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No reconciliation with Japan as VJ 50th anniversary events planned

Title
No reconciliation with Japan as VJ 50th anniversary events planned
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
10 May 1995
Year of production
1995
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Duration
00:04:00
Description
Robert Allen reports on the upcoming commemorations of 50th anniversary of VJ Day in London. With comment from Charles Peel, national Public Relations Officer for the Burma Star Association describing the treatment captured soldiers suffered from the Japanese and saying British soldiers will not forgive until the Japanese government apologises; former marine Burt Welch on the justification behind not having a Japanese presence at the celebrations; Ex-Sergeant Major Walford Hughes on reconciliation with the Japanese; Lord Cranborne (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil), organiser of the events.
Contributors
Robert Allen; Robert Gascoyne-Cecil; Charles Peel; Burt Welch; Walford Hughes
Keywords
International relations; Second World War (1939-1945); Japan; Prisoners of War; VJ Day; Commemorative events; Anniversaries; Veterans (Armed Forces)

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