"Four Years till Tomorrow"
John Franken of Montreal, QC
one of the 26 contributors




    Open letter to Japan's government:

    "As an ex-POW I do understand that you are upset about the fact that we are still alive to tell the tale.   Throughout the world, all ex-POWs of Japan are outraged by this fact.   It seems that Japan is becoming more and more upset by the fact that so many of us are still alive.

    I suppose that it is quite upsetting to you that we keep reminding you of the terrible atrocities carried out by your army against prisoners of war.   I have heard about the new books that you are passing out to your schools to keep your young children from learning about the second world war and the terrible atrocities carried out by your soldiers.

    I do not agree with the movie Pearl Harbor.   It shows how movie mogulls sugarcoated the production showing in your country to avoid "hurting national pride" by obscuring you actually lost the war.   I am still grateful for the atomic bomb because it stopped you from killing all of us who were held in captivity by you.

    When will you finally let the record speak for itself and let future generations know the truth about the war and what really happened?

    When will you apologize to all the survivors for the atrocities you committed, and for the labour conscription and the unconscionable treatment of the prisoners of war?"

    John Franken, Montreal, QC



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