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rj-‘S.mi-Puerto Rican Delay Rumor FalseReports circulating among Puerto Rican troops of the U.S. Army stationed in Hawaii that their return home is being pur-;h iposely delayed through the wish-3f,es of the president of the Puerto Rican Senate were branded an “absolute falsehood” by Luis Munoz Marin, Puerto Rican senate president.® Attributing the rumors to “malicious sources which wish to create confusion among the Puerto Rican soldiers for political reasons in Puerto Rico'* Marin said in a statement ad-n dressed to MidPac headquarters 5e that he favored the discharge of Puerto Rican soldiers on the same basis as other Gls.Marin also said the rumors might have been circulated with a “more sinister purpose of creating discontent among the troops as a revenge or sabotage on the part of the defeated enemy.**i-teseto
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Middle Pacific Stars and Stripes
Honolulu, Hawaii, US
Mon, Dec 03, 1945
Page 10
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Noemi F.
FL, USA 22 Aug 2021
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