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^ r I '‘ - 厂、 26 DECEI1BER 1946 I N D E X Of WITNESSES Prosecution 8 s Witnesses Leenheer, Cornells C . , 13733 Direct by Lieutenant Colonel Damste 13733 D o c . N o . 5777 5735 5735 5780 5780 5776 5789 5787 Pros. M o . 5777 1706 1706 1707 1707-A 1708 1708-A 1709 1710 1711 5788 1 7 1 2 Def, No, I N D E X Of EXHIBITS DoscriDtion For I dent, Report by Ccptain L e y d c r , R . N . I . A . d?ted 11 Septem- ber 1945 re the "Kclidjr.ti- IlPss-Murder" (Synopsis of Java) Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of P.G. DeVries Excerpt therefrom Report of Sergeant C. Vijl- brief, R.N.I.A. Exccrpt therefrom： Affidavit of Mpjor-Gencral Horvcy Dep^e Filnot Sit- w e l l , MC Affidavit of Flying Officcr R . P . Bullcoclc Affidr.vit of L t . C o l . Cyril v > l l r c e Msiscy of the Royal /rray Ilcdical Corps Affidavit of the seme D r . Maiscy re L . O . G . Camp, Bandoeng I n Evidence 13620 13621 13621 13620 13621 13621 13622 1 3 6 2 4 13624 13629 I N D S X D o c . Pros» Def» N o , N o . N o . 5 7 8 1 1 7 1 3 5 7 8 1 5 7 8 2 5 7 8 2 5 7 8 3 1713 1714- 1714-A 1 7 1 5 5784 1716 5 7 8 4 5 7 8 5 5 7 8 5 ラ 7 8 6 5 7 8 6 5 7 6 7 5 7 6 7 5 7 6 2 1716-A 1 7 1 7 1717-A 1718 1718-A 1 7 1 9 1719-A 1720 Of EXHIBITS (cont'd) Description Affidavit of G。 J . Dissevelt, lnt Lieutenant, R.N.I.A. Excerpt therefroir Report of 1'ajor F. Doornbos, R»i«. I • A . Excerpt therefrom Statement of Dr, F.H< Ter- h3ege 5 Officer Ilnd, R.N.I.A, Report of Medical Officer F.M. V o n k , R.N.I.A. Excerpt therefrom •Statement of F.J. R e e m e r , R.N.I.A. Excerpt therefrom Statement of Schoolteacher C . Broertjes Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of M r s . Alida Horst (nee Middelkamp) Excerpt therefrom Report of J.C. Reinders, civilian internee For Ident, 1 3 6 3 1 13634 13635 13636 13636 13638 13644 In Evidence 1 3 6 3 1 13634 13634 1 3 6 3 5 1 3 6 3 6 1 3 6 3 7 13638 I N D E X D o c . 5 7 6 2 5 7 6 3 P r o s . Dcf, N o . No, 1720-A 1 7 2 1 5765 1722 Of EXHIBITS (cont'd) Dcscrintion Excerpt' therefrom S『orn str.temcnt of Polico Officer Gcrhardus De Lr.ng Affld?vit of M r s . A . M . Droog, tb Women's Camps 13646 For I dent In Evidence 1 3 6 4 4 1 3 6 4 6 5765 5766 5 7 6 9 5770 5770 5 7 0 9 5710 5 7 0 0 1722-A 1 7 2 3 5769 1724 1724-A 1725 1725-A 1726 5 7 1 0 1 7 2 7 1727-A 1728 Excerpt therefrom Sworn Strtement of Miss J . P . Risselcda Affidcvit of M r s . M . P . Hrverknmp ‘ Excerot therefrom Affidrvit of M r s . J . Beel- m a n ? (nee Van B a l l e g o o y o n ) 1 3 6 5 0 1 3 6 5 2 Excerpt therefrom BiTms-Siam Railway Labour Coolie A T I S Report, Australian Divi- sion South Erst Asia Command rc Japanese Reports on Jcvo- nese Laborers sセ the Brunei Oil Rc：finery in Borneo and another rn recruiting laborers at Djoc Jakarta 13657 5700 1728-A Excerpts therefrom Affidavit of ex-Sergeant Doelahm?.ro E x c e r p t therefrom 1 3 6 5 8 1 3 6 4 7 1 3 6 4 8 13650 13652 1 3 6 5 6 1 3 6 5 7 13658 、ノ I N D E X c c o N D 5701 5702 5702 5706 5706 5712 5712 5703 5703 5704 5704 5705 5705 5707 5707 Pros. N o . 5701 1729 1729-A 1730 1730-A 1731 1731-A 1732 173 2-A 1733 1733-A 1734 1734-A 1735 1735-A 1736 1736-A Def. F o . Of EXHIBITS (Cont.) Description Affidavit of Kasr Bin S.Tit-ami Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of Snnrawi Bin' Wiriastja Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of Prrnan Bin Djotaroeno Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of Selnmat Bin Joe-noes Excernt therefrom Affidrvit of Achmrd Bin Ketrjoedr Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of Goedel, (Seller of Fried Meats cn Sticks) Excenot therefrom Affidavit of Boejong, alias Tewahir Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of Rcbo Excerpt therefrom For In I dent. Evidence 13659 13659 13660 13662 13663 13664 13667 13668 13659 13659 13660 13662 13663 1 3 6 6 4 13667 13668 I N D E X Of EXHIBITS (Cont.) Doscrintion Affidavit of Tphir Excernt therefrom Affidavit of F。 H , v o n Meijenfeldt Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of Amat Nawi Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of Goenoeng, Kica Affidavit of P^.iruan, nlias Mangareng Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of Abdul Madjid Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of Mrdali Excerct therefrom Affidrvit of KoDer Visuc.1 evidence (4 photo- gr?.nhs)of Seketrr Camp necr Singanorc by Array Film and Photo'Section, SEAC For I d e n t . 13668 13670 13671 13672 13673 13673 In Evidence 13669 13670 13671 13671 13672 13673 13673 13674 13674 Doc. Pros. No. N〜 5711 1737 5711 1737-A 5723 1738 5723 5724 5724 5728 5714 5714 5726 5726 5722 5722 5703 5715 1738-A 1739 1739-A 1740 1741 1741-A 1742 1742-A 1743 1743-A 174-4 1745 f o c N D ェ N D E X Of c . o o D N 5 7 4 6 5745 5745 5748 5 7 4 8 5747 5747 5 7 5 0 5 7 5 0 5 7 5 1 Pros No, 5 7 3 1 1 7 4 6 5 7 4 6 1 7 4 7 1747-A 174-8 1748-A 1749 1749-A 1 7 5 0 1750-A 1 7 5 1 1751-A 1 7 5 2 f o •i L EXHIBITS (Cont.) Do scriotion Survey of results of thou- srnds of victims of the Militrry Police as given by the Herd of the w cr Crimes Scction of IしE.F。I.. For I dent, S . In Evidence Affidc?vit of D r . H . E . Boisse- vain, Major of Semorang 13676 Excerpt therefrom Str.tenrnt of Dentrl Student W . F . Wijting 13681 Excerpt therefrom Reriorts of Mr jor A。Zimmer- m a n , R。N.I.A. re methods of Kempei-torture at Bnitcnzorg 13682 Excerpt therefrom Statement of Lie Be.ng Giok 13683 Excerpt therefrom Strtcmcnt of Professor, Doctor Engineer Egvort de Vries 13685 Excerpt therefrom Detailed Report of Dr。 Flrchs, a Fwiss Engineer, on Kemnci- Tai at Bandoeng 13687 1 3 6 7 5 13676 13681 13682 1 3 6 8 3 1 3 6 8 5 I N D E X Pros. N o . 1752-A 1753 1754 1 7 5 5 1755-A 1756 175も-A 1757 1757-A 1758 17 58 -A 1759 1759-A 1760 Of EXHIBITS (Cont.) Doscriptlon Excerpt thorefrom Affidavit of M r s . H . E , Engeln ro methods nt Soerpbr.ia Kemnei-Tai Affidavit of M r s . A。 D. van Mook Excorpt thorefrom For ェdc-nし 13695 Sworn Strtenent of K r s . S。N。J. Idcnburg,(nco van do P o l l ) 1 3 6 9 6 Exccrnt therefrom Affidavit of F . H . Loupptty 13697 Excerot therefrom Affidavit of Simon Pattinpmr. 13698 Exccrnt therefrom Affidavit of YAIvIAMOTO, Moichiro 13700 Excerpt therefrom Statemai t of D r . C h . 0 . van der Plas 13700 Excerpt therefrom Statement of Kempei Major KATSUIdURA 13701 I n Evidence 13687 13694 13695 13696 13697 13698 13700 13700 f o G N D c o o N D i 5751 5754 5741 574-1 5752 5752 574-3 5743 5744 5744 5733 5733 5734 5734 5756 5756 1760-A Excerpt therefrom 13701 I N D E X , ' た . D o c . Pros. Def. _ N o . No. N o . 5 7 3 2 1 7 6 1 5740 5758 5 7 5 9 1762 1 7 6 3 1 7 6 4 Of EXHIBITS ( c o n t M ) > Description For In Ident. Evidence Summary of Prison Conditions in Java and Madura by- Charles Jongeneel, Captain, R.N.I.A, Statement of Brigadier Arthur Seafortfe Blackburn Statement of J . Schim van der Loeff Description and Text of the film entitled "Nippon Presents" 1 3 7 0 2 1 3 7 0 6 1 3 7 0 9 1 3 7 1 1 13,614 Thursday, 26 D e c e m b e r , 1 9 4 6 2 3 4 5 6 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL FOR THE FAR EAST Court House of the Tribta^al War Ministry Building T o k y o , Japan 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 The Tribunal m e t , pursuant to adjournment, at 0930. Appearances: For the Tribunal, same as before with the exception ofs HONORABLE JUSTICE D . JAHANILLA, Member from the Republic of the Philippines, not sitting. For the Prosecution Section, same as before, For the Defense Section, same as before. The Accused: All present except OKA.WA, Shumei, who is represented by his counsel. (English to Japanese and Japanese to English interpretation was made by the Language Section, IIiSTFE,) 25 13,615 MARSHAL OF THE COURT; The International Militar：- Tribunal for the Far East is now in session. THI, PRESIDENTS Colonel Damste. LIEUT。 COLCFEL DAMSTE; M r . President, Members of the T r i b u n a l , I was about to read the prosecution documert � 7 7 9 ， exhibit F o , 1 7 ^ 5 - A . I ill read the statement of M o e s . "On March 6， 1 9 4 2 , around 6 o'clock, I was at Lembang, as sergeamt of the 9th Brigade, be- longing to the 3rd Section of the 1st Company Soe- bang. Commander of the Section was Sergeant Major MEEUWSE. The section of soldiers, consisting of some 35 men, was lying on an incline. At that moment we were shot at from the front by Japanese and behind us there were Japanese tanks. Suddenly I saw behind me a white towel floating on a stick。 We fired in the direction of the Japanese assailants, but at the sight of the white flag we all and also the Japanese stopped firing. I do not know who had put up this flag. We laid down our equipment and rifles and then walked over to the enemy with hands u p . They re- ceived us in a friendly spirit, shook hands and dis- tributed chocolate and cigarets。 The 2nd section of the 1st Company was to the West of us in the same 13,616 l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 field. The people of this section did n o t know and could not know that the 3rd section had surrendered and continued to fire. Two of us then went over to them, making known the situation, after which they al- so stopped fire and Joined u s . Some wounded had re- mained behind on the grounds and we requested the Jap- anese soldiers to be allowed to fetch them. Together with five other soldiers of our section we went over the ground to look for those wounded. While trans- porting one of the wounded, a Japanese soldier, sitting in a tree, was firing at us with an automatic weapon, causing the death of the wounded and two of our sol- diers. Names of the victims and perpetrators are un- known to tne. After a stay of about an hour there with the enemy, a Jap. officer gave the order that we had to march in goose-march behind some Japanese soldiers. Thus we were taken from covered ground to a plain. There we had to sit down and the Eurasian boys were separated from the thoroughbred Europeans. Then we were searched, while the Japanese soldier took away all our possessions, like fountain pens, wdtches, money, etc., even our identity disks and military booklet. There was a Jap. soldier who talked Dut<?h and who interrogated us one after the other, like: n a m e , age, function, from where we came, where we 13,617 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 came, where vre wanted to go and where was the road to Bandoeng. During this interrogation a Japanese plane flew over us. From this plane a newstube was dropped, which was taken by one of the Japanese. The pre- sumed cotrmander looked through the papers contained in the tube and then started to shout at his infer- iors, from which I understood that he was giving or- ders. At once the Japanese soldiers came to us, telling that we must take off our puttees。 After having complied with this order we had to keep our wrists crossed behind our back. Our wrists were fettered with the puttees and we were tied together in groups of three. The groups were lined up and again I heard the commander in question shouting a presumed order. Then 丨I saw and heard that we were shot at from a machine.^un standing some 10 meters nearly opposite. I felt I was shot in my pelvis, fell down and noticed that the two fe N llow-victims tied to me fell over me. I think they were dead at once. I became unconscious. This was only for a short time, for when I regained ccnsciousn«r,s I still heard the machinegun firing. I heard that several people called in Malay: "Have pity and kill me", and heard them praying, groaning and calling for help. When the firing was stopped some 25 or 30 Japanese 13,618 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 soldiers made a rush for us w i t h fixed b a y o n e t s . I pretended to be dead, but I looked for a while at the activities of the Japanese soldiers and saw that they made a charging movement in the direction of the sol- diers lying on the ground still groaning and scream- ing. The screaming and groaning of the victims grew less and after a moment I did not hear the vic- tims any longer. I heard somebody walking behind me and lost consciousness. I do not know how long I re- mained unconscious, but I estimate it to be about 3 hours. I heard nothing and therefore called loudly 'Have they gone? 1 Ax'cer calling three times someone called back: 'Yes, they are gone.' I then unbound ray wrists. When my hands were loose and I sat u p , I noticed that my clothing was wet with blood on my breast. Upon investigation I found that I had a bleeding wound on the right side and one on the left side of my breast. I presumed then that I had been transfixed with a bayonet by a Japanese. I wanted to stand up but found that this was impossible and I discovered that I had two bullet-wっimdn in my right groin. 1 I crawled on hands and knees to the i、ニn who had answered m e . This appeared to be JOMKEKS, well- known to m e , also of our section. We found that he had been hit by bullets in his legs. I untied his 13,619 wrists. I saw some 80 soldiers, belonging to the 2nd and 3rd sections, lying on the ground tied to- gether in groups of three. I saw that from some of them the eyes had been put out, the head had been cut off, the abdomen pricked open, etc. After having un- tied Jonkers we both crawled into the shrubbery. I had severe pains, but the bleeding stopped. Until March 7 , 1 9 4 2 , around 1400 o'clock, we remained in the shrubbery, then we stumbled off together. We faltered around the field for three vations, we arrived at the from Soebang to Lembang." days, and after many pri- big communication road 13,620 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 LIEUT。 C0L0FEL DAMSTE: I resume my synopsis, I introduce the dociiment of the prosecution No, 5777 for identification. I resume mv syropsis of Java and enter document N o . 5777 for identification and the excerpt therefrom as an ex> ibit. THE P-ESIDEFTし Admitted on the usual terms. CLEBK CF THE COURTs Prosecution's document N o . 5777 will receive exhibit N o . 17 r 6 for identi- fication only? and、the excerpt therefrom will receive exhibit 恥 . 1 7 0 6 - A . ,("whereupon, the document above re- ferred to was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1706 for identification； and the excerpt therefrom was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 170(-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT。COLOIIEL DAIiSTE: The investigation report by Captain LEYDER, R . N . I . A . , prosecution document ^777-, proves that several prisoners of war were murdered at Kali D j a t i , V/est. Java. The prosecution enters document 5735 for identification and the excernt therefrom as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT: Adiritted on the usual terms. CLERK CF THE C〇URTs Prosecution's document N o . 5735 will receive exhibit N o . 1707 for 13,621 identification o n l y � ard the excerpt therefrom, with the same document number, will receive exhibit No. 1707-A. (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to was irarked prosecution 1 s exhibit 五 0 。 1 7 0 7 for identification; and the excerpt therefrom was marked prosecution's exhibit No. 1707-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT。COLONEL DAMSTF; From t 1 e affidavit of P . G. DE VHIES, Prosecution Document 5735, is taken the account of the murder of about 20 prisoners of war, being R . A . F . and R. A . A . F . personnel who were patients in hospital. The prosecution enters document ラ780 for identification and the excerpt therefrom as an exhi £ bit. THE PREEIDEFT; Adirittecl on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document No. 5780 will receive exhibit No. 1708 for identi- fication only; and the excernt therefrom, with the same document number, will receive exhibit N o . 1 7 0 8 - A . (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to was marked prosecution's exhibit No. 1708 for identification; and the excerpt therefrom was marked prosecuxion's exhibit 13,622 Mo 17P8-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT。 COLONEL DAMSTE: The report of Sergeant C . VIJLBRIEF, R.F.I.A., prosecution docuirent 57 p °, shows that several prisoners of war were ipurdered at Kertosono, East Java. The prosecution enters document 577^ as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on 'the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document No. 5776 will receive exhibit No. 1709. (Whereirpon, the document above re- ferred to was marked prosecution's exhibit No. 1709 ard received in evidence.) LIFTJT。COLONEL DAIiSTEs At the time of surrender speciial consideration was given to en- suring the legal status of prisoners of war. Major General H D. W . SITVffiLL, G. 0 . C . British troops in Java, obtained a specific assurance that the provisions of the Geneva Convention 1929 re prisoners of w a r , would be applied. This assurance was never implemented and the treatment accorded to prisoners of war was ir coirrolete contradicition to the Convention. At a later date the General was told that the Japanese would apnly the rules of the Convention only in so far as it should suit them to do so. This is made clear 13,623 in his affidavit, prosecution document 577し Interrogations under threats, beatings, torture, humiliations, bad focd, bad sanitary conditions were the irethods apr?] ied at the Japanese General Head- quarters , e s t a b l i s h e d at Bandung,i; r e」t Java. Briga- dier BLACKBURN testified on these matters to the sare effect on November 29th and December 2 n d , 1 9ゼ， before this Tribunal. 3 . Camps. Prisoners of war 柯ere concentrated in various camps situated all over Java. Most of these camps became notorious on account of the bad treat- m e n t . From the very begirning conditions were poor and the Japanese rever did anything to ameliorate them in any wav notwithstanding repeated protests and requests. On the contrary, conditions grew worse. The prosecution does not intend to give evi- dence about each and every camp but will give a picture cf the general corditicns by introducing various documents. The prosecution enters prosecution document 5789 as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT; Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK CF THE COURT; Prosecution's dccumert No. 5789 will receive exhibit No. 1710. 13,624 (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to was marked prosecution's exhibit F o . 1 7 1 0 and received ir; evidence.) LIEUT。 COLONEL DAMSTE: The affidavit of Flying Officer R . P . 3ULLC0CK, prosecution document 5 7 8 0 ， regarding conditions at: Jaaririarktcamp at Sourabava, (East Java): bad accoirrodation, sanitation and food 5 inadequate provision for health and lack of medical care, com- pulsory labour on military objects, exhausting labour, cruel corporal punishment causing unconsciousness and physical injury, compulsory labour for sick people. Lvceumcamp, Sourabaya; General conditions similar with the addition of overcrowding. Cycle Camp 5 Batavia; Cruel beatings -- unto death. Bandung: Severe beatings. The prosecution tenders document 5787 as ar exhibit. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK CF THI COURT; Prosecution's document No. 5787 will receive exhibit No. 1711. (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to was marked prosecution's exhibit No. 1711 and received in evidence.) 13,625 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 L3. 14 15 16 17 18. 19 20 21 22 23 24- 25 LIEUT。 