MIKADO AWARE
PEARL HARBOUR PLAN EX-PREMIER EXPLAINS WAR CRIMES’ PENALTIES TOKIO, Oct. 8. General Tojo’s plans for the attack on Pearl Harbour were known in general to Emperor Hirohito who expected a formal declaration of war to precede the attack, said the retiring Prime Minister, Prince Higashi-Kuni in a written reply to a correspondent's question. Information is still not available on the maltreatment of war prisoners and internees but it is assumed that a considerable number of offenders have already been punished, said Prince Iligashi-Kuni. He cited two cases. A Japanese captain who locked up a British officer on reduced rations was sent to gaol for three years and some soldiers who maltreated prisoners and internees _in Siam and the Burma border region were suspended from duties. Regarding outrages against natives in Japanese-occupied areas, the strictest supervision was exercised for the enforcement of military discipline but unfortunately considerable offences were committed. The Japanese were investigating the cases of offenders.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21840, 10 October 1945, Page 5
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