Civil Information and Education Section

“ Extreme caution is indicated on the grounds that a direct, frontal attack information program might act as a boomerang, and be the means of inciting and solidifying the majority of public opinion whereas present available documentation points to "ultra-nationalist" and "atrocity" thinking being confined to a minority. ”

“ Who Is a War Criminal? Produced by Daiei Company, released 27 December 1945 to an estimated audience of 3,000,000. Story: A courageous politician opposes the war and bravely refuses to change his views despite oppression by militarists. b. The Comedy Has Ended, produced by Shochiku Company, released 10 January 1946 to an estimated audience of 3,500,000. Story: A satire directed at Japanese wartime bureaucracy and militaristic tyranny. c. Life's Album, produced by Shochiku Company, released 18 January 1946 to an estimated audience of 3,000,000. ”

“ Serious consideration should also be given to the possibility of an article being published in a leading American magazine covering a recapitulation of Hiroshima, the main theme of which would be Japanese atonement and the steps being takes in reconstruction,peaceful, cultural, activities, etc., to prove to a skeptical world that the Japanese are aware of the reason? of their present plight and are trying to help themselves and their nation. ”

“ To determine the advisability and feasibility of initiating a high priority information program designed to a. offset a growing tendency on the part of certain Japanese and Americans to consider the use of the atom bomb at Hiroshima as "an atrocity" and b. ”

“ During the Yokohama trials semi-weekly recordings through the "Man On The Street" program have been presented, to give the "average man" in attendance the opportunity to express his views of the trials.
4. In addition to these programs an undetermined numbers of references, examples discussions, roundtables and news items have been presented. Each has been concered with direct quotations of, or reference to, Japan's war guilt, or indirect reference to the trials or the defeat which ultira-nationalistic leaders brought upon Japan. ”

“ Constant liaison with influential editors and leaders in the fields of labor, agriculture, education, government, etc., wherein the virtues of free society versus a totalitarian state would be emphasised. ”

“ The Truth Box, the actual state of the Pacific war, covering politics, diplomacy, land, sea and air battles, published by Cosmo Publishing Company, Tokyo: 20,000 copies sold in 1946. (Tab C-2) . b. These Are Facts, published by Rengo Press, Tokyo: 20,000 copies sold in 1946. ”

“ Such a press is the voice of the people. Without such free newspapers, the people
RADIO
1. The program "War Trial Reports" presenting testimony and evidence of the progress of war trials, has been in effect since the Yokohama trials began. In June, 1946, this program was switched to cover the Tokyo trials for a twenty minute period daily except Sundays, on which days time is devotad to trial observations by representives of leading Tokyo newspapers. ”

“ There is also a growing feeling among some of these Americans, reflested in ?ding of the certain Japanese, that whatever educational or phil?nthropie movements are undertaken in Hiroshima with American ? ”

“ Nippon Motion Picture Company: 61 newsreel sequences of the Tokyo trials, three of the Yokohama trials, and three documentaries entitled: "The First Week of the Tokyo Trials", "Under the Flag of Peace", and "Pearl Harbor Attack". b. Shinseiki Motion Picture Company: 58 sequences convering the Tokyo trials and one covering the Yokohama trials. c. Riken Motion Picture Company: 15 sequences convering the Tokyo trials.
2. CIS has ?????? constantly to stimulate the production of feature pictures built around the war guilt theme. Many pictures have ? ”

“ Under General Orders No. 4 (SCAP) , dated 2 October 1945 as amended by General Orders No. 14 (SCAP) , dated 17 October 1945, General Orders No. 27 (SCAP) , dated 3 June 1946 (Tab A) , one of the function of CIE is to: "a. ”