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...into slave labor in Siberia; 2) they were being held in Soviet hands to make sure that the U.S. could never use them in a war against Russia; 3) they were being held for use by the Russians themselves, either as a fifth column for Japan or as mercenary shock troops. The Soviet failure to repatriate Japanese prisoners was clearly a violation of the Potsdam Agreement. General Mac-Arthur had offered ships and aid to bring the missing Japanese home. But negotiations had broken down when the Russians refused to discuss military prisoners...
...Shock Troupe...
...hope it won't be too much of a shock to Personality "Cugie" [TIME, July 29] to know that I go to hear Iturbi because he's a fine musician...
...operators sit at ease, watching the airplane by eye and radar. A signal puts it into a dive or spin. Down it screams. Shock waves buffet its wings, claw at its tail surfaces. If anything cracks, a flashing light on the television screen tells what part has yielded. No life is lost, and every detail of the plane's experience, up to the final smash if it comes, is accurately recorded...
Christian Adventurers. When the Holy See opens a new field, it often calls on the Maryknollers as its shock troops (the latest field: Africa, opened this year and already invaded by four Maryknoll priests). Asia, and particularly China, where the men of Maryknoll have preached, doctored and taught, has been their No. 1 field. There, deep in the Japanese war zone, Maryknoll missionaries stuck to their posts, filled the files of their order (only 35 years old last April) with accounts of adventure and heroism. Many wound up in Japanese prison camps...