Statements Concerning Minami

Case
USA v. Kajuro Aihara et al.
Statement Title Statement of Nakamura
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Haruo Minami
Statement Provided By

Statement of Nakamura (30 June - 2 July 1947) Minami was "Senzoku" adjutant, an aide de camp, assistant to Commanding Officer.

Kusumoto and Minami worked quite independently in own section, but Jin was in charge and got informed as to both offices.
Statement Title Statement of Ishisawa
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Haruo Minami
Statement Provided By Masao Ishisawa

Statement of Ishisawa (21 May -2 June 1947) About 5-6 Feb. 1946 professor Seigo Minami, of the dermatology department, told Ishisawa that he had heard that vivisection was performed on American Prisoners and that Ishisawa was involved. [Marginal Note: no ]
Statement Title Statement of Goiyama
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Haruo Minami
Statement Provided By Shinju Goiyama

Statement of Goiyama (1-8 July 1947) Other Adjutants in WAH Adjutant Section were Tomonosuki Kusumoto and Haruo Minami.
Statement Title Statement of Koga
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Haruo Minami
Statement Provided By Tsuno Koga

Statement of Koga (7-9 July 1947) When Koga left WAH 28 April 1945, the Adjutant Section roster was as follows;

1st Lt. Minami— 3rd in command, aide-de-camp to Yokoyama. etc.

Kusumoto was in charge of circulating all documents, letters, and orders to circulate throughout the WA troops. Minami would take documents to the CG or from him and saw most of the documents the CG saw.

If a War Department TemporaryCivilian Official wished to perform an unusual research or experiment, a letter asking for authority would probably either originate either from Medical Section or Staff Section, would pass through the Adjutant section unopened, to be put in an envelope and sent to higher headquarters (?). This letter would be taken to CG, not by Minami, but by either the highest ranking Officer of the Medical Section or someone in the Staff Section.