The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-15
Japanese Are Complaining Because Marines Will
 Not Give Information MARINES WERE NOT
 SEEN BEFORE LANDING American Forces Got iD Solomon Islands Under
 Plans We'll Prepared
BY ROBERT DOWSON United Press Staff Correspondent)

Dx hODEn1 DOWSON
 United Press Staff Correspondent)
 London, August 15.-(UP) Axis reports admitted to- day that United States Marines were already land ing in the Solomon Islands when Japanese planes first sighted them and that the Marines now held positions at two points. The reports came in German dispatches from Tokyo which were broadcast by the Berlin radio.
 Those evidences that the United States forces were driving toward victory were strengthened when Japan began fishing Sor informa- tion in a tacit confession that 1t did not know exactly what the American fleet was doing, what it's power was and what it was going to do.
 It complained that the Navy re mained almost completely silent whereas Japan had made full statement. This transparent tech nique has been used freely by Axi powers in attempts to induce tn. British and now the Americai navies to give powers in attempt: to induce the British and now the American navies to give them in. formation which they needed.
 A German transocean news agency Tokyo Dispatch said the following details" were announced as a supplement to yesterdays Japanese Imperial headquarters communique in which big United States and Allied losses were alleged
 "Japarrse reconnaissance planes on the morning of August ' dis covered a large enemy convoy near the Solomon Islands where some transports were disembarking troops" the dispatch said.
 Old Story Refuted
 Hitherto the Japanese had tried to make it appear that the United States force was sighted far from the Solomons and suffered heavy losses bzefore it reached the iS- lands.
 Regarding the fighting in the Solomon Islands it is stated that Japanese troops with the help of the air force are now busy liquidat- ing the remnants of enemy forces which had landed there," another transocean Tokyo dispatch said.
 Some of the enemy forces re- turned to their vessels soon after they had landed and many of these vessels were destroyed
 "The insignificant American land ing corps which managed to land in the fog on one Solomon point is completely cut off from supplies and is helpless" third dispatch said, quoting . Japanese Navy spokesman.
 These dispatches were supple mented by an analytical report on the Solomons battle by German Vice Admiral Pfeiffer, expert for the tranSocean agency.
 '"The two powers, the United States and Great Britain, obviously intended to snatch out of Japanese hands the chain of Solomon is- lands" he wrote.
 This plan has already failed to- day and it is of no importance whatever whether United States Marines wer able to gain a footing on two of the isles of the Solomon group and to push back the weak Japanese garrison there"
 These were the most revealing reports yet from the Axis side on the Solomon Islands battle, and they confirmed United States Navy reports of the action, especially in that the landing was a complete surprise.
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