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糊 赠 t o ® 減 培 ネ/ダク 2 JANUARY 1947 ェ N D E X Of V1TKESSES Prosecution's Witnesses Page van Nooten, John Charles s Lieutenant, Australian Imperial Forces (resumed) 14022 Cross by M r . Brooks (cont'd) 14022 » " M r . Blewett 14024 " " M r . Levin 14037 » » M r . SHIMANOUCKI 14043 Redirect by L t . Colonel Mornsne 140ヲ0 (Witness excused) 14051 Doc. Pros. N o . N o . ジ 4 1 7 1 8 2 1 5417 1821-A 5302 1822 ヲ 3 0 2 1822-A 53〇1 1823 5301 1823-A 5306 1824 Def. I N D E X Of EXHIBITS Description Affidavit of Ian Farquhar Macrae Excerpt therefrom For In I dent. Evidence 14052 Affidavit of Private Verdun Clive Ball of the 8th Division, Australian Army Service Corps 14053 Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of Private John Leslie Searant 140^4 Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of Potinus Boediman (Menadonees) 14054 14052 14053 14054 5306 1824-A Excerpt therefrom 14054- I N D E X Of D o c . P r o s . D e f . N o . N o , N o . 5297 1825 5297 5298 5298 5299 5299 5300 5300 5399 1825-A 1826 1826-A 1827 1827-A 1828 1828-A 1829 5399 1829-A 5303 1830 EXHIBITS (cont'd) Description Affidavit of Flying Denis Brian Mason Royal Air Force Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of Flying Denis Brian Mason Royal Air Force Excerpt therefrom Officer of the For I dent 14056 Officer of the 14057 Affidavit of Leading Aircrafts- man Henry Kitteringham of the Royal Air Force 14059 Excerpt therefrom Extract from the War Diary of 2/5 Australian General Hospital of 12 September 1945 14061 Excerpt therefrom Report dated 14 September 194-5 on Recovered Prisoners of War by Officer in Charge, Medical Division 2/5 Australian General Hospital 14062 Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of 1st Lieutenant P a u l Alfred vStansbury of the U . S. Army Air Force I n Evidence 14056 14057 14059 14061 14062 14063 5303 1830-A Excerpt therefrom 14063 I N D E X D o c . Pros. No, N o . 5223 1831 5223 1831-A 5442 1832 5379 1833 5379 1833-A 5378 1834 5378 1834-A ？388 1835 5388 1835-A 405 1836 405B 1836-A 405A 1836-B 5390 1837 5390 183 7-A Of EXHIBITS (cont'd) Description Interrogation of Warrant Officer YOSHIZAKI, Kiyosato Excerpt therefrom Synopsis of Evidence - New Britain Affidavit of Major Charles Henry Bicks of the Australian Imperial Forces Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of former Captain Charles Walter Kendall of 18 Australian Infantry Brigade Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of former Captain Alan Staden Palmer Excerpt therefrom ATIS Bulletins Excerpts therefrom Excerpt from a captured Diary and the Record of a Statement made by a Japanese Prisoner Statement by Sepoy Bachan Singh of 1/13 F.F.R. For Ident. 14065 14067 14069 1 4 0 7 2 14073 In Evidence 14065 14067 14067 14069 14072 1 4 0 7 4 1407? 14080 Excerpt therefrom 14080 f o e N D I N D E X D o c . Pros» D e f . N o . N o , N o . 5384 1838 5384 1838-A 5391 1839 5 3 9 1 1 8 3 9-A 5382 1840 5382 5383 53 83 5380 5380 5381 5381 5386 1840-A 1841 1841-A 1842 1842-A 1843 1843-A 1844 Of EXHIBITS (cont'd) Description Sworn Statement of Jemader Abdul Latif of the 4/9 Jat Regiment Excerpt therefrom Sworn Statement of Lance Corporal Dina Nath of 3/17 Dogra Regiment Excerpt therefrom Sworn Statement of Private Chain Singh of 2/12 Frontier Force Excerpt therefrom Statement by Japanese Lance Private 1ASUAICA, Masaji Excerpt therefrom Statement by Japanese Lance Private YASUAKA, Masaji Excerpt therefrom Sworn Statement of Private Lakhu Ram Excerpt therefrom Sworn Statement of Jemader Chint Singh For Fo: Ident. Evider 14088 1408〔 14089 1408S 14090 14091 14092 14093 14094 1409C 1409' 1409 1409 5386 1844-A Excerpt therefrom 1409- I N D E X D o c . P r o s . D e f . N o . N o . N o . 5387 184-5 5387 1845-A 5229 1846 5229 1846-A 5385 1847 5385 1847-A 5314- 1848 5314 1848-A 5389 1849 5389 409 409A 5^45 1849-A 1850 1850-A 1851 Of EXHIBITS (cont'd) Descritrbion Sworn Statement of Sergeant Hamir Singh of 2/12 Frontier Force Excerpt therefrom Record of Interrogation of Japanese Captain 0 N 0 , Satoru Excerpt therefrom Record of Interrogation of Japanese Captain K A T O , Kihachiro For In Ident. Evidenc 14095 14096 Excerpt therefrom Netherlands Forces Service Report Excerpt therefrom Netherlands Forces Service Report Excerpt therefrom ATIS Bulletin Excerpt therefrom Synopsis of Evidence Britain Intelligence Intelligence 14097 14098 14101 14101 14095 14096 New 14-097 14098 14101 14102 14104 I N D E X D o c . P r o s . D e f . N o . N o . N o . 5311 1852 5311 1852-A 5312 1853 5312 18 53-A 5313 1854 5313 1854-A 5400 1 8 5 ヲ 5400 1855-A 5 4 0 1 1 8 5 6 5401 1856-A 5402 1857 Of EXHIBITS (cont'd) Description r Record of Evidence given by Private William C o o k , 2/10 Australian Field Ambulance Excerpt therefrom Record of Evidence of Driver 7/ilkie Desmond Collins Excerpt therefrom Record of Evidence of Private Hugh Joseph Webster Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of Lieutenant W o n g Yo Sin of 200 Battalion 67 Division Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of Major Sin of 3rd Field Army Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of Major Sin of 3rd Field Army- Lee W a i Volunteer Lee W a i Volunteer For Ident, 14105 14109 14110 14-112 14112 In Evidence 14105 14109 14110 14112 14112 14113 5402 1857-A Excerpt therefrom 14113 I N D E X D o c . N o . Pros. N o . D e f . N o . 5393 1858 5393 1858-A 540斗1859 5405 1859-A 5405 i860 5405 1860-A 5406 1861 5406 l86l“A 5 4 0 7 1 8 6 2 5407 1862-A 5408 1863 Of EXHIBITS (cont'd) Description Affidavit of Captain Liu W e i Pao of the Chinese National Army Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of Captain Yung Pang Fae of the Central Volunteer Chinese Army- Excerpt therefrom Record of Evidence of Shier Tchen Tse Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of Captain Cheung Yee Y u of the Third Field Volunteer Army Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of Lieutenant Tan B a i Ming of the Central Chinese A r m y Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of Corporal Pang Nam Ting of the 88th Division F o r In Ident. Evidence 14114 14116 14117 14118 14119 14114 14116 14117 14118 14119 14120 5408 1863-A Excerpt therefrom 14120 I N D E X D o c . Pros. D e f . _ N o . N o . N o . 5409 1864 5409 1864-A 5217 1865 5217 1865-A 5438 1866 5^38 5410 5410 54-33 1866-A 1867 1867-A 1868 5433 1868-A 5412 1869 5412 1869-A 5414 1870 O f EXHIBITS (cont'd) Description For In Ident. Evidence Record of Evidence of M r s . Lee Yitsai Kunyang 14120 Excerpt ther-ofrom Affidavit made jointly by 1st Lieutenant James A . McMurria ? 2nd Lieutenant Jose L . H o l g m n and 2nd Lieutenant Alphonse D . Quinones, all of the 5th U . S . Air Force 14121 Excerpts therefrom Sworn Statement by Captain John J . Murphy of the Allied Intelligence Bureau 14-123 Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of Mauta Leonard 14124 Excerpt therefrom Record of an ‘Vustralian Military Court re trial of Navy Workman K I K A W A , Haruo 14125 Excerpt therefrom Affidavits of Sweeper Pioneer Lungi K o b e , the Indian Army Excerpt therefrom Giarii and both of 14126 Record of Evidence of Jem Qutubuddin of the 1st Battalion Hyderabad Infantry 14127 14120 14121 14123 14124 14125 14126 5414 1870-A Excerpt therefrom 14127 I N D E X D o c . Pros. D e f . N o . N o . K o . 5413 1871 5413 1871-A 5411 1872 5411 1872-A 5416 1873 5416 1873"A 5446 I874- 5447 18V? 5447 5452 5452 5262 1875-A 1876 1876-A 1877 Of EXHIBITS (cont'd) Description For Ident. Sworn Statement of a native named Ktim-a of Nangagua 14127 Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of Pioneer Para suram of the Indian Army 14128 Excerpt therefrom I n Evidence 14128 14128 Affidavit of Havildar Chandgi R a m of the Indian Army 14129 Excerpt 0herefrom 14129 Synopsis of Evidence - Solomon Islands, Gilbert ,。nd Ellice Islands, Naru and Ocean Island Sector 14131 Record of Interrogation of Captain W A T A N A B E , Kaoru and Major ITO, Taichi, both of 17 Army Military Police Unit 14131 Excerpt therefrom 14131 Netherlands Forces Intelligence Service Report 14132 Excerpt therefrom 14132 Affidavit of Cher C h e e , a Chinese civilian 14132 5262 1877-A Excerpt therefrom •14133 I N D E X Doc。 H o . 5398 5248 5248 5252 Pros, D e f . N o . 5263 1878 5263 1878-A 5425 1 8 7 9 5425 1879- 5398 1880 1880-A 1881 1881-A 1882 5252 1882-A 5246 1883 524-6 1883-A 5245 1884- 524 5 1884-A Of EXHIBITS (cont'd) Description Record of Interrogation of Kaneshiro Fukukan (Korean) 14137 Excerpt therefrom Affidavit of Lieutenant Commander OSAKA, Toshiziko of 18th Naval Construction Battalion 14138 Excerpt therefroiu Report of Proceedings of an Inquest held at Tarawa in October 1944 14141 Exce?"-jt therefrom Affi.IcVit of M r , Taua 14147 Excerpt therefron Sworn Stat^LienG of Lee Chong W o n g , a Chinese 14149 Excerpt therefrom Record of Interrogation of David Murdock, a Gilbertese 14150 Excerpt therefrom Record of Interrelation of Kabunare, a native of Nikunau Island Excerpt therefrom 14151 In Evidence 14137 14138 14141 14148 14149 14150 14151 I N D E X Of D o c . — N o . Pros, N o . Def, No, 5247 1885 5247 1885-A 54-27 1886 EXHIBITS (cont'd) Description Record of Interrogation of Lieutenant SAKATA, Jiro of 67 Garrison Regiment 14152 Excerpt therefrom Sworn Statement b y Chief Petty officer A R A I , Kakuzo of the 67 Naval Garrison 14152 For In Ident.Evidence 14152 5427 1886-A Excerpt therefrom 14152 Thursday, 2 January, 194-7 14,021 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LI 12 13 L4 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL FOR THE FAR EAST Court House of the Tribunal War Ministry Building T o k y o , 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 . JARANIIIA, Member from the Republic of the Philippines, HONORABLE JUSTICE JII-AO Iffil, Member from the Republic of China and LORD PATRICK, Member from the United Kingdom of Great Britain, not sitting. For the Prosecution Section, same as before. For the Fefense Section, same as before. The Accused: All present except OKA孤A, Shumei, who is represented by his counsel. mm mm (English to Japanese and Japanese to English interpretation was made by the Language Section, IMTFE.) 1 4 , 0 ? ? VAN K00TEN CROSS MARSHAL OF THE COURT s The International i.'ilitary Tribunal for the Far liast is now in session. THI, PRESIDENT Captain Brooks, J O H N C H A R L E S V A N H 0 0 T E called as 'a witness on behalf of the nrosecution, re- ‘sunod the stand r.nc! testified as follows: CROSS-EXAMINATION BY Ba. BR00 IS (Continued): Q I-Ir. r 7 itness, we were discussing thy inspections of the camp by senior officers when we adjourned last session. Y o u hcd testified on direct examination that the canp had been rensondbly cleaned up for such in- spections . W c . s there any extra food issued dnring the time of inspection? A On no occasion whilst there was r.n inspection boing irade of the camp was there c.ny additional food issued. Q v!er<d thore any other efforts thst you have not mentioned to show the camp in a better light? A Other than an order that all prisoners should be rtiginentally dressed or dressed as near to regi- nental as possible, there were no such things m a d e . Q You irfcsn by that they would "be wearing shirts and fully clothed as possible d-uring this time G r eGnb e r g & s p r 311 V/.N NOOTEN CROSS 14,023 of inspection? A Regimental dress consisted of -- of course, provided the nî n hsd it; in "the Cciiiip 一一 shirts， shorts， b o o t s , l o n g stockings, putties, ； n d head dress . Q NOT/, if there were some that did not have such dress, what w&s done with them during the time of inspection? A They dressed as near to regimental as was possible. Q :Jid stood tho inspection along with the rest, is that correct? A That is correct, t ?.nd usually in the back ranks Q Now, you testified as to a Rod Cross ship that was armed and carried patients nnd also members of the fighting forces. ,r, hat was the rrumber of patients aboard in relation to the members of fighting forces? A The ship tbat I niontioned as having been armed 购 s the Rio de Janeiro M a r u 5 for it was actually an armed cruiser or auxiliary cruiser. That ship carried quite a large n m b e r of patients 5 I won't be prepared to state how man3广 5 エ diclnit ondeavor to count them. Q The members of t hy fighting forces that were aboard the ship -一 they were Japanese 9 anc! of what "branch? v： k m o w CROSS 14,024 A Ls. I recall it, they were Marines. Q Did you at any time see any ships marled as prisoners of wr.r ships? A I\ T o. THE PRESIDLIMT M r . Blewett. H B L F . m If the Court please'。 CE0S£-E}L1I' : INATI0N (Continued) BY H BLEFBTT: Q How Inrge is this island 5 is it AEibon or Amboina? • ( A The isInncl is known by both names, Amboina and Ambon. The islcncl Yirould be a "bout thirty-two mi^es long and, at the widest p a r t , about sixteen rniles wide f. and the center is taken up with a big bay and an inland sea. Q What were the circumstances and terms of surrender? A As エ understand them, to lay down our arns and hand over our force to the Japanese invasion force. Q To whom did your force surrender-, the /.rny or the Navy? A Our particular force, that is, the force on the Ambon to?m side of the island, capitulated to the A r m y . Q V 7 cs there any question raised subsequent to 14,025 VAN N00TEN CROSS I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 21 22 23 24 25 七 h u surrender as to the expediency of the surrender? A Not to my knowledge. Q Do you know wliat force the landing pc.rty consisted of as contrasted with the number of troops on the island, Allied troops? A The Allied personnel on the islp.nc! numbered 1194- Australians anc! approximately 2000 Dutch troops, mostly nc.tive troops. I was inforned that the Japan- ese landing force was approximately one division of the -Irmy, :nd on the other side of the island, thet is, Laha side, it was carried out by special liferine landing force. Q Did y o u , certainly after the surrender or any tine subsequent thereto, have any knowledge as to tho situation on the Laha side? A Nothing definite until about six months later vhen two /.us tralians 〜vho had taken to the hills immediately following being injured in action -- they became sick one! handed themselves to the Japanese after living in the hills sixteen months. These two Australiens could give us information as to the course of action tut nothing as tn the ultimate fate of the force because they had left and gone to tho hills prior to the final capitulation. Q Did you know at any tino of cny novemunt on 14- r 026 VAN NOOTEN CROSS the part of the Allied troops that r-ight have been apprehended "by the Japanese as thoy moved for freedom or revolt? A Up to the time of my recovery, the only information I hc.d of the Laha force wss as I have just related. Q Did your force come in contact at any time with HAT/JCEYAI.aA or any of the Japanese national people on the island at that time? A Towards the end of Fobrnary, 1942 ~ I think the date was thu 27th of February -- our force was handed over in bulk to the Major, and ^e were gathered by Harines and remained Nじvy prisoners for the full period of the w a r . Some of those Nc.vy personnel, end particularly the administrative staff, were still in office when we were handed over to the Japanese 一 - to the Navy. Q 1,r as Commander H.1YASHI in any position of control with reference to the Tan Toey panp? A I did not have any direct contact with the -Japanese in the early stcges of o"ur canp, and thus did not know the names of any of the Japanese excepting those who were 一一 had locr,l administrative jobs in our canp h e a d q u a r t e r s .エ前 o n l d not have known his name if he had been there. 14^027 V A N NOOTB;N CROSS Q I ttinlc you mentioned the nana of the cap- tain of a garrison, but I assume that was much later than the early part of '42; was it? 1 I mentioned the name of Naval Captain ."'.ndo, and I think ae toolc over a few raonths later. Q The person directly in charge of this camp, I think you referred to hii? as "Camp Manager." r,T hat is the meaning of that, Ljeutenant? A The man I referred to as "Camp Manager" was IKDUCHI, Yiho v^as actually an interpreter, but later assumed fc.v greater powers, and he, in his own termi- nology, was "C.?mp Ivlanager" or "Kaval CoEiiissioner." Q r.'as he a civilian? A He was a civilian attached to the Navy 5 wearing uniform, carrying a sword, and he informed me that he had the honorary rank of a m a j o r . Q Were there any Allied planes coning over the island in February, around the 18th, 1942? A エ saw about the.t time two Allied planes that were P B Y - 4 T s . Q Were there not quite a number of desertions in the early dcys of the cccupation, that is, subse- quent to February on in for a few months? A There were no desertions. You don't desert from a prison camp. There were three official escape 14- r 028 VAN NOOTEN CROSS parties. Q I think your correction is well taken, Lieutenant, and I will accept that. A Thank y o u . Q Did you. not at that time or later know of any fear on the part of the Japanese that thuse escaped prisoners of war might be cblu to convey to the Allies the Japanese forces on the island? A The Japanese tried to convey the impression to v.s that no parties had been successful in getting completely away from tho island. They informed us that all attempted escapees had been caught. Q Is it true or not that shortly after the surrender there were more Allied personnel on the island than Japanese? A I wo”ld say it was definitely not correct. Tilery Vi?ere thousands of Japanese on the island. Q W e l l , h o w about the comparison as regards the first landing party of Japanese? A I should think there were a few less than the original landing party. V/.N NOOTEN CROSS 14,029 0 啊 a s there any guerrilla fighting after the surrender? A Not tn my knovdedge. 0 Now., between the 3rd and 12th of February, 19』2, you were in the hands of the array, I believe you said, Lieutenant. Is thst right? A I think the date I mentioned was the 27th of February. were in tbe hands of the array from the 4th of February u n t i l , I think the date was the 27th, when we were banded over to the navy. n was the neture of the treatment accord- ed you by the army? A The treatment in the eerly stages, whether by army or navy, it was quite good. f 1 After tbe surrender and while living in your own barrecks, what equipment were you allowed? A ”'e were allowed personal equipment and clothing, but steel helmets were withdrawn and respire tors were withdrs.TO. 0 Am I rifht, Lieutenant, that this bomb dump was built or erected in October 1 9 厶 2 ? A In November 19在2. 0 Between that date end February 1 5 , 1 9 4 3 , were there any American Allied planes, reconnaisance planes, over the island? D u d a & Eder 1 4 , 0 3 0 VAN NOOTSN CROSS 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 Y e s , quite regularly. 0 ^Tnat was the physical appearance of the P O F camp? A It would appear exactly tbe same as an army barracks. 