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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22133, 23 September 1946, Page 5

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NEEDS OF 8.C.0.F. CLOTHING AND RATIONS FRATERNISATION PROBLEM (Special Correspondent.) (10 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 22. The Daily Herald correspondent who has been visiting the British Commonwealth Occupation Force states in his second dispatch that the welfare facilities for the British force have been considerably improved since the British forces arrived in Japan, but still leave something to be desired by comparison with the amenities enjoyed by the Americans. “If members of the 8.C.0.F. want, to listen privately to a radio programme it costs them five times as much to buy a radio set as it costs the American soldier.

“The British non-fraternisation plan is not working in some areas, and threatens to become a major problemBritish troops feel that more progress should be made with the plan to permit the wives of married men to come to Japan, “The clothing and ration scales appear to vary considerably. Some units are well clothed and fed, but others are badly supplied.” The correspondent suggests that more British servicewomen should be sent to Japan, that there should be more facilities for mixing between the Americans and British, better recreation facilities, a larger beer supply and more publicity in Britain for the force.