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X)C'J1-Z:!D 5684 Prosecution Document iloi 5684. ZBELAZDS I1JDISS 0~ IS3SS . M M Synopsis •toeth.erlex.ds Division I.P.S. December 1946. Lt. Col. J.S. Sinninghe Damet jn... I.A. f Assistant Prosecutor c 'it DOCUMENT 56S4 P s£ e 1 CSLilbiZlS And Surrounding Islands Synopsis Occupation "oy the Japanese l"aw. I. ??.!SOL.I?.S 01 ¥A2: 1. Murder. Several murders occurred: ?.0.¥. were executed without trial and even without any accusation; airmen in particular. These executions were ordered "by the highest ranks in the .irey and ITavy. a. At E.rlla, South ¥est Celebes, in Aarch 1342 eight Dutch P.O.¥. were killed ty "bayonetting, as stated "by Kedical Officer MÎ GSLSi.'. E.A.I.A., in his interrogation-report; Prosecution Document -5518. The Prosecution enters this document 5518 for identification and the excerpts as an endilbit. t>. At Tomohon. near L'enado, Zorth East Celebes, in September 1944 two American airmen, made P.O.¥., were executed on the order of It. Colonel EGDZiMUTSTJ, as appears from the affidavit of Major T. ODUKUBA. Prosecution Document 5520. The Prosecution enters this document 5520 for identification and the excerpts as an exhibit. c- At Toll-loll. South West Celebes, in October 1244 eight American airmen, made P.O.¥., weru executed. This is stated in the affidavit of I. KAIASHI. Prosecution Document 5535. The Prosecution enters this document 5555 for identification and the excerpts as an exhibit. d. At Kend ari. South East Celebes, in November 1044 nine American airmen, made P.C.W. were executed on the order of Admiral 05JC-I. ^s appears from the affidavit by Captain G. TAtlG'JCZI; Prosecution Document 5532. The Prosecution enters this document 5532 for identification and the excerpts as an erhibit. / At 5ingkang. South East Celebes, in July 1545, five American airmen, made P.0.¥., were executed on the orders of Lt. General TESEIMA; at DOCUMENT 5684 Pago 2. at any rate fiuch an order was presumed, by the C.O. Colonel M.HAKAMJRA. Prnsccution Document 5521 is his affidavit. The Prosecution enters this document 5521 for identification and the excerpts as an exhibit. f. At Beo, Talaud Islands, North of Celebes, in March 1045 four Allied airmen were executed, as so-called punishment without accusation and without trial, on the order of General EATSURA, and at Eainis. Talaud, in June 1945 another Allied airman was executed under the same order. This appears from the statement of the Japanese Colonel K33A. Prosecutir Document 55C4. The Proseoution enters this document 5564 for identification and the excerpts asi an exhibit. g. At Maro^. near Macassar. South West Celebes, in July 1945 four Allied airmen, made P.O.W. r were executed on the order of Lt.Commander ISHIDA. As appears from the affidavit of Lt. Y. KAKAHURA. Prosecution Docaicnt 5533. The Prosecution enters this document 5533 for identification and the excerpts as an exhibit* 2. Camps. Conditions in the P.0„W.camps in this area generally were about the same as already described in the other areas: the well-known Japanese pattern. a. At the P.O.W.cacp at Macassar, South West Celebes; bad accommodation, no furniture, no bedding, no clothing, overcrowded carps; exhausting labour; labour on military objects; old and unfit men compelled to work; insufficient food, in quantity as well a3 in quality; bad sanitary conditions; medical supplies were inadequately provided notwithstanding outbreaks of dysentery and malaria; bad health as a consequence of malnutrition, resulting in a high death rate; no Red Cross jarcels were distributed; no recreation was provided, even singing was forbidden; no mails; discipline was maintained "by a system of terrorization with frequent and severe corporal punishments. This appears from the affidavit by Lt. Oommander &.T. COOPBR. R.H., Prosecution Document 5503. The Proseoution enters this document 5503, for identification and the excerpts as an exhibit. DOCUMENT? 5K84 Page 3; The Commandant of the camp, Captain DIEUDONHI. E.N.I.A., has given a synopsis of the manhandling and ill-treatment "by the Japanese in his report, Prosecution Document 5594: P.O.W. had to climb and stay in a tree full of red ants; various ways of torture were applied; severe "beatings, until unconsciousness, resulting in "bruised and cracked ribs and also in the necessity of skin-grafting; the Japanese Camp commandant took part in "beatings; strangling; watertest; confinement in cells under utterly "bad conditions; sick people forced to labour. The Prosecution enters this document 5504 for identification and the excerpts as an exhibit. b. At Teragan, Halmaheira, Molucca's, a camp of British Indian P.O.W. was established, on which the Indian Medical Officer Captain S.N, PAUL reports in his affidavit, Prosecution Document 5538? In February 1945 the Indian P.O.W, were told that they formed a part of the Imperial Japanese Army, on orders of the High Command, Notwithstanding their protests they were forced to do fatiguea and military training, under severe discipline involving corporal ill-treatment. Beating? unto unconsciousness, and even death; the Doctor was prevented from appropriate treatment of seriously ill patients although this was possible. Food was very bad, most P.O.W. contracted beri-bori. The sick had to parade and consequently many collapsed; still they were compelled to work. The Prosecution enters this document 5538 as an exhibit. c. At Pomela, near Kendari, in October 1943 a seriously wounded Aus- tralian flying officer «as left to die although appropriate medical treatment was available; he was not given the promised anaesthetic because when interrogated he refused to give further information than he needed to give according to international law. This is related by Lt. Commander P.5. CAR5. E.A.N,, Prosecution Document 5517, The Prosecution enters this document 5517 for identification and the excerpts as an exhibit. 3. Executions. a. At P.O.W. camp.Macassar, in September l£42 three Dutch P.O.W, (PELETIEE c.s.) who had escaped but had been renaptured, were beheaded without trial. Another group of three Dutch P.O.W. (it. HEES c.s.) WCUMEET 5684 r a c .: / X (. . ̂o - o were 'beheaded, about the same time after severe ill. .treatment vHioli lasted a week, this is contained in the report Oapt. DIJIIIDOITK®, already introduced exhibit . b. At P.O.W.camp Me.nadc. in March 1942 five Dutch U.C.Os. who had participated in guerilla activities but had surrendered eventually, I were executed (group COSIJET). This is mentioned in the statement by It* H.J. HE1\55L. E.1T.I.A.; Prosecution Document 5514. The Prosecution enters this document 5514 as an exhibit. The same is related in the affidavit (page 3) of Major W.C. VAII PEN BERG, E.K.I.A., Prosecution Document 5563. This major also mentions the beheading of two Dutch N.C.O. who had defended an aerodrome (WIELINGA and BOBBEMOED) which execution was preceded by serious ill-treatment. The Prosecution enters this document 5563 for identification and the excerpts as an exhibit. c. At Teragan. various executions, without trial, of Indian P.O.W. occurred: In March 1945 MOHAMAD DIN was beheaded as a punishment for the alleged theft of a tin of fish. In April 1945 four P.O.W. (CHII-IADUEY c.s.) were beheaded after severe ill-treatment. In July 1945 two P.O.W. (MOHAMAD AESAR c.s.) were beheaded. In July or August 1945 two P.O.W. escapees were beheaded. In August 1945 the P.C.W. MOHAMAD EAMZAiT was beheaded. This is reported by Medical Officer PAUL, whose affidavit has already been introduced, exhibit .. II. CIVILIANS. A. Internees. The interned Dutch population suffered the same unnecessary hardships as in the other areas. a. At the Teling-internment camp for men. Menado, food was bad both in quality and quantity, and consisted in the beginning mainly of burnt rice. Ho medicines were supplied although dysentery broke out, resulting in the death of If out of about 150 internees. Discipline was maintained A>y DOCUMENT 5684 Page 5. by terrorization: severe beatings and. torture were applied, confinement in cells under miserable conditions. On July 3d. 1942 two inmates of the camp (Dr. VOLET and LSE JONG) were executed and at another place an American colonel, two Soman Catholic priests and a R.C.brother. Shortly afterwards another prisoner; DE LEJLUW, was executed. The same party of prisoners was moved to gaol for about six weeka; for 3 days no water or food was provided, afterwards only a little. No medical care was given although people suffered from dysentery. After their return to the camp the internees got only one meal a day consisting of rice,, Still no medicines were supplied. Sick people vrere sent to jail, where they had to die from starvation and illness. The only attention given by the Japanese doctor when he viBited the camp was that he tried to buy watches. On June 19th 1945 two internees were executed. This story of misery is told by one of the victims, H. DALLINGA, Mayor of Menado, Prosocution Document 5544. The Prosecution enters this document 5544 as an exhibit. b. At Pare-Pare. South Vest Celebes, in the men'8-internment camp severe beatings occurred, even of a Soman Catholic priest, who was beaten almost to death. At Bod.joe, South West Celebes, the internees had to live in cowsheds and pigsties> under very bad sanitary conditions. Here as well as at Bolong camp, South West Celebes, food was insufficient. This appears from the interrogation report of the Controller (civil servant) H.J. K-EP.TS, Prosecution Document 5547. The Prosecution enters this document 5547 for identification and the excerpts as an exhibit. c. At Aermedidi, the women's internment camp at Menado. beatings occurred regularly. Four girls bejween^lji^ani^^ severely beaten and then forced to stand night and day before the Japanese camp office for about a week at a stretch, without food. Food was insufficient, and caused beri-beri, resulting in the death of many. Medical supplies were inadequate; the Japanese comment waa: "What use have you people for medicines? The sooner you die the better. I shall DOCUMENT 5684 * Page 6. like it.H Sanitation was badc These conditions appear from the affidavit of the Dutch camp commandant Mr?. A.L. ROLEE, Prosecution Document 5555. The Prosecution enters this document 5555 as an exhibit. B. Eon-Interned, 1. Tokeitai, The same pattern of methods of interrogation, torture and ill-treat- ment, as applied "by the A-my Kenpeitai in Java and Sumatra, was used "by the Military Police of the Japanese Navy, the Tokeitai, whose methods have "been mentioned already when dealing with Borneo. a. At Tokeitai Hfealqu-r.rters. Menado. the suspects were confined under appalling conditions: overcrowded cells; forced sitting up all day; no speaking allowed; insufficient food "both in quality and in quantity; severe and repeated "beating, in one case for 14 days all day long and sometimes also at night; hanging "by the feet, head down; "burning rape. At the Military -pr*son. Menado. the same conditions: sick men were not even given any food for two or three days, they died from dysentery and starvation. At Makale. South West Celebes, food was very scanty; no medicines were provided. At Tokeitai -prison. Macassar, the prisoners were sometimes not allowed to go to the lavatory for three or four days and then only for two minutes; the use of toap was forbidden. At Japanese Headquarters. Macassar, corporal ill-treatment was frequent. All this appears from the affidavit of CH» H. WENSVEEN. Prosecution Document 5522, The Prosecution enters this document 5522 for identification and the excerpts as an exhibit. b. Conditions at To motion jail, near Menado. are described by Major VAN" DEN BERG, whose affidavit has been introduced already, exhibit , I showing a regime of terror; the lack of food led to disgusting scenes. c. At Menado, in February and March 1942, 18 persons, most natives, were located in a so-called death-cell. They were severely ill-treated, bound together back to back and placed in the tropical sunshine every /day; DOCUKEV.'JJ 5B84 Page 7. day; when they collapsed from exhaustion they were put on their legs "by means of kicking and thrashing. 'for 6 days these men got no food. They were ordered to dig pit3 and were then executed. Thin iu told in the s.tatem-nt- of Lt. BSiTSEL, already introduced, exhibit , 2. K'lrder. a. At Lolob.-ti.-.a, Halmaheirn., in March 1944 a Menadonese was beheaded without trial. This appears frr-m the statement of DJOH SAMPOE, Prosecution Document 5523, The Prosecution enters this document 5533 as an exhibit. b. At Foelie. Halmaheira, in September 1943 the Japanese killed a Javanese and a Bugineee without trial, as appears from the statement of HCESÎ ' BII' ABDULLAH, Prosecution Document 5529. The Prosecution enters this docunont 5523 as an exhibit. c. At Socgi, Mcrotai, in September 1944, four natives wore put to death by beheading, without trial, ©ne of them, MAIBTJHU, however was not killed and lias reported this crime in his statement, Prosecution Document 5530, with a photograph shoving the scar in his neck. The Prosecution enters this document 553C for identification and the excerpts as an exhibit. This completes the syrvpeis of the Japanese crimes committed in the Celebes and surrounding islands, and concludes the survey regarding the Motherlands Indies. Document No. 5518 Page No. 1 P g fl T I F I_C .. T £ The Undersigned CHAiXib JGNGj&jiSiSL, first Lieutenant K.N.A.I., head of the War Crimes Section of ILSTILSrfLJDS FOKCJS INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (HfflTS) being first duly sworn on oath deposes and states that the annexed report is a full, true, complete and accurate copy of the original document entitled: Report on Interrogation d-ted November 7, 1945, Dr. MINGELEN, concerning Jap. invasion in CELEBES and massacre of Dut'oh privates, G.M. 115/''.C, which document is a part ox the official records of the N2FIS Signature: /s/ CH. JONGENEEL Batavia, June 7th, 1946. Subscribed and sworn to before -tie K. A. DE i/Ml, first Lieutenant U.N.I.A., Higher Official attached t«. the office of the Attorney-General N.E.I. /s/ K. A. de ."eerd Document No. 5518 OM 115/CC Page I«o. 2 REPORT ON INTERROGATION DAT33 7th NOVEMBER 1945 Da. MINGELEN Today, the 7th November 1945., appeared before me, the Ensign Moindersma Robert, in charge of the investigation regarding data concerning war-criminals and collaborators in IJiSI: Dr. MNGEISN, Mil. Sur̂ : /on I, present residence Columbia Camp, Wacol, who, on interrogation, stated as follows: ti/hen the Japanese inv .ded the Celebes, I was 1st Bat. doctor at Makassar. As our foreas were with inferior numbers, we retreated into the interior under iLij. Jaspers, across th«i Tello-bridge, (an important communica- tion -with the hinterland), The bridge was to be b]own up to check the Jap- anese progress Why this did not happen, is unknown to me. Wa moved to the Rj amb a-po sit ion s in the mountains (see enclosed map) where we remained till the end of February. From the North we weie attacked by the Japanese, who had marched along the coist in order to make an enveloping move. After two days struggle we marched further into the mount-'.ins and joined Col. Voorn; s group, who had left Makassar at an ea_liar d'.ta. At Tondukura part of oui man separated from the main force and tried to reach the coast to surrender. The other force was to try and reach the Enrekang-position in the Northern mountain-ridge gobergte), vrhers Lt. col. Gortmans had his hide-out. Ho later on was beheaded because a plan to attack the Japanese '//as detected, Halfway near Fall a the group was checked by the enemy and surrendered after a half day's fight. The group consisted of 8 officers and some privates, amongst whom were 8 Europeans. The officers were put on two trucks and driven sway. A short time after the Europeans ''the privates) wore bayonettad. Amongst them were Dr. JANSEN (B.E.), BCERSBEF3E, v.d. ZANDE. Tha person, who guided the Japanesj to the abode of the force, is ?n Indonesian, named BAKRI. This man BAKRI lives or lived at Eoeloekosmba, tha capital of the sub-division of the same name. The officers were sent to BAroe for trial, after that to Makassar, where they were imprisoned in the infantry- barracks 4 For their further adventures see report of Mr. Koerts OM 147/CC. True account prepared by me 8th November 1945 Signed R. Meindersma. N.3. Bakri was present at the slaughter. NAMES OF VICTIMS OF juLLA EXECUTIONS GEEL P van BLUM BOERENBEKER BOOGAARD JANSEN Dr. A KUYER LEEMAN B. OOSTEitLOO PIETERS Mil Sgt. No. 201123 it it Ldst Pte Sgt. Pte Sgt Sgt Sub Lt. Cpl v/d S^NDEN D.J. Pte SHIT K.M. VELTHUIS van MEER W.O. Sgt. Maj Sgt. Maj oc. No. 5520 y 7 C7 . H I ' j mv RISTx.ICTID f3DSJTIT/.KL ODAMUEA, r.ftcr hrving "been duly sworn, testif: rt tFc Morotri Prisoners of Wrr Cmp, i.crotr.i, Holuccrs Group, Netherlrnds Indies, on 25 March 194-6, ?s follows: ; Q Wh--1 is your full nrnc, r.ge, nrticnrlity, nrritr.l strtus m d hone --d dress? I A Toshitcke ODAi Ufa. 5 37 ye-rs old, J~pmc.sc 9 rrrried, Sri?-Ken, Oni-Gun, Minrniyr.nc. Huro, , Furui #8. -1 Q Whr t wrs yr'ur rrnl: in the J-prnese Any? A lirjor/; • y 7 / M f. When did you enter the Jrprnese Amy? A When I wrs 22 ycrrs old. Q V/hr.t is your nilitr.ry background? A I wrs in rilitrry school till then "nd wr.s cornissioncd r 2nd Lieutenrnt in 1931. In MrrcV 1934- I wrs pronrted to 1st Lieutenant; August 1937 pronotce! to Crptrin; August 1941 I Vir S promoted to Lrjor. I entered the Kenpei T~i in 1937 when I wrs r crptrin. I served in the Kcr.pt i Tri ^s follows: 1 yerr in T^kyoj 1 yerr in Kobe; 1 yerr in Korc?; 3 ye^rs in Nort^ Ĉ inr. 5 2 months in Mrnchurir; then I erne to the Celebes. Q Crn ycu sperk Englisv? A Yes, ^ little. C Where did you lcr.rn to read, write, r.nd speck English? A At nilitrry school. Q Do you need m interpreter to understand r.y questions md. to nrke answers to then? A No, not if you t"lk slowly end use short words. Q We will do rs you rsk. If you need the interpreter pler.se rsk for" hin m d he will interpre t for you. Do you understand thrt? Yes5 I will try r.y b^st but I nr.y need m interpreter. Q Then we will use the interpreter throughout r.nd he will give rll questions r.nd rnswers to there will be no error. Is f-rt srtisfrctory? A Yes, sir. Q When did vcu cone to the Celebes? About April 20, 194-4. 5520 ?"t,;e 2 C Of what unit were yen a ncmbcr when you first cane to the Celebes? 8 th Field Kenpei Tai. C Where wen. its K.rdqua.rters located? S, Wrshire^ ?Tr.lna:herr. V/e reported tvert ?nd fron PTal- nFfxra we were dispatched to other plrces. Q Y/hrt was your position in tvu Kenpei Tai when you arrived a t II- nr d o? ~"""""* A I was at thP.t tine Major and I wos chief of t-'e Kenpei Tri. q Vu'v-f.t area did you personally co'rinand? Everywhere fron north of Gorontelo excluding the Islmd of Menado. C, As cvief of t>e 1 a nr. do Ar er Kenpei Tr.i, were you in sole -nd cer.pl etc and absolute charge rf that entire arer? A YLS, but I was under the connrnd of the 2nd /.rep A m y headquarters. Q What wrs tve unit designation of the 1!.P. unit of wvich you were cT"ic,f? A The nane of ny unit was 1 anc.clc Are- Kenpei Tai. After- wards t>e nrLie of i,y unit w~s Celebes Area Kenpei Tai. The nant only was changed, but the area remained the sane. ] Q Give us - cor.pl etc organizetional chart of your organization giving nanes and m k s of -11 nerbers of your unit. ANAMI (Gen.) SECOND AKEA AH Y ENDO (Irj.-Gcn.) 57 th INDI.PTNDLNT 1 IXID BKTGADE ODAKUKA (MaJ.) LA NAD 0 AKEA KLi PL I TAI JUDICIAL I0KK0 GIN. AFF; IKS V./O IA:.SUl '0T0, Ivunio W/0 M^TSUKOTO, Kunio IGFjK,SrI, Shigeo TSUTSUl.I, Okado K0BA17.SttI OKA SASAKURA SUZUKI IiIT0i.lI KINOSFITA KAT/AS T̂IMA Ho. 5520 Page 3 During the tir e that y u were chief cf such Kempei Ta.i how rarny JU.li.ccl airn^n we re^ capturcd by your "unit or re-re crpturec. by other ""units r.nd turned over to nenbers of your unit? I remember six men being cpptureca Tell me tvc date, the cxr.ct details and all other surrounding information concerning tvc cpture and cxccution of the first of t^esc Allied airmen. The first was about the 3rd or 4th of September 1944 when two airmen c m c 6-tm by "parachute near the airfield of Langoan. ' Were you at L-ngcn at t V t time? At tT"f t time I was at Tomohon at the Second ^rea A m y Headquarters and I was orally ordered by Staff Officer, Lt.-Col._ K0DA1.ATSU, to go to Langoan and bring back the two birdnen. Did yen ever make a report to higher headouarters r bout I.ATSUMOTO? Yes, sir, I reported that IATSTJ10T0 is a very good worker and that if I am absent he can and dees carry on tire business of tve Kenpci Tai in my placc. From whom did you get initial information concerning the capture of tvcsu two airmen? When I received orders frcm Staff Officer KODAI.ATSU ordering me to proceed to Langoan to escort these prisoners to Tomohon. Ab'ut 15 minutes after I received tvis order, my telephone orderly informed me that Lt. SAITO who was commanding tvc Langoan Military Police unit Tb.Z telephoned and inf< rr ed me of the capture of the two airmen. About how long after this telephone message did you leave for Langoan? Ab^ut hour. V/hc• accompanied y u r-n f"is trip? Cpl. KAwASFLiA, another whose name I do n't rer ember, and also a chauffeur who drove the. ca.r, I do not remember his name. What time exactly did you leave Torohon f T Langu^n? I think at P.bout 11 o'clock in the morning. I arrived at Langoan at 12 o'clock neon. Tell us your exact i -ve: ents upon a.rrivin;.. at Langoan? I tc ok dinner quickly and heard a report fr"i Lt. SAITO, later promoted tc Captain. At half past one we started from Langoan by truck. Did you see or question the Americans? He. With whom did ycu take dinner at L^rigoan? with Lt. S;.IT0, SgtA~* j. MOBIMOTO, and, I -believe, Cpl. 0£ADt*, frci Langoan Konpei Tai. During dinner was the subject of discussion the capture of the two airmen? We did not talk about the two airrien. What was the subject of conversation then? The conversation was that the bor.bi.ng of Langoan was very severe and that it was so sudden that tvey did not have tine tr escape to the air-raid shelters. Were the fliers questioned by you -t any tine while you were in Langoan? Only for abcut 20 minutes, after the noon rieajL. and then thev were taken tr. Tonohon. When ycu started back for Tonohon with the two air- men wvr accompanied you? Cpl. ±LLlllJZVJlrL and another corporal, I do net exactly remember his nane, but I tMnk it was OKA. Did you return to Tonohon in the same vehicle that y^u arrived at Langoan in? Yes, it was the sane truck and it was also used by the Ivempei Tai for getting airplane parts and other t\in. s. \!Yr turned tVesv twe airmen ever into your custody t Langoan? Lt. SdlTO. At tvc time that Lt. S^ito turned these airmen over tr y~u did he ^lsr 'give you any reports concerning these airmen or did yru give him any receipt for thesv ^irncn? Lt. S.-ITO said that he was writing rut a. report but that he had net finished it yet| so he said hc would send it afterward. When did you receive such report? The next day ab-ut 11 o'clock in the morning. Tvis ropert was transmitted by a military car which brought messages from Ilanado to Tonohon. Upon receiving tuis report did you read it? Yes, I rcac-1 it thoroughly. > S'520 t> ;c 5 Q Tell us exactly whrt that report contrined. A It contained the nrnes, the ranks, the plr.ee end drte of crpture, f-ncl t>e nr.tionality of the r.irnen. I c~n not remember tve nrnes, but I do renenber tvat tvey were both ser^ernts. their nationality I renei ber T<irs American. 1 ac not know for sure", "But' 1 thinlc trrt the" drte of their crpture wrs the 3rd of Sep- tember, 194-4. I rn certrin however, thr.t these airmen were c?ptured on t>e srne dry I received the telephone message about their crpture from Lt. SAITO. Q At w^rt time did you p.rrive with the tw<- r.irnen rt Toneh on? A 4:30 in,the afternoon. Q why did it trke y u s" long? A Because we stopped rt rll villr.ges on the wry br.ck rnd spread proproand.a on t^e B-2.4-Whj.ch was s'-ct down by Japanese plrncs. I wr.s ordered tc do so by Cel. KODAIATSU before I left Tonohon for Lrngorn. G Did SAITO1 s report sry tv-t r E-24 wrs shot down? The report so said, rnd SAITO personally told me that on tv-t dry 17 B-24s raided Lrngorn, Q Tell us exactly whr.t happened upon your rrrivrl rt Tonohon with the two Anericms? A I went t- Headquarters r.nd reported to Strff Officer K OAA I ATSU. The two rirnen were placed, in the Kenpei Tri rt T^ricTon becruse there wrs no place in Fcrd- qurrters. _0n the next dry the two airmen were <iven rest Xj?.^they wTr£ tlr'S. The day "atte'r the next dry 17/0 nATSlii 0T0 inte"rrr ted the tw~ rirnen through an interpreter. I think the interpreter wr.s Akcni STTI- A0T7.I„. 5 a J-p-n^s. civilian attached tr. the /rry. Fe Ts*"n' w ,'"T-'rthe'rn Celebes. c Whrt did H/.TSULOTO report t~ you wrs s*id at this inter r--gr tirn? A He grve me r report 8 pr^es but I rr. sorry I do not rer.ember exactly the contents. One of these documents wr.s sent tr- Feadquarters of Second Area Army. Q You spoke to HATSULOTO rb~ut the questioning, didn't yru? A Yes, sir. Q Whrt id he sry? A Fe srid the two rirnen were still healthy and full of pep and tvrt it wrs very easy tc nrke a report rs tvey answered quickly all tve things that they knew. Dec. No. 5520 n Q r Q r c Pace 6 • What did they know m d tell IIATSULOTO? The airr.cn told LJ.TSTJi.0T0 how fast a B-24 could fly, hrw nucv Vnbs it nrrrvT "hoy; r any nardMind pins it has., hey. i.any men it carry. They also said that .in lloroUi thrc were about 60 E-24s an-, t'~t Japf- nese planes fron tine te tin, can*. to In rotai. Vi'Vat nar.es did HATSCEOTO tell ycu these Americans had? I -r: sorry I c^nnct renerber. T/hat did t^ey sfcteSf like? One was Fr«nl: UBELT (tTUBIRT? UBEBT) and the other was Charles ALBEET. Q Tell us everything that happened o ncoming these two Americans after IIATSIJMOTO interrogated then. A They stayed in the coll rf the Kenpei Tai b" order of Staff Officer K0DA1ATSU. T1 ey stayed tvere I think ^bout one week or 10 days. Q Durinb that one week or ten days hew many tine s were they interrogated? A After IL1TSU1.0T0 had interrogated the two f.irr.cn it nas reported t Headquarters and he did net question any n re. Q .Did H O I . KOY.T :.'7RTT cone down during that period OF 7 days or Yes, sir. 10 e.a.ysv Three tines, Each tine he saw the American prisoners, did he not? No. The first tine he wgnt to the cell an: questioned the prisoners, ê ashed tvo possibility the land- ing of Allied forces iri Celebes and if sc "den they would land. The second tine v c spake to tve prison- ers and third tine he just saw the. prisoners but did not speak, to t^cn. Few S' n after K0DA1ATSU cane down the last tine was any. order piven tq . y;u ..cr.nceininL, the.„ tw^, A.i.e ricans? At the la st tine he cane to the. Kenpei Tai hc rrTfif̂ S that the two.. Americans sv^uld be killed that same Give r.ic the sequence of events tvat ccurred -fter you brought the two Americans fr̂ r. L^nguan to Tnno- hon, telling me all conversations that occurred with you present or conversations overheard by y^u. K0DA1IATSU saw the Americans the first day I brought then fron Languan, F^ saw them two other times be- fore they were executed. Once he questioned then. V/0 KATSUKOTO was eager to kill the Americans *nd No. 5520 Page 7 asked nc for- the first tine wruld b v c t- i tvl T c.ic. a ne three tines tse authority* of the execution I went tr Headquarters in vis office. N-., cne I told hin and that I ;r- bettcr t- Cel. AOD/j nit it I s e ne P-missdm several tines, that I had nc authority r to Headquarters to get the out1"' fc. that ay. I.:ATSUi:0T0 'then asked' ltogether t go to Headquarters for finally, on the morning of tve day - i.IOTO asked me again and so and spoke tr Col. KODAIIATSU was present exccpt the Colonel KDIu md aisc Cel. "t t .war the men TO sail". t5' tvat "becausv v r ITSTT t.hPt it urmjlf be A Camp at J--- but c nditions did not per- il icon landings it was necessary to execute b cause they..: n erring;. I g^vo a r y ZQLLUzER. "that :id ericans ;he J-p-nese. n-t tiink it :dvisable bee use..it wa.s "ga Inst "in ern^ t iona 1 law X J S & T bih m ^ r r ^ r were under tve Jurisdiction or the bee no i.rea l m y ^eadqu^rters *"r.d tvat the Kcnpci Tai ras only hold- ing them temporarily for disposition by Second Area Army Feadquarters. Fc s-i- that thc Ancricons..must told me that the .pur.: -.