0 T,T as there any barbed wire entanglements surrounding the camp? A Y e s , there was a barbed v'ire entanglement around the perimeter of the camp. 0 " T as it possible, in your opinion, in your experience, th&t the conditions could have been recognized or might be recognised as a POW intern- ment cawp? A It yj&s possible that it could be recognized as having a berbed Fire barrier around it, but on the 26th of October 194-2 a portion of the camp bad besn moved -- a number of p e r s o n n e l , I mean. It is also possible that Allied intelligence bad noted the 'movement of troops and thought that we had all been moved. • Tトe raids had been pretty heavy up before the 15th of February of that year, bad they not, Lieutenant? A There had been fairly consistent raids of groups of planes up to squadron strength, all B-24s. 14,031 VAN N00TSN CROSS .0 Wiere were the.Jap planes maintained as respects ynur camp? A Land planes were based at Laha, which is about nine or ten miles across the bay from the town of Ambon. Sone land-based fighter planes were at Liang airstrip, on the northern coast of the island of Amboina, about fifteen miles from our camp, and seaplanes were based at the Halong sea- plane base, about three to four niles northeast of our prison camp. 0 Was there any resistance by the Japanese to this U.mbing of the 15th of February? A If I renember correctly, about six or seven Japanese fighters went u p , but were not successful in their operations against the Allied craft. 0 Was this firht in the vicinity of the camp? A N o , it was after the planes had dropped their bombs. C Do you personally know of any message sent by your camp to account for the lone Jap plane you have described? A Account for a lone Jap plane? T don't recall having described any such incident. ： T H E PRESIDENT: Is that the plane be said was taking photographs? VAN NOOTEN CROSS 、；LA X D32 M . BLET^ETT: Y e s , your H o n o r . THE PRESIDENT: Y o u were going to cross- examine ss to why he should know that? M R . BLEWETT: Y e s , sir. THE WITNESS: This lone Japanese plane that took photographs over our camp was based on H a l o n g , s^out, as I said, three to four miles from our csmp. Since we had complained and requested for markings for our hospital and for our camp, messages could be sent quite easily by telephone to H a l o n g , but I do not know of any such message. VAN NOOTEN CROSS 14- r 0 3 3 Q What type of plane was it, sir? A It was a four-engine flying boat, the type that we used to term a Kawanishi. C‘ Was it a fighter plane or a reconnaissance? A It was a four-engine flying boat； it could be either reconnaissance or bomber. Q Have you experience as a flier, Lieutenant? A N o . Q Am I right in your testimony thnt vou are in the artillery? A N o . I am nn infantry Officer. Q • Now, was it uncommon to see a lone plane, Japanese plana, above your camp? A Flying over backwards and forwards over our camp, yes, it was mcst uncommon, because the planes used to go out a constant route and come in a constant route. Q Coula you tell from your position whether or not this plane actually was taking photographs? A This plane flew over our camp at a constant height on a constant course, and '»/hen it had completed that run it roturnod ana came in from the same direction slightly over, and repeated this at least four times. Q was the usual method of ascertaining damage by the Japaness air force at the conclusion of 14- r 0 3 4 VAN NOOTEN CROSS the raid? THE PRESIDENT: Had there been anv raid up " till then? THE WITNESS: Yes, sir, there had been raids up to then, but the island is so small tho.t you can see frorr the land exactly what happens in an air raid without having to t-ika aerial phoセogrnphs. THE PPSSIDSNT: W h y take photographs for any purpose? THE WITNESS: I should say only if they required them for propaganda purposes, sir. THE PRESIDENT: How long before the lone plane camo was tho last rsid? THE WITNESS: Probably about four hours. Tho camp was st.ill smoking and burning. Q Co you know personally whether or not any photographs were ever used for propaganda purposes with regard to this incident? A No, I ao not. Q Lieutonnnt, were there any materials avail- able for r-:;t-ui?.cling which were refused to you? A Tiiore v/?.s quite a lot of timber, sawn tlmbar, on the .islan:i, any amount of nails bacause v;e were usin^; them dail/ on construction work for the Japanese, and there was also plenty of coment. VAN NOOTEN CROSS 14- r 0 3 5 、 D i d you ask for this mnterinl and was it actually refused? A The reply was,〜vhen ；VG askod for ths material, that building materials wore vory short and would have to conserve and r/iake uso of w h a t we had. ( . I think you testified on Tuesday that ovantually most of the island laid bare by roids, by Allied r a i d s . Is that right? A Most of the island tint m s inhabited, yes. Q Did the Japnnos-3 have clotnos and boots aviil- abl-3 and suitable which the.7 rofusad to supply to your n-en? A About •？ we ok af tc-r tho had endea, wo wore inundated with Japanese clothing, footwear, head- dress , o f Gvc-ry description. This clothing had boen en the isistc •で o p €.t lesst 访。years. Q \'J3S it the Japanese or Allied stores? A It wis all Japanese. C In T ,vhat capacity viera you engaged after セ h e J apanese surrender? A Our own intornment administration and essen- tial c-.mp duties. 1 4 , 0 3 6 V/.N NOOTEN CROSS Q Was it in conrection with your official duties that you spoke to Colonel KATSDDA? A Yes. My conversation with Colonel KATSUDA ard Colonel SHIROZU were official. Q I think you testified on Tuesday that you did rjot personally make this trip on the long carry, am I right? A That is right. Did you know Private John L . S-e-a-r-a-n-t? Yes, Private Searant. M R , BLEWETTs If ycur Honor please, docu- 5301 is on the list to be presented. May- portion of it to the witness? THE PRESIDENT; Y e s , certainly. I shall read from the bottori of Page 1 of document 5301. THE PRESIDENT; Are the prosecution tender- ing that part? LIEUT.„ COLONEL MOENAME； Y e s . MR。 BLEWFTTs It is marked, sir. I am not sure, but it is referred to in the s3aiopsis. Q (Continuing): "I was put on the long carry t.hirteei- times during 1 9 礼 The last occasion was just before Christmas. The distance of the long carry was about eight miles over very rough, rugged country Q A men.t N o . エ re&d a Q VAN NOOTEN CROSS 14- r 037 made up of broken coral with gullies and steep hills, We had tc go on all fours sometirres to crawl up the h i l l s . It took us about five hours to complete the journey with a l o a d .エ carried bags of cement and 150-pound bombs. The bags of cement v?eighed pounds. Two reer: were detailed for each bag. Wherj one could carry it no further, the other took over. The. Japanese guards did rot actually bash u s , but irade us hurry along. Sometimes we had good guards who would give us a fair go; but, on one occasion乡 we were guarded bv seme Lore an s who kept us r^oving all the tire." I ask y o u , Lieutenant, if that is a fair description of the work on the long carry? A That is one private soldier's personal experiences and wou]d probably be very accura^r from his point cf view. My reports came frorr non-commis- sioned officers who were expressly d etailed to brirg back accurate irformation or tlie task. MR。BLEWETT; That is a l l . Thajik y o u . That is all, your Honor. THE PPFSIDENTs Mr。 Levin. MP。 LEVIN: M r . President. CROSF-EXAMIKATION (Continued) B Y MR。 LrVIN: 1 4 , 0 3 8 VAN NOOTEN CROSS 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Q Lieutenant, did you have any special trairing or qualifications to enable you to determine with the naked eye what particular planes did during certain flights? THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Levin, seeing that the only suggestion is that the t)lane was taking photographs for propaganda purposes, it will not help us. That could never be an offence. MR。 LEVIN: That is satisfactory, M r . President. Q You testified that the guard kicked one of the in.en while on the ground. Was that a sporadic ircident or a general practice? A Especially over the last eighteen months, kickings, punchings, and bashings were daily occur- rerces. Q When you speak of daily occurrences, do you mean one or two each day or more than that? A At least ore or two each day, sometimes many more. Q Do you know whether there was any reason vihy the pregnant woman that ycu testified about was purched? A No. She "bowed correctly to the sentry and appeared to carry cut all regulations. 14- r 0 3 9 VAN NOOTEN CROSS Q That, of course, was the act of the sentry or guard? A That was the act of an NCO sentry who was on duty at the guardhouse which was the senior post of the sentries around the camp. THE PRESIDENT; You say that woman was kicked in the stomach? THE WITNESS: Yes, sir, kicked in the storaach. THE PRESIDENT: Was the incident reported to the Camp Commandant? THE WITNESS； I think it was reported to the Camp Manager, sir. THE PRESIDENT: Was any action taken? THE WITNESS: Not that I know of, sir. Q Had other women been treated in that manner that you know of? A Some native women had been slapped and beaten, but it was the first occasion on which I had seen a pregnant woman brutally assaulted. Q NOW)vou speak of the American airmen that had been taken a顶ay under suspicious circumstances. Did you see them taken away yourself? A Yes, I watched the whole incident. Q Was this in the daytime or the nighttime? 14- r 040 VAN NOOTEN CROSS A In the daytime. Q Did you know Private Verdun Clive Ball? A Yes. 腿 。 L E V I N : M r . President, I desire to refer to one sentence in document N o . 5302 which was r;ot offered in evidence. That is the third ^erter.ce -- rather the last sentence in the third paragraph of the document. LIEUT。COLONEL MORNAIffi: M r . President, the prosecution proposed to tender that document ir： evidence. THE PHLSIDENT: But M r . Levin n ^ cross- examine on it. Q This refers to the bashing of Dutch persrnnel from the camp. The last sentence of the third paragraph reads as follows: "The guards who did the bashing were not local guards and were taken awav later." Do you know whether or not they were taken rjway because of the mistreatment of the Dutch personnel? A On both of the mass beatings, marines, who we used to refer to as expert bashers, were brought out to carry out the beatings. C‘ You speak of the quartermaster supplies, 14- r 041 V A N NOOTEN CROSS that is ；, that the quartermaster had informed yoti that the Jananc-se had sufficient supでlies for a yoar and a half for three thousand to ten thousand p e o p l e . There seems to be such a great variation that I an Fonder in g if there is any explar.ation of that statement. A Frorc my observations it: appeared that Arrbon was used as a resting place for the front- line troops as w e l l as garrison forces. THI P^ESIDEKTs We w i l l recess for fifteen minutes• (Whereupon， at 1 0 4 5 , a recess was taker until 1100, after which the proceedings 诹ere resumed as follows:) 14,0 似 VAN NOOTEN CROSS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 MARSHAL OF THE COURT； T h e International Military Tribunal for the Far last is now resumed. THE PRESIDENT: M r . Levin. B Y m . LEVIN (Continuing): Q Lieutenant, during the last two years of your imprisonment was it difficult for the Japanese to obtain supplies at Ambon? A To obtain additional supplies from outside of the island or the island group, yes. Q Were you in a position to judge and determine the health of the Japanese? A I was in a position to observe the health of the Japanese. Q And it is on that basis that you offered your testimony? A I don't recall having offered my testimony. Q Perhaps I wasn't c l e a r .エ " b e l i e v e you testi- fied that the health of the Japanese was uniformly good. A According to my observations, the health of the Japanese was good. Q Yf>u made some reference in the early part of your testimony to a headquarter's order. Do you know what headquarters the order came from? A It is most likely that it was Naval Island Morス & whalen 14- r 043 VAN NOOTEN CROSS Headquarters "but it is possible that it was from the Macassar Headquarters which was South Seas Fleet Headquarters. Q Then you don't know exactly from what -- actually from what headquarters the order came from? A No. The statement was made to me by IKIIJCHI to the effect that "headquarters ordered, so you will do as you are told." Q What is.your age,lieutenant? A Twenty-eight. m . LIVIN: That is all. THE PRESIDEI-iT ； Counsellor SHIMANOUCHI. CROSS-EXAMINATION (Contirned) B Y M R . SHIMANOUCHIJ Q You testified ...on Tuesday that the food rations of the prisoners became worse after July, 冬943， and their rice ration was reduced to less than ten ounces per man per d a y . T r as not the food ration of prisoners seventeen ounces per day until August, 1944? THE MONITOR: Per day per man. A No. The food ration for prison€;.rs was seventeen ounces per day per man until about July, 1 9 4 3 . Q Do you know Major George Westley? 1 4 , 0 4 4 VAN NOOTEN CROSS 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2.1 22 23 24 25 A Y e s . Major Westlcy was senior Australian officer in our prison camp. ‘ ‘ Q If Major Westley says that the prisoners' food ration was seventeen ounces per man per day until A u g u s t , 1 9 4 4 , what recollection do you hsve on this point? A I say that the food ration until J u l y , 194-3, wss seventeen ounces per day per man and it was later decreased, or it was from that date decreased firstly 丨 to ten ounces, then to eight ounces, then to six | ounces, and around August or September, 1944, it was reduced to four ounces per day rer m a n . M R . SHIMANOTTCHI: Your H o n o r ,エ call the Court's attention to Court exhibit 1820A, the fourth paragraph. In this paragraph Major ' ,r estley testified that until a u g u s t , 1944, the rice ration for prisoners was seventeen ounces per man per d a y . Q Do you k n o w , M r . W i t n e s s , whether the ration for Japanese troops was also reduced beginning from the end of 1944? A Y e s . I testified earlier in my evidence that the Japanese ration had been reduced to about fifteen or seventeen ounces per day per man as from approximately the end of 194-4. Q On Tuesday you testified that after the 1 4 , 0 4 ? VAN NOOTEN CROSS prisoner of war csmp at Tan Toey was bombed the facilities at the Bethany Church for internees were very bad. How many days were you in this church? A I was never in the church at the Bethany Church. I mentioned that the Dutch women and children had been transferred from Tan Toey prison compound and were quartered at Bethany Church. Q Then how do you know of conditions in that church at that timr.? A I personally went past the church in a motor truck and observed it and エ have since had contact with a Dutch woman who made that report to m e . 1 4 , 0 4 6 V/.N NOOTEN CROSS Q You also testified that after the large scale air raid on the city of Ambon in August 1944, when the new camp for prisoners of war was built facilities there were also very b a d . What wss the extent of the damage suffered by the city of Ambon in this raid? A The city of Ambon was practically completely- destroyed. Q Did the citizens of Ambon rebuild their houses after this air raid? A Y e s . They rebuilt not the same type of house, but temporary living quarters, Q How were the facilities of the new camp built by the prisoners as compared with the new homes built by the citizens? •k The camp as rebuilt by the prisoners had to be dene with the materials which we were able to sal- vage . T h e citizens of Ambon were able to collect from a far greater area than we were because they were free. We were prisoners. Q Ycu say that the city of Ambon was completely destroyed. Do you knov; the number of houses in the city previous to the air raid? A The town of Ambon would have originally quar- tered approximately ten thousand people. 1 4 , 0 4 7 V/.N NOOTEN CROSS Q Then can you say that there was a great shortage of building materials after the air raid? A There was & great shortage of building mater- ials. But it was not necessary to give sufficient or greater quantities of materials to the n a t i v e s , because the majority of them had two homes； one in the town and one in the h i l l s , and the greater number of natives evacuated their town and lived in their more sheltered, homes in the h i l l s . Q You have testified that medicines and m e d i c a l instruments were very scarce, were insufficient. W h e n the prisoner of war camp wr：s hit in the air raid of February 194-3 was the attached hospital also destroyed? A Y e s , the hospital building was completely destroyed, and the destruction wes completed by fire, Q、 T h e n , were the medical instruments and medi- cines , and so forth, in the hospital at the time also completely los^y A Excepting for the instruments which we were able to salvage, and those that were not completely- destroyed, or were of such a nature that the fire did not completely destroy then. We lost a great n u m b e r . Q You testified that after the destruction of the prisoner of war camp at Tan Toey Allied aircraft regularly came over the island on bombing missions 14,048 V』 N O O T E N CROSS 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 until the island wss laid bare. Could ycu say that the civilian hospitals in the area, as well as drug stores, were also burned in these raids? れ The civilian h o s p i t a l , t h e Japanese hospital, and the Japanese controlled Indonesian hospital were completely undamaged as a result of all raids. Q Were there many patients in these hospitals? a From my observations these hospitals had quite a number of patients in each. Q Did any Japanese supply ships reach Amboji after the air reid on Tan Tcey? A After the air raid of 28 August '44 no Japan- ese supply ship ^pf any size reached Ambonj only snail wooden craft up to ebout two hundred tons. Q Do ycu know whether cr not Japanese shipping v/ss destroyed as a result of the activities of American planes and submarines? “ I have nc firsthand knowledge on that fact, but J. believe that the Japanese shipping found it very dif- ficult to break the blockade of that area. Q Ycu testified that on a night in November 1942 several Australians were taken outside the camp area and beaten.. Why had these Australians gone outside the camp area? THS WITNESS: Is that xvhy or when? 1 4 , 0 4 9 V/.N NOOTEN CROSS THE INTERPRETER: W h y . . A They had gone outside the camp area in efforts tc obtain additional rations, fresh fruit and comforts, Q Did they go outside this area with the permission of the Japanese? A No, it was done surreptitiously. Q Did they break out of this camp? THE PRESIDENT: I have heard enough about that. They went out surreptitiously. That is the last thing you heard. Q Have you ever seen Japanese soldiers kicking and beating Japanese sondiers, tl^eir own men? A Y e s . Q Kave you ever heard of this? A I have both heard, of it and seen it. Q Was it a frequent occurrence? A Fairly frequent, y e s . Q : 7hat was the reasons for these Japanese sol- diers hitting their own men? A Presumably for normal service, for Army of- fenses . T h e y were hit as a form of summary punishment. M R . SPIIMANOUCHI: That concludes ' fBjr cross- examination. Thank you. There wiil be rr, more-- that concludes the cross-examination on the part of wol’-& Barton 'che defense. 