~ I I I T E l l I G E N C E REPORT

FIGHTING FRONTSWhy Iwo Fight ToughThe European FrontThe Paci f ic Front

357i l l BOl.lCm' OPERATIOlIS

XXI BomCom Begins to Hit I t s Str ide 9XXI BomCom's F i r s t 3 - ~ i r i g Str ike 11Photo Cover of the Week 12Chastened Naviga to r Hoofs ' 'lay Home 12118M Planes Drop 22 Tons on Tokyo 12m BOMCOM TA.'lGETS

Kawasaki Plant ','Ias a Big Pr oducer 13JAPANESE AIRCRAFT


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rIO ENEMY EnCCmrI'ERrD

Primary target f or S tr ik e~ o 37 . on 19 February. wasth e Naka,i b. a Aircraft Factoryin th e Tokyo area. One hundred twenty eight effectivesort ies were flo'-"n ou t of th e150 aircraf t of the 73rd and3l3th ":J1ngs which were airborne fo r the mission , a lthoughnonp was able to attack th ep:,i-'.';l.:!,," tq ... ~ e t .Units of t he ' 3l3th Wingran in to a weather front 300miles sou th of landfall. Theformations penetrated i t andreassembled in good order withth e exception of one s.Quadronwhich nad difficul ty reJoining.I t eventually reached Tokyoith e secondary target, andd r o p ~ e d i ts boobs.

No enemy ai rcraf t a Q ~ e a r _ed to challenr,e th e bombers2lay. ~ a described as heavy:meap.er to ~ ~ e r a t e and inaccurate. Al l ai rcraf t returned.r,'1'!SSICN NO. 37

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229 B-29 aircraf tof the XXI BomberCommand, airbornefrom bases on 88ipan, T1n1an and Guamagainst Tokyo, dropped 552 tons.

Carrier ai rcraf t ofTask Force 58 under ViceL - " , ~ ' Admirall.:arc A. Mi tscher, ~ " ' - _ attacked military, navalari! a11' installations on25 February. This wasth e second attack in 10days.

In th e l as t 10 days ,unitsof th e XXI Bomber Command havemade three s tr ik es in force against th e enemy.Truk Atoll, which has hada b i t of a r es p it e l at el y, wasattacked on 18 February by 35B_29s of the 3l3th Bombardment

V .. ,'ling.. . . The primary ta rget - a ~ r -J f ields on Moen Island, \'a5 !lit".. by 58'7 Sao-pound general pur-~ F E B R " R IS...... O,AI I ! ! -TWO pose bombs which were dropped\l l , y under visual conditions from-d 24,000 to 25,900 feet ..'i JAPAN Fourteen percent of th e M 4 . !". observed bursts were withinL .....:....:c.... ..:.. J the tBrf"et area of No. 1 air-f ield and 72 percent of th ebursts were seen on air f ieldNo.2.


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on ~ g e t s of o p p o r t u ~ i t y ,which in cl ud ed r agoya, Yo!mhama, East Side Tolqo 38Y. ilagetsura, Shi!':'liZu, Shizuoka,Toyahasi, NUlIaZU. [aga :lavalBase, Henarnatsu, ShinGU, Rachi jo J i ~ a and 10 u ~ ~ o w n tar eets on the n 3 i n l ~ n c .

No enenr air oP?ositionTas encountered end a l l air -craf t returnce a ~ c e p t two lostthrough a ir collision enrouteto th e t a l ~ e t .Results of the bombingswere unobserved and c lo ud cov er has prevented photo re c onnalssance of th e targets a tth e time of ~ n l s report .

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The b o ~ b hi ts ~ e ~ e scattereo and ':01' th e ~ o s t partaround th e peri-eter of theci ty.

