Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-04-07 | Page 12 | International City Saved Shanghai, FBI Agents Told

I International City Cily Saved Shanghai FBI Agents Told Shanghais Shanghai's fate in the hands of the Japanese was different from th most cities due to the fact that the Japanese had been partners partners part part- ners of other nations in running the international city Albert lbert R R. Hager Shanghai business man for 30 years years- told a federal bureau of of investigation law enforcement nt conference conference Friday afternoon at atthe atthe the Newhouse hotel Enemies of the h Japanese at first merely w were re confined io to the city limits Mr Hager explained and it was almost a year after Pearl Harbor before Americans were taken to prison camps amps During During Dur Dur- ing the spring of 1943 the majority of J Japanese enemies were imprisoned imprisoned in camps Mr Hager said that due to ill illness ill ill- ness ness he never ne er was imprisoned before before be be- fore he was repatriated d in September Sep 1943 on the second trip of the exchange ship He told officers of the vast dif dif- difference ference between the way enemies of Japan are treated in camps hithe in hi inthe the orient and the treatment given at the war relocation center at Topaz which he visited last Week No wonder many of the Japanese are loath to return to Japan he commented The organization of the Shanghai Shanghai Shang Shang- hai volunteer corps a constabulary organization called upon in special emergencies was explained to en- en officials by Mr Hager It consisted of several hundred volunteers representing the various various vari vari- ous nationalities of the city and has been in existence since 1916 The various companies all work together and it is an efficient group he said