RUSSIA OBJECTS
OCCUPATION FORCES USE OF AUSTRALIANS CORRESPONDENT’S REPORT (Rec. 10.10 p.m) TOKIO, Dec; 21. Russia has not only abandoned all plans to send occupation forces to Japan as a result of disagreement with General MacArthur, but has also expressed disapproval of the use of Australians for the same purpose, says the American Broadcasting Company’s correspondent. He claimed that he had obtained that information from a very reliable source, and added that Russia’s attitude was that if Russia did not occupy Hokkaido, Australia should not occupy Kyushu. He claimed that as a result of Russia’s disapproval, General MacArthur has cancelled the departure of a transport carrying Australian troops to Japan (presumably from an Australian port). General MacArthur’s chief of staff, Lieutenant-general R. K. Sutherland, interviewed at Honolulu, en route to the United States, said that British and Australian troops would land in Japan in January.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26033, 22 December 1945, Page 7
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