Show U. U S. S Mystified At Russ Total On Nip Captives 1 TOKYO May 20 INS INS INS-Amer- Amer- Amer lean can occupation officials in Tokyo displayed an attitude of perplexity Friday over a Russian announcement announcement announcement announce announce- ment that only Japanese war prisoners remain in Soviet custody The latest American estimate was that Japanese are arc still in Russian prison camps while an additional are held in Com Com- occupied areas of China Gen Douglas MacArthurs MacArthur's headquarters headquarters headquarters head head- quarters office ha has not yet re received received received re- re official notification of ot Russia's plan to repatriate Japanese prisoners by November as announced by the Soviet news agency Tass However Cloyce Huston acting chief of the occupation headquarters diplomatic s see section e c t i ion o n com commented commented commented com com- I 1 am mystified I do not know v what it the Tass announcement means I r do not know whether the Russians are going to try to account account account ac ac- ac- ac count for the remaining numbers we believe are still held or what they are going to doWe doWe do We Ve have never received any Russian figures on deaths among the prisoners of war I have never neverseen neverseen neverseen seen any Russian figures on prisoners prisoners prisoners pris pris- of war at all An American army officer close to Gen MacArthur was far more blunt He asked Did your dispatch say what they the Russians have done with the other odd 1 The Soviet mission in Tokyo de denied de de- nied any knowledge of Russian plans pans for the return of prisoners ti tito j to Japan It refused to give any information to an party all-party Japan Japa- Japa n e s e parliamentary deputation which called at the Soviet embassy embassy em em- bassy Friday afternoon in quest of repatriation data Japanese Communists who have pleaded with Moscow for speedy repatriation tion of the remaining war prisoners prison prison- ers were represented on the tation I |