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To Arrive Sunday \The new Japanese message said j, the two plane*—unarmed, twin-engined, single-winged land-attack , aircraft—would fly over Sata Mi- t saki and gave a detailed ached- c ule for the flight from that point a to le Shima* It aeld the plane* would bear “markings designated i, by you”—green crosses on a white c background. IThe Japanese apparently also r were using different type plana a than the one Mac Arthur daig-nated: “Zero type, Model 22-L2D3.” fc The general, however, had said t they could make such a change, tPREPARATIONS SECRET 1While MacArthur, flanked by 1newly-arrived British, American, c Australian and Chinese military « leaders, had awaited Japan’s reply ^ to his “without further delay” ^ ultimatum for the envoy schedule, , the Japanese many hours earlier t had reported that its represent- i ative would leave Sunday, without designating any hour for depar- ] ture. Then the official channel \ fell markedly silent for a long . period. lt;The Japanese said .the envoy j planes, after passing over Sata Misaki, would proceed via Nakano, Takara and Tori Islands to Ie They will fly at 6,000 to 9,000 feet altitude. The message also gave their planes’ call signs and radio frequency and asked for Ie’s call sign and frequency. IMeantime, preparations con- \ tinued under unusual secrecy for ) holding the momentous prelimi- lt;nary peace conference in this army city. Headquarters con- j tinued to decline to reveal where ^ MacArthur would meet the emis- lt;saries or give any other advance -details. *, • (From all indications, the Japanese will be moved as quietly as , [possible on their necessary jour- j ncys through Manila, whose resi- ( dents still remember vividly bru- , talities of the Japanese occupation. ( It is understood the visitors will be housed in special residences , with a military police guard.REQUEST IGNORED lt;The Japanese message giving the envoy schedule was inter- 1 preted by some as indicating the 1 Japanese had abandoned hope of further stalling peace negotia- 1 lions. lt;Tokyo apparently had waited all 1 day for MacArthur's answer to its ' urgent request, made yesterday, 1 that he immediately order cessation of the so-called Russian offensive in Manchuria. The Russians earlier had told the Japanese to cease Are and they would do likewise.MacArthur made no reply and it is possible he will make none.Although it is still possible the Japanese might attempt to quibble, their continuation oi plans for the Manila envoy was taken as an indication they had decideo not to risk further the MacArthur wrath.From Okinawa today, Associated Press Correspondent Richard Cushing disclosed a campa gn with pamphlets, quoting Emperor Hirohito, is under way to induce Japanese on the other Ryukyu . islands to surrender.Pamphlets wegarrisoned on Aka Shims in the JfCerdma group due west of southern Okinawa. Today a boatload of United States troops, accompanied by Nisei (Americans of ■ Japanese descent) and Japanese L prisoners of war, moved toward- the island in an attempt to obtain* surrender.r A plane from Chungking, ar-| riving here at 3:30 a. m. today, I brought Oen. Hsu Yung-chang,- Chinese minister of the board of 1 military operations; Adm. Yang '• Hsu-cheng, high adviser to theNational Military Council, and Lt. I Gen. Chu Shih-ming, military jj attache at Washington. They will* participate in final Japanese* surrender ceremonies.'• Other military leaders here in-* elude Lord Louis Mbuntbatten, Southeast Asia theater commander, and Gen. Sir Thomas Blarney, head of Australian army forca.(Continued from Page 1.) 2 ______plane yesterday
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Cincinnati Times Star
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Sat, Aug 18, 1945
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