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for the statement that up until the
time the President left for Potsdam,
there was no single set of American
surrender terms for Japan. 1t was
also stated that any new definition
OF surrender terms would have to be
acceptable to other Allied govern
ments, and only on that basis would
American officials make terms of
their own.
Some Statement Expected.
It was confidently believed, never
theless, that some sort of statement
would be issued and that it would
follow generally the line of the owl
broadcast, urging Japan to surrender
now to avert complete destruction
OF the homeland.
CHS Commentator Chris Coffin
told radio audience he had learned
from very responsible Washington
officials" that the Big Three would
issue q statement outlining surren-
der terms for Japan within the next
few days. This statement, he said,
would promise the Japanese terms
which would be "far more liberal"
than the conditions under which
they now exist
Another commentator, Wilfred
FleiSher of the American Broadcast
ing Co., agreed that President Tru-
man had taken with him a state
ment concerning Japan but said it
was nothing more than q statement
of policy toward the enemy. Peace
terms, he said, remain unchanged
unconditional surrender.
Officials here could give no hint
as to whether Premier Stain would
subscribe to peace terms for the
Japanese. During the entire course
OF the japanese war, he has adhered
meticu1ously to policy of neutrality.
despite sharp Moscow criticisms of
Japan.
Russia Constant Threat.
One of the principal weapons in
the psychological warfare against
Japan has been the constant threat
of Russian entry into the war.
Whatever statement may be issued
from Potsdam, the Japanese cannot
escape the significance of the fact
that the Pacific war is being dis
cussed by all participants in the
conference.
The Japanese commentator, whose
Japanese-language broadcast was
aimed toward American areas, re-
f1ected the grave concern of his
country on this matter when he said
Soviet Russia, now in a position to
rebuild her national strength after
the European war, was "shying away
from all attempts to force her to
enter the conflict"
The British, too, the japanese
propaganda said, are war-weary
and are trying to discharge their
responsibilities In the Eastern war
with a minimum, token effort"
The commentator identified him.
self as Musuo Oya of the Japanese
Broadcasting Co. The address was
monitored by the Federal Communi-
cations Commission in San Fran
cisco.
Japs Eying Washington.
The commentator said Mr.. Tru-
man, pressed by conservative ele-
ments> in this country, was making a
considerably radical round about
face" concerning Japan. He cited
an editorial which, he said, appeared
in the New York Daily News and
which declared that Pearl Harbor
was q theoretical blunder of the
American policy Of meddling in
Oriental affairs for the past scores
of years" Oya said this view was
shared ''by not only few" Ameri-
cans.
Oya- said Mr.. Truman must Of
necessity seriously reconsider the
Rooseveitian policy of meddling" In
Far Eastern affairs and would "liq-
uidate gradually the individual fail
ures of Roosevelt which had all too
strongly colored American policy
both in domestic administration and
In foreign policy for more than IL
years"
Thus" said the japanese, I'VE in
terpret the recent American moves,
and In this sense we are watching
with profound interest all future
moves in Washington's political cir
cles."