La Vanguardia: Aquino received the First Order of Merit of the Great Cordon of the Rising Sun.

Read between the lines of a long article on the Manipur battles and it only proves that the Japanese had to retreat. The actual quotation escapes me now, but one or two days ago Commentator said that Imphal had already been "psychologically taken." Daihon-ei is strangely silent.

News: Europe: Bombings — 9,000 tons in 30 hours by 5,000 planes for the loss of only 53. Pacific: Bombings: Five places in the Carolines, several in New Guinea, Burma, Bougainville and the Bismarck Islands.