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General Headquarters Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers Legal Section Prosecution (Requesting Agency) Date: 15 November 1947 SUBJECT: Apprehension of Suspected War Criminals TO: Criminal Registry Division, legal Section. 1. Request that the following names person he apprehended and interned in prison for trial as a Suspected War Criminal: a. name: GOIYAMA, Shinju b. Rank of Title: Captain, IJA c. Units to which attached: Western Army Headquarters, Fukuoka City d. Dates and Places of service: 1942 to surrender e. Hme address (if known): Kokura-shi, Imonoshi-machi, 103 Benchi f. Synopsis of Charges presently prepared, subject to amendment, against subject Suspected War Criminal: As Adjutant Section Officer with duty of caring for American Prisoners held, he knowingly released them to Kyushu Imperial University for experimental vivisection, gave two prisoners anesthetic before they left. g. Synopsis of Evidence to support charges: Confession and statements of co-perpetrators h. Anticipated place of trial: Yokohama i. other informational that might assist in apprehension of desired person: j. This Division has charges prepared, subject to amendment and sufficient supporting evidence to constitute a prima facie case against this man. Chief of Division (Bergen) |
This book documents the legal proceedings of the December 1949 Khabarovsk trial in which twelve members of the Japanese Army's covert biological warfare Unit 731 were prosecuted for their war crimes. The trial sought to hold key leaders in Japan's bio-weapons program accountable for atrocities after WWII.