Evening star., 1945-08-04
No Area in Japan Safe,
Foe Says in Denying
POW Camp Shifts
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. A.
Not a single area in Japan Is
safe from American bombs, the
Domei news agency admitted
today in denying the United
States State Department accu-
sation that prisoner-of-war
camps are placed to protect
military installations.
Even if a camp should be estab-
lished on the summit Of Mount
Full, it eventually would be
target" Domei quoted well in
formed quarters" in Tokyo broad
cast
An earlier Domei report that pris-
oners were killed in a B-29 raid
on Kawasaki, heavily industrialized
Tokyo suburb, brought the State
Department protest. Today, for the
first time, Domei claimed the camp
was in a wide open safety zone to
which residents had evacuated their
families and was near hospital.
Bombing of Shrines Charged.
The dispatch turned the United
States charge and accused American
pilots of bombing shrines, temples,
schools. historic relics, hospitals,
dwellings and fishing boats.
1T can rightly be said that the
Americans Intentionally consider
everything on the surface Of Japa-
nese soil-even women and chill
dren-as military objectives," Domei
remarked.
ITO them, Japanese paddy fields
are anti-tank dugouts; potato fields
are mine fields, and shrines and
temples are fortresses. American
airmen as thus taught.
There is no end to cases where
women and children in remote
farming and fishing villages have
been victims of indiscriminate
bombings " not to mention large
numbers of civilians killed or in
jured by indiscriminate bombines
of civilian quarters"
Salvage Work Organized.
Domei dealt with the Big Three
Conference in another broadcast,
warning occupied Asia that while
the Potsdam communiQue made no
mention of the war with Japan, I'VE
must not draw a haSty conclusion
in believing that there was no dis
cussion whatsoever on the East Asia
question"
1t pointed out that the United
States, Britain and China had given
their surrender or die ultimatum to
Japan from Potsdam.
Meanwhile, the Japanese Navy
Ministry, faced with a homeland
blockade Of mines in its waters and
bombs from the air, modified civil
ian experts for salvage and rescue
work at sea and granted them the
same status as men in the armed
services.
1t announced the creation Of a
marine rescue volunteer combat
corps" said a Domei broadcast.
The mobilization order will apply
to persons engaged in "the rescue
work of ships in distress, salvage
operators, those engaged in breaking
up salvaged ships, and divers"
Okinawa's Importance Admitted.
The Allies already have built cap
tured Okinawa into lone of the
strongest bases in the Pacific" from
which to launch invasion Of Japan
and are pouring in constant flow
of supplies, Domei dispatch con-
ceded.
A correspondent for the newspaper
Yoniuri Hochi, quoted, in Tokyo
broadcast, admitted vital importance
Of the base to the Allies for:
/. Air bases to attack the Japa-
nese mainland and to isolate
Formosa.
Q A major supply base for inva-
sion of Japan, or in operations
preceding a full dress invasion OF
our homeland.
3. A much-needed operation base
close to the japanese mainland for
task forces and a good anchorage
for other surface craft.
The correspondent reiterated
Japanese propaganda claims that
heavy damage is being inflicted on
OkinaWa by japanese planes.