COLONEL DAMSTE: The affidavit of Lieutenant Colorel C. W . B/tAISEY, Royal Army Medical Corps, prosecution document 5787, showing; conditions in the prisoner of war camp at Glodok prison, Batavia; conditions even worse than those at Sourabava especial- ly as regards medical care. エ will read this document with the Court's permission. "I was taken prisoner by the Japanese on March 8 , 1 9 4 2 , in J?va and I arrived at the prisoner of war camp known as Boie Glodok on the 10 A p r i l 1942. I stayed in this camp until May 28。 "During my stay in this csmn I was the senior m e d i c a l officer of the c a m n .エ would describe the general conditions in セhis camo as very bad5 it was very- overcrowded, sanitary arrangements were quite inade- quate , a n d the food was bad and inadequate。 The main food consisted of rice, and this rice was in a very bad condition^ it was full of maggots and weevils. T here was at this time plenty of good rice available but the Japanese authorities would not supnly us with it "The medical arrangements were disgraceful； although there were plenty of medicines available in the camp the Japanese refused to allow the doctors to make use of them. For example they only supolied us 13,626 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 v i t h twenty aspirin tablets which they said were to last us for a week although there were over a thousand patients suffering from very high f e v e r . Also they refused to supply us with malarial stain to enable us to diagnose m a l a r i a , although this serum could have been obtained from the chemists' shcos within fifty yards of the camp. As a result of the lack of medical supplies the prisoners suffered considerably and were reduced to a weakened condition. "The hygenic conditions in this camp were ap- palling. The Japanese authorities had issued an order that no refuse wes to be taken out of the camp As a result there was a large quantity of food refuse ? .particularly mouldy r i c e , which the prisoners could not eat and this resulted in a large number of flies. 1 pointed out to the Japanese that this.would result in an out-break of dysentery. After about three weeks of repeated requests by myself and Group Captain N o b l e , the Japanese allowed this refuse to "be taken out of the c a m p , but by this time the damage had been d o n e , and there was an out-break of dysentery, w h i c h , after I left セhe camp became very severe, "Sometime about the last week in April or the first fortnight in M a y three Royal Air Force prisoners of war made an attempt to e s c a p e .ェ under- 13,627 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 stand that their plan was to steal an aeroplane from cn aerodrome necr the cedid where they were w o r k i n g . I "understand that these prisoners were caught by the Japanese and executed. The Janenese authorities told Group Ceptsin Foble the senior British O f f i c e r , thot they had ber-n shot for a more serious offence then trying to escape. They did not snecify whet this offence w e s . ” Dnring the first week in Hay s yo'mg R o y si Air Force prisoner h?d acute intestincl obstruction which necessitated an immediate operation. The Japa- nese refused to grant any facilities either for him to be moved to hospital or for instruments to be pro- vided so that he could be orjerrted on in the camp. As a res-It this prisoner d i e d . This was v. tvoicsl ex- ample of the attitude of the Japanese towards the sick nrisoners end their refusal to provide facilities vihlch were readily available. ''In my opinion the Japanese who m^ere re soon- sible for the ill-treatment end bad conditions of prisoners of war in this csran were the Commandant of the csmD, the so-celled doctor and the Jaorneso who were in command of Batavia. I do not know the names of any of those Jpprnese。 I describe the Japanese doctor as follows; ape abon.t 30； height 5' H " ； very 13,628 well built; black hair; very smart apnerrance." 13,629 LIEUT。 COLONEL DAMSTE: The prosecution enters document No. 5788 as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK CF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 5788 v;ill receive exhibit I\ T o. 1712. (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to was parked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1712 and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL DAMSTE: The affidavit of the same Doctor I.IA.ISEY, prosecution document 5788, regarding L« 0. G- camp, Bandung a'heat similar com- plaints. These affidavits show that the greater part or all offences mentioned in sections 1 through 8, 9 and 10 of Appendix D of the Indietr!ent were committed. MR。 BLEWETTs If the Court nlease, it seems to the defense that that is a matter for the Court to determine. THE PRESIDENT： W e l l , M r . Blewett, to save time and to save you having to object, I assure you we w i l l disregard everything of that nature. MR。 S L E W E T T :ェ shall refrain therefore, sir. THE PRESIDENT? At the same tine I should say your objections are well warranted. LIEUT。 COLONEL DAIffiTE: 4 . Transport. 13,630 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 A circumstance which aggravated the bad conditions was the constant and unnecessary reshuffling of prisoners of w a r . Most of them were iroved from one camp tc another and during the war years tens of thousands were sent away from Java. For example', of Dutch prisoners alone about 14,000 were sent to the Burma-Siam railroad, 7,800 to Japan, 1,000 to A r b o r , 2,000 to F l o r e s . This appears in prosecution document 5737, exhibit 1677, already introduced. As this transport of prisoners of ^ar by sea was never communicated in advance to the A l l i e s , the ships used were exposed to Allied attack. At least five shins were torpedoed, about 2,7广.0 Dutch prisoners of war suffered shipwreck, cf whom 1,9^0 were drc^ned, "while the survivors were left in a worse •position than before, not onljr .froir the effects on their physical condition, but also from the continuing effects cf the loss of clothing and personal belongings, as will be shown hereafter. 5. Executions. Becaptured escapees w e r e , in most cases, executed without trial, although the Convention allows onlv disciplinary measures and not even court-martial punishment in such cases. As ぅ in the first months after the capitulation such executions took place in 13,631 several places throughout Java, it is inferred that they were the result of a special order. Most of the executions were carried out by methods of revolting cruelty -- by bayoneting tho victims thus ensuring a most painful death after protracted agony. Moreover, fellow-prisoners had to be present and witness these barbarous executions. Executions of this nature are described in the following affidavits. The prosecution enters document ぢ781 for identification and the excerpt therefrom as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o .ヲ 7 8 1 will receive exhibit No 1713 for identi- fication only; and the excerpt therefrom will receive exhibit No. 1713-A. (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to was marked prosecution's exhibit K o . 1 7 1 3 for identification; and the excerpt therefrom was marked p r o s e c u t i o n 1 s exhibit N o . 1713-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT。 COLONEL DAMSTE: 1st Lieutenant G. J. DISSEVELT, R.F.I.A.: execution of three Dutch prisoners of v;ar at L. 0. G. camp, Bandung, April, 1942. With the Court's permission I will read a part 13,632 of it c.t page 3 ? the second new paragraph. "Capt. 'KAV'AKATSU 1 delivered a speech to these officers, which he ordered ne to translate; this speech amounted to the following: thsoe three military had committed a serious transgression, by- attempting to escape, for which they had to atone now. The Dutch officers present were held responsible for this transgression, because owing to laxity they had not been able to prevent the escape. "The victims were then blindfolded and by- orders of 'KAWAKATSU' 6 Japanese soldiers fell out and took up their positions: two in front of each victim, rifle in hand with fixed bayonet. "As I understood from 'KAFAKATSU 1 s' words and from the preparations made that an execution would take place after a l l , I went up to Capt. 1 KAWA- KATSU' and asked him whether it would be permitted to take down the last wishes of the 3 military. After he had given his consent I went up to them and took down in a note-book their names and the names of their nearest relatives. "Afterwards I passed these data on to Lt. Col. 'POULUS'. Their names were: 'HIELICEMA 5 , .'MERKUS' and 'KARSSENS : (possibly not spelled in the right way). The first two were of the K.N.I.L., the third was a 13,633 militia sailor. 'KARSSENS' asked the favour of dying unblindfolded. This request, passed on to 'KAWAKATSU' by m e , was granted by him end the bandage was taken off. "Thereon 'KATAKATSU 1 gave the order to com- mence and the Japs started jumping to and fro to take up the required position. 'KARSSENS' exclaimed, 'Long live the Q u e e n 1 , and the Japs commenced bayoneting their victims, which went on for some time. One Dutch officer (Dr. 1 LAITPE') could not bear the slaughter, and collapsed, much to the omusement of some Japanese officers. After some time the victims, covered with w o u n d s , were hanging limply on the barbed w i r e . 'KARSSENS' probably died quickly but one of the two soldiers drew up his tortured body covered with bleed- ing w o u n d s , and said 1 1 am not yet d e a d ,エ am still alive.' Hereon the slaughter recommenced until the Jap was satisfied. We were ordered to return to the barracks and on leaving the grounds I saw a Japanese officer go up to the 3rd victim (not • K A R S S E N S 1 , nor the man who had stood up during his agony) and shoot him through the head with his revolver. Evidently this man had not yet died." 13,634 LIEUT。COLONEL DAI^BTZ: The prosecution enters document 5782 for identification and the excerpt therefrom as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURTs Prosecution's document Fo. 5782 项ill receive exhibit No. 1714- for identi- fication only; and the excerpt therefrom will receive exhibit No. 1714-A. (V/hereupon；, the document above re- ferred to was marked prosecution's exhibit No. 1714 for identification; and the excerpt therefrom was ir.arked prosecution's exhibit No. 1714-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT c COLONEL DAI'iSTE； Major P. DOORNBOS, B..N.I.A.: execution of two Dutch prisoners of war at 4th-9th Battalion C a m , Tjimahi, West Java, May 1942. The prosecution enters document 5783 as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENTS -Admitted on the usual terms. CLEBK CF THE COURT; Prosecution's document Ko, 5783 will receive exhibit Fo. 1715'. (V,'hereupon, the document above re- ferred to was narked prosecution's exhibit No. 1715 and received ii:evidence. 13,635 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 LIEUT。 COLONEL DAMSTE； Medical officer. F . H . TERHEEGE, R.N.I.A。： execution of six Indonesian prisoners of war at 6th Battalion C a m p , Tjimahi, M a y , 1942. This Doctor was suranoned to administer the coup-de-grace to one of the victims of an attempt at execution, who was in agony. The prosecution enters document 5784 for identification and the excerpt therefrom as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document F o . 5784 will receive exhibit N c . 1 7 1 6 for identi- fication only; and the excerpt therefrom will receive exhibit N o . 1716-A. (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1716 for identification; and the excerpt therefrom was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1716-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT„ COLONEL DAMSTE: Medical Officer F . M . V O N K , R.3\t。I.A.s execution of two Dutch prisoners of war at Agricultural School C a m p , Sukabumi, West J a v a , May 1942. The prosecution enters document 5^85 for identification and the excerpt therefrom as an exhibit. 13,636 THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK CF THE COURT: Prosecution's document No. 5785 will receive exhibit K o . 1 7 1 7 for identifi- cation only; and.the excerpt therefrom will receive exhibit F.o. 1717-A. (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to was marked prosecution's exhibit No. 1717 for identification; and the excerpt therefrom was marked prosecution's exhibit No. 1717-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT。COLONEL DAMSTE; Ensign F . J. REE!腿, R.N.I。A.s Execution of three Dutch and three Indo- nesian prisoners of war at Djati Nangor, Central Java, 31 March 1942. The prosecution enters document 5786 for identification and the excerpts as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document No. 5786 will receive exhibit No. 1718 for identifi- cation only; and the excerpts therefrom will receive exhibit No. 1718-A. (Whereupon， the document above re- ferred to was marked prosecution's exhibit No. 1718 fcT identification; and the excerpts therefror： were carked prosecution's exhibit 13,637 No。 1718-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT。 COLONEL DAIBTE: Schoolteacher C . BEOERTJESs execution cf three Dutch prisoners of war at K.B.S. Camp, DjoeJakarta, Central Java, May 194-2. Lieutenant Colonel MAISEY: execution of three British prisoners of war from Glodok Camp, Batavia, April 1942, prosecution document 5787 already introduced, I will omit the "6. General Policy", and next page and strike that go over to page 7, "Civilians." 13,63c" エエ. C i v i l i a n s . The position of civilians has already been mentioned in Exhibit No. 1351, the statement of the witness Major de Weerd, H I . A , , to which the prosecu- tion refers. The prosecution enters document 5767 for identification end the excerpt therefrom as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT; Admitted on the ususl terms. CLERK OF THE COURTs Prosecution 1 s document N o . 5767 will receive exhibit N o . 1719 for identifica- tion only, and the excerpts therefrom will receive exhibit F o . 1719A. (Whereupon, prosecution document N o . 5767 was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1719 for identification, the excerpts there- from being marked prosecution 1 s exhibit N o . 1719A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL DAMSTE： At TJepoc, Central Java, the main oil center of Java, the invading Japanese murdered some Dutch civilians, among whom M r . Horst, the Assistant Resident (the highest local civil ser- vant) ，apparently es a revenge because of the destruc- tion of the oilfields 5 therefore the seme as happened when the Japanese entered the oil town of Ealikpapan, E o r n e o , as stated in the former phase of the trial in 1234567890123456789012 3 1111111111222222 Morse & M h s 1 e n 13,639 1234 5 6789.0Junw1516uI8s32122232425 exhibit 1341. The women were repeatedly r a p e d , with approval of the commanding officer, as appears from the affidavit of M r s . A . Horst -- nee Middelksmp -- prosecu- tion document 5767. T? *ith the Court' s permission,エ will reed a part »f that, at page 2 , top; "As early as thrt very evening, about an hour after their arrival, the whole group, except for van Bakerghem who had to remain behind in the K a b u p s t e n , came to our local b a z a a r . In the Kfbupaten each of the evacuees was first asked his or her name and where he or she had been b o r n . Van Bakerghem wss the only one (of the men) who had been born in H o l l a n d . The Regent of Blora was telling the Insnector of Police Vogelssng vrtist happened sftenvards, th&t the Japanese had said that since van Bakerghem was a thoroughbred. D u t c h m a n , he had to d i e . Van Bakerghem fell on his knees f.nd pleaded for m e r c y , whereupon his head was cut off. About a fortnight later V o g e l s a n g , who had meanwhile returned to B l o r a , told me all this end said that the Regent had slso been present et the execution. "In the market thst day we still knew nothing5 b u + we felt thst there was something menacing afoot. On that Thursday, 5 March 1942, we remsined in s large room all together. The J a p a n e s e then aDr>eared med and I 13,64-0 wild. "That night the fether-in-law and mother-in- Isw of Salzmann, who were of i^mbonese origin, were taken away from us and fearfully maltreated. Their two daughters - too, of about fifteen and sixteen had to go with them end were maltreated. "The father end mother returned the same night, fearfully upset, the girls only returned on Friday morning, e.nd had been rsped by the Japanese. ”I remnined with my son Lucas, "e were locked in a godown for a quarter of sn hour, end were then ^•gllftwed to return to our own house. "When we came out, through a trellis I saw standing in the room of another godown: my husband, D r . Dietzel, I.lebus, ana Kruyse. I was driven pest with a bayonet. "Lucas end エ went to our house which was packed with Japanese. After ?.bout half an hour the same three Japanese aTDpeared T .vho hsd teken our men to the ' inn' . I asked one. of the Japs, who was waving about D r . Dietzel 1 s stethoscope, where my husbnnd wr.s. The answer was: 'Dead, I killed him' and he mnde a gesture thrt wes unmistakeable. When I saw the Jap wsving the stethoscope エ immediately hrd the feeling: 'now the doctor is no longer alive.' The Jap ssid 13,641 thr.t he hsd killed sll four. "Thet Friday I went to the others in the emergency hospitel. There thines were in f： terrible state of hysteria. In order not to make matters worse, I mrde no mention i.bout what hod hapDened there. Later this was told by the R e g e n t . "I hsve not yet mentioned that on Se turd ay- afternoon, 7 March 1942, the Jeppnese soldiers (odd soldiers) hc.d appeared in the emergency hospital where the women tnd children were sested together. The ladies were here raped by the Japanese, in which con- nection it should be mentioned that this heppened where the children were not present. These lrdies were myself, M r s . Bernasco, Mrs.llebus, Mrs. Dietzel, Mrs. de Graaf, Mrs. vsn Bakerghem, M r s . Verbeek, Mrs. ^p.relle. "This occurred from 7 to 17 Msrch 1942; generally the Jc.ps came et night, but by way of excep- tion rslso during the dey. It wes c m a s s , continuous- merciless rape. The first sfternoon thet this happened, e.s mentioned, three enlisted men c?me, end everything took piece under threst. After this happened, we msnsged to tell the Chinese doctor Liem. He ?;ent to the Commsndsnt, whereunon th£t afternoon, Mrs. Dietzel, myself and one or two others hsd to apper.r before the 13,642 Commfindcnt. The Commcindf-nt sr.id thet we would be eiven an opportunity to point out the Ja^s who hf,d miscon- ducted themselves, c.nd thct they would be shot dead before our very eyes. "However, nothing happened end cfter rn hour, we were sent beck to the emergency hospital. "Thrt evening, r.t 8 o'clock, we were trans- ferred to c clessroom in a school near b y . According to whrt we were told, this wes done for our own ssfety, since the Jcps would not come there, "Between ten and twelve o'clock th^t night, when we were ell asleep, a whole mrss of Jcipcnese soldiers entered with the Ebovementioned. commfndent £t the head. The c o m m m d r n t sat on s. table in our classroom and then watched how e&ch of the women wc'S dragged awry, one by one, to be roped. He himself did not join in this." A . Oivilicn Internees. 