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graphs were taken yesterday after
noon, hours after the night strike
Three were blazing at the north
end of the rectangle of destruction
and four at the south end. On the
south one burned on each side of
the mouth of Sumida River water
front and the other two midway
between the mouths of the Sumida
and Naka Rivers.
Destroyed Area Described.
The destruction extends roughly
from the Imperial Palace (Which
Gen. LIE May said was not a target,
although Tokyo radio reported it
had been set aflre) to the water
front at the mouth of the Naka
River, thence approximately 4
miles north.
Gen. LIE May added soberly: II
have something else to say at this
time. What I have to say is not
easy to say. I shall try to say it
as If were saying 1t to the people
at home who belong to my officers
and men to whom my officers and
men belong.
II believe that all those under
my command on these island bases
have by their participation in this
single operation shortened the war
ITO what extent they have short
ened it, no one can tell. But I
believe that if there has been cut
from its duration only one day, or
one hour, my officers and men have
served high purpose"
8 Targets in Ruins.
Eight 'identiiable industrial and
urban targets lie in the ruins" he
added. They are the Ueno railroad
station damaged in previous
raid. the Rising Sun petroleum
terminal, the Ogura Oil Co., the
Nisshin spinning mill, the Japan
machine industry, the Maranouchi
telephone exchange, Kanda market
and Hattori Co.
Gen. LeMay's statement added:
Hundreds of small business estab-
lishments, directly concerned with
war industry, many important ad-
ministration buildings and other
thousands of home industries were
also in the area now wiped out"
The 21st Bomber Command said
it had no report of plane losses re-
sulting from the raid, but added
one or two may be missing and
some landed on Two Jima"
An earlier report from the Goth
Air Force at Washington said two
of the big bombers were lost, one to
antiaircraft fire and one to an
enemy night fighter.
Bomber crewmen choked at the
smell of the burning Japanese capt.
tai. The odors rose thousands of
feet and came in through open
bomb bay doors.
Palace Is Burned.
The Tokyo radio broadcast an
imperial communique which said
the fires, which it said spread to
the Palace and Court Ministry
were extinguished in eight hours.
The Russian Tass news agency
reported Tokyo newspapers failed
to publish today, indicating their
plants were damaged or destroyed.
Premier Kuniaki Koiso warned
the people that "the enemy will no
doubt increase his bombings
and is planning for landings on the
mainland"
The Malay raid, announced by
the Goth Air Force in Washington,
was by a force of about 40 B-29s.
They bombed the rail line at Kuala
Lllmpur with good results" All
planes returned to their India base.
Brig. Gen. Lauris Norstad, chief
Of staff of the Goth Air Force, who
came here from Washington to OBJ
serve the mission, said that "if
necessary fleets of 1000 or more
B-29s would be sent against Japan.
Tokyo a "Sea Of Flame"
Brig. Gen. Thomas S. Power of
Fort Worth, Tex, who flew with the
raiding planes, reported the target
area was left literally a sea of