Foreign Relations of the United States, 1948, The Far East and Australasia, Volume VI

Editorial Note

In a letter of November 29, 1948, to the Secretary of State, not printed, the Apostolic Delegate in the United States, Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Archbishop of Laodicea, presented an appeal from Pope Pius XII for the commutation of the sentences of those prominent Japanese leaders who had been condemned to death by the International Military Tribunal of the Far East for war crimes. The Apostolic Delegate requested that the Pope’s appeal be made known to General MacArthur (740.00116 PW/11–2048).