SURVEY TOUR ENDS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21935, 1 February 1946, Page 3

SURVEY TOUR ENDS

ALLIES IN JAPAN

FAR EAST COMMISSION

MACARTHUR PRAISED

GO a.m.) TOKYO. Jan. 31. The chairman of the Far East Economic Commission, Major-General McCoy, announced that the commission had completed three weeks’ survey of the Allied occupation of Japan and is sailing for the United States on February 1. says the New York HeraldTribune's correspondent in Tokyo. Carefully avoiding either praise or censure. General McCoy said Hie commission was now better prepared for the work ahead The visit was most valuable. The commission was impressed by General MacArthur’s leadership. One member considered that the United States would probably withdraw all her troops and end the military phase of .the occupation within three years.

The correspondent says that this apparently leaves the way open for a civil service force of about 30.000 to replace the troops and carry on the occupation. ‘Watchdogs of Japan”

‘ However, New Zealand and Australia hope for a period of 20 to 30 years’ occupation,,” says the correspondent. "It appears that if the United States weakens the world can rely on these countries to be alert watchdogs of Japan.” In a new move to curb inflation, General MacArthur has ordered the Japanese to deposit funds in the management bureau, the post office and the life insurance bureau, which hold the people's investments to absorb national and local government borrowings until March 31. Japanese currency in circulation -A present totals 57,000.000,000 yen and it is increasing by 100,000,000 yen daily. General MacArthur has ordered the Japanese Government to prepare 343.200 pounds of raw silk for early export. It will be shipped as soon as instructions arrive from Washington.

The Japanese Cabinet has decided to seek Allied co-operation in aiding the Japanese civilians who are_ stranded in Russian-occupied north Korea and Manchuria. According to Government figures, 2,000.000 Japanese are facing death from cold and starvation in camps which are strung along the railways.