1 4 , 0 5 0 VA1\ T IvOOTEN REDIRECT THE PRESIDE ITT: Colonel Mornane. LIEUT. COLOIIEL M O P U I E :珂 i t h the psrmission of the T r i b u n a l , I propose to ask the witness a feu questions arising out of the cross-examination. REDIRECT EXAIIIMTION. B Y LIEUT. COLONEL MCRNAKE: Q particular opportunity did you have for observing the ration reccivod by Australian prisoners? A On every occasion that rations ^ere delivorGd to our prison camp I vras personally on the receiving end, and I also observed daily the ration as delivered to the individual prisoners. THE.PRESIDENT: Did Major Westley have that opportunity? TEE WITNESS: Not always 5 sir. BY LIEUT. C0L013EL MORNANE: Q Did the medical officer tell you of what the injections given for these experimental groups con- sisted of? A The medical officer told mo on frequent oc- casions that he did not believe the substance of the injections was genuine. Ee told me on many occasions セ:.at we rrould have to make more strenuous efforts to get these injections stopped, a s , in his opinion, they were ?.ccel3^rating and hastening tho death of the men 14,051 VAN IJ00TEN REDIRECT. vrbo マ.？ere receiving them. LI2UT COLONEL MORNANE: We have no further questions to put to this witness, if the Tribunal please. THE PRESIDENT: W e l l , he is released on the usual terms. (whereupon, the v/itness ^as excused. 14-,052 L I E U T . COLONEL MARNANE: Just before this witness was called I had pat in evidehce evidentiary document N o .ヲ 418 which received exhibit Kb* 1 8 2 0 - A . This document deals with the life of the Anbrtn Prison C a m p , and, unless the Tribunal wishes *ne to read any of the paragraphs, I do not propose to do so. THE PREi-IDENT: No we do not want you to read those a f f i d a v i t s . LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE: If the Tribunal pleases-. Prosecution document N o .ヲ 4 1 7 is the affidavit of former Ms^or Ian Fa re,'aha r Macrae of 2/21 Australian Infantry Battalion., I tender the docunent for identification and excerpts therefrom in evidence. THE P R E M D E N T : Admitted on the usual terms, CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution document N o .ヲ 4 1 7 will receive exhibit N o . 1821 for identifica- tion o n l y . The excerpt therefrom w i l l receive exhibit K o . 1 8 2 1 - A . (Whereupon, the document above referred to was marked p r o s e c u t i o n ^ ex- hibit N o . 1821 for identification; the excerpt therefrom being marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1821-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE: Prosecution document 1 4 , 0 5 3 2 3 4 5 6 7 G o 1 2 3 4 5 6 11111 L 1 13 19 20 21 22 23 24 23 Tfo. 5302 is the affidavit of Private Verdun Clive B a l l of 8th Division, Australian A m y Service C o r p s . I tender it for identification and marked excerpts thereof in e v i d e n c e , THE PRESIDENT: Adnitted on the usual t e r m s . CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution document N"o. 53@2 w i l l receive exhibit N o . 1 8 2 2 . The exoerpt therefrem exhibit N o . 1822-A. (thereupon, the document above referred to was marked prosecution's ex- hibit N o . 1822 •？or identification; the excerpt therefrora being marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1822-A and received in evidence.) L I E U T . C0L0MEL MORNANE: The affiant describes the beating and torture of deponent and 22 other Australians because they had gone outside the carap limits® A s a result deponent lost the use of his legs for three or four m o n t h s . Prosecution document N o . 5301 is the affidavit of Private John Leslie bearant of 8th Division A . A . S . C . I tender the document for identification and the- excerpt in evidence. THE P舰 I D E N T : Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution document r T o. 53©1 w i l l receive exhibit N o , 1823 for iieatifica?tion 14-,054 only-, and th© exc'orpts therefrom"exhibit N o , 1.823-A. (Whereupon, the document above referred to was narked prosecution 1 s ex- hibit N o . 1823 for identification; the excerpt therofrora belag narked prosecu- tion 's exhibit N o . 1823-^ and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL MORITANE: Prosecution docunent N o . 5306 is an official report of the Netherlands Forces Intelligence Service. I tender the document for identification and the marked excerpt in evidence. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution document No.ヲ306 will receive exhibit No.182秦 for identifica- tion o n l y . The? excerpt therefrom w i l l be exhibit N o . 1824-A. (Whereupon, the document above referred to was marked prosecution's ex- hibit N o . 1824 for identification; the excerpt therefrom being marked prosecu- tion's exhibit N o . l824-A and received in evidence^) LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANEi I w i l l read the excerpt which appears on the last page of the docu- ment: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "I, P . Boediman, of Sangirese race, rank of fusillier, N o . 3 2 8 7 8 ， while I was at Anbon quartered at the former Dutch artillery barracks at Kenpoeng Banting and while I was working in the Heiho (Labour Corps) in July 1943 saw ヲ Australian PW，15 Ambonese male civilians and 4 Ambonese (female) wonen all v/ith hands tied and thoy passed in front of the barracks aforesaid rscorted by a number of Japs carrying shovels and swords。 Those with their hands tied afore- said were taken behind the barracks aboveraentioned« I did not see what happened to these people but bpfore long the Japs who had escorted then came back with the shovels and swords but without the people aforesaid, I think and really believe that all those persons who had thpir hands tied were killed by beheading by the Japs mentioned because they had given food and other things to the Australian PWs." Prosecution document N o . 5297 is an affidavit "lade by Flying Officer Denis Brian Mason of the Hoyal Air Force«> I tender the original for identifica- tion and the narked excerpts in evidence. THE PRESIDENT: Adnitted on the usual t e n s . CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution document F o . 5297 will receive ,exhibit N o , 1 8 2 5 for identifica- tion o n l y . The excnrpt therefroa, bearing the sane 14,056 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 document nuabpr w i l l rpceive exhibit N o . 182^-A.. (^Tipreupon, the document above referred to was marked prosecution's ex- hibit N o . 1825 for identification; the excerpt therefrom being marked prosecution's exhibit No。182ヲ一 A and received in evidence.) L I E U T . COLONEL IIORNANE: The affiant and a party of 2 0 ヲ 0 prisoners of war landed at Harockoe Island on 5th M a y , 194*3» Upon a r r i v a l the camp was only partly built and did not provide adequate shelter. A t this camp prisoners were starved and beaten. A l - though most of them were sick they were compelled to T work tpn hours a d a y , ma inly on the construction of an aerodrome. Clothing and boots were not supplied to prisoners. Large numbers suffered from b e r i b e r i , malaria and d y s e n t e r y . Hospital patients were starved and had to supplement their diet with rats ; mice, dogs j cats and snails. No medical supplies were provicipd. Open trench latrines only were permitted •for the first twelve raonths and this resulted in spread of dysentery. Over 15 months 386 died from sickness and starvation. Prosecution document No« 5298, is an affidavit made by Flying Officer Denis Brian Mason of the R o y a l Air F o r c e . I tender this document for 14-,057 identification and marked excerpts in evidence, THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution document N o . 559«° will receive exhibit N o . 1826 for identifica- tion only. The excerpt therefrom will be given exhibit N o . 1826-A. (〜Thereupon, the document above referred to was raarked prosecution f s ex- hibit N o , 1826 for identification; the excerpt therefrom being raarked prosecution 1 s exhibit N o , 1826-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT, COLONEL MORNANE: This is a short affidavit and I propose to read marked excerpts from "When I arrive at Lahat Camp" down to "constructing A . R . P . trenches for the Japanese," "When I arrived at Hahat Canp from Amboina tovm on 18 August 1944 I found that there was no accoinmodation for my pirty as the cainp was already very badly overcrowded. The Japs took us to some huts on the outskirts of the camp that had been occupied 1 by a Javanese Labour Battalion from Java. "Part of thp huts were still occupied by the remainder of the Battalion i.e. their rotting corpses. 呵e had to dispose of these corpses and extend the existing accommodation to make room for the incoming 1 4 , 8 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 party of British and Dutch PWs. "This new part of the caup was now joined to the existing o n e . * * * "Accommodation was shockingly overcrowded, each PW of which there were about four thousand, was lucky to hav« 12 sq. ft. per n a n . My party had to lie on the earth floor. "Water wns reasonable, being obtained from a spring. "Food was very bad, consisting of never more than 1^0 grammes of rice a day and nothing else, "tickness and deaths among the PWs still continued at an alarming rate。 "forking parties still continued principally loading ships. "No clothing, boots or bedding etc. was issued to u s . "No recreation or Church services were allowed. Nor were any letters or Red Cross parcels ever received by us while we were there. "Medical supplies were alnost unobtainable. The only medical supplies we had, were those scrounged by the PWs frcm the Jap stores whilst loading the ships. 14,059 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "Even the British 0C camp and all the PW Officers, including the very sick had to work construct- ing ARP trenches for the Japanese. "7'ith regard to personalities there was a particularly brutal and cruel Korean named KAMINOKA who was employed in the PW cookhouse. Previously I had been badly beaten by the nan at Liang Ca?ap. He used to take a special delight in maltreating British Officers. I remember two PW Officers in particular, whom he almost killed in this camp. They were F/0 Meathrel and F/0 J , Reece, now both dead Prosecution document No• 5299 is an affidavit by Leading Aircraftsman Henry Kitteringham of Royal Air F o r c e . I tender this document for identification and marked excerpts in ovidence. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms- CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution document N o . 5299 will receive exhibit N o . 1827 for identifica- tion only. The marked excerpt therefrom exhibit N o . 1827~A. (T'fheroupon, the document above referred to was marked prosecution's ex- hibit N o . 1827 for identification; the excerpt therefrom being marked prosecution's exhibit No. 1827- A and received in evidence.) 14-,060 LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE: The affiant states that 1000 prisoners of war went to Liang on Ambon Island in May, 194-3. Accoamodation was bad consisting for the 巧ost part of leaky tents. Food was totally inadequate. Prisoners were engaged on the construction of an aerodrome. Work was very heavy and the guards inflicted brutal bpating on the prisoners. Medical supplies were insufficient. One m a n , Champion, was murdered. In October, 194-4, a draft of 600 were sent fey sea back to Java. Prisoners were overcrowded. Only a third of a Dint of drinking water was provided' for each man d a i l y , 28 died on the voyage. 14,061 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Prosecution document F o . 53^0 is an extract from tbe W a r D?ai-y of 2/5 A u s t . G e n . I-Iosp. of 12 Sep- tember 194-5. I tender the document for identification and the marked excerpts in evidence. TEE PRESIDENT: Admitted, on the usual t e r m s . CLERK OP TEE COUHT: Prosecution document M o . 5300 w i l l receive exhibit i T o. 1828 foi* identifi- cation only； and tbe excerpts therefrom exhibit F o . 1 8 2 8 - A . (^hereupon, the document above re- ferred to was marked prosecution's exhibit H o . 1828 f:or identification-j and the excerpts therefrom were marked prosecution's exhibit H o . I828-A and received in evidence.) L I E U T . COLOITEL MORNANE: I w i l l read the entry: " I ' O R O T A I . 1 2 September. Sixty four Austra- lian and Dutch .Recovered Prisoners of W a r were re- ceived from A m b o i n a . Included in this number w e r e 38 stretcher c a s e s . The patients were in a very weak and. emaciated condition anc!. were all suffering from m a l n u t r i t i o n , a number beins severely ill. One patient die召 e-rly in the morning of 1 3 . 9 . 4 5 . Bed state at midnight 1020 equipped, 572 occupied 448 vacant," Prosecution document No• 5399 is a report on recovered prisoners of w a r by Officer in C h a r g e , .s 14-,062 M e d i c a l Division, 2/5 Aust. G e n . ^ o s p . I tender the document for identification ancl the marked excerpts in evidence. TEE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF TPE COURT: Prosecution document N o , 5399 マill receive exhibit N o . 1829 for identifi- cation only, and the excerpts therefrom exhibit F o . 1 8 2 9 - A。 (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to y/as marked prosecution's document N o . 1 8 2 9 for identification; p.ncl the excerpts therefrom were marked prosHA'.ttion 1 s exhibit N o . 1829-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT。 COLONEL MORNAKE: I w i l l read tbe first three paragraphs: "REPORT 0汉 RECOVERED P ン'7S, E x AMBOINA, dated 14 September 1945. "The outstanding impressions of these 65 men over the first 48 hours observation are as follows: "15 men were extremely emaciated, hollow-eyec?., pallid,had swolen abdomens and ankles and extensive ulceration in inferior extremities. This group was strongly reminiscent of Belsen and one, shockingly w a s t e d , died without regaining full consciousness. F^ixv others of this group are giving concern and are 14-,063 not out of danger. "A large group of about 4 5 T?ere a fairly homogeneous collection exhibiting various stages of malnutrition, beri-beri, tropical ulcers and anaemia. Some of this ;*roup had been a^le to bear their weight and.マalk with assistance in the "orison camp and on the vaval vessels which brought them to Morotai. "The remainder, some 6 to 8 , were in quite good condition apart from o"bvious loss of 町eight." Prosecution document N o . 53CI is an affidavit made by 1st. Lieutenant Paul Alfred Stansbury of the U . S . Army Air F o r c e . I put the document in for iden- tification and the marked excerpts in evidence. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK 0 7 TEE COURT: Prosecution's document H o . 53G3 W i l l receive exhibit No. 1830 for identifi- cation only, and the excerpts therefrom exhibit H o . 1830-A. (^hereupon, the document above re- ferred to was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1830 for identification; and the excerpts therefrom 珂ere marked prosecution's exhibit No, 1830-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. C O L O m MOHNAKE: The affiant was a bombadier on a 324 v.'hich crashed over Kai Islands on 14-,064 2 1 September 1 9 4 3 . It vas in three feet of water on a coral r e e f . The crew had sustained serious injuries in the crash and the navigator 刃as pinned down on the flight d e c k . A Japanese boat came out. The airmen •with the exception of the navigator were te.ken prisoners. The Japanese refused to do anything for the navigator but left him tl'ere to d i e . The rest of the airmen were taken to A m b o n . They were placed in ir.osquito infested cells without b l a n k e t s , bedding or mosquito n e t s . No sunlisht could, penetrate the cells and there w a s no v e n t i l a t i o n . They Here starved on veevily t i c e . Fo / medical attention vias given them. 7or 68 days they were interrogated to tbe accompaniment of beatings almost d a i l y . Later the deponent and the co-pilot v:oro shipped to J a p a n . Thoy wero frequently "beaten "by the guards. They both becsme paralyzed " i t h beri-beri but received no treatment for this during the 60 days sea v o y a g e . The deponent remained paralyzed for nine months and the co-pilot for 20 months. Prosecution document N o . 5223 is a sworn interrogation of "？arrant Officer K i - o c ^ t ^ Y O S H I Z A K I , of Japanese I«Iuvy. I tender it for identification end the marked excerpts in e v i d e n c e . T: T E PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF TEE COURT; Prosecution document 14-,065 F o . 5233 -Yill receive exhibit F o . 1 8 3 1 for identifi- cation only, and the excerpts therefrom exhibit N o . 1 8 ? 1 - A。 (Whereupon, tbe document above re- ferred to ^ras marked, prosecution's exhibit H o . I831 for identification; and the excerpts tl'erefrom exhibit N o . I 8 3 I-A and received in evidence•) LIEUT. COLOiEL MORNANE; On t:、. 0, :.th August 1044, the deponent took part in the beheading of thrco American airmen at Sarara Prisoner of C a m p , This was done on orders of superior officers. The district had been bombed by American planes on the previous d a y . Tl'is completes the evidence in relation to the Ambon section of this phase, if the Tritumal please. TIIE PITESIDEFT:砑e v i l l recess 脈 until half past o n e . (Whereupon, at 1200, a recess vias taken. 14-,066 AFTERNOON SESSION The Tribunal m e t , pursuant to recess, at 1330, the HON, BERNARD VICTOR A . H O L I N G , Member from the Kingdom of the Netherlands, not sitting. MARSHAL OF THE COURTS The International Military Tribunal for the Far East is now resumed. THE PRESIDENT: Colonel Mornane. LIEUT。 COLONEL MORNANE； My next document is evidentiary document N o . 5442, a synopsis of treatment of prisoners of war in New Guinea. I tender this document in evidence. THE PRESIDENT; Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT： Prosecution's document N o . 5442 will receive exhibit N o . 1832 for identifi- cation only, and the excerpt therefrom will receive exhibit N o . 1832A. (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1832 for identification; and the ex- cerpt therefrom was marked prosecution 1 s exhibit N o . 1832A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE: Prosecution docu- ment N o . 5379 is an affidavit of Major Charles Henry Greenberg & spratt 14-,067 Bicks of the Australian Imperial Forces. I tender this document for identification and the marked ex- cerpts in evidence. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT; Correction on that last item that was announced, to w i t , prosecution's document No. 5442. That was admitted according to I the rule of and given exhibit No. 1832, (Whereupon, prosecution's docu- ment No. 5442, previously marked exhibit No. 1832 for identification and ひ x — cerpt'therefrom exhibit 1832A in evidence, was remarked prosecution's exhibit 1832 and received in evidence.) Now, prosecution 1 s document No. 5379 will be given exhibit Wo. 1833 for identification only，’ arid the excerpt v;ill "be given exhibit N o . 1833A. (Whereupon, the document a，oove re- ferred to was marked prosecution 1 s exhibit N o . 