Not sometimes cruel but...

Not sometimes cruel but...

This is in response to the letter of Ina Sumarsono (The
Jakarta Post, Aug. 31, 1995).

I did not write "sometimes cruel," but wrote "I admit the fact
that the Japanese armies had done various cruelties to the
Indonesians." But the editor changed the sentence to "sometimes
cruel," maybe out of politeness to the Japanese.

I know about Mandor, Romusha, etc. Therefore, I have no wish
to argue with Ina Sumarsono.

TSUYOSHI MATSUMOTO

Jakarta