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WAR DEPARTMENT CLASSIFIED MESSAGE CENTER INCOMING CLASSIFIED MESSAGE E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) DECLASSIFIED SULT-HL OSD NARS Date 7-11-75 letter, May 3, 1972 TOT By OPERATIONAL PRIORITY CRYPTOGRAPHIC SECURITY DOES NOT APPLY HANDLE AS SECRET CORRESPONDENCE PER PARAS 448 and 53a, AR, 380-5 From: Commander in Chief, Army Forces, Pacific, Advance, Tokyo, Japan To: War Department Nr: CA 52414 28 September 1945 WARTAG for Joint Chief's of Staff cite CA 52414. The following report of conditions in North Korea made by a member of the Australian Department of Information is forwarded for your information. "Russien occupation of Northern Korea. With the permission of Colonel Duncan Sinclair, I accompanied 4 members of an American prisoner of war recovery unit, on September 15th, 1945, to Kanko strip in Russian occupied Korea. The object of my trip was to interview British and Australian prisoners of war in Konan prisoner of war camp about 8 miles from the strip, and report the nature of my findings to the Australian government. I represented myself to the Russians as an Australian War Correspondent, and during my 7 days sojourn in the area was not obstructed in any way. My first days investigation was so revealing that I decided to pursue my inquiries further afield and learn. the true facts about the Russian occupation of Northern Korea. CM-IN-23404 (28 Sept 45) 30 COPY No. THE MAKING OF AN EXACT COPY OF THIS MESSAGE IS FORBIDDEN

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