Evening star., 1945-09-25
Macarthur Clarifies
Views on Length Of
Occupation Of Japan
Explains Minimum Force
May Stay in Country
For Many Years
By The Associated t,seSs.

TOKYO, Sept. 25.-Allied oc-
cupation of japan may last for
many years, although with min
imum forces participating, Gen.
Macarthur announced today
through an official spokesman.
The statement was issued in de-
nial of a report last Friday by Ted
Dealey, president of the Dallas
(TexD Morning News, Mr.. Dealey
had written that Gen. Macarthur
told him the occupation could end
in six months IF we are not too
ruthless and cruel"
What he Gen. MacArthur) said,
today's statement asserted, was
that occupation forces, under IA
vorable conditions, could be reduced
to minimum size in six months.
"He has stated that the occupa-
ton itself might last many years"
Yanks Land at Aomori.
AS the statement was being issued
combat-clad veterans of Palau were
dashing ashore at Aomori, expend-
ing the ground forces occupation to
the northernmost tip of Honshu
and Gen. Macarthur was Tightening
his controls on the political anc
economic life o. Japan. The gen.
eral was armed with presidential,
directive making it clear that he was
the highest authority in Japan.
Stripped of special privileges by
the Allied command, the japanese
Domei news agency probably will
quit, its president, Inosuke Furuno
reported He said he had decided
to recommend its dissolution to the
next meeting of the board of direc-
tors. Noting that three major
Tokyo dailies were considering for
nation of new agency. he said
TT would be impossible to make
both ends meet" if Domei attempted
to operate in competition.
Gen. MacArthur's latest DEGREES
forbade making arms, ammunition
and aircraft; promised priorities
necessary for production of food
clothing and houses. Required
careful reporting of virtually every
large-scale financial transaction
unshackled the japanese press and
spurred democratic education.
Roundup of Japs Continues.
Meanwhile, military authorities
continued their roundup of sus-
pected war criminals and reported
today that Nobuyuki Abe, japanese
ex-governor general of Korea, has
been permitted to remain under
guard in his Tokyo home due to
illness. He will be removed to jail
on recovery, officers said, to await
questioning or trial as one of the
men on Gen MacArthur's wanted
list.
An Associated Press correspondent
reported from Aomori that the 81st
Infantry Division was the first to
claim that charred town. Green
clad soldiers with bayonets fixed
and backed by silently ready ma
chine guns and mortars, splashed
through the surf to the land.
There wasn't any shooting. A lone,
grinning Japanese, middle-aged and
packing a raincoat under his arm,
stood waiting. On his other arm
was a band that said interpreter.
He stared at the troops and the
troops stared at him as they logged
past.
Destroyers. cruisers and planes
were on hand to make certain there
was no trickery.
Camps Established.
From two landing spots, the in
fantry turned away from Aomori
out into the surrounding country
where they established camps. The
town had been leveled by a B-29
fire raid.
Even as the troops headed away
jeeps, trucks, bulldozers, ducks and
equipment of all sorts rolled up the
beaches. Japanese gendarmes, pa
trolling, watched in stunned silence
which was unusual for them. Inside
three hours the town was occupied
solidly.