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request was not announced.
 6.-Emperor Hirohito personally appointed Kenji Kodarna, member of the House of Peers and former chief of research in the foreign office, as president of the newly organized central liaison council, through which Allied directives are issued to the Japanese government. Katsuzo Okazaki formerly headed the council with the title of direct or, but was believed not of sufn- cient prestige for the post.
 6.-Kanju Kato, Japanese labor leader, denounced the death in pris- son of anti-militarist Kiyoshi Miki, and urged the Japanese govern ment to release immediately all persons detained on anti-war charg- eS.
 7.-The newspaper Tokyo Shim- gun editorially called for the custer of Japanese home ministry officials who suppressed American inter- views with Emperor Hirohito and photographs of Hirohito standing beside MacArthur.
 8.-Spokesman for Premier Prince Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni revealed that the premier was receiving 1000 letters a day from the Japanese people in response to his request for suggestions for a new Japan. The letters will be discussed at Q cabinet meeting tomorrow.
 0.-Minot food riots have broken out among the rural population of northern Honshu, where farmers have been reported hoarding food against the possibility of winter shortages.
 10.-All Japanese war criminals now in custody with the possible exception of Pearl zarbor Premier Gen. Hedeki Tojo will be transferred sometime this week to the Omori prison camp on the outskirts of Tokyo, where American war pris- oners formerly were held. Tojo was recovering from @ suicide attempt so rapidly that he, too, probably will be moved to the camp by next weekend.
 Macarthur announced that the main purposes of all 21 financial institutions seized by his troops had been in the financing of Japanese war production and. mobilization the exploiting of occupied terri tories.
 Liquidation
 All will be liquidated eventually. They included the Wartime Fi- nance Bank, The North China De- velopment Company, The Central China Development Company, The South Manchuria Railway Company The Manchuria Heavy Industry Development Company, The Bank of Chosen (Korea) and The Bank of Ttiwan (Formosa).
 Since assets of some of the ia- stitutions were housed in the Bank of Japan, The Yokohama Specie Bank and The Hypotec Bank, troops also entered these banks and seized desired records. However, they did not interfere with other operations of the banks.
 Gold and silver stocks earmarked for Siam and Indo- Chinese gold held for the Federal Reserve Bank of North China were discovered in the Bank of Japan.
 However, no trace of Philippines and Dutch bullion was found. Both Bank of Japan and Finance Ministry officials said disposal of such funds was Ian army matter"
 It was found that 55 per cent of Bank of Japan stock was held by the government, 25 per cent by the Imperial household and the balance by individuals.
 Re-Opening
 The check of Bank of Japan's records was expected to take the rest of today. delaying re-opening of the bank for regular business at least as..tt!!! tomorrow. The Y0k0- hama specia and Hypotec Banks re-opened today, however.
 All of the financial institutions occupied by MacArthur were con- trolled directly or indirectly by the Japauese BoVetument ana CneiE principal shareholders either were members of the Omperial house. hold or other financial concerns equally under government control or domination.
 From their months-long investi- gation, American experts hope to learn what happened to the huge bullion and other reserves of the late Chang Eso-Lin, war word of Manchuria, and possibly the old Chinese Imperial bullion rumored stolen from Peiping during the re- lief of the Boxer Rebellion siege In 1900.
 Graft
 Study of financial records like- wise may uncover the extent of graft by leading Japanese militar- ists such as Former Premier Toio and uncover additional war cfina- lnals.
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