Statements Concerning Goiyama

Statement of Nakao (10 Sept 47). Plane survivors were brought to WAH by the KT, turned over to the Adjutant Section under Lt. Col. Jin, and Capt Goiyama of the Adjutant Section usually received the Prisoners and placed them in Prison, would then notify Intelligence Section and Inenaga would then schedule the survivors for questioning, which was usually done by Col. Sato, Major Inenaga and 2nd Lt. Yamanaka, with Nakao as interpreter.

In middle May, PC Komori came to see Nakao, led him out into the hall, said, "we are going to take the flyer who is wounded in the leg to the University Hospital to perform an experimental operation and would like your help in interpreting"

Nakao went with Komori to the prison, there were 3 flyers. Took the flyer with the wounded leg, told him he was being taken to the hospital for treatment.

2 or 3 days later Komori called Nakao from the Intelligence Room, told him he was going to try a newly developed sleeping power, said more flyers were to be taken to the University for experiments. That if the sleeping powder worked the flyers would be drowsey by the time they reached the University, that he was going to give the powder to Goiyama or perhaps Aihara, that he wanted Nakao to help give the power to the flyers, that Goiyama would get Nakao later in the afternoon. About 1700 Goiyama came in, said he was ready, showed Nakao the powder in a small paper package. Then they went down to the Prison. Goiyama went to the kitchen behind the Prison to get some sugar to mix with the powder in the water, came to the prison with a kettle of water, a bowl and some sugar mixed it outside the prison, which Nakao then tasted, and they went into the prison and gave the solution to 2 flyers who were in the same cell. Nakao believes this was the same cell that housed the flyer with the injured shoulder.

Statement of Oki. (Atis trans). When Oki was writing the report, Inada and Takahashi came to see him, Inada stated that Takahashi told him to submit the WA report to Tokyo at once, wanted to know how it was proceeding. Oki read him the draft whereupon he said that it was not time that Sato got approval from Yokoyama thru Akita, that Akita was on detached service at that time,not present, that he related this to Sato, who realized his mistake, that this wax the first time Inada heard about any discussion at quarters between Ito, Yokoyama and another on the evening of 20 June, that Ito never mentioned this to him, that the other person was probably Isa. That on the night of 19 June, when Inada was in the Air Defense Operations Room with Yokoyama and Fukushima, Fukushima said that some of the young Officers wanted permission to decapitate the flyers whereupon Inada said that it should not be allowed.

Yokoyama must have heard this conversation, and would hardly approve that which Inada approved. Inada then asked him to complete it by 15 Jan, to question Goiyama, Ichiro Maeda, Adamine and Enatsu.

Igawa told Oki that Goiyama stated that about 15 or 16 American flyers were in­terned towards the end of May 45, but not one was left after the executions of 20 June, and when Goiyama transferred the affairs of the flyers internment camp to Yukino, Goiyama stated he heard of the 20 June executions after it was over.

The story of 8 sent to KIU being reported as sent to 2A, was declared to him (Oki) as false. Suzuki was 'also told that no flyers remained when Yukino took over from Goiyama.