AWM82 2/188 - [Captured Japanese Documents:] Memorandum regarding newspaper articles on affairs in Rabaul and report on the Talili Group [File in Japanese]

AJRP Sub-Series name: Post-surrender Rabaul material received from HQ 8 Military District. This first part of this item is a memorandum regarding an unfavourable report on affairs in Rabaul by KITAGAKI, former ws correspondent. He reported that strong milirarism was intact at Japanese camps in Rabaul, and that high-ranking officers were indulging in luxury while their subordinates were made to toil for food. The Chiefs of Staff of the South East Area Army and the South East Area Army Fleet argued that repatriation journalists had begun fabricating stories critical of militarism, fearing that they might otherwise be perceived as military sympathisers. The latter part of the document is a report on the situation in the Talili camp. Issues discussed include construction of major facilities, food supply and production, work schedule for commissioned