Evening star., 1945-09-04
100000 Yonks Now in japan
As New Landings Ring Tokyo;
Army Can Requisition Anything
Macarthur Places
lnterned Officers
In Charge Of Camps

landings today expanded the
American occupation forces
powerful grip on the Tokyo
area, and Gen. Macarthur, in a
general order, gave his armies
authority to requisition any
thing they need in Japan.
First occupation of Tokyo itself
scheduled for Friday THURSDAY
night u S. time, is to be outlined
in detail at meeting of the jap
anese 1st Army Command with 1t
Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, Ameri'
can 9th Army commander, at Yoko'
hama Wednesday.
Gen. Macarthur instructed the
japanese to turn all existing pris-
oner-of-war camps over to the
highest ranking officer interned ir
each and gave him authority to de.
mand of the japanese whatever fooc
and medical care is necessary fol
his camp.
Capital Half-Encircled.
The initial Tokyo occupation force
will number only 1850, said the JAP
anese government communique an
nouncing the entry date.
The communique said policemen
would be detailed to maintain law
and order in all areas of occupation
Government organs and public Or
ganizations would continue to func-
ton as usual, and all negotiations
hot o,11 To
nese authorities would be conducted
by liaison officials
Preceding the occupation of
Tokyo, Gen. MacArthur's troops
were to half encircle the capital
with new landings today, while 120
miles southwest naval forces landed
at Hamamatsu and other landings
were being made at Takusu, port
city of Kyushu Island, 600 miles
southwest of Tokyo, and at Kanoya
airfeld, also on Kyushu.
Hamamatsu was shelled by the
American and British fleets on July
80. Kanoya airfield was the base
from which the japanese launched
their heavy, costly kamikaze suicide
raids against American forces or
Okinawa.
100000 to Land in Month.
Led by minesweepers, two destroy
ers and six small troopships steamed
without incident into Kagoshima
Bay to land their forces at Takusu's
beaches. The task force was under
command of Navy Capt. Clyde M
Jensen.
Associated Press Correspondent
Robin Coons, aboard Capt. Jen-
sens flagship, radioed that American
planes already were landing at
Kanoya. The Tokyo radio indi-
Gated they might have carried some
airborne troops.
BY nightfall, nearly 100000
Americans were scheduled to be or
japanese soil-with four times that
many due to be landed during the
month for a total of a half million
Meanwhile, the Imperial Diet held
its first session under foreign sur
veillance. Emperor Hirohito at
tended the brief meeting in the
House of Peers. He was away from
the imperial palace only from 10:4C
am. (9:40 pm. Monday. Eastern
war time) until 11:l5 am. There
was no immediate mention of what
occurred.
(The japanese Domei agency
broadcast today that for the sec
ond successive day Foreign Min
lister Mamoru Shigemitsu con-
ferred at length with Gen
Macarthur The report, recorded
by the FEC, gave no detailsD
U. S. Writers to Attend Session.
American correspondents were tc
be permitted to attend tomorrow
Diet meeting after Gen Macarthur {
headquarters upheld their protest
against being searched at the door
Unsigned, unaddressed invitations
delivered at the public relations of.
flee by japanese said the cores
spondents would be searched anc
could neither drink nor smoke dur.
ing the meeting.
Gen. Macarthur abolished all
these restrictions.
The japanese communicates, which
have been announcing occupation
schedules ahead of Gen. Mac.
Arthur's headquarters (but presum.
ably with his permission) reported
15,460 occupation troops would entel
number of points in the Kanagaws
and Shizuoka prefectures-west ane
south of Tokyo-preceding occupa.
ton of the capital.
1t listed the cities to be occupied
as Hiratsuka and Oiso, $500 troops
Odawara, 2,250; Gotemba, 100; Ha
tano, 1,020; Uendhara, 1,02O, an,
$3.50 in Hachioji City, the metro
politan district of Tokyo.
Hiratsuka, Oiso and Odawara al
are on Sagami Bay.
Waiting to Enter Tokyo.
The Tokyo radio also reporte,
10000 American troops were land
ing today at the Tachikawa arm
airbase, northwest of Tokyo. The
will set up headquarters at Toky
University of Commerce at nearb
Yabo Village and will extend thei
occupancy into other towns in tn
area.
AS a precautionary measure, tn
broadcast said, Tachikawa polio
will establish Questioning posts" a
several points to prevent amy un
toward incident
The Tokyo radio also reporte,
that 600 airborne Yanks who wer
among the first to land at Atsue
airfleld had been transferred to tn
Yokosuka navy branch arsenal a
Fukasawa-Mura.
Troops of Gen. Eichelberger's 8t]
Army already had crossed the Tam
River, Tokyo's south boundary. bu
were careful not to enter the mai
city before receiving his signal.
They took over four more air
fields yesterday, one of them. Chof,
tsee OCCUPATION, Page A-3.)
TDo additional men from
the Washington area hape
been reported killed in the par.
See "On the Honor Roll" page
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