Uirc:raft of both .11ngs d r o D ~ Q:J. total of 51: X 500 GP and' 42X GOC I on targets of las tresort and tar3ets of o p ~ o r tunity.

sou_pound DrSIB were dronoedNineteennd 198 X 500

Of 229 ai rcraf t airborne,67 bombed th e primary ta rgety ~ a d a r from 24,000 to 32,500eet . On Tokyo 169 500-poundeneral purpose and 2,049 500ound incendiaries were droped,

One hundred nineteen aircraf t of th e t ~ ~ i n g s dro?ped1,042 SOC-pound general ~ r pose bO::lbs and 358 SoC-poundincendiery bO::lbs on th e second'lI'Y ta rse t (To'-


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PRODUCER!eastern P.nJ I and the 1'U'' 'erShlkoJru IS!'2I1d on tIle !jO'lth.Akc"lshi -3tralt.. bet'::c;:>n .\ '::1.,1 fund JTonsh'.l.. rOMS an c:-:c.::l:cntl:md"'la:" J

,Just past t ~ t i : l "r .;':'f3i1 th e ' - ' 1 . i n l a ~ o " 0 : 1 5 ~ 1 l l . illtssouth"l'lard in to th e 101'l."ld ~ e ! ! la t the r.I)uth of' t : _".'t.. ~ 1 "'14v-i"r. 1":fo :;trea..,=s m"et R ~ " 1 o . s tt11ree-follrths of:J. . , t le r.llrthof th e e o ~ ~ t to ~ O ~ l ~ r eriver fbwlnf': S O t l ~ t " thrO'.t tt'\1to;:.;,ro :llan3e south CO:I:;;t or HonSh1\ 15nd , f'':.st th e o'l:ll-s"'laoc'= haya t is f')ceo on th e cast sldeOs a":"'!. , ,Taj);I"}'S spcond In r ....t ci ty , nno on t ,e ~ e s t byc rnrrO\7 st r in of Ll.Od a te ~ o o ~ o ~ t ~ e D ~ u n ~ a i ~ s oc O i 0 : ~ by rO[lp, ,Tap:ln'S r reat t p:>rt, yO'l c O ~ ' I 1 e af ter fivesix l1Ues to th e end of t ~ :"'lost land-locked Osnj("a Tlay.

fASAKINT AT ./.r.l!aJJti, / ( l as '" BIG

C:uality

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,4. ~ O l , f b ~ r cr e71 \'et"Jrnin g from a mission in th eC h i n a - n u r n a - I ~ d i a theater~ e c a m e l os t . ?h e pilo tdirected th e navi"'ator tob a i l o u t an d get-d irec ti o n ~ from t he n at iv es .

The navigator took toth e s i lk and upon reachin g th e 'good earth foundout his locat ion from th enat ives. He t ten indicated to the nlane th ecourse beck to th e baseby pIne I n logs and roc 1'sin the shape of or 'ows.The crew reached basesafe ly . ,0 did th e chast ener n a v i ~ a t o r - - l a tel' andon foot . (Prom Hav al Avi

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one ai rcraf t ,26 February,n destroyer.

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Ansu T!lE ST!UKE PoststriRe p h o t o g r a p h ~ or the K&-'O'1ssald.. Aircraft .:::ompany"plant a t Akashi reveal that39 ?8rcent o the total roofgrea has been dam3&ed or de-stroj'eo. Bast extensive Oa.,age is to the e n ~ i n e p l ~ n t ,~ e r e 58 ~ e r c e n t ~ th e roofarea '.'las d a : n 3 ~ e d or des troyed.~ 7 e n t y one percent of the roofarea of th e aircrA.ft assemblyportion of tne plant (lowerpart of t3Tp.et) has been damaged. ! . ~ o s t of' t:\e main Mild -t 1 . f ~ S in the ensine plant anda l l th e main assembly build-ir.gs shoW ; , O ~ C d3mage. On theair f ield 3,re Hicks nnd TonyS.

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An analysiS or the 16posed missions produces~ 0 1 1 o w 1 n g s t a t i s t i cs :

missions 8 anti 9, no e a . yf ighter reaction was reported.

HIOH FLYING AND FAST: Anew Jap twin in-line enginer ich ter capable of repeateda t ta cks aga in st B_29s at highalt i tude has been encountered


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1. Reduction of averageo. OF B29s LOSTbom111nt:; alt i tude from 30.00cUE TOto 2 ~ , O O O feet coincides ITitiJan 85 percent increase in thfAGION - - - percentage of ~ - 2 9 s damaged.