1 8 3 3 f o r identification；, and the ex- cerpt therefrom was rrarked prosecution's exhibit No. 1833A and received in eyidence.) LIEUT. COLOIoEL MORNAHE: I will read para- graphs three, four, five and six of this exhibit: 14-,068 "I was at Milnp B a y on Tuesday, 25 August, 1942, when the Japanese landed in that area, and I took part in th^ fighting which occurred in that area "between the Japanese and Australian Forces from the 25th August, 1942 until the 31st August, 1942. "On the rnorningr of the 30th August, 1942, I took a patrol consisting of myself and four others into Japanese occupied territory. At a place called M0TE0, where our forces had engaged the Japanese on the night of the 26th, I saw a native lying on his face in the middle of the road. His hands were tied behind him with signal wire (Don-3 Cable). HP had been shot three or four timos through the body, and he had also been bayoneted through the stomach about three times e I did not know who this native w a s , but he appeared to ^e to have been a native of that district. From ny observations, I would say definite- ly thai: he had been bayoneted and shot aftpr having bo<=n tied u p . "Further on in the .iungle, n<=ar tho same マ”lllagp, I found the body of a native woman. She had been tiod down with signal wire by the wrists and Ipgs to stakes. Shp was lying on her back and was naked. fhe had been killed by a knife or a bayonet slash from the stomach upwards. 14-,069 "Furthpr on near Koebele, wh^re fighting had taken place on the night of the 27th, between the 2/10th and the Japanese, I found the bodies of six Australians lying near the track. Their hands had boen tied behind th^ir backs with signal w i r e , and th<^y had bp^n bayoneted through tho stomach. Two of th^m had had thpir arns smashed with riflp bullots fired at closr rangp. These men were lying with thpir knees u p . I looked for the Identity Discs, but these hr^d all b^en removed Prosecution document N o . 5378 is affidavit of former Captain Charles Walter Kendall of 18 Australian Infantry Brigade. I tender this document •for identification and the marked excerpt in evi- dence. THE PRE卜IDENT: M n i t t e d on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 5378 will rpceive exhibit N o . 1834 for identifi- cation only, and the excernt thprpfroa will be exhibit N o . 1834A. (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to was narked Drospcution's exhibit N o . 1 8 3 4 for identification; and the excerpt thprefrora was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1834-A and rpc^ived in evidence.) 14-,070 LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE: I will r ead para- graphs two to eight of this document: "About 1 s t . or 2nd. ^optenber. 1942, at Waga 珂aga in Miln^ B a y wo capturod th^ headquarters of a Japanese Yarinr Regimpnt e In clearing the jungle around these headquarters for our own defensive position, I saw the bodies of two Australian soldiers who had bren mrmbers of the 6lst Militia Battalion, "Cne of theso bodies was lying on the rround with his hands tied together in front of h i m , ^nd his trousers pulled down around his knees and tied dcr:.'n to his boots by his belt。 He had the tops of his nars cut o f f , ？.nd about セwpnty knife or bayonet •wounds in thn body。 His hands were tied in front of his ch^st ^n-i his forearms were cut as though he had boon trying to protect h i m s e l f H i s buttocks and genitals had br^en frightfully nutilated. "About six feot away from his body the othpr body was tied to a tree, with his hands behind his b a c k . He had about six snail wounds on the upper arn. The ground around the bas<= of the tree was vory dis- turbed as though hp had been ti<=d there for sone days. "Both thpse bodies were not more than fifty yards fron the Japanese Headquarters which had beon capturrd. 14-, 1 "On the track leading from Waga ヮaga to L i l l i h i , I saw the bodv of another Australian sold- ier with his hands tied behind his b a c k , lying face d o w n w a r d s . He was tied with s t r i n g . He had a wound on his log wit 1 " 1 a service fipld dressing on i t , and he had 一 t h e t o p of h i s h^ad c u t r i g h t o f f . The t o p portion of the skull was lying forward as if it had been cut right through with a heavv knife or s w o r d , and had been chopped from the r e a r . He also had lacerations criss-crossing his back and shoulders. They appeared to b p knife or sword wounds and had cut right through t h e shirt in tho flesh. "Between the villages of W a g ^ w r aga and G o r o n i , near a Japanese wireless station, I saw the b o d y of a native won an pegged out on the ground. i-he was tied with twine frcm hrr wrists and ankles to pegs driven in tho ground. B o t h of hpr breasts had been cut off and one was placed on h^r face and the other one on hor stonach. The bodv appeared to be that of a young native woman about 20 years o l d . fhe was n a k e d , and did not appear to have been dead for vprv long. In rav o p i n i o n , her breasts had been severed with a knife as they were very raggedly c u t . "Within a couple of days a Japanese soldier "jas captured at A h i o n a . He spoke E n g l i s h , and I showed hin thr bodies of the two Australian soldiprs whom I have pr^viouslv mentioned。 He told me that he was attached to tho landing party, and い a t the ill-treatmpnt and torturing of Australian troops was dono by the orders of thp-ir officers so that thp JaDanese soldiprs would fight and not surrender, because? the same things would be done to then now that these atpocitics had benn committed on the Australians." Prospcution document N o . 5388 is the affi- davit of f o m e r Captain Alan frtidon Pa liner of 1 Australian Indoppndent Company. I tender this docu- rarnt for identification and the marked excerpts in evidence. THE P R E M D E N T ; Admitted on the usual terns. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 5388 will receive exhibit N o . 1835" for identifi- cation only, and the 3 excerpt .vrill receive exhibit No..183 5Ao 、 ( V7 hereupon, the document above re- ferrod to was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1835 for identification; and the ex- cerpt therefron was marked prosecution's . exhibit N o . 1835A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL M O R N A N E：ェ will read U，073 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 paragraphs one and two of this affidavit: "In August, 1942, I was on patrol duty in the vicinity of Milne B a y in New Guinea and was passing through a small native village about half a mile inland from Rabi nission. On the outskirts of the village I saw eight native nen and women lying d e a d . They had been dead from two to five d a y s , and all were shot or bayoneted. "I went on into the villape and saw an Australian soldier tied to a coconut palm by D 5 telephone cable. His arms had been tied around the tree and the wire had cut deeply into his wrists, and this led ne to believe that he was alive when tied to the tree. He was practically naked, waring only a pair nf tattered shorts. He had a number of bullet wounds In his body. He was d e a d . I also saw quite a number of natives lying about dead, in- cluding two native women and one native nan who w e r e tied to trees. They had been killed by either sword or bayonet thrusts." Frospcution document N o . 405 is my next document. It contains various ATlJr bulletins. I tender it for identificration. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's docunent N o . 4 0 5 will receive exhibit N o . 1836 for identifica- l, r ,07 く tion only. (^/hereupon, the document above re- ferred to was narked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1836 for identification.) L I E U T . COLONEL IIORNANE: Prosecution docu- ment N o . 405B consists of excerpts from evidentiary document N o . 4 0 5 . It contains records of the inter- rogation of two Japanese prisoners and excerpts from six Japanese d i a r i e s . I tender th^ s docunent in evidence. THE PRESIDENT: M m i t t e d on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution'o docunent N o . 405B will receive exhibit N o . 1836A, ('.'/hereupon, the docunent above re- ferred to was narked prosecution's exhibit No.183らA and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE： From these excerpts it appears that seven to nine Australians, of whom three or four were wonen and one a c h i l d , were cap- tured by the Japanese near Buna towards the niddle of August; and executed on the following d a y . 14,075 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 P r o s e c u t i o n 1 s document N o . 405A contains further excerpts from evidentiary document N o . 4 0 5 . It contains an excerpt from a captured diary and the record of a statemcint made by a Japanuse prisoner. I tender this docunient in evidence. THE PRILSIDENT; Admitted on the usual terms. CLli;RK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . ^05A will receive exhibit N o . I836E. (^hereupon, the document cbove re- ferred to was marked p r o s e c u t i o n 1 s exhibit N o . I 8 3 6 B and received in evidence.) LILUT。COLONEL I.10RNAKE ； エ will rend the diary excerpt from the w o r d s , "Blood Carnival," down to the w o r d s , "instructor to the T . C . at Moresby." "'ELOOD C:JlNIV:L l '"29 Mar 4 3 . All four of us (Tyohnician KUFOK/Jマ” NISHIGUCKI, Y / J H and Eyself) assembled in front of the Headquarters at 1500 h o u r s . One of the two rem"bers of the crew of the Douglas which was shot down by k/L on the 1 8 t h , and who had been under cross—examination by the 7th Base Force for some days， had been returned to the Salon^ua Garrison, and it had b e e n decided to kill h i m . Unit Compander K O M A I , when he cane to the observation station today, told u.s personally 'thet, in accordance w i t h the compassionate 14,076 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 sentiments of Japanese Bushido t he was going to kill the prisoner himself with his favourite sworcl. So we gathered to observe t h i s . After we had waited a little more than ten minutes, the truce cane along. "'The prisoner, w h o is at the side of the guard house, is giv^n his last drink of w a t e r , etc. The Chief Medical Officer, Unit Comncnder KOMAI and the Headquarters Platoon Commander caine out of the officers' m e s s , v;e?.ring their military swords. The time has come, so the prisoner, with his arms bound and his long hair now cropped very close, totters forward. He probably suspects what is afoot; but he is put on the truck and we set out for our desti- nation. I have a seat next to the Chief Medical Officer, but ten guards ride w i t h u s . To the pleasant rumble of the engine we run swiftly along the roacl in the growing twilight. The glowing sun has set behind the western hills, gigantic clouds rise before u s , and thy dusk is falling all around. It w i l l not bo long n o w . As I picture the scene we are about to witness, my heart beats faster. "'I glance at the prisoner； he lias probably resigned himself to his f a t e . As though saying fare- vJtill to the w o r I d , as he sits in the truck he looks, at "che hills, at the sea, and seens deep in thought, 14,077 I feel a surge nf pity and turn my eyes avjay. "'As we passed by the place where last year onr lamented squad loader was cremated, Techniciaii NISHIOUCHI must have loeen t h i n k i n g about him t o o , for he remarked w I t f s a long time since we were here lest," It certainly Is a long t i n e . W e could see the place every day from the observation p o s t , but never got a chance to c o m e . It is nearly a year since the sqtiad leader vms c r e m a t e d ,エ was moved in spite of m y s e l f , and as I passed the place I closed my eyes end prayed for the repose of SKIIIIZU 1 s soul. 'The truck runs along the sea s h o r e .ヮ e have left tho Navy guard sector behind us and now come into the A m y guard sector. Hero and there "we see sentries in thy grassy fields, and I thank then in ny heart for their toil as we drive o n . They must have got it in the bombing tho night before last -- セ h e r e are great holes by the side of the r o a d , full of water from the ra'in. In a little over twenty m i n u t e s , we arrive at our destination, and all get oil. 1 : 1 Unit Commander K O U stands up and says to the p r i s o n e r , ! n 7e are nois going to kill you." V r hen he tells the prisoner that in accordance w i t h Japan- ese Boshido he woulcl be killed with a Japanese sword, 25 and thr.t lie woulcl have two or three minutes' grace, 丄�J U ̂ o 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 he listens し h Luwed h e a d . ~ T h e Flight-Lioutenant says a fev/ words in a low v o i c e . Apparently he wants to be killed with one stroke of the sword. I hear him say the word "One." The Unit Comiander becomes tense and his face stiffens as he replies, " Y e s . " , "'Now the tine has come, and the prisoner is made to kneel on the bank of a bomb crater filled with water. He is apparently resigned 5 the precau- tion is taken of surrounding hin \d.th guards with fixed bayonets, but he remains calm. He even stretches out his n e c k , and is very b r a v e . 1 ? T h e n I put myself in the prisoner's place, and think that in one more minute it will be good-'oye to this w o r l d , although the daily bombings have filled me with hate, ordinary human feulings make me pity him. 1 : 1 The Unit Coinnander has drawn his favourite sword. It is the famous 0SAI.IUKE sword v.'liicli he showed us at the observation p o s t . It glitters in the light and sends a cold shiver down my spine. He taps the prisoner's neck lightly with the back of the "blade, then raises it above his head with both arms, and brings it down with s. sweep* "I had been standing with my muscles tensed, but in that moment I closed my eyes. 25 '"SSEl It must be the sound of blood 14,079 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 spurting from the artories. w i t h a sound as though iqrxething had been c u t , t h o body falls f o r w a r d . It is amazing ~ he had killed him w i t h one s t r o k e . The onlookers crowd forward. T h e h e a d , detached from the t r u n k , rolls in front of i t . SSH1 SSH’...。... The d a r k blood gushes out. " 1 A l l is over. The head is deed w h i t e , like a d o l l . The savageness w h i c h I felt only a little while ago is gone, and now I feel nothing bnt the true compassion of Japanese B u s h i d o . A Senior corporal laughs loudly, IITrT el'l, he will enter Ilirvana nowi" T h u n , a superior seaman of the medical u n i t takes the Chief Medical O f f i c e r 1 s Japanese sword a n d , intent on paying off old s c o r e s , turns the headloss body over on its b a c k , end cuts the abdomen open with one clear stroke. "They are thick-skinned, these Ke七o -- even the skin of their bellies is thick." Not a clrop of blood cones out of the b o d y . It is pushed over into the crater at once and b u r i e d . "'Nov; the wind "blows mournfully and I see the scene again in ray nind' s eje. ,:,f e get on to the truck end start b a c k . It is dark n o w . -e get off in front of the He£.dqua.rtar3. I say good-bye t.o Unit Commander I【0i.IAI ? e.nc! clinb up the hill vdth Technician K U R O m . This w i l l be something to rememger all rny 14-, 080 liie. If ever I get "br.ck alive it will make a good story to tell, so I have written it down. " 1 At Salamua Observation Post, 30 Har .43, 0110 hrs, to the sound of the midnight waves. "'Note: The is oner killed today was an air Force Flight-Lieutenant fron Moresby. Hu was a young n a n , 23 this year, scid to have been an instructor to the A . T . C. at Moresby.'" Prosecution document K o . 5390 is a stateEdnt nade by Sepoy Bachan Singh of 1/13 F . F . R . エ tender the d o c m e n t for identification anc； thy excerpts marked therein in evidence. THig PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terns. CLERK OF TIE COURT: Prosecution's doctunent N o . 5390 will receive exhibit N o . 1837 for identi- fication only, and the excerpts therefrom will re- ceive exhibit N o . 1837A. ( ir . r liere"upon, the document above re- ferred to was ric.rkecl prosecution's exhibit No. 1837 for identification, and the excerpts therefrom were marked prosecution's exhibit N o . I 8 3 7 A and roceived in evidence,) LIEUT. COLOKEL KORIOffi: I propose to read the marked excerpts other than the translator's certificate. (Reading): 14,081 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "On 5 M a y 1943, I left Singapore for New Criiinea as a prisoner of wsr in a Japanese ship. There were about 595 men in the p a r t y . I cannot describe the hardships we suffered during the voyage. F o r bathing and washing we had to use sea w a t e r . Food was very little there "was a space only 10 feet Toy 10 feet for all of ns in which to sleep. I could neither sleep nor sit down. These hardships lasted for ten d a y s . "On 16 May 1 9 4 3 ,エ disenbarlwd at W e w a k , New Guinea. For two dr.ys following our arrival we v;ert； given no shelter, clothing or food of any kind. TJe vjyre tornonted by mosquitoes end several men fell i l l . '"lien our officers reported about the lack of food the Japanese beat then s a y i n g , 'Th&t's our af- fc.ir. Whatever wo do is right.' Two days later we were taken to a place 3 railes a w a y . Tb^re a n order •was given that ev^ry man w i l l build his own hut out of jungle s l a n t s , Nobody could make smoko, e t c . by day nor light a fire at night because they were afraid of ADoriccn aircraft. If anyone dici anything to the contrary he wes punished with d e a t h . After about a w e e k , our K e n began dying of f e v e r , dysentery, beri- beri and several other diseases, Our party was sent from rT ev/?.k to another o l a c e . F r o m there 350 men were 14-, 082 to B u t . The remainder (those who v;ero in T'ev^ak) were sick. For them therci was no arrangyrnent for rations or medicine, I went with the 350 men to B u t . F o r the next 3 months fit PTJs got rations "but no food "wss given to the sick. ' rT e used to share our rations with thern. vr e were worked so hard that we got no rest during thy day or night. For a'".out 8 days we were made to continuously without any relief. The result was that 5 or 6 men died every- d a y . Nothing could "be clone to dispose of their bodies by cremation or burial. Those who teczme ill were only relieved of fatigues - hen they could not w s l k . They would relieve a men one or two days before he died, If our officers complained they would be brutally beaten. No heed was given to any report or grievance. "On 14 December 4 3 , at about 1 a . m . American aircraft tegan to boirt the locality and afterwards they came regularly. Then our officers told the Jap officer i/c of the party that a flag should be put over our camp to indicatu prisoners of w a r . There was a Jap. Lt。 Col. TAEANO present to whom this was reported by the Jap. officer. He replied, •No pernission from our Government to place flags over P . W . camps has been received.' 14-, 083 "'While 'C.ir raids v^ore going on he put us to work on the airfield. Our officers complained that their men should not have to reEir.in on the air- field during an air raid but this complaint was rejected. On aircraft approaching, all the Japs of our party used to run into the ；jungle, iDUt onr orders were that none v/ns to move a step. If any 1 . 0 . R . or officer flecl for cover they were sevurely beaten. Due to this they could not sleep for several nights. "On 15 D e c . 4 3 , at But when we were working on tlie airfield there was a v^ry heavy air attack in •which 5 of our men were killed and 10 wounded. The latter were given no trdatrnent or food. They were taken to a Jap hospital v;here several of them were killed by some injection of p o i s o n . I worked at But for about 10 months during which I got 4 biscuits and 5 (ounces?) of boiled rice per d a y . From But we returned to Wevjr.k. At But 160 men died out of 3 5 0 . Only 190 men reached Wovrak. Y'hen I got there I learnt that all the sick, T?hoin we had left there, had died. After 2 days at \7ev;ak we v^ere sent to Boiken 一- about half way betv^een But and 'Tewok. "On 25 A p r . 