april 2002
Ex-POW’s in peace treaty betrayed by Dutch government.
the Windmill Herald - Calgary , CANADA - 23 november 2001
A.A.Loman ex-POW # III40001, Ambarawa Jongenskampen
Re Former POW’s lose appeal in Japanese Court.
The ruling of the Tokyo High Court rejecting an appeal for individual financial compensation for Dutch citizens
subjected to Japanese atrocities during WWII was entirely predictable.
The greater scandal here is that Dutch politicians have repeatedly assured their Japanese counterparts that the
Japanese Government can safely ignore all requests for individual financial compensation by Dutch ex-POW’s, that
the 1951 Peace Treaty of San Francisco, signed by Yoshida and Stikker representing Japan and the Netherlands, absolved
the Japanese of all atrocities committed in the name of Hirohito in the Pacific War. The gentlemen Kok and Van Aartsen
are the most recent ones.
This betrayal of a whole population group at the hands of its own Government should be a wake-up call for all
Dutch citizens. Dutch ex-POW’s of the Japanese must sue the Dutch Government for the betrayal of their Right of
Protection, as well as for the Governments guilt by association with Japanese war criminals. Dutch ex-POW’s of the
Japanese must sue the Dutch Government for individual financial compensation. The Government can afford it. They have
earned billions of Yen doing business with our torturers.
Frits C.Holthuis
SVJ Support Group
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