1 . I n t e r n m e n t . The arrest of civilians strrted immedirtely after the ccpitulrtion^ by April 194-2 practically all Dutch officials hr:d "been interned except some who occupied minor positions end e few "indispensables." Dutch non-officinls were arrested soon r.fterwcrds snd interned with the exception of those Dutch who hf:d "been 13,643 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 born in the Netherlands Indies. A few months after the surrender of Jr.Vc： the. Internment of women rnd children begrn. Children, born in Jevr., were elso interned if the parents were interned Confinement wss in special arees which soon bee?me overcrowded. Lr.ter on prisons, penitentirries , coolie camps, frrニs， convents, nrtive quarters, etc., were u s e d . Boys the £ge of thirteen were considered odults nnd sent to Men's Crrnrs； boys ?t the cge of eleven, sometimes cs young c.s n i n e , were often seprrrted from their mothers end sent to so-colled B o y s ' Csmps. Educc tion was forbidden in oil internment arers, women end children were forced to work et hrrd lc.bor for long hours under a tropicr.l sun at men is 1 tasks. 2. Conditions. In both Men's £nd Women's Cehtds conditions were inhuman, n«，rly the sr.me r.s in prisoner of v/r.r camps. This eppei： rs from r. scries of affidavits. The prosecution enters documc-nt 5762 for identification and the exccrpts therefrom こs r-n exhibit. TKI PRFSIDZNT： Admitted on the usut1 terms. CLLRK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 5762 will rtceivc exhibit N o . 1720 for identificr- tion-jonly, c>nd the excerpt therefrom will rcceive 13,644 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 13 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 exhibit N o . 1 7 2 0 A . (Whc r cur on, tirosc cut ion's do cumcnt N o . 5762 wc.s mrrkcd prosecution's c ̂ diibit N o . 1720 for identifxcrtion, the eyccrpts therefrom being marked prosecution's exhibit, N q . 1 7 2 O A r.nd received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL DAMSTE: The report of J. C . Rcindtrs Folm：:r gives r： generrl picturc of Men's Cenps . Ho wcs r former be.nk. mこn&gor end honorr.ry consul for the Ncthcrlrnds in T o k y o .ぶ s he wf:s frmilisr : w i t h the Jcpcnesc ho r ctod cs cr.mp interpreter ； vrose- ！ cution document 5762. In L . 0 . G . C a m p , B r n d o e n g , bcat- | ines were f r e q u e n t , food was insufficient in quantity cind br.d in quality; srnitory conditions wore bnd r.:nd entertainment end divine services v;cre forbidden; no correspondence, even with rclrtives, w?s rllowed. In Beros Crmt), T jimr.hi, conditions deteriorated as soon rs the Jr.pcncsc Army took over the rdministrr- tion of the civilicn crraps. The food wrs voor -一 こbout one thousrnd crlnories drily -- ?nd the prison?rs only menr ged to keep f.live by buying sur>^lementory food with the proceeds of the sale of rll their v c l u r b l c s . Hr.ts c.nd dogs were reserved r.nd. cooked for the more serious ccscs cmong the pr.tients in the hosnitr 1 in order to provide them with nt leo.st some mcこt. Modicincs were 13,645 inrdequc-'te r:nd poorly supplied through, rftcr the J' pc.ncsc surrender it v/rs proved thrt ample supplies hr.d. been cvcilrblc all the time. Red Cross parcels were- distributed only tvice end then . ftcr the Jrpc.ncse had stolen part of tho- contents rnd by the method of issuing prevented tho internees from obtaining full value from the gifts by ordering r.ll tins r.nd containers to be emptied immediately. Reprisals rnd collcctive punishments were inflicted. Children of eleven rnd twelve were scprrctcd from their mothers. Of v. sum of money -一 75 guilders for ccch one of r. group of British sub- jects - - s e n t by the Holy S e e , only sbout one-third wrs ever pこid. The comiDlrints mr.,de by the Jr.pc.ncso e.gcinst the internees were romrrknble: the prisoners 1 attitude wr s bed; they were not humble enough； they were こ rrogrnt r.nd conccitcd ； their etiquette w s wrong or thty hrd no etiquette c-.t ell5 their hocrts were not sincorc rnd their thoughts, rs r.pperrcd from their f: ccs, were insulting to the Imperic.l Jcpr.ncsc /.rmy| disobcdicncc s st: mped on thrir frees. This rttitude on the. pert of the Jc^ctv. se \ns the background of vll thi_ corporr-1 punishmoni: inflictcd for the most trivirl offenses ond even for no offenses r.t rll. Nevertheless, conditions were better then they were in oth^r is丄r.ncls 13,646 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 and c Jr. pcncsc Red Cross officirl wr. s sr.id to hrve expressed ingev c.t. the relatively fc.vorcble conditions in Jcva. The rrosecution enters document 5763 c,s an exhibit. T E , PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usurl terms. CLIRK OF TEc COURT; Prosecution's document K . 5763 will rcceivc. exhibit N o . 1 7 2 1 . (Vhtrcupon, the document rbovc referred to wrs mr.rkcd prosecution's exhibit % N o . 1721 rnd rcccived in evidence.) LIEUT。 COLONFL DAMSTF: According to the r.ffidavit of Police Officer G . De L c n g , cbout 1500 dcrths occurred in the Tjimahi C'.mps, due to mr.ln-utri- tion, stom&ch complこ ints m d lr.ck of m c d c c i n c s . The prosecution enters document 5765 for identifiertion end the excerpt therefrom c.s rn exhibit. TH" PR1SIDIKT； Admitted on the usur.l terms. CLERK OF THE COURT; Prosecution's documtnt N o . 5765 will rcceivc exhibit N o . 1722 for identifier- tion only, ;nd the cxccrpts therefrom will rc ccivo exhibit N o . 1722A. ("Micrcupon ,pr •；sc cut ion's document N o . 5765 wrs mrrked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1722 for identificr.tion, the cxcerpts _ _ 13,647 therefrom being mcrked prosecution's coda ibit N o . 1722A r.nd received, in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL DAMSTE: Regarding Women's Cc.mps, evidcncc is presented by the rffidevit of M r s . A . M . Droog -- nee Hr.rtgriulo, prosecution document 5765; transport of pr.ticnts was conducted by brutel methods; forced Irbor by 2,000 w o m e n , 1,200 children under eleven yecrs of rge, 900 boys between Gleven : nd thirteen, even mothers of smr.ll and sick children f.nd women over fifty were compelled to work； 5 0 0 women rnd 6 2 5 boys were detailed, for extrc hesvy work; consequently the state of hec.1th doterioroted in o mrrked d e g r e e . 13,648 LIEUT. COLONEL SAMSTE: The prosecution offers document 5766 as an exhibit. THE PhESILEi^T: Admitted on the ususl Uerms. C L E K K O F T E ^ C0 T uKT: P r o s e c u t i o n ' s d o c u m e n t 5766 will receive exhibit H o . 1723. (Whereupon, prosecution's document N o . 5766 wc：s marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1723 2nd received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLOiEL DAMSTE: This document needs correction insofar as the d a t e , name and signature of the interrogator have not been processed in English. This reads: "I certify that I duly translated, the above to the witness in her own language prior to her signature which appears above. Signed (illegible) Translator. Sv/orn before me (illegible) M a j o r , R 3 . 4 War Crimes Investigstion Team, South East Asia Command. This tenth day of April Nineteen Hundred and Forty S i x . Detailed to examine the above by the Com- mcnder in C h i e f , Al]ied Landforces South East A s i a . (Authority: ALFSEA Administrative Instruction N o . 1 paragraph 7)". That is the correction. T11E エ h T E R P R E M : M r . Prosecutor, dc you have the Englisn version of the correction made novr? THE MONITOR: What document did you read from? L I E U T . COLOimEL DALiSTS: T h i s w a s t h e c o r r e c t i o n . 13,649 i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 THE MGWITOh: I realize that, sir. But what correction, on what document? L I E U T . C O L O N E L DaIvISTE: O n d o c u m e n t 5 7 6 6 . THE MONITOR: Is that the first page or the second page? LIEU r i\ COLONEL DAMSTE: It is at the e n d . THE MONITOK: I see. Would yon please spec- ify? It is not in the leading sentence of the b r i e f . We just follow the b r i e f . We cannot listen to you first and then read it. We have to read, it at the same time. Please specify before you moke any devia- tion from that synopsis, please. L I E U T . COLONEL DAMSTE: This is a correction that I have to make because it is not in the synopsis, but the 讽ords-- THE PRESIDENT: Let the translators know beforehand of any proposed correction. L I E U T . COLOHEL DAMSTE: This is only a correc- tion for the English text ancl not for the Japanese text, because it is in the Japanese text. THE PRESIDENT: W e l l , they were taken by sur- prise at all events, L I E U T . COLO腿L DAMSTE: The affidavit of Miss J . P . H i s s e l a d a , prosecution document 5766, gives information about Banjobiroe Comp, Ambarawc, 13,650 Central Java. Food - ninety grams of rice daily 一 was poor, mass punishments of a very cruel nature were inflicted in a cruel w a y . The prosecution enters document 5769 for identification, and the excerpt therefrom as cn exhibit. THE PhE&Ii;B.i\T: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF T^a COUHT: Prosecution's docu- ment N o . 5769 w i l l receive exhibit N o . 1724 for identification only, and the excerpt therefrom w i l l receive exhibit N o . 1724-A. (Whereupon, p r o s c o n t i o n ^ do<5u- meot No•‘ 5769 was marked prosecution 1 s ex- hibit N o . 1724 for identification, the ex- cerpt therefrom b e i n g marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1724-A and reoeived in evidenoeiO L I E U T . COLOIEL DaMSTE： The affidavit of M r s . M . P . Haverkamp, prosecution document 5769， refers to conditions in Karang Pana's C a m p , Semar- a n g , Centrci J a v a . In order, as they said, to check on outbreak infantile pcralysis, the Jap- anese housed 125 old men with the women and their grown-up daughters in an overcrowded chapel；beat- ings occurred regularly; children older than nine 13,651 years were sent away; all the heavy w o r k , to which an insufficient number of workers wes al- loted, had to be done by the women; food v;as very scanty in amount. The same affidavit describes conditions in the overcrowded Lampersarie C a m p , Semarang. This wr.s located in a cleared native quarter of the town; outdoor work for women was compulsory; young girls had to carry heavy rice bags for more than five hundred yards； collective punishments occurred； torture w a s inflicted on one occasion, continuing for seven d a y s . The prosecution enters document 5770 for identification, and. the excerpt therefrom as an exhibit, » THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THi COUIiT： Prosecution's document 13,652 � N o . 5770 will receive exhibit Mo. 1725 for identifica- tion only. The excerpt therefrom will receive exhibit N o . 1 7 2 5 - A . (Vi/hereupon, prosecution's document No. 5770 was marked prosecution's exhibit No. 1725 for identification, the excerpt therefrom being marked prosecutioo's exhibit N o . 1 7 2 5 - A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLO丄、EL DAMSTE: Cases of rape and forced prostitution of women and girls at Moentilan, Central Java, are related by M r s . Beelman-nee Van Ballegooyen in her affidavit, prosecution document 5770. The rape and forced prostitution were arranged by Kempei officials, doctors examined the victims before they were raped. Visual evidence will be presented by showing the film "Nippon Presents," prosecution document 5759, in connection with the affidavit of Major J . Schim Van Der Loeff, R.N,I.A., prosecution document 5758, who discloses facts as to the origin of this film, and with an affidavit of Brigadier Blackburn, prosecution document 574-0, who as a witness already gave evidence regarding the origin and character of this film, before this Tribunal on December 2,194-6. The Japanese Propaganda Department made a film, 13,653 i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "Australia Calling," in which Australians and D u t c h prisoners of war as w e l l as Dutch civilian internees were forced t o play a part under severe threats. The film depicts internees living in almost luxurious surroundings and conditions, b u t it was all f a k e d . The purpose of the film was to weaken Aus- tralian morale, but the Japanese never succeeded in getting the picture shown in A u s t r a l i a . The film was seized after the Japanese surrender. Some cf those who were obliged to take part in it have given the true story of the fake, and several cuttings of films made by Allied cameramen a few weeks after the Japanese surrender have been put in to show the real conditions in prisoner of v/ar and civilian internees' camps in Java in order to show the contrast between the actual facts and the faked presentstion. This evidence w i l l be presented at a proper time subject to the Court's permission. Then I w i l l read the mentioned affidavits. THE P R E S I D E近： I understand the Members of the Tribunal are prepared to witness this f i l m . When w i l l it be reedy? L I E U T . C O L O 巡 DAMSTE: I propose this after- n o o n , sir. THE PRSSIDEKT: This seems to be satisfactory. 13,654 LlaUT. COLO.； SL DAMSTE: Because in the after- noon it is much d c r k e r , :.nd we cannot black out that w i n d o w . TLE r'ltESIDE」,]：:エ understand from you it will tf:ke about forty-five minutes? LISTJT. C0L0..EL DAEiSTE: It will be a bit m o r e , sir , because-- THE P i d i S I i ;逝： W e l l , we w i l l teke it after the second recess in the aftei.ncon -- after the after- noon r e c e s s . L I E U T . COLONEL Extermination： The attitude of the Japanese towrrds Internstione.l Law is clerrlv shown in the plsns made by them for the destruction of prisoners of v-ar c.nd civilian internees in the event of en approach bv Allied forces. In such an event, pre-arranged disturbances would take place as a pretext for wholesale m u r d e r . Sivof of these murder plans w i l l be presented ct e.later stage in connection with similar plans drawn up in other a r e a s . B . Non-interned p o p u l a t i o n . 1 . R o m u s h a： Forced labor to further the w.r aims of the conquerors w£.s one of the benefits of the Greater East Asie Co- prosperity Sphere established by the Japanese. This labc-r cc.nsisted of digging trenches, constructing air r£ id shelters encl otlier militery w o r k s , making 13,655 roads and r a i l 1 ' y s , working in oilfields, coal m i n e s , et cetera. Javanese youths in particular were con- scripted for such Fork; It wr.s called voluntary labor but ？,as in fact compulsory. The conscription of Eomusha was carried out by a series of round-ups through the medium of the village chiefs. The laborers were held in custody and were treated in the Seme w a y es prisoners of war and even w o r s e . The liomusha were sent all over ''outh East Asia： Sumatra 5 B o r n e o , Celebes, A n b o n , and even as far as M a l a y a ? B u r m a , Siam and the Philippines. The sea voyages were usually made in smell, open coasting vessels, c.nc often lasted for severs! w e e k s . Fo，'d end drink were never adequate, and there were frequent deaths during these trips. The vork demanded, under brutal and severe discipline, Meetings end other cruel corporal punish- ments ,v/as virtual hard labor. F cd was totally inade- quate, with the result that b e r i b e r i , pellagra, trop- ical ulcers were r i f e . General surroundings, housing and sanitary conditions were filthy and unhealthy leading to dysentery, mclaria and scabies. Medical treatment &nd hospitalization were either non-existent or so poor as to offer no chsnce of arresting the course of an illness, or preventing the spread of 13,656 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 contagious diseases. Wc. Cc.ro teken of the d e e d , anc this constituted a callous infringement on the "adat", the religious customs of the natives. T.iese facts appear abundantly in a series of affidavits of victims who survived and will be introduced presently. In a l l , s o m e 270,000 natives were sent avray, Only 70,000 have ever been recovered since the war ended. The prosecution refers to pages 3 7 and 38 of exhibit 1351. The prosecution enters document 5709 in evidence. ThS PhilSIDEImT: Admitted on the usual terms, CLERK OF TEE CObHT: Prosecution's document iVo. 5709 w i l l receive erfiibit N o . 1726. (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to was narked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1726, and wss received in evidence.) L l a U T . GOLChEL LaMSTS: The rough estimate of the Judge Advocrte General at Singapore is that of the liomusha employed on the construction of the Burma-Siam R a i l w a y , about 80,000, of whom a large numter were J a v a n e s e , d i e d . The prosecution enters document 5710 for identification, and the excerpt therefrom as an 13,657 i 2 ‘3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 exhibit;. Txiiil PiiiiiSiL£i.:T; Admitted on tlie usual terms. GLEBi： OF THi COUkT: Prosecution's document i^o. 5710 w i l l receive exhibit K o . 1 7 2 7 for identifi- cction only. The eyxerpt therefrom vrill receive exhibit N o . 1727-A. (Whereu^oon，prosecution 1 s document N o . 5710 W£S' .marked prosecutioa's -exhibit N o . 1727 for identificG'tion, the .excerpt therefrom being marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1727-A and was received i n evidence.) LIx^UT. CQLO, xCL• DiJkaTB： A . I M . S , r e p o r t , Australian Division South Bast A s i a Ccraviand, prosecu- tion document 5710, containing Japanese Reports on Javanese laborers -at tiae Brunei O i l ilftfinery in B o r n e o , and another on tlie .recruiting of laborers at Ljoc Jakarta, gives -the numl^rs. Qf deceased, sick and deserters. From tiaes-e reports a clear .impression of conditions na3r te obtained. The prosecution desir-e-s'ta emphasize the terrible conditions which the native populations of Java, docile and .fatalistic y -and le-Gs--resistant than W e s t e r n e r s , were forced to ondure. The prosecution enters document'5700 for identification, and the. excerpts, as an exhibit. 13,658 TiJS PHSSIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK しF xL^i COLi.T: Prosecution' s document N o . 5700 will receive e:chibit N o . 1728 for identifica- tion only. The excerpts therefrom will receive ex- hibit N o . 1728-F. (Whereupon, prosecution 1 s document W o . 5700 vias marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1728 for identification, the excerpts therefrom being narked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1 7 2 8 - A and wss received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLO-SL DAMSTS: Doelchmaro, ex- Sergeant K.i-.I.a. , w&s ordered to leave his home, and along with 1700 others vas sent to Djurong Camp neer Singapore. Conditions there were appclling. Bad rnd insufficient food c&used beriberi. Of the 1700 vho went there with Doelalunaro only 600 sur- vived. ct tlio end cf the w a r . The remainder had died or run away. Prosecution enters dccumsnt 5701 for iden- tification, and the excerpt therefrom gs cn exhibit. ThE PKESIi^ENT: Admitted on the usur.l terms. CLEEK OF THE GGUhT: Prosecution's document i\o. 5701 will roceive exhibit N o . 1729 for identifi- C£ tion only, end the- excerpt therefrom will receive exhibit No. 1729-A. 13,659 (Whereupon, prosecution's document iNio. 5701 marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1729 for identification, the excerpt therefrom being marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1729-A end was received in evidence.) LIfiUT. COLO, EL DAlviSTE: Kasa Bin Santami fcs ordered to work for the Japanese end sent to Pulau Sekiajc. ng nerr Singapore. Beatings, especially of those whc. reported sick, were n common occurrence. Even torture was inflicted. During one year's stay- in this camp 5〇〇 out of a total of 750 died. The prosecution enters aocumont 5702 for identification, and the excerpts therefrom as an ex- h i b i t . THE PEESILEivT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK UF TiiS COUIiT: Prosecution's document N o . 