'" ISSIONThere is an upward t r e n ~ ' - - - - - " - : : : : : : : : - - - = : : : ' ~in th e percentage of attach.r:lade prior to hOl:lbs a'l7ay. T ' h ~ U M ' E R Ofstar t of this trend coinci",..29. OVERN1th th e reduction of th e avoerage b011blne; a l t i tude frO:! II 130,000 to 26.000 feet . .- It~ " ' h e n th e average bornbin-"VERAG.Hitude was 30,000 feet , 53JOMBINGpercent of a l l at tacks \7ere:nade a our a v e r a ~ e , bombing AItt.W,. H--+-al t i tuoe or higher. .'/hen OUl' /'" (iffbombing alt i tude ':ras reduce'.. . i l i ! ~ = j ! _to about 26 ,000 feet , 67 per:cent of c.ll a t tacks were r:tadeo.OF 829s DAMA6ED:. t ou r averal!e bo:nb1nB al t i -Jf TO EItude or hiSher. /A

JE TO E/ASta t i s t ic s on da1l8ge toB-Z9s by e n e ~ y a i rc ra f t S h O ~ : . F . L . A . K . .

1'he ra t ia of sil;htin,?:s ofemy a i rc ra f t to n-29s overtarget was 1.6 to 1 .An averageof 179 enenyi rcraft were sighted on eache The largest number,~ ~ S i ~ ~ e Sighted over Akashi

~ ~ i s s i o n 20 on 19 January.The average nunber siGhted over TokyO is 171 - over:-lagoya 158. Troo hU'1dred and

five w ~ sighted over Kobe.The most attacks made bye n e ~ y fighters ~ e r e over Tokyoon 27 January when 984 passeswere ~ d at th e 3-295. Therehas been an average of 370attacks oer nission. Tokyodefenders have averseed 442attacks and th e !iaGoya fighter s 358 per nisslon.

There is an upward trendin the p erc enta ge o f attacksmade by Tony in the Tokyo area.In the Iiagoya area th e percentage of attacl(s made b:r Irvin/;and tlick bas increased-.

TABlf Of RELfVANT STATISTICS: !/MlSSIOI'IS, # 0 5 3 M I S S I O ~ ~ , At1$ 41SS1ONS. NOS7 , a n _ 1 3 / ' f 2022-21- 76. 29- '1 -3 '11: -/ 7 -18-19TOT4L OF B - 2 9 ' s 621 200 438EACH/Ncr TARGET.M:>.OP"8-29's as 49I4M/lf'.iE/) . 58PE/ /CE/VrOP 8 - 2 9 $ 18.8Akf.4G-E"O. 2+.5 13.2AVER4G-E BOMB/JVG- 30000L T l T ( l p 26000 26000AVG. PER Mft.;SIONOF8298 RE"ACHING- TARGET 69 67 110

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On miss i0:'15 ~ 1 :n only byt he 73rd :iing, th e average numbe r of B-29s reaching th e tare;et was 68. The ra t io ofeneny aircraft sighted to av_erage number of B-29s reachingth e target was 2.6 to 1. Onmissions fl own by th e 73rd and313th 'ine;s. a n average of 109B-29s have r e a c h 0 ~ th e t a r ~ e t .


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MISSION NO. 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 16 I i Ie 19 20 21 24 26 19

~ E l U \ G EM81NG-~ . _ . I - I - + ~ + - + - + - + - t - - + - t -

'+++-'CE.T, o/A ATTACKS++---t----.OR TO ~ B AWAY

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"OF All ATTACKS MAOE 10AT AVG.80M8INfr AlTlT-

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NUMBER OF "B ' 2 9 S ~ E l l "t1JL'"

,% ,fA1ACKS MADEBY DESIGNATED'fA TYPES: 1011'I:=====OJO ~ K - + - + - rZEXE 6lEICE32 -- - - -+++,-if.

t 'Al l T /[ ......_.++.+.. \ j ' - ' ; I ---t- j ' - I ~ I 7 ! I - - - + I - - I - H o f B ' 2 9 ~ O ' / E R T A R G E T S"I - + - - + - - - j ~ ~ - - 1 ~ \ =1-----if-'++--t-t' t l l r ~ BING PRIMARYlOt- of E/A ATTACKS

