HC Deb 20 September 1948 vol 456 c496
38. Mr. T. Reid

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when the Japanese threat during the recent war to murder allied prisoners if Allied Forces attempted to land in Japan was conveyed to the Allied Powers.

Mr. Mayhew

So far as I am aware, no such threat was ever conveyed to the Allied Powers.

Mr. Reid

May I ask, then, if no such statement was ever made, either by the Japanese Government or Japanese leaders?

Mr. Mayhew

Yes, I think that is so.

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