5702 will receive exhibit N o . 1730 for identifi- cation only ? and the excerpts therefrom will receive exhibit K o . 1 7 3 0 - A . (Whereupon, prosecution's document N o . 5702 v/as marked prosecution 1 s exhibit N o . 1730 for identification, the excerpts therefrom being narked prosecution's exhibit Ro.1,73〇一A, and wr;s received in evidence.) L I ^ U T . COLOj.ljL DiiiiSTE: SanTciwi wgs also at 13,660 Pulau S e k i d j m g . Between 200 r.nd 300 died out of his j group of 500. Cases of severe torture, unto desth, occurrod. The prosecution enters document 5706 for identification, and the excerpts as cn exhibit. THE PhESIDEj,:T: Admitted on the usual terns. CLEKK OF THE CGuIiT: Prosecution's document Ko. 5706 will receive exhibit No. 1731 for identifi- cc tion enly, end the narked excerpts therefrom will receive exhibit N o . 1731-A. (Whereupon, prosecution's document 5706 wos marked prosecution's exhibit No. 1731 for identification, the excerpts there- from being marked prosecution's exhibit No. 1731-A, end was received in evidence.) Th£ PHESILEi^T: Colonel Damste, you said ycu proposed to road some script with this picture that is to be shown immediatoly after the mid- ofternoon recess. You may read cny translation of any Japanese script v. r hich you could show was part of their picture. Do you propose to do sny more than that? LIEUT. COLONEL DAiviSTE: I was prepared to resd the description and the text of the film as it is shown. The text is in English. 13,661 2 I 3 ！ 4 | 5 丨 6 ； 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 7 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ThE ？RESIDENT: Whose contribution w i l l that be? L I E U T . COLONEL DAMSTE： The text and the description cf the text as far as necessary as to understand the f i l m . TiiS P R E S I D E旧： I t w i l l not be objectionable so far ss it merely refers to places snd times, but it m a y be beyond thst. It depends on the attitude of the defense. LEVINS M r . P r e s i d e n t . THE PKiiSILEivT: M r . L e v i n . Mii. LEVIN: If the text is to include more than tine and p l a c e s , or a description, or an inter- pretation, we would object to it, b e c a u s e , of course, thr,t would be a matter of conclusion for the C o u r t . THE PRESIDENT: It could extend beyond time and place and still be confined t o , of course, matters of f a c t . But we are not so sure. We w i l l think it o v e r . But any strtement of fact should be proved in tlio usual w a y . W e w i l l recess for fifteen m i n u t e s . (Whereupon，at 1 0 4 5 , a recess v/rs tcken until 1100, after v.'hich the proceedings were resumed as follows:) 13,662 MHi-HAL OF THE COURT: The International Military Tribunal for the Far E a s t is now r e s u m e d . THE PRESIDENT: Colonel D a m s t e . LIEUT. COLONEL DAMfcTE: Parman Bin Djotaroeno i was also ordered to work for the Japanese and sent to Pulau ^ e k i d j a n g . 1 7 died out of his own group of 30 and in a year 140 coolies out of 490 d i e d . The usual conditions existed, n a m e l y , bad food, bad medical facilities and beatings. The prosecution enters doeumfint 57X2 for identification and the excerpts as an exhibit,. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 5712 w i l l receive exhibit N o . 1732 for identific- ation o n l y . The excerpt therefrom w i l l receive exhibit N o . 1 7 3 2 - A . (Whereupon, the document above referred to was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1732 for identification; the excerpts therefrom being marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1 7 3 2 - A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL DAMSTE: Selemat Bin Joences witnessed the torture of a collie at Pulau fcekidJang. The collie was wrapped in a mat which was then set on f i r e . After this the victim suffered further ill- — 一 - ^ - — 一 - … … — £ » J < d L . . “ ai^Ll^^Ll^ _ _ _ — — . . ' W I ： ! . - . 1 . _ _ • . ふ 、 _ _ - v ^ " '-fli^,- VI,- ば • . 4 6 7 8 9 0 12 13 14 6 17 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 wolf &y-elden 13,663 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ニ丨 14! 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 treatment. This torture was inflicted by a Japanese doctor. The victim died. The prosecution enters document No. 5703 for identification and the excerpts as an exhibit. THE FREfIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 5703 will receive exhibit No. 1733 for identific- ation only» The excerpt therefrom will receive exhibit N o . 1733 - A . (Whereupon, the document above referred to was marked prosecution 5 s ex- hibit N o . 1733'foy idsntlfioatlon? the excerpts therefrom being marked prosecution's exhibit W o . 1733-A and received in evidence*) LIEUT. COLONEL DAMSTE: Achraad Bin Ketajoeda was detailed to work at Kampong Baroe, Singapore. Here only 1,000 among 2,000 coolies were physically able to w o r k . 4 or 6 died every d a y . Nevertheless heavy work under harsh discipline was enforced. At Palau Bokoamto, near Singapore the coolies were prevented from taking shelter during an Allied air rai<3. As a result many were killed. The prosecution enters document 5704 for identification and the excerpts as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. 13,664 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 il 12 13 1 4 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document ITo. 5704 will receive exhibit N o , 1 7 3 ^ for identific- ation only. The excerpt therefrom will receive exhibit N o . 1734--A. (Whereupon, the document above referred to was marked prosecution's exhibit No. 1734 foi 4 identification; the excerpts therefrom being marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1734—A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL DAI.I6TE: Goedel gives a description of his experiences which the prosecution desires to read because it provides an average picture» (Reading): "Can you eiy? any inforraatlon regarding acts of violence committed against yotirself cr others, which you witnessed: I am a Javanese from the hamlet of Rapiah near Solo. About 18 months ago I was told to appear before our village headman who told me that I had to go and work for the Japanese for 7 weeks at Klaten. Instead of that I was put on the train with about 1000 men and taken to Batavia, where I remained for 15 days at Klender. There we were imprisoned in a camp where we were guarded by Japanese and were not allowed to go out. There were a few, I no longer recollect 13,665 their n a m e s , who tried to run a w a y , but they were nearly beaten to death by the Japanese, After our stay at Klender we were driven to Tandjoeng Priok and driven aboard a ship. Then we sailed direct to Singapore, where エ was taken to the camp in Henderson R o a d , at which I have remained since, and still anu For food we got there a little rice raixod with maize and a kind of sweet potato. There were very many sick, above all with dysentery, beriberi and tropj cal ulcers； there was also a great deal of malaria. There was no quinine or any other medicines； the sick were given a watery medicine, that nev^r had any effect。 There were no bandage appliances. This camp was a transit camp vjhere all Javanese came， who were transported from here to other destinations• The sick were consequently left behind h e r e . Very many people died h<=re ； every day certainly 1ヲ to 20 people died. I do not know how many died in toto, but csrtiialy estimate the number at about 2000. The dead were left lying for about two days, and were then taken away on a motor truck; I do not know w h e r e . There ^ere frequent beatings here by the Japanese, if they had any comments about the w o r k . About eight months ago I was accused of stealing a blanket, with which I had nothing whatever to d o . The Japanese soldier 13,666 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 IRAK0B0 bound a rope round my neck and left me suspended like that for a n i g h t . The following morning at spven o'clock the Japanpso soldiers KIMOTO and IRAKOBO began to maltreat m e . These Japanese also forced each of 260 Javanese to giv^ rae a few blows with a leather strap. Without respite I was thrashed by them with their leather shoes, which maltreatmpnt lasted u n t i l ploven o 1 c l o c k . Thereafter m y arms and my legs were b o u n d , and ray hpad was nut into a basin of w a t e r , wh^rpby I was half d r o w n e d . Aft^r half an hour they stopped this, and tied me securely to the wall of one of thp b a r r a c k s , where エ stood bound for a w p p k . I was thpn full of wounds； I hnd three blpeding wounds on u y back, made by IRAKOBO with a native k n i f e . ？ l o f t foot displayed a big bloody wound made by IRAKOBO with a piece of iron. "N.B. witness shows rae, the interrogator, the distinctly visible scars of these wounds, as w e l l as scars on the fore-arms resulting from the wounds received through his b o n d s ) . I was covered with blood all over my b o d y , and stood bound likp that for a whole w ^ e k , without being «lpanpd or ray wounds being tendrd. A l l this time I only got a little ricp porridge to eat 13,667- twice a d a y . When after a week I was u n b o u n d , all my limbs and my body was badly s w o l l e n . I wns then no longer in a condition to make any movement what- soever , a n d had to be carried to ray sleeping place by o t h e r s . Only after a month was I in a position to move about a little a g a i n , and slowly made a complete recovery. I have retained no lasting injury as the result of this maltreatment." The prosecution enters document 5705 for identification and the excerpt as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terras, CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 5705 7/111 receive exhibit N o . 1735 for identifica- tion o n l y . Thp excerpt therefrom will rcccive exhibit N o . 1 7 3 5 - A . ("TOiereupon, thfi documpnt above .referred to was marked p r o s e c u t i o n 1 s exhibit N o . 1735 for identification; the pxcerpts therefrom being marked prosecution's exhibit N o , 1 7 3 夕 " a n d received in evidrnce,) LIEUT. COLONEL DAB,トTE: BoeJong ？.lias Tawahir describes among other cases of ill-treatmont at Pulau Damar near Singapore, how a coolie was buried alive after severe corporal punishment. The prosecution enters dooument 5707 for 13,668 1 | identification and the excerpts as an exhibit. 2 ； THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 5707 will receive exhibit N o . 1736 for Identifica- tion only. Th^ excerpt therefrom will receive exhibit F o . 1 7 3 6-A. (Whereupon, the document above referred to was marked prosecution 1 s exhibit N o . 1736 for idpntification; the excerpts t h e m f r o m being marked prosecution 1 s exhibit M o . 1 7 3 6 - A and m c e i v e d in pvidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL DAMi-TE: Robo was forced to work at Tandjong Pinang, near Singapore. He depicts a very serious case of torture resulting in death. In 9 months 400 out of 750 coolips died. The prosecution ontrrs document ヲ711 for identification and the excorpts as an pxhibit. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 5711 will receive exhibit N o . 1737 for ideatific- ation only» The rnarkpd pxcerpt therefrom will receive exhibit N o . 1 7 3 7 - A . ( h e r e u p o n , the document above referred to was marked prosecution's exhibit W o . 1737 for identification; the marked excerpts 13,669- therefrom being marked prosecution 1 s exhibit ETo,1737-A and received in evidence«) LIEUT。 COLONEL DAMSTE: Tahir testifies to the torturing of a Chinese coolie, at Pulau Batang, npar Singapore 0 The coolie was beaten until one of his thighbones was broken. He received no medical treatmpnt； his fellow-coolies were forbidden to help him； he was buried with only his head above the ground； later he wes thrown into the s<=a while possibly still alive. 13,670- The prosecution offers document 5723 for Identification and the excerpts as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on tbe usual terms. CLERK 0? THE COUET: Prosecution's document N o . w i l l receive exhibit N o . 1738 for identifi- cation only； the excerpt therefrom T;ill receive exhibit N o . 1738-A. (Yv'hereupon, the document above referred to was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1738 for identification only; the excerpt therefrom being narked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1738-A and received in evidence.) L I E U T . COLONEL DAMSTE; D a c h l a n , then a youth of eighteen,was sent to M a c a s s a r , C e l e b e s . Four coolies, out of the total of 400 on board, died during the trip. The prosecution offers document 5724 for identification and tl：e excerpts as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terras. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 5724 w i n receive exhibit H o . 1739 for identifica- tion only; the excerpt therefrom w i l l receive exhibit N o . 1739-A. (Whereupon, the document above referred to was marked prosecution's exhibit 13,671 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 . I 13 | 1 4 l 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 N o . 1 7 3り for identification only； the excerpt therefrom "being marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1739-A and received in evidence.) L I E U T . C0L0KEL DAMSTE: Amat N a w i , then fifty-five years of a g e , was sent as the leader of 100 fellow villagers, part of a draft of 1500 coolies, to M o e n a , Celebes. Five hundred died in a year. Of his own group only sixty survived. The prosecution enters document 5728 as an exhibit, THE PRESIDENT； Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 5728 ヮill receive exhibit N o . 1 7 4 0 . (Whereupon, the document above referred to was marked prosecution's exhibit K b . 1740 and received in evidence.) L I E U T . COLOKEL DAMSTEs Goenoeng was sent to Balikpapan where conditions among the 1500 coolies vere the same as everywhere else in Romusha c a m p s . T: e prosecution enters document 5714 for identification and tire excerpts as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENTS Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT; Prosecution's document N o . 5714 w i l l receive exhibit N o . 174-1 for ident if i- 13,672 2 3 4 6 7 8 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 cation only and the excerpt therefrom フill receive exhibit F o . 1741-A. (Whereupon, tte document above referred to was marked prosecution's exhibit No. 1741 for identification only; the excerpt therefrom being marked prosecution's exhibit F o . 174-1-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT。 C O L O :肌 DAMSTEs Pairan vas sent to Singapore. During the v o y a g e , which lasted a r/eek, thirty persors died and other sixteen died on the w h a r f . In the period of two and a half years preceding the Japanese capitulation at least a thousand died. The corpses were not buried immed- iately but were carried by friends and acquaintances outside the canp into an open field w h e r e , trapped in mats,they v/ere laid in the open air for a few de.vs from where lorries carried them away. The prosecution enters document 5726 for identification and the excerpts as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF TEE COURT: Prosecution's document F o . 5726 will receive exhibit F o . 174-2 for identifi- cation only and the excerpt therefrom l i l l receive exhibit H o . 1742-A. (Whereupon, the document above 13,673- referred to was marked prosecution's exhibit W o . 1742 for identification only; the excerpt therefrom being marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1742-A and received in evidence.) L I E U T . C O L O 脇 DAMSTE: A b d u l Hazid ma.de a forced trip through the archipelago and was ordered to work under miserable conditions at S i n g a p o r e , Halmaheira (Moluccas), Hacassar and Singkang (Celebes). The prosecution enters document ブ722 for identification and the excerpts as an exhibit. TEE PRESIDEDT: Admitted on the usual terms, CLERK 0? THE COURT; Prosecution's document ITo. 5722 w i l l receive exhibit Ko.174-3 for identifi- cation only and the excerpt therefrom w i l l receive exhibit Mo. 174-3-A. (Whereupon, the document above referred to v'as marked prosecution 1 s exhibit N o . 17^-3 for identification only; the excerpt therefrom being marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 174-3-A and received in evidence.) Kadali wss even sent to ITanila as viell as to、Singapore and Menado (Celebes). The prosecution enters document 5708 as an 25 exhibit. 13,674- THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF TEE COURT; Prosecution's document N o . 5708 will receive exhibit N o . 1 7 4 4 . (Whereupon, the document above referred to マ!as marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1744 and received in evidence.) L I E U T . COLOKEL DAMSTE: K o p e r , then seven- teen years of a g e , was ordered for coolie labor and eventually sent to Tjimpon, Sia.m, where approx- imately thirty percent of the total number of Rorausha d i e d . The prosecution enters document 5715 as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT3 Prosecution's document N o . 5715 w i l l receive exhibit N o . 174-5. (Whereupon, the document above referred to was marked prosecution's exhibit ぬ . 174-5 and received in evidence.) LIEUT。COLONEL DAITSTE； The prosecution desires to provide visual evidence by introducing four photographs taken at Seletar Camp near Singapore by A r m y Film and Photo S e c t i o n , S . E . A . C . , in connec- tion w i t h the letter of the said Section dated 19 ダ September 194-5. 13,675- Kempei T a i . The Japanese measures of terrorization have already been mentioned by Major de W e e r d , exhibit 1351, passim. The prosecution enters document 5731 as an exhibit. THE PRESIDEET; Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT; Prosecution's document N o . 5731 w i l l receive exhibit N o . 1 7 4 6 . (Whereupon, the document above referred to was marked prosecution's exhibit LIo. 174-6 and received in evidence.) LIEUT。 COLOHEL DAMSTE? No discrimination was made as to race or sex。 Thousands became victims of the military police. A general survey of the results was given b y the head of the W a r Crimes Section of N.E»F.I.S» (Netherlands Forces Intel- ligence Service) at B a t a v i a , prosecution document N o . 5731 showing that 439 persons were sentenced to death and executed by court m a r t i a l , Java； h o w e v e r , this number does not include many death sentences pronounced by local K e m p e i Tai and death sentences against 38 persons from Kesilir C a m p . One thousand one hundred seventy-five persons were punished by court m a r t i a l , Java, sentences varying between one 13,676- year and lifelong imprisonment. It further appears that 304 persons died in jail before being sentenced as a result of torture and bad conditions, The prosecution enters document 574-6 for identification and the excerpts as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK 0? THE COURT; Prosecution's document No.ヲ746 w i l l receive exhibit F o . 174-7 for idontifi- cation only anc 1 the marked excerpt therefrom w i l l receive exhibit N o . 