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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