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and a good life
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Japanese Group to
See Possibility of
Alaska Sawmill
A group of Japanese technicians
will spend a month in southeast
Alaska to look into possibilities
of timber development in the Ton
gass National Forest, an embassy
spokesman said yesterday.
Masao Sawaki, second secretary
of the Japanese Embassy here,
told a newsman that if the survey
proves satisfactory, it is hoped
that construction of a sawmill by
Japanese interests can get under
way this summer.
Ira Mason, chief of the Forest
Service’s timber management div
ision, indicated he believed this
estimate was too optimistic.
Sawaki said the technical mis
sion is the outgrowth of confer
ences held here in September be
tween representatives of Japanese
industry and the American gov
ernment.
At that time, the Japanese were
told the conditions under which
they might enter the Alaska pic
ture. Briefly, these would include
creation of a company incorpora
ted under American law and suc
cessful competitive bidding with
American interests for timber of
fered for sale by the Forest Ser
vice.
Originally the Japanese pro
posed to cut and export logs from
Alaska. This plan was rejected,
however, because it violated For
est Service policy requiring pro
cessing of Alaskan timber in the
territory.
The Post-Intelligencer reported
Tuesday it had learned from gov
ernment sources in Washington,
D.C.. the question of opening up
the Tongass reserves to the Jap
anese would be passed along to
the new administration next
month.
The vast Tongass Forest is esti
mated to contain 78 billion board
feet of timber. It has not yet been
tapped for pulp and paper manu
facture, but a mill is now under
construction near Ketchikan as a
jorint venture of the Puget Sound
Pulp and Timber Co., and the
American Viscose Co.
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1953
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We return them
with interest.
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