1747-A. (Whereupon, the document above referred to was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1747 for identification only; the excerpt therefrom being marked prosecution's exhibit v N o . 1747-A and received in evidence.) L I E U T . COLO MEL DAIJSTE: Inhuman treatment of the utmost brutality applied systematically and methodically, all over Java, not only at Kempei Tai headquarters but also in prison and even during trials in the courtroom. Evidence of appalling torture and ill-treatment is contained in the follov;- ing series of affidavits and statements: Doctor K . E . Boissevain, mayor of Semarang, describes in his sworn statement the ill-treatment by Semarang and Batavia Kempei T a i , not only the 13,677- tortures and the bad accommodation at the Kempei- quarters, but also the way in which a court martial trial vias conducted. With the permission of the Court I will read, some parts of this affidavit. Page 9 , in the middle: "In the afternoon, however, t 1 'ey asked me with v;hom I had plotted against Japan and what es- pionage I had accomplished so far. As エ fienied having served as a spy, KA^JEKO beat me with a "bamboo stick, alternately ”'ith a leather dogwhip, on my back; and the interpreter constantly pommeled my arms and shoulders with a ruler. After a three hours 1 trial I was ^ust able to walk back to my cell and took a bath in the open space before the cells. As I undressed, there arose a common cry of painful astonishment at the sight of my back and shoulders, vrbich were beaten black and blue. After the bath I had to cling to a little wall in order not to break dovm altogether. Then エ was carried away by two guardians to a separate cell. Ever since that date (October 9,194-3) until my sentence (January 31, 194-5) I had to endure solitary confinement. "The next day the trial Fas continued, KAHEKO and KATSDMA clamoring terribly, and the blue 13,678 2 4 spots turned to H o u n d s , because every denial was answered with thrashings and lashes on the head, back and arms, blows w i t h the fists in the face and kicking with the heavy military boots against the ribs and shins. They scorched w i t h burning cigarettes and applied electric current that made one bounce and dance like a frog, screaming until one fainted; all this in order to get their m u c h desired confessions. These methods of trial were so barbarious, the treatment so b r u t a l , s o beastly and so void of any humanity, that the physical tortures and moral agonies are beyond description. The traces of this treatment are still to be seen on my face and all over my body. "When this trial has lasted for about one w e e k , and エ./as still denying the fantastic charges, KAKEKO thrashed m e , purposely, for such a long time u n t i lエ fell down unconscious, while he added to the last "blows the words: ' Oppas, bawak di kamar sakit' (Guardian, carry him to the hospital). "I awoke in the hospital of the jail, lying on a crib strained with canvas. My wounds were doctored "by fellow prisoners w i t h iodine, but not dressed. M y d i r t y , bloody clothes stuck to my "body and t,he crib sv/armed with vermin. 13,679- "There I lay for soms weeks and the trial went on d a i l y . Nearly every day I was callod for trial; between two assistant-nurses I r/as dragged to the torture chamber, being unable to 17alk myself. I could hardly rise from my crib a n d , clinging to the other cribs, had to drag myself forward to the V'.C. and マashing place。” 1 3 , 6 8 0 - Page 1 1 , t h e first marked excerpt: "KANEKO succeeded in bringing me sometimes to a state of semi-unconsciousness and apathy by- thrashings, kicking, hanging on the arms which were tied backwards, driving an electric current through m y body; once he tried to break one of my wrists by- means of a large wooden pair of pincers (the traces are still visible on my left w r i s t ) . So there were moments when I admitted the most fantastic charges. But when some days afterwards, being ir a better physical and spiritual condition, I was interrogated anew about it, I denied, of course, to be guilty. The ill treatment at last v?ent so far and I got exhausted to such a degree, that one day (October 1943) two K e m p e i m e n , who 'were visiting the Jail hospital, saw me lying there and ordered to transport me to the central city hospital by ambulance." Then エ go over to page 1 5 , the first para- graph: "When the trial had lasted for more than 14- months and KA.NEK0 had writter volurres about it and copied them again and again, the official reports being made still more 'convincing,‘ without having succeeded in getting a story acceptable to norroal Greenberg & spra t t logic, this 'case' apparently began to bore the 13,681 i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Kempetai Head Office in BataviaJ In the early part of December 1943 they sent about six Kempei men from the H . Q . to us, w h o , after repeated interrogation, closed the trial. They made much reduced official reports in the Japanese language r.nd characters, which we could not read but were nevertheless com- pelled to sign, without "being told the contents» Afterwards these reports turned out to be our 'con- fessions, 5 in which we were charged with the queerest f a c t s , l i k e usinp grar.dmothers for the role of seducers of roldiers to find out their secrets, as mentioned above. 1 1 Prosecution enters document 574-5 for identi- fication and the excerpts as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 574-5 will receive exhibit N o . 1748 for identifi- cation only; the excerpts therefrom will receive exhibit N o . 1748A. (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 174.8 for identification; the excerpts therefrom were marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1748A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL DAMSTE； Dental student 13,682 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 W . F . WIJTING, in his statement relates his experi- ences at Batavia Kempeitai, ironically located in the Court of Justice, and also gives a description of a t r i a l . P r o s s c u t i o n document 5745• The prosecution enters document 574-8 for identification and the excerpts as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document No. 5748 will receive exhibit No. 174-9 for identifi- cation only; the excerpts therefrom will receive exhibit No. 1749A. (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to was marked prosecution's exhibit No. 174-9 for identification; the excerpts therefrom were marked prosecution 1 s exhibit No. 1749A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL DAMSTE: Major A . ZIM'!ERMAN, R.N.I.A., reports of the methods of Kempei-torture at Buitenzorg, showing a certain specialization and a highly developed grade of skill on the part of the torturers. There were specialists in hanging, in kidney-beating, in the watertest, and torture by- electricity. This report contains a survey of the ill-treatment of 22 of his fellow—prisoners. Prose- cution document 5748. 13,683- Tho prosecution enters document 57^7 for identification and the excerpts as an exhibit. THE PSESIDEKT: Admitted on the usual t e r m、 CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution document N^. 574.7 will receive exhibit No. 1750 for identifi- cation only; the excerpts therefrom will receive exhibit No.175。ム. (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to was marked prosecution's exhibit No. 1750 for identification; the excerpts therefrom were marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1 7 5 0 A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL DAMSTE: W i t h the Court's permission I will read a part of it that is on page 3, the first marked paragraph: "In the afternoon the examination was re- sum.ed. BANG wanted to know if I knew any people in Buitenzorg, such as Bakhuis, etc. I said that I knew nobody in Buitenzorg upon which statement BANS- tcok a bamboo pole about three inches thick with which he started to beat me wherever he could: hands, face, heatc, etc. After the bamboo was "broken into ribbons, he put it into water and went on beat- ing me with it, which caused terrific pain and wounds_ Later on, in another examination, the bamboo was re-. 13,684 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 placed by an iron r o d , and a rubber trunk." I sup- pose this must be "truncheon. 1 1 "This kind of examination went on for m a n y days. Day after day I was beaten "by B A N G . Every day I was taken from my cell twice, sometimes even three times, questioned on my relation? and friend? in Buitenzorg. To prevent monotony he gave me electri- zation. エ could not exactly count the number of times that I was given electrization, but if I am not gravely mistaken it was altogether 39 times. "I was questioned upon almost everything: my relations with Bakhuis, with Wernink (Van Dam) with allied spies, spies from Chungking, in Batavia and B u i t e n z o r g .エ was shown three photographs of Chungking spies who were working in the Netherlands East Indies and when I denied having ever seen them, I was promptly given another thrashing. "When BANG did not succeed in getting any- thing out of m e , he gave me the water-test. This was done by BANG, assisted by TAMAMINI and two other Japs, whose names I do not know. I was tied to the bench with my hands cuffed on my back. At a certain moment my agony was such that I broke the handcuffs. A Jap stepped on my belly and tried to stamp so long. that the water cacie out of my m o u t h . When he sue — 13,685- ceeded, they started to jeer at me and burned me w i t h their glowing cigarette-ends." The prosecution enters document 5750 for identification and the excerpts as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual t e r m s . CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution document 5750 w i l l receive exhibit N o . 1751 for identification only; the excerpts therefrom will receive exhibit N o . 1751A. (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to was marked p r o s e c u t i o n 1 s exhibit N o . 1751 for identification; the excerpts therefrom were narked exhibit N o . 1 7 5 1 A and received in evidence.) LIEUT。 COLONEL DAMSTE: Professor, Doctor Engineer E . DE V R I E S , testifies that he was tortured first at Buitenzorg. He estimates his first interro- gation as probably the kindest that was ever ex- perienced at B u i t e n z o r g , although he suffered several beatings and the w a t e r t e s t . Others were treated in a very bad way; Captain WERNINCK was tortured 47 times；14 times he was beaten into un- consciousness. The Reverend JENS died the day after having been tortured. The Indonesian doctor LAYADOE was killed while under torture due to lack of skill of the torturer. At Semarang Professor DE VRIES suffered the watertest 22 times during a period of 2 months, and his interrogation amounted to 500 hours in toto. Prosecution document 5750. 13,687 l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 The prosecution offers document N o . 5751 for identification, and the excerpts as an exhibit. Tffi," PRESIDENT; Admitted on the usual terms. CLLRK OF THE COURT: Prosecution document N o . 5751 will receive exhibit N o . 1752 for identifi- cation only 5 the excerpts therefrom will receive exhibit N o . 1752-A. (thereupon, the document above re- ferred was narked prosecution's exhibit K o . 1752 1C)T identification o n l y , and the excerpts therefrom were marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1752-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL DAMSTEi Di-. R . F l a c b s , a Sv±s^ en- n:inccr,nives a deto.ilod rup'ort on Kenpuitai "at Bandung, shoeing especially the prison conditions. r r ith the C o u r t 1 s permission,エ will read some parts of it on page 8, the last paragraph: "During セhe first 3 5 days the calories, con- tained in the food and calculated scientifically and optimistically, did not exceed 6 5 0 , instead of the 1560 required. During the second p e r i o d , during •which the relatives contributed payments, they amounted to m a x i m m 1120, fats £ind albumen being still practically missing." I go over to page % the first marked 13,688 paragraph: " C . Hygiene: For all the prisoners, who finally amounted to about 100 in number, only one latrine and a tap for water was in existence. This top was fixed at a height of r.bout 1 meter c.nd served as a shower. The condition of the latrine was filthy beyond description and the stench unbearable, espo- cially after an outbreak of dysentery. The prisonurs were only allowed to make use of the latrine one by one. Assuming a person needs only 6 ninutcis thon the time required by all the prisoners would be 600 minutes or 10 hours. Permission to use thu W , C. and facili- i ties were hovv'evur granted from 8 o 1 clock a. m . till 8 p . m., so thr.t while allowing the ladies a little more time, e^ch prisoners con Id nse the て.，.C. only once in 24 hours. It is unimaginable what the feeling, under these aboniinablu conditions must have been amongst those ； sick with dysentery, not mentioning the； groat danger of contamination in the cells. Especially those who were unable to obtcin o.ny change of clothing were in inminent danger of contarination end there were nany. Owing to undernourishment and loss of blood due to dysentery they wore so weakened, thc.t, against the principle of the place, sono at least were brought to the hospital, where nany died of the consoquoncos of 13,689- the sickness and their generally enfeebled constitu- tion." I will read from page 1 0 , " E . Police Investigations 1 * ； " E . Police Investigations s All the prisoners, including myself, v;ho weru arrested on the 2nd of June, wore given nwibers. Mine was N o . 3 0 . Three days after the arrest, the first, with N o . 51, was called out. This was done "by an acconplice who called out the number from a chit signed by a police officer. N o , 51 wcs equally convinced of his inno- cence as the others and presumed thaC'after short investigation he would be set at liberty. He left the cell at 10 a . m . and failing to return by 6 in the evening uverybocly ^resumed that he had been re- leased . A n hour later however he appeared with blood-congested face and hr.rdly able to stand upright. Two Nippon Officers (1 & 2) end two Indonesian offi- cers (one, N o . 3) had manhandled hiin at the same time. In such pitiable condition was he that he was unable to speak and we consequently hoard of his martyrdom only next d a y , by which time N a . 1 9 had also been called u p . It would lead too far to enurnernte separately each case and I shell here only describe the way ttf=> interrogations were conducted and the 13,690 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 kind of persuasions u s e d . "On being called u p , the prisoner was asked； have you been arrested?' to which most of the prisoners r e p l i e d , that they did not know. This was usually followed by a flogging, varying from 50-300 strokes. The instruments used for this torture I shc.M describe beloiii. " r ere the prisoners still obstinate, .e. i. , did not c o n f e s s , then further corporal punishment was inflicted. These punish- ments can be classified as follows: "a) 'The art of flogging." In this, a great variety was shown, starting with a single stick, then a rattan varying in thickness 5 followed a flogging whip with leather thongs the ends of which were weighted with me tai balls. About the meanest instru- nent however wr.s the v/hip, the leather thongs of which were provided w i t h iron hooks, which simply tore the flesh to b i t s . To deaden the cries of the tortured prisoners, the worst illtreatnents took place in a cellar, which was also used an an airraid shelter by the "police. The prisoner was usually tied to a post or manacled in a sitting p o s i t i o n , tj prevent him from attacking the police, which sometimes occurred in the b e g i n n i n g , when a prisoner went frantic under the punishment given to hiin. 13,691- "b) The next punishment w?.s by 1 electric current.' Ordinary alternating current of 110 volt was used, one terminal being fixod f. i. with a calmp to the leg and the other left free. In tiae case of the men the second terninal was connected with the arm, or if still no conTession was forthcoming to the hostrils. With the women the second terminal was sometines applied to the nipple of the breast. "c) The third degree of punishrient was 1 suffodSrxion by immersions. A towel was fixed undGr the chin and drav/n over the f a c e . Then nany buckets of water were poured into the towel so that the water gradually reached the nouth and rising further eventually also the nostrils, thus preventing hin from breathing, which resulted in his "beccsning uncon- scious and collapsing .like a person drowned.. This procedure was sonetines repeated ヲ - 6 times in suc- cession. Did the prisoner not confess, he was mostly led back to the cell to pass the night in his wet clothes. "d) T}ie next punishnent consisted of the bandaging together of tte fingers m t h a stick put between each, which were also fastened together and could be further tightened by means of a rope. This TDimishment，_it_ap，;〕ears, produced unbearable pains and 13,692- the finders rerasln for de.ys very swollen and cannot be u s e , for some time. "e) /.•lother punishment vdth which one of "the 4.jni':,ites of r.y cell was threatened, is the shaving 'cho h e a d， a f t e r "which a nunbor of cuts are m - f Licted on t.h head with a r a z o r . Those "wounds are tj"j:e-i troat< .1th tincture c:こ’iodium. r f ) Putting out cigarettes and cigars on all parts of th2 body is a very cordon p u n i s h m e n t . The prisoner is usually a s k e d , whether he wants a cigarette and whether his reply is 1 Yes' or 'No' burning cigr.rottes or cigars are put out behind his e a r s , on the n o s e , in the face and other parts of the b o d y . This u s u a l l y resuits in festering w o u n d s , which cause the so punished intense D a i n . "g) The r.ost recalcitrant, who even after ひ11 these p-unlshnents failed to confess, had f . i. the finger " b r o k e n .エ have personally set the dis- located and b r o k e n finger of a fellow p r i s o n e r . "h) One of the naanost punistments were the kicks given with hobnailed military boots into the soft parte of the body while the prisoner was sitting bound on the floor. Internal bleeding was mostly the r e s u l t . I hr.ve seen fellow prisoners, who for weeks passed blood anc! also suffered from ._—__— ^ 13,693 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 severe bleeding of the stomach. I "i) To remain standing for 4 days and nights without food and drink r.ncl to be thrashed uvury four hours by an accomplice was another penalty. "k) The 2 Nipponers ( 1 , 2 ) , chief of the police anc! his assistant took a special delight in indulging in Judo (Jujutsu - Jan. wrestling). A fellow prisoner, 50 yuars old, related how he was catapulted from one corner of the room to another, just like a ball and that only by the greatest dexterity and luck did ho contrive to fall so. that no clansge y;as done to a r m s , l e g s snd neck. For a whole yoar afterwards he still had pains in his chest and recalls with trepidation, what these two well- nourished creatures had done to a famished m a n , who was thrown about till he finally becnr.e unconscious." And then on page 18， the first paragraph: "C^ Punishnunt. At 'Bantjouj' there viere also a few nen of the Kenpei dai Nippon and sone Indonesian officers appeared occasionally for interro- gations . A p a r t fron the neans of torture already described and used by the police, they showed here a partiality for 'hanging.' The scne prisoner whose finger had been broken "by the police, was hanged by his neck till he was unconscious, then tr.ken c!ovm, 13, W revived with water and thun hanged again, x̂ llis was done five tines in succession. This sane n a n , who had been beaten ncinrly to death on several occasions and had suffered so cuch by other tortures already, was absolutely tired of life. Finally he was forced to drink the water of the latrine, so that he promptly contracted bacillic.ry dysentury The prosecution enters docunont 5754 as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT: Adnitted on tho usual terns. CLERK OF THE COURT s Prosccrt ion docuriont N o . 