RIVAL TO ASSIST
TOKIO'S OFFER TO PRESS. (Rec. 11.10 a.m.) MANILA, Aug. 24. lhe Japanese, whose radio in J-okio has consistently scooped war correspondents at American Pacific Headquarters, offered today to extend the invest facilities to the Allied Press alter the occupation. Thus develops one ol the strangest situations ol tne dizzy finale of tne war in which correspondents round tne enemy radio always their most potent competitor an reportmajor events, says the Associated Press correspondent. The outlines of General Mac-Arthur's 'landing plans and dates of occupation were announced here only because the Tokio radio had been broadcasting the plans while American correspondents an Manila sat helplessly, unable to cable their stories. Allied planes on mercy missions will shower supplies tomorrow on Japan's detention camps, containing 32,000 Allied prisoners of war. Some of the camps are believed to be located at the Atsu.ti aerodrome, where the occupation forces will land. The Japanese located many ot the camps near primary-military targets despite Allied protests, and Allied bombs killed some of the prisoners.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 228, 25 August 1945, Page 5
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