OVER 200 SQUARE MILES

Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 54, 1 September 1945, Page 7

OVER 200 SQUARE MILES

THE OCCUPIED AREA

Rec. 10 a.m. NEW YORK, August 31. The American occupation forces in Tokio Bay increased their holdings ] hourly today preparatory to the surrender ceremonies some time alter y a.m. on September 2. The Bth Army is expected to start landing on September 1 at Yokohama and Tatoyama. The Americans at present occupy over 200 square miles, with more territory being quickly taken over. Meanwhile, the Japanese bustle about, ostensibly striving to smooth the way for the victors. One touch was the preparation of telephone directories listing over 1000 numbers, in English, for various American installations, and also the repairing of the American Embassay in Tokio for use as General Mac Arthur's headquarters. However, over 100 Super-Fortresses and 60 Mustangs steadily patrolled the scenes of the landings today in case of treachery. The Domei agency says that General Mac Arthur is to move his headquarters tomorrow from the New Grand Hotel in Yokohama to the former residence of the president of the Rising Sun Petroleum Company. A company of marines secured the Tatoyama naval base, across the bay from Yokosuka, to prepare for the arrival of the army occupation forces. A plant in which Japan produced suicide planes was among installations seized by marines at Yokosuka, states a correspondent of the Associated Press. Forty-one of the latest-model Baka bombs were' lined up awaiting the attachment of warheads. Other flying bombs were in the experimental stage, including several models of a batlike flying wing which, like the Baka bomb, is rocket-propelled. Inspection showed that the Japanese were going underground to avoid Allied bombings. A huge factory for plane parts was housed in miles of tunnels under a hill. Dates on boarding indicated that the construction work was completed since June. The Russian communique reports no substantial change on the Far East front. Yesterday 23,000 Japanese surrendered.