5754 will receive exhibit N o . 1753. (^hereupon, the docunent above re- ferred to wcis nsrked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1753 and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL D/J1STE: Mrs . H . E . Engelen, in her affidavit, gives a description of the r.ethods of Sourabaya Kenpeitai, prosecution document 5754, shov.^ng thrt the torturers nac!e no discrimination according to sex. The Konipeitcii at Batavia in particular shov/ed the nost inhuman treatment. They selected their victims by preference from anong the wives of the highest officials and lending businessren. Examples of the ill-treatnent and torture appear 13,695- fron the following affidavits: The prosecution enters docunent 574-1 for idontificr.tion, anc 1 the excerpts as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT: Adnitted on the u s u a l turns. CLERK OF THE COURT; Prosecution's dccunent N o . 5741顶ill receive exhibit N o . 1754 for identi- ficc.tion only; and the excerpts therefron Y d l l receive exhibit N o . 1 7 5 4 - A . ( r T hereupon, the docunent above re- ferred to 观こs marked proseciition's exhibit N o . 1754 for identification, and the excerpts therefron were ncrked prosGcu.tion 1 s exhibit N o . 1754—A and received in evidonce.) LIEUT. COLOEEL DAEBTE: M r s , A . D . V a n M o o k , wife of the present Lieutenant Governors-General of the Netherlands Indies who had played an active part in the fruitless so-cr.llecl econonic negoticitions be- tvjeen the Netherlands and Japan in 1940-194-1, prosecution docunent 574-1. T r ith the Court 1 s permission I will read this short a f f i d a v i t . "In the K e n p e i , Bciセavia (Building of the University of L a w ) , on July 2 1 , 1 9 4 2 , after an Interrogation, I had to sit down in the Japanese way on five sharp little b e a n s , r.ost sicilar to foot- scrapers, so tlict I cane to sit w i t h ny shins on the 13,696 I 3 4 5 6 7 S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 sharp edge. I sat there from about 11 a . m . to 4 p . n . without food and d r i n k . This was repeated tho next day from approx. 2 p . n . until 5 p . E" 1 -. The next morning the water torture was applied"! to n e , twice in succession. This lasted one h o u r , The afternoon of the next day they applied the water torture to ne once r.ore The prosecution enters docuriynt N o . 5742 for identification only and the excerpts as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terns. CLERIC OF THE COURT ； Prosecution 1 s document N o . 5742 will receive exhibit N o . 1755 for identi- fication only, and the excerpt therefron will receive exhibit N o . 1755-A. (thereupon, the document above re- ferred to was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1755 for identification, and the excerpts therefron were marked prosecution 1 s exhibit N o . 175"5-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL DAMSTE； M r s . S . M . J. Idenburg, wife of the Chief of Cabinet of the Governor-General before the w a r , prosecution document N o . 5742. The prosecution enters docurient N o . 5743， the affidavit of F . H . Loupatty, for identification, r.nd the excerpts as an exhibit. , 13,697- THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terns. CLERK OF THE COURT; Prosecution's d o c m e n t N o , 5743 will receive exhibit N o . 1756 for identifi- cation only ? end the excerpts therefrom w i l l receive exhibit N o . 1756-A. (thereupon, the document above re- ferred to was marked p r o s e c u t i o n 1 s exhibit N o . 1756 for identification, and the excerpts therefron were marked p r o s e c u t i o n 1 s exhibit N o . 1756-A and received in evidence.) L I E U T . COLONEL DAMSTEs The prosecution also enters the affidavit of S . Pattinama, docunent N o . 5744, for identification, and the excerpts as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. This is a lengthy d o c u m e n t , if you are going to read any of it. L I E U T . COLONEL D A M S T E :エ will read no more d o c u m e n t s , s i r . ca^EHK OF THE COURT : Prosecution's document N o . 5744 w i l l receive exhibit N o . 1757 for identifica- tion only, and the narked excerpts therefrom will re- ceive exhibit N o . 1 7 5 7 - 1 ("'hereupon, the document above re- ferred to YJDS parked prosecution's exhibit 13,698- N o . 1757 for identification, and the exceprts therefrom were marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1757-A and received in evidence.) THE PRESIDENT; Perhaps you should be r«ady to show your picture as soon as you finish this synopsis. That nay be before the mid-afternoon r e c e s s . The Tribunal nay decide to take the picture w h e n you finish the synopsis；エ do not k n o w . I will have to consult my colleagues about that. W e w i l l adjourn until half-past one. (Whereupon, at 1 2 0 0 , a recess was taken.) 13,699- AFTERNOON SESSION The Tribunal met, pursuant to recess, at 1330. MARSHAL OF THE COURT: The International Military Tribunal for the Fnr East is now resumed. THE PRESIDENT: Colonel r a m s t e . LIEUT. COLONEL DAMSTE: M r . President, and Members of the Court. F . H . Loupatty nna Pattinamq give a description of their own sufferings ".nd also of the nauseating torture and ill-trentment of Mrs. Van Waveren, wife of the associate director of the Java Bank, the official circulation bank. This is probably the most inhuman case. Mrs. Vin Waveren died after unremitting torture under the most miserable conditions, The prosecution enters oocument 5733 for iden- tifies tion, ana the excerpts as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usu-al terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 5733 will receive exhibit No. 1758 for identifica- tion only. The excerr>t therefrom will receive exhibit No. 1758-A. (Whereupon, prosecution f s document N o . 5733 wqs marked prosecution's exhibit E - a e 、 ； & t u d 0 . 13,700 No. 1758 for identification; ana the excerpt therefrom, bearing the same document number, wos marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1758—A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL DAMST3: The prosecution enters document 5734 for identification, =ind the excerpts is an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT: "了hnt is the last exhibit -3bout? You haven't a word of explanation. LIEUT. COLONEL LAM3TS: The explanation will be given, M r . President. TKS PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms。 CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document No. 5734- will receive exhibit N o . 1759 for identifion- tion only. Tne excerpt therefrom, bearing the snme document number, will receive exhibit N o . 1 7 5 9 - A . (Whereupon, prosecution's document N o . 573^ was marked prosecution's exhibit No. 1759 for identification; and the excerpt therefrom, bearing the s-'.ine document number, s marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1 7 5 9 - A m d received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL レ"J1STE: A special CT.se is thnt of the execution of nbout nineteen civilians at Sourai* b-iya, more thnn a week after the Japanese surrender, 13,701 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 w i t h the knowledge of Major General YAMAMOTO, the Gunseikan (Governor General) of Java at that time, as appears from his 'affidavit， prosecution document 5733, in connection with the affidavit of L r . C h . 0 . Van Der Plas, representative of the Netherlands Indies Govern- ment, prosecution document 5734. The prosecution enters document 5756 for iden- tification, and the excerpts as an exhibit. THE PRESILENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's documont N o . 5756 will racaive exhibit I\ T o. 1760 for ioeritlfi.- cation only. The excerpt therefrom will receive exhibit N o . 1760-A. ("Vhereupon, prosecution's document 1 N o . 5756 was marked prosecution_s exhibit N o . 1760 for identification. The cxcerpt therefrom, bearing the same document n u m b e r , was mgrkod prosecution's exinibit N o . 1760-}. and roceived in evidence.) LIBUT. COLONEL EAMSTE: Mo j or KATSUIvIURA, operations officer of the Java Kempeitai Headquarters, B a t a v i a , gives 3 survey of K e m p e i activity, admitting execution without セrial in tho so—called ノ ( o r "Koo") case, in which 239 persons were executed in strict secrecy； prosecution oocumont 57ヲ6, Jnvint 3106/1. 13,702 In order to settle the case as soon as possible, this case was dealt with on the spot. The investiga- tion officer decided whether to inflict the death sentence and his decision was approved by the higher officials on the authority of the commander-in-chief after examination by the staff officer for Kempei affairs at army headquarters. The prosecution enters documont 5732 as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT; Admittod on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o .ヲ 7 3 2 will receive ex!ぅibit N o . l?6l. (Whereupon, the document nbove referred to was marked p r o s e c u t i o n 1 s exhibit N o . 1761, and was received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL LAMSTE: Apart from the treatment at Kempeitai headquarters and local Kem- peitai units the normnl prisons were places of terror and misery as w e l l . The prison conditions were a lrr-ost beyond description and may easily be understood from the summary given by the head of War Crimes Section of N . E . F . I.S. , prosecution document 5732. This sumirary deals with only 38 out of the 104 prisons in Java and M a d u r a , according to the lists provided by the Japanese authorities. However, although not all 13,703- deaths which occurrco during the occupation hnvo bsen recorded, thoso lists mention th-it in the 38 prisons 1717 persons died 5 only in 1^4 cases was the ciuse of death stated. The average death rnte in the Netherlands Indies prisons in 194-0 wss 1.8 per cent. The T j ipirnng prison, nenr Bqt^viq, not included in the above 3 8 , had a daath n t e of 4 per cent in the period Mty 1,1943, till May 1，194-4, but ！ of 5% per cont in the period May 1，194-4, till May 1,! 19455 thit is, 2257 deaths in an average prison population-of 4400. The deterioration of conditions in this prison is clear from tho fnct th^t the monthly death rato increased in the last 73ir from roughly 1 per cent to 10 per cent. Tho already introduced affidavit of Professor de Vries, prosecution oocument 5750, exhibit 1751-A, contains at the end some particulars about Tjipinang prison: out of 4,000 inmates ヲ0〇 were confined in tho so-called "death ward," of ^;nom only a Chinese and tho deponent himself survived ； malnutrition ？,nd diarrhea for which no medicines were supplied• ware the main causes of death. Tha pros-acution horowith completes ths synopsis regarding the Japanese convontional war 13,704- crimes and their crimes against humanity committed in Java against the native population 5na the Allied citizens ana service personnel in this island. THE PRESIDENT: Have you another synopsis that you can finish before the mid-afternoon recess? LIEUT. COLONEL DAMSTS: I could rend the Sumatra synopsis, but all the documents are upstairs in my office, M r . President. THE PRESIDENT.- Does this picture about to show relate to Java? L I S U T . C O L O N E L D A M S T E : Y g s , s i r , it d o e s . THE PRESIDENT: Tho English text of the sound picture should appear in the transcript. Separated from the picture it mav not be worth m u c h , but we will have no record at all of it unless it aoes appear. LIEUT. COLONEL LAMSTE: I do not know whether the text of the picture can be taken down when it is shown. THE PRESIDENT: W e l l , it had better be •recorded at some time or other. LIEUT. COLONEL DAMSTE: Wg could have a separate recording of the film again, or tho sound track of tho film agoin for the raportor, Mr. President. 13,705- THE PRESIDENT: w e want the reporters to record only what happens in court before u s . LIEUT. COLOFEL DAMSTE: To prevent all difficulty we have made a description in text be- forehand for that purpose. THE PRESI.DSMT:贝ell, you may read the -- It should really be recorded as it is stated, but I understand tbere is an English sound film. Is that so? LIEUT. COLONEL DAMSTE: It is an English sound film, sir. TFE PRESIDENT: All thst we bear in t M s court should "be recorded by our shorthand report- ers , o r our court reporters, and it should be recorded as we bear it. I don't t M n k it will be beyond the ability of tbe court reporters to record it as it is stated in the sound, script, or the sound picture. I would like to know what the court re- porters think about that. If tbe reporter has the English translation she may check it as it is recorded on the sound picture. You may proceed to show the picture n o w , Colonel. LIEUT» COLONEL DAMSTE: May I add some- t M n g , M r . President? It took about three or four sessions to note down the script from the film, so 'V 13,706 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 3 I 14| - I 1 6 ； 1 7 丨 18 19 I 丨 I 22 i 23 j I 2 4 j j 25 it is not en easv job. On the other hcnr', I have no objection to pivc； the film to tbc defense to compare t M s text, the script we hrve madp, vith the film itself TFE FRKSIDENT: F r . Blewett. M R . BL r ”TlTT: If the Court please, during the progress of the picturc cprtein comments are mede from time to time by sv unseen srerkt r. It seems to us thrt uhless t u e rrrson is identififd that tbe Court sl'oUld d isregard t v o s e re.mrrks. TFE FRESIDENT:' ^c will disrrperd everything not proved in the usue.l v/e.y. LIEUT. COLONEL DAMSTE: The prosecution m t r r s document 5 7 4 0 as en eァl-.iMt. TFE PRESID^FT; ^Trrt is tbet document? LIEUT. COLOFEL DAMSTE: Stc terrent of Brigadier Blackburn. THE PRESIDENT: It is an affidavit, or £ sworn sts-tement. Admitted on the usu?1 terms. CLTRK OF TFE COURT: Prosecution's docu- ment -No. 57^0 will receive exhibit No* 17^2. (H-ercupon, the docur.rnt rbove re- ferred to was mrrked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1 7 6 2 and r e c e i v e d in cvidrn.ce.) LIET. COLOFEL DAMST'E: Ti, ith the Court's permission I will reod - it. 13,707- St&tement: "The film •Nippon Presents' has been made from an original in Java during the Japanese occupation by Japanese cameramen under Japanese direction mede film, which original film I believe was intended to five a faked impression of tbe treatment by the Japanese of their prisoners of war and of women internees. English, Australian and Dutch prisoners of war and British and Dutch von en and children v/ere forced to play an act in this filr> in the wa^ as is described by me in the introduction of the film 'Nippon P r e s e n t s 1 . "The original film was captured after the liberetion of Batavia, as I am informed and verily believe, and brought to Australia, where some of the players, who survived the ordeal of the Japan- ese camps, ppthered et. the instipetion of the Netherlands Indies Film Unit to give an idea of the real occurrances and conditions in prisoner of v/sr and women's camps in Javs. This is to certify that the stftements made by me s>nd the other actors in the Australian pert, of the film 1 Fippon Presents ‘, i.e. the parts made in Australia sfter the libera- tion, are given according to the truth as I and my co-actors experienced such truth ourselves. "I am informed, and verily believe that the 13,708 shots v/hich were interpolated in Australia have partly been taken from other Japanese films (not intended to fake the real condition, but meant to show the Japanese public the might of the Japanese forces) and for tbe other part of the films, which were made by Allied csmeramen of the can ps at Batavia after the liberation, wben conditions in these csmps had already been slightly bettered. These last slhots are not fsked but given according to tbe truth as conditions were in the end of September, 194-5." TFE PRESIDENT: The Tribunal may decide to disregard the- whole of that part tsken in Australia. Thst is to say, the pert not made by the Japanese. T don't k n o w . エ s h o u l d say tbe part -- they msy decide to reject it all except the pert msde by the Japanese and the part made on the spot just after the surrender. It is extremely doubtful how far v,e should be interested in those p&rts made in Australia, LIMIT. COLONEL DAMSTE: The prosecution enters document 5758 as an exhibit. THE PRESIDENT: v^at is it? LIEUT. COLONEL DAMSTEs It is a statement of Major Schim Van Der Loeff. 13,709- THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK or THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 5758 will receive exhibit N o . 1 7 6 3 . (thereupon, the document above re- ferred to was narked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1763 snd received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL DAMS IT: (Reeding) "In mid Sept&rber 1945 T srrived in Batavia in the suite of Admiral Patterson as Captain RFIA (reserve), in charge of e detnchment of Nethrrlsrds Indies Govern- ment； Information Service (NIGIS), including several film operators. "Shortly after our arrival we captured severs 1 Jape.np-se propaganda films, made by the Japanese in Java during the Japanese occupation. Amongst these films vァ t . film nfmed 'Australia calling‘. "Afterv^rds I have ree.d SEATIC trcnsla- tion reports JAVINT N o . 3132/2 (translation of st-tement by Capt. Y A M G A ^ A , drted 14 Dec 1945), from which I learned thrt ssid film wss mr.de from June to mid September 1943 under the direction of Capt. YAHAGA^A of the 'BEPPAN 1 (Special Intelli- gence Section of HQ 16th Army) as Chief Producer 13,710- end tl-et the film wss meant to deal witb セhe daily- life of prisoners of wpr with the purpose of crest- irif anti-war spirit in Australia. "After many discussions it w?.s decided by the NIGIS to send this film to Australia, to try and collect there the sr.mc (ex prisoners of war) players whom the J & p m c s e h?d forced to play in the film and. to insert in the Japanese film cuts from films which shoved the re?1 conditions under which the prisoners of war snd internees been living under the Japenose occupation. For these cuts were used the film reels which the film opcrrtors from NIC：IS and from other film detschrr.ents had taken on their arrival in the middle of Scpteinbcr,19^-5, in Java, especially in the prisoner of war cr.mps in the Xtl" Brttelion bcrrccks in B a t a v i a , in the prisoner of war hospitals 'I T atcr Dolorosa' end 'St. Vincent ius ' in Bate vie , and in tl~e women internment c&mps 'Tjideng' &nd 'kampojig Makassar' in B a t e v i a . "Also were used some cuts from captured Jap&ncse newsrcels, giving tbo 1 glorious victory' of the Japanese snd to show off their prisoners of v/rr at the beginning of the w a r . "In this way the new film 'Nipcon presents' 13,711 l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 was made. I can stste defiritely that the cuts which have： been inserted into the original Japanese film have not been faked like the Japanese film was, but show the real conditions in the prisoner of war and women camps in Be.tsvia as I have seen them myself in the middle of Se.ptember 19^-5." The prosecution enters document 5759, being the description anc? text of the film "Nippon Presents as an exhibit. THE FRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK 01 THB： COURT: Frosecution ! s document No. 5759 will receive eyhibit No, 1764. ( i r , horeupon, the document ebove re- ferred to was marked prosecution's exhibit No. 1764 and received in evidence.) 