-.era-, j a£f hc,_ S c jgd be exccutedj I s« id "goodbye" and loft, Q What happene" after that? I I V t s=:.c dav after sur>per while it was slightly dark but still li^ht, Col. KODAi-IATSU came up the stone steps w^ich were between the bathroci and the general office. At that time I was in the bath- C--1. KODAldATSU« in room clearly hear even thou. • that tvc Americans wcul loud voice which I could /as in the bathroom, said have to bo cxccuted that very same evening. W/0 iATSULOTO then came to the bathroom an.: tcld ne Col. A0D..I ATSU was tvere. I went out and saw him. KOLA; ATSU tel" me to execute the two airmen that sane night. I.ATSUmOTO I were there when KODALATSU told me those words. I said, "Yes, is that so J" TrnTvr.'jftTT tfrm i ̂ ft. tr go to tvc house of hjs .;lrl friend. After fir EMU"TLTT rthrCT^-^f^'gDj OTP *zf said, 'I like such a matter- T leave it nn to .grai" HOTO so id j. • TT> ere I p k y d m* T ^ V it". I th^n left for my jjeng all evening. ouse './hat did liATSUKOTO do tvat evening ? I do not know what 12LTSH-0T0 did because I see him after I went hone. The next day, one. o'clock in the afternoon I sa^XTSUI-QTO. at ny office rocr. and 15ATSU10T0 reported to ; e. Fe said, "Everything has been completed". I knew w>a.t I ATSUi 0 id not however, at c. No. 5520 Fage t Hps talking about but I did not want to boar tvc data I told IXTSUI OTO to go to Col. KODAI ATSU and rcpcro,. 7 Where, is KODAI,ATSU now? Fe left tve Celebes on December 1, 194-4- ?nd went to Singkang. I heard that he went to Burma from there at t>c end of 194-4 or the early part of 1945. I heard that vc was there until the end of the war but I do not remember who told me. Give i e a cor plete description of KODAiATgil. He was Cvief or Gcmmander,of the 6lst Infantry Regi- ment. TJe was about 43 years eld5 5'3"; 60 kilcgrars; clean-shaven; glasses, black horn-rimmed5 no facial disfigurements or scars; two or tvree gold teeth -- molars, left side, lower5 lont face; preninent jaw- bone; loud, bass voice; clear voice5 close cropped hair, not bald. During the whole period of September and October 194-5 were you in cvplete and exclusive charge of the Ker pel Tai at Tonohon? Ye s, I wa. s. Who was your immediate superior? Staff Officer, Lt.-Ccl. KODALATSU. I reported every- thing to him, including the matter of the two Ameri- cans, and he relayed all orders to me. Over hin w^s the Chief of Staff wh^se name I .do not remember and above, the C'-icf rf Staff was full General AffAI.I, Kcrx chik^ . Vhere were the two Americans buried after bcint: exe- cuted? II/.TStJI OTO told r e. about a month later that it was behind the Kempei Tai in a field. Whc was Sgt. OIL'., Tocru? .. sole'ier working in my office. OEA says thrt hc knows nothing about KODAiATSU giving ycu the order to execute the. Americans. 01X c- uld not have I-orwn it because "he did not go to headquarters. Q-thur Kcr.pci T^±s kn w that Col. KODAI ATSU gave orders to me. ^ is it tva.t in a previous statement to Lt. FLINT vx the Australian Army you said that 010', knows a brut it and now ycu say that he does n^t know anything abeut it? Doc. No. 5520 Page 9 / A When I said this I thought that he was in the office roori so that he rust know that I cane "back from head- quarters and I told MATSDM010- that Col. KODAMATSU had ordered ne to execute the prisonerse Q Who of your Kenpei Tai was present when you told MATSDMOTO that ve cculd execute the Americans? A There were two, "but I don't remember who they were. Q Do you know if these two captured Americans ever had any trial, court-martial, hearing, or other form of judicial pr-^ccss, culminating in a verdict or sentence of c.xecutiDn, between the time of their capture and the time of tveir execution? A So far as I know, they never had any such trial, court- martial, hearing or other form of judicial process between the tint of their capture and execution. '1 Q Was fcrce, tvreats, duress or coercion used in taking tvis stater ent from you? A No. C Was any promise of reward, i: munity or consideraticn given as a result of this statement? A No. q Have you anything furtver to add to your statement? A No. _ /s/ j I OS FT TAKE ODAHUEA j/s/Tosvitake Odanura NLTFLFLANDS INDIES) ) ss ISLAND OF I OFOTAI ) I, TOSFITAKI ODAIIULA, being duly sworn on oath, state that I had read to me and understood the translation of the foregoing transcription of r.y interrogation an* all answers contained therein, consisting of eight (8) pages, are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. TOSFITAKE. ODAMURA /s/ Toshitake Odarura Subscribed and sworn to before ne this 2% day of March, /s/ Lcrris D, Frrkcsch MOIdFiIS D. F/JLJKCSC1", 2nd Lt., INF. Investigating Officer, War Crimes Investigating DEtachmc-nt. Doc.- No, 5520 Page 101 /"N [NETHERLANDS INDIES ) « ) S'S ISLAND OF LOROTAI ) 1,-kASAO DOUE, T/3, ASN 30111100, War Crines Branch, being duly sworn on oath, state that I truly translated the questions and answers given from English to Japanese and from Japanese tn English respectively, and that after being transcribed, I truly translated the foregoing depo- sition containing1 eight (8) pages, to the witness; that the witness thereupon In ny presence affixed M s signature thereto* /s/ Masao Drue MASAG OOLE i Subscribed and sworn to before ne this 22 day of March 1946 c /s/ Morrisi Do Forkosch MORRIS D. FORKOSCF, 2nd It., INF., Investigating Officer, War Criaes Investigating Detachment. C E R T I F I C A T E We, EDWARD W. GREGORY, 1st Lt0, 0-1590553, QMC and MORRIS D. FORKOSCH, 2nd Lt., 0-1336900, INF., certify that on 25th day of Ilrrch, 194-6, personally appeared before us, TOSFITAKE ODAMURA, and according to MASAO DOUE, gave tve .foregoing answers to the several questions set forth therein; that after M s cestiraonr had been transcribed, t^e said TOSFITAKE ODAMURA had read to him by t^e said interpreter the sane and affixed his signa- ^ ture thereto in our presence® Island of Morotai /s/ Edward W. Gr... -try (Place) EDWARD W. GREGORY, 1st Lt., QMC Investigating Officer, War Crines Investigating Detachment 29 March 46 /s-' Morris D, Forkosch (Date) MORRIS D. FORKOSCH, 2nd Lt., INF. Investigating Officer, War Crines Investigating DetachmentA^j Doc. No. 5535 RESTRICTED page 1 4 A Y 0 S . . J N 0 R I i A Y A S H I , after having been duly sworn, testified aboard U.S. Army I'.S. 319> enroute from Manado, Celebes to on 30 April 194^. as follows: V % What is your full name, rank, age, marital status, re nationality, and home address? j* Yoshinori HAiAStff, Warrant Officer, 33 years old, married, Bud'd hist, Japanese. I live at the house of Shigeo HIROKASA a m Tis address is Hiroshima Ken. Kure Shi Hondori 4 Cho Me 9 B My wife, FiInlycMYASHI 1 ives in the same house. Si When were you inducted into the Japanese Navy? A SO Loo ember 1940. Q, When did you first lend in Celebes? A The first part of September 1944- •Si Where did you land in Celebes? A I landed in Tolitoli. Q, Of what unit were you a member? A I was attached to the Tolitoli. Seaplane Base Unit. In the middle of November 1944 I was sent to Balikpapan and assigned to the £danal Corns of the 22nd Special Naval Base Unit. The Seaplane Base which I was attached to at Tolitoli was part of the £2nd Special Naval Base Unit at Balikpapan. In the latter part of January 1945 1 was sent back "to the Celebes and stationed .. at Dongala, I was attached to the SATO unit as_£j)£-£i_al observation post of planes and ships at Dongala. I was stationed at this post until the war ended. r4 Who was your commanding officer and what were your duties while you wore stationed at the Tolitoli Seaplane Base? A At the Tolitoli Seaplane Base there were two separate units, one "••'as a £Ufi££LUSit comivanded by Lieutenant (Junior Grade) IGAMI, the other was the unit which actually ran and operate the Secfl"lr'rip Bn.pâ I cannot remember who the commanding officer of this unit was but I think that during the time I,was stationed at Tolitoli, Warrant Officer SUITSU and Ensign YAMANOUCHI were in charge of this unit. I am not certain because the commanding officers of this unit changed quite often. I was attached to this latter unit. I was a wireless operator end I sent most of the messages that went to the 22nd Special Naval Base Unit. Do you know anything of the eight Allied 'fliers who were captured near Tolitoli sometime in September or October 1944' Yes. Q Please tell me everything you know concerning the capture and disposition of these eight fliers. A. i RESTRICTED Doc. No. 5535 RESTRICTED •vf page 2 A Sometime in the latter part of September 1944 I heard that an American B-dg crash-landed in the water somev.here near Boeol which is in"the province of Tolitoli. The natives in this area report- ed to the Tolitoli Seaplane Base that there were ei^ht surviv.Qrs in this orasho The standing patrol of the TolitoXi Seaplane Base was accordingly dispatched to Boeol to capture these survivors. However, when they arrived the naval police inspector and his subordinates had already captured these eight fliers. The naval police inspector at 3oeol at this time was I7ANE. "His rank was police inspector. I do not know the names of any of his subordi- nates. The Tolitoli patrol which was dispatched to Boeol stayed at this place that night and the next day they returned to Tolitoli with the eight fliers. They returned by truck. These eight flier;: v.ore detained in the naval police detention cell in Tolitoli. The chief of the naval police in Tolitoli v.as AWAZU. He was a civilian attached to the navy with a rank of naval police inspector. These fliers were detained at the naval police de- tention cell in Tolitoli for about one month. These fliers were originally supposed to be sent to Baiikpapan. However, I heard that an order was received from the 22nd Special Naval Base in Baiikpapan to detain the fliers in Tolitoli and to execute them there. These fliers were executed on ff about the 23rd of October 1944» I think this is the corrcct date, however I am not certain. Please tell me everthing that you know of the execution and the incidents leading up to it. A At about 5;00 ° r 6:00 o'clock in the afternoon on or about the 22nd of October 1944 Warrant Officer SUITSU, who was in charge of the Seaplane Base at that time, or Tjf TftAlv-T ̂fynt a telephone message to me. At the time that this message came over the phone I was out fixing the antenna for one of the wireless sets. When I returned to the office I was told that the message had been sent to me. . The message said, "The con.mander of the Seaplane Base called you up ard ̂ s.aid tomorrow is the execution. You will be "•no of the executioners, Prepare your sword. The execution will be"earlyTomrrow morning. The execution will be in the rear of the communication point near the Tolitoli cemetery." Later that same evening about 7:00 o'clock another message came for me telling me that I should report to the execution place at 7:00 o'clock the following morning. The next morning I got up a little after 6:00 o'clock, dressed and ate my breakfast and went out on the porch of my house and waited. This morning; I -.-.as dressed in my full uniform with boots and cap and I was wearing ; my Japanese sword. I waited on the porch about twenty minutes and then I saw about twenty members of the Naval Seaplane Base Unit come walking by my house on the way to the exegut.lon-..place_. I cannot recall any of the names of the"persons vfao were in this group of twenty. As soon as this group had passed my house I I followed them at a distance of about twenty or thirty meters. I si RESTRICTED DnC. No. 5535 RESTRICTED page 3 > 4, The execution place was about one kilometer from my house. I arrived at the execution place about fifteen minutes later. This was about 7*00 or 7:30 in the morning, I am not certain about the time. When I arrived at the place of execution I saw the eij't fin ore st.- g about 100 meters from a hole which was freshly dug. Thc.cc flier:: were all blindfolded and their hands were tied behind their backs. They were wearing khaki colored clothes. Gome of them had field jackets with zippers on them. T don't tl-i:..c any cf them had hats on. And I think that they" were brown c. lered . . . ; ., There were about fifty or sixty guards and spectators s tending around the eight fliers. 7/arrant Officcr gyjpppCTf"qrg" W ehcrge of the execution party and he had already dssignited .l..ie exe.cutj.oner: the.previous evening. Warrant Officer SUITSU ordered the first prisoner to be brought to the. place of execution, """errant 'Oilicer SUITSU then ordered no to execute the first prisoner. I ccmplaincd c ud sand that I did not wish to execute the firsFprlsondfT" '."tll'l'lU'll ̂ T'!lccrT'tTTTSlT said thq^jj^m must execute the first prisoner because T was the oldest ne:ib..r ana that 1 should execute the first prisoner. I think two guards led the first flier to the hole. The flier was made to kneel in front of the hole, laciaa ihe~Lole. The two guards then stepped away from tho nrlsnnfir m d one, nf them said to me, "Alright" so I •stepped up behind the prisoner and took a position about tvro feet to the left rear of him. My feet were about one foot apart. I raised my ..sword over ny right shoulder and swung the sword down- TT* "fli"'"'̂!* prisoner's peek with both hands. When t]^ SHprd, •stssuik thff T̂ riPriT"ST'>p! nc"v v-ig 1-1 nt completely severed from his body but his head flopped against his ches^ fprt >>l<-ô . •"p"-'-*'"* hifi The prisoner's body then rolled -int.n the- h< le. I m: sure that he died instantly. After I had executed the iris, ncr I stc-d with my hands in an attitude of prayer and prayed _to r.iv .enri t.hrt. thin fMr.-n J hrfl -iivcfc nmnlri go to heaven. then withdrew about three to five meters and took a position among the other spectators. I stood in this position among the spectators and saw the second, third and fourth executions. I cannot remember the names of the executioners but I think they were all fliers from the Naval Seaplane Base in Tolitoli. I actually saw these executioners swing their swords and kill the second, third and fourth prisoners. After the fourth execution I left the place and returned to my quarters. Later I heard that Second Class Petty Officcr TANAKA had executed the seventh prisoner,! that Warrant Officer SUITSU had executed the sixth prisoner and that Administrative Officcr 3MAKI had executed the last prisoner. I do not recall from whom I heard this but everyone was talking about it."] V RESTRICTED Doc, No. 5335 RESTRICTED page k •'i I not. show you a sheet of legal size onion skin paper upon which Japanese characters are written in pencil. Will you tell ne what they represent if you know? A This is the paper upon which I drew a diagram of the execution place f the eight American fliers. This diagram shows the hole where the Americans were executed, it also shows the road leading to the execution place. The diagram shows where my living quar- ters were located and also shows where other buildings in Tolitoli were located. I hrve signed and dated this diagram. -4 Who was Warrant Officer SUITSU's commanding officer? A Warrant Officer SUITSU was under the command of Seaplane Base Aviation Unit which was part of the 22nd Special Naval Base Unit at Balikpapan. I, however, do not know who Warrant Officer SUITSU's commanding officer was or \vho the commanding officer of the 22nd Special Naval Base was. Q, Do you know the names, ranks, description, or nationality of these eight fliers? A I do not know their names end I cannot describe them but I do remember that three of them were officers and the other five were non-commissioned officers. I think that two of the officers were second lieutenants and one was a first lieutenant. That's all I can recall about them. These fliers were all Americans. -6 How do you know they were Americans? A I heard that police inspector AWAZ.U investigated these fliers and during the course of investigation he found out that these fliers were all Americans. <\ Were these fliers ever given a hearing or a court martial? A I don't think that they were given court-martial or hearing. Why were these fliers executed? A I do not know. Q, Tell me all of'the persons that you can remember thet either participated in or were present at the execution of the eight Americans, A Outside of the executioners whose names I have already given you I can remember no other persons. There were, however, a large number of people present. Q, Can you tell me the first names and the present whereabouts of Administrative Officer EVAKI and Warrant Officer SUITSU? RESTRICTED Doc, No. 5535 page 5 * RESTRICTED A I do not know either of these persons' first names. I heard that Administrative Officer WiiXI is dead. I heard that Warrant Officer SUITSU is either in Balikpapan or Singapore3 I do not knov. which. Q, Was force, threats, duress, or coercion used in taking this statement from you? A No. <3, ̂ as any promise of re'jrard, immunity, or consideration given as a result of this statement? A No. Q, Have you anything further to add to your statement? L No. A /s/ Yoshinori Haycrhi KESTP (ICTED Doc. Nr. 5535 RESTRICTED page 6 \ JMTHBRIANDS I N D I E S ) tf&Lkm OF CELEBES ) SS T O C N OE MANADO > I, YOSEINCEI HAYASHI, being duly sworn on oath, state that I had read to no and understood the translation of the foregoing transcription cf ny interrogation and all answers contained therein •onsisting of four (4) pages, are true to the best of ny knowledge and belief. /s/ Yoshincri Hayashi YOSHINGRI HAYASHI Subscribed and sworn to before ne this 1st day of May, 1946• /s/ J -hn D. gchweaker JOISnT D. SGHBEJJKIR, Capt., FA Investigating Officer, War Crimes Investigating Detachment NETHERLANDS INDIES > ISLAND OF CELEBES ) SS TOM OF VJMEO ) I, SEISHDN KTBA, T/3 , ASN 3OUO98I, War Crimes Branch, being duly sworn on feath, state thet I truly translated the questions and' answers given ffcom English to Japanese and from Japanese to English respectively, and that after being transcribed, I truly translated the foregoing deposition containing four (4) pages, to the witness; that the witness thereupon in my presence-affixed his signature thereto, /s/ Seishun Kubr. • SEISHUN KUBA Subscribed and sworn to before.me this 1st day of May, 1946. /s/ John D. Schv.enker ___ JOHND. SCHIVEKER, Capt., FA Investigating Officer, War Grimes Investigating Detachment v - v - •••;•:; ( I RESTRICTED onunent No. 55.̂ 5 X ST^JCT'D C E R T I F I C A T E I, JOHN D. SGHVE'rKFR, Oapt., FA, certify that on 30th day of April, 194-6, personally appeared before me YCJHIFORI EAYPFHI, and according- to SEISIDN FU3A, gave the foregoing answers to the several questions set forth therein; that a°ter hie testimony hid been transcribed, the said Y eFI.XRI HAY LKI had read to him by the said interpret r the. ra" :e and affixed his eigneture the reto in my prescrce. fegnado. Celebes , (Place) 1 1°46 /s/ John D. -Schrtn^r . JOKI D. CK UtvER, Caot., FA Investigating Officer, T'tr Crimes Investi '<.,tine Detachment (Bete)' V ) Doc. No. 5532 RESTRICTED / " ' ° " P a§ c 1 I GOSUKE TANIGUCHI, after having been duly sworn, tes- tified at the Mandai Prisoners of War Car.p, Makassar, Celebes, on 11 April 1946, as follows: k Q What is your name, age, nationality, religion, nari status, ana home address? A .Gosuke t/̂ m]oTT7r:;4T. 53 years old, Japan...so, Buddhist, ,/ ndPried, Tokyo, 8hiba-Ku, Mita Koyama Clio, #8. ̂ Q What is your wife's name? A Mitsue TANIGUCHI. Q Are you a member of the Imperial Japanese Forces?] A Yes, I an a Captain in the Japanese Navy. j Q How long have you been in the Navy? A 36 years. 0 When did you cone to Celebes? August 13, 1944. Q What was your assignment in Celebes? h On the 13th of August 1^44 I arrived in Celebes and was stationed at Kendari. My duty was to take care of the transport of supplies to the 4th Southern Area Fleet which had its headquarters at Ambon. Q How long did yeu remain in this unit? A Until March 1945, although part of this service ^as in name only because there was a shortage of supplies and we had nothing very much to send to Ambon. In Septem- ber 1944 I was appointed commanding officer of the 23rd Special Naval Base detachment at Kendari, which was under the command of the Second Southern Area Dis- patch Fleet. I remained in this assignment until 16 December 1945. In the beginning of April 1Q4-5 I wrs appointcid commanding officer of the Tokkei Ta.i sta- tioned at Kendari. \ r - Q Do you know of any Americans being detained at Kendari A Yes. I know of nine men in OetoV r 1944 and one man in January 1345,-and tw<5 ren in February' 1945." Q Will you tell me --hrt yon know of the nine m.n in October 1044? A A TBY-5 (?) left Morotai 1 October 1944 on a flight to Celebes. On that sane- day the plane was fired on and hit by Japanese gunfire and the plane crashed off the eastern coast of Celebes, north cf Kendari near an island. I forgot the name of the island, probably Salabangka. I was told that eleven ren wore in the plane but two of them died in the crash. R:::strict̂ D Doc. No. 5532 RESTRICTED Pago 2 The natives reported that nine pen wore on an island and also gave the approximate location and I dispatch- ed a boat, about 70 or SO tons, and about ten men to pick then up. They were brought to Kendari and I turned then over to Lt. Sabu.ro TAKITA who was com- manding officer of Tokkoi Tai. As sooi as the pris- oners reached Kendari I informed Admiral Morikasu OSUGI at Makassar and Admiral Tanotsu FURUKAWA at Kendari. Admiral FURUKAWA was commanding officer of 23rd Air Unit. Admiral OSUGI was comranding of- ^y ficer of 23rd Special Naval Base, \ Q Was Lt. TAKITA a member of the 23rd Special Naval Base unit? ii Ye s „ Q How long wore those nine Americans kopt at Kendari? \ About six or seven weeks. Q Were they interrogated while at Kendari? A Yes, an interpreter. NOSH (civilian interpreter), was sent from Makassar and the staff officer of the 23rd Air Unit questioned then. Q Do you knov the first name of NOSE or where he is at present? A I don't know his first name nor where he is. Q What was the name of the staff officer who questioned them? A .The Senior Staff Officer was SONOKAW (FNU), Commander. He left in February 1946 for Japan. Q Did you question the prisoners when they arrived in Kendari? A Yos„ I asked them some questions although no record was kept of this. I asked such questions as: name, rank, age, and how many times did they come to Ken- dari. All of ehen told me this was their first, trip and that they had just come fron America via Austra- " a and Now Guinea. I then told th^r that I was very sorry fof* them and that I would try and ]?;ive them the' Best ̂ treatment possible... I advised then to answer the quest;ions ^har\7ould be asked by the authorities. Q Do you remember the names of those men? A There was a first lieutenant and I believe his name wa either LIBBY or LIDDY. I don't remember the names of the others. Q Do you know their ranks0 A I think they were non-commissioned officers. The lieu tenant told me that the two who died were officers. The first lieutenant told me he was a navigator. RESTRICTED Doc. No. 5532 Pago 3 R ETRITTAD Q Were you the first one to question these ncn? A I believe I wos. Q Did these nine Americans carry any papers or records of any sort? & Yes, they had sone pictures (wives. etc.K Japanese nonev. foreign nonov. el*****, f ^ t pM.fettii That's all about I .remember now, an IFF (Identification Fid end or Foe) set. Tokkei Tai made"a list of all the articles and sent ne a list and I forwarded the list to Makassar. I received orders fron Makassar to send the IFF sot to Makassar. The other articles were kept by Tokkei Tai. I don5t know what happened to the articles. Q How w-jre these prisoners dressed when you intcrro ->ted then? A I believe one of ther. had khaki coveralls with a •Zinoer„ One was b-refooted, Soo.o hod no shirt ex- cept undershirt, My memory is not clear and I am""" not sure ""about the dress. Q Were you present when Tokkei Tai interrogated these prisoners? A I passed the room several tii.es but never stayed. I received a report fron Tokkei Tai stating names, rank, age. and unit they were attached to. I sent the report back to Tokkei Tai. I believe NCSA took the report back to Makassar with him. Q Were you present when the staff officer interrogated them? A I passed several times but never stayed to listen. Q When were these men interrogated in Tokkei Tai? About 1G Gctober. J.X 0 You say that these nine men were kept at the Tokkei Tai six or seven ,reeks„ Then what happened? A I received an order by radio about. 23 Mover her 1Q44 from Makassar to execute ihe nine American prisoners. 0 Who sent the message? A Admiral OSUGI. Q Exactly what did the message say? A I don't remember the exact words. It either said to dispose of or execute the prisoners and I am not sure which bnfc its was so worded that a possibility of mis- take was very unlikely. Q What action did you take upon receipt of this order? A Lt. TAKITA brought the message to mo and I told hin RESTRICTED Doc. No. 5532 RESTRICTED Pago 4 that we :.ay as v;oll go ahead with it. TAFITA said that ho mould nnke the arrangements rnd I told hin tha t would bo fine and that I would leave it up to hi::. TALITA reported back to re th-t day and said that plans hid been made to oxocute the prisoners _ . _ ... —y3 later at aeout sunsot. I approved or this plan and cautionod TAT IT A to - b ido hy tho qnn-'jrai node. About this time the Tokkei Tai received orders fron the 23rd Air Unit at Kendari to send four of the prisoners to then. TAKITA brought the message to ne. The order came from Commander 30N0KAWA. I S?J- no order. TaKITA told me about it and I don't know how the message was sent. TAFITA said that the 23rd Air Unit wanted to execute four. The orders from Admiral 03UGI vrere to executc the Uidmofr iiiiie pl'li>UiiLT'S> iaU I Jleiii' I 5b>ct to sending then for all thaX-XJiaa interested in was th.at they bo exc cut•.d,. a. nek the.. pl.sea.xnd . by whom was im .atorial. flie^.ra that a car was sent from 23rd ;.ir Unit to take the four back as it '".as about an hour drive. Q \t What happened to the other five? They were executed either the next day or two days later as scheduled, but received the report fron TAXITA. TAKITA did not attend the execution either but assigned Ensign CHIMA to do it. I thought at the tire that Ensign CKUFA executed the five but I learned since that Ensign CHUT,-'A executed only one and Ensign KITANI, Tcshio, Warrant Officer OGAWA (FNU), Warrant Officcr YAIOTOTO (FNU), Chief Petty Officer TANAKA (FNU), executd one each. that a Dutch piano. was coring to in- us 25 November 194?. so we talked it over a.nd the conversation got around to American trials and ye heard, that Ame^ricans punished the ones ,who actually perform^'tfed execution as well .as the one who ord^r.eC it "done and it. was .at this tine that I 1 earned that CKL1 A did not ex. -cute all of them but those I have just named also helped. I heard in this same conversation that the ".Americans punished the one who gave the orders as well as the one who performed the execution. We thought that some Ameri- can officers wore coming in that plane but when it came there were Dutchmen only, so I had done so;.