JAPANESE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD
REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION FROM ARREST (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 7 p.m.) TOKYO. Dec. 13. It is reliably reported that, as a setoff for co-operation with the occupation authorities, .members of the Japanese Imperial Household approached very high American officers for an assurance that no more princes of the Household should be named war criminals.
The Associated Press says the Household is reported to have received the same reply as when it sought a reprieve for Prince Nashimoto, namely, that its members would receive the same treatment as all other suspects. Nashimoto was ‘the first member of the Household to surrender to the occupation authorities as a suspected war criminal.
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Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24750, 15 December 1945, Page 2
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