25 13,712 G o l d b e r g & B a r t o n 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 4 1 5 16 1 7 18 1 9 20 21 22 2 3 2 4 25 MR。 BROOKS: I 双as trying to clarify, if the Court please, what film is being shown hete, whether it is a Jr.pane.se film "Australia Calling", or a new film presented by the cuts and excerpts by the Australians called "Nippon Presents." THE PRESIDENT: I think it would be extremely dangerous for us to act on the document last tendered. For the purposes of the Australian part of the picture a nurber of wholly fictitious conversations aprear to have been introduced. That is not the kind cf evidence that a court acts on. ¥E。 BROOKS: The objection エiwas making, your Honor, v;as that the original Japanese is not being shown, the "Australia Calls", which I was under the impression was being shewn, that this is an excerpt, from that with additions; and it is objected to on the ground that it would have no probative value for this Court. THE PRESIDENT: Objection or no objection, no ‘ courx cov>ld safely act on this type of evidence in the last document tendered* LIEUT。 COLOUEL DAMSTE: Prosecution tenders the four film reels in evidence. MR. BROOKS: If the Court please, I want to objeet to the intrcduetion of any film reels that 13,713 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 3 1 4 15 16 1 7 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 have been cut ard deleted by this Australian film company. If they are the original films, "Australia Calling" as translated, we would have no objection to that. We just received these documents at n o o n . We have rot had a chance to go over all of this material. The objection is m a d e , and further ob- jection may be made later. THE PRESIDENT; Will the film include picture s tciken in ths prison camps iromsdicitely sifter the surrender of the Japanese? W e l l , it will not be necessary for you to rely on the pictures taken in Australia. LIEUT。 COLONEL DAMSTEj I may explain — THE PRESIDENT: You would be very wise not to show .he Australian section. LIEUT。 COLOFEL DAMSTE: It was not up to me to cut the film because it was entrusted to us as four reels； and so we show the four reels as we have received them. THE PRESIDENT: You say you must show the Australian picture with the Japanese? You must be able to distinguish one from the other so that if we decide to see the picture, we will be able to know what is the Japanese picture and what the Australian. LIEUT. COLOKEL DAMSTE2 I think the film is 13,714- quite clear about that, Mr. President. THE PRESIDENT: I want it to be thoroughly understood hereafter how we appreciated this picture. Yes, proceed to show the picture. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document, being four films, will be given exhibit No. 1765-A, B , C and D respectively. (thereupon, the above-mentioned four reels of film wero respectively marked prosecution's exhibit F c . 1 7 ^ 5 - A , B , C and D , and received in evidence.) ( h e r e u p o n , the motion cicture was shewn.) Written English Introduction on Screen: (Reel One) "NIPPON PRESENTS" "Ear3 v in the Pacific War the Japanese who hc.d over-run Java made a film for screening in a conquered Australia to show how well they treated their prisoners. This Japanese film fell into Allied hands. English, Australian and Dutch prisoners of war and internees 钌ere forced to play parts in it. Many of •these prisoner^ are nov; dead, victims of starvation, ill treatment and disease. Sorre survived and a few of them have been brought together here to tell volun- tarily and under a compelling sense of duty the true 13,715 I 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 3 1 4 15 16 17 18 1 9 20 21 22 23 24 25 story of hov; the Japs mnde this film. To expose this Pictorial evidence provided by the Japanese themselves of the inhuman duplicity of their gaolers, you are see this Japanese film and on the screen and audience will be some cf the survivors. They now to in the are: (UNSEEN NAERATOR:) "Introdueing: Brigadier Blackburn, Victoria Cress, AIF Wing Commander Davis, RAF Squadron Leader Shepard, BAF DSC Group Captain Koble, RAF Captain Dr. Kingma, BNIA Mrs. E . J. Johnson, Dutch born English woman Flight Officer Thomas, RAAF Private McNab, RAN Private Mickficld, AIF Private R e e d , AIF Private Willard, AIF 'Captain Ellison, AIF "Sergeant Harrison, AIF and "Annemieke." (BRIGADIER BLACKBURN): "Well, gentlemen, you have once again seen this Japanese picture in which yoa Dlayed a part. We will now show it to the public but not as the Japanese intended. The Japanese film 13,716- will be showr as they nade it and a? ^ou have seen it but after each sequence will an-near the truth -- scenes taken by Allied cameramen immediately after ^he liberation of Java. You wi" 1 1 recognize irost of these scenes and as the film unfolds your own comiT-ents will tellセhe true story. "I have had full reports from Wing Comirander Davis cind others that the Japanese had forced you tc wake this film and that officers and iren chosen had refused, to take part in i t . エ krow that 3^0u resisted to the limit;エ know that thej^ deried you food "but rti]1 you did rot vield. I know that then these cunning devils^ the Jananese, applied the only forrr of pressure which could ever make you yield. They irformed you that unless you gave ?i/ay and took part in the fi]m, they would reduce the food m t i c n to ery nan in camp and refuse ar^r medical supp] ies. エ know that vcur rred.ical o ficers informed you that if thev did thcit, many of the nriponers under vcur comircind would die. I kro*« that at one stage, 'ゾ/ing Co^r-ander Davis, were threatened with death if you did rot give -oermission to the members of your camp to take part." (CQMIAIvDER DAVIS) s "Yes, siり that is quite correct." 13,717- (BIiIG"DIIR BLACKBUF.L) j "I have investigated the whole matter fully and I krov;, gentlemen, that vou have rothing to be asharoed of, that you v;ere prepared tc resist 5 ever under the threat cf den.th, so Ifng as it on]y concerned vou vcurselves. These officers and men have been troubled in their rr'ind about having had to take part ir the ^reparation of this Japanese film. I セold theiri the^ neer! not be so troubled. They put v〜an epic of heroic resi^tarice.; thev "ave vay or.lv tc save the lives cf their com- rades determined to makx- as rany difficulties a.s possible and to turr the whole thing into a farce i f the，, c o u l d . (COHIAFDT-R DAVIS): "I discussed it with the other officers and pen. It was clear what the Japanese had iri mind but we thought that the reduction of food and refusal of modicines would cause the deaths of many of our comrades v so we had to go on. The Japanese had tc go over ths personnel of セhe camp with a fire tooth corol? to find enough fit r^er for the film. It was a tough job too. At least one camp was o： starvation purishment for sone trivial offense. The scanty rags of thousands were raked over and repaired to furrish a sufficient wardrobe to make the chasen roen loci.- decent and sone of their even got 13,718- a banana to eat." (BRIGADIER BLACKBURN) : "So nov: v ve will see the Jananese film and arcinst its lies the re-l thing urfaked." (UFSEEF M Z L A T O R )； "Japanese caEeramen made this film but this shot is intended to five the impression that our troops rade it t v e^-selves, it en whc ^ould lie rore at hope shootinp with a Brer ；ur. than v,'ith si cr.mera. Lock at themシ even the ducks '-'ere forced to act. "Ironical 5 isn't it (/ vhils these rrcn of curs vjere ir this fake librarv and su^gerv^ disease and sickness were riot throughout the camp but the Japs refused to supple the medicines which t.hey vjere holding "And as for the ^leasart chat between old friends 5 it lasted as long as it took the cameramen to shcot the scene. 'Toed 5 the thing v!e drearct and talked a"bcut, succulent beef, stea: inp bread. Ko，this is rot the J kitchon cf a prison cr.mp in Java. These scer.es were j I taken ir the kitchen cf the luxury hotel des Irdes in B a t a v i a , the Japanese headquarters. One dav a few Australians were taken out in. the belief they were '：-oing on n work detail， but were instead taken into 13,719 12345678 9 o 1234567890 12 34 5 1111111111 2 22222 the hotel kitchens. It was a rare sight for them. They saw the food, handled it, smelled it, but that was a l l - - t h e Japanese ate it. "Food eaten by the prisoners v;as little better t 1 "an garbage prepared in filthy conditions. (REEL 2) "You wi" 1 1 now see how the Japanese would have you Relieve the women lived ir their camp." (CHILDREF SINGING); "Ring around the rosy, pocket full of -cosies, ki chu, k i chu, all fall down." (WOMEN TALKING)； "Thank goodness, that's finished. "Excuse me, I am goin [ up to Mrs . Marsh with this d r e s s .エ won't be long. "Faye, come here. "Fine weather today. "I think the clothes w i l l dry quickly. "Would u like some tea? "No, thank you.ノ not today, some other time。 "It certainly is hard on m e . "V.'hat are you worrying about? "Well, when I came into this camp I did think I would be able to lose weight, instead of that エ have been putting it on daily. "What are you talking about? "Oh, it's (unintel]igible), talking about her 」 13,720- figure "p-ain "Hello, everybody, I finished this frock, Mrs。 Snipe. "Oh, thanks, it's very p r e t t y . "You did it so quickly. " W e i 1 , v c u wanted it in a hurry. C o m e , let 1 g -i-ry it on Joyce ard see how it fits. Come on v J o y c e s h e w evervbody your r;icc nev; dress. "Do ycu like th&se records? "(unintelligible) can't get records any m o r e , so f r o m now or we cannot play anv more." (臓。 J O H N S O N ) : "For the first few r onths con r 'itior!S were really not so bad in our camp. It wns^p]tasニntly placed, the food was good enough, and we hr.d reasonable enough freedom. We lived in fact in a fool's paradise. W h e n the Ja^s had rrade the scenes you have just seen, w e l l , that vvas the end. We were whisked off to the germ-laden, rat- infcsteel, filthy, sluirory., bugbreeding slums you see of Batavia, a forlorn mess of modern misery, of brutal beatirgs and indignitic-s, of degrees of fever, weevils, lice, weevily rice and utter hopelessness. That is what Java re:mt to us from then on." (UNSEEN SPEAKi: T, )s Loot at this little girl, where she gets the drinking water I 13,721- 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 3 14 15 16 17 18 19 •!0 21 22 2 3 2 4 25 "And rov; Nippon presents sone delightful bathing scenes. Two，..ours the Japs spent taking these lovely bathing scenes. This vp.s the only swim these boys had 一一 two ト o u r s during three and a half years of ！ronotonous Fisery. "For the fishing；, elever men were given sticks "with string to dargle in the water. That was all the fishing they got. ( H G COM^ANDSR DAVIS) ； ''Allow me to intro- duce you to a camp' s bathroom and shc¥?ers. Look, no vjor^.er that u3 cers and skin diseases got irr st of u s . (KilDIO) s "The report of enemy losses in our previous arnoiir-cement regc-.r-ding the Third Sclomcns Sea Battle is revised as followss Sunk? 2 battle- ships , 1 1 cruisprs, 3 or 4 destrovers, and 1 trar^port. Heavily damageds 1 battleship, 3 cruisers, £ or 7 destroyers and 3 transports (PlilSOlJER C F 、 • OFFICrHS) : "Hey, there, what about a cup of tea? "Thank you,平e sure w i l l . "Hello. "Just got the rews on the radio too. "Pretty varm. "Yes, it's warir. all right. 13,722- 1 " T h a n k y o u . J a c k . 2 " T h a n k s . 3 "No；, t h a n k s . 4 " H e l l o , p y f r i e n d , wellラ w h a t ' s t h e n e w s ? 5 (S(„UAD T '0N L I A D I S SIITTARD) s l.'ith r e s e r v a t i o n s 6 i t w a s q u i t e a re询s f.rom J a p a n . 7 " P r e t t v t o u g h e n u s w h e n w e h e a r t h a t t h e 8 Airerican p r o p a g a n d a b r o a d c a s t s a ^ s rrost o f u s h:ive 9 b e e n k i l l e d . 10 " Y e s ；, i t ' s s u r e h a r d o n u s . 11 " E v e n a s I h e a r d t h e r a d i o エ r e a l i z e d t h e 12 w h o l e t h i n ? w a s f a k e d . I 〜vaョ o h v i o u s l y l i s t e n i n g 13 tc a v o i c e t r a n s m i t t e d froro t h e nearb , ! r r o o m . W e 14 h a d n o r a d i o i n c a m p . A f t e r 1 9 4 2 a l l r e l i g i o u s 15 s e r v i c e s 5 c o n c e r t s a n d e d u c a t i o n a l l e c t u r e s f o r - 16 b i d d e n ii 17 ( P R I S O N E R S O F W A R ) s " W a r s u r e l y m.〕.kes l i v e 18 m e n d e r.d 5 d e a d m e n a l i v e . 19 "I T l" 1 m a k e n o r n k e y b u s i n e s s , r.s. l o n g a s iO m\r w i f e l-:.nows ェ'n 1 a l i v e 5 t h i n g s will, b e a l l r i g h t . 21 " I c a r e v e n s e e h e r . 22 11 s'hat d o y o u thinl< o f t h i s , v e r y r i c e 5 i s n ' t 23 i t ? 24 " D o ^-ou thinli s h e 1 1 1 a p p r e c i a t e t h a t ? 25 , p: r ell, m a y b e mマ t a s t e i s r.ot t h e b e s t , b u t I 13,723- nr： sure she'll appreciate the gesture. She 1 s an A - l l a s s . That is proved by her letters. "There he roes agr.in 一 - you irnrried rer. "However, I v/ns quite pleased to get a letter f row home 一一 一 it v;as an ergovable -orient, in the letter she said she was busy training for air raid ?ur-?T]. (one line uriintelligible.) "B" the tiire we get "back I wonder what will have becc-e of our horn.es. "I sure '.vou" 1 d like to get home to try fv luck at Pcrnir.gton again. "Well v }/ou won't see iT ,e there, for once I ar cairpir.g or the pirl friend，？ doorstep. "Yes, roe too. "I ar̂ going to irake my wad then I vill settle devn o; a nice little fr.rm. "Yes 5 the sooner it is the better. (SC.UADPON LEADIR SffiFAHD) : Conditions of livin? declined as tir’e went on until It was quite r^lain that we were cf ro acccunt to the Japs. Inter- na tioral a'-reererts huranit^riar. Drir.ci^les re ant nothing to their kost of us lucky enough to survive h,ive suffered in health riue solely tc. the corditions under v;hich v;e were forced tc live. Hユd the Japanese tal en the slightest irterest ir our i^el-'c.re, many of 厂 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 1 3 1 4 1 5 16 17 18 1 9 20 21 22 2 3 13,724 our cornrades w ould have teen alive xoday. (UKSE现 SPEAKER): "One t w o , one two -- "Even this carefree happy game of terris was merely arother prisoner's drill under the orders of a guard. (PRIVATE REED): "By J o v e , Mick, you made the rost of that funny face of y o u r s . Remember when you used to iir.itatfi the cuckoo bird and had the Nips rur丄in【- around the camp locking for the bird? Can vou still dc it?" (Laughter) (PRIVATE MICKFIrLD): "I still can." (demon— strr.ting cuckoo birrl imitation.) (FLIGHT OFFICER THOMAS): "What about the fancy cricket match I umpired? We certainly pulled their le that time. They didn't know we were making ud our ovm ru" 1 es as we went along. I gave batsiren out whenever エ felt like it and the "boys played up to it. Never was a cricket played as we played it that d a y . (FRISONr^.S CF I'i'ATO: "How is that? "Out:" E F D OF RIEL TWO 25 13,725 l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 3 1 4 1 5 16 17 18 1 9 20 21 22 2 3 2 4 25 REEL 3 UNSEEN SPEAKER: n S u r c , v;c pickcd men hrd our fun that d?y but r. few months later not mr;ny of us were even iblc- to lift a cricket b e t , l e t rlonc r u n , jbut let B r . Kingmr. who wrs also interned tell you rbout it." . UNSEEN SPEAKER: "Far from being r.blo to rilay crickct or r.ny other gtmes, these poor men suffered from all the di ̂ ccses resulting from stcrvr.tion; beri- beri WP.s only one of them. Thv. hosnitol scenes you are ！:bout to see v;cre fc.ked from beginning to end. The Jrpanese took a group of Austrrlians to this hospital in B r t a v i a . Trr.gic to think thrt the men w h o posed for this mock trGRtmint were then still h e r l t h y , while the really sick men in the crmps could not ？ct the trcnt- ment ；::nd the; drugs the y so urgently needed." NUN: "How r.re you todry?" PATIENT: "Fine , thc.nk you." D R . KINGMA: "Pretty, wrsn't it? In f： ct, i d c c l . Y ( s, but the truth v/as quite d i f f e r e n t . In tho prisoner of war hospitrl where エ v, T orkc:d rs c doctor the Jrpnnese stole； the X-rry plant, the rcdium p.nd surgicrl instruments. How the- hospitr.ls rcr.lly w e r e , w e l l , look for yourself." . \ ' v h c l .J-n&M o r s t 13,726 l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 li 12 1 3 14 1 5 16 17 18 1 9 20 21 22 23 2 4 25 UNSEEN SPFAKFR; "This delightful mountain rtsort used by the Japanese Officers of the High Com- mend wfs chosen rs r:n occasion for the scones of this Jcpcnt.se film. "One dry the Australinn camp wrs gone over for men who still looked fit enough to r.ct the part of heppy sportsmen. They were told to be hs^py, thrt they could plr.y billiards, swim, drink beer, t)lry golf, r.nd er.t good food. 1 1 "Actuslly they did hrve c： sv/im and plsycd e. gome of billirrds." GOLFER: " (Unintelligible) . " . t h i s sure keeps mc fit." DAVIS; Hoppy sportsmen indeed こnd then bc.ck to the br.rbod w i r e , the hcr.t, the dirt, the wer.rincss end worst of sll to be herded end hounded by Jr.pp.ncse scum." UNSEEN SPEAKFR? "Some of these pr,rticul:?r scenes rrt from crptured Jc.pr.ncse nov/s reels mrde before the liberation of•parts outside Jpvr 5 they were exhibited with gloating pride through tho one time JepanosG Empire SPIAKER UNSEEN; "You r‘rc rbout to see one of the most unnpturcl of ell sconcs -- r fr.kcd reunion of Dutch prisoners nnd their sweethearts, ？/ives, end 13,727 I 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 IS 1 9 20 21 22 23 2 4 25 children. Those who cttcmpted to cmbrcce in c nrtursl Wc.y were pulled r.pr.rt by guards and mcde to cmbrrcc to order in front of tho coracrr. (Sccnc showing fc.mily. Dialogue in language other then English.) "Hoy folks, comc hero ANNEMIEKE: "I cm D u t c h . M y nnme is Annomitikc Mcmmy end I wore in r： cr‘mp in Jr.va. But it wr.sn't reclly like thct; it vies more like this, only sometimes much worse. 1 1 AMNEMIIKE: "I wc.sn' t very nrughty end I helped mammy is m u c h es I could (Sccne showing men writing letter:) McNAB: "They grvc mc pc-n c.nd psper r.nd told m、to write c.letter. I strrtcd to write but not whr:t I vjcs thinking. A n English sncrking Japanese girl spoke the words yon. will herr rncl which I wr；s supposed to be w r i t i n g , but if I hed be'en free to express myself this is whr.t I would hove described." UNSEEN WOMAN: "Todry is Visitor's D a y — r dcy of joyful £.nticipr:tion for the Dutch soldiers end r： dry of sorrow for us r.s we hrve no one to call on u s . N e v e r t h e l e s s ? l o o k i n g r.t the hrppy families c.nd sv/eethcrrts reunited in r.n rtmosphere of love r.nd happiness brings mc closcr to you in thought. As I 13,125- 1 s i t w r i t i n g エ rc.crll t h e hr.ppy t i m e s w e h r d t o g e t h e r . 