44 after we had been working there for 3 months the Japs ordered all of u.s who could •walk to get ready to accompany them to Ranja (AIT/iPE?) 14,084 carrying Jap stores and a month 1 s rations as Rr.nji was about 300 miles from Boiken. We were told that we would go on foot and world have to make our own ration arrangements. If anyone fell out through illness durin-： the mr.rch he would get no attention except to be shot. were given er.ch about 12 lbs rice and lb sr.lt as a month's ration and tolc! that that would be our food for the journuy from Boiken to Rr.nja. "The Jap officer commanding our party ( N o . 1 7 ) \w.s named Lt. Y/JiiJIOKO. His 2 i/c was L t . NAKADO anc! junior to them were Y/J^IOTO and YAII/ISHITa. Tho first three buat a great raiEber of our men and loft several of then to die on the march. 16 anybody himself. r r hun we had set out from Boiken 1 7 and reached But we were stopped there by the Japs 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 who ordered us to return to our original camps from which we had come. I heard that the Aciericcns had lnnded at Hollanclia anc! for thsit reason we would be sent back. Te were brought bcck to Boiken. I became very happy when I heard that the Allied Armies had landed at H o l l a n d i a . i r r e cnrne back to Boiken and stayed there for 18 days and rejoined the original party of sick men which had "been left there. 14-, 085 1234567890123456789012345 1111111111222222 "On 5 May 44 the Japs ordered all fit men to go with th.jn into the jungle. The sick were to stay at the hospital where a Jap doctor would remain to attend to t h e m . The fit nun with the Japanese sut out for thu jungle. The sick men including myself were left in hospital about 4 miles from Boiken. As I rtinained witli the sick. I know nothing about the fit m e n who went with the Japs. Then the Jap doctor, vjhose name I do no t Imov but whon I could identify, gave an order that 30 patients from those who were the most seriously ill were to Toe sent to the big Jap h o s p i t a l . I t was 1700 hours when he gave this order. The big hospital was about 1 mile distant. I did not go with the 3〇 men as I remained with the others. I c!o not knov^ where those 30 were taken but thct ni^ht 2 seriously vjounded men crawled back into our camp where I was lying ill. They told us that the Japs had killed th-j other 28 and that they were the only survivors. All had been killed by- bayoneting and shooting. They had escaped only by good luck but had been badly wounded. Our officers askec! the Jap officers asked the Jap officers why the 28 men had been killed. They replied that the two men were lying, that all were alive and that after three days they would be taken there to see them. 14-, 086 "On 10 Hay 44 the Jap doctor ordered 3 5 men from the worst cases to be sent to 七 h e big hosioital. They too went and were, destroyed. At 10 o 1 c l o c k that night one me.n returned. H e had bay one t w a n d s in the chest and was coverec!观ith earth, but had not c H e d . 'Then he had regained consciousness (he sc.id) he got up and fled back to our camp. He told us that the remaining 34 men had been bayoneted and "buried in a trench. 'I was with then, too,' he sc.id. 1 H y lifu was spared but '"ith this wound there is no hope for m e . Look after ypur own l i v e s 5 i f possible 5 because the Japs will kill you. all one Ly one.' "Then v/e considered that it would be better to escape from there than to be killed. At midnight all of us ran away in diff«rent directions and became separated. I and 20 others went to a place.in the jungle and began to live there. Nothing was ever heard about the rest of the party. I lived as a fugitive under terrible h a r d s h i p s , l i v i n g on plants in the jungle for 1 year 9 days -- from 10 Hay 44 to 22 M a y 45. Then the Australian /..rmy rescued me from the claws of the Japs. I don't know what became of the Japs in our camp because we had run awsy from them that night. Out of the 20 men who \iere with me in the jungle 5 were recovered and reached Australia. The Japs searched for the others end killed them," 1 4 , 0 S £ Prosecution document N o . 5384- is a statu- tory declaration made by Jemadar Abdul LATIF, of 4/9 Jat Regiment. I tender the document for identi- fication cind the marked excerpts in evidence. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's docu- ment N o . 5384 will receive exhibit No. 1 8 3 8 for identification only, and tbe excerpts therefrom will receive exhibit No. I838-A. ( h e r e u p o n , the document above referred to was narked prosecution's ex- hibit N o . 1838 for identification, and the eycerpts therefrom were marked prose- cution' s exhibit N o . 1838-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE: I will read para- graph 3 of this declaration. "In A p r i l , I 抓es with 26 Indian work- ing party during a march from Wewak towards Hol- land ia. Private Fateh Khan was with me on that march. In the vicinity of Boiken he complained to Lieut. KASHIMOTO that be was too weak to carry his load and asked that it be lightened. Lieut. KASHI- MOTO was in charge of the party. He ordered I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 1 1 1 1 1 23 24 25 Duda & Eder .へ 14-, 089 Corporal YAMADA (now deceased) and other Japanese soldiers to bind Private Fateln Khan's hands and feet and put him in the sea. Fe was thereupon tied up by four soldiers, carried out into four feet of water, and left there. He drowned, while Lieut. KASHIMOTO and the other Japanese looked on. I and the other Indians now deceased witnessed the inci- dent." Prosecution document N o . 5391 is a statu- tory decleration msde by Lsnce Corporal Dina Nath, of 3/17 Dogra Regiment. I tender it for identifica- tion and the marked excerpts in evidence. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's docu- ment N o . 5391 will receive exhibit N o . 1839 for identification only, and the excerpts therefrom will receive exhibit N o . 1839-A. (^hereupon, the document above re- ferred to was merked prosecution's exhibit No. 1839 for identification, end the ex- cerpts therefrom were marked prosecution's exhibit No. 1839-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE: The declarant, as an Indian prisoner of w a r , was a member of 18 14-, 090 Indian working party. In M a y , 1 9 4 4 , the me in body of this party went to Rabang, leaving behind at But 100 sick Indians. About a month leter Jap Le.nce Corporal TAKASHI, who hat? remsined with these sick prisoners, said they had been killed by machine guns and hand grenades as a reprisal because some Gurkhas bed signslied to Allied aircr&ft. Prosecution document N o . 5382 is s statu- tory decl&retion by Private Chain Singb, of 2/12 Frontier Force. I tender this document for identi- fication and the marked excerpts in evidence. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terns. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's docu- ment No. 5382 will receive exhibit N o . 1840 for identificstion only, and the eycerpts therefrom will receive exhibit No. 1840-A. (Vlhereupon, the document e.bove referred to was marked prosecution's ex- hibit No. 1840 for identificstion, end the excerpts therefrom were marked prosecu- tion's • exh ibit No. 1840-A end received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE: The declarant st£tes the t in A u g u s t , 1 9 4 4 , t?;o Indian prisoners 14-, 691 of w a r , Sergeant Wariam Singh and Lance Corporal Fazara Singh, were beaten by the Japanese with a shovel and sticks and were then taken away. He never saw them again. Prosecution document No. 5383 is a state- ment of Japanese Lsnce Private YASUSAKA, M S A J I , of 19 Special ^ater Duty Coy, I tender this document for identification and the merked excerpts in evidence. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terns. CLERK 01 THE COURT: Prosecution's docu- ment N o . 5383 will receive exhibit No. 1841 for identification only, and the excerpts therefrom will receive exhibit No. 1841-A. (thereupon, the document above referred to wss marked prosecution's ex- hibit No. 1841 for identification, and the eycerpts therefrom were msrked prose- cution' s exhibit No. 1841-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE: YASUSAKI admits the,t ho end another Japanese phot g.nd killed tine- two Indian prisoners of war, Sergeant ^arie.m Singh and Lance Corporal Hazara Singh, referred to in the 14,092 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 previous erlr ibit. Prosecution document N o . 5380 is a state- ment by Japanese Lance Private YASUSAKA. I tender t.his document for identifies tion and the marked eycrrpts in evidence. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's docu- ment No. 5380 will receive exhibit No. 1842 for identification only, and the eycerpts therefrom will receive exhibit No. 1842-A. (^hereupon, the document above referred to was marked prosecution's ex- hibit N o . 1842 for identification, and the excerpts therefrom were msrked prosecu- tion's exhibit N o . 1842-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE: He states that at Ranimboa, in September, 19^-4, an Indian officer, Reshid Mohd rnd an Indi&n NCO complaincd to the Japanese that another Japanese soldier had taken tobacco and shoes from them. YASUSAKA and another Japanese then tied the Indians' hands, took them into the bush and shot them. Prosecution document N o . 5381 is a statu- 14-, 093 tory declaration by Private Lakhu R s m . I tender it for identificetion and the mr.rked ey.cerpts in evidence. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's docu- ment N o . 5381 will receive exhibit W o . 1 8』3 for iden- tification only, and the excerpts tberefrom will receive exhibit N o . 1843-A. (他 e r e u p o n , the document above referred to was m&rked prosecution's ey- hibit N o . 1843 for identification, and the e>*cerpts therefrom were parked prose- cution's eyhibit N o . 1843-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE: This document refers to the seme happening as the previous exhibit. Prosecution document N o . 5386 is s stetu- tory declaration made by Jemadar Cbint Singh, of 2/12 I'rontier F o r c e . I tender it for identification and the marked ey.cerpts in evidence. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's docu- ment N o . 5386 will receive exhibit N o . 1 8 M for 14-, 0 9 4 identificetion only, end the excorpts therefrom will receive exhibit N o . 1844-A, . (^hereupon, the document above referred to ves mrrkcd prosecution's ex- hibit Fo. 18^-4 for identificetion, and the excerpts therefrom were merked prose- c u t i o n ^ e y M b i t No. 1844-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE: The declrrant tells of rn Indian prisoner of being beaten into unconsciousness by a Jcpancse in F e b r u & r y , 1 9 ^ 5 , at Furringe. Three weeks lrter ho r 1 ied from the effects of tbis be-sting. Prosecution document No. 53^7 is e statu- tory declaration mrde by Scrpeent Hamir Singh, of 2/12 Frontier Force. I tender it for identification prid the marked excerpts in evidence. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's docu- ment N o . 5307 will receive exhibit N o . 1845 for identification only, r.nd the excerpts therefrom will receive exhibit No. 184-5-A. (^hereupon, the document above referred to wf.s mrrked prosecution's ex- 14-, 095 hibit N o . 1845 for identification, and the excerpts therefrom were marked prose- cution' ？ exhibit N o . 1 8 4 5 - A and received i in evidence.) The d e c l r r m t tells of the shooting and killing of four sick Indian officers, who were prisorcrs of w a r , by the Japanese at Y a w a , New C-uine?, in February, 194-5. 14-, 0 9 6 Prosecution document N o . 5229 is a record of the interrogation of Japanese Captain 0N0, Satoru, of 53 Field Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion, 3 6 Livision, Second Army. I tender the document for identification, and the marked excerpts in evidence. THE PHISILEOT； Acmitteo on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 5229 will receive exhibit N o . 1846 for identifi- cation only, and the excerpt therefrom will receive exhibit N o . 1 8 4 6 - A . (Whereupon, prosecution's document N o . 5229 was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1846 for identification; and the excerpt therefrom, bearing the same document number, was marked orosecution 1 s exhibit N o . 1846-A ano received in evidence.) LISDT. COLONEL f' T 0RrTAF5； 0K0, Satoru, states that he applied to Yoshino unit commander for an American prisoner of war to kill. He was given two. He had them bayoneted and then beheaded. One was finally beheaded with a shovel. This was in 1944. He cid it because he had a strong, hostile feeling on account of Americans' bombing his battery. Prosecution document N o . 5385 is sworn record of interrogation of Captain K A T O , ICihachiro, of 14-, 097 Fuj imurra U n i t . I tender the document for identifi- cation and marked excerpts in evidence. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT； Prosecution's document N o . 5385 will receive exhibit N o . 1847 for ioentifi- cation only, and the marked excerpt therefrom w i l l receive exhibit N o . 1847-A. (Whereupon, prosenution ! s document N o . 5385 was marked prosecution 1 s exhibit N o . 1847 for identification; and the excerpt therefrom, bearing the same document number, was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1847-A and received in evioence,) LIEUT. COLONEL HORFANS: The deponent stated that on orders of Chief of Staff, Livisional Head- quarters , h e executed an Australian soldier who had been captured at Otakwa about 12 November 194-4-. - Prosecution document N o . 5314 is a Nether- lands Forces Intelligence Service report, with two photographs attached. I tender the document for iden- tification and the marked excerpts, including photo- graphs , i n evidence, THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. ‘ I CLERK OF TH3 COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 5314 will receive exhibit N o . 1848 for identification 14-, 098 only, ana the marked excerpts therefrom, including the photographs, will receive exnibit N o . 1848-A. (ヮhereupon, prosecution's documont N o . 5314 was rsnrked prosecution 1 s exhibit N o . 1848 for identification; anci the excerpts therefrom, bearing the same Document n u m b e r , were marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1848-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE: The report contains a statement by a Japanese prisoner of war admitting that he took part in the execution of an Australian sergeant and two Ambon natives at Aitape on 24 Oct- ober 19^3. I will read the statement of prisoner Y U N O M E , K u n i o . "About September, 194-3, I was ordered to report by the Aitape agent Commander Shingawa to go to Maroe where a branch of the Aitape agent was located. The Commander of that branch was HIROE of the Naval garrison troops. The Takasa Unit which consisted of about six men ano two civilian employees were also in M a r o e . The natives in the area reported to HIROE that there was an element of enemy reconnaissance unit in the rear side of the mountains. Thereupon, HIROE, the Takasa Unit, and I, went to investigate the said 14,099 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 r e a . We also brought some natives to guide u s . H o w e v e r , we were unable to find the enemy. HIROS told the natives in that area that if anyone should cap- tare this enemy he would be w e l l rewarded. About two weeks later, about ten natives brought to HIROS an Australian sergeant and two Ambon natives. Upon request, I interpreted for HIROS and interrogated them. A report about this was made to SHIKAGOWA of the Aitepe agent. Then these three prisoners were taken to Aitape, Sergeant Major WATANABS who was the garrison troop leader made the report through wireless to the W e w a k Headquarters. I heard from YASUNO that an answer from headquarters came through a wireless saying to execute the m e n . T h e r e f o r e ,エ believe we executed them the fcllowing day. "On 24 October 1943, Sergeant Major マATANABE orderod the natives to dig a hole in the sand along the seacoast. Then Sergeant Major T 7ATANABE, Sergeant Y A S U N O , myself, MITSUBA3HI, ACACHI., six men of the Takasa Unit and about 25 or 26 men of the Navy garrison unit went to the place of execution. There wore natives also present at the execution. The first execution was oono by YASUNO, who beheaded the Austra- lian sergeant with a sword. 3y the order of YASUNO, ェ then beheaded one of the へmbon natives ^/ith a sword. 14,100 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 | 20 | 21 22 23 24 MITSUBASHI executed the other native in the same m a n n e r . I believe ALASHI, a civilian employee, was the one w h o to®k the picture of the execution. After the execution we buried them and covered the hole � i t h sand. I was told by YASUNO that the reason for the execution was that they were guilty of reconnoitering the area and giving secret information through wireless, the natives acting as a spy." I would 6raw the Tribunal's attention to the two photographs which accompany this exhibit, on«3 showing a nativo about to be bohoaded. Prosecution document N o . 5*389 is a Netherlands Forces Intelligence Service r e p o r t . I tender it for identification, and the marked excerpts in evidence. This report contains a statement by Fusilier Nawi bin Giman thnt in July 1944， on Noemfoor Island, he and sixteen other Indonesians T ^ore tied up and bayoneted by the Japanese. I-Is and one other feigned death and ultimately escaped. At least fourteen of the | ‘ remainder were k i l l e d . T H E PRESIDENT: Admitted on ths usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: ProsGCution's Gocumont N o . 5389 w i l l receive exhibit N o . 1849 for identification 25 14-, 101 only. The marked excerpt therefrom will receive exhibit N o . 1849-A. (Whereiroon， prosecution' s Gocument N o . 5389 was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1849 for identification; and the excerpt therefrom, bearing the same oocumont n u m b e r , was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1849-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE: Prosecution's document N o . 409 is an ATIS bulletin. I tender prosacution's document N o . 409 for identification. CLERIC OF THE COURT ； Prosecution's aocument N o . 409 will receive exhibit N o . 1850 for identification only. (Whereupon, the document above referred to was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 18^0 for identification.) LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE: Prosecution's document N o . 409-A contains extracts from evidentiary docunent N o . 4 0 9 . Paper 578 contains an cr dor made by the Tribunal on tho 25th of November, 1946, author- izing service of excerpts from evidentiary document N o . 409 on accused instead of copies of evidentiary- document N o . 4 0 9 . ェ tender prosecution document N o , 409-A in evidence 14,102 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 PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THB COURT: Prosecution's documGnt N o . 409-A will roceivo exhibit N o . 1850-A. (Whereupon, the document above referred to was raarksd prosecution's exhibit N o . 