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H.Con.Res. 176 (104th)

Expressing the sense of the Congress concerning the maltreatment of United States military and civilian prisoners by the Japanese during World War II.

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10 May 1996

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.

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Calls for: (1) the Government of Japan to pay reparations and express formal regret to U.S. military and civilian prisoners of war held by the Japanese during World War II; and (2) relevant U.S. departments and agencies to declassify and release to the Department of Veterans Affairs and to the doctors of individuals who were subjected to experimentation by the Japanese all requested U.S. and Japanese records and documents relating to medical or bacteriological experimentation on such prisoners.

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