Apprehension of Suspected War Criminals Document for Goshima

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Apprehension of Suspected War Criminals
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Shiro Goshima

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: GOSHIMA, Shiro

b. Rank or Title:

c. Units to which attached:

d. Dates and places of service:

e. Home address (if known) Gifu-ken Inaga-gun, Uakami-Nura, Kekai 4883-4.

f. Synopsis of Charges presently prepared, subject to amendment, against subject Suspected War Criminal: Took specimens from American Prisoners of War, dead from experimental operations at Kyushu Imperial University. 

g. Synopsis of Evidence to support charges: Affidavits of accused. Tanaka, and Ryu. 

h. Anticipated place of trial: Yokohama

i. Other information that might assist in apprehension of desired person: Now being held in protective custody by Fukuoka Branch Office, Investigation Division, Legal Section. 

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