just wanted to give some supporting doc from Army Intelligence files. Materials from this record group contain some evidence of Japanese war crimes. Intelligence and investigative dossiers also include the following information regarding alleged and convicted war criminals, and individuals associated with them:
- Investigation in 1946 of Prince Higashikuni, uncle of the Emperor, Also, a report alleging Higashikuni's ambition to replace the Emperor with crown prince Akihito and act as regent.
- Records relating to the investigation by SCAP (Supreme Commander Allied Powers) Legal Section and by scientific and medical experts sent from Fort Detrick, Maryland, 1945-1948, of Lt. General Ishii Shiro and his experiments in biological warfare as head of Unit 731 during the Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
- They contain an intercepted letter asking for help from the wife of an instructor at Kyushu University who, she believed, was unfairly sentenced to death for involvement in the POW vivisection cases.
(unless zorro is misinformed...the GI's were alive when Professor Kyushu did sushi practice!)
The one person given special attention for war crimes is Eugene Hovans, identified as the only foreigner in the Japanese naval intelligence office.
Records which illustrate parole and clemency policies, politics, and proceedings in the 1950s pertaining to the release of war criminals held in Sugamo Prison. Included are summaries of the crimes, among them the Kyushu vivisection cases involving American POWs.
Report by the Chinese Ministry of War (received by U.S. Military Intelligence in July 1944), on Japan's use of chemical warfare in China, 1937-1942, giving dates, places, and casualty statistics. (All reports, RG 125, Box 4)
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