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Troops of Allies Will Retire Today From Soviet Zone – 2
Balik Papan Bombed Again; Tokyo Holds Invasion Near – 3
Liuchow is Seized; Indo-China Pierced – 4-5
U.S. Fleet Scouts Amamis, Says Foe – 5
Marshalls Wan U.S. Protectorate – 5
Allied Reich Rule Assailed by Tokyo – 6
Japanese Prisoners of War Are Brought into San Francisco (photo) – 6
Paper Balloons Bring Japanese Bombs (photos) – 7
War News Summarized – 7
Exile Poles’ Chief Won’t Yield Office (Gruson) – 8
Repatriates Seen as Threat in Reich – 8
Norse King Urges Allied Solidarity – 9
Churchill Stands on Personal Vote (Matthews) – 10
The Veteran (Hurd) – 12
American Aids Russian in Germany (photo) – 12
Through with the War: A British Soldier Comes Home (photo) – 13
Day’s Communiques – 13

The News of the Week in Review
Fifteen News Questions – 14
Tory and Labor Views of the British Election (cartoons) – 15
British Election Hangs on Churchill Prestige (Daniel) – 16
The Soviet Union’s Strategic Position in the Far East (maps) – 17-18
Big Questions in Asia Now Center on Russia (Baldwin) – 18-19
Low Birthrate Worries Britain – 19
“Heavy, Heavy Hangs Over His Head” (cartoon) – 19
Germany’s Economic Power Broken for Years to Come (Middleton) – 20
Answers to Fifteen News Questions – 21

The New York Times Magazine
‘Occupy Germany for Fifty Years’ (by Leopold Schwarzschild, first-time contributor) – 22-23
The Great Decision by Which We Still Stand (by Julian P. Boyd, first-time contributor) – 24-27
Independence Day, 1945 (by Theodore C. Agins, Lieut. U.S.N.R. , first-time contributor) – 28

Seems to be a lot of sub contacts around the Marianas and in the Philippine Sea to the west. Major fleet assets like Heavy Cruisers should probably be escorted in that area.