( un- nec e s s a rvworrying. Q Who is the "we" you keep r.entioning? A Just some people I ate with who had nothing to do with the incident. They had .just heard about it. They were: Lt. NOSAKA, Lt. FUJINO, Ensign I" KUBO, Ensign DAN, Lt. (jg) FUJITANI. f KAMI- R rjoTRICTED . No. 5532 Page 5 R:.;3TuiCT5D What else do you know about the xecution? TAKITA reported to ne that the ren had been executed and also brought a radio nessage for r.y signature. It stated that the prisoners had been executed as ordered by radio message number (?). I signed this nessage and it was sent to Admiral OSUGI and I never heard nore. I would like to add that all Japanese radio messages -ro numbered and the number shows date and the hour. You said you notified Admiral OSUGI that the nine men were executed. How do you know the four men ord red by Coriander SONOKAWA were executed? One of my subordinates received a report from the 23rd Air Unit stating that the four men had been executed on same day. I don!t know if the report was received by telephone or by messenger. I don't know who received the report nor the one vrho sent it. j Did this order to send these four men come from Admi- ral FURUXA'Ai or did it cor e from Commander SONOKAWA? Ordinarily Admiral FURUKAWA would give orders to Commander SONOKAWA but sorotir.es the Senior Staff Officers took matters in their own hands and later reported to Admiral FURUKAWA. I ar. not sure about this particular order. Was this an order from Coriander SONOKAWA or a mere request? It was an order fror Cor.;, andcr SONOKAWA. In the report that you rec ived fror the 23rd Air Unit did it state what unit or whrt person rel had performed the execution? The message that I received wis a verbal report and it only stated that the ren h.-d been executed. ,rras the original radio message that w~s sent fror rakassar signed by Admiral OSUGI? When messages '-re sent it rust be signed or stamped by some officer with authority. This particular message was sent to the commanding officer of the Kendari Dis- patch Unit, which was myself.. It was sent I'ron zjra Special Naval Base Headquarters. Although the message did not have "headquarters" written on it, it had a symbol of headquarters, The symbol is a triangular flag that is used only by the headquarters and I had previously received messages with this symbol and they had been sent from Admiral 03UGI and there was no doubt in r.y rind about this one. And after this I re- received other radio messages ^rith the same symbol which had cone from OSUGI. RESTRICTED Doc. No. 5532 Page 6 RESTRICTED Q Si. Q r 9 A Q A Q A Q A Q Q p. Q A Q f xi Q p, Q A When you sunt the radio message about the nine Ameri- cans having b-.-en executed, did you send it to the corr.anding officer of the 23rd Special Naval Base? Yes, I put the same symbol that designated the head- quarters of the 23rd Special Naval Base and with that symbol it had to go to the highest ranking officer for his signature. Do you know where Lt. Saburo TAKITA is at present? He left Kendari abotrtTTEIf or ICth of February 1945 for Japan. Do ycu by chance know TAKITA's home address in Japan? Kagawa Ken. Do you know his occupation? He is an officer in the merchant marine. How old is TAKITA? About 50 years old. Can you describe him? He was about 5 feet, 2 or 3 inches tall, weighed about 120 pounds. H~ had false teeth. He wore glasses when reading. Has quite a l^rgo a; ouit cf hair for an old man. He has a n.ustache. Do you know where Ensign EITANI, Tcshio, Warrant Officer OGAWA, Warrant Officer YA1AE0T0, Chief Petty Officer TANAI1A and Ensign CHUKA are now? HITANI is here; OGAWA, Benten5 YAHAKOTO, Bunten; TANAKA, is here; CHUT/A, unknown, Do you know where Admiral Tamctsu FURUKAWA is at present? The 23rd iiir Unit moved to Java in March of last year and the admiral went to Java at that time. I don't know where he is at present. Do you know where Commander SONOKAWA (FNU) is at present? He left Kendari sometire in February 1945 and went to Makassar on his way to Japan. shing features about him Do you know where in Japan he lives? No. r'here ^ere these five Americans buried? They were buried in the same place where they were executed about 2C0 yards from the barracks of the Rikkei Tai (Land Guard Unit). RESTRICTED Dec. No. 553? RESTRICTED Page 7 Q Are the bodies still there? A Of course, Q Did you ever repair the graves of those five Americans? A ~ had some stones ̂ laced^ around the grave 0 Q Do you have anything else you want to tell us about the nine Americans? A Yes. I would like to say this. I hear that the auth- orities from. ??3V3Ssar arp flsnvlno that, thp T.igsgagp rap -ftri^mj/lili^ it- . Ms. anticipated an Allied landing in July 1945. and v;e destroyed all. or~our. records "or T could show you the message £ ec ei vecL juid ,a copy of the one I sent. I had no reason to execute these men, I had beon in command"of this unit for only two months and it was a decision too Important for me to make, Q Tell us about the other three Americans who were detained in Kendari last year? A About the 15th or 16 of January 1945 a flight of about 30 came over and bombed an airstrip about 40 or 50 kilometers from Kendari. One of these planes was shot down and the searching party was sent cut by the 23rd Air Unit and _ono American was found about the lgth or 19th of January in a IT "empty hut In the evening. He r-'3 taken to the hospital of the 23rd AJLr tfnjt the foliowin0 day. Q How long did he stay in the hospital there? A He stayed in the hospital two or three days. He was wounded in the head and chest. Q After he had been in the hospital where did he go? A He was brought to Kendari T oldie i Tai about the 23rd or 24th and placed in the" hospital of the Tckkei Tai. Q Did you see him when he was brought to Kendari? A Yes, I saw him, the first day he was brought to Ken- dari. I Trent out when I heard that an automobile came in and I saw the American standing by it. Q Where were you when you talked to this American? A I talked to him in the office of the Tokkei Tai. Q What did you talk to him about? A I told him that I was commanding officer of that de- tachment and that his wounds would be taken care of by the doctor,, And..1...told liim. that if there is anything he wantedt to let, me know and would make him as comfortable as possible. I had already heard that fie was a major and his name was F.MrmRft m (FNU). Q Did you ask him any questions at that time? A No. He was a patient and besides it was not my duty. RESTRICTED No. 5532 Page 8 RESTRICTED Was the major wounded in any way? Yes. He had a wound in the head and I heard he had internal injuries in the chest. He had a bandage around his head and also one around his chest, Do you know where the major came from? I did not hear exactly. I think all planes attacking Kendari came from Horotai. 1" understood that the major was the flight commander of the flight of P-38s. How long was the major kept in Kendari Tokkei Tai? Less than a month I believe. He stayed there less than a month and it was the 13th of February 1945 that I re- ceived an order to send him to Uakassar. I mentioned that to a doctor and he told me that the major had died that morning. Was the major interrogated while he was at Kendari Tokkei Tai? I heard that the officers from the 23rd Air Unit came down two or three times to question the American pris- oner. •̂ o you know the names of those officers? I dcn*t know. Do you know who acted as interpreter? I don't know exactly but I suppose NOSE was called. D9-.^OU know NOSE's first name? Do you know where he is now? No. ) Did the major receive proper medical attention? Yes. The major received proper medical attention. Special food was prepared fur him because we knew that he was net accustomed to our own food. Did you see the major quite often during the time he was in Kendari? I saw him only once; that was the date he arrived. Who was the doctor that treated the major? Lieutenant FUJINO (FNU). Where is he new/? Benten. Where was the major buried? Major ENDERS was buried about 200 yards east of the barracks. RESTRICTED Doc. No. 5532 RESTRICTED Page 9 Q A Q A u know of anything more about Major ENDSRS? Q A Q A No Will you tell us about the two other men you mentioned being detained by the Tokkei Tai in February 1945? About the 16th or 17th of February 1945 one American non-commissioned officer was brought to the Tokkei Tai. The next day another American non-commissioned officer was brought to the Tokkei Tai. I don;t know what type of plane they had come from nor do I know who apprehended them and brought them to the Tokkei Tai. As each man was brought to the Tok1 ei Tai he was brought to the headquarters and I talked to him there. They were then tai-en to the Tokkei Tai and kept there about four or five days and then they were taken to Makassar by Chief Petty Officer SO, Shigeru and I believe they were turned over to the Makassar Tokkei Tai. I don't know if they were in- vestigated while they were at Tokkei Tai or not. When you talked to these n:en one at a time, did you bear their names? Yes, I asked their names but I have forgotten. Do you remember the rani: of these men? One man told me he was a corporal. I don't know the rank of the other except he was a non-commissioned officer. Q What action did you take when these two men were brought to the Tokkei Tri? A I sent a message to the headquarters of the 23rd Special Naval Base in Makassar when each American was brought to the Tokkei Tai- As a result of this radio- gram I received orders from Makassar to send the tvo Americans to Makassar. I sent them by boa.t T:ith Petty Officer SO in charge of them. Q Do you know what finally happened to the two Americans? A I never heard anything further about them. I was told that you had a watch and ring in your pos- ion. vhat was the make of the watch? me-g-ov I wanted a watch and I asked "no Tokkei Tai 0 send me one. I knew they had such things in their possession and Warrant Officer WAKASUGI (FNU) sent this watch to me. WAKASUGI took CHINA'S place when CHUMA left. What did you do with the watch? Af-tex.. the war ended ^o n r u not sure for a couple of uroeks that, t.ho vrr>r wrs actually over but when we be- came convinced that the war was over I decided to the evidence -nd I threw it in the Kendari Bay about 25 or 26 of August 1945. RE3TR ICTED Doc. No. 5532 RESTRICTED page xu Q A Q A Q A Q A Q A Q * i-i Q A Q * Q A Q A A J.X Whore did you get the ring? When I moved to mv new headquarters about 14 or 15 of OETcber, SATO, TOrro brought this ring to no. Before this, an order had been issued that all such evidence should "be" destrbye Wl^o_issucd this order? I think Vice-Admiral SHIBATA, Yaichiro issued It. He was commanding orricer of the 2nd Southern Area Dispatch Fleet. Can you describe the ring? It looked like the one you have on (an ordinary College class ring, yellow gold with a black set). -jt ^ fr'r Corps ring? . I don't know. When did SATO bring this ring to you? About the middle of October 194-5. Where did SATO get the ring? He said it belonged to Major ENDERS. Did he tell you where ho got it? No. Ho just told me it had belonged to Major ENDERS. What did you do with it? I told him to leave it with me. The next day I threw it in the sea. Was force, threats, duress, or coercion used in taking this statement from you? No. Was any promise of reward, immunity, or consideration given as a result of this statement? No. Have you anything further to add to your statement? No. /s/ Gosuke Taniguchi GOSuKE TANIGUCHI NETHERLANDS INDIES ) ) CELEBES ) ) CITY OF MAKASSAR ) SS RESTRICTED Doc. No. 5532 Pago 11 RESTRICTED I, GOSUKE TANIGUCHI, being duly sworn 011 oath, state that I had read to me and understood the translation of the foregoing transcription of my interrogation and all answers contained therein, consisting of nine (9) pages, are true to the bust of my knowledge and belief. /s/ Gosuke Taniguchi GOSUKE TANIGUCHI Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12 day of April, 1946. /s/ Warren G. Hawkins WARREN G. HAWK IT! 3, 1st Lt., INF. Investigating Officer, War Crimes Investigating Detachment I have re-read the above statement this 4 day of May 1946 on board FS 319 and all answers are true. I have no change to make or supplemental statement to dictate. /s/ Gosuke Taniguchi A \ ^NETHERLANDS INDIES ) 1 ) CELEBES ) SS ) CITY OF MAKASSAR ) I, MASAO DOUE, 1/3, ASN 3011110C, War Crimes Branch, being duly sworn on oath, state that I truly translated the questions and answers given from English to Japanese and from Japanese to English, and that after being trans- cribed, I truly translated the foregoing deposition con- taining nine (9) pages, to the witness; that the witness thereupon in my presence affixed his signature thereto. /s/ Masao Doue MASAO DOUE Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12 day of April, 1946. /s/ Warm n G. Hawkins WARREN G. HAWKINS, 1st Lt., INF. Investigating Officer, War Crimes Investigating Detachment RESTRICTED Drc. No. 5532 RESTRICTED Page 12 C E R T I F I C A T E We, WARREN G. HAWKINS, 1st Lt., 0-540420, INF. and LAWRENCE S. TOIIILL, 1st Lt., 0-926022, FA, certify that on 11th day of April, 1946, personally appeared before us GOSUKE TANIG-JCHI, and according to HA SAO DOUE, gave the foregoing answers to the several questions set forth therein; that after his testimony had been transcribed, the said GOSUKE TANIGUCEI had read to hin by the said interpreter the sane and affixed his signature thereto in our presence. Makassar, Celebes /s/ Warren G. Hawkins (Place) WARREN G, HAWKINS, 1st Lt., INF. Investigating Officer, War Crines Investigating Detachment 12 April 1946 (Date) /s/ Lawrence S~ Tohill LAWRENCE S. TOHILL, .1st Lt., FA Investigating Officer, War Crimes Investigating Detachment RESTFICTED Doc. No. 5521 /b'Pf RESTRICTED Page i f A tc-s sar as LI I CHI NOR I NAKAFURA, after having been duly sworn, tfTied on the United States FS 319 en route fron Makas- to Manado in the Strait of Makassar, on 26 April, 194-6, follows: STATEMENT OF COLONEL MICHINORI NAKAMURA: I have spoken with my counsel, Mr. Yukio Y0SHIKA7A and Mr. Hasuni TAKAHASHI, who are both present, here now, and I desire to make a statement concerning the execution of five Americans at ftingkang. The reason ttr this statement is that I have always fallowed the lav; and that ny name Mlcnlno M _ means "acquainted wirn tno rules.", I also am desirous" of s-ving ycu from any further trouble because I had made up my mind to tell the truth either after I have spoken to Major ODAMURA, Toshitako or upon the trial in Manila. QUESTIONS BY LT. FOREOSCH: Will you tell me in chronological order everything you know concerning such execution? I returned to Singkang about July 23, 194-5 from an inspection trip, "hen I returned I Again had Major ODAEURA soe Lt. Colonel ISHIRO, Shigoru who was on tho staff of Lt. General TESHIMA, for the purpose of having thj3.five, ̂ merican fliers reroved from the Kempei Tai jail to" the' Second Army jurisdiction. I had been attempting to have these Americans so re- moved ever since I arrived at Singkang in June. My reason for desiring this transfer of tho American prisoners was that thev interfered with the Kempei Tai ..questioning of natives as well as th- duties of the Kempei Tai because guards had to be supplied for the Americans,. I also felt that these were Second"Army prisoners and therefore should be kept by the Second Army. After my return on July 23, I again sent Major ODAMURA to see' Lt. Colonel ISHIRO about this transfer, but the first time I sent him. he reported that he had seen someone else on the staff because ISHIRO was away. I then s^nt ODAMURA a second time to see ISHIRO. I do not know the exact d^te of the second time ODAMURA went to see ISHIRO but I do know that ODAMURA returned to me that same day later tho I nd report ou execution w to me, and such ""execution was held in three days of July,. 19.4-5• S held,, ? the very that three nd I believe last two or When attempt ODAMURA returned to me after his second told me that he ODAMURA said tc see ISHIRO, had had a conversation he, ODAIURA, with ISHIRO. t RESTRICTED 9 Doc. No. 5521 Page 2 that JSHIItO had suggested to hin. that, the Kenpei Tri •iî pr.Qr, r>.r ̂ nr, ̂ pj-j^ns. Sincc in ny opinion such a sug estion was an order. I ordered PDA! TULA to execute the Americans.. I do not recall whether I told ODATURA to prepare plans fcr such execution or whether o;)„"Tn: r.nnrenrf.or brought ^uah p.1,-ms to ne for approval. At that tine ODiJeURA tola me TEKt the execution would be held back of the Leper Hospital and he told me the date and time at which it would be conducted. I do net remember the exact date. It has been so long ago that I have forgotten whether ODAITTRA gave me a written plan er whether it was verbal. The details of this plan are rather hazy in my mind. I did not spend too much time reviewing the plan of ODAJU'lA, because I felt that as commander cf the Southern C i t e s Ke-rpei Tai he knew what his duties wire"! I do remember that about three days afterwards I get up at about six o'clock and left the Kei.pei Tai quarters with ODAIIURA and Lieutenant KAMISUKI, ICotaro in company with about eight or twelve others. I do not remember the names or features cf any of the oth. rs except th^t I recall ^arrant Officer FATSUKOTO, Kunio and Sergeant OKAZAKI, Kazuaki. We went along the road to Watanpone until we passed the Second Arry jail. We then turned loft and cut across the field until we arrived at the place cf execution. This was a snail clearing surrounded by trees and bushes. There was one very large tree at one extreme end of the clearing and at the other end cf the clearing "ere two smaller trees. A grave had been dug between these trees in such clearing. ODAI'URA, KAnlSUKI and I went to one end of the clearing where the two small trees were. The Americans were kept rt the large true and were there blindfolded. It "was becoming lighter a't that time although it was still fairly dark. I remember that one American after anether was brought up to the "grave from the tree, laced in a kneelin.T positicn and then executed. J saw each American executed but I cannot remember who executed these. A: cricans. I do not re: ember the names of the executioners nor """do I remember their features. If I saw. them now I don't think I would remember them. It rained a little during the execution and I did remember that someone hanger1. i,.e a raincoat. t n^t bri r such 'raincoat with me. I was dres "my usual uniform*but I don't believe I carried a pwr rr». ^fte-r the execution KAIUJdUK.1 anc 1 waiKed back to the Kempei Tai headquarters. I don't be- lieve ODAI'URA returned with us. When we arrived at the Kenpei Tai I did net go into the office but went to ny hut because I had net eaten breakfast. • No. 5521 Page 3 RESTRICTED Some tine that day I remer bcr definitely that I ordered ODAKURA tc report the execution tc the Second A m y headquarters. I do rer.er.iber that ODAIURA reported to ne that he had reported but I do net rcnei. ber the date ODATURA so reported to re^ Between the day of the execution and August 14, 1945 did you ever see ISHIRO? I did net. Between the execution and August 14, did you see Lt. General TESHII'A? I did. Did you speak about the execution? We did not although I believe that he knew about the execution. Why do you say that and upon what facts do you base such statement? Because an execution can only be ordered by General TjESHIIlA.' No one'"on the staff has the authority to nake such an order. ISHIRO could net order the exe- cution unless TESHII'A first ordered it. ISHIRO could have prepared such order and then brought it in for TESHIKA1 s signature but in such event it would be TESHIMA's order and not ISHIRO's. Since the execution had been suggested I felt that ISHIRO rust have either received orders from TESHII!A cr else obtained TESHIMA's order after the suggestion had been na.de. Is that the only reason why vcu say that TESHII'A must. have known about the execution? Yes. Since the execution have you ever spoken tc anyone about it? Besides what I have already said, I spoke to Colonel ISHIRO at Handai Prisoner of War Carp near Makassar, during the latter part of January, 1946, I asked ISHIRO what he reant when he had suggested to ODAMURA that the Kenpei Tai dispose of the Americans. ISHIRO said to ne that he thought the Americans could be used to listen to shortwave broadcasts fit tc wcrk arcuna the' Kerpci Tai headquarters. I told ISHIRO that the Kenpei Tai "had nctiling to do w_ith listening to broa casts and of what use could they make of the Americans around the Kenpei Tai. I then said tc ISHIRO that under such circumstances what ulse. was there, to do but to execute the Americans. ISHIRO then said that that was his, IShiRU^s, mistake because he should have definitely told ODAEITRA not to execute the Americans but to put them to work cr send them some place else. RESTRICTED Doc. No. 5533 RESTRICTED Page 7 T Q Do you remember when the present group of Americans, of whom I an a member, began this investigation at Eendai? A Yes. Q Since we bet on this investigation at Eandai did you ever speak te Lt. KAKISuKI, Kotaro, Shiro SATO, or Tckujiro KATO concerning this execution? A Yes but only to EAKISUKI and then he tcld ne that I was justified. Q Did you ever or.jer KAKISUKI tc warn SATO, KATO, and anyone else at the canp not tc disclose anything about the exocuticn? A Yes. Q What did you tell KAEISUKI to warn those others about? A I toll tnen to h, Id out i-.oout disclosing any informa- tion as long as they p. .ssibly cculd. /T\ Q there any court martini held of these five American prisonei s bol'cre the execution? A No. There was never -my court martial, hearing, trial or other legal process g„ven to the se five American s, I knew that they cculd not be executed without a court martial and the Kei pei Tai has no power to execute any prisoner with:ut a court martial. The Kempei Tai had nc power to execute a. prisoner without a court martial \ / or an order fi-en higher autherityTl Q Is your hearing and eye-si^iit good? A Yes, they are perfect. Q Was force, threats, duress, er coercion used in taking this statement frcm you1: A Ne. Q Was any promise, of reward, immunity, or consideration given as a result of r is statement? A Ne. !Q Dc you have anything further tc add to this statement? iA Yes. Another reasen why I felt rhnfr TEf-RT'A roico have ^ i?iven approval was b"-cause I always frniri f|T)ATTT7A thail even the natives rrinavo''roceTvod a court martial or hearing b< fc r . being routed and if I fallowed this pre o.e dure i ? the notices T certainly followed it in the Americans' case. AJ-SO. while at the execution place, i rec'TI that of the several people there I rece ;n.ize-d at least two as being soldiers from the Sec. nd Ai ly jail although I cannot give ycu their names nor ca.} I remember tl am even if they were brought before \l/ me now 1 RESTRICTED Doc, No. 5521 Page 5 RESTRICTED Q Have ycu anything further tc add to this statement? A No. _ I • digned iri Japanese characters) ; c: r, a n Japanese I MICHINORI NAXAMURA NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES) ) ISLAND OF CELEBES ) S3 ) TOWN OF MANADO ) I, MICH IN OR I NAKA1SURA, being duly sworn on oath, state that I had read to ne and under." toed che translation of the foregoing transcript:-.on cf ny interrogation, and all answers contained therein, consisting of four (4) pages, are true te the best of ny knowledge and belief, (Signed in Japanese chrracters) MICllINORl NAKiillURA Subscribed and sworn tc before ne this 28 day of Apri 1946. /s/ Morris D. Forkcsch MORRIS D. FORKOSCH, 2nd Lt., INF Investigating Officer, War Crimes Investigating Detachment. V RESTRICTED ^Doc. No. 5521 RESTRICTED Page 6 * TNETHERLANDS EAST INDIES ) - ) ISLAND OF CELEBES ) SO ) TOWN OF FANADO ) I, MA SAO DOUE, T/3, ASN 30111100, War Crinos Branch, being duly sworn on oath, state that I truly translated the questions and answers give .1 fron English to Japanese and fron Japanese to English respectively, an., that after being transcribed, I truly translated the foregoing deposition containing four (4) pages, to the witness; that the witness thereupon in ny presence affixed his signature thereto. /j/ Fasrto_ Do'oe . FA3-'i0 DOUE Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28 day of April, 194-6. /s/ Morris D. Forkcsch S MORRIS D. FORKOdCH, 2nd Lt.,INP Investigating Officer, War Crimes Investigating Detachment• 1 C E R T I F I C A T E We, EDWARD W. GREGORY. 1st Lt., 0-159^53, QMC and MORRIS ' D. FORKOSCH, 2nd Lt., 0-1336900, INF, certify that en 26th day 1 of April, I.946, personally appeared before us MICE IN OR! NAKAMURA, and according to MASAO DOUE, gave the foregoing i answers to the several questions set forth therein; and that i after his testimony had been transcribed, the said MICHINORI I NAKAMURA had read to hin by the said interpreter the same and j affixed his signature thereto in our presence. i Manado, Celebes /s/ Edward W. Gregory EDWARD W. GREGORY, 1st Lt.,QMC Investigating Officer, War Crimes 28 April, 1946. Investigating Detachment. j /s/ Morris S, Ij1 crkesoh I MORRIS D. "FORKOSCH, 2nd Lt., INF j Investigating Officer, War Crimes | Investigating Detachment. RESTRICTED ft . No. 556A Page 1. v / """ S T A T E M E N T ^ ' * I an Col„ KOEA, Shifom, Co inrndtr, TALAUD G a r r i s o n — Of my m free will. in order to resist the inquiry, I a?. :":aJcIfTf "a" statement giving the facts rs they arc known to no. In BEO. there wero four allied airmen, and in R4INUS there was or.o. They vc.ro hold as prisoners. I was in hospital iron 20 Doc 4/ until 10 Mar 4.5, nd the hospital records will show that. I enquiries fro" Waaado Headquarters. the Commander of which ras Major General XATirUK/', Under him was LtcGol. KOhitmA, what was to bo done with these aimenT The answer rc s '<7ou punish ..them or your own, soot". This meant to me that I should execute these men, and since no further reply cane, from KAT?U. I believed it w; r ny duty to execute these men, I 1 elicve the reply tc ny question a no from MAN;!. DO about the end of January, or >e.;-3"im.r.- or February 194-5. Then I gave U verb; 1 order to Capt (how Major) T.'.MJ 'A to execute these men. At that tine there were only f-~ur airman. I u s still recovering from illness and on 23 Mar 4-5 they were executed. 1- KEHASHI was not there, but he knew "bout it. TAMT-I! reported to nc a few days later that he Jvd executed the men. (I was nrt present at the execution)e I then reported to MAKADA that the men had been executed I understand that when the above ordcv came from KATSTHA to deal with the matter on the spot, or to dispose of them on the spot, that the matter was to rai.in a secret, I therefore gave an order to the effect thai, nc one v.< s to tajjc or enquire about the matter. I.a the beginning of Jvu 45 I pave WMUHA a verbal ord r that the prison-x- at rldlfJUS must b„ executed, I understood this was my duty as covered by oho previous order from •if.KJJO. I was ir';T at the execution but TAIV'UPU. reported to ME some time after the 3.0th Juno 4-5 that it had been done, 1 tidal it ri s done on the iCth Tunes«, In Seines ef wart the oiJy thing for me to do w.s to act In accordance witih orders of my superiors, (Firnod) Col KOBA. (Signed) Capt JeA.Louwitch (witness) Doc. No. 5564 Pr.. e 2, 7 ... ,"i'0\r 1 1 by Jc.pt J,A. LOIP ITCH AXIS. (Signed) Gt.pt J .A. Louvitch Intorrop.tion directed vy Crpt E.S. DU.'