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lb . lpacitic tal'euoI forthe cooro4l.nated II1ItlClQlwC'. tba t..,.. Jan!1\Ia ll a.e: 8tatioo, to-"Coal LlquetactlOD and Brio.qu.tte 'acterr, 0 A t . . ou5taraee alld Otah OU fte.t loar,." ' B-tt8 1.AIJIal!D

To eto the JOb i l ic :ratt r r .th e !16th, 73ro4 arid 314th lJlIlp 91 f t&1rbarne. A ll bcabtna ft I dIXIe r t I .ud l J trOll 15,000 to 1 l I ! ~ r-atand th e raaulU rr_ tb a lKJO.poalllSCPs were l.neraU1 ueallent. .uth1s h Wl'ltm, t- o de)'ll att.at'th e a1ul00 , l .eka 0. . . ttl. tuptlhaa pr . . . .fttad a4equat.& poIt4trlllareconnais.ancTh . 73rd Una blt ttle tl'o t ob .y.. tar,.tlI, 51 a1..rer&t't bc*l11l1the 1\Ielllll S t a t . l ~ am 59 t ~ CCIlU

Yard. me 3lUb b l t Ota. With114 ai rcraf t .1llS ttle !58tb bo&.bIdo Shtma n tb 78 a1J'a'at't. SUtaaua1reratt ba.bed tars.u or opportun! tJ . Tweat, rl " t aUed to blab.AU oppos1t1Oft was nU t4 .cd.eraUi and ._ .eCJWl,ter'&d .oet17 OIlthe ftortbaut cout or ~ b aDorou.t. to th e tare.t . AceuI'&te nair:was , . .c .l...ed rr _ t he Mft, l . . . . . . .1n mu-. BarbOI'. R... . . , . . . . , . , aa!lnaccuntA flair: . . . . ane4wfarad Mth e wo.... ~ ' . _ y ~ , . . ;c:J.,aUI lDI t t t l . ..., . . . .t . . . t _ L-...:,::

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aud steam anet S.nd"D1&tItl. or an ' " 1011&Wi pluued In Japendayl. fbI . II not. ud lb t rlJ 'st app.ar, anr t to cc:epat. wl tb 'RulIIcoca Cola". I t 1s in d to 1nSpir. th e POPo! that u.nhappy counto creater dUl, .nc. In ~ h 1AC &tid p ro eu .l l1 1 o r pin .wtllcb,lt appears, ar e a ...al _patJ'oleua .u.bsti tu t . . Pln.011 i l th a l a t e , t or a loneor nu t s ru . l products WhichJ .p ' tI . . . . w'lIned and, pre.sUII_,round nnUns. L lt tl e l s beardthe. nonday. about tb . once1 touted peanut oU,aDd .oy__ 011 .'ibM frantic att.mpts to obtain,1. . lubltl tuta .s ara, In 8cal8tI , a.Jsll11. Howev.rl .. t h . ,up a Cl' 1t ica l .st\Prtag' In_Mctl c.rtalnly 111nllt &alU:Jlna-.IIlla Iborta,e ba.s been broughtb)' ttl . cuttlna ot t or th eblaDd, tro= t h . i r out.r . . . .' , ttl a d est ru ct io n o r What 1lI: to be an lAIportant te tra_r-roduclna: plant a t lorl_

&Qd the IndIr.ct o4a-.,;. In b, th e 80IIber COllllIlano4 blClll's, ~ ~ . I , a lrc ra t t planta and... OJ! STCJ\AQ! AREA HIT10 .&7 the BOIIbltr Ce - n d

-.. or It 1 s t roncu t at ..&Ill to t.a a,all:LSt th . I l ab u,,--' l'a&e ar . . In Japaa __. : . . ar . . . Tha lc.stala.:.__e are bel1..... o4 to ba. . . . .ta!l&ctt, In ' z e . . . of 14.1 ~ & l S , Incll.lo4lc.I UDder: ; It 1lI.1D addttlCl11l.tlaYal t \aallq potat .