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f/A SIGHTEDONE B-29 of EjA51GHTED,.Oo f & ~ CMR1NlGfT10.t /11. ATTACKS 108-29! OVER TARGET


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Essentially the S8-:1e 'typeof flak WQS encounterec by th eB_2gs of th e XXI Somber Cocr:l81ld or.. th e shake-down miss ions over Truk. 'I i th ourformations flying at . 0:' above25,000 feet , th e flak encount e r e d was meage r and InacC:.Irate . Black bursts were r ~ ported from 1,500 to s.elOfeet below th e formations, a."!.ct ra i l ing th e formation by .15much as 3.000 yards. No clamag e from flak was sustained or.t h . ~ s e missions.

PICTURE CHA!lGES

There was no evidence orthe enployment of g u ~ - l a y i n ~:,edars.

The defense ~ a charecter lzed by e scal l nunber ofeuns placed close to th e tarr e t __ close in defense.

On t he o th er band, dUL"inth e missions OVf!r Japan pro , . .an ent1.rel1 dlt t...nt !'lakpicture ed.t i re ."aspredicted

FLAK BETTER NEAR HOME

blch of th e ~ . l \barrage or ofcentrat ion tyoe.

J:l;>anese AA h a l.aegedoar behind b o t ~ o:.:.r and Ger"!!snA 1 each of th e following:~ a n t ~ ~ y nnd quality ofmate-:"iel.r ~ c t l c a l disposition of'V AA.I Methods o[ f i re cCl'ltrol..

In th e outlying dist r ictsJap controlled terr i tory ine past . Japanese heavy AAnsis ted mainly of th e armyco and 3 inch guns.

1.96 f1fthtll1'S00 U&-'ll boilt>era75 1(8d1= bol:tIllrs-2! Reeee plane3""TOKYO AREA

B-29s. I t is believed thatthese units were kept awayfrom th e Navy s t r ike .I t should be borne iemind that th e p rima ry c on ce rnof th e Japanese High Command1s protect ion of the Empire.

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J.B : i l i h ~ $ l ' 896 ll!j;ht. ~ r 60 l(edlu;n boIlbertl..li reeee'"

eocplement.200 AleloS Ale288 Ale72 Ale42 Ale

D:P:!..!.11(l. oJ Unitsr 1(ht.er (rr) - .5!'tecee (:") - 2IVA (!:) - 6u/!l (.r.) - 2Recee (A ) )

On 18 February, immedi at el y a ft er th e Navy s t r ike ,i t was estimated that therewere 332 fighters 1n the Tokyoarea. This 1s a reduction of164 from th e estimate of 15February.However I i t 1s thoughtthat this reduction did notaffect the units whose primarymission 1s interception of

I c : : : l i t O ~ / P ~ - J A ~ ~ As of 15 Feb. 1945 with exception of ; ' : ,kOTUs, Depot A/c and Training Planes.


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MARRIED lIEN REID:TAHT

"FAIUJRE" CHIEF' CAUSE

Young soldiers who havebeen active bat t le part ic i..pants , beeause of the i r fa11..ure to carry out the i r duties

According to th e prison_ers . th e follOWing categoriesof Japanese s o ld ie rs a re pre_disposed t o s ui ci de :

In contrast , l!8JTied menoften th ink of the i r ramtl1esf i r s t and are less inclined tocommit suicide, eren i f th87have fai led.

Those who have graa te rres pons ib11i t ies, such a s of'f icers , i f they think theirmissions have no t been aecOllp..l1shed.