!AFC.E Adv HQ J:. F E. DUH/..FCE Cr.pt. Certified true copy. /s/ Mornr.ne Lt.Colt Doc t No. 5533 RESTRICTED Page 1 YOSHIYUKI NAKAMURA, after having been duly sworn, testified at the Mandai Prisoners of War Camp, Makassar, Celebes, on 20 npril 194-6, as follows; Q What is your name, rank, age, religion, and home address? A Yoshiyuki WATT AMUR A. 1st Sub Lt,, 26 years old, Buddhist, GiJ'u Prefecture, Elbiti County, Kasuga Village, Rokugo Ward, Number 1037, Japan * Q Are you single or married? a A Single» / Q What is your father's name? A NAKAMURA, Hyohichi. Q When did you enter the Japanese Navy? A 1 October 1943c Q when and where did you first arrive in the Celebes? A July 20, 19<i-4y at Makassar* I stayed in Makassar until December 3.944. I was in the land warfare department of the headquarters of the 23rd Special Naval Base= I then went to ARCS to construct defensive positions. I stayed there until March 1945» Then I went to Manipi to construct defense positions and I stayed there until the war ended» From the time I first arrived in Makassar until the war's end I was always a member of the 2grd Special Naval Bases Q Who was your immediate commanding officer? A Lt., Cocimander_ISHIDA was the Department Head of the Land Warfare Department. Q Who was LtP Commander ISHIDA's commanding officer? A Captain TOYAMA was the senior staff officer in the 23rd Special Naval Basee He directed all Department Heads * He was also commander of the Makassar Tokkei Tai5 Q Do you know anything about four Allied .airmen who were detained by the Makassar Tokkei Tai sometime in July 1945? * — A Yes» I know about the execution of these four, Q Do you know where these airmen were captured and what kind of a plane they were in? A No because I was working at ^anipi at the time of their capture. I don't know on what date they were captured but I was working at Manipi all the time, RESTRICTED I • _A * Doc 0 No c 5533 RESTRICTED Page 2 Q When was the first time that you had any knowledge of these four airmen? A One Sunday in the first part of July, I went to the headquarters of the 23rd Special Naval Base from Hani pi to attend a conference that was going to be- held on the following day. I arrived at Makassar at eleven o'clock in the morning and immediately reported to Lt„ Commander ISHIDA and had lunch with him at the Land Marfare DepartmentI received the order to come to Makassar from the 23rd Special Naval Base, I received the order by tele- phone® I don?t know who actually originated the order» While ISHIDA and I were eating lunch he told me, "Lt, NAICAMURA« v/e are going to execute war prisoners at Maros this afternoon so you will come along". That was the first.knowledge I had that there were any war prisoners in Makassare After lunch I withdrew to my room and. bathed myself and slept until two o'clock in the afternoon. At 2:15 I was awakened by a bugle so I got up and walked to the front of the Land warfare Department office and I saw one passenger car and one truck standing in front of the office® -ihen I arrived at the place where the car and truck we re standing I saw Lt-, Commander ISHIDA standing beside the-car, he told me to get into the car, This car was a passenger car which had been converted into a light truck. I got into the back of the car along with 1st Sub Lt» NAKAO} Kohei and -1 s '4 - Svt b -L t y-¥ixMAMAKA--(-FHU>. Lt. /Y.N. Commander ISHIDA' got into the front seat and sat beside the driver whose name I don't know. The truck was right behind our car, it was open truck and I saw about thirty or fortyrmen from the Land warfare Department on this trucks, They were to be used as wor king part ies ? At about 2;30 in the afternoon our car started, cut through the gate of the office of Land Warfare and proceeded to the Military Court Building. The truck followed behind the care The Military court is about one block away from the Land Warfare Office, '. hen we arrived we saw a covered truck standing on the road in front of the Military Court Building« When we arrived Judge Advocate Lt, SHIIUTO came out of the Military Court Building with four prisoners behind him* Re wag-aaeeapaaieg-fey-I/5v-o'AI'gQ̂ f"ftoiohir- Lt, SHIRATO A.N. made the prisoners get into the back of the covered truck. The prisoners' hands were tied behind their bajJs&Jait J don't think they were blindfolded. Immediately after the prisoners got into the covered truck, our car started for Maros, the RESTRICTED Doc. No. 5533 RESTRICTED Page 7 covered truck with the prisoners followed our car and the last vehicle was the truck carrying the working parties a We left the Military Court Building at about two-fort^-five in the afternoon and we arrived at Laros Airfield at about three twentyc As we drove into I.aros^Airfield I saw a truck parked on the right nanci 'side of '"the road, our oar stopped about fifty meters behind this trucks The covered truck with the prisoners, fol- lowed by the other truck, then drove around cur car and shopped behind the first trucke Immediately after all the trucks were parked, Lto Commander ISHIDA got out of our car and went up to the truck that was already parked when we first arrived* There were about five or six men who were a working party standing near the trucks There was a. 1st Sub Lieutenant with this party but I did not at that time know his name. 1/hen ISHIDA arrived at the place where the working party was I heard him order them to guard around the » The 1st Sub Lieutenant with the party ordered his men to their guard positions. Then Lt. Commander ISHIDA inspected around the place and ordered where the washing water should be and inspected the ground for^suitable footing for the execution. He finally chose a bomb crater that had flat ground around it for the execution place, This crater was twenty or thirty meters from the covered truck that carried the prisoners-. By this* time everyone except the four prisoners had dismounted from the trucks and we all followed Lto Commander ISHIDA to the bomb crater he had selected,, ISHIDA then ordered one prisoner"'tb "Se"""Brought to the execution place. I heard Lt* Commander ISHIDA order the prisoner to be blind- folded tightly, Accordingly, one soldiers I don't know his name, but 1 think he was a private or a non-commissicned officer, brought one prisoner to the crater. Then Lt, SIIIRATO told the prisoner to sit down and also jjffc&d-the, prisoner his name in rnpr] i qh. The prisoner answered his™r!Sif5"M1HI ILHUlu on the edge of the bomb crater, facing ito His head was uplifted«, Then Lt, Commander ISHIDA looked around the crowd and pointed to the 1st Sub Lieutenant whom I had seen with the first truck and said̂ îlXfiai. do it:i , This Lieutenant looked very downcast and complained that he did not.wish to do it. Then Lto Commander ISHIDA said, '^o ahead ̂...jja. ahead|:. Then this Lieutenant went forward one? approached the prisoner and stood on the left rear of the prisoner. By this time this Lieutenant had already drawn his RESTRICTED No. 5533 RESTRICTED Page 4 sword and had it in his right hand with the point toward the ground, Then as soon as he took hi t)031tl6hv he., shook his head a few tines and raised his sword over his right shounder and swing it downward using both hands, The sword cut squarely tho neck of the prisoner , the prisoner's head flopped over against 'his chest and the blood spurt;ed from his neck, and the dead body rolled into the bomb crater. Immediately after the Lieutenant swung his sword he turned and walked to the back cf the crowd to ahere water was ready for washing his sword„ I saw him washing his sword. I was standing toward the back of the crowd near the washing water during the time that the first prisoner was executed. I was.about seven or eight meters from the execution place^ Than I heard Lt, Commander ISHIDA order the next prisoner to be brought. The second prisoner was brought and made to kneel down at the same place the first prisoner knelt. Lto SHIRATO asked the second prisoner his name„ The prisoner answered. Then Lt. Commander ISHIDA again looked around the crowd- I was in the back of the crowd, and ISHIDA said, '"Ahere?s Sub Lt NAKAKCJRA?" I then said, "Yes, Sir", and ISHIDA said, ''You do it this time,;. I then scratched my head and said, ;II cannot do it 3irT'. Then ISHIDA gave me a speech telling us that this was the man twB.b~ piomsorimEnately "bombed J|i§n. This speocH was to arouse our anger» ISHIDA then insisted that J do it because it was the order of high officials. Since there were many high officials present I was under the impression that I was a legal executioner. Accordingly, I wont to where the washing water was and washed my sword and holding my sword in my right hand with the point earthward I approached the kneeling prisoner and occupied a position about one pace to the left rear of the prisoner. Then the Judge Advocate asked the prisoner through an interpreter whose name 1 con:t know whether he had anything to say. The prisoner said something but I can't remember what. ISHIDA then said, ''Go ahead now;t„ Accordingly I took a stand with my feet about one foot apart and using both hands raised the sword over my right shoulder and swung it downward on the neck of the prisoner. , I. finished himmmth one swing. As soon as I swung. ££ls-J?risomer ;s head flopped ..against his chest and blood spurted from his neck and he fell into the crater dead on top of the first prisoner who was also.dead. Then I turned RESTRICTED Doc. No. 5533 RESTRICTED Page 7 and walked to the place where the washing water was and washed my sword, "while I was washing my 3word I heard Lt. Commander ISHIDA order the third prisoner to be brought. I then wiped my sword clean and as I was sick in my stomach from smelling blood. I walked about ten meters from the washing water to a small knoll and sat down behind the knoll with my back to the execution place. As I was sitting in this place I overheard ISHIDA say "Sub Lt, MU.O you do it". I did not see RAKAO execute the third prisoner because I could not see from where I was sitting, while I was sitting in this place I saw the fourth and last prisoner being brought to the execution place. Ha was also blindfolded and his hands were tied behind him,, I could not see the fourth execution, but I heard ISHIDA say, "NAKAO you do this also". About one or two minutes later I again heard ISHIDA talking. He said, "Fill the hole with earth". I then realized that the execution must be over and I also overhead ISIIIDA say that the execution was ever. ~ then walked by the bomb crater but I didn't look ini the working party had already finished filling the hole. I then walked directly to the motor car and waited for Lt. Commander ISHIDA who was inspecting the place of execution. At about four thirty in the afternoon ISHIDA got in the car and we left the place and returned to the Land Warfare Office. Q Who was present at the execution? A Lt, SHIiATO3 Lt, Commander IMAMURA who did not arrive until after the second execution- 1st Sub Lt. SAITO, Goichij 1st Sub /'Y.N. Lt, NAKAO, There were a number of others whose names I can't remember. Q Can you describe the four prisoners? A All of them were tall and the one I executed was very young, They spoke English and they were white skinned. They wore khaki colored clothes. Q What nationality were they? A I don't know but I think they were Americans. Q What were their names? A I don't know. Q Where were they captured and what kind of plane did th^r have? A Afterward I heard that they were shot down at Pank- gadjeni. I don't know what type of plane. RESTRICTED Doc. No. 5533 RESTRICTED Page 7 q v/ho is the Irt f-v.b Lieutenant that you mentioned as executing the first prisoner? A At ti s time of the execution I did not know his name but later I found out his name was Lt. INAG XI. Q . hy wei j these prisoners executed? A I don;t know,.. Q Were the prisoners given a hearing or trial" A I don't know, Q v/ho gave the original execution order? A I don;t know whether orders /ere issued but if they were admiral OHSUGI would have issued them. Q Could Lt, Commander ISHIDA have executed these prisoners without orders from a higher authority? A I don!t think : t is possible, Q Could Captain TOYAL .I have issued the order? A I don't know. Q Could Lt s Commander ISHIDA have received an order to execute the prisoners without Captain TOYAMA'S knowledge? A I don't think it's possible. Q What part do'd It,, SAITO play in the execution? A I think lie was sent from Tokkei Tai to witness the execution. Q Then Captain T0YA;IA, as Commanding Officer of the Tokkei Tai, must have known about the execution? A Naturally I think he should have known. Q Do you have anything further to say? A Yes, I want you to please remember that I thought I was a legal executioner because there were many high officials present. Q Was force, threats, duress, or coercion used in taking this statement from you? A No. Q Was any promise of reward, immunity, or consideration given as a result of this statementV A No, /s/ Ypshiyuki Nakamura YOSuIYUKI NAKA1 URA RESTRICTED Doc. No. 5533 RESTRICTED Page 7 NETHERLANDS INDIES* ) CELEBES ) SS \ CITY OF i AKAS AR j I, YOSHIYUHI NAIVAIHURA, being duly sworn on oath, state that I had read to me and understood the translation of the foregoing transcription of my interrogation and all answers contained therein, consisting of four (4) pages, are true to the besc of my knowledge and belief. /s/ Yoshiyuki Nakamura YOSHIYUKI NAKAMIM - Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20_ day of April, 1946. /s/ John D. Schwenker JOIN D. SCEWSMER", Capt., F.A. Investigating Officer, v/ar Crimes Investigating Detachment NETHERLANDS INDIES) ) CELEBES ) SS ) CITY OF LIAKaSSAR ) I, IASAO DOUE, T/3, ASN 30111100, War Crimes Branch, being duly sworn on oath, state that I truly translated the questions and answers given from English to Japanese and from Japanese to English respectively, and that after being transcribed, I truly translated the foregoing de- position containing four (4) pages, to the witness; that the witness thereupon in my presence affixed his signa- ture thereto. /s/ Masao Doue EASaO DOUE " Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2.0 day of April, 1946. /s/ John D. jSchwcnker JOHN D. SCHWENK3R,' Capte, F.A. Investigating Officer, War Crimes Investigating Detachment RESTRICTED Doc. No. 5533 REST^GTJiD Page 8 C E R T I F I C A T E I, JOHN D. SCH.ENKER, Capt., 0-544384, FA, certify that on 23rd day of April\ 1946, personally appeared before me YOSHIYUKI Ni-KALiURA, and according to MASAO DOUE, gave the foregoing answers to the several questions set forth therein; that after his testimony had been transcribed, the said YOSHIYUKI NAKAJIURA had read to him by the said interpreter the same and affixed his signature thereto in my presence„ Kakassart Celebes /s ' John D. Schwenker (Place) 20 April 1946 (Date) JOHN D. SCHWENKER. Capt,, FA Investigating Officer, War Crimes Investigating Detachment RESTRICTED Doc. No. 5503 MD/JAG/TS/TC/76 AMBII/GC ^ ' ̂ F F I D A V I T L. I, Leut. Gomdr. GEORGE TYNDALE COOPER, Royal Navy, with home address at , Pine-Tree Hill, Camberley, Surrey, make oath and say as follows: 1. I was captured in March 1942 after the sinking of H.M.S. EXETER in the Java Sea action. I was sent, in company with the survivors of H."".3„ EZETER to IIACA33AR on the Island of CELEBES. V/e w e r e £ n put into a modern Dutch military barracks about 2 miles south of the town. The Japanese authorities had appointed Lt, Col. L. CORTuANSs K.N.I.L. as Cam;: Commander. He was not in fact the Senior Dutch Officer in the Camp; the Senior Dutch Officer was Col. Li. VOOREM, EoN.IaLo The Dutch numbered about 1800, Americans 1&7 and the N/ British 9k5>\ The British including those drafted to Japan were composed as follows: WIT: OFFICERS: RATINGS: TOTAL: n ... 0 . IvCpi'l'.JiH 47 665 712 HA1.S. ENCOUNTER 8 159 16? H.I.I,3* STRONGHOLD 1 47 48 li .11. S. AIaE ING — 2 2 R.F.A. FRANCOL 5 3 8 D.S. DE R05TTER 1 u 1 D.S. JAVA 1 1 2 2/4th A.I.Fo (ex Timor) S 63 882 945 One Australian Air Force Officer joined the British Group a few weeks later. 3. [The conditions prevailing when I assumed command were poor. For a ironth we had lived on a daily food issue composed solely of one bun, and an envelope of cooked rice with a little green watercress and sometimes a little dried evil-smelling fish. Everyone had recently had the unpleasant experience of being sunk airl had to endure the ignominy of capture. Man;'- had been weakened by a long p.riod in the water. As regards dXSTSR's personnel had completed a year's war service, 8 months of which had been spent almost continuously in the Ercpics. I mention this point here as it played an important part in future events. The only clothes we had were those we were wearing on being sunk and re were devoid of any other possessions. Men rere crowded into barracks, four sometimes five to a cubicle 8 feet by 6 with no bedding and no food utensils. Mosquitoes were very bad and bites incurred at night soon went septic. ( 4« The guard for the Camp was provided from a platoon of the Japanese Naval Landing Force organisation, under an Ex- "arrant Officer NAGAT0I.I0 Shoi. The whole of the Celebes area was under Japansse Naval Administration with a Rear Admiral in Charge, I'DRI Shosho. The Chief of Staff (?) or Staff Officer who administered the Irisoner of "7ar Camp appeared to be OTA Tai (Lieutenant) an Officer who spoke English and Dutch and had previously been Naval Attache in Java. He was a Regular Naval Officer, r ther fat, very smart and dapper. He was also extremely capable and intelligent. lie tould be 37 years old now, and was about 5'8" in height. He had been Staff Officer to the Admiral Commanding the cruiser squadrc of which the 'Asigara' was the Flag-ship. This man used to inspect the camp qu. ite often. I had about three interviews and one interrogation with this offi- cer from I tried to get our lot eased, with no success. When questioned on the Geneva Convention as reply was brusque and emphatic: "Don't talk to me of international Law. There is no such thing." The Japanese attitude was con- sistent; namely, that officers and ratings must be considered lower than the lowest coolie. Actually they went further and treated prisoners as criminals. OTA once told me that all with technical ability would be employed technically, the remainder as labourers, regardless of rank. OTA left for Japan on the 15th November 194-2. He had already been relieved of his duties at MACA3SAR in September 1942 by Lieut. Comdr. KUROKI. I saw KUROKI the day he took over from OTA. He staged on a Chief of Staff to Admiral MORI for one year but we never /tm Pace 1 &. THE MATTER OF JAPANESE .AR CRIMES AT MACA33AR CA1P, CELEBES , Doc. No. 5503 Page 2 ; :.w him in the camp until he came back again in August 1943 "to say goodbye. The Camp Commandant was almost unapproachable. Any adverse criticisms of the Canp reacted on the guards who tool-c care to revenge themselves on the camp as a whole. The Japanese undoubtedly went out of their way to humiliate the European and were completely lacking in any form of sentiment regarding the sanctity of life or the welfare of the prisoners. The first Camp Com- mandant that TIE had TJHS the equivalent of a British "arrant-Officer. He was HAGATOID, he was Camp Commandant from April 1942 until May 1943. Eis character was 31 its negative and he naver made any attempt to improve our conditions nor did he ap ;ear to care how we lived or what punishment was meted out to us so long as he himself was not bothered. He picked YOSHIDA, who really commanded the camp. IÎ G-ATOLIO lived in the house next door to the camp, he knew there- fore, very rail what was going on, exactly how YOSHIDA was running the camp. Sometimes he used to wander around on a bicycle, when he could see the condi- tions in which we were living, with his own eyes. He was a lightly built man; lean and tough; not very ve 11 educated, and could speak no "English or "alay. He wore cropped hair, and rjas a typical Japanese ranker officer. His age was something ov?r 40» he was about 5* 5" height. 5. In May 1943 NAGAT0I.I0 was relieved by IODAMA. This man KIDAMA is undoubted- ly the same person as Lieut. Comdr. CHUBB mentions in paragraph 10, sub-para- graph 1 of his affidavit dated 25 January 1946. HIDiiLIA definitely took over in May 1943 and not in October as Lieut. Comdr. CHUBE states in his affidavit. KIDAIIA had previously been in charge of the Military Police and had been both Comdr. of the Military Police and Camp Comdr. until October 1943* 1 agree with Lieut. Comdr. CHUBB's description of this man except that I can not remem- ber spectables. He was a thoroughly unpleasant character and let YOSHIDA get away with all his beatings and cruelty. N 6. [The man who exercised the greatest influence in our camp life, for evil was 1st Class Seaman YOSHIDA^ The Japanese internal organisation is such that certain Petty Officers are appointed entirely far Administrative duties, (Clerical and Victualling etc.) One man, usually a Petty Officer, but in this case only a 1st Class Seaman (Equivalent to an A/B) is appointed as disciplinary P/0. He is responsible far all internal discipline and labour; in fact he com- bines the duties of Master-at-Arms and Chief Bosun's Mate. His power is limit- less and over-rules superiors in administrative posts. YOSHIDA assumed this duty in April, 1942. He was promoted to 3rd Class P/0 in May 1943 • and sub- sequently at yearly intervals to the higher classes. Aged about 3^, medium height, fit, strongly built, with flashing gold teeth, he was a man of untir- ing energy, excellent power of command and outstanding efficiency. Super-im- posed on these excellent qualities were an uncontrollable temper and all the bad characteristics that can be imagined. He became to us the embodiment of everything that was evil and everything that we had been fighting against in the war - sadistic brutality, cruelty, dishonesty, untruthfulness, rogery and tyranny. It was not long before everything connected with the Camp revolved around this fiend and that despotic rule lasted right up to the end. Personally I believe he was an agent of the ZEMP3I or Secret Military lolice. His reputa- tion for bestiality was wide-spread in the Celebes and he was universally feared. Officers from H.. appeared to have no control over him and he could do what he liked. From the Japanese point of view he was a great economic asset as he alone ran the Camp and H.^. were never troubled by cases of indiscipline A and embarrassing requests. '.He ran the Camp on a policy of fear with collective reprisals on the innocent and sick, he created in the Canp a nervous tension, the nature of which can not exactly be described, with displays of terrifying anger j and sadistic beatings and assault to all and sundry whether innocent or guilty without any form of investigation or opportunity for the victims to state their defence. Efforts by Officers to mediate often resulted in increased fury and additional victims, including the mediators. At times he would vent his wrath on the officers acting as interpreters, our only means of intercommunication, | and thus by frightfulness tactics reduced their efficiency. To men always j hungry, in most cases suffering from some form of sickness or ailment, ill- clothed and herded in quarters like animals, the addition of this nervous ten- sion to the drabness and monotony of prison life, already devoid of all ameni- ties of life to which the British are accustomed, had very exhausting effects upon the mental health. A lowering of mental health lowered physical health and so on in a vicious circle. The general deterioration of health in 1944 and Doc. No.. 5503 Page 3 V ^ 1945 undoubtedly assisted by the mental strain of living under the control of this terrible person. 7. The Japanese method of main . lining discipline is by assault on the face with fists and the infliction of corporal punishment. This vas usually done by a base- ball bat, but also included such things as pick axe handles, spades, bamboos cr | any other weapon which was handy. Later 011 special clubs were made. Punishment * I usually inflicted on the backs.lr.e, but in bad beating any part of the body was ! liable to be struck. Punishment was often accompanied by Ju-Jitsu throwing and j long periods in the 'stoop-fall' position, before and/ur after the beating. The number of strokes varied between 5 an<3 5° and depended on the state of the rage . of the Guard, the crime, and whether the victim ras one of YOSHIDA's likes or dislikes. Beatings were often done in the mass and in full view of the Camp. In a bad beating victims -would be knocked down and kicked and forced to do "press- i ups" after the injury had been inflicted* har--drums -rcere often broken and other bodily harm inflicted. lien down town working were often beaten up by the guards on the spot and reported to YOSlilDA on return to Camp. They would then have to 1 go through further punishment on a body already black and blue with bruises and stiff from blows. Other forms of punishment on a b-dy included long periods of standing in the tropical sun, doubling around the camp in wooden clogs up to axis'- period of three hours. Reprisals on Officers, P/Os in charge of Barracks or ' working parties were frequent and such punishments inflicted in the full view of the men. I myself was assaulted in one way or another over fifty times acd beating on two occasions, once with a club and once with a spade. Examples of ; tills type were innumerable. 8. I remember one particular occp.c.ion when YOSHIDA on his evening round found that a water-tap had been left running in one of the barrack rooms. He lost complete control of himself and went completely berserk.. He raged through the barrack-room screaming er.I helling for the Petty-Officer in charge who when he appeared was struck a heavy blow ̂ nder the chin by YOSHIDA. Mot content with that YCSHIDA went through the next two barrack-rooms and assaulted both of the Petty-Officers in charge of those two rooms. Then I appeared on the scene. Y03 '.IDA was still beside himself with fury and assaulted me. I personally re- ceived four stunning blows under the chine Explanations at this stage were use- less. YOSHIDA's next move was to call out the fire-picket which he paraded. I was then beaten in front of it with a spade, the last stroke of my beating was particularly painful as YOSHIDA turned the spade on its edge and I received quite, a nasty wound. CIIUEE and F1SH3R were similarly beaten and we were then told that we would have to stay there for several hours. j 1 9- Owing to lack of money cur men were forced to g3t it by other means and the main source of income was smuggling food into the C^np from working parties and selling it to the Dutch at, a hi^h price. This smuggling was also necessary ! in order to get capital to buy food outside and smuggle that in for use on ; Rice. Rice is easy to eat provided there is something to go with it, with • only salt, it is desperately difficulty Sugar was essential to the health ! of the men in order to assist their eating the rice, the main part of the diet, j This smuggling was a continual source of troutle and an endless source of worry and was the main cause of nauseating beatings. At times I forbade it altogether to protect the a -munity, but I let up on it as much as possible and risked the beating of the few to help the many. One could not deprive the hungry of food nor hinder their consumption of rice. Soap etc. was also essential to health and I sympathized with men trying to get money somehow in order to maintain thei: ! lives, i \ 10. Only about a hundred men per day v.ere employed outside the Camp during the first five months; from August 1942 onwards a great call was made on working i parties. Two hundred and fifteen men and officers left for Japan in October, j 194^• Pour hundred others were sent to an aerodrome about 15 miles away to extend the runways. This party suffered from Malaria, with a certain amount of Dysentery and tropical ulcers during the rains'- season. As they went sick they came back to the camp and vere s ubsequently replaced by others. No mosquito nets, little cover at night-, no -shift of clothes, very few boots and lack of soap made conditions vary severe. Many protests, a heavy sick list and a death from Malaria in April 1943, at last forced the Japanese to make some provision of nets. By this time it was too late and more than 70% of the men Doc. No. 5503 Page 4 T; '.re subject to recurrent Malaria; by 1945 this had increased to The , weakening effect of this malady on men in bad conditions, and anployed in 1 coolie work in the tropics caused general undermining of health and "sas respon- sible for the heavy mortality during the epidemic of 1945* The Japanese were quite aware of the cause and the effects of Malaria, but made no attenpt to pre- vent it. They also seriously restricted the supplies of Quinine. YOSHIDA could have rectified all this at any time, but did not do so. Other men were employed in the town on a variety of jobs or inside the Carp. Throughout our policy was one of "go slow" shoddy work and do as much damage as possible. The demand on working parties by the Japanese ras so great that old and unfit men were forced j to work far in excess of their physical capabilities. The usual period of sick- i ness for malaria was five days. Fo<St trouble (septic ulcers) was general. Lack of a balanced diet weakened men, and food was insufficient to build up conval- escents. Vfcunds andulcers took months to heal. Hours v?ere long, days off few and far between. In January, 1943. 