. . 4 . - . -.lOIS D.OARCIAColo..I, O.S.C.AC of 8. A-2UTH: C.G.XXI B.C. Initial. (J.d.' . '119 Ma, 1945

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OPPOSITIONNo eoemY aircraf t oppositiOO waS

met by thO 58th ning Thll 1 ~ r d encountereO 1" ettec\

e re-ported.one aU'craft of tt l . '73rd ..

1DIcrallhed 1n tO th e sea sbo

rtl1 ~ : ; .t a ..orf. Craeb b08tS r esau8l1or th e cr-. (seoret)

pound GPs eno thl l 1,)1'0 '/ling 2,000pounOer s

TarSet 660 I th e Hiro Naval Aircraft Factory , 15 '15 percent \

-M SlIlolte boils rrom Targets ~ O 730 o.od 794, which ar e sh01fO bue m-der attack by the 58th and 73rcJ.1l1lt!o W I N r ~ J : ' M A K i S D l i lTlANS WITH 75 RI> FOR KURl STAllOperations of t ne 58t h ~ o m b a r d -Dent Wing, veteran o',ltf1t af ter ato\l.r or duty 1n th e CBI Theater.g o ot t to an ausp1ell1J,S star t 1nth ls t hea te r on 5 Uay When 1t teamedwUh the '73rd Wing to r a clout a tthe lU.ro Naval Aircraft Factory atKlJre, Ta rget 660 .

The 'Hiro Factory 11'85 operated81 a unit or th e 1 1th Naval A irDistrict ana 1s located rive milessoutheast or the Navy base at Kure.It manufactured (but no t any more)'t:oth aLreratt engines and aLrfl'allle!l10 alScl1t1on 1t was believed to p ro :~ 1 d e third echelon maintenance andnpa1I', and possibly to serve 83 a~ e s e a r c h center. Planes produced Sl'8 Zll l lY.0\8ny and a new uncoded

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E! '_b....1"01"00: ":.500 Iq . n . a-p ...,. 'WI".l ....luOSOO. M"OOO oq. n . -.. tI'. --. , . &VI_.~ .100 .q. n. a-p ,. . ....,. lu l l l l . _ c. -. . . . I ~ : : ....,. IV I_ . I1, I '_UOCl r_I'" JalI' 0' ......... It_1M' f l_ ~ : : ~ _ . _ ~ _ ~ .t1 .. U .. "" U ..... ,oIaI .. * ,000 I.... '

r Mwck Rleptdj J ,UD ' " AIr,"" PIlOn9 W 1946

t " ' l in .. . h .. ot t ' J .n l 110. of O r I ~ I .. l 1I0.! Tnat 0..- ; . t :.....U I I .e . ~ SU lk "IO.U-lhi IIok'JI.. Alr .ron Co., , 1,400.000 .,.H. 1.664,'00 . q . n . ( l ) ..."""UbI)' ltorlU, 01;.t o . l ~ .lm I l6bJlu Alro ...or t Co., , s.tOO,OOO , , .1 ,000 , II ' "'...1 ~ 1 1toMto, 1':01_110,17.& 1lo1 l . ~ 1 ... Ir . . . . n Co 3,&ll,OOO , 3,3&0,100 , "'1h::1.. :Tor"'. IlIllO,.IO'C-W l :n",blohl .Ilrc ... n Co., 5, IU.000 , I ,O'Y',no , , '"" ~ fllIIO-UU AI.hl Alr . ron eo .. ' ,61 000 35&.000 .W,.u . . ~ b l , ll'Orll nolNto,rs'lll!. ~ " " . " I AlrQr .n eo .. , -." .. , I" ....,, ' , 725.000"" hI~ "Iro 11. . . . 1 Alror"n : O o r ~ , _.'" . ""I.UIllI.S:loO -'"1' , n.a:st,n5 ' ..".01',060

m-71Vtfd : JAP AIRCRAFT INDUSTRYfirst objective asSigned th e !1rcratt 8rl&lne al)1 a11'n-&IIlI plantl!Il' II ' COlllllaDd when i t started Atter tive and one -b al t aonthl ofIII B ~ 1 l S aa:a1nst the Jansnese dperatlollS. Whieh haYti allo lnclud.

