Yamashita Doomed; President Rejects Plea for Clemency News Article
Yamashita Doomed; President Rejects Plea for Clemency News Article
| Date | |
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| Language | English |
| Collection | C.W.J. Phelps Collection |
| Box | Box 1 |
| Folder | First Phelps Scrap Book |
| Repository | University of Virginia Law Library |
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Reports that President Truman refused to consider Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita's plea for clemency and that he will therefore be executed. Includes the fact that newsmen will be barred from the hanging and that the day and time of the event will be kept secret. Other news items discussed include the increased personnel investigating Japanese war crimes and the charges being brought against Kiyoichi Mori, Tsuyoshi Sakai, and Nubuo Kanayama for their trial before the Eighth Army military commission in Yokohama.