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WAR DEPARTMENT CLASSIFIED MESSAGE CENTER INCOMING CLASSIFIED MESSAGE DECLASSIFIED E E.O. 11652. Sec. 3(E) and 1972 5(D) or anoprm TOT NLT OSD HC NARS Date 07-11-71 letter, May 3. OPERATIONAL PRIORITY By Page 13 From: Commender in Chief, Army Forces, Pacific, Advence, Tokyo, Japan Nr: CA 52414 28 September 1945 From my observations of the two zones I sey defin- itely that Kores is being torn in half. People in the northern zone are terrified of the Russians, industry is at a standstill, and the one desire, it seems, is to get south to the American Zone as quickly as possible. Sgd Leonard I Barsdell Austrelien representative at GHQ for the Department of Information 22 September 1945". End See CM-IN-231.51. ACTION: OPD INFO : JC/S, Adm Leahy, CG AAF, OPD (State) 5 G-2, CAD, Adm King, Mr. McCloy, C of S CM-IN-23404 (28 Sept 45) DTG 281149Z da GECRET 30 COPY No. THE MAKING OF AN EXACT COPY OF THIS MESSAGE IS FORBIDDEN

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