O ~ & l l l l on 24 "ovembtlr, 1944, was ad attacn qalns t other urget5, a11 dutrueuon ot the Japanese review at the eUlllU1aUve resulta or~ a 1 ' t industry, 1I'1th th e engina these millSlon5 against the Japalllls.:...r, as the prior ity t argets . aircraf t indWltry should provid,one good yardstick with -.bleb toto da ta, II to ta l or 32 8_29 measure the prop"!s tl t th.1f&l',tr1D 1l1S11ons have been directel:! against Japan.SIIIIIf'd this end aa:alnst 11 major

POUnd. B O l l l b l ~ . . .trlXll 1.2.000 to 14 ....one of 42 . ~ : 1 0 0 0 t'-'\'effeotive. S t r ~ l l l \ IattaclQl were ....k. b, - - ~ ,15< be , 'oro"" ~ aceurate to l : l A l . c r . ~ . t teOUltered. 'l'bree B o . e " t 1 i l ~two to enelllY a 1 r ~ t .. .ditched. Nine 'lU'rt': iIlII.cued trClll th.e I:!1tebe4 llr ....eneDlY Patd ot t lI'ttb 16 f 1 stroyed. 11 Jll'obabl1 e e . ~three damagel:!. ...8 vat' M1",,,,, ..._AllbOlD. il1g was $j l ' l l t z o ~ lplane 1Ihlob bClibed ' - ' ! i ;seventeen aircraft of tllUUlh i t th e tCIIIfD. ot 11171-.0Jt. ntown ot Imabari &!Ill U ttllf ie ld. The plane. earru. I2.000-pound GPs. Il.wea . . .cra t t were s tshted but IlD 11',resulted . Onlj tlat rlOl1tll~ to 20 Inaccurate b3'l1lomura. No B .299 . . . . lCit.!Q MaY.HI9HoM W Three fiii[i""dred senn t . t i t .I , 000 and 2 1 000-pouDd GPs .. .pad on llatsuYama, US" I!JUII!Kanoya Airf ields ancl t1ftof opportunity by 55 aWL'!th e 313th Wil18. or ....c ra f t encountered. 10 twiDoIjobs Ill8.de a g ~ e s s i n lttaeb.Tojos aropped p l 1 ~ p b "Claims against the ec. f ' :destro:yed, tour probebl1and nine dallBged. '0 '"los t . (Secret)

Frall India prd1mia&l'1 reports indicate that 71 at . .t1 r s t 73 United sut ptU ' "ere at war l iberated 111 .....Boon were Ai r CarpI p e r ' ~Except to r malnutriUonahys ica1 concUtion .. .(Secret) (From BOth jj r' ~ ~ ~"71AIR CREWMENLIBERATED IN

boa. a t l!auUYama. Few bursts wereleen a t Saati . One B ~ 2 9 ditcbedand tour l'IuM'ivors were rescued by~ p lea t boat.~ ~ s..sslons 144 and 145: Tha314.'Wl.----wIng rlew tnesetwO:- rena1.rcratt bQllbed Taehle.ral Airfieldwitb 206 GPs and 17 bombed 01tawith 375 OP". No OPPosition wasencount er ed ove r 01ta. PUteeti.Hic ks a n" 15 to 20 Single-enginet ighters attacked at the TacblaraiIP and after th e turn away. Cne n I ~ l a n e 1n each format ton atthree dropped aer la l bombs. OneB_29 was lost to enemy atrc.ratt andon. to unknown causes. Six of theenelllY were destroYed, seven probab_l y destroYed and s1.X damaged.l) lley, !llsSions 147 th rOU ' 149:ltanoya, Chiran and ""1Dusukl li 'Rson K;yushu were h i t by 10 , 7 andlO314th ling aircraft respectively.Tota l tonnage was 129. Two targets

