PRIVATE PEACE FEELERS
JAPANESE IN NEUTRAL STATES WASHINGTON, (Rec. 1 a.m.) May 17. Japanese diplimots and businessmen in neutral capitals are stepping up the efforts to find some loophole in the Allied formula of unconditional surrender, says the Associated Press. Washington diplomatic quarters are now emphasising the unofficial nature of these activities.
It is reported that the number of individual and private peace feelers has grown considerably since the fall of Manila and the invasion of Okinawa. The usual technique is for the Japanese to request a neutral to inquire among the Americans their “real ideas” on peace terms. There is nothing definite about the inquiries beyond the suggestion that Japan might consider almost anything except unconditional surrender.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25848, 19 May 1945, Page 7
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