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Jiji Shimpo Urges US Base Leasing and Postwar Peace
The Tokyo based Jiji Shimpo editorial calls for leasing U.S. bases in Japan and an early peace treaty. US defense chiefs Secretary Johnson and General Bradley travel to Hawaii then Tokyo to confer with General MacArthur about postwar American troops. The paper cautions Soviet and Chinese roles and notes Johnson and Bradley arrive this Saturday.
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