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English: Caption from CIA article: Front side of OWI notice #2106, dubbed the “LeMay bombing leaflet,” which was delivered to Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and 33 other Japanese cities on 1 August 1945. The Japanese text on the reverse side of the leaflet carried the following warning: “Read this carefully as it may save your life or the life of a relative or friend. In the next few days, some or all of the cities named on the reverse side will be destroyed by American bombs. These cities contain military installations and workshops or factories which produce military goods. We are determined to destroy all of the tools of the military clique which they are using to prolong this useless war. But, unfortunately, bombs have no eyes. So, in accordance with America's humanitarian policies, the American Air Force, which does not wish to injure innocent people, now gives you warning to evacuate the cities named and save your lives. America is not fighting the Japanese people but is fighting the military clique which has enslaved the Japanese people. The peace which America will bring will free the people from the oppression of the military clique and mean the emergence of a new and better Japan. You can restore peace by demanding new and good leaders who will end the war. We cannot promise that only these cities will be among those attacked but some or all of them will be, so heed this warning and evacuate these cities immediately.” (See Richard S. R. Hubert, “The OWI Saipan Operation,” Official Report to US Information Service, Washington, DC 1946.)"

The cities listed are (clockwise):

Mito, Hachioji, Koriyama, Maebashi, Nishinomiya, Otsu, Maizuru, Toyama, Fukuyama, Kurume, Takaoka and Nagano
Source

Josette Williams, "The Information War in the Pacific, 1945", 'CIA Studies in Intelligence Vol. 46, No. 3 (2002), online at

https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol46no3/article07.html
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Source: Josette Williams, "The Information War in the Pacific, 1945", 'CIA Studies in Intelligence Vol. 46, No. 3 (2002), online at https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol46no3/article07.html archive copy at the Wayback Machine


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This image is a work of a U.S. military or Department of Defense employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States.

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current22:24, 2 July 2024Thumbnail for version as of 22:24, 2 July 2024600 × 325 (47 KB)User-duckCropped 6 % horizontally, 7 % vertically, 13 % areawise using CropTool with lossless mode.
17:50, 9 December 2005Thumbnail for version as of 17:50, 9 December 2005640 × 349 (48 KB)Fastfission~commonswikiFrom CIA article: ''Front side of OWI notice #2106, dubbed the “LeMay bombing leaflet,” which was delivered to Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and 33 other Japanese cities on 1 August 1945. The Japanese text on the reverse side of the leaflet carried the followi

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