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Statement Concerning Okumura

Statement Title Statement of Okumura
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Tamotsu Okumura
Statement Provided By Tamotsu Okumura

Statement of Okumura (17 Nov 47). 28, a translator-interpreter of Western Demobilization Liaison Section, since 1 Dec 1945. On being interrogated by SCAP, Legal Section, in October 1947 about a list, he found a written list of 16 names, learned later it was written by Nonaka. The list was turned over to SCAP Legal Section  few days later. It was in pencil, had several ink notations on it, which Tsutsumi told Okumura he had made. On seeing the list, on this date, he observed that there is an additional notation of Sato witnessed by Capt. Miller. A search did not produce the original.

On request of SCAP, Legal Section, Nonaka, Tsutsumi, Fukuda and Okumura made a search for four reports as to 9 Prisoners being sent to Hiroshima, but they could not find it, but found a reference to 2 reports that might be the ones.