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FORMER JAPANESE ISLANDS YOSHIDA REPEATS CLAIMS (N.Z.P.A.-Heuter—Copyright). (Rec. 10 a.m.); TOKIO, Feb. 13. Prime Miifjster Yosliida to-day repeated before the Diet Japanese Claims for the return of nearby islands occupied by Russia and the United States. Referring to the small 'Russian-, occupied islands on the southern tip of the Kurile chain, and the Americanoccupied Amani-Oshina group 500 miles south of Japan, Yoshida declared: “These islands have nevfer been stolen by Japan, so under the Atlantic Charter they should be returned to her.”
Questioned on military bases Yoshida said: “Because we are uqder occupation; we cannot refuse any proposed military bases the occupation Powers wish .to establish, but military bases after the peace treaty is a matter for the future to solve.”
Declaring that an overall peace treaty is most desirable, Yoshida said: “As we are not in a position to express hopes on the peace formula, we must accept the wish of any foreign nation desiring peace witli Japan. If, for instance, Japan concludes peace with only one nation; say the United States, then the form of peace, will be determined by that nation.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 103, 14 February 1950, Page 3
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