U.S. PRISONERS IN JAPAN

Evening Star, Issue 25170, 9 May 1944, Page 5

U.S. PRISONERS IN JAPAN

AGREEMENT REACHED ON QUESTION OF SUPPLIES (Rec. 9.50 a,m.) NEW YORK, May 8. The Japanese Government has declared its readiness to despatch a vessel to Vladivostok to pick up supplies from the United States for the relief of American prisoners of war and civilian internees, reports Tokio official radio. A definite plan for that purpose has been communicated through the Swiss Minister. The radio added that, as a result of most careful and detailed investigations concerning charges by the United States, a reply was handed' to the Swiss Minister in Tokio on May 3 setting forth clearly how American nationals actually are being treated by the Japanese, and pointing out minutely errors and misunderstandings on the part of the United States. The Japanese Government took occasion to draw attention to the unjust treatment accorded Japanese nationals by the American authorities, enumerating concrete cases reported by reliable authorities, and demanding rectification.