ot opportunity also were hit . Noenemy ai rcraf t attacked although11 were Sighted. No f lak was re celvec a t Ibusukl; heavy, meagerand tDaceurate f lak was reportedo ve r th e other two targets. OneB-29 ~ r a s h e d a t Salpan on return .7 K a ~ U l s S l o n s 151 t hrough 154 :B o m ~ l n g y the 3 1 3 ~ Wing was-ist o11o" : Kanoys. 76 X 1.000-poundaoo 18 X 2,OOO-pound GPs; Ibusukl.51 X 2.00o-pound; 01ta. 60 X 1,000poun3 and 34 X 2 1 000_pound: Osa,4.8 X 1.OOO-pound and 46 X 2,000-


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TtiSK Force hael 10rUIel btljective apparentlr n t thl 01)..Though Task Force 5 8 ' 110t known.vicinity or Tokyo on ~ ~ : , , ~ ~ n th ,observeel refueling I t Iwo Jt:'~ ~ : r e if: indication tbllt an1 otin the Y o o o ~ ~ c r a r t in tact tcal un.1ts.vus u area .awed. rr _ thereto reinforce Tolqo or endea'fcrad t


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morrow tl1.ghly p r o b l e ~ t 1 C a l .2 . A s te ady dec li ne in Il1Clberof ai reraf t present on such i_por tant fields as tachiarai, rokutu111ttagahara, l. ' i) '8uk1, J(ushlra a;;!ll!iyakonoJo. The signinCance orthi s observation is fC'JM in thef ac t t ha t prior to B.29 attacksthese were allong those nelds =ostimportant to th e en8l1l1ts oparetton-a l plans. Techwai, tor instance,W th e .JaD8DeJ' ArfI1 , l i t Forcesmost 1IIlportant a1.r depot .est otRagoy3 . A sharp decline i8 t,be utilUy ot Oita iind usa, h18bl t S-por

tant . ' f a l aoditlcal1oDaDd ,UPPltba..'. (S-(Il'tIt)

~ I preven\,oo the enemy rl'0ID keep11I& I ' , hlgh Dereent or hi s aircraft 11Y i ll8'that he can never be certain ho:.many and which staging fidel, insouth Y.yushA would be available hasprevented hl s Staling_in aircrart inprepa ra t ion for a l ar r; e sce l. _I llcoordinated ettack; tnut he is eoc_p el le d t o retain eircraft In north.\fest K)'Ushu or western Honshu a advance theo to swth Y.yushu olllylnlmecUately prior to attaCk; tbathe cen never again recover sUN'ic_iently to become a t hr ea t t o thes ec ur 1t y o r Oklnawe and thlt theoffenslve power of Japanese li rforces 15 close to cooplete1y e11l1.inated.

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Cb till toUOfin,g page is 8 sum_. ." of aircraft count on Kyushut1:tlt1ds as revealed through photol1e_ll8ance together With 8 rec_the strikes flown againsttIIcb. these stat ist ics 1 when evalin the light or col la te ra lU1('nee available, reveal:t 1. !nBQ)' has COntinually endea.I e ~ . ~ IObll1:t1l hi a air strength,"'IllIl!u. and effect a l ar ge s ea le'tlet (!!Tiel'need by fairly consls_~ Q : n ~ at Kanoya despite l evel _ ~ ... Installations). The a t-& . a . ~ _ t l e v . r Illaterial1zed becausee"'-lI.et iot:l to lll8intenanc. and,t1llfi taQllit1es and th e B-29. IIllc:1ng any guess 88 to whatt10tlJ -111 be useable to -