29 officers and 171 men were drafted to ; JFOLIAIAA on the 3ast leg of the Celebes in a mosquito infested swamp with no | provisions against Malaria. This party stayed ei^ht months there and lost ^ sixteen men from sickness.^ 11. A large sick list existed from the start. At the time of the sinking, men were tired by eight months war-service in the tropics and were in urgent need of rest. A long period in the "ater weakened many and the lack of food in the first six months ana the difficulty of changing from a European diet to an Asiatic one affected the general health. Septic skin diseases, malaria with a certain amount of Beri-Beri were the main complaints. jV 12. Ljood, or the lack of it, has dominated every second of prison life. I do not know what the official ration was, but I am certain we never got it. The guards stole much of the prisoners' rations. The amount received by prisoners was just sufficient for the majority to maintain life. The Japanese wished to gst the maximvm work out of us at the least cost. It did not particularly interest them if Tie died through lack of food. To give food to sick men they think foolish and uneconomic. They treat their sick in the same way. Like animals, they discard the sick and weaklings. Our food in 1942 was roughly as follows s Breakfast ; 4 oz. Dry bread a cup Coffee. Dinner : 6 oz Rice with a little coarse meat and greens and/or a duck egg. Supper : 8 oz bread with one duck egg. 1943 Cnwards: Breakfast : 6 oz Rice porridge \ oz Sugar. £ a cup of Coffee. Dinner : 6 oz. Rice with a little coarse j meat and greens. Supper : 6 oz rice with thin vegetable stew. ' Sometimes the meat varied with fish or an egg while the type and quantity of j vegetables varied enormously. Later meat, fish and eggs went off altogether-. It is true really, to say that men have existed on a diet composed mainly of ; rice and greens, total weight of food varying between l£ and 2 pounds per day. The lack of vitamin and protein-bearing foods has lead to widespread aal- ; nutritional diseases. Food was available locally and the small amount of j food provided was deliberate. They wished to make prisoners weak physically, i De. ths from malnutrition and disease are attributable to malicious and pre- j meditated neglect. Representations were continually being made to the guards ; without avail. The Macassar unit never received any Red Cross parcels, but the Java units received 3/4 of a monthly parcel in 3s years. The rest must have gone to the Japanese forces somewhere. 13. The general life in Camp was drab. No forms of recreation ware possible, no singing or concerts permitted. No mails, news, or papers were received. One wireless message was allowed to be sent in November, 1942 - nothing since. A rush mat and a sleeping board, were the only furniture provided for the menT} M/ *Locu No* 5503 rage 5 14. The majority of officers ware drafted to Java in October, 1943* The Japanese selected one Lieutenant, one midshipman, the Chaplain and six arrant Officers to stay behind in Macassar - one Lieut, and one midshipman unfit to travel were also left. The command of the me 1 was therefore transferred to Lieut. D.VJJE* CHHBB, R.N., who kept it until ?6th July 1 9 4 5 ' 15. I consider that YOSKIDA was directly responsible for the ill-treatment which our PYIs suffered in this camp and also consider that the Camp Commandants, Admiral MORI, and his Chief of Staff, should bear a large part of the respon- sibility for our treatment. Both Gamp Commandants during the period in which I was the Senior Officer were we?l aware of what was going on and made no effort to improve our living conditions or to curb Y0SII3DA in the exercise of his power. < ts-ORN by the said ) COOPER at 6, Spr'ng Gardens in the ) City of Westminster this 7th day ) of February 1946. ) B2F0R3 I.5E (Sgd) A. M. Bel 1 - Mac Don aid, Major (A.M, BHLL.FACD0NA1D) Major Legal Staff, Military Department, Office of the Judge Advocate General, London, S.'J.i. (Sgd) G. T. Cooper Lieutenant Commander. (Sgd) G.T. COOPS Document No. 5504 C E R T I F I C A T E The undersigned CHARLES JONGENEEL, first Lieutenant H.F.I.A., head of the War Crimes Section of NETHERLANDS FORCES INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (NEFIS), be- ing first duly sworn on oath deposes and states that the annexed report is a full, true, complete and accurate copy of the original document entitled: Report on: "Some cases of man-handling and ill-treatment by Japanese guards in the P.O. .-Camp at ^ACASSAR dated October k, 1945," drawn up by EIEUDoNNe, Capt. R.K.I.A.", No. OM/216/M which document is a part, of the official record* of the Nefis. Signature: /s/ Ch. Jongeneel SEAL Batavia, June 7th, 1946. Subscribed and sworn to before me K.A. de WEERD, first Lieutenant R.N.I.A., Higher Official attached to the office of the Attorney-General N.E.I. /WIT r7 /s/ K. A. de Weerd t '.V a-ient No. 5504 (0M/2l6/K Page No, 2 3 A , E CAS,IS OF , :AK-HAKI)LING AND I L L - T R 5 A T M E P T B Y JARJiESE GUARDS I N . THE ! P .O .RF . CAMP A T MACASSAR j The following is a concise synopsis of cases of arbitrary actions arid cruelty performed by the Japanese Guards at the P.I/IT. Camp acassarTj The most ferocious of all no doubt, has been Yoshida, whilst Ka Koi - Nagao - Teraoko and Ishikawa have tried rather successfully to equal and match Yoshida. It is almost impossible and as a matter of fact much too elaborate to detail all cases worth mentioning but the following selection of cases will prove amply the inhuman treatment applied to the prisoners of war at the Macassar Camp. This report intends to deal with cases of cruelty only. The matter of food, hospital and sick bay shall have to be explained and detailed by a Medical Staff Officer, who is more competent to deal with those matters its consequences on the general condition of physical being and welfare of the P .W . fs. ^ (in the beginning of 1942, when the Macassar Camp was gradually filled ! to thcTbrim, the behaviour of the Japanese Guards did not cause much reason i for complaints. Except the bad beating and a variety of cruel acts, such j as climbing and staying in a tree full of rad ants, laying on the hands • with feet in the air and roped to a tree or chair, whilst Japanese Guards tried the strength of the victims by standing on their'backs, etc., applied to three P.I'/. Ts who deserted the camp during the night, no serious cases of manhandling have to be reported. However, this comparatively satisfactory , st ite of affairs prevailing in the Camp, suddenly changed to the worse with • the appearance of Asauao Yoshida on the 1st April, 1942, at that time a j more lancecorporal. The fact that this man was promoted to Sergeant Major, ( proves that his superiors must have been in full agreement with his inhuman treatment of P.J,'s and the management of the camp. Except the Warrant- Officer Shigoru-Mori, no other Japanese Camp-commander has ever had, at least -is far as wo have been able to ascertain, a word in the internal affairs of the camp. It was Yoshida who directed everything, and who counteracted ordjrs issued by his superiors. Even applied unjustified punishment for deeds sanctioned and agreed with by his chiefs. The first disgusting show of cruelty was given by Yoshida on the 9th May, 1942 when the South African R.N.V. Hefferman, Nelson, Service No. 68576, the Dutch home Guard soldier Simons, Alfred and the American Nagele, P.M., Fireman 2/c trespassed the order of contact between the British, American md Dutch contingents. Each received some 80 strokes with a heavy wooden club and other treatment such as kicking with heavy leather boots all over the body lying on the ground, Simons and Nagele had a broken arm whilst Hefferman had the ribs bruised and cracked, .All three had to be sent to the Hospital ship "Op ten Koort" for medical treatment and cure. 5th June, 1942. Thorough search for weapons throughout ^he barracks. This search was personally conducted by Naval Officer Capt. OtA.D.C. who on this occa- sion made the statement that all prisoners of w .r had to be very grateful Document No. 5 504 0I1/216/M Pago No. 3 to Nippon, as he could do with the Frfs whatever he liked even kill them. This Naval Officer's high st-Hiding was well illustrated by the fact that ho himself slapped Iho senior Naval Officer 1st. cl. J. Beckering-Vinckers in his face and ordered Yoshida to continue this punishment so that said officer fell on the ground twice. The reason for this was, that B.V. was not standing to attention to the satisfaction of Ota whon reporting on the search for weapons in the Navy Barracks"^ 7th July, 1942. The so called gun-repair-group were given permission to buy food at their workshop. However, Yoshida, did not know about this permission and without further comment, assisted by Shimp Chi Mori administered a bad boat- ing to each member of the group. On the 5th June permission was granted by tho captain, Ota, A.D.C. to continue lessons to the few Secondary School pupils in tho camp. Lt. Col. Gortmans therefore arrangad with tho teachers present in tho camp to proceed with the schoolwork. On the 20th July, 1942 Kaneichi vtoyama onterod tho schoolroom and after a short look retreated without comments. Scon after Yoshida appeared and ordered teachers and pupils to tho quarters jf Lt. Col. Gortmans, where they explained the situation and warned that trouble was ahead. However, Lt. C;l. Gortmans, with OtV'c permission did not expect any trouble, but when Yoshida arrived a few minutos later ho started by slapping all teachers ana pupils in tho face. :1s > .Vtoyam participated in the slapping and kn eked Capt. Habesoone .no of the teachers, in tho ditch. The debate between Lt. Col. Gortmans and Yoshida, through the interpreter Lt. Budding, was rather ^ne sided as Lt. Cel. Gortmans was not givon a chance to explain things properly. Finally all pupils were given some 15 bad strokes with a club whilst tho teachers Counread, who died in camp later on, and Mabesoono, transferred t Java, were beaten ferociously. The end was that pupils and teachers were put in tho bricKs f^r 2 days with.ut any mat to sleep en or mosquito nets. witnesses: mUNS DE GIL-J? LJI'KERKERIIER - van DILLEv/IJN a. o. 9-14th joptember, 1942. In the night of 8/9 September 1942 ..rmy Sergeant Pelletior, Navy Officer Do Haan and Sailor iJitrop m~.de ?.n attempt to escape, but were pickod up by the Jap .nose tho following day. The group members of said throe men wore accused of knowledge and c nspiricy and therefore held responsible. However, part of the members f tho Felletior group was on a working party and therefore some other men taken at random were put in tho cell as hos- tages on the 9th. Total 21 men of which Peters, Prak and Nas arc still at this place. Tho first 5 days thoy received food twiccj a diy only. They had not mat to sleep on, n j mosquito nets, no other clothing than thoy were wear- ing when put in the cell, and no bath. On the 12th they were ordered to dig Document No. 5 504 0I1/216/M Pago No. 4 the gravo for tho three victims. On the 14th those were beheaded. On the 14th Captain Ota himself read out tha sentence of death in front of tho lined up Prf's. This sentence /f death contained tha charge of conspiracy with the native populati m. Some days later it appeared that on the 14th also Lt. Hees, Ball ni and Brandon wore beheaded it tha sane time. In the period 9-14 September the three victims were boastly treated. Every change of tho guards was an opportunity for the Sergeant of tho guards to enjoy tho boastly scone f feroci.us boating of the 3 victims, .iftor the 14th the 21 hostages received better treatment and were allowed to take fresh air twice a day, play f> tball and gymnastics, The worst was to stay in a coll with 16 men, some .f them suffering fr >n malaria, others from dys- entry. Only much liter the sick were admitted to tho hrspital. Contact with the PWs in camp was strictly f rbidden. On the occasion of a Jap- anese holiday, 3rd II vember, all hostages wore sat free and returned to camp. 25th October. 1942. After having obtained permission from tho N . 2 camp commander ifori, the Officers ordered 12 rattan chairs at the camp store. Yoshida noticed the delivery . f those chairs and since he was not informed of this purchase ho punished the officer in charge of camp store requirements, Lt. van Vreedon, with 42 severe strokes with the club. Lt. Col, G^rtmans and Lt. Cohen, the litter 65 years old, wh intervened in tho boating wore floored several tim-s and Lt. Cohen was put in tho cell for the day. 28th October, 1942. Array Sergeant Suiit, .'..J. Service No. 91509 n a working party at the Ciba was addressed by a Japanese, who remarked upon his work. Sergoant Suit, out of politeness jumped from his sitting position on the gr .und to atten- tion with his tool in hand. The Japanese was apparently frightened and accused him of aggroscivenoss and threatening and ordered him to do the "lizard" with stretched body, flat hands and toe-tips on the ground. There- after 37 beatings with the club. Up n return t the Camp -it night the matter was reported to YQSHIDa, wh > repeated the boating and gave another 50 strokes. Sergeant Smit net being able to stand on his logs any more was hold to a tree by other P.'s, wh. wore forced by YOSHIDA to hold Smit erect against a tree. The PWs, wh hold Smit, also were beaten. This punishment vvas so beastly that blood soaked his shirt and rati down Smit's legs. He had to be admitted to the h spital where hi remained for a considerable time bef re he was able to walk again. 2nd January, Y!.< J. YOSHIDA supervising somo work at the wire fence around the hospital premises, yelled t,.< A. Lewis, hospital attendant, who happened t pass on a , gallery some 30 meters away. Not knowing that the yelling was directed at hin, Lewis proceeded on his duty whereupon YOSHIDn foil ..wad him and after knocking hin to tho f1 or gave him a beastly beating. Dr. Manning, the Document" No, 5504 0.:i/ 2I6/M Page No, 5 Ciux- 011 watch in the hospital, attracted by the noise outside, appaf.rui., in a doorway and was summoned by YOSHIDA. Dr. Nanning did not uauerv.vand the-almost incomprehensible mixture of YOSHIDA's few words of Malay and Japanese, which fact aggravated the situation and resulted in a ferocious beating t the 'gate, where Dr. Naming and Lewis, thoroughly wet by i.be many buckets of water poured over them, had to stand to attention for some hours 5th April 1943. Strict orders were issued that all Japanese officers, whilst on work- ing parties or marching in groups in town, were to be saluted, Evan by individual negligence of this order the whole camp, according to YOSHIDA, should be punished collectively. During fire alarm-roll Lt. Ketel badly beaten with a club by YOSHIDA, Lt. Ketel who acted as interpreter was not properly standing to attention. 28th October 1943. Lt. Kotal severely beaten again in front of the lined up troops, be- cause the troops were riot called to -attention at the arrival of YOSHIDA. 2nd November, 1943. Four PWs caught by Japanese Officer in Japanese godown. Beaten on the spot and condemned to one week in the bricks after another 25 strokes with a club, After one week dismissed and in front of the troops beaten for the 3rd time. On this occasion the Camp Commander HISAKICHI KODAiA applied part of the boating himself, and stated that PWs were just like cits and dogs and if it happened agnin that PV/s were found in places where they had no business to be, they would be beheaded. On this occasion YOSHIDA beat Lt. Ketel again for not translating orders properly. 22nd November 1943. C-. W. do tatcr on a working party in town signaled to a passing lady to inform his wife that ho was in town. No verbal contact was made, though pre-arranged code-signs were given. 'Y0SH3DA being on the spot apparently noticed those signs. Upon return in the C^np t 5$30 p.m. de Kater was ordered to the front of the group and wis dangerously"beaten by YOSHIDA with 1 whip, specially prepared, causing wounds all over the body, but principally the logs and arms were beaten till blood was running. Thereafter the whole party was ordered on the double for about one hour, The whip must have been contaminated as the wounds remained open and purulent for a few months. After this beating de liator was unable to walk for over 10 days. Document No. 5 504 0I1/216/M Pago No. 6 14th January, 1944. Sergeant C.A.G. Sprang ;rs, in charge of outdoor working parties, was ordered by the Sergeant of the Guards to supply a group of 17 Americans and 33 Dutch for outdoor working. »i/hen YOSHIDA noticed that this party had gone out without his consent he called for Sprangers who received a bad beating and face slapping. Captain Dieudonne, who tried to intervene in this unde- served punishment was pushed aside and driven into his room-office, where he was slapped and manhandled by YOoHIDA. 15 January, 1944. W.F.H., P'Laŝ a civilian, belonging to the group of civilians for trans- fer to the Fare-Pare camp, was beaten beastily by YOSHIDA, because Plas did not understanu tlio yelled erd̂ r.s in incomprehensible Mai y. ?th April, 1944. Collective beating was given to an outdoor working party, being accused of not bringing the proper salute to a passing officer. 15th An-il, 1944. Corporal Shingenori Nagae beat the American Orlijk, S.^. machinist mate l/c in such 1 way that he had to be admitted to the hospital for immediate treatment, bounds on his seat remained ^pen and reached a stage of dangerous putrefaction. Dr. Smits then applied skin transfer, which fact in all prob- ability saved 0rlyk!s life. 1st May. 1945, 32 Americans collectively thrashed by the entire Japanese Guards for having exchanged cigarette paper for food and fruit with the population. 3rd May, 1944. Soldier J. J. Koster and four Americans, beastly thrashed by 8 Japanese under direction of YOSHIDA, for petty theft at Macassar. Each received some 75 strokes with a heavy club. Two days previously they were beaten for the same reas n.^ 6 th Ma;, , 194h. It was arranged with the Japanese Camp Commanders, that each person on a jerking-part;, in town was to be given 3 cents for buying refreshments on the iwb. No restrictions as t-> the nature of refreshments was made. At the BOW workshop, the "Senninkash" the senior Jap NCO in command gave the fullest cooperation and arranged for daily sweetened h t coffee. The Japanese work- ing at the BOvii' shop made merry over the little amount allowed by YOSHIDA for daily expenditure by the PWs and intended to enjoy themselves over this at the cost of YOSHIDA in the bar, which intenti in was plainly stated to all Document No. 5 504 0I1/216/M Pago No. 7 PvTs at the BOt;'. That night YOSHIDA returned fr Ja tho bar in a badly in- toxicated condition and contended that he had forbidden then to buy coffee for the daily allowance ,f 3 cents, and that fruit only was permitted. Tho entire camp had to fall in^uid tho trespassers had to step to tho fr nt to receive their punishment. Qr. D. W. Taronskoen, sergeant l/c, one of the party leaders, was givon 20 strokes with the club, followed by a onesided wrestling demonstration, kicking and boating of vital parts of body and head, strangling immediately followed by pouring in tho rvuth of some buckets -f water. Thereafter a final boating f 40 str kes. Three more party lead- ers were givon almost tho same treatment. Aftor tho final boating, the vic- tims had to stand to attention (two ware flat on tho ground). 4th August, 1944. An 4aglishman was givon 70 strokes by YOSHIDA bocause he did not per- form "E7-S right" to his satisfaction. 5th August, 1944. Wilkinson, J. Stoker R.N. hesitated to execute an order givon him by the officer in c.mmand the British contingent, which caused that one work- ing party to leave the gate no man sh-rt. YOSHIDA and his gang administered not less than 207 strokes t//ilkinson. Tho extraordinary strength and will- power ,f rtilkins n infuriated YOSHIDA, who was determined to boat him down completely. Howovor, i/ilkins-.n managed to stand to attention, though unsteady, f o v e r 2 h .urs afterwards. 12tii January, 1945. Tho party leader of "Galley Aariso" gr ;up, returned to c-amp with rico from the noon meal in his mess tin. KAKOI, the serge.ant of the Guards had tho ontiro group badly thrashed, although most of thorn woro PV/s of advanced age. It is not improbable that tho death ~f Sergeant W. ton H ova soon after- wards (18/2/f45) is c jnnectod with this boating. On the samo day the R a d i o - w rking parties, 120 in t vtal wore given a beastly beating by tho entire camp guards under direction of YOSHIU. YOSHIDA kicked several men with his boots whilst lying on the ground after boating, till blood ran down their faces. Reason: some men had stolen sugar. Food situation at that time was extremely poor. 24th January, 1945. K.JC0I, Sergeant ~f tho Guards, thrashod many P;/s from returning working parties f r no apparent reason. leth February, 1^45. Tho garrison c -mmrnder HIKOICHI ISHIDA ordered a thorough search in the camp. Tho names of all men vaho had reserve food stowed away woro noted. At night the entire camp had t lino up and all people whoso names wera noted D cument No. 5504 0M/216/M Page No. 8 were given a beastly beating, varying from 35 to 110 strokes, with the club. Then foil.wed all the hut- and group leaders. Many victims were knocked senselesc and kicked 11 .ver the body whilst lying on the ground. - - \y The entire guard ns ordered to perf rm this sadistic orgv^but KANETOSHI TERaOKA, KUNITARO, SAIKI KAKOI and YOSHIDA excelled in cruelty. Most of the food f und was prepared from rice on medical advice, in an endeav ur t increase xKe vitamin c ntents -f the food, the lack of which in the daily menu was causing serious tr uble. ^20th February, 1945. Case: Dodds. 1, Ro;\ al A'arine. This Pvt was caught with a bag of oggs, brought in from outside for sick people, needing additional food. The entire camp had t- fall in to witnsss the torture vhich was beyond words, whilst the entire wo rising group to which he belon ed was given the cruellest treatment after having done the "liza rdir .ji* .̂.bo ut 1 h ar, in which all the British officers and chap- lain had t^ participate. Dodus was condemned to death by YOSHIDA and was to be beheaded. The chaplain of the "Exeter", C.o.C. Fitzgerald, was I ordered to conduct the community praying and to say the prayers of the dead, j After prayers were said the matter was dic..d.ssed and Deads put in the bricks | where he remained for a Considerable time, in spite of a bad attack of i uysentery. 21st February, 19Ao. A Japanese doctor r.ade an inspection of the Canp Hospital. Looking in a refuge-bin ho discovered some fo.d rests. Dr. Bakker, senior medical | officer, Capt. Wittich and It. Ketel were ordered to stand over the dustbin with head b>nt d wn f r a considerable time. All doctors and hospital at- j tendants had t^ fall in at the gate, where they were given a serious thrash- | ing. Many of the Red Cross personnel were beaten senseless and were then i given the water test (Pouring water in the couth whilst the nose was hold V tight .Jj The principal participants in the boating of the medical staff were YOSHIDA - KAKOI - ISHIKAWa and rio,uOKa. i N (23rd February, 1945. As a c nsequeuco of the forop ing case, YOSHIDA stopped the sick-call, so that all sick j; . le jr. iutdoor* v .rldn : parties had to stay in their 1 its and h"d t> g .ut with -ut .oedical treatment. On the 23rd February, 5 British outdoor workers returned to camp at noon, not being able to do any m >re v. rk. YOSHID,. accused them of not having been to the morning sick call (which was stopped by himself) and gave each 20 bad beatings with the club. D -cunent N . 5504 oi,V2:,6/M âgo m, ° 14th M-.rch. 1945. The most disgusting parade of miserable human beings wr.s held u -his day, when YOSHID.- rdered the lining up of all patients in the sick barracks. Q.-p.-O. md "n rk". Q barracks contained the bad dysentery and ber-x? c.-.ses, P th SJ patients suspected of dysentery and/or other infectious • isease, 0 patients who were dismissed from Q or P for recovery, "no work" all patients wh were unable t- do manual labour for a few days, such as malaria, w unds, etc. It was a rainy day but in s7 ito of this all patients even th.se wh.. had t- be supported for n;t being able t, walk had to fall in. Capt. Dieudonne wh str ngly pr-tested against this beastly order and who refused t have some really dangerous patients lifted from their beds, was beaten with a small wooden board and knocked to the floor. All tho lined up patients then were marched to the ^ate, Th -so who wore unable to walk were carried by their friends. The physical Condition of most of the F, Q •and 0 patients was such that the r ows of 5 had t su; p .rt each other to keep erect and move forward. By the tin© this miserable parode had reached tho gate soiie 150 meters from Q barracks rain was pouring down. Most of the patients "were only dressed in their bed clothing and rather poor at that, so that they were staked in no time. After having been lined up for about a quarter of an h-ur YOSHID.. ordered the patients who were lifted from their beds, to the hospital and had all others repair to their blocks. It is not much to assume that several cases of death have been precipitated by this parade and even that it has been the c '.use of death for some patients. Remains to be stated that the British jfficers who were looking after British patientg, also suffered bad beatings by YOSHIDA. 17th May. 1945. The daily rations of drinking water issued in the camp was rather the low side. At the BO'W shop ample drinking water was boiled f o r all tho PWs working there and obvi usly these PWs at night returned to camp with their waterb.ttlas filled. This had been going on for several months already and every one knew ab.ut it and agreed, However, on this day, f.r some re as m ,r an .tiler YOSHID« found it a statable cap.se for a general beating arty and had all BO;/ w rkors badly thrashed by the Guards, Amongst the worst beaten was Ser, eant lt. Tarenskeen, one of the BOW party loaders and For almost every case -u.ted above, witnesses are t J be found amongst the ex-PWs still at ̂ cassar. As all British one! American FWs have left the place, mly Dutch witnesses can be hear... Details of the cases mentioned before have been taken from diaries ko t by PWs. menti -ne,.', in a previous caseT} was signed Dieudonne Macassar, 4th October, 19/ DOCo NO. 5538 / / f t / 7 Pa?e l AUSTRALIAN -'AR fRIMES COMMISSION. Evidence taken on the 24th September, 194-5, before His Honor Judge Kirby, at the POW and Internee's Rpception Ca^p, Forotal. EVIDENCE OF CAPN. S- K P A U L (Makes an affirmation) (This witness gaTre his evidence without the aid of the Interpreter) CAPN. S. N. PAUL, being duly affirmed by Judge Kirby, rstates: My name is Catm. S, N, Pari. My Ariry No. is 17932 ICRO/Z. I belong to the Indian Medical eervice. I was a Doctor before the war. My home address is 110/2 0 Eldyut Nagar, Dayal Bagh, Agra. When I was captured I was in 17 Combined General Hosnital Singapore. The surrender was on tha 15th Feb. 19-'2 and I was taken into captivity on the l8thc I was in th-> following camps during the periods mentioned: (1) Neesoon Câ -p, 15 miles from Singapore, 23/2/42 to June 1942 (2) Kranji Ca-p, 13 miles from Singapore, June 1942 to Oct, 1942 O ) Buller Ca-p, about 5 miles from Singapore, Nov. 42 to Dec,42. (4) Kranji Ca-p, 12th Jan 1943 to 31st Jan 1943 ( i)- Selleter Car-p, 12 miles from Singapore, 1st Feb 43 to 24th August 1943. (6) Adams Road Camp, about 7 miles from Singapore, 2ath August to 27th August 194-3. (7) Boarded on Okanamaru. Landed at Halmaher-as P.