Press - Response to Trial

Reports that Joseph B. Keenan failed to arrive at Atsugi airfield at the expected time but that he will probably arrive tomorrow after a delay in Guam.

Reports on the hospitalization of Yosuke Matsuoka, including that he "was to be examined by two physicians, one named by the prosecution and one by the defense."

Brief news clipping that states "May 3 - International Military Tribunal for the Far East opens its first public session at the former War Ministry building with Sir William Flood Webb of Australia presiding."

Reports on the indefinite recess of the IMTFE as a result of the lack of an adequate cooling system for the courtroom. The intense heat conditions caused some members to fear adverse health side effects if they continued to meet during the hottest weeks of the summer.

Nippon Times, No. 17,023 from Thursday, August 8, 1946. On front page are two articles relating to the tribunal: 1. "Pu Yi Expected in Tokyo to Testify at War Trials Under Russian Custody"and 2. "Japanese Forces Said Unprepared for China Affair; Prosecution Witness Testified Pacific War Plans Were Not in Existence in 1938." Other articles in the newspaper report on international affairs.