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For many Far East Prisoners of War
the dropping of the Atomic bombs
which hastened Japan's surrender
saved their lives.
A Read recalls how mass graves had
been dug following an order from
Tokyo that all PoWs were to be
killed if the mainland was invaded.
"You can imagine our frustration on
hearing about deep sympathy for the
people of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
"I wonder if our relatives would
have received as much sympathy if
the Japanese had carried out their plan
and annihilated us all?" he says.
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