EVIDENCE FOR TRIALS
Rec. 9 a.m. NEW YORK, September 5. General Eichelberger, commander of the.Bth Army/said that the* Japanese war criminals would be tried on a court-martial basis, for which purpose prisoners of war were now supplying information. He declared that it was not a simple problem, and that probably ho action could be taken for such things as slapping a man. The Secretary of State, Mr. Byrnes, said that the Japanese war criminals would be punished. He declared: "There will be prosecutions in Japan just as in Europe."
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 58, 6 September 1945, Page 7
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89EVIDENCE FOR TRIALS Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 58, 6 September 1945, Page 7
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