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(F) Leader entitled "Optimism and Confidence in final Victory" appeared on 9.10.1945.

"Russian offensives in the Eastern front have resulted in the recovery of a series of places. Since their landing in Southern Italy, the Anglo-American Forces are rapidly pushing northward, and then the anti-Axis forces in Southern Pacific are beginning their counter-offensive campaign. Based on these facts, a rosy picture of optimism is being formed in the minds of the peoples of the Allies particularly the Anglo-American people.

"The people's confidence is one of the important conditions for securing final victory. However, before final victory comes, we must show great fortitude so as to overcome all difficulties."

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Leader entitled "Brief Report of The East Asiatic War" appeared on 15.8.1944:

"China Theatre taking into consideration that the American Army in contemplating making use of the mainlands in China as bases for their counter-attack on Japan the Japanese Army drastically makes the first move by smashing the Chungking forces in Honan and drives into Changsha.......In order to save face, the American Air Forces used B29 Bombers to bomb Japan Froper, as well as Korea and Manchuria. (These attacks were not even permitted to be talked about by anybody)...... The American Army's recent guerilla attacks on the Bonin Islands, though more for propaganda purposes than anything else, cannot be overlooked as a sign of their nearing Japanese mainland."

(H) Leader entitled "The Present State of the European War and All Germans Defending" appeared on 11.3.1945. "According to the bulletin of the British, U.S.A. and U.S.S. Russian Conference held at Crimea, these three countries (MIlitary representatives are boasting of their armies having commenced to attack the "heart" of Germany from all "four sides"...... Of course it is a fact that the Rhine has been crossed, the Baltic Sea reached and many a town not far away from Berlin fallen.....The European war is indeed in its "downward trend"."

(I) Leader entitled "Air Battle Over the Japanese Mainland" appeared on 6.7.1945:

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(i) the Allies are attempting to smash the morale of the Japanese by dreadful bombing (2) to disrupt and cut communication system in Japan, (3) to render the various parts of Japan helpless, (4) to attempt to stop the Japanese storm troops from attacking, (5) to attempt to challenge the Japanese Air Force in Japan, (6) whenever possible to destroy Japanese producing power and (7) to seek out the whereabouts of the Japanese main fleet."

(J) Leader entitled "The Japanese Army is watching every move of Its ENEMY" appeared on 30.7.45.

"......The Japanese Army is fully aware of its enemy's planned movements as follows:-

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to land on the Japanese mainland,

(2) to use the Navy and Air Forces, in co-operation with Chungking Army, and utilise the mainland in China as a base for attack, (3) to enter China through Burma, Siam and Indo- China, and (4) to concentrate U.S.S. Russian troops in the Far East...

This becomes obvious to the Japanese authorities but was done so cleverly that the Japanese authorities had nothing definite upon which they could proceed to the extreme measure of seizure of the newspaper, a measure which they were very reluctant to adopt because of the propaganda value of this course to the Allies, but it did not prevent the Japanese authorities to look upon the paper as a dangerously hostile one and to ban it from P.0.W. and Internment Camps and to take strong steps to ensure its non-entry into these Camps. Notwithstanding such ban, copies were smuggled in thereby