1850-A, and was received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE: I will road subpara- graphs a ？2nd b from first page of document. "a. Extract from Document entitled 'laily Rocord of Investigation of Prisoners,' dated 8 March - 14 May, 194-2, unit unknown, containing daily records of investigation of Chinese, natives and civilians, under surveillance in LAE Area: ,r '28 A p r i l • Although we today re-examined them at tho Mountain Gun Unit sentry group, they did not confess. Perhaps MAHI and the other natives took separate roads to come here, so the latter did not see them. However, considering the future, one person was handed over to the Chief Medical Officer of N o . 4 Air Medical Unit for medical experiments, and the other five persons were stabbed to death.' (ATIS Enemy Publications N o . 65， page 6). "b. Prisoner of War F U S S I , Iwataro, (JA 145118) labourer, mornber of 15 Pioneer Battalion, surrendered near B u n a , 3 January 194-3 5 stated: 14-, 103 "'An Australian Second LiGUtonant was captured at Buna in September and was questioned by Interpreter SATO. He was examined as to Allied treat- ment of prisoners of war and stated that we placed them in internment camps and that they were ^ell treated. After examination he was bsheadeo that night. The medical officer of 14 Pioneer Unit actod as axocutionor using his own sword. ，"Two American soldiers were captured. One of thorn is said to have claimed to be a Mexican. The other was an American. Prisoner of war stated he did not know full details. Interpreter SATO told him that these prisoners of war 邓ひre blindfolded while being questioned and afterwards w o r o both boheaded by the same medical officer of the 14 Pioneers who used his own sword,' (ATIS Advanced Echelon N o . 1 . S u b s e q u e n t Preliminary Interrogation of Prisoner of T 7ar JA 145118， page 3.)" That completes the evidence エ have to offer on the New Guinea section of this phase. THE PRESIDENT: Have you considered the whole of this document in hand, and have you read all you intend to road? LI3UT. COLONEL M0RNAN3: I am sorry, I did not catch what you said, M r . President. 14,104 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | 9 ： 10 11 1 2 ； 13丨 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 (thereupon, the question of ijlie President w?.s road bv the official court •：‘ - i .. roportor.) LISOT. COLONEL MORNANE: Of tho Now Guinea phase, I have, your Honor. If thoro are 勺ny docuraonts thst •'•our Honor suggests, any parts of those documonts your Honor thinks would b3 of assistance to the T r i o u n R l , I would lee glao to read them. エ may say, with regard to the romaindor of that document, I am bringing that in in the Solomon IslnncSs phase dealing with Guadalcanal, My next document is evidentiary oocum3nt N o . a synopsis of tho trentmont of prisoners of war in New Britain. I tender this document in evidence. THE PRESILSNT； Admitted on tho usual terras. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosocution's document N o . 5445 will receive exhibit N o . 1851. (Whereupon, tha documont above referred to wp.s marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1851, and was receivod in ovidence.) , LIEUT. COLONEL M0RKAN3: Prosecution's ciocumont No.. 5311 is p. record of evidence given by Private William Cook, 2/10 Australian Field Ambulance. I tender the document ff>r identification and the marked excorpts in evidence. THE ElESILENT: Admitted on the nantl tsrms. CLERK OF THE COURT： Prosecution's docuraGnt N o .ヲ 3 1 1 will receive exhibit N o . 18?2 for idontifica- tion only, and the marked axcerpt therefrom, bearing tnc same document number, will receive exhibit N o . 1852-A. (V/hereupon, prosecution's document N o . 5311 w=;s rnarkod prosecution's exhibit N o . 1852 for identification; and the oxcerpt therefrom, bearing the same document number, was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1852-A and received in evidsnce.) LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE: The deponent savs thnt on the 4th of February 1942, the Jnpanese cap- tured a party of tv;enty-four ら u s t r n l i a n soldiers and one civilian at T o l， in New Britain. The soldiers were army medical corps m e n , and drew the attention of the Japanese to the Red Cross armbands. The Japs ripped their armbands off. 14-, 106 I will now read the third, fourth and fifth paragraphs on page 3 of the document. (Reading): "Just before reaching TOL, a civilian European policeman from RABAUL and another soldier rere added tc our party, making it 25 all told. On arriving at T O L , the Japanese soldiers were allowed to rarsack cur packs and to search for anything which may have been of value to them. Rirgs and watches were taken from us. "We were told to put everything out of our pockets on to the ground, and our pay books were collected. They then tied our hands behind our v a c k s vith fishing cord, and. we \;eve tied together in parties of twos and threes. They then separated from us the European member of the police force. They then took off our tin hats ̂ and as v;e were marched off, they wore questioning the member of the police force. They marched us to a plantation about half a mile from TOL in the direction of SABAUL. We w e r e , by signs, told to sit down on a slight rise on the track leading into the plantation, with our back towards the plantation. At this stage we protested against the treatment, as ve ^ere of the Bed Cross, and each of us wore a r e d Cross arir band. The officer-in—charge just ripped our arm bands off our sleeves and kept Ka P I e a u & Goldberg 14-, 107 them in his h a n d . "They started to take the men down the track in parties, but the first man was taken down separately. Then we followed in groups of two or three. I was in the second last party corsisting of three. There were tv;o in the last party. "The officer, by signs, asked us would we sooner be bayoneted or shot. We asked to be shot. We were taken down the track. W h e n we reached the bottora of the track, three other Japanese with fixed bayonets intercepted us and walked "behind u s . The first b l o w " — I air. afraid the translation -- May エ have another one? I have got it h e r e , two lines from the next page. (Headinp c o n t i n u e d ) " T h e first blow knocked the three of us to the ground. Our thumbs were tied behind our backs and native lap laps were used to connect us together through our arms. They stood above us and stabbed us several more t i m . e s .エ received five stabs. I pretended death and held m y breath. "The Japanese then walked away. The soldier who was lying next to me groaned. One Japanese came back and stabbed him again. I could not hold m y breath 14,108 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 any longer , and w h e n I breathed he heard it and stabbed roe another six times. The last thrust went through m y ear, face and into m y m o u t h , severing an artery which caused the blood to gush out of m y m o u t h . He then placed cocoanut fronds and vines over the three of u s . I lay there and heard the last two men "being shot. "I la" there for approximately one h o u r , w v -en I decided to try to escape. I untied the cloth which conrected me with the other two and walked towards the sea 5 which was about ヲ0 yards away. After a few steps, I collapsed. It seemed only a short time before I regained consciousness. I then tried to saw the bonds from m y thumbs on the iron heel of m y boot ̂ but could not do so because m y thumbs were swollen» After a short w h i l e , I managed to get m y leg between my two hands and エ chewed at the knot until it became undone. I then walked towards the beach. I made my way along the beach, walking as m u c h as possible in the water tc avoid leaving traces of blood and at the same time bathing m y "back in the salt w a t e r . Just at dusk I sighted the smoke of a cairp fire in the ；jungle near the b e a c h , and made towards it." Prosecution document N o . 5312 is a record 14,109 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 of evidence of Driver Wilkie Desmond Collins, the 7/10 Australian Field Ambulance. I tender it for identification and the marked excerpts in evidence, THE PRESIDENT; Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution 1 s document No,. 5312 will receive exhibit No. 1853 for identi- fication only, and the marked e xcerpt therefroip w i l l receive exhibit No. 1853-A. - (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to was marked prosecution's exhibit No r 1853 for* identification; and the excerpts therefroin were marked prosecution's exhibit N o , 1 8 5 3 - A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL MOBNAKE: Collins was one of a party of 123 Australian soldiers captured by the Japs at TOL. .They were broken up into parties of ten oT twelve and marched into the bush. The members of his party were bayoneted or shot. H e , himself, was shot, but escaped after feigning death. Prosecution document No. 5313 is a record of the evidence of Private Hugh Joseph Webster of 2/22nd Australian Infantry Battalion. I tender the document for identification and the marked excerpts in evidence. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. 14,110 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 CLERK CF THE COURT; Prosecution's document N o . 5313 will receive exhibit N o . 1854 for identi- fication only, and the marked excerpt therefrom will receive exhibit N o . 1854-A. • (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to was marked prosecution 1 s exhibit No, 1854 for identification; and the excerpt therefrom v;as marked prosecution's exhibit No 1854-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT。COLONEL ilOPNAM；: The deponent -says that on the 4th of F e b r u a r y , 1942, he and eleven other Australiar soldiers v^ere captured by the Japanese at Waitavlo in New Britain, tied up and shot. Ten were killed. The deponent and ore other man were w o u n d e d . In addition to this I have evidence, if the Tribunal pleases, that recently investigations were trade and. the Battalion Commander of the Battalion-— Japanese battalion that was at Tol was interrogated and ordered to go a w a y , write out a statement, and return for further interrogation. At about the same time a request was sent out to a man who was medical officer of this battalion demanding that he should corae to Tokyo for interrogation. Neither of them came to Tokyo and on investigations being m a d e , it was 14-, 111 found that the Battalion Commander had comiritted suicide at Kotemba, and the Medical Officer had also committed suicide. If the Tribunal thinks that they could posFiloly draw any inference from these facts, I have a witness whom エ could put into the "box to- ？r or row nnorning. THE P O S I D E N T : Did the deceased Japanese make any admissions vhich you could prove through that witness or any other witness? LIEUT。 COLONEL MORNANE; The deceased colonel left a diary which has not been completely translated yet -- a diar), of the last eleven days of his life. I am told that in th&t he accepted full responsibility for his battalion^ but do not know whether he referred to this particular incident. THE PHESIDEKT; Obviousl^ we can draw no inferences from anything you have said because you have not proved anything; and the mere proof of the suicides would warrant r.o inference of any kind. LIEUT。COLONEL MORNAKEs If the Tribunal pleases, prosecution document N o . 54-00 is an affi- davit made bv Lieutenant Wong Yo Sin of 200 Battalion, 67th Division, Chinese National A r m y . I terder the document for identification and the marked excerpts in evidence. 14-, 112 THE PHFSIDEFT: Admitted c.n the usual t e r r r . C-LERIL CF THE CCURTs Prosecution's document N o .ラ 4 0 0 v?ill receive e x h i b i t N o . 1855 for identi- fication. only, and the excerpt exhibit N o . I S ^ - A . (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to was marked prosecution^s exhibit ]\Io. l8 c : 5 for identification only; ard the excerpt thererroin 刃as r-^.rked •nrosecution's exhibit ivo. l8 c r 5-A and received in evidence.) L I E U T。 C O L C U L :'0RNAI+:Es The depcnent says that ten Chinese soldiers, v-hn^, he names, were shot and killed b ^ the Japs at Rabaul o n the 29th of January, 194-3 5 because they were too sick to w o r k . Prosecution's document N o . 5401 is affidavit of Major Lee W a i Sin of the Third Field Volunteer A r m y . I tender it for identification arid the marked excerpts in evidence. THE PRE-SIDENT: Admitted o n the usual t e r m s . CLERK CF THE COURT: Prosecution's document Ivo..ヲ401 will receive exhibit N o . 1856 for identi- fication only; and the cxccrpt w i l l receive exhibit N o . 1856-A. (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to was marked prosecution's exribit N o . 5401 for idfeiitificationj cuid the excerpt 14-, 113 therefrom was marked prosocTition' s exhibit I J o . 1 8 - A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL ！ M y attention has been dravrn by m y f r i e n d , M r . B l e w e t t , to the- fact that the last document establishes the death of two Chinese soldiers, not ten; and the date is the 25th of January, 1 9 4 3 . In document ヲ401 the deuonent says that ten Chinese soldiers were killed by shooting by the Japanese at F.abaul on the 29th of January, 194-3, because they had ro strength to v;ork for the Japanese. P r o s e c u t i o n 1 s document N o . 5^02 is an affi- davit made by Major Lee Wai Sin of Third Field Volunteer Army. I tender this d o c u m e n t for identi- •"'icaticn and the marked excerpts in evidence. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK CF THE COURT; Prosecution's document N o . 5402 项ill receive exhibit N o . 1857 for identi- fication o n l y , and the marked excerpt therefrom w i l l be exhibit N o . 1 8 5 7 - A . ("'/hereupon, the document above re- ferred to v/as marked prosecution 1 s exhibit N o . 1857 fcr identification? and the excerpt therefrom was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1857-A and received in evidence.) 14,114 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 LIEUT。 COLC'KSL I'O^NANEs The deponent says thニt on the 4th of F e b r u a r y , 1943, at R a b a u l , t h e Japanese shot and killed six Chinese officers and so] diers because they ？.'ere too ill to worP -, Prosecution's document No 5393 is record of evidence given by Captain Liu ir /Gi Pao of the Chinese rational A r m y . I tender the document for identi- fication and the marked excerpt in evidence. THE PRESIDENT; Admitted on the usual terms. CLEPvK CF TKE COURTs Prosecution's document N o . 5393 will receive exhibit N o . 1858 for identi- fication n l v , and the excerpt therefrom will be exhibit N o . 1S58-A. (Y/hereupon, the document above re- ferred tc was marked p r o s e c u t i o n 1 s exhibit K o . 1 8 5 8 for identification; and the excerpt therefrom vv?.s marked prosecution's exhibit No 1858-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLCl'IL I.DRNAFEs The affiart states that at Habau] on the 3rd of M a r c h , 194-3, the Japanese took t^entj^-four sick Chinese soldiers from the sick quarters, forced theic into a grave that had already- been d u g , and shot them all. On the 10th of M a r c h , 19^-3> a further batch of sick Chinese soldiers who were ill were killed by the Japanese in the same manner. 14-, 1 1 5 THE PETSIDENTj We will recess for fifteen minutes. (Whereupon, at 1445, a recess was taken until 15^0, after which the proceedings •svere resumed as follows:) 14,116 fc n o r s e 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 MARSHAL OF THF COURT: The International Military Tribunal for the Far ： ast is now resumed. THI PRFSIDiKT; Colonel M o r n a n e . LILUT. COLONEL MORNANE； Prosecution document N o . 5^04- is the affidavit made by Captain Yun? Pang Fae of the Central Volunteer Chinese Army Headquarters. エ tender this document for identification snd the marked, excerpts in evidence. THE PRESIDENT? Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution document N o . 5404 will receive exhibit N o . 1359 for identifi- cation only3 and the excerpts therefrom w i l l be exhibit N o . 1859A. (Whereupon, prosecution's document No.ヲ4〇4 was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1859 for identification, the excerpts there- from being marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1859A and received in evidence.) LIEUT。 COLONEL MORNANE: The deponent states that on the 3rd of A p r i l , 194-3, eleven sick Chines© soldiers were executed with swords because they were too ill to work. Prosecution's document N o . 54-05", the record of evidence ofCorp-oral Shieh Tschen Tse of the Chinese National A r m y . I tender this document for identification 14-, 117 24 j 25 j and the marked excerpts in evidence. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terras. CLLRK OF THI COURT: Prosecution's document No» 54-05 will receive exhibit N o . i860 for identifica- tion only, and the excerpts therefrom will be exhibit N o . 1860A. (Whereupon, prosecution's document N o . 54-05 was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . i860 for identification, the excerpts there- from being marked prosecution 1 s exhibit N o . 1860A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE a This document refers to the same killing ss the previous exhibit. This fixes Kokopo ss the place of execution. Prosecution document N o . 54-06, an affidavit made by Captain Cheung Ye« Yu of the Third Field Volunteer Army. I tender it for identification and the marked excerpts in evidence. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted oft the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: P r o s e c u t i o n、 document N o . 5406 will receive exhibit N o . 1 8 6 1 for identifica- tion only; the excerpt therefrom will receive exhibit N o . 1861A. (Thereupon, prosecution's document No. 5406 was marked prosecution's exhibit No. 14-, 118 1861 for identification, the excerpts there- from being marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1861A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE-： I will read the first two paragraphs of this affidavit: "Pte Lo Yan Cheung of my 3rd Field Volunteer Army, wss shot by Japanese because he was too ill to work. He was shot by Lt. SASAKI, member of the (Yang B u t a i ) N o . 9644 Kerevst Aerodrome. This occurred in Kerevat 9 October 1943. He was shot by rifles. "This man with his comrades was working together in Kerevat Aerodrome - treated him like a s l a v e , l i v e d in filthy places, bitten by mosquitoes and became ill. No doctor attended himifihile he was sick, besides no medicine was given to h i m , supply insufficient food for him to eat - on account of this, he could not w o r k , so this Lt. SASAKI, officer in charge of this party, take him into the bush and shot him through the skull. "I saw this happen." Prosecution document N o . 5407 is an affidavit made by Lieutenant Tan B e i Ming of Central Chinese Volunteer A r m y . I tender it for identification and the marked excerpts in evidence. THE PRESIDENT： Admitted on the usual terms. 14,119 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N ) . 5407 will receive exhibit N o . 1862 for identifi- cation only, and the marked excerpt th®refrom will receive exhibit No. 1862A. (Whereupon, prosecution's document N o . 