Lt. Gen. Saito, commanderof a divis ion. is quoted assayil"-B, "\'le ar e going to bet . ~ e breakwater of th e Pacific;unfortunately we fought to ou rend; therefore I want yoo mento tollOW" m e . ~

SUICIDE Cm'YONThe i nc idence o f sulci8eng Japs in the Marlanas wash. During th e las t stagesth e batt le for S8ipan a l ls lcal ly capable officers

POSITION 10'35/40/08N _ 139/32/401Thi s p rob ab le gunradar is located 200AAnorth of a 6-gun heavY 1t e ry . The battery isl at el y e as t of Chofu AirtThe radar does not appearof th e l ~ a r k "TA" Hodel :3(Pr int 5M22 _ 2:35)

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'n11S radar Instal la t1s located about one-half IIIeast of T a r ~ e t l 5 4 ~ 1n thetarget area , and serves onegun heavy AA battery . I t d.ferS In appearance frOl'llMark "TA" Model 3 rad8l"tha t no cleared circ le can ~ ~ ~ ~seen.'.'That is believed to 1 flhe radar control is hOUSed' ')f,_._ 1a tower about 160 feet rA LOOK AT THE FFIuta- AT WORKt he n ea re st gun. Earth sellindica te th e power l ine eQti ns from th e tower to An i ns ig h t i nt o th e off- and enlis ted men of one uni tnee 0 tl f enter cogs of th e Japanese committed suicide.f i re cont rol s ta on 0 oldler1s mind is provided bybatter(YPr"i t 4U4 _ 4- 5 6) th e interrogation of severaln s -, Jap prisoners o f ~ a capturedTIOH 8 Ln th e Marianas.POSI 0 0(35/42/401; - 139/34 / 43E ) ' c l t > { . ; . . < i I ~ ) ~ " " ' , - - - _

This radar s i t e is 1ed about three_fourthS ofmile southeast of Targetand serves one 6-gun heavybat tery . '(Pr int s 5Ml6 - 3:68,69 All:hougq. from an Ar.)E!ricanlo in t of view th e Ja p may be aPOSITION 9 . it tl e b it nuts a l l th e t i ~ e ,(35/37/55N _ 1 ~ 9 / 4 7 / 2 0 E ) h a Japanese Army is compara.ively free of psychiatricThis gun laying radf1'asualties. The prisoners a tlocated bet",'reen th e middle I"ibuted , this to several fac_most southern of three G-iDrs: Severe b as ic tr al nil lb ,ba t t e r i e s , th e middle ba ice of the Jap in being inposi t ion being empty. e army and th e feeling tha tbatter ies are on made 1a hile f ighting th e Jap 501

1 0 th e waterfront . er gives his undivided a t-. g (Pri t 5"16 _ 3:102, Dtion to the imrnediate taskn S.I. has no time to go to piee-This s i te s er ve s t hr ee 6gun heavy AA batter ies . it islocated between th e Nagagawa~ i v e r and th e Arakawa drainage~ a n e l . approximately threefourths of a mile southwest ofth e Nagagawa Bridge.(Prints 4M20 - 2:41,42)

POSITION 7(36/14/43N - 139/20/06S)

th s of a mileticn tnree r f o ~ ~ e south end ofSOU t h ~ 1 e S t 0's.rlr.1aZU A l r f 4 1 ~ ~ ~ . 2:25,26)(Prints . -POSITI(ll 3

(35/4Z/55N - 139/48/30E)One 6_gunedhe a

VY t ~ ~ ~ ; t er y is loca t on 1: k f the Surnida-Gawa Rver .~ 8 0 antenna in therhe recelvlne ed ci rclet er of th e clear=en t 1 .. 175 feet r r o ~is aprroxirna e.....,.the nearest gun. ~ 7 (Prints 41;49 - 2 :36 ,. :. >POSITION /< (35/42/55N - 139/53/42E)

This radar installation;erves four 6-gun heavy A iJp.tterieS, located about one~ i l e south of th e Kalwa Sta~ 1 0 n Saba main l ine railroad. (Prints 41.149 - 2:41,42)

POSITION 5(35/40/38N _ 139/55/13E)This 1s a radar instal lation serving two 6-gun heavYAA batteries, located approximateLv one mile west of the:-:lO'lth of th e Edop;aW8 drainagecanal, on Tokyo Bay.(Print 4U49 - 2:44)

POSITION 6(35/44/55N _ 139/51102E)


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"Russia haS been exhausted in her fight against Germany; therefore she will notattack Japr.n tor she mOWSthat Japan haS a strong armJon the Siberian border."

