Statements Concerning Nakahima

NAKAJIMA  [Marginal Note: see Nakashima (KIU) ]

Statement of Jinnaka (11 June 1947 - certified translation) Jinnaka states that Nakajima, Yoshisada, was head of the staff dispensary of KIU medical department from 1944 to 1946, took every precaution to protect the hospital from air raid damage. He is the father in law of Hirao, but he states that Hirao never mentioned KIU affair to him at the time that it occurred, but learned about it from letters and written information from anonymous sources after the termination of hostilities. Jinnaka believes that Hirao resigned on advice of Nakajima. About the spring of 1946 Nakajima received an anonymous letter stating that the hospital latrines were filthy and that if they weren't cleaned the author would notify the Allied Forces of the Ishiyama incident.

Since the end of the war, similar letters have been addressed to the newspapers and thechief of the medical department. Nakajima feels that possibly they were sent by a communist group in the University. Nakajima seems to know the name of one of the authors of such statements, one who has left the group and therefore out of consideration to him, does not care to expose him.

Statement of Nogawa (2-25 June 1947) Nogawa doesn't belive these operations (experimental operations at KIU) were performed with the notice of the head of the Medical College, Ohno, and the Director of the Hospital, Nakajima.

Statement of Tanaka (23 May 1947) 17-18 July 1945 Tanaka called to SCAP Legal Section, went to the University 22 July 1946, told Ishisawa about his experiences at Legal Section. Yoshisada Nakajima then came in and Tanaka told him. Nakajima said at that time, "Before Komori came and asked Ishiyama to permit him to perform the operations at the University, he had asked per­mission at many hospitals, including the Sada Hospital. Being refused at these places, Komori finally requested the use of the University facilities from Ishiyama."

Tanaka was hospitalized 6 August 1946, and one day Nakajima visited him,asked him to originate an appeal to the effect that the younger doctors of the Surgery Clinic had been forced by Ishiyama to participate in the operations and were guiltless.