Japanese Sorry To See New Zealanders Leave --Fears Of Communism
(P A.) AUCKLAND, Dec. 13. An impression that the Japanese people were sorry to see the New Zealanders leave their country was formed by Brigadier R. L. Potter, commander of J Force, who returned by the Westralia on Saturday.
He thought that the people were rather frightened of communism now they were well on the way to regaining economic stability. They had found the presence of the New Zealanders a steadying factor, and he felt that they would have liked the occupation troops to have stayed until Japan had made a reasonable recovery. “There is no doubt that the Japanese are getting back on their feet,” Brigadier Potter continued. ‘You do not see anybody who is in need of a “square meal and their welfare has been further ensured by the particularly good harvest this year.” Brigadier Potter said the force had a fairly easy time with the Japanese during the two and a half years they were stationed there. He could not remember a single hostile act against the New Zealanders. The New Zealanders had a good reputation among the people of all nationalities in Japan.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22818, 13 December 1948, Page 4
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