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TI: So let's go back to you. You mentioned, so you're now, I think you called it "civilian censorship" in that area. And where were you based when you did this work?

KY: The work actually was done at the Central Post Office, a huge structure in the middle of Tokyo, Central Post Office where all the mail and electronic... well, telegraph, telegrams and so on. They were looked at, censored for possible anti-Japanese or anti-occupation or something that might really be dangerous or deleterious to the U.S. forces or Japan as a country, be harmful. We were looking for that.

TI: And I'm trying to get a sense, so the war's over. How, I guess, what would be a typical type of message that would be dangerous?

KY: You've got to remember that Russia had entered the war, and they were acting as conquering types, too. And Japan was afraid of Communism, so we were looking for possible Communist activity against the Japanese government, or to disrupt the civil economy, assassination, maybe. So communism was the main thrust, watching out for that.

TI: Okay, good.

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