TWO BRITISH BRIGADES
OCCUPATION OF HIROSHIMA NEW.ZEALANDERS INCLUDED (Rec. 11.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, Jan. 1. According to the New York HeraldTribune’s Hiroshima correspondent, two brigades of British troops, including New Zealanders, Australians, and Indians, will occupy Hiroshima in January or early in February. They will use Hiroshima and the nearby Kure naval base to bring in their own supplies. The British occupation will release 10,000 to 12,000 Americans from occupation duties. Hiroshima is still a ghost city where scarcely a stone stands upon stone. The authorities have done nothing to reconstruct it except to make plans on paper that will not be ready for at least six months. , The Mayor of Hiroshima told a party of journalists that the Americans should rebuild Hiroshima “ because we were sacrificed to end the war.” When asked if the Japanese would rebuild Manila, the Mayor replied: “ How interesting.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26040, 2 January 1946, Page 6
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