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Almost all suffered from malnutrition. Few had ever received Red Cross packages; their guards, almost to a man, had engaged in graft which cut prison fare to watery soups, half-spoiled vegetables, and chalky gruels. They had been beaten and kicked, forced to bow, to obey endless rules invented by their captors...
...Make a god obey orders...
Docile Japs? Would the regimented, superstitious, uninformed Japanese docilely obey their Emperor? Washington experts were divided: most of those who knew Japan in the comfortable '20s thought that they would. Some even said that the Japanese were not a warlike people. Those who had met the Japanese in battle differed...
...good, grey New York Times summed up the situation in a stinging editorial: "The Chinese Communists . . . are in open rebellion against President Chiang Kai-shek and his Government; they repudiate his order . . . which they are pledged to obey. . . . They want domination. They are not a political party; they are a conspiracy to seize the Chinese Government. And they consider the victory of the United Nations, in which they played a microscopic role, as their great opportunity...
...have signed a paper saying we would return to our homeland. But where is it? We have none. For us to go back is suicide." Carl Selan voiced their hope: "If we could stay here America would find many of us would be assets. . . . We want only to obey the law, to have peace, liberty...