. despite th e f ac t t his~ l d O ~ h ' Inelll1's ""n statements)'" (t1t l ' ror the survival ot th e~ l,Pir e , only 2,000 sor t ies; " ' 4 ~ o f I l the last two weeks of. . . r,pi llSt Allied forces. Th1sWa Ints a dally sort ie average~ ~ tllan 10 .!!rcell! ot a irc raf t~ C ! f i l S Is roughly one!I'd; per aircraft e a ~ h 10 ~ a Y s !~ ~ , . front line maintenancef I j ' f t ! ~ , .5 practically non-ex:I l ~ t l"uonBl'S of war and capturedt,;UItllts hIve confirmed what photoFl;GIindlcate. namely. that desttStlCll to II)'Ushu instal lat ionsl t ' " ' - * " ~ / ~} ~ ~ \ ~ ~ ~ ~ - '

froID. labd baSt!. (!br1rn t 1rD.e &11 l Q . g ~ . . . . . .a1rbas.s "ere a V l l l 6 b ~ "':i.j, 1nce th e Pb1l1PPlni dhUttl>1 'On. 6 Apru Virtuall,a88elDbled 1I'l the ar.. ~ in attaCk! uPon our to!'tt$, ~ 't1mated 600 to 800 Plan.. 'tlt"Volvedj Considerable 4tttr-,."a s caUSed; 366 Platlta '''''!Itas destroyed by"llIl.l' Ill', p surface unite.

"By 12~ . n c t t h 1r:l. ~ ~ ~ . ar taCtical Unita nearly 9 as was es t tll '" steady 00 whtle po 1l1a ..)() planes' a t 8 l i t t le 1 . Ol'lII.03a !IS tban

NO SURPRISE AT KYU'SHU, No tact ical s8g1e Surprise ~ p r l s e no t st rs ...ask t o rce which h ~ t 8 C h l e v e d by th el a r c b an d t1nal ly th K)'UShu on 18~ e b1a a ir e enemy CQll.lIltt_:-econnoltered P ~ ~ ~ h l ' The enetD,y hadth e f l ee t were seemi' ~ ~ v e l D e n t s orth e enemy' and 18 n g lmown to,'the 17t h ; hl Ps r ; ~ e : h ~ l C ~ ~ n l n g or TRAUfINQ P1J.lEssnoopers so tha t th e up Jap Ad'11ttl. excuse to r holcUnge ~ : ~ . bad 8 v a l h ~ ~ : e i'Plaee.nta "ha d B1rb fI 'n'lI1 ball t ~

I '!'be et tor t p u t ou t by th e ane within r au: and r,Pll.: hct,:",however, was dlsappo1ntina to 1Il1, prepared% or the objleu",'carr ier forces and I a t least s : took Six day, a n ~ t h l l ' Itt&et,I*t are now known to have Skipped all)" on 12 Aprll :nd:loph\th s and hid 8way in Korea durlD8 ad eff 'ort d e v e l o p ~ 1;J : ;e a tack. The enemy w st1l1 ~ b a n 500 plan.. bet! 1waiting to r bigger game. By this strengtb continued to U l time he was convinced, - it seemt Kfusbu. By thi. t1l1 II IOldnawa was our ob j ective and a v a l l ~ evident trall:lln, uniUItnable a ir power s tU l la y i l l wait. oommltted. S,crlt1clDl tit:Jap Ptgns s tH l seemed more impor.. planes and IUr7cnlc pH'"tant an any r ea ct ion that deve!- orews was t ac l t I4l11ulCil bIoped. was the enemy" tiaalwll:He kn.. that ODC' lMt e.-II:

By 1 April . wben l andings were be no opportunity to d l f l l o P ~effected a t Okinawa approximately torce trOll tralnllli p1al* Q,50 percent or empire a i r strength would be no plao, 111':was accumulated on gyushu' the tree from b O l l l b ~ 'Ill:c o as ta l a re a of Cbina was relnf'orc- in s oould 0 ue ed by '.mits from China 'a in terior: B_29s atarttd t h w 1 p ' : a ~ ;I Formosa was accumulaung r e l l n a n ~ t I es In earn t 1'1 1p1'1l r 1 ~ "i rrom tj,e Phll1pplnes and from th e aD 81x .outh JllUlhU .lIn 'II Southern Areas. 1'be .nelll7 waa Siv- s l te rep . . ted f/ltortt toi08 indications of cto!lr1litting a t a ~ S t a s I to r anota., - . : . .l eas t b ia entire orrensive a ir pow.. th e en" " tall Dt'tI'OO ,:e r to interdict our acquisition or put out lIore t ~ , .Okinawa. Bu t only sporadiC sull dyen. 2:&.taour D'{.,tflI l:-scale ra ids developed unt i l 6 April. SOmber C ~ D I :epat.r"al17 4estro/.. tb ' 1111'!SIONIP'ICANCE OF maNAWA snoe r a c 1 l 1 ; ! . ~ b U !b ' ........orea4th ot lV-ttl -. . qr&1'I'be eoemy was well aware tbat to 6&U 004ato" .......th e loSS or Ok1tt8wa clo,e on the pune' r0rae4 , , -heels or Iwo Jima lD8ant DO part or .rncrs r I ....th e hp1re w o u l ~ be tree of cone:- ..t en t a ir at tack; he knew onee O ~ fb ' belt 1114-a .a .s lost t h e ~ ; r : 4 : - ! ~ ~ ~ o r o . i B-S9 attaoll:l 1 I ' f " ~ 1

the!' : 8 : i f ~ n : O to u8rtn. 8Yal1able U rCQD4 In cae~ e : r . n r i ~ t e r _ b o e b e r streDStb De.pit. ~ . - & I t i ' .L 0& t th e 1081 at OklGa"i b . .1_ . , . .. d.--tJr_nep .........-l., . .s t ohance to prorl t . to 1 . 5 ~ . : " : _ 1 . . . .- ...._ o ~ r ~ . ~ t ~ l ~ I l I ! ' . . _ ~ w 1 1 : : : : ~... - : ._- - -__.olIIl...


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1 INCLINED GUNS,,' Gunner OIl, ed .1t..'1 r . ~ 4II I\lIlS t ake no te ~ Franks have been encounter sure it "C !\lhn.hDOt1na frOlll th e t a i l a r te r he' has .. .de hU p as l. "tIl ' 11.,"PUt. , , : ~ - ; ; - bu t n e Y e r t h . l . s ~ he" capab le o r , p ~ n : ' b ~ k UJlPilJ. tlsbtall 1",,1 I f he pulls aheacl or 1U he . , th, ~ : t t 1 1 l 1 .callOCll 1e~ t l o n . IS a spawn-bound 111I00, in hope' 0t. IIlet addlUllO toI t ~ ~ t ~ . e l l as In1nc. now ., ha"e incUned suns 1 . . . ~ i a U II Iq to 1 sa t . . watCh to r either of t h . " twO W1Pf_.. c_d...Qp O'rer fl Y 1nc Just ou t V! ranee and pa ra ll a l t o "'-'be '0'. , tile t ~ O U ' 111ghtly to th a rHl". '!be,.'ll ..it t_ 1 rottle, pull up to rane and le t flY with thell '


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er s Who started the lilt 'd1ers and sallors "111 ' 3, !ll.forced laborers but "111 :treturn to t he tr bomes, fall1llbhkjobs. 4. The chOice it 1 . It:between VictCll"Y or e x t I 1 ' 1 l I 1 ~ ~ hllthe ir leaders have told the, ~ 15 no t our in ten tio n to ;...them.Also drOPPed are JaPallesl l'e\.papers, giving the true news or lltwar and containing aJ>a&e 1Il'1t\ta"an ex-PUblisher or the Jap!lnliljlton Sa1pan. This pel!il!l tell, tbl PlIopIe or th e decent treatment tbllI.terned Japanese I!Ire reeth1r.c,that 1sland.An entire Issue (OM bCllb NIlof U te llagazine also f t , d r < t ~The JapS ar e avid readersb l icat ion when they eln CIt IIpu t1 la r isaUfl eOllulMland th is P ~ h e . . taIeDt aU_JUII: r ~ ~ ~ ~ r ~ \ , th e AlIlerlcllII,