"Neither country will at tack the other since stalinreached an agreement with Mat-suoka to that etrect."TIler. 15 a po.s1blltt7that Russia IDQ' attack Japan

RUSSO-JAP WARJaps as a whole dislikethe Russians but feel that

Russia will not attack Japan.Reasons advanced fo r thistheory by PWs vary from concrete examples to wishfulthinking. Examples are:"Russia w11l not attackfo r she knaws Japan's truestrength. "

The average Japanesethinks that England has becamea second-class nation since"she is surpassed by the U.S."

Since the outbreak of thewar, the Jap propaganda haSbeen directed towards incitinghatred of the U.S. in the mindof t he J ap . NumerouS atrocitystories ar e reported about Americans. The most reportedone is that "American soldierskilled Japanese prisoners inNew Guinea by crushing themwith steam rollers." orficerste l l their men that they willbe horribly tortured i t theyar e captured.

States has changed th e at t i -tude of the average Jap towarOus . Before the war many Japsthought that "America was anice, freedom-loving, democratic country, world center ofeducation and 8 land of manyr as ources "

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A strong propaganda cpaign aimed against the Um

The Japanese attitude Iward ou r invading forces 9"to be a grim determination I - -fight to the bit ter end.civil ian population is backth e mil!tary wholehearteand will remain unitedtheir efforts "to defeatwestern powers."

5. Anti-Japaneset icn laWS 1n th e U.S.6. Japan'S loss of p -t ige among other na tions . V d . ,V f 7. Japan's need f o r ,pension because of o v e r _ ~

la t ton8. Japan wrold have 'litdegraded to a fourth class 1tiCD i f she had avoided fl_ing the United states.THOUGHTS ABOUT AMERICA

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C.\USES OF THE VlAP.

1. Amer1can economic pressure on Japan.

2. 011 and scrap ir onembargo.

The prisoners attributedthe present war to the fol low- t:lng: ;

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3. U.S. aid to China.

DESERTICIl RARECases of actual desertionar e ~ a r e 1n the Japanese Army)len who return within threedays atter going AWOL are notconsidered deserters nor ar ethey court_martialed. Qne PIlkneW of three cases of desertion 1n hi s two years of ser

vice 1n Manchuria. These Ulena ll committed suicide later.severtty of milt tary trainingwas given as the reason fo rthe deser tions.


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-""'"Tokyo, 19 January, Do:t i c : "At present. ....e ca'attack America from Japan,we can but wait for th eemy to come; otherwise t'would be no progress 1nwar." (From AAFSWPA)

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JAPS EXPECT LONG WARWell I n f ~ r m e d PRs a c c e ~ed Japan's defeat as 8 dUt inc t future possibi l i ty. TIlmajority, hcr.vever, wished Ghoped fo r a compromise. WhUa l l of them expressed contidence in their g o v e n n m e ~t h ei r b e li ef s in f ina l victll'were weak and astimates of Uprobable length of the WIvaried from two to 10 years.(The above material -reported by MIS. ~ ~ . )

Japanese people and the natio1s expressed in the followtnstatements:The Yamoto sp i r i t .Loyalty and f i l i a l pietyRighteousness.Unity of the Jap nation.Patriotism.Japanese history. II

STRENGTH IN 170RDSThe PWs I t rus t in th e

Confidence was expressedin th e power of th e Japanesenavy by several PWs. One re l tthat l os se s a re to be expec tedand that the navy has receivedonly minor setbacks. Confidence also waS expressed inth e government leaders J al-though criticism is occasionally heard against former Premier Tojo. Several prisonersfelt that th e multi-party system would be reinstated afterth e WQr bu t that democracywould no t be accepted.The home front sp iri t is

r e p o r t e ~ to be high despiterationing of a ll commodities.'Nhat reaction there will be tomass air raids 1s unknown butseveral of th e prisoners fel tthat Japan wil l stand up underbombing as well as London orBerlin.

after Germany's defeat if a l lthe strategic advantages ar eon the side of th e Allies I ac cording to one PH.

CONFIDENCE IN NAVY

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