Tokyo to meet with the Committee on its return. The Committee then departed for Hiroshima on Friday, June 23, 1972. HIROSHIMA TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS AFTER Hiroshima today is no less a miraculous transformation from its burned and tortured self to a modern metropolitan city than is the fabled legend of the phoenix, a mythical Egyptian bird which was consumed by fire and yet again rose out of its own ashes in youthful freshness. While the Committee's busy schedule of visiting official facilities permitted little time to explore the city extensively, the impression is very strong that no physical trace--except for a preserved monument--remains today of the past destruction of the city, unless it be in the deeper recesses of the hearts and minds of the people who witnessed the explosion and survived. The Committee paid courtesy calls to the Honorable Itsuo Nagano, Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture and to the Honorable Setsuo Yamade, Mayor of the city of Hiroshima. During its official work in Hiroshima it was aided invaluably by Mayor Yamada's Foreign Affairs Chief, interpreter. Mr. Kaoru Ogura who acted as guide and The various facilites seen by the Committee are described below in the order visited. lO14bo1 Sl