DO THEY DO AI! GOOD1Whet 18 th e effect ct tb .. . Ittorts? There is no p ~ 1 S e ft1(knowing. Leaflets n r t Qoppe! IIth e civllianJ on Okinaft a1t'ppered to have a gree t YalUt. I, IIperhaps signiticant tbat U1111llplace where civUlan suic14ll .. .numerOU.!l was 1n tb 'th e onl,. place der ' _ iJ,irlItlwere dropped. SOlII of tilt J ' military have .urrltDll.rt4 IIb is ot th e newspapll"f 11001'ID th e prap8l'atiOll or tJtI::;1al JllpeDeu prUoDCI" t i l " I1Ila great deal or b.alp. 'J'h.. .r ;: , (fus ed as a sort or 18 rI rIItesting th e probable e t ~ " l 1 &1"ot th e u te r i&! betortwider dUtr1bUttOa.. ". .At worst tb.y 'boulll : " . 4lt't he sma ll 10641 or b O : ~ t t b

place. At best ~ : C C ~ ~th e war a great d . -

' S l j c l t o ~ i f . ~ ~ ~ { J r f t r l" P s y c h o l o 8 ~ C 8 1 warfare 1s naw be_a cu r i ed to Japan by B-29s. ThisI" ro le tor th e Super for t "a s or_Ire6 by the 20th Ai r Force to as le t 1n th e program being carriedI t by th e Psychological Warfareranch or C ~ n c P a c and th e O'IIT.To date ?leather Strike slrerar tlave carr18d 1a!-26 and l!_!6 bomb;ase5 loaded .1 th th e leaflets Which'ere ehow8red on such ci t ies aslokyo. OSaka ' U ~ N a ~ o y a . h o hun_,dred t-en\y s e v e ~ p s y C h o ~ o g l e a l

~ o a b ~ have been dropped, containing'e,520,OOO le&"Iets. 'lbe contlnu_'1QS progru calls fo r th e Command to'drop up to 100 tons a month.nte PS3'chologlcal Warfare people"don ' t c l a ~ 1 l I miracles t or t he ir ef'_t o rb . They do beHeve that anything whl::h wil l contribute to th e

I weakening ot th e Japanese fai th 1ntheir mll1tary leaders or correctany mi. appr ehensions abou t ou rstrength or intentions 18 gooo. So00 we. Wtth th e collepse or Germsnyand th e nU i ta ry d i sa s te r which nowcontront5 them, they ar e part icularly r ipe fo r Dicking.HERE'S THE IDEA

'nle leaf lets Which have beendropped on Japan are ot two kinds:One stresses that ou r bombings .,,111eontinue and warns th e people toI ter away !'rom t h e indu s tr1 al areas.Anothe::- typ e po int s ou t their cr1t i ca l shipp1ng posit ion and te l lstbelD that they had bet te r quit whilethey can to save what l i t t le merchant Ihipplng they have l e f t toteed ':hellSSelves. others ar e intend_ed to show them how they have beenbet1'Q'ed by their mill tary leaders.

A. leaf let 15 now b ei ng p re pa re don t he SUbjec t otunconcUtional sur_render and what that means to th eJapltleae. The t ive ideas presentedue l 1. That i t means th e end ot terrible l r a l ' . 2. I t means th eelt.lnation or the ir military lea4-.


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DO TREY DO AIfY GOO1I'What is tbe eftect or til .. , rIforts? There is no pr.cu. f t1(knowing. Leaflett nre 4fop9fl tIth e civilians on Ok1nan amI''ed to bave a great ftlue, 1t IIperhaps s ignlt1cant that U\l1:IlI'place where civilian rulc1clII ..numerous ftll in toe ~ _ th e onl1 place wtI... DO 1 N ' ' ' ~were dropped. Bo-e or t i l l J ' milltary have lIurreD4eracl l1libasis of the DIIWIIp8P8J" alODlIn tbe preparation of fb'::;'1&1 Japane" pr15oQC' baWl ell'a great eSeal of helP 7b. . .1 :,,,used u a sort of 18 fI tItesting th e probable . r r ! : ~ . p'"of the IDBter1al beforewieSer distribution. " "At ..orst tne1 .bould : _ tit'th e small loedll of b . ~ ~ .

place. At best tb.' 1'_-tb e war a gree t deal

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