54-07 was marked prosecution's exhibit No. 1862 for identification, the marked excerpts therefrom being msrked prcrsecution's exhibit N o . l862Aand received in evidence.) ‘ LIEUT. COLONFL MORNANE: The deponent states that on the second of N o v e m b e r , 1 9 4 3 , at Kakawat Aerodrome the Japanese killed by shooting a Chinese soldier who was too ill to work. Prosecution document No. ?408 is an affidavit by corporal Pang Nam Ting of the 88th Division. I tender it for identificetion and the marked excerpts in evidence. THE, PRESIDENT; Admitted on the usual terras. CLIRK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 5408 will receive exhibit N o . 1863 for identifica- tion only, and the excerpts therefrom will receive exhibit N o . 1863A. ( T hereupon, prosecution's document Wo.• 5408 was marked prosecution 1 s exhibit N o . I863 for identification, the excerpts 14-, 120 therefrom being marked prosecution 1 s exhibit N o . I863A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONFL MORNANEs Deponent states that on the 26th of J u l y , 1944, at Rabaul s Chinese soldier v;ss clubbed to death by the Japanese because he was too ill to w o r k . Prosecution document N o . 9 is a record of evidence of M r s . Lee Yitsai Kunysng of Chinatown, R s b a u l . I tender this document for identification and the marked excerpts in evidence. THE PHIS ID *INT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLIRE OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 5^09 will receive exhibit N o . 1864 for identifica- tion only, and the excerpt thsrefrom will have exhibit N o . 1864A. ！ (Whereupon, prosecution's document N o . 5409 wes marked prosecution 1 s exhibit K o . 1 8 6 4 for identification, the excerpts therefrom being msrked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1864A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL I.IORNAME.； The deponent is fifty-nine years of sge. In Arril, 1 9 4 3 , because of having a radio set she was beaten by the Japanese until she fainted. Her six sons were also beaten end finally one wss beheaded. 14-, 21 Prosecution* s document N o . 5217 is an affi- daTit made jointly by 1st Lieutenant James A . McMurria, 2nd Lieutenant Jose L . K o l q u i n , and 2nd Lieutenant Alphonse D . Quinones, all of the 5th United States Air Force ̂ I tender this "document for identificstinn and the marked excerpts in evidence, TH： PRESIDENT; Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK CF THL COURT; Prosecution's document N o . 5217 will receive exhibit H o . 1 8 6ヲ for identifica- tion only, and the marked excerpts therefrom w i l l receive exhibit N o . 186?A. ( v "hcreuT3on, prosecution's document N o . 5217 was markbd prosecution's exhibit N o . 1865 for identification, the excerpts therefrom being marked prosecution's exhibit N o . l86bA and received in evidence.) Lir:UT, COLONEL MORNANE ； I will rcsd the fourth paragraph of this affidavit: "”iiile at Rs.baul we were quartered in a small wood building where we slept on the floor. Conditions were very crowded and at times it was impossible for all of us to lie d o w n . W e received about a coffee cup three-fourths full of rice and half s cur» of soup three times a day. Beating of prisoners was common at the camp for the slightest infraction of the 14-, 122 rules and msny times for no reason at all. These beatings were sometimes rather severe snd Japanese often used bamboo clubs, bsyonet esses, belts, their fists, and ramrods from their rifles. They also used rifle butts, end often when s prisoner was down they would kick him in the tcsticles. Corrorel WADA we.s the worst offender in the besting of prisoners. He was nicknamed 'the. Bull. 1 We had no American medical attention. At first there were 64 allied prisoners at the csmp. Forty of these were reported by the Japanese es h&ving been killed by bombing while being transported to another camp. Twelve American prisoners of war and five other American prisoners died in ce、p from starvation, beri beri ? dysentery, combined with lack of medics1 care. There were only six allied prisoners who were alive when the canrn wss liberated on 7 September 194ヲ." Prosecution document N o . 54-38 is a statement made by Ceptain John J . Murphy of Allied Intelligence Bureau. I tender the document, for identification end the m&rkcd excerpts in evidence. TIIE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLFRK OF TH: COURT; Prosecution's document No. 5438 will receive exhibit No， 1866 for identifica- tion only, and the excerpts therefrom will receive 14-, 123 exhibit H O . 1866A. ( r : hereur»on, prosecution's document N o . 5438 v;as marked prosecution's exhibit K o . 1 3 6 6 for identification, the excerpts therefrom being marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1866A and received in Evidence.) LIITJT. COLONEL MORNANE: I will rerd this statement: "Normen Vickers of the Roy&l New Zealand Air Force, w£s with us as a prisoner of war off Tunnel Hill H o e d , Rcbaul. "He st£ted that he we.s shot down in the Eougoinville-Shortlends area I believe. ”Wh(.n he arrived at the prison csmp in Rebaul he hsd been cruelly ill-trested. Ko. had been "bound by ropes to which fish hooks hsd bfcen attached in such a way th?;t whenever he moved his head the fish hooks woti.Id picrcc his face. "Vickers* health deteriorated enc in July, 1944, he died in my presence ss a result of malnutri- tion end dysentery." Prosecution document N o . 5^10 is en affidavit msdt by Hauta Leonard, a native b o y . I tender this document for identification end the marked excerpts in evidence. 14,124 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 8 ！ 19 20 21丨 22 I 23 24 | 25 ！ TIIE PRESIDENT: /.dmitted on the usual terms. CLIRF 0? THE CO丁:RTS Prosecution's document N o . 5^10 will receivc exhibit N o . 1867 for identifica- tion only； the marked excerpts therefrom will receive exhibit W o . 1 8 6 7 A . (Whereupon, prosecution document N o . 5^10 wss marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1 8 d 7 for identification, the excerpts therefrom being msrked prosecution's exhibit N o . 18d7A and received in evidence.) LIIUT. COLONEL MORNANE: The deponent states thf.t at Tobcrc Airfield a Javanese struck a native boy who retaliated by punching the Japanese in the eye. The native boy and four othrr netive boys were tied u p . The Japanese th&n struck them all on the hoed v;ith a m a l l e t . Three were killed in this manner. The whole： five, including two who were still c.livc, were then buried. Prosecution documfnt F o . 5^-33 is a record of an Austrslisn Military Corrt in relation to trial of Ncvy Workman KIKAVil, Haruo on two charecs of murder. I tender the document for identification end the marked excerpts in evidence. THI PRISIDEFT: Admitted on the ususl terms. CLERK OF THT COURT; Prosecution's document 14-, 1 2 5 K o . 5^-33 will receive exhibit N o . 1 8 6 8 for identifica- tion only, and the excerpts therefrom will receive exhibit N o , 1 8 6 8 a . (V/hereupon, prosecution document N o . 5433 was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1868 for identifiertion 5 the excerpts therefrom being mrrked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1368A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE； This refers to the- same happening as the previous exhibit. It fixes the time of the happening es August,194-3• 14,126 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LI 1.2 13 14 15 16 17 IS 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Prosecution document N o . 5412 consists of affidavits of Sv/eeper Giani, Pioneer Lungi K o b o , both of the Indian A r m y . I vender this document for identification, and the marked excerpts in evidence. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the u s u a l terms. C L E狐 OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 5412 will receive exhibit N o . 1869 for identifi- cation only, and the marked excerpt therefrom w i l l receive exhibit N o . 1 8 6 9 - A . (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to war marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1869 for identification5 and the excerpt therefrom was marked prosecution's e:diibit N o . 1869-A and received in evidence.) L I E U T . COLOKEL MORNANE: The deponents say that in M a y 1944 an Indian named Fakira was beaten by the Japanese and then hung。 Prosecution document N o . is a record of the evidence of Jem Qutubuddin of the 1st B a t t a l i o n , Hyderabad Infantry. I tender this document for iden- tification and the narked excerpts in evidence. THE PHSSIDSKT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 5414 w i l l receive exhibit N o . 1870 for identifi- cation o n l y . mariv^' Cixoorthoj>ei>ofn receive 14,127 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ；;I 12! 13 14 I 15 16丨 1 7 ！ 18丨 19 2 0 ！ 21丨 22 I 23 24 25 exhibit K o . 1870-A. (Whereupon, the docuraeit above re- ferred to was marked prosecution 1 s exhibit N o . 1870 for identification; and the excerpt therefrom was marked prosecution 1 s exhibit N o , 1870-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL MOhNAKE: The deponent with a party of 3 5 Indian wss at Nishizakiyaraa in November I944 a s prisoners of w a r . They were starved by the Japanese. Two sepoys were alleged by the Japanese to have stolen r i c e . They were taken away and exe- cuted by the Japanese without any trial. Prosecution document K o . 5^-13 is a statutory- declaration made by a native named Numa. I tender it for identification and the marked excerpts in evi- dence, TtlE PRESIDENT; Admitted on the usual terms. CLEHIv OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 54-13 will receive exhibit N o . 1871 for identifi- cation only5 and the excerpt therefrom will receive exhitit N o . l87l-A. (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to was marked, prosecution's exhibit N o . 1871 for identification", and the excerpt therefrom was marked prosecution's exhibit 14-, 128 N o . 1871-A and received in evidence.) L I E U T . COLONEL M 0 1 - i N腫： T h e declarant states that betveen December 1944 and March 194-5 at Nangagua Japanese took a mosquito net and some calico from three Indian prisoners of war* The Indians objected to this, whereupon the Japanese had them beheaded* Prosecution document N o . 5411 is an affidavit of Pioneer Parasurara of the Indian A r m y . エ tender it for identification and the marked excerpts in e v i d e n c e . : 1 THE PRESIDENT: Admitted 011 the usual t e r m s . - I CLERIC OF THE CODIvT: Prosecution's document N o . 54-11 w i l l receive exhibit N o . 1872 for identifica- | tion only； tho excerpt therefrom w i l l receive exhibit K o . 1872-A. (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to was marked, prosecution's exhibit N o . 1872 for identification; and the excerpt therefrom was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1872-A and received in evidence.) L I E U T . COLONEL MORNANE: The deponent states that on 12 February 194-5 an Indian, Bindhu M i s t r i , became exhausted at his work and asked the Japanese commander for permission to r e s t . The prisoner was then becten into unconsciousness by the Japanese 14-, 129 commander. The prisoner died two days later as a result of this treatment. Prosecution document N o . 5^16 is an affidavit by Havildar Chandgi Ram of the Indian A r m y . I tender the document for identification and the marked ex- cerpts in evidence. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 5416 will receive exhibit N o . 1873 for identifica- tion only. The marked excerpt therefrom will receive ‘ exhibit N o . 1873-A. (Whereupon, the document above-re- ferred to wns marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1873 for identification; and the excerpt therefrom wss marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1873-A and received in evidence.) I LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE: I will read the second & nd third paragraphfo- of this affidavit: "On the 12th of November 194-4 エ was digging a trench for Japanese truck in Totabil A r e a . About l600 hours one single engined United States fighter plane made a forced landing about 100 yards away from where I was working. The Japanese belonging to Go Butri Kondebo Camp rushed to the spot and g o t hold of the pilot, aged cbout 19 years, who had come out of 14-, 130 the machine himself before the Japanese resched h i m . GeneralエWAMORA also lived there in the Japanese Army Headquarters. "About half an hour from the time of forced landing, Japanese Military Police, Kempeitai, beheaded the Allied pilot. I saw this from behind a tree end noticed Japanese cut his flesh from arms, legs, chest and hips and cprried the seme to their quarters. I was shocked at the scene and followed the Japanese just to find out what they do to the flesh. They cut the flesh to small pieces and fried it. About 1800 hours a Japanese high official (a Major-General) addressed, about 1ヲ0 Japanese, mostly officers. At the conclusion of the speech a piece of the fried flesh was given to all present, who ate it on the spot." That completes the evidence for the New Bri- tain Section of this p h a s e .エ will now come to the Solomon Islands, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Naru and Ocsan Island sector. The synopsis is evidentiary document N o . ^4-46. I tender it in evidence. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 5^4-6 will receive exhibit N o . 1874. (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to was merked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1874 and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANEi Prosecution document N o . 5447 is a record of the interrogation of Captain W A T A M B E , Kaoru, and Major ITO, Taichi, both of 17 Army Military Police Unit. I tender it for identi- fication and the marked excerpts in evidence, THE PHESILEi.:T: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 5447 will receive exhibit N o . 1875 for identifi- cation only; the excerpt therefrom will receive exhibit N o . 1 8 7 5 - A . (Whereupon, the document e,bove re- ferred to was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1875 for identification; and the excerpt therefrom was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1875-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE: In the course of the interrogation it was admitted that two American airmen who had come down in the sea between Taiof Island and Porton in Bougainville were beheaded on orders of H e a d q u a r t e r s , 1 7 A r m y . This happened in December 194*3, Prosecution document N o . 54ヲ2 is a Netherlands Forces Intelligence Service r e p o r t .エ tender it for identification and marked excerpts in evidence. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. 14-, 132 CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 54-52 will receive exhibit N o . 1876 for identifica- tion only. The marked excerpt therefrom w i l l receive exhibit Nc. I 8 7 6-A. (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1 8 7 6 for identificction5 and the excerpt therefrchn was msrked prosecution' s exhibit N o . I876-A and received in evidence.) L I E U T . COLONEL MORNANE: This report states that nine Ambonese members of the Netherlands East Indies Forces were executed by the Japanese at Bou- gainville in 194-4 for steeling f o o d . Prosecution document N o . 5262 is an affidavit of Cher Chee a Chinese civilian captured in Hong K o n g . I tender the document for identification and marked excerpts in evidence, THE PRESIDENT: admitted on the usual terms^ CLERK OF TPIE COURT: Prosecution's document N o . 5262 w i l l receive exhibit K o . 1877 for identifica- tion only, and the excerpt therefrom w i l l receive exhib- it N o . 1877-A. パ （ W h e r e u p o n , the document above re- ferred to was marked prosecution 1 s exhibit N o . 1877 for identification; and the excerpt 14-, 133 therefrom was marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1877-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL M O H N A M : I will read the marked excerpts of this affidavit: "I am a Chinese end was residing at Hong Kong and wes captured there by the Japanese in December 1941. I was taken from Hong Kong to Canton and from there to Saigon. From there I went to Batavia and then to Sourabaya. From there I went to Singapore and then to Rabaul and then to Tulagi. In November 1942 ェ was brought to Buin area and remsined there until the war finished. I wss e. member of a labor party attached to the TAKAKA battalion. In April or May 194-3 ェ was en- gaged in road making, nbout that time one of the Chinese became sick and was unable to w o r k .エ do not know what his name was. "Three or four of the guards took this man, セ i e d his thumbs together behind his back, and pulled him up with a block snd tackle attached to his thumbs until he was off the ground. They left him like that for twenty minutes. They then took him down and he died within a few minutes. I saw ell this myself. About ten Chinese v/itnessed this incident. This took place about one mile from Kahili, on the road. The guards used to. be changed each day, end the perpetrators 14-, 134 of this incident were guarding us for this day only. The guards were private soldiers. I would not be able to identify them again. They were members of the TaNAKA Battalion. Other Chinese took the body away to bury it, "Soon after this event another Chinese whose name エ do not know sick with fever. Allied plenes c： me ever Buin and this Chinese was sick and fright- ened and made a noise. One of the guards went away snd came beck with two or three other Japanese. These men were private soldiers of the ThNiJl Battalion. I heard them order some Chinese to dig a hole. Some Chinese went away end I heard them digging. When the Chinese came back they told me that the Chinese who was sick and had made a noise had been buried alive. I did not actually witness this. The sick man was quar- tered in a hut half e mile away, and most of what I know of this incident is hearsay. "Sometime in 1944 I was employed with other Chinese in felling trees to make a bridge over c small stream in a garden near the Mission Station at Muguai. ム f t e r v/e had chopped a tree down the bridge was built. W e told the guard that the tree wrs too he^vy for two men to carry. The guard wrote the order in Chinese and we replied verbally in Chinese. The gur.rd belonged to 14,135 a unit the number of which wr：.s 4801. They were guard- ing N o . 76 Hospital. Three of the guar 1 s struck me in the face with their open hc.nd for about five minutes. They knocked twelve teeth out. They were ell good strong teeth. There was only the other Chinese present. They then struck Chang Kow Y e , the other Chinaman, in the same v;ay but net so severely." 