HIROHITO NOT TO BE PROSECUTED AS A WAR CRIMINAL
NZP A—Copyright TOKIO, Jan. 13. The United States joint chiefs of staff ordered that Emperor Hirohito should not be prosecuted as a war criminal, says the American Associated Press. The order was issued in January 1946, as part of a directive to General MacArthur in setting up the International Tribunal, which later convicted the Japanese war leaders. Specifically it prohibited prosecution ef the Emperor, ‘‘pending the receipt Of a further directive.” Reliable sources said that no further, directive had been issued to General MacArthur. These sources said the decision not to prosecute the Emperor came from United States ‘‘Government level.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26980, 15 January 1949, Page 7
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