2 M y f i r s t h o u r h o m e w i l l b e ( u n i n t e l l i g i b l e ) . M y 3 t h o u g h t s e r e o f h o m e こnd y o u , o f k m g r r o o s c^nd l o v e l y 4 b G o c h e s h e r o r m i d s t s n r t m o s p h c r e o f I v/onder 5 w h e t y o u r r c d o i n g n o w . E v e r y t h i n g c s n b e be? r ? b l c r.s 6 e v e r y f a c i l i t y is g i v e n u s , b u t w i t h o u t y o u i t is l i k e 7 r. v e i n e f f o r t t o k e e p b o d y r n d s o u l t o g e t h e r . M y one 8 w i s h is t o g e t h o m o e n d t o y o u whenr； n o t h i n g c r n nic k c 9 m c leavt： y o u cgciin." 10 M c M B : " E v e n ray t e n r s w e r e fr k e d . T h e y 11 i p o u r e d s o m e k i n d o f s t u f f in' m y e y e s t o mr.kc t h e m 12 w c t c r , P r o t t y p o w e r f u l s t u f f , t o o , c.s I d i d n ' t s t o p 13 c r y i n g f o r dr.ys." 14 15 16 17 • • 18 19 20 21 22 23 1 24 25 13,729- 5 i HEEL 4 . SPEAKER UNSEEN: "Rich for a couple of min- u t e s . ^nly the first two envelopes contained m o n e y , which h$d to be given back, of course. The others were just padded." HARK IS Oi^: "The best beer I ever h a d . Remem- ber the wcy I swigged the last of that? Another bot- tle , a n d before they could stop m e , that w e n t too." REED: Y e s , I remember. And after seeing v;here it went I saw an ugly look on the Nip's face, so エ scrammed." HAKRISOIM: "Thct v;as your d a y , all r i g h t . You also had that big s t e a k .エ only smolled it." REED: By g u m , that \ms good. One of the Nips asked me if I could eat a f e e d , I told him エ could eat two feeds instead of o n e . They took me in there and fed me a bite of steak and said: 'Est it as if you enjoy it. 1 W e l l ,エ did not - - - I tried to tell the camera with m y eyes v/hat was going on. I hope you got m e . A n y w a y , I seemed to make a pretty good job of it, at least the Nip said 'Goto' which means 'very good', and let me finish the lot." "How are y o u , Doc?" "How much are these films?" "How much for this scle?" 13,730- 'JReninds m e , I will have a toothbrush, too." "Cheerio." SPEAKER UNSEEN: "The beer you see on the tables was tea. Tubby Heed and I had the only real beer." SPEAKER UNSEEN: "Yes, it was a lucky day for a few. The rest of the prisoners carried on with their usual starvation rations." (Scene in women's dress shop.) "Good afternoon." "Gray, do you think this will fit my kid?" "What, the big one?" "No, the new one. 1 ' "How many have you got?" "Five." "Five? Oh, noi" "Yes." CAPTaIW ELLISON: "I was one of the men you have just seen strolling through the streets of Bandoeng. The joke is, my friend, Gracie A l l e n , who was buying the frock certcinly had a daughter, but she was 18 years of age. We hcd no money so they gave us a fistful of Japanese invasion money, which they took from us immediately after the transaction. The tv;o shop girls were Dutch internees dressed up 13,731- for the occasion and given special hairdo. During the whole of this farce our guards with fixed bayonets follov/ed us just outside of camera range. Finally they replaced our prisoner of wer badges and hustled us back behind the bcrbed wire." (Scene behind barbed wire enclosure.) NOBLE: "At dawn one day 500 of us were assembled in the hospital grounds where a large cross had been pieced, its base inscribed 'Lest We Forget. r When General SAITO and his staff came on, a religious cersmony commenced. It wes impressive. We began to think that the Nips must have a grain of decency in them after all. But て/hen General SAITO read his speech, and the cameramen shooting, and then re-reading it to let them get close-ups and we saw the shoddy cardboard cross swaying in the w i n d , and v/e realized that the barbed wire had been camouflaged with broken branches, and the machine guns trained on us were hid- den in the distance, then we tumbled to the farce it v/as. The reverence v;ith which we Christians observe our faith became no more than a mockery and an insult to our fallen comrades (Scene showing Memorial Service.) English inscription on screen: "Wg treat w e l l our enemy soldiers We 13,732- protect them May their spirits rest in peace in Heaven." (Scene showing burial ground.) SPEAKER UNSEEN: "Only under compulsion after the liberation did the Japanese provide even the simplest of burial decencies for our comrades who did not survive. Those we won't forget." THE PHESIDENT: We will recess for fifteen minutes. (Whereupon, at 1450, q recess was taken until 15〇5， after which the proceedings were resumed as follows:) LEENHEER DIRECT 13,733 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 li 12 13 14 1 5 16 1 7 18 19 20 21 22 23 2 4 25 MARSHAL OF THE COURT: The International Military Tribunal for the Far East is now resumed. THE PRESIDENT: Colonel Damste. LIEUT. COLONEL DAMSTE: M r . President, I ask permission to call Major Leenheer to the witness stand. C O R N E L I S C . L E E N H E E R , called as a witness on behalf of the prosecution, having first been duly sworn, testified as follows: DIRECT EXAMINATION BY LIEUTENANT COLOKEL DAMSTE: Q Your name is Cornells C . Leenheer? A Y e s , sir; that is correct. Q What is your nationality? A Dutch. Q Do you prefer to speak in Dutch? A Y e s , sir, I will try. THE PRESIDENT: His English seems to be quite good. 。 I n English? A Y e s , sir. Q You are a major in the British Army? A I am a civilian attached to the British Army, officer's status of the rank of major. w o 1 fo:Y e 1 d e n 13,734 LEENHEER DIRECT Q What was your occupation prior to the w a r , Major? A I was an employee of the United States Rubber Company in Kisaran, Sumatra, Dutch Indies. THE PRESIDENT; Speak close to the micro- phone , w i t n e s s . Q And what was your duty? A I wan an agricultural assistant. 0 What V e r e your principal duties? A Control of native labor, welfare, adminis- tration and welfare of the laborers. Q Where were you at the time of the surrender Sumatra? A I was on guard duty in the protection camp Lawesegalagala in Atjeh Province, Sumatra. was a protection camp of the wives and children the native soldiers. Q Did you resume your normal occupation after that ゥ A Y e s , I d i d . Q Were you interned by the Japanese afterwards? A Y e s , I was interned on the 17th of March, 1943. Q In which camps were you confined until the Japanese surrender? of at It of 13,735 LEENHEER DIRECT A I was first interned in Sungei Sengkol C a m p in the Medan area and on the first of October, 1944, we were transferred to Si Rengo Rengo in the Rantaau Prapat area. The Rantaau Prapat area was about two hundred miles from the capital of Sumatra, Medan, situated in the southern part of north Sumatra. Q Did you have any special occupation in the camps? A I worked in the kitchen for about two years and the last year also woodchopper. Kitchen people worked on two iobs because the rest were too w e a k to w o r k . Q W h a t did you do after your release? A After my release from the camp on the 31st of October., 1945, I went back to Medan and on the 21st of January, 1946 I joined the N o . 4 W a r Crimes Investigation Team in Medan under Colonel Read-Collins. Q What was your duty at Fedan? A Administration of the war crimes investi- gation interrogations. Q What persons did you interrogate? A I interrogated Japanese s u s p e c t s .エ interrogated officials of the Japanese Army at their headquarters at B i n d i e i , and some internees. LEENHEEH DIRECT 13,736 Q Did you read reports on all civilian internment camps of internees? A Y P S , I d i d . 0 You think you have a comprehensive knowledge of conditions in such camps? A Y r s , I think so. Q Do you have any notrs on those canps made at that tine or shortly afterwards? A Y e s , I have some, Q 池 a t was the attitude of the Japanese head- quarters regarding your investigations? A They seemed quite cooperative but very un- satisfactory. The reasons for the unsatisfactory results w p r e , as far as they gave u s , that all the documents, the original documents, were burned on the 15th of A u g u s t , 1ヮ 4 5 , aftpr an order by the Southern Expeditionary C o r p s . Q When did you leave Sumatra? A I left Sumatra on the 11th of September, 1946. Q And then you came to Tokyo? A Y e s , sir. Q And what is your position here? A I am connected with the British minor war crimes here in Tokyo. Q Is that Legal Section of the Supreme Command i 13,737 LEENHEER DIRECT for the Allied Powers? A Legal Section, SCAP； yes, sir. Q What happened to your family when you were interned? A My wife was already interned on the 17th of July, 1942 in the Tand^ong Balai Camp after having been confined to the house for about four months. トhe stayed in Tandjong Balai Camp until May, 1945, and was then transferred to tho Rantaau Prapa七 area, Aek Pamin'ke Camp. We didn't see each other from the 17th of July, 194-2 uv till September, 194-5. Q Was there any communication by letter? A No, never. P I asked you about your family; you have no ckildrec? A Yes, sir; two at that time. They were interned too. Q Have you any idea how many civilians were interned in Sumatra and of what nationality they were? A Between about twelve and thirteen thousand, of which about thrae hundred British, a few Americans, some Czechs, Belgians and a majority Dutch. Q How many civilian internment camps existed in Sumatra during the war? A There have been about seventy but towards the LEEWHEER DIRECT 13,738 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1 9 20 21 22 23 2 4 25 end in the last year there were three areas. The north Sumatra area consisted in Rantaau Prapat; the middle Sumatra area, Bangkinang Camp; and the south Sumatra area, Pungkal Pinang Camp. Q Were there many shufflings of internets? A Yes. Q Reshufflir.gs? A Yes, there were very many. Q What was the result of re^huffllngs? 1 m ® a n to th& belongings. A Well, every time after every reshuffling we lost something p.gain. We came into the camp with a small amount of luggage. Q Did general conditions differ in different camps? A Yes, they differed in this way, that.the conditions in every new camp were worse than in the former one. LEENHEER DIRECT 13,739 Q 1,:r hat methods of transportation were used in the moving of civilians in S m a t r a ? A I， myself, wcs transferred only by train, but the other means which vorere used in Sumatra were trucks, tranwsys, trains， ships. When our canp was transferred from Sungei Sengkel to Si Rengo Rengo Camp,' we had to break up at five o'clock in the morn- ing. Y'e had to v/r.lk about five miles through the r.ud with our belongings to this station where we were put onto thy train. Our car was a half-open cattle wagon the size of which was about 7 by 30 feet. Every wagon contcined men. The first part of the trip took 12 hours. rr e arrived at Kisaran about eight o'clock at night, where we got our first meal of the day. also got our first opportunity to relieve ourselves there. v r e were exposed the whole night to the rain end to mosquitoes. v ，e str.yed over night in that station, and the next clcy we went home to Rantaan Prapat. During the daytine we were exposed to the sparks of the engine. The engine was a wood burner. It gc.ve out many sparks, and many people suffered of burn wounds. T " f hen we arrived at Rantaan "Prapat at afeowt five o 1 clock in the evening \ie ̂ ore told that we G r e e n b e r s & sPrat t would have to T .7alk another fivo ir.ilys to the car.p. 13, 740 LEENHEER DIRECT When we protested to the Japanese officer in charge, being Colonel SADA — Colonel SADA \7C.s the chief of the i n t e r m e n t canp office in Sunatra. We asked for trucks, anyhow, for the sic!: r.nc! the luggage. The only answer v;cs that he told the Japanese and the Indonesian guards to get us on the nova, and they got us on the move with their rifle butts and sticks. The sick and the old who couldn't go on during the r.arch were left behind, vath t.ne of us with theti, luggage being carried with the others. They were later on picked up by Japanese trucks who were avail- able after a l l , I havu sone notes on the transport of 2,200 wonen c.nd children fron Padang Canp to Padang Jail, which is part of a sworn statement. An I allowed to road this, M r . President? THE PRESIDENT: Only if you cannot recollect without thu notes， Co.n you not recollect the substance of what happened without reading your notes? THE WITNESS ： W e l l , I was not present r.yself, but I can recollect sonething about it. Two thousand, two hunclrecl？jonen and children were told in the norning that they had to move to the jail in Padang over a distc.nce of about one kilometer. No transport was allowed. They "were dragging and pushing luggage over the road. The c o m a n d e r , 13,741 LELNHEiJl DIRECT Lieutenant T S U K H S H I , rode m the road, up r.nd down in c. car, £nc! laughing £ll the tine. They were crowded in the jail,"which wrs originally meant for 600 criminals» Out of 2,200, mr,ny of then could not find a place for the first two or three nights. They hc.dl to sleep in thy open, in the rain r.nd in the nos qui toes. T'au reasons given for this transfer \?as, according to th^ Jr.panuse, thet the whole co.r.p hこd to "be used "by the riilitsry troops. According to the camp loaders, however, it wr.s neant as a punishment for the consistent refusal of supplying girls for the Japanese canteens. THE PRESIDENT: ,5T hat were the girls to do in the canteans? THE T " r ITMESS ；ド'ill you repeat your question, sir? C" T here-upon, the last q-uestion vcs r^ad by tho official court reporter.) THE ^ T ITFESS: Tho re was no explanation given vfh'.t tht girls had to do. 13,742 LIIKHEER DIRECT BY LIFUT。 COLOKEL DAMSTE (Continued)s Wha,t kind of accomirodation was provided for the internees in your camp? A In Si Rengo Renpo Camp we had specially- built huts with a space of about two feet by seven for each T>erson -- two feet by seven feet for each •person. There was a so-called double decker -- that means that there one row over the other on the height of about five feet. Every hut contained 220 people. They were built of wood and dry grass. Q Were they well iraintained? A The maintenance was very bad, and they were originally built very bad. After the first heavy rain slushes in the rainy season, seven out of nine were leaning over, and they had to be propped up; and the first one collapsed a few days after the surrender.- Q What was the nature of the camp surroundings? A The camps which were situated in the rubbefv states had nlentv of shadow trees. But the camp like Si Pen go Rengo had 110 trees at all. It was situated in a valley which consisted only of alpha grass. During the daytime the internees, when they wanted some shadow, had to stay in the. huts. Q How about sanitation? A Sanitation in most of the camps was un- 13,743 LF.ENKEER D I R E C T 2 3 4 5 6 7 S 9 10 11 12 13 1 4 15 16 1 7 IS 19 20 21 22 2 3 2 4 25 satisfactory. Whatever buildings were used, the buildings were rever meant for the amount of Decmle which were always crowded in those buildirgs. S o , sanitation, the lavatories and ”ater supply v.!as always short. Even in the new-built camp like Si Rengo Rengo, there were only twenty lavatories for two thousand people. They were made only as holes in the ground and were absolutely unsatisfactory. They were rebuilt by the internees themself. Water supply was in irost camps from rivers or wells. Si Rengo Rengr had only a big river to pet the water out. The rivers in Sumatra always muddy; the water was muddy, too. Q Was medical attention provided? A Yes, in the form of a medical orderly who didn't know anything about medical matters. But every camp had its own Allied doctor. W h e n , as at scire time s, it was necessary to remove a patient to the hospital for sorae urgent operation, the Allied doctor had to ask the medical orderly for his cor.sent. Q What about hospitals? A The hospitals were in the sare state as the ordinary camp buildings. Every camp had a special "barrack which was too small and too "badly "built to give it the name of a hospital. Especially when the 13,744 LEENHEER DIRECT 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 1 3 1 4 15 16 8 9 o 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 epidemic broke out, they could contain only about twenty per cent of the sick people, and the rest hr d to stay in their own barracks. Q Were medical instruments provided? A No. They were not provided, but some of the doctors succeeded in smuggling their own instru- ments with them. Q What were the most frequent diseases that needed pedical treatment? A Malaria, dysentery, tropical ulcers. Q Were medical sunplies provided? drugs and dressings? A Yes. They were provided but very scarce. I give you an example； In Si Pengo Rengo Camn we received 1500 hundred pills of quinine for two months supply. They were pills of one-third gram which gave you five hundred grams of quinine. There is two hundred fifty grans a month for over two hundred malaria patients, I mean with malaria • patients 一- two hundred malaria patients who had an attack. There were over six hundred out of the two thousand in the camp viho were suffering from malaria. I, myself, had malaria, and I had to wait eleven attacks or twenty-two days before I got one gram of quinine. There were never any drugs pro- 13,745 LEEWHEER DIRECT 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 5 16 1 7 18 19 20 21 22 23 2 4 25 vided for the dysentery. We had i'big epidemic of dysentery in June and July, 19^5. The only treat- ment given was then, you were taken to the hospital, and everybody hoped that it would stop. Q What ：仙out dressing of wounds? A For dressing of wounds we used old rags and kind ©f rags rade from banana trees. Q Were the Japarese short of medical sup- plies? A After the war, after the surrender was announced, big supplies of quinire and other drugs were sent to the camps. Huge stores of supplies -- all kird of medical supr>3-ies -- were four.d in the supply depots in Me dan and Seantar after the war. Q .Japanese stuff? A Japarese and pre-war stuff. Quinine was, according to the doctors, sufficient for a normal supply of the Sumatra population for about two years. Q Were any of Bed Cross medicines supplied? A Only once there were P.ed Cross nedicines supplied but, according to' the doctors, of very insignificant 一 一 TflF PRESIDENTS We will adjourn until half- past nine tomorrow morning. (Whereupon, at 1600, an adjourn- ment was taken until Friday, 27 Deceirber 1946 at 0930.) NOT：.: T h e attached pngos nro corrected pag.js nnd should b e substituted for the c o r r e s p o n d i n g pagc-s in t h e r e c o r d • 13,614- Thursday, 26 D e c e m b e r , 1 9 4 6 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL FOR THE FAR EAST Court House of the Tribunal War Ministry Building Tokyo, Japan The Tribunal m e t , pursuant to adjournment, at 0930. Appearances: For the Tribunal, same as before with the exception of: HONORABLE JUSTICE D . JAEANILLA, Member from the Republic of the Philippines and HONORABLE JUSTICE JU-AO M E I , Kember from the Republic of China, not sitting. For the Prosecution Section, same as before, For the Defense Section, same as before. The Accused: All present eycept OKAWA, Shumei, who is represented by his counsel. (English to Japanese ond Japanese to English intorprctation was made by the Language Section, IlfTFE.)
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