14-, 136 w 0 1 2 丄 f 3 & 4 B 5 a r t 6 0 31 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "About A p r i l or M a y , 1 9 4 3 , near Kahili a Chinese living in the sane hut as ^e had been sick fos four or five days, and couldn^t w o r k . One of the Japanese guards told him that he was all right and was only trying to get out of w o r k . The sick man was lying down and the guard poured a quantity of water down his throat until his stomach was swelled u p . After this the guard brought two nore Japanese and they placed a board across the sick man's stomach while he was lying on the ground and one guard sat on eech end of the b o a r d . The pressure made the water cone back out of the "rsan's raouth. A quantity of water came out of his nouth and a few minutes later he 4ied» I do not know the name of this C h i n e s e . The guards were privates o:.. the TANAKA B a t t a l i o n , I do not know the names of the Japanese but I could recognise セ h e guard who poured w a t e r . Four Chinese carried the body away for. burial." Down at the bottom: "In May 194*3， near Buin I saw a whi'be nan dressed In overalls like a Pilot would w e a r . He was a young n a n . The Japanese tied his hands behind his b a c k , axid 'Tiade him sit on the ground. They put a druTi of boiling water beside h i n . About nine of then then filed past hin and each one emptied a tin of 14-, 137 boiling water over h i m . The nan screamed with pain. I saw him fall flat on the ground and lie still and he stopped screaking. He appeared to me to be dead. Tho Japanese were soldiers not officers. The white man was tall, of mediun build, clean-shaven and fair. The overalls were khaki. I was the only Chinese who witnessed this, "There are Chinese in this Compound who can give evidence of about 300 white men who were either killed by the Japanese or died while they were held as prisoners on Shortlands Islands." Prosecution document N o . 5263 is record of interrogation of Kan^shiro Fukukan a Fornosan. I tender this docunent for identification and narked excerpts in evidence * . THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terns. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution document N o . 5263 will receive exhibit N o . 1878 for identifica- tion only nnd the "larked excerpt therefrom will receive exhibit N o . l8?S-k. (Whereupon, the document above referred to was marked prosecution's ex- hibit N o . 1878 for identification; the marked excerpts therefrcn being narked' prosecution 1 s exhibit N o . 1878-A and 14-, 138 received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE： The deponent said that in Decenber, 194-2, or J antn«r7 , 1 9 4 3 , 600 white prisoners of war landed on Ballah Island. He was told that one was beheaded by a Japanese GZAKI on the night Uiey landed. On night of 30 June, 194-3, Ballah Island was shelled, The Japs were afraid of an allied land- ing and killed b y bayonets or swords the surviving prisoners. Prosecution document N o . 5*425 is an affidavit by Lt. Conmancler Osaka Toshiziko of 18th Naval Construct- ion Battalion. I tender it in evidence. THE P R E M D E M T : Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK CF THE COURT: Prosecution document N o . 54-25 ？/ill receive exhibit N o . 1879 for identifica- tion only and the excernt therefrom will receive exhibit N o . 1879-A. C'/hereupon, the document above referred to was marked prosecution's ex- hibit N o . 1879 for identification; the marked excerpts therefrorn being marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1879-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE: The deponent says that towards the end of 1942, 527 white POYJs were 14-, 139 brought to Ballah Island. They ^erp to be used as labour for the construction of an aerodrome. He says, "On watching the POWs as they were disp'nbarking from tho transport although there were sone who were extrenoly 'peppy' the majority of them were so weak that they could not walk by themselves and were only barely able to do so with the help of th^ir conrades." On thp night the prisoners landed one was allogec 1 to have attempted to escape. Upon recapture he was executed on instructions of deponent. Prisoners died rapidly owing to disease. At one stage three deaths were occurring daily. A large nunber of prisoners wero killed by allied bonbing. A defense plan of the island was prepared. Undpr this prisoners of war v/ere to be killed if an allied landing was made on the island. In A p r i l , 194-3, ne^s was received of the approach of allied ships. The surviving prisoners, about 90, were thon bayonetted to death by the Japanese in accordance with plan. I refer the Tribunal to nrosecution document N o . 409-A which is in evidence as exhibit N o . 1850-A. I propose to read paragraph 8 of that docu- ment which was put in evidence today: "a, Y^hilp B-363 was at Khandok, he saw the 14-, 140 1234 5 678910ll1213M1516n18s202122232425 following comnitt^d on a healthy, unwounded African prisoner of war: "'The nan was tied to a tree outside the Hikari Kikan Office. A Jarianesfi doctor and four Japanese medical students stood around him. Thoy first removed the finger nails, then cutting open his chest renoved his heart, on which the doctor gave a practical demonstration. T "(Cc-DIC Information taction Report No. 4 0 , page 3 ) . "b. Extract from diary, apparently belonging to an officer, unit unknown. Vivisection took place in ICokunbona Area of Guadacanal. "'24 f'ppto^ber, 1942 - Becausp two prisoners oscap^d, each unit was notified and we searched until it finally bficane daylight. "'26 Septenber 一 Discovered and captured the two prisoners who escaped last night in the jungle, and let the C-uard Company guard then. To prevent their escaping a second tine, pistols 对 e r e fired at -their fpet, but it was difficult to hit thern. The two prisoners were dissected while still alive by Medical Officer YAMAJI and their livers て，pre taken out, and for the firt tine I saw thp internal organs of a hunan being. It v/as very infornative. 1 14-, 141 "(i^CPAC Translation, Serial N o . 01497, Item 6 1 4 , pages 1-7.)" Prosecution docunent N o . 5*398，contains the proceedings of an inquest held at Tarawa in October, 1 9 4 4 . I tender the proceedings for identification and the narked excerpts in evidence. THE PREf^IDENT: Adnitted on tho usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution docunent No.ヲ398 w i l l receive exhibit N o . 1880 for identific- ation o n l y . The excert)t therefron w i l l receive exhibit N o . 1880-A. ('Vhoreupon, the docunent above referred to was narked prosecution's ex- hibit N o . 1880 for identification; the narked excerpts therefrom being narked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1880-A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLONEL T^ORNANE: The coroner found that twenty-two prisoners were billed by the Japen«se at B e l i o , Tarawa on or about 15th October, 1 9 4 2 , At about that tine Anprican planes had bっnlaed Japanese shipping at the island. After this had happened the Japanese beheaded the prisoners eighteen of whom were coast watchers in the service of the New Zealand Governnent. 14-, 142 I propose to read the evidence fron Frank Highland and F . I-likaere on pages six to nine of the English version: "Frank Highland, of Tarawa deposes on oath as follows:- "My vrife and myself were on Betio for three days, a week or two weeks before Betio wss shelled for the firs, tine by a U.^. shiu (or sub) on October 1ヲ, 1942. I saw Reverend badd, one trader, McArthur by name, two New Zealanders in uniforn (shorts and drill jackets with buttons) two New Zealanders in civilian clothes. Each one had his hands tied behind his back by several fee七 of rope, tho other end was attached to coconut trees. This was in Burns Philips area. The hands of one soldisr wero swollen. A Jap went to hin and said, T Do you w ?ふ to be untied a little? r The New Zealander said ' No, you tied it tight, you can leave it on as it is.' The sane Jap went to McArthur and 'asked the saae question. McArthur said, 1 Yes, it is too tight。 1 r and ray wife saw then feed a tin of food and a handful of rice. Their hands were untied for this, a guard being with each nan. ！'Ty wife and I were about two fathons away at the ti^e. The same OTehlng it. rained. The men slept on the grass under the trees. 14-, 143 "Tho third morning after that we saw them still tied u p . My wife and I were not allowed to go near t h e n . Midday that day we saw them locked up in the lunatic a s y l u n . Their hands 邪ere not t i e d . We saw M r . C l e a r y , M r . Morgan and C a p t . Handley with then. M r。 Cleary wrote me a l e t t e r , tied it to a stone and threw it outside the f e n c e . The letter begged ne to help them with sugar if I had a n y or if n o t , nativ • molasses so after I read that letter the Jap saw ne and rushed at He tried to hit ne with a big stick» I just walked a w a y。エ put a natch to the letter after that. The sane a f t e r n o o n , I left Betio and cane over to E i t a . I stayed horp for a few days thon ^y wife and I took back to then sone sugar the Japs had given my b o y and two bottles of molasses• I threw the sugar over the fence. ！!r. Morgan nade signs to ne to send a girl we had with us to go and talk to the guard at thp gate of the enclosure. T?hen the guard was busy with the girl I climbed up the f e n c e . M r . Cleary clirabed up inside and I gave him the two bottles of m o l a s s e s . Reverend 卜add saw this and got a tin of biscuits and threw it over the fence to some young boys with me and told then to keep i t . The guard sa^ this and chased us av/ay. We left Betio t h e n . "Three days after the s h i p shelled B e t i o , 1 4 , 1 4 4 I heard the news that they the European prisoners had been killed and went down w i t h some native b o y s . I asked the natives working there where they were k i l l e d . They took ne two hundred yards back of the west side of the lunatic asylum f e n c e . There were many Japs around so next morning at n i n e , I went with Constable Takaua and saw where the bodies were burned in a B a b a i pit 0 Takaua watched and I went in the pit and lifted up coconut branches and corrugated i r o n . The bodies were all partly burriGo I lifted one body with ；lust an a m burnt and showed it to T a k a u a . There were no heads on the bodies。 I saw another heap in the pit and under the iron were the skulls. When I saw this I dropped thf； tin. I then kept watch while Takaua looked。 That is all I have to s a y . "Q When you saw the b o d i e s , did you attempt to count then? "A N o , T h e y wpre covered with corrugated iron and coconut leaves on top of it«" * * * "Mikaere of T a r a w a , Gilbert and Ellice Islands C o l o n y , deposes on oath as follows:- "When the first United t-tates aeroplanes came to B e t i o , it was at about 2 o'clock in the after- n o o n , Two United t-'tates aeroplanes bombed Japanese 14-, 1 4 5 ships in セ h e p o r t . A l l the native labourers ran on to the r p e f . W h e n the two aeroplanes went a w a y , the natives returned to the place where the British Govprn^ipnt station used to b e . I was w i t h the Bishop in his h o u s e . One of the Japanese went to the natives and told thep that one of the Europeans had pscaped fron thp Lunatic Asylun enclosurp. A H the natives 770re spnt to the building which ？;as the office of the District Officer。 A f t e r that they wero sent back to their camp, because the Japanese said that the European had been caught e "Q Did you remain with the Bishop or did you go to thp office of tho District Officer? "A I went with the other natives to the office of the District O f f i c e r . "Q Did. the Japanese say who the European was T ,"ho had escaped? "A N o . The natives all went to their camp and エ顶ent to the Bishop's h o u s e . Then one Japanese camp to us and showed his sword to u s . That sword was covered with blood。 He said that he had killed the Europeans with his sword B "Q Did you know who that Japanese was? "A I do not k n o w , but perhaps some of the natives night k n o w . He was not a soldier, he used to 14-, 146 'sit all the tinie in the office. "Q When he cane to the Bishop's house to show his sword, from what direction did he corae? "A He came from the direction of the old native village. He left us and went to the former British Governrapnt v Q tation. Shortly after 5 n.ra. I wpnt to cut toddy beside the Lunatic A s y l u m .エ heard a lot of noise and saw a lot of Japanese inside the Lunatic Asylum enclosure^ I wanted to see what was hapnening so I went to the house which was formerly used by the natives looking after the lunatics. When I reached the house I snw the Europeans sitting in a line inside the enclosures. While I lay in that house, the Europeans being already lined u p , I saw one of the Europeans, it might have been Captain Handley, pulled out from the house by the Japanese and placed in front of the Europeans. "Q Was he alive? "A He W3S dead. When he was placed in front of the Europeans, he was lying down, covrred with blood. Then one Japanese started to kill the Europeans, He cut off the head of the first European, then the second ? then the third, then I did not see any more because I fainted. When I came to, I saw the Japanpse carrying the dead bodies to two pits on the Wpst side of the Lunatic enclosure. I could not 14,147 see how n a n y bodies thore v;r-re. W h e n I was lying in the h o u s p , a Japanese coolie ran Bast and fell down C I O S P b e s i d e , with a tin full of European c l o t h e s . HP put the tin、Down in the h o u s e , and went back to help to cnrry the c o r p s e s . I took the tin of clothes and went back to the Bishop's h o u s e , I informed the Bishop about thp dpnth of the Europeanso The clothes were taknn fro'n ne b y othor n a t i v e s , except for one pair of shorts and one shirt。 "Q Can you tell the date on which that hsnDTjrripd? "A I do not r e m m b e r . " I don't propose to read any further than that, your Honor. That covers the Incident. Prosecution document N o . 5248 is affidavit of llr. T a u a , a civilian. I tender it for identificap tiっn and narked excerpts in e v i d e n c e . THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURTS Prosecution docunent N o . ^24-8 w i l l receivp exhibit N o . 1881 for identifica- tion o n l y . Thp narked .excr-rpt thorefroni w i l l receive exhibit N o . 1 8 8 1 - A . (Whereupon, the docunent above referred to was narked prosecution's ex- hibit Noc 1881 for identification; the 14-, 148 marked excerpts therefrom being marked 1 prosecution's exhibit 1881-A and received in evidence«) LIEUT. COLONEL MORNANE: The deponent says that on the night of the first Allied bombing of Nauru five white" prisoners, including Colonel Chalmprs were beheaded by the Japanese 14-, 149 Prosecution document No. 5252 is a statement by Lee Chong V/ong, a Chinese. I tender it for identi- fication and the marked excerpts in evidsnce. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution document N o . 5252 will receive exhibit N o . 1 8 8 2 for identifi- cation only, and the oxcerpts therefrom receive exhibit No. (•"hereupon, the document above re- ferred. to v/as mark--' prr^^^^tion's e x h i M t N o . 1882 for identification; the exccrpts therefrom being marked prosecution 1 s oxhibit N o . lP n , , -A and received in evidence.) LIEUT. COLOMIL M0HNA?ffi; The deponent was house "boy to Colonel Chalmers. A n American "bombing raid took place on 25th March, 1943. Deponent never Colonel Chalmers or other European prisoners cfter this. He noticed that there was blood on the floor of the house where the Europeans had lived. Prosecution document N o . 524-6 is a record of interrogation of David Furdock, a Gilbertese. I tender it for identification and the marked exccrpts in evidence. THE PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF TEE COimT: Prosecution document E o . 5-46 呵ill receivc exhibit, N o . 1383 for identifi- cation only， and the excerpts ther2from w i l l roceivo exhibit N o . (Whereupon, the document abova re- ferred to "ras mai-kcd prosocution's <?，ム丄ト丄~ . 1 8 8 3 for iclsntification, the excorpts therefrom "being markod prosecution's exhibit N o , 1883~A and roceived in eviひc.r.cn。） L I E U T . C O L O歷 L I .で观酌 Murdock was on Occan Islc-nd up to July 19^3 • There vcrc six Furopcans on the island. They wore bsaten ？ind ^-carvcd by "che Japanese。 T…o of the European? ^ac'. c'iod Lv July 1 9 4 3 . The Japs beheaded throe nativGE for stealing Gc-rly in l'-'43. Le.ier tho same ysar the Japans so crectcd an oloctrio r.round. Ooma Point, Th^ce natives ^ero told to raco to tho ？ 7 i r c 。 As the ne.tivGS セ o u c h o f i the r?ire they -'ere killed b ^ electrocution, Prosecuti6.n document N o . 5245 is a record of the intori ogation oi KABUZ T AKE, -a native of Nikunau Island. I tender it for idontification and 七 h e marked c:てcerpts in evidsnco . TEE PItSSIDSrT: Admitted on tho usual terras. CLERK OF TEE COtTiT; Frosccution docuin.Gnt K o .ヲ 2 4 5 耵ill rocGive exhibit F o , 1884 for identifi- cation o n l y , and the excorpts thci-cf，..。 exhibit 14-, 151 I"O. 1884-A. (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to was marked prosecution's exhibit Fo.18.84 for idontification, the oxcerpts therefrom being marked prosecution's exhibit ITo.1884-A and rcceivcd in gvie 1 once.) L I E U T . C0L0I®L M O H M K E : KABUKAEE states that all Europeans on Ocoan Islc.nd died or vere k i l l e d . There 7/Gra about 100 natives on the is lend て” hen the w a r cndccl. Tho Japanese formed them into sc-ctions end marchcd them av/ay. Tho hsnds of tho natives of K A B M A R E ' s sccti6.n were tied. They vjotq lined up on the edge of a cliff and tho Japs openod f i r e . KA3U/ T AHE rccovorod consciousncss in tho sea. There v T c-ro a. lot of dead bodies around h i m . Fe hid in a c a v e . Later the Japanese to'/cd the dead bodies out to sea. KABAI.TDKE rornainGcl hidden until 2nd. Doc ember 194-5, v/hon he first learnt that the Allies "leva in occupation of the islc.nd. Prosecution document N o . 524>7 is a rccord of interrogation of Lieutenant S A K A T A , J i r o , of 67 Garrison H e g i m G n t .エ " t G n d c r it for identification and the marked oxcerpts in evidence. TI-!E PRESIDENT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLERK OF THE COURT: Prosecution document 14-, 152 H o . 5247 will roceive exhibit N o . 1885 for identifi- cation only, and the cxccrpts therofrora exhibit N o . 1885-A。 C : T horcupon, the- document above re- ferred to r r as marked prosecution's oxhibit F o . 1 8 8 5 for identification, the excerpts thorcfrom "being marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1 8 8 5 - A and received in evidence.) L I E U T . C O L O 瓶 M O R M K E : SAIvATA s。ys that in October 1944 the natives on the island, about 100, w e r e rounded up and killed T y the Japanese. Prosecution document H o , ^427 is a statement by Chief Potty Officcr A R M , K a k u z o . I tender it for identification and the marked exccrpts in evidence. THE PHESIDEITT: Admitted on the usual terms. CLEEI-： OF THE COURT: Prosocution document H o . 5427 び i l l rccGivs exhibit N o . 1 8 Q 6 for identifi— cation only, and the oxcorpts therefrom exhibit N o . 1 8 8 6 - A . (Whereupon, the document above re- ferred to v/as marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1886 for identification, and the oxccrpts therefrom were marked prosecution's exhibit N o . 1886-A and received, in evidence. L I E U T . COLOKEL MORNANE: ARAI gives an account 14-, 153 of the killing of eight natives on Occan Island on 20th August. That completes the evidence relating to this section of the phase. Commander C . T . Cole of the United States Navy v'ill continue -,ith the presentation of the case for the- prosocution. TFE PRESIDENT: It is hsrdljr vrorth nhile opening up s. new phase this afternoon. Wc will ad- iourn until half past nine to-morrow morning * (Whoreupon, at 1555, rn adjournment was taken until Friday, 3 January 1947, at 0930.) . 7 ' ‘
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