^h Sopt 1943 (P) Kockku Camp, 2crth Sept, 43 to July 1944. (9) Tijku Camp, July 194-4-e (10) Camp, name unknown, about miles from Tiiku, Aug. 1944 (11) Teragan Camp, Sept„ 1944 to August 31st, 1941 HIS HONOR: Qc I understand that so far as crimes by individual Japanese o^icers or guards are concerned you have nothing to complain of until you were at Teragan? A. Other than the withholding of medical supplies and medical treatment, and minor slanpings, there was nothing to complain of until ^eragan Ca^p. When I first arrived at Tijku Carrp Lts Kobuta was the Japanese officer in charge, There were also there Cpl, Ikai and 1st Class Pte. Kowana. Kobuta was a member of the No. 6 DOC. NO'. 5538 Page 2 Tra-sport Frit. During the period I was In this carp I saw Lt. Kobuta act as the officer in charge and issue orders, both to Japanese staff ard to the Indian prisoners of war. I shifted from Tijku Carp- J.o tho unknown camp about !-§- miles away. This was in August 1944. The Japanese officers and NCO's mentioned above came with us to this ca^p and shortly after our arrival there Lt. lto and L/C Tanaka'arrived. I saw from my own observation that Lt, Kobuta .remained the officer in charge of the carp but L/C Tanaka acted as his second in command in sni'-e of the fact that there were others there higher in rank. L/C kanaka in my presence took orders and discussed orders with Kobuta and gave orders to other members of the Jananese staff and Indian prisoners of war, Tanaka said to me ard other Indian Drisoners that we were going to be nart of the Japanese Army. In February 1945 Tanaka told roe and Sub Mahomed Akrum and Mahomed Hussein IWO that we were no longer nrisoners of war but by Japanese order formed part of the Nipponese Army. He told us that In conver- sation in our own room.- He said it was an order of the High Command and it had to ba carried out. I protested and the two others also protested. We said it was not according to the rules of war ard we said we did not want to be part of the Nippon Army, ^araka said "You have just got tc be". Tanaka spoke in the Japanese language a^d I understood what he said. The three of us understood enough of the Jananese language to know what he said;, The IWO acted as an interpreter in trans- lating our protests into the Japanese language to Tanaka. Tanaka tb/̂ n started putting us on parades. Ho started "TO teach us the Japanese procedure and customs. We started fatigues early In the morning, about 7 a.m. and finished about 6 p/m, That was the regular procedure, '"he fatigue was lifting heavy boxes of medicine or "food' stuff and carrying it. about 2 ..or 3 miles and making three or four trips each day, A whole lot of the Indian prisoners were in the fatigue party. Some were sent to a garden whilst others did the work above referred 'to, HIS HONOR: 0. Did you have any maal time between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m? A. The first meal of the day, when we had any, was about 6:30 a.m. During the last three months or so of our captivity we were given no meal before starting work for the day. We had our own cookhouse ard we managed to obtain oar own private sun ply of tea and sugar and salt, 1?re were only able to have something to drink before starting work, but nothing to eat. DOG. NO. Paee 3 At 12 midday we eot our first meal of the day. ',7e generally carried rice wjth us which was sup-lied by the Jananese. At first the amount of rice given to us was 10 ozs, Later the supply diminished until it was about ^ ozs. They gave us some dried tinned vegetables but rostly we lived on jungle leaves. One hovr was allowed for the midday meal0 !Ve sto^ned wherever we hanoened to be working.. The next meal was when we came back abort 7 ntm, If it was dark at this time we were not provided with lights. All we corld eat was the rice ration per man left over ^rom the midday meal, Before tho evening meal we were given half an hour's military training, Tanaka was always in charge of this training. Kobuta at times would come along and watch what was happening. I saw Tanaka on a great many occasions beat the Indian Drisono^s on these parades. Sometimes he would slap them with his open hand and sometimes hit them with sticks about thc head and body, but generally about the head, I saw him beat men so consistently that every prisoner would have received a beating and generally about 20 prisoners would ^e beaten each day at the training eriod- Mostly ^he slans administered with the hand were severe enough to knock men to the around * This generally happened when he slapped with his hand. I often heard hi" say to'a prisoner "Your brain is not alright so I am going to fix it up", and he world then hit him on tho head with a stick. The stick was generally a long walking stick about an inch thick, I will deal now with ill-treatment and the withholding of medical supplies and pive particular instances and when I have finished describing those I will describe beheadings and killings. About March 194" three of our soldiers, Mahomed Shafi, Ali Haider and Tufail Fnhom d were illtr-eated by Tanaka as well as Robuta. Tanaka told me that ttase three men who were then work- ing in the warden were bad workers and he as'ied me to examine them, I examined their, and I told Tanaka they were sick from beri-beri and general debility. I told him this myself In the Japanese language, using my hands to supplement what I told him. DOC. NO. 553P Page 4 I then saw him b at them ore by one, first of all by slapping them with his hands until they were knocked to the ground. He then got them to their feet again and beat them with a stick on the knuckles and knees and abort the head until the three of them became unconscious, The beating lasted for about half an hour. After the beating I saw that Aii Haider was very sick and I gave him such medical attention as I could until his death about a week or ten days 1st r. Although I told Tanaka that he was very sick Tanaka said ho would have to work on the fatigu; carrying vegeta1 les from the ground. I saw that Ali Haider on this oc- casion did not return to the camp and the next morning he was brought bv other Indians into the camp, I saw him then, Ho was unconscious and in a very feeble condition. I gave him injections to try and keep him alive but an hour and a half later he died. I had been practising in In-ia as a Doctor for three years. As Medical Officer I worked for three years and from my medical experience and my examination and observation of Ali Haider after the beatings I have described I can say that he died as the result of those beatings. I was present when he was buried. Shafi and Tufail were ill from tV beatings and we re put on light work. Their condition was bad but not so bad as Ali Haider's I saw that Tufail was in a very weak condition and in fact he was so ill that he asked re to give him noison so as to make him die. Of course I did not do so and eventually he recovered. I have seen Shafi in the 2/9 AGH on this Island and he is in that hospital now, I also saw Tufail in this hospital. Sub, Akrum and IWO Mahomed Hussein were present and saw the beating of Shafi, Haider and Tufail. The next case of 171 treatment was the case of ^unshi Khan. I saw him beaten by Tan-ka and Kowana and later tied to a tree. He was kept there for 24 hours without food or water. His hands were tied behind his back'; he was ti-̂ d up with rope to the trunk of the troe, the rone stretching around his body and tho trunk of the tree. This was about July 1945. "hi1st he was tied to the tree he actually passed water and defacated standing up whilst tied to tho tree. He was beaten for more than 15 minutes before he was tied to the tree. I saw him receive this' beating from Tanaka and Kobuta who used firewood sticks about the length of my arm. They beat him about the head a^d knees. Jem. Abdullah Khan was present at the beating of Munshi Khan: IWO Mahomed Hussein was also present. DOC. NO'. 5538 Page 5 I can also speak of the beating of Mahomed Shafi of the 2/0 Jnt. Rer. This was about the month of July 1945. Tanaka and Kowana boat him with heavy sticks over the head for more than half an horr. I saw them do this and I saw Kobuta standing watch- ing at the time. I did not hoar him say anything; he did not interfere in any way. I saw him become unconscious and Tanaka or Kowana would revise him by throwing water on his face and he was then beaten until he was unconscious again. Immediately after the beating was over I saw Tanaka and Kowana force Shafi to kneel on. firewood sticks with a piece of firewood behind his knees. I saw them, tie Shafi's hands behind his back and I saw them boat him on the head and body with sticks. In the position he was it was impossible for him to remain upright and they would beat him. when he .fell down and then lift him. back to the upright position again. This hanpenod several times. This particular beating took about another half an hour. Whilst Shafi was in this position and bein°- beaten by Tanaka and Kowana I saw Kowana pour petrol on Shafi's feot and set alight to it. Tanaka was still beating him whilst this was being done. When this beat- ing was finished I saw Shafi tied with his hands behind his back to the trunk of a tree ard ha was left there all night, I and others supnlied him w'th food and water secretly during the night. Th- reason given by ^ana^a for the beating of Shafi was that although Shafi admitted stealing food himself ho refused to impli- cate others. Tanaka told me he would torture him until he impli- cated others but Shafi did not do t is in spite of the beatinsrs, I heard Shafi say from time to time whilst being beaten that he' alone was responsible for any theft, Shafi. said in Industani that he intended +0 die by himself and he world not implicate anybody else, I translated this into the Japanese language and told Tanaka that this was what Shafi said. The ne^t r^omine; after the beatings Tanaka and Kobuta called me, Jem, Abdullah Khan and Mahom d Hussein over and said they wanted to behead Shafi and asked our opinion about it. I said that many beheadings had already taken place, so many that it was no use beheading Shafi and suggested that he should receive some o^her other punishment. They did not behead him. Tanaka and Kobuta told me that they would leave the punishment to myself and the other Indians. We blackened his face with soot and hung his shoos around his neck on one parade. He had to promise that he would not steal in future and he gave this promise. DOC. NO. 553? Page 6 The next incident I can spaak of is the ill treatment of Jem, Mohan Singh. He suffered badly from dropsy. That was in April 1945. He had dronsy and eventually died of this condition about 13th or 14th August. I was looking after him. I saw that he was in intense pain as his abdomen was swollen with fulness of water. It interfered with his breathing and it was necessary for the water to be taken away from his abdomen to ease the pains I had no proper instrument to do this. I asked both Tanaka and Kobuta several times for medicine and an instrument to take the water away. They said "You cannot get any medicine or instruments. I asked Tanaka and Kobuta would they admit the patient to hospital. They said "No, Indians are not allowed to go into hospital. Later a Japanese soldier, a medical orderly, suonlied me with a 20 CC needle (like an injection needle) a very small one and using it I took 8 to 10 hours to ^et part of the wa^er away, This caused the patient great pain because he had to sit all this time. I say from my medical knowledge and my observation and examination and treatment of Jon, Mohan Sini?h that had I been allowed to give him proper treatment and medicine his life might have been saved. The next incident I can refer to is the ill treatment of Mahomed Akrum. About February 1945 I heard Lt. Kobuta tell Akrum that he had been disobedient and he ordered him to make two camps and a warden. I hoard Akrum and Tanaka and Kobuta arguing about whether Akrum should continue work in the garden, I heard Akrum tell them that he wanted to a-meal to a higher authority. I heard Tanaka say "You will get severe punishment., I have friends in the Military Police and they might cut your head o^f later on if so needed." I heard Akrum say that he would not go to the higher authority and then Kobuda said "I am not angry with you, I excuse you ard yov will go on working as you were before. Later I was present when a Military policeman came with an interpreter. Akrum was there also Jem. Abdullah Khan. Akrum was sitting down in h's civilian clothes, The policeman said in Japanese " "hy are you sitting like- this in those clothes?" I started to translate what was being said but before I could finish the Military police- man started slanping Akrum with his hands. It was a very severe beating, Akrum was sitting down when he was beaten and was knocked to the floor from time to time. The beating lasted for 10 to 15 minutes. The beating took place in the prisoner's room. I was mess secretary. For ton days Akrum was put on half rations, Tanaka came daily during the 10 days and made many state- ments to me and other prisoners that Akrum had committed various crimes. Tanaka told me that he wanted Akrum to.sign a statement confessing his crires as otherwise he would behead Akrum. He asked me would I tell Akrum this and persuade him to sign, I did so and Akrum did sign. DOC. MO. Page 7 During the period that Tanaka and Kobuta were associated in control of the prisoners I actually saw almost ev^ry day one or both of them slapping and beating prisoners severely with sticks. I will now deal with the beheading and death of prisoners. The first case is that of Mahomed Din about March 1940. He confessed that he took-'a tin of fish from the store. He was brought in and tied to a tree in the compound. I saw Mahomed Din whilst he was tied to the tree and I heard coming from the vicinity of the tree signs of blows and cries but I did not actually witness the beatings. I saw him whilst tied to the tree about 4 p.m. Some tire after 10 o'clock he was not there, I searched for hin and could not find him, A few days "later Tanaka told me that Mahomed Din had been captured and that he had had Din beheaded by the Military police, I never saw Mahomed Din after the night he escaped. At the time of the Japanese surrender kanaka asked me and other prisoners to sign the nominal roll that Din had died from natural causes, This was about 2Pth or 29th August. Tanaka at this tim- was armed with pistol and sword and said that his record showed that Din died from beheading following a conviction for stealing and that he, Tanaka, wanted to change that and show death as having taken place from natural causes. He said it would be better for the soldier's people if It was not recorded that he had been beheaded for stealing as that would cause dishonor and shame to Din's people, Akrum and I said that the true facts should be stated, we were unarmed whilst Tanaka was armed with pistol and sword. I signed because I was afraid that he would shoot or behead us. The next case I can speak of is that of Chinadury, Said Gul, Miraj Din and Karim Ilahi. This happened about the 10th April. I was told something by Mahomed Hussein and I know that those four prisoners were taken away from our carp and kept away for three or four days. I saw them when they returned and they were all very ill, I saw Faid Gul and Chinadury spitting blood. I saw that the four prisoners all had bruises and swellings on the head and that they were in a state of exhaustion. I saw them brought back by the Military police. Kobuta told me that he was going to have those four prisoners beheaded to set an example as to what would happen to prisoners who were guilty of theft. Later I saw the four prisoners being taken away by Japanese Military Police whose names I do not know. I saw them taken to an area where I had previously seen other prisoners go with spades DOC. NO. 5538 Page 8 accompanied by a Japanese guard. After I saw tho four ^en being taken to this area I did not see them again. Tho following morning at the morning parade Kobuta told mo and the other nri- soners that he, Kobuta, had had the four men beheaded and that that "hould >e an example to the rest of us not to steal. The next matter I wish to deal with relates to Mahomed Afsar and Yakub Khan, This was about July 1945. Tanaka told me that they had stolen a phial of medicine and that he had de- cided to have them beheaded. I saw them tied up without food or water from 4 o'clock one afternoon until 10 o'clock the next morning. They we^e not freed to obey and call of nature and did so whilst tied to the tree. The next morning I saw them untied by Japanese guards and stripped naked and taken away. Tanaka was present at the time. I saw him ec away with Afsar and Yakub Knan and the guards and I never saw those men again? Tanaka had his sword with him. There we^e two Jananese guards with them and they also had swords. Tanaka later told me that those two prisoners had been beheaded but he did not say who had done the actual beheading. The next matter is that of Mahomed Ramzan. This was In August 1945 some weeks before the surrender I saw Ramzan tied to a tree all night,, Tanaka told me that he was taking Ramzan away and was going to behead him. He s?id that Ramzan ihad stolen a tapioca plant and had told lies to ""anaka about it9 Tanaka said that Ramzan would not admit to him that he had taken the plant. I did not s e Ramzan again after he had been taken away with Tanaka. I saw that Tanaka had his sword with him when he took Ramzan away and later Tanaka told me that he had himself beheaded R The next matter deals with Mahomed Hussein and Umer Din,, Taraka told me that they had escaped and had been caught and that he had had them beheaded by the Military police. I never saw either Hussein or Umer Din again after they escaped. This was shortly before the surrender,; I am not certain about the month that these men escaped and were beheaded according to Tanaka hut I think it was shortly before the beheading of Mahomed Afsar and Yakub Khan. In Septem1 er 1943 after we were taken to the Halmaheras dysentery broke out., Capn, Ushida was in charge of us, I went to the hospital and asked for medicine to cure the dysentery. They would not give it to me, they only gave mo creosote to ease the pain. DOC. NO. 55^8 Page 9 Tanaka and Kovuta were responsible for us not getting a full supply of food. Every .month when the rations were drawn the rations for the prisoners were put in the same store as the rations for the Japanese guards. They only issued us out of the store rice, salt and dried vegetables but would not give us biscuits, swoet biscuits or green peas, although I saw these latter items brought in every month for the No, 6 Trans- port Unit. About every two or three days I saw Tanaka and Kobuta taking boxes of Mscuits for eight Japanese guards or police, Out of 40 bags of rice that would be brought in about 15 of them wpuld go to them and 25 to us. This was for the whole month. There were eight of them to feed and about 190 of our men. I saw Tanaka and Kobuta giving biscuits and cigarettes to some of their friends, members of the Thaiwan force and to the Kempetai (Jap. Military Police), I have heard Tanaka on many occasions say that he had friends in the Kempetai and therefore he could get anything done to us that he wanted in the way of punishment without getting permission from headquarters, As the result of food 1eing kept away from the men they contracted beri-veri; they suffered from debility and som= died from it, A lot of the men wor- sick and needed hosDital treat- ment and needed drugs that I could not procure. Tanaka would not allow the men to to taken to hospital, I said to him "The hospitals are admitting your men, why not the Indians?" They were also admitting Indonesian mem1 ers of the auxiliary forces, Tanaka said "No Indians can go to hospital." During the last six months Kobuta and Tanaka were very harsh in their treatment of the sick at the morning fatigues. Irrespective of how sick they were the rren had to attend the morning parade and stand to attention whilst they listened to a lecture from either Kobuta or Tanaka for about 10 or 15 minutes. Some of the men were too sick to do this and collapsed on the parade. When they collansed and fell they were left lying where they fell and at the finish of the lecture the rest of the party world be marched off by Tanaka or Kobuta, w e had. to sup- ply men to take the place of t^ose who had collapsed and this had to ^e done from the other men available, mainly sick people who I knew were not fit to work. I told Kobuta and Tanaka on numbers of occasions that numbers of men were too sick to work. After the parade Kobuta and Tanaka went over to those who had collapsed and who were still lying there. They used to hit DOC. NO'. 5538 Page 10 then over the head or knees or kick them to test whether they were malingering or not, A few may have laid down to get a rest bvt most of them were genuine sick cases. Tanaka'and Kobuta would then select from the sick ones those who were to be given an injection. They would point to one rran as being no good as a worker because he was too sick and ordered that he was not to have injections, Tanaka and Kobuta said that they were the ones to nick and choose who amongst the sick were to get the injections. They would not allow injections to be given to the very sick because they said they would be no good for working. The injections that were given were given either by myself or the Jap, medical orderly," Tne injections were of vita camphor or oiiun camphor; they give strength to the heart for an hour or so, otherwise a man might die if he is in a very collapsed condition. Some cf the men had to be lifted by Indian prisoners back to tha arracks0 The supply of camphor injection was obtained from either Tanaka or Kobuta or the medical orderly. Often I was able to gi^e inj-ctions to those who were very sick and really needed it, but this was given from supplies vfhich we had stolen, Of coarse I was unable to give those injections in the nresence of Tanaka and Kobrta. I was only allowed to give injections to the men they picked out„ The men they would not let me inject would have died if orders had been carried out, but in many cases I was able to save ttyir lives by giving them secret injections. Many of my men badly needed extractions of advanced carious teeth; I would report to Tanaka that those men were urgently in need of dental treatment 1 ut Tanaka would not let them go to the Japanese dental people. I did not, have any instrument myself to perform extractions„ Tanaka would not give any reason for not letting them go to the dentist but would say "They cannot go, we want them for work," Tanaka would not issue passes which were necessary to get dental care. Earlier there were only six guards as well as Tanaka and Kobuta; in the last fortnight they put on another five, making eleven in addition to Tanaka and Kobuta, Kowana was one of them, Khagi Shima was another, Adachi was another, Otake was another, and the medical orderly, Okama, was another, I often saw Kowana, Khagi Shima and Adachi administer severe ^eatings with hands and sticks, I can identify Kobuta and "anaka. I can also identify all the guards I have mentioned >y name. DOC. NO'. 5538 Page 11 Two Indians, Shakien Peg, 2/9 Jat. Reg, and Ghulam Yasin, 36 Ord. Workshop, died of dysentery - aroebic dysentery. This was about March or April 1945, I told Tanaka that th~y were suffering from this complaint and I asked him for emetine to cure this condition, Ho said "You are not going to get this medicine, it is not" available." I know that some had been available ten days before because I had been given a supply of it from another unit in tho vicinity, I told Tanaka that they would die unless I could treat them with this medicine. I asked him if he would not give me the medicine would no allow them to go to hospital in order to try and save their lives. He refused both the medicine or to allow thorn to go to hospital, They both died at the end of March or beginning of April 1945" I say from my medical experience and my ob- servation and treatment of these men that I would have been able to cure their complaint and save their lives If I had been given this emetine. When we arrived in tho Halnaheras about two thirds of the Indian prisoners did not have any footwear and had to work in bare feet„ This resulted in the men with vare feet getting sores on th' feet and Iegs0 The infection spread quickly end resulted in the permanent disability of many of them, and some deaths. The officer whom I askod for these supplies and who refused to give them was a Staff Capns of the ^hakeda Tai, I could not identify him as I only saw hi~> once or twice. I, Somnath Paul do solemnly and sincerely declare that the evidence given before this Commission and contained on this and the preceding six pages is the truth, the whole truth, and nothi but the truth. s/ S, N, Paul CAPT., IMS Declared before me this 25th day of September 1945® s/ R, C. Kirbv Doc. No. 5517 page 1 AUSTP-AI IAN <.AR CRH.ES COH.IISSION. ^Evidence taken before Mr. Justice Philp at Sydney this twenty-first day of January, 1946. Lieutenant-Commander CARR, Palgrave Ebden, R.A.N., being duly sworn, gives the following evidence: I am Lieutenant-Commander CAIJR, Palgrave Pbden, R.A.N. ; home address: 11 Nelson Road, Lindfield, Sydney. On 1 October. 