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Statement of Kishi (10 July 1947) About the end of September or early October 1945, when part of the Officers Club Hospital had moved to Futsukaichi, Shiokawa and Kishi were waiting for a bus in the street after they had finished taking a bath. Sato stopped his car, picked them up, said to Kishi, "After the war (he mentioned the date but Kishi doesn’t recall it) a Prisoner from a B-29 was executed. At the time of his capture, this Prisoner was very weak and probably would have died anyway. However, since he was executed, won’t you write a death certificate stating that he died of sickness? I have asked some persons from the Medical Section and the head of this section, (Horiuchi) but they have said that they would not write it. Of course, if Komori were alive he would write it at once, but, since he is dead, won’t you write it?" Kishi refused because he didn’t see the person who died. Shiokawa did not hear this conversation, was some distance away. However, Kishi may have told her about it. |