The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-23
MeCIoyTours
 Prison Camps
By RALPH TEATsoRTH United Press Staff CoFFeepOndenI


 Tokyo, Oct, %. (UP)-Assistant U, s, Secretary of War John J. Me. Cley held day.long conference with Gen, Coughs MaeArthuF to. day presumably dealing with fu. ture phases of the American oe. eupation os Japan,
 MeCloy Is the highest War Do. partment official yet to come to Tokyo and well may have brouwht with him from Washington new direetiveS for MaeArthuF,
 It, Gen. Robert L. Eiekelberger, commander of the Eighth Army, will conduct MeCloy tomorrow en c tour of the Omori Prison Camp, where Japans Pearl Harbor" Pre-. mieF Gen, Hideki Tojo and other accused war criminals are RWRit- Ing trial, MeCley also will inspect the First Cavalry Division, first American troops to enter Tokyo,
 MaeAFthur was understood to De planning to issue new directive to enable his investigations to work directly and unrestrietedly in gath. therlng counter. intelligence mate. rial,
 The order will empower counter. iteiligenee teams te search any premises or material they desire sire without first obtaining formal permission Of Japanese liaisof committed. Permission to seize such material however, probably still VIII have to De requested Of the Japanese, -.
 Ceunter-intelligence sources said the lack of search and seizure power has brought virtually oil inVeStiga- tons to . standstlll,
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 The newspaper Yonllliri Hoehi said Premier Baron KiJuro shide- liara will call oil MaeArthur's head quarters late today to report on the progress of donocratizing Japanese economic institutions.
 War Minister Gen. SAdaniu Shiill. onura ins radio speech last night conceded that leaders Of the Army Jointly and straightforwardly must apologize to the Japanese people for "all the wrong faults" of the if,ili' taTy.
 1t b common knowledge now that eXterTnination of fnilltarisfn ana the military clique iB being voiced both ct home and abroad shinlo- mura said, Looking back on the past, this is only q natural cons sequence
 shimomura said the Japanese Army as c whole had been 20 per cent demobIlized by Oct, i4, The only forces retained in the home islands, iie said, were those needed 10 protect military supplies to De turned over to the Allies, handle demobiIization liaison duties and deai with military business affairs.
 stiil overseas however, were B. 100000 Army troops and Army civilian employees he said,
 The problem Of providing jobs for them is worrying Us day and night, he said.
 Yomlurl Hochi said Mitsui. the largest of the Japanese family in- duStriaI trusts ordered broken up by MacArthur, would issue its diS- solution policy early in November following an extraordinary stock holders meeting.
 The newspaper predicted the meeting would decide to retire Baron Takakimi Mitsui as preSi- dent and other high executives, as well as announce steps for disso- iution of the head office os the company.
 Dissolution was being delayed slightly, the newspaper said, by the fact that shares were open to the public the gigantic size of the company,s assets and the time re- quired to dispose of employees.
 Adiny. Lord Louis Mountbatten, Allied commander in Southeast Asia, has asked former Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shike- mitsu to 90 to India to testify at the postaumous trial Of eubhas chandra Bose, who formed an ln-