194^. while serving with Headquarters RAAP Command, AAF, a Cetalina in which I was travelling was shot down into the sea near Pomala, Celebes. After being shot down rnd coming to the_ surface I saw I/O McDiarmed floating with a severe leg injury- One leg appeared to be practically severed belo?? the knee. McDiarmed and I were picked up by Japanese in a boat, transferred to a shore launch. No attempt was made to attend to McDiarmed's wounds although I repeat- edly pointed to them and asked for medical attention* I was interro- gated by an officer whose name I do not know who threatened me with death if I did not answer. I refused to answer more than my name and rank. He then brought a guard with a fixed bayonet with the. point of the bayonet touching me in front and asked me if I wanted to die. I still refused. I called his attention to McDiarmed's condition. McDiarmed was then conscious but delirious with pain. The officer turned to McDiarmed and kept repeating to him that he would give him morphia if he would answer the questions. McDiarmed gave his name and Uing Co.mander Stilling's name and said they were from Cairns. He, howevert was given no morphia. A Japanese doctor and two Japanese nurses then arrived and one of the nurses put three stitches in the cuts on my face and dressed most of my wounds. McDiarmed was put on a stretcher and I thought he would be moved to hospital, but he was put down in the open end the doctor and the nurses proceeded to operate on him with the aid of an electric flash-light. This took place about 10 yards from me with an audience of about 20 guards and Japanese civilians, So far as I could see no general or local anaesthetic was given to McDiarmed as his cries of agony never ceased and he kept calling out to be shot. I could plainly hear bone being sawed through and tho whole •pror.p.fidings~̂ auEed ffiqcTTTaughter anST amusement to thft oplor.kers and nurses, who appeared to enjoy it. Finally McDiarmed was moved back on to the verandah and covered with a blanket. He was still delirious with pain and begging to be killed. I was dragged to my feet, my wrists bound very tightly behind my back and I was then placcd against e veranduh post and lashed to it from ankles to neck with easily 10 fathomo of lino* The men sleeping^ inside the building objected to McDiarmed's cries so the ctretcher was carried out into the miiirile of the road. The gUL̂ rds g&ve me water and two or three cigarettes. I tried to get them to do something for Mc- Diarmed as it ivcis nov„ ining but all they would do was to take him water. Just before dawn when the pain in my wrist wes becoming almost unbearable I persuaded the guard to loosen the lashings. / Doc. No. 5517 page 2 McDiarmed was silent by now and I think he died .fast before dawn. I feel certain that if he had received prompt and adequate medical aid he would have livedJ When it was light I was taken out on to the rood with a long rope tied around me m charge of a guard who hod a fixed bayonet pointed at me, I had only one shoe and my shirt end trousers were in ribbons. I then sew McDiarmed was dead and later two native carpenters appeared and built a coffin for his body on the spot and it was taken away in a lorry. The Octalina was shot down about ir.idnight ana McDiarmed was operated on about l-.jO a.m. and I vms lashed to the post at about the same time. I v.as taken from Fomala to Kendari on the morning of the 2nd October and on the 17th October I was confined in the ex-Dutch naval barracks at £ourabaya, till 30 October. No pillow or bedding of any sort was provided and the only clothes I had was e short sleeved singlet, a pair of shorts, e. pair of sandals, a small hand towel and a Dutch Army jacket. Although requested, no protection from mosquitoes was provided, nor was I allowed out for excrcise. No food was provided on the first day and thereafter I received about a large breakfast cupful of cooked white rice end nothing else three times e day. A beer bottle filled with drinking water was provided daily end the light was kept burning in the cell ell night. I wes allowed only a few minutes night end morning to rash at a small tap in a filthy V'.C. near my cell. This T?.C. was never clean and was covered with rbout an inch of dirty water during the whole period. For a week no medical attention was provided for ray numerous cuts, abrasions and burns, which became infected, I was then given some medical attention at the sick bay. Japanese naval officers were fully aware of the above matters as an officer cirried out an inspection evcrynight and I frequently complained to him. I do not know the names of any of these naval officers. On 30 October 1943 I was flown to Japan and confined in a _ camp at Ofuna and remained there eight months. I later went to Oneri, AshioV Zen'tsuji, and. later to IlenaokEu Medical supplies and food in all these camps were bed, and at Ofunr. medical supplies were practically non-existent. I saw POV.s beaten frequently at Ofuna and heard that beatings occurred in the other camps, except in Zentsuji, K.O. IIDA, of the Japanese Navy, was camp commander at Ofuna. I certify that the above evidence is true and correct. ..... Lt. - G.idr. Teke 11 and sworn before me at Sydney this twenty-first dey of January, . •««,.,..........Philp.«...,.., j V Commissioner. Document No. 5514 Page No. 1 C E R T I F I C A T E The undersigned CHARLES JONG£NEuL, first lieutenant R.N.I.A., head of the War Crimes Section of N STH&ilATDS FORCES INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (iJEFIS) being first duly sworn on oath deposes and states that the annexed report is a full, true, complete .and accurate copy of the original document en- titled : "Statement of R.J.HENSEL, 2nd It. of Inf., Inspector 1st. class in the P.T.T,, head of the postoffice at MSNADG, dd. BANDOENG the 16th of November 1945* signed A,t/.BOR, examining magistrate," 0 M / 2 2 8 / M , which document is a part of the official records of the NEFIS, Subscribed and sworn to before me K.A. de //EEHD, first Lieutenant A.N.I.A., Higher Official attached to the office of the Attorney-General N.E.I. SIGNATURE: BATAVIA, June 7th 1946. /s/ Ch. Jongeneel SEAL /s/ K. A, de Weerd Document No. 5514 QM/228/lt Page No. 2 On this day, Frio / t ie 16th of ITo -ember 1945 there appeared before me Mr. A.if. Bor, examining magistrate a person, who on demand daclared to bo Hansel R.J. age 44 yoaro, nov; 2nd lieut. of infantry, occupation inspector 1st class in tho P.T.T., head of tho postoffice at Menado, and who made tho follow- ing statement: In. the night of 12/13 January 1942 I was at Tond.--.no together with some other military mon, among others iir, van der Moulen, manager of the wireless plant at that place and L'r. Spruyt, technician in tho P.T.T., in a houso waiting for tho motorcar that was sent to fetch us and to bring us back to our unit, from which we were cut off. At about 5 o'clock in tho morning the japs marched into the town mjntionod above ana a short time afterwards a Japanese patrol coma along »nd banged at the windows of the houses in our neighbourhood to ascertain if there wero any soldiers in the houses. This happened also at the houso whare we wore staying, upon which I immediately went out and reported ourselves to the commander of tho patrol. Observing the badge of the toon^uard on my uniform and aftor my explanations ho ordered us to sta> ohoro wo woro and to keep quiet, saying that most likely wo would bo ordered to guard the town. For two d--ys I stayed in this houso; in the afternoon of tho third day all of a sudden the house was surrounded and searched. After thr t wewero handcuffed, kickad and beaten, and ordered to taKo oil our sri'-xTs, wheror -n we were marchod off in a downpour to the military post at Tondano which wo reached by way oTf several "subordi- nate st.ations"-whorcTT75_wero also maltreated ever;' tima-and wharo we found allready assembled 10 or 15 colleagues, including some officers, also hand- cuffed the same as wo. From hero wo -,v re sent by truck, still handcuffed, to Langoan, the plnoo where tho headquarters for tho whole Minahassa were established. After our arrival at theoo headruarters wo had to wait for several hours, still handcuffed and sopping wet, before we wore tried at last at 8 o'clock in the evening by some officers. An official report of this trial was drawn uj . My purso, containing an -̂ inniLil "f ĥ v-'t-iT -hi-mnHnnri . guilders, which ir a boen loft n by lormor" soarchos was confiscated on this occasion and a noto made of this confiscation in the official report. Aftor this our handcuffs wero taken off and for the night wo were housed in a littlo native house. Next morning we woro transported to dorado, whore thoy locked us up in tho prison for natives on trail, Wa found in this prison assembled about 100 European .nd 400 to 500 native prisoners of war. Concerning the bedding: with 12 to 16 persons wo wore locked in cells with a normal capacity of 6 persons-̂ neither m ts nor clothing were issued. Food: tho first few days some ship's biscuits, after that three times a day one ball consisting of dry-boiled rice-naturally no utensils for eating wero issuod-and next we had to cook for ourselves for which purpose we received every day a h^ndfull of black-burned rice, hailing from a burnt go-down, it the soma timo "kankoong" stalks wero issued as vegetables, but as a rule those had lain somowharo.fcr saveral days already. Hy,- ionic c ..no it ions: wo had to fetch our water from a well situated between tho lavatories ana in consequence seriously polluted, because tho number of lavatories was quite insufficient and so they overflowed. Document No. 5514 0M/228/M Pago No, Treatment: Maltreatments at the hands cf the jap guards were the ordjr of the day. Especially a certain Y ai.JU, governor of t-bn. pi-is on j yi.->pt a con- tinu >us offender, using for this purpose a leather whip, the end of which J • ras & "do heavier with a ball of lead. .. die ij tr -".tvunt: n no. There were some physicians among us, but thoy had no medicines t all, although there wore about 60 to 80 malaria patients r̂nong us. Further there were two severe cases of dysentery. Both patients regularly dirtied themselves, being too weak t ; go to tho lavatories, so we had to carry them there. Dr. Borstlap several times approached tho gover- nor by the mouth of tho interpreter with an urgent request to dispense medi- cines without any result. Next he wrote several open letters to the same authority . These letters were handed to the guard and immediately torn up. • it l-'st some jap officers cane to look ver the pris >n, one of whom Dr. Borstlap identified by his distinctives ->s a medical officer. Dr. Borstlap jumped out f his cell and butt nh'.iod this jap medical officer, calling his attenti n t the two dysentery c isos. By order >f this jap officer the two dysentery cases were isolated and Dr. Borstlap t Id off as nursing orderly, which meant that ho had to do tho dirty washing and empty the bedpans, be- cause no medicines were given to him, The treatment was reserved to the jap d ct r. Firstly both patients did n , t get any food "t all f r some days, then during the next days a little ricewater and at last some injec- tions. Yet both patients recovered. At the same time Dr. Borstlap tried to got some quinine for the numerous malaria patients but in vain. Very often it happened that one of this patients c./uld not reach the lavatory on account of weakness, with the result that all malaria patients had to parade to receive a sound thrashing. Often maltreatment happenod as a result of our misunderstanding japaneso orders. Executions: In February 1942 Mr. Been, local manager of the Molukschc Haadol My, qjid(President of the Committee f r lopal iirhoi-f.oiv.gr: in t . i o f warf ) , V»q.s_exec!hted. He was charged with the embezzlement of money in his latter capacity. First he was severely maltreated and next-I did not see this my- self but heord it from native eye-witnesses-beheaded. Further wore executed Mr. Lie Bon Yat together with his two sons, all residing at Menado. In the prison there was one coll with a superscription in japaneso characters mean- ing "deserving death", At the beginning of March 1942 there were in this coll 18 persons locked up, mostly native soldiers, but at least one Indo- European. I knew that two of them were punished for an attempt to escape; thoy were severely maltreated, to wit b..und together back to back thoy were placed in the sunshine every day till tho evening when thoy were returned tj their cell. is a rule they c.llapsed from exhaustion and were put on their logs again by means f kicking and thrashing. For 6 or 7 days the 18 men in this cell g. t no f ;d at all; after th t f-,r : fortnight daily one mug of water and every other day one ball of dry-boiled rice. At tho end of this period they were executed. Some days before prisoners of war wore ordered to dig pits and some native eye-witnesses furnished particulars of tho execution. During I."arch 1942 Capt. Kro on together with two native soldiers and five European N . C . O . ' S was caught. Up to that moment this -officer had succeeded to stay at large with his f dthful band and to conduct a guerilla warfare Document No. 5514 0M/228/M Page NJ. 4 against tho japs. Capt. Kroon and the two native soldiers wore housed in the prison with us; the five N.C.O.'s, runong whom Cosijn, were executed according to him. This was also officially communicated to us by the jap On npril 15 wo-Europeans-were evacuated to the POsf crip at If k°.ssar exceptir. do ../..Iff, employed by V & W, ccmmandcr of tho destruction unit, Mr. do J ng3 official in the Sea fishery, Mr. Lubbers and maj .-r Schimelor. The last named tw_ pors.ns arrived at a later data in our camp at Makassar and told us that the first named two wore executed after our departure. Witnesses: Lieut. Noltenius do ilan " ?/. Larimers " Sachumsky Capt Klooster Executed at B -ndoeng on tho 16th of November 1945 signed A.iftf.Bor T/T '.I.T 5533 PEG JUSTIIIA age 1 S E Office of the Attorney General G-overnment Bureau for the Investigation f War Crimes OFFICI.A EECCUD Pi-TEEEQCrATIOl' OE ITPESS Today, Tuesday, 22nd October 1545, appeared "before me, Christiaan Eobbert Steven SOIJMOZIL, Att^rno -at-Lav, Assistant Judge -dvocate, attached to the Temporary Court Martial at Macassar, charged with the investigation of war crimes committed in the Minahassa region, the person of: '. C, van den BEP.G, who, after having "been duly notified of the obligation to tell the whole truth rnd nothing but the truth n d of tho importance of * tho oath to taken by him, answered tiu questions put to him as stated bolow: Q,. What is your full namo, age, occupation, address? A. van den BERG, ¥ill«n Carel, 47 years of ago, Major Inf. E.P.I.A. Macassar. Cu. ":That can you tell me in relation to this? (Tho witn ss is shown the report concerning war crimes committed in the Minahassa region) (T.P. Celebes). A. Towards the end of March 1942, I along with many others was confined in Monado prison. Upon my arrival there I saw a number of Dutch prisoners of war already there, who at the end of January 1S42 had been imprisoned. I als^ sa1' that Chinese and Indonesian persons had been imprisoned there; These had already been confined during the invasion. They had been confined, as far as I know, for committing certain "ffouses. I, myself, came from Lagoan, whore I had been interned in a house for approximately one month. At Menado I entered for the first time life as a prisoner of war and it has impressed me deeply. The first day I was speechless after all I saw in that orison there. Many of my old acquaintances I could no longer roc-'gnize. They looked very uncared for, had long beards, long hair and were considerably emaciated, while some of them kept staring blankly ahead. I noticed a terror psychosis amongst the prisoners owing to the fact that some had been executed already, w h i l s t every moment one could expect that more people would be fetched from the prison not to return olive. I have never witnessed actual executions, but I have heard about that from others. I myself remained only for eight to ten days in the prison. After a Japanese Major of the Staff at Macassar, a certain Hoeake, had visited the prison, w e WCre transferred to Teling Camp. This was certainly necessary as conditions in the prison were m re than beastly. Some facts will illustrate that. The space in the prison was absolutely insufficient for the great number of prisoners. Meverthe- loss, we wore crammed into it; in a cell destined for only three men, sometimes seven men were confined. Furthermore, there was a well around which open lavatories had been made. Bathing, teeth deponing, using tho lavatory, washing of clothes, everything had to be done in the open air in the small courtyard where the well was located. It is not to be wondered at that the water in the well was fouled in such a way that soon unbearable smells arose. The Japanese undertook nothing, absolutely nothing', to improve the situation. When we were brought in, we did receive no food or drink at all the first day. I; e following days we received food twi«e. In the morning we got no food at all, only at noon and in the evening. These meals consisted of DOCUMENT 5563 Page 2 cf a handful of "burned, "boiled rice mixed with rotten "kanl&ng-s" u (T.l . water-cress). Altogether it had an unpleacant odour, and sine to so "badly that at a distance of one meter already it causcd a feeling of nausea. The hurried ricc was from a ricc stock which had caught fire during the destruction of the harbour installation. What remained of the "burnt rice stock had "been swept together and this was supplied to us as our food. The hunger, however, was so great that people who had teen imprisoned longer asked for their ration cf stinking ricc and soup, and even fought for it. There were no meuical supplies, at least they wore not supplied "by the •Japanese. Concerning this, the Medical Officer, 1st Glass, BOESTIAP, who at that time was charged with the medical supervision, cm give detailed information. Personally I have witnessed the so-called sick-parade and noticed amongst •ther things that large virulent tropical ulcers were covered with a piece if paper soaked in a disinfectant. The "Japanese did not supply us with this disinfectant. It was smuggled into the prison "by the labour gangs. There were many patients suffer- ing from dysentery and malaria and as I was told, many of these wretches, who went about with deep-set and fadod eyes oven were thrashed by the Japanese when owing to their diserse they fouled themselves. A bin for refuse was placed near the kitchen with a placard announcing "lot allowed to eat from this refuse-bin", or words to that extent. Furthermore, there was a so-called "death cell." Therein were confined small groups of people awaiting their possible execution. I will not easily forget the aspect of these virtually doomed people. Many of them declined visibly from day to day; I was told that these people in the "death cell" did not always regularly get their food. Their very stay in this "death cell" badly rffected their physical and psychic disposition. As I was assured, a complaint about the"food" resulted in the reduction ^f.three meals to two; I mentioned these meals before. As regards clothing, I can state that practically all clothing had been taken away from the people. Consequently, they looked like vagabonds. When I arrived in prison, the fear of maltreatment was already so prevalent that everybody tried to stay away from the Japanese as much as possible, lest to give rise to further illtreatment. Certainly, I saw some heavy blows"struck with the whip and I saw also people in the j3Q_£alled "lizard" position. The man, who handled the whip, was "iAiiaDA, the prison hangman; ho was at the same time charged with the supervision in the prison. . About executions I can report the following: Except COSIJN" and Sergeant j . MEIJER, I learnt that Major BOTTIHGA and Sergeant Major KERSTEiTLS. wore also executed. The latter was from the Section of Captain.KHCOIF. My subordinates, Lieutenant WIE1I7GA and Sergeant Major BOSBSilMOED were in charge of the defense of Kallewierang airfield, mostly called Kakkas airfield. Both persons last mentioned have probably been executed in revenge for the losses suffered by the Japanese. 5he Japanese paratroops declared to us that they had suffered considerable casualties and that e.a. a Captain of the Japanese Paratroops was riddled with 82 bullets. The Japanese Lt. Col. HOBIUTSCEI, Commander of the paratroops told me when I appeared before the Japanese Court Martial that he had not been able to observe from the air that there was DOCIMEivT 5563 Page 3 was a small occupation at tho airfield, "because otherwise he would have landed with his paratroops in tho rico fields "between the aforementioned airfields and Kakkas village, Inhabitants "f the Minahassa region whoso names I do not knew told me that OTELIITGA and EOBBBiTMOIvD were bestially maltreated before their exocutim. Concerning Lt. SIGMUXD and Sgt. FLIPS, a Dutch sailer, whose name I cannot remember, told me that as a prisoner of war' at Langoan he was locked in a shed and that one day into that same shed wore thrown the above mentioned SIGMD3D and FLIPS tied to one another. They were badly maltreated, e.a. their tooth had been struck out. they urinated blood and thoy could hardly open their mouths.. The questions put to'^hem by the Japanese were aimed at obtaining information about the defense and number of troops in South Celebes, and particularly concerning the code that was used. According to tho Japanese they should be able to give this information since they respectively as lieutenant • ' and sergeant, codewriter should be informed about all secret matters. That must have happened about 24 January 1942. Tho Japs gave them one night to sleep and think it over, while thoy were told that if they could not give better answers the next morning, thoy were to bo beheaded. The above mentioned sailor ended his report saying: " I saw them taken away and have never seen them back."" The Japanese doctor, a Captain, at Lagoan and some other paratroops told me that there had been some fighting in the surroundings of Amoerang; in tho course of that engagement the guerilla, fighters should have boon ccptured and admitted to the Langoan hospital. The Commandant, Sgt. MALIEZ3E, should have received shot-wounds in the knee. Tho Japanese paratroops told me that they daily visited the hospital ward and threatened these throe men with gestures which indicated that their throats would be cut. Afterwards thoy laughingly told me that one of tho throe guerilla fighters had hung himself and later that Sgt. MAL1EZLE had cut his wrists with piooOs of a broken medicine bottle. The Japanese told mo further, that the wife of M.W.O. Hofman, living in Keneang village should also have participated in the guerilla fight, probably to avenge the death of hex- husband ana should have been beheaded for that reason. After the above questions and answers were slowly and clearly read to the witness, he adhered to his statements and did not desire to have anything altered therein; in proof whereof he has signed his statement. The Witness /s/ v. d. Serg DOCUMENT 5563 Pago 4 Drawn up in ny presence, Tho .ksL Judge Advocate / s / Soumoki.l Thereupon the witness has taken the oath in accordance with his religious convictions to have told the whole truth and nothing hut tho truth. The Asst. Judge Advocate /3/ Soumokil Por the confirmation on "ath: /s/ v. d. Berg Certified a 'Vxjie copy The 1st Clerk /s/ .(illegible) . . . . S E A L Office of the Attorney General G-overnment Office for Investigation of War Crimes Doc. No. 5544 . videnee taken in BRISBANE on November 5, 1945, befoie Mr. Justice Mansfield. Mr. Reman PALIINGA being duly sworn gives tbe following evidence: I an a civilian, ny full name being Herman Dallinga. I was burgomaster at Menado. I was interned on 10 January 1942 and on tve following day I banded over the town to the Japanese. T^ey told me then that I was to be placed in prison. I was put in a building belonging to a Chinese named lie Bean Yat, wMch hp.a boen made into a barracks. Mr. f-Tockstra and I were confined in this place. He had been a civil officer dealing with the rural area, whereas I had been dealing as a civilian with tve city area. I was five drys in this Chinese building and then was taken to the V/ilhelmina T-Totel, in Menado. Already there were a number of Dutch men, women and children. After being kept there for a fev days the women were taken to Tomohon, in the mountains, to the cn.p t̂ -erc. It was a Roman Catholic building. The men were taken to the Reman Catholic school St. Joseph in Manado. I was one of those taken. Th^re were about 100 of us. There were about 400 women and cvildren sent up to Tomohon. I stayed with the others in the R.C. building for about a month during February 1942. On 31 March I went to the Dutch soldiers' barracks. Whilst in t^e Roman Catholic building we did net get anything to eat from the Japanese; we fcuncl some rice from the scvool, however, and from the hotel we had brought some tinned vegetables. The Japs grve us nc thing at all. Jap soldiers guarded us. Towards the end of t^e month an NCO, YAhADA, cane to the camp; he was in the Jap Navy, ^e brought us rice - but it was burnt rice. We had this burnt rice for a whole year. In the Chinese building Mr. Fcekstra nd I were asked every day different questions; one night the Japs took Foekstra : away for further interrogation and when he returned he was • put in gaol. Another night they tcek me away for interroga- tion, whicv lasted all night, and they veld pistols at my ; herd, A Jap Colonel and - Staff Officer conducted the ^interrogation. After we went to the R.C. building later, one cf tve officers visited t^e pl^co rnd knocked me on the face. I fell back. I was not put in gacl, however, Doc. No. 5544 Page 2 After leaving the R-. ;rn C-t^olic building, I was taken to Teling, the Dutcb sol .,rs; barracks in Menado. There were about ICO nen there, including Fe-ekstra, I went there at the end of March 1942"and was there to 10 Scntu.ber 1944, There were about 150 nen there at the finish,. For one year we had burnt rice, ending in December 1942; then we got nr.ize and tapioca, We grew <rur own vegetables. One day we got 12 kilcgrannes of neat and bones for 150 nen, In February 1944 sonc dysentery broke out; 10 nen died. We had no medicinesr Twelve nen were allowed into hospital, in the fUC., school; nc-st of the nen died there, not in the crr.p. One Roman Catholic priest died prior to that - he was Father Crooner, who died on 19 August 1942, Another nan who died there was Kooacn-, on 19 March 1942, The Resident fron Menado * Mr» Firschnann, died fron dysentery on 19 March 1944^ Brother Gevel died on 16 February 194<; Mr. De With died on 1 March 1944; Mr, Veldhuis, Protestant Minister, died on 4 March 1944; a 16-years-old son of Mrt Syrens died on 12 February 1944; Mr. Petric .died en 28 February 1944; Mr. Van Drunen, an agent fron Lsc^nptobank, died on 12 March 1944; and Mr. Recter, president of the Ceurt in Menado, died on 29 March 1944c YAMADA was a Japanese with a long black beard; he was known as Whiskers Blake. In the Dutch barracks we had to work in the gardens - tho big and the snail gardens0 Yanada beat everyone0 There were no rules in the canp and we did net know what was allowed and what was not; and Yanada used to go and beat the nen when they did s one-thing supposed not to have been done,, 4 January 1943 Mr0 Synons was badly bashed; he was accused of having contact with soncbody outside; everybody was lined up and in front of everyone Synons was beaten* He was put in gaol to 20 October 1943; the cell had only a concur floor; ht was with Mr. D'Ancona, who later was killed* D Ancona also was thrashed by Yanada, for a sir.il?.r reason^ he was beaten with sticks about the kidneys; he was node to hold up his a.ms and was beaten in that position; the beatings lasted about half an hour, Fe was unconscious, and the Japs threw water over bin; then be was carried away and put in gaol for four ncnthSo This was at the end of 19430 Doc. No. 5544 Page 3 I was baslaed ai ;<! ha d some front teeth knocked out, by this Yamada. Half the camp was'thrashed by Yamada. In the gaol, Yamada came up to D'Ancona, who could not stand up, and kicked him on the shin, and he got a serious infection. Yamada used to belt people over the head. These bashings occurred quite frequently. The Roman Catholic priest was beaten in this way. A I r. Been was taken from the R.C. building, and fiut in gaol. An engineer, De Wolff,, also was tut in gaol5 then Hr. De Jong. Mr* Been, a trader from the Moluccas, was forced co be a Q-M« for the Japanese 5 later he was executed, according to my information from Indonesians. JOEL. (UUNAI) before the war a Javanese trader, was the man behind the elocution of Been;; else of the three Chinese — Lie Bren Ya^, Lie TekHien, and Lie Goan Ain. De Wolff was exec1.1 ted on 3 July 1942 5 and De Jong also on that date. The executions occurred on the Hospital Hill there5 I believe they vfeie buried behind the hospital there. De Jong had had some connection with the Bitoeng fish supplies and was executed for some reason relating to that; De Wolff was executed because he was an engineer and had destroyed some of the works before the Japs arrived. Lr. Leeuw had been captured anI brought in with us; he was executed shortly afterwards. I do not know the date. It was said that this Yamada carried this execution out. Commander of the whole of Ilenaao area was Colonel HASHIMOTO. On 3 July 1942, somewhere In or about ilenado, an iimerican Colonel, two AC priests (Pastor MoLahon and Pastor Drone) and a Brother (Bro. Brown), were executed; they were from the Philippines. As far as I know, Yunai or Hashimoto was responsible. ie left the Dutch barracks on 10 September 1944 after Allied bombardments; we had had an American casualty, Billie Green, On 10 September 1944 we were put in the civil gaol in L'enado - 10 men to a cell. There were about 150 of us* Mor three days we got no water or food. ?rom then to 24 October we received a little food. Sick people remained there after 24 October - about 16 of them. I was returned to the camp. r e. N'. . 