OKI REPORT (ATIS translation) According to the statements of ENATSU and Itaru MAJIRI, 2d Lt. Fukuich YAMAMOTO was present at a killing about 10 August 1945. MAJIRI stated that YAMAMOTO said "I would like to try karate." After the killing, he said "Although I used karate and a bow, they were not effective." YAMAMOTO then told Defendant he knew nothing about the employment of karate and a bow, was not there; Defendant thinks he was lying. Kafuku KUBOTO was a private in the telegraph section of the Operations Department of the Western Army; transferred to Yamae headquarters in late July 1946 (sic), whom Defendant wanted to investigate. 2nd Lt. Hajime SUEJI was with the guerrilla unit; D wanted to contact him. |