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GENERAL HEADQUARTERS SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS LEGAL SECTION ___PROSECUTION___ (Requesting Agency) DATE: 7 August 1947 SUBJECT" Apprehension of Suspected War Criminals. TO: Criminal Registry Division Legal Section. 1. Request that the following named person be apprehended and interned in prison for trial as a Suspected War Criminal: a. Name: KISHI, Tatsuro b. Rank or Title: Doctor c. Units to which attached: Kaikosha Hospital, Western Army Headquarters, MFukuoka City. d. Dates and places of service: e. Home address (if known): Oita-Ken, Hita-Shi, Mikuma-Machi, 102 Banchi f. Synopsis of Charges presently prepared, subject to amendment, against subject Suspected War Criminal: Knowingly ate human liver of American Prisoner of War and served part of it to others. g. Synopsis of Evidence to support charges: Affidavit of accused, Tsurumaru, Ito, Matake. h. Anticipated place of trial: Yokohama. i. Other information that might assist in apprehension of desired person: j. This Division presently has charges /being prepared, subject to amendment, and sufficient supporting evidence to constitute a prima facie case against this man. _________________ Chief of Division. Paul von 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.