5544 Page 4 Tivhilst I w s in gaol, people diet1, mostly from dysentery and lack of food. We get no medical attention. Most of the 16 left in gaol, died. Anybody becoming sick was put in the grcl; and of our canp of 150 r.cn, about 68 men died Five men vere killed as the result of bor.bing. In the Barracks we bad to dig underground shelters. We bad to load trucks. We got sane rice once a day. We got ne medicines. A lot cf r.cn became sick and died, there being nc treatnent for then. TVrec died in one day in the canp rs the result of starvation, and some because of their malaria. YALUDA later went across tc the women's canp; WAT/.NABE, a former civilian Japanese was a very bad 1 Japanese, ^e beat us with sticks and with his fists. Mr. Van Oestrum, in camp with me, was badly thrashed there, b a. tana be was there for some time - we first encountered him during Octcber 1944. There were never any markings on any cf t^c camps to distinguish them as PW carps. I was released from internment in September 1945» Foekstra and d'Ancona were put in gaol "ncc and later, 19 January 1945> were executed; it was said that Y^maguc^i head of the Tckki Tai, was responsible. for this. I believe this occurred in Tondr.no; they were said to have been executed fcr ccmmunieating with outside people. Allied airmen caught were killed. I heard that all Allied airmen s'-ct dewn or landed in Menado vere all killed. The Tokki Tai were said to have killed them. When I worked at ' the Tckki Tai building I saw three airmen - Americans, I j believe. We saw t^em in the gaol, about June or July 1945 i and I think they were executed, in Toncla.no. Mr. St^llmr | was put in ga.ol and bamboo splinters we re put under his » nails; the Trkki Tai did t>is - Yrmaguchi was the head of 1 them. Mr. Moclenaar died from bod. treatment. One day his clcthe 1 were returned by the Jpps and they were all bloocl-covered. ; He died on 16 February 1945* Doc. 5544 Page 5 Dr3 IIORI was the Jap doctor there. He did not do much about any of us; he only came through our group trying to buy watches; we never got any medicines or anything else from him. X swear that the above evidence is true and correct. /s/ Dallinga Taken and sworn before me in BRISBANE on 5 November 1945 /s/ (Signature illegible) Commissioner Document No. 5?47 Page 1. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - / / > The undersig rea r,.-*"rL35 ZC^Vt'lttL, first Lttmtomnt F . N . I . h e a d of the Crines s e c t i o n of METHSPJA~rnS IOP.CSS I^TS LATINOS SSP'TCS (METIS) b- in» first duly sworn 011 oath deposes and states ~ th-.t the annexed report is a full, true, coTPlete and arrv.rate copy of the o r i g i n a l document e n t i t l e d : Eeport on Interrogation H.^.KOSITS, dated November 5? lc46, concerning war-brines at South-Celebes, with attached a report concerning the situation during the occupation of South-Celebes m-fle bv H.J. 1HHPTS, dated November 2, 1°45. 0. ".147/CC. which document is a part of the official records of the NSFIS. Si?: nature 1 /s/ Ch. Jongeneel (ST. .1) B-tavia, June 7th, 1°46. Subscribed and s-orn to before K.A.de "THEFT), first Lieutenant E.N.T.\. Higher offic4 1 -.ttachsd to the office of the \ttorney- Gsnerr,.l N.E.I. /s/ K. \. de eerd 1 Document ATo. 5547 Page 2. r E Tl, ' PSPOFT OJL ~NTTP7 OOITTON DJ,T3D__$th NQV5' BEE. 1945. w J! .̂ bill's - 0"' V147/CC Today, the 5tv Efo rber. 1945, appeared before me, the Ens. "SrTsEI'.S"". POBSP^, arge of tho investigation regarding data concerning "7ar criminals and collaborators in N.S.I. •H. J. KOSPTS Controller I Class, pr3sent residence Columbia C-.Trn, 'acol, "ho, on interrogation stated as followss- "On the 9th February 1942 I r.s interned in a field police bcks, ••'here I remained till the 23rd July 1°42. There wag .-n s o r> military camp in the Infantry Barracks. In June 1942 a plot "'as discovered of an airbed revolt bv the Imbonese. 10 \mbon- ese -ere beheaded. r.o. of the Cam.P the Lt. Col. "QprtlNS, •'.as beheaded for the sure reason. 23rd July the Government Officials ("s.B.) were removed to the infantry barracks, "here at the beginning "iTa --rare excel lently treated, the soldiers on the contrary had - very b-̂ d time. They were accommodates with 2,6"0 men in a c :pi built /or 500. The "orking parties ".'ere badly thrashed for the smallest offence. The guard (brute), TP-SHIPS, was in charge of the -"orking parties, and also to all practical purposes controlled the camp. There ".'as naturally a Japanese r.0.5 but he "as never seen. ',t the end of the year 1°42 the conditions of the B.B. officials changed for the worse, 'e received t,_ico a day 1 ball rice ""ith some salt, nothing else; moreover a dysentry epidemic broke oyt whiclp. weakened the men.' In January 1°44 we were roved to Pare - Pare, where I saw the leader of the camp, Father SCHNSIDSK, thrashed to -within an inch of his life by TV " IP JI "(the brute). This priest namelv tamped the around around newly planted vegetables •nth his bare feet. YV r\DJT found this a heavy insult to the Japanese army, and severely illtreated him, so that he "'as left for dead. The last sacraments ""ere administered, but he later recovered. In connection with this, a compl~.int was lodged by I at her 7T'-\S -BN with the Japanese ASS. Res. :T1ATN0 -ith the result tha.t } at her ~T'.'-SCSN was tortured ~lso by T'.""'..DJl. In connection •'ith this an extensive inquiry was carried out by "~r. Benninck-Polt, and "r, ^eldhuizon. The first named, person "•'ill. arrive here within - few days. On the 19th and the 21st October 1°44 we -'ere bombed by the Americans. 7 internees lost their lives. -Since everything was smashed. T"'e were moved to an emergency camp at -od^oe' (4 miles from Parl-ParS). "re 1 ived there in cowsheds and aissties. Sanitary condition w.s extreme- ly bad. In the middle of November a dysentry epidemic broke outt of the '600 men 400 "-ere sick with dysentry, 25 men died of it. Food was insufficient, no meat; vegetables had to bo smuggled Into the camp, they were dandelions -nd. fernto^s. On the 20th "'ay 1°45 '3 /ere removed to Bo Ion;?, (1 ,400 n. above sea level).' Te slept in open bamboo barracks, practically no clothes, and no blankets. *Te suffered, much because of the cold. o.O. was "T0ET, who systematically tried to starve us. "*re re- ceived 3C0"""ir. rice per day. Later " "OKI "'as replaced by TOD A. ••re "received "from him 400 gr. rice per day. The last days of ugust 1945 •'e returned to Pare-Pare, "/here we "'ere liberated. N "P L' sts "'ere rgmed"1'atelv made of spies and collaborators and'presented to 'hi. J^GWOI of NIC',, but nothing was done abou it. The culprits are still free, and became leaders of the Soak-mo movement. Can nothing be done about this? True account prepared by me on the 6th November, 1945. The Ens. E. "eindersma. Sgd. E. ?-TSTM)EES:a. Page 1 ii7> ience of Mrs. Ann Lilian ROLF? taken on 27 September 1945 at the Prisoner- of War and Internee Reception DeootC More tai) in the presence of His Honour, Mr. Justice Mansfield. My full name is Ann Lilian P.'FF.^I am a widow. My husband w&s killed in action. I am of Dutch nationality. I was first interned at Tcmohon prison camp"but in March 1943 I was removed to Aermadedi camp. The guards at Aermadedi camp were Paula, Colowig and Von-so; they were not Japanese. Altogether, there •'••ere eight guards, fc'tr • f whom were on duty at a time. I have no complaints about these guards. YAKADA was a Japanese and ii- control of Aermadedi camp. He used to hit the women when they went outride the camp to try to smuggle in food; we were re- ported by the guards. YAMADA had any offenders sent to his office and then he would beat them about 10 or 15 times with the number depending on how energetic he felt.' Ee beat us on the back. I have not actually been beaten myself, but I have seen other women beaten. I remember the occasion on "Mch four girls '-'ere ill-treated by YAMADA on 9 August 1945. The girls were Anka Sloom, P.ientje Symons, Ei.ent.ie Faber and Svennra Stelma. They were aged 'respectm?l.y 16, lff7?5rTgT~l4~ and 12 or 13. These girls hai been caught out of bounds. It was prohibited to go outside the compound but these girls were looking for cocoanuts and any food they could find. They were discoveredTy one oi the "guards and brought along the main road back to the camp. YAioADA ordered that they be brought to him at his office. Then the '-hole camp '"as gffTTcifl; up and paraded in front of his •i'fflcê If anyone had to be punished, •'-•e "ere always paraded in this manner; 'a beilTra.s rung and we had to line up - women and children. The four girls were then beaten in turn with a whip across the back and on the arms. I could not sry exactly now many strokes each reeeived but they hai about 10 or I'll After the beatlngs_, the girls were forced to stand before YAMADA1 s office night and clay for "about a" week. _ Alt hough I am not sure, I think that after the war had ended, they were ordered to stand there another day. They were not al'ced to go home and, according to YAMADA, they ware not to have any- thing to eat or drink, but food was smugs:!<~d to them. They were compelled by YA:ADA to stand the '-'hole time al hough they had an opportunity of sitting when he was not present; if he was in his office all day, the girls had to stand all day. ',Then two girls were found outside the compound one day YAMADA deprived two- thirds of the camp of food for one day. There were approximately 340 in the canrp altogether. The condition of the girls mentioned above who were forced to stand before YAIADA's office was poor at the end of the six or seven days; they were fairly exhausted. They have now recovered, as far as I know. i. "a .pnt No. 5555 Prge 2 Mrs. Symons, mother of one of the girl?, was "beaten in 1942 "before we vent to Aermadedi, to Tomohon. YAMADA was also in charge at Tomohon. On this occasion, Mrs. Symons tried to smuggle % letter out to one of the drivers of the truck that brought our food. Every ton days our rations wore brought, and she tried to get a latter bo her husbands who was in a camp about 60 miles distant. She was reported and paradt. I brforc "Y.iMADA. We were then all paraded in front of his office and th<: people in the str-et v re able to look in also. Then he punched her in tho ftc» with his fists many times. They were hard punches and her face was all swollen as a result. Also, she had trouble with her ear after the beating. I saw her fall down during the beating and while she was on tho ground Y.-l-'ADA kicked h ~r on the logs; I turned away wh.:n he did this. YAi'.AO-rt. then addressed the rest Of the cpmp, telling us that if we were caught out of bounds, we mild receive the same treatment and this would be a lessen to us. Wo were tc^d we were rotton through and through. Mrs. Symons walked around the cpmp for a little time on the morning she was beaten in order to give YAMADA the irrorossion that she had been affected by the beating, but immediately he had gone she to :>k a fow day's rest; exactly how long I cannot say. Mrs. Radema was ?! so at Aerrap.dedi during this year; it m°y hpve be'n pbout March or a little later. She was also outside looking for cocop-nuts on'one occasion and was brought in by one of the colic who was dressed in civilian clothes. She was brought before YAI'ADA and then sh~ w s cplled everything from a dog down and wps beaten on the back by YAFADA with a whip. I cannot spy how many strokes she received but it was pxroroximately 30; they w»re hepvy strokes. After having given h-r this boating, she had to stand outside his office for two days p,nd two nights. YAMADA v0uld not allow h?r to have food but fo d was smuggled in to her. According to YAMADA, if pny -oerson was called before him an a chargeof smuggling in food, that oerson wasnot pllow-d to have anything to eat. Mrs. Bruckel was assaulted during 1945 at Aermpdodi camp. She was found cook- ing outside the kitchen. We ver~ not all-yd to cook outside the kitchen, but sometimes some of the women tried to cook something extra. I saw Mrs. Bruckel being hit in the fact by YAMAIU; I wP.s about the kitchen at the time. YAMADA smacked her in the face two or three times with his ooen hands. Then he sent her to his office. He drew a circle on the ground in the boiling sun p.nd put a guard over her; she was to stand there facing the sun for the whole day. When YAMADA had gone, the guard 1 other go outof the sun. She was at the office P.lto- gether for about two days and two nights. Mrs. David was also interned in the camp at Aemadedi, I think some time during this year. I saw her beaten by YAMADA. Wo w. re all parpded agpin before his office. Mrs. David had been caught cooking outside the kitchen,. She he.d to go to theoffice and explain what she had been doing pnd to bring the food along. She also had to stand outside YAliADA's office for pbout one dp.y pnd one night, as far as I can remember. We saw her being tpken into the office pt night but what hppoened in there I cannot spy. Mrs. Van Doggenear came to Aermpdedi camp in about September of last year. She was beaten pt night, I saw her the following day and she was black pnd blue end her face wp,s swollen up and her pnkle was very sore for two or three weeks after. Shahad bruises on her pnkle ?>nd on the calf of her leg, and she was sick. Document Ho. 5555 Page 3 The food, supplies at Aermadedi were *<?':• ry po •r. We were allow d 1200 kilos of rice and maize every ten days, Tnexe *»ere .about 300 or 400 kilos of rice, the remainder "being corn. Sometimes x had to t.rind tho corn ourselves and sometimes it v.as sent to us already ground, P >i the first fey months we re- ceived 1200 kilos T«ery ten dayu hut it giaiuaily dwindled to 900 and 800 kilos. Then a Japanese called lakas?ki came to tho crmp and I asked him to look into the matter of food- He said he w >uld see about it and the position did improve after that. We then had only rice. Beri beri was rampantin the ;?mp and 2P died altogether. The beri beri was the cause of their death, Toronon for the first couole of months, we wore allowed to go to hospital vh.or. we w- re sick but in A-.-rmadf d:'. camp we were not allowed, except on one occasion when two women w-nt to hc-poitrl and sub- sequently died; they wore ton far gone when they were taken awry. Medical supplies at ioiin.ad.edi wore very poor. YAMAJ51 would give us only 200 quinine tablets for 300 people; this was given us only once. Later, he gave us 300 on one occasion and 70C on another. There vps much malaria in the camp. Every time we asked for medicine YAMAHA always replied in Malayan, "What use have you peoole for medicine?" The sooner you die the better I shall like it." If anybody r»as dying and we asked for a light at night, we were n' t allowed one. A few children were born in camp,. When the fir<"t baby was ̂ orn, the mother was attended by one of the nurses in the camp, who weie also internees. The mothers of the other babies born in the camp were sent to the hospital up in the country. There was a doctor there, but he did not bother about them and they were attended by native nursea. The mothers were alright, although they were not supplied with extra food. Sore of the children in the camp? I think about seven or eight of those who died were children. All died from beri beri. When we were interned, we did not take any of our own property into the camo except a few clothes; the Japanese we.it through our bags anu. cases and took anything of any value. I managed to save only gold c«se. My little eirl now aged five years, suffered from dysentery at the c»np. She is at present in hospital. whenever YAMATA went to the labatory he did not bocher about covering himself very much. He lived in a bamboo hut with three '-per... sides and although he had a screen he never used to use it but dressed and undressed in front of the women. When he went to the lavatory, he went in cotton ^horts only but might as well not have worn anything. The guards at the ee.te had to sign for rations ccmrg :n';e the c?pp. I asked YAMATA once for extra food and we received 9^C kilos instead of 800. The guard signed for the 900 kilos but when the food was brought inside YAMIDA would take one of the sacks which had bem signed for. Wo were never visited by any Red Cross people at Aormaded:'.. tf.?prnrse officers visited the carp occasionally. One man, TAKASAKI, caur about feiir tires. Complaints were made to him which helped us for a few days while he we\s present. Document No. 5555 Pago 4 But as soon as he had e:one away the old rations of food were reverted to. TAKASAXI was a baron ?nd a naval officer. When women died in the camp, other v-nen ĥ c. t̂ dig the graves and csrry the dead to the rr--vest We also had to dig cur o<*n latrine pits, The washing facilities were very poor. We had no running water and had to go outside the canp with a guard at 4 o:clock -very afternoon end carry about 20 buckets of water to the kitchen. After that, we had to cr-rry one or two buckets of water for ourselves. Wehed to wash our clothes "nd bath in that water. When YAMADA was expecting any visitors, he always sent for me and told me how long we would be allowed to talk to them =uid on one occasion he threatened that if I made any corpleints I would b^ beaten. I did co"-olaih, however, but Y^JKADA did not get to h"ar alxut it so I was not beaten. About four or fiv;e days after the signing of the veace, we were allowed to walk about the streets. W? actually released on 15 SrptombT 1945, I would be able to identify Y-JiADA.; he wa.s commonly known as !:The Beaver." I certify that the above evidence is true and correct. Taken and sworn before me at Morotai on this 27th day of September 1945. Signature:. // a r .. /s/A. 2. 20L5T /s/ A, J, Mai stlaid ' Commissioner I have this day seen the Japanese named YAMADO and hfve identified him as the person mentioned in my evidence as being in control cf Aermadedi canp. - 1 4 L.^rLiE - 28 Septemb»i 1945 Doc. No. 5522 Page 1 CHRISTIAN HISiBII WLNSVAEN, being duly sworn, gives the following evidences My full name is Christian Sixidrilt Wensveen. Prior to the war I was a member of the Militia. I was taken prisoner in Makassar and remained in the camp at Makassar for 1-g- years. I was arrested because I had been seen with Cortmans, my colonel. I was taken to the Japanese Gestapo House on 8 Jane 194-3 and remained there until 30 September 194-3» I was put into a ceil metres long and 2 metres wide; there were eight people altogether in this cell, We were made to sit up and were not allowed to speak at all during the day but at about 8 o;clock at night if the sentry was good he would let us lay down until 7 o'clock on the following morning, when we had breakfast. The food was very bad and insufficient in quantity. Ae had no food at all for the first three days and after that we received only a handful of rice twice a day. All the other people v/ere kept in the cell with me, l^fif beaten rH M g-HH<- fpr 14. " 1 day long and also at night tine, The Japanese wanted me to give information and when I kept silence he continued to beat me. He hung me up by the feet and twisted me around and then let me go so that I spun around® hlien I was beaten I was standing with my hands above my head, Tor the first two days I was hung up by the feet for about five or ten minutes on each occasion. The Japanese responsible for this was named Oku. Nobody besides the Japanese and myself was present at the time. The Japanese would also beat us if we told them we wore not being treated well, Oku also burnt me under the arms with a cigarette lighter and also beat me about the face with his fists. He made me sign a document which he would not translate for me and I also had to put ny thumb print on a blank paper; what he wrote above it I do not know. While I was in this prison camp I saw many people beaten, including a woman, Mrs, Parinussa* The Japanese called me over and v/hen I went inside the building I saw this woman tied with her hands behind her back. The Japanese told us that we ail must watch what he was about to do. He pulled up her clothes and pushed a stick into her private parts; this was c-one in front of all the people present. She was a]so slapped and when she was released she fell down. My wife then took her to her cell; she was in the same prison camp. The Japanese responsible for this was Simitsu, Doc. No. 5522 Page 2 I saw my wife hit with a stick by lionabe but i took the stick from him and told him we did not beat women. Mrs. Marks was also beaten but I do not know the Japanese responsible although I think he was a sergeant- major. I could identify him. One of the Indonesians, Laoedoe, also beat the prisoners; he was promoted by the Japanese to the position of sentry and he gave the men much less food than they needed. Other Japanese guards at the camp were I<l3 zaka, Yamasaki and Nakashima, who was a particularly bad fellow„ He used to beat the prisoners without reason, both with his hands and with a stick. One Japanese sergeant was very good to us and very kind to the women; he never beat any of the prisoners. The sick men at the camp were not given any medical treatment. I then went over to the Japanese military prison and remained there until 5 October 1944. This was a very bad prison and we were very much overcrowded. When I was there there were more than 100 prisoners, 10 of whom died from dysentery and beri beri. Sick men were not given any food for two or three days and they died also from starvation as well as dysentery and beri beri. One particularly bad sentry was matanabe. He tied us up in a sitting pn.sition and if we moved at all he would peat us. Many prisoners were treated in this manner. They were beaten with sticks and sometimes with the flat of a sword. On 5 October 1944 I went to the Indonesian prison at Liensiebu, where I remained until 24 June 1945. I told the sentries there not to beat me because when the war was over I would remember them, and as a result they were a bit afraid of me. One Indonesian guard named Abdul Hamid used to sneer at us. The food at the camp was not very bad; we received rice for two months and after that we were given maize. Many of the prisoners suffered from dysentery. One of the Japanese, Sumi, who was a good man, put me in charge of the kitchen and the health of the men improved then, llany had ulcers and medicines were very scarce. I then went to i.akale and stayed there until 13 August 1945. i was locked in a room there. In the morning we were allowed to go to the lavatory but we had no water. We received food twice a day and it was insufficient in quantity; we received only rice and maize. Medicines could not be obtained for those suffering from malaria. There were 13 of us in the room and two women also had been brought to Makale. Yabe was in charge of this prison camp. Doc. No. 5522 Page 3 VJhen I was in the Tokei Tai prison at Makassar, we were sometimes not allowed to go to the lavatory for three or four days and then only for two minutes,, "we used to have small tins in the cell which we emptied when we went to the lavatory. r e were not allowed to use soap or to wash at alio In December 1943 I was taken to the Japanese headquarters in Makassar and was there questioned and beaten with a stick and punched by a Japanese Lieutenant (Junior Grade). I was handcuffed when I was beaten. I had to hold a can of water out in front of me on another occasion and the Japanese also screwed a stick into my foot. I was given rice three times a dajr which amounted to a smaller quantity than we received in the two meals previously and was totally insufficient, I certify that the above evidence is true and correct. Taken and sworn before me ) at Makassar on 2 5 October ) 1945. ) /s/ ) Commissioner ) DOCUMENT 10. 5523 PAGE 2 TP.A&T SLATION: I, Djon Sampok, of Menadonese race, and rank of gunner 1st class military number 32150 saw evidence cf commission ( of a crime ) which took place at Lolobata, Ealmaherain March 1S44 as set forth below:- At the time when I was engaged in "boat fishing I encountered villagers at sea and they told that "behind the village of Lolobata there was a Menadonese tied to a tree. I came straight to the place mentioned "but the man tied there had been "beheaded while his "body remained tied but the man's head had beer, buried. ̂ By the man's uniform and his body"I knew him and witness that it was that of an acquaintance of mine named SUMAKUL of Menadonese race and rank of fusilier. Subsequently I got to know that the aforesaid had "been tied up and beheaded by Japanese whose place was not far from the place of the commission of the Crime because lis tried to save a 'young female relative, who worked at this place, from the Japanese. Merauke 5 December 1944. I who make this declaration and set my hand hereto swear before an officer of Sgd. SAMPOK Sgd. X. A. de MU1TTEE, Lt. NIO 1IHTSEEOGATOH1S note:- The young woman was a forced inmate of a brothel. DCCJ&Ei. T 5523 C E E T I I1 I G A T E Tile undersigned CKi" I 5 aOh'C-EKE-1, first Lieutenant E./M.A. , head of the ••:ar Crimes Section of FE^IAIA 13 S JO?CSS SERVICE (l«EJIS) "being first duly sworn on oath deposes and states that the annexes reports are full, true, complete and accurate copies of tho original eleven documents entitled: " '.•- ef is Interrogation Peoort "Jo. 73C) of Sampek D.jon; (To. 803) of antale; Co. 1404) of Eelidjo bin Dariman (l o, 1475, of Ampong "bin edji Boedjapar; (i-x. 1477) of 3oreham "bin Brahim; (:"o. 14-04 corrected) of Ealidjo "bin Dariman; (i-o. 164L-) of Antoek "bin 7'assan; ('Jo. 1545) of Siaro bin i.'arhassant with anney.ee. sir tealav Statements (and English translations) of the same witnesses, concerning the murder of three Indonesians, name of DJA A'; (Sumatra, l'1 , IAJA7- A (Bugenese) and SUKAEJL ('Aanadonese), hy Japanese on the Island of Falinahera in he month of, respectively, April 1943 and March 1944, numbered 1 to 10A," which documents are oart of the official recor s of the 15. SICCA' UPXt j ( ) ( S E A L ) (/s/ Ch. Jongeneel ) ( ) Batavia, June 7th 1»46, Subscribed and sworn to before me K. A. de *•©" ?.D, first Lieutenant E./ .I Higher Official attached to the office of the Attorney - C-eneral J.J.I. /s/ Z. A. de T'reerd DOCUMENT 1TO. 5529 I. R. No. Sheet ii XI. ATROCITIES A. Factual - Declaration: Foelie-Wasile Bay Halmahera Sen A3 Before me M. B. Bell STIO I who sign here under BOESEIil bin Abdoellah of race Boegis saw the murders of two men as stated below: In the month of September 194.", date I have forgotten, at about 8 p.m. I saw two Jap. superior officers accompanied by soldiers, go to the sea shore to the front of a coolie barracks, all were fully armed. T.ey were all Japanese, The names oi" the aforesaid superior officers were OKI and WATA both Captains, Thereupon there took place: 1. Tjaâ beheading with a swny^ v.* nn nrif-povn Jap of a Boegis from Makas sar named SOENOESI which wa,s done under the order*? of OKI and WATA aforesaid. Soenoesi was head overseer of coolies. 2. The bayoneting to death of a Javanese named SIHAII v/ho worked as an overseer of coolies by a Japanese name unknown but under orders also of OKI and WATA aforesaid. Both corpses were burned in one hole and buried there. Hollandia 19 Mar 45 I who maas this declaration sign and swear before an Officer of NIO; Before me, M. B. Bell NIO (signed). Hoesein (Signed) DOCUMENT NO. 5529 PAGE 1 C E R T I F I C A T E The undersigned CHARLES JOIGEFEEL, first Lieutenant R.N,I.A., head of the War Crimes Section of MTKERLANDS FORCES DiTELLIGENCE SERVICE (NEPIS) "being first duly sworn on oath deposes and states that the annexed reports are full, true, complete and accurate copies of the original documents entitled: 1. SEP IS reports of interrogation of HOESAIN "bin ABDULLAH (No 1565) of SINOM bin LADIMAUF (1816), and of MOHAMAD 3IN KADIR (No 1822) 2. Sworn statements in Ms,lay (with English translations) of the same informants, dated respectively Hollandia 19 March 1945, 10 April 1945 and 13 April 1945. which documents are a part of the official records of the NEFIS. SIGNATURE: ( ) ( /s/ Cli Jongeneel ) BATAVIA, June 7th 1946 Subscribed and sworn to before me K. A. de WEERD, first Lieutenant R.N.I.A., Higher Official attached to the office of the Attorney G»nt-ral K.E.I. /s/ E. A. de V/eerd
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