Statements Concerning Yoshinao Sato

Case
USA v. Kajuro Aihara et al.
Statement Title Statement of Sato
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Subject of Statement
Statement Provided By Sato

SATO, YOSHINAO

Statement of Sato (420, April 26, 1947)  [Marginal Note: 28 MARCH ]

After war, Jinnaka, Ishiyama, and Sato discussed concealment of KIU, Sato said that the army was covering by the Hiroshima story. About 20 May 1945 (?) Sato told Yokoyama that he would say that he gave Ishiyama permission to give Prisoners to KIU if secret disclosed to protect position of army rather than KIU using Ishiyama's name. Yokoyama thought a good idea. This was after Komori told Sato he had Yokoyama's permission to take Prisoners. Yokoyama told Sato he had granted request.

On first day of operations, Sato told Komori he didn’t like to send Prisoners to KIU if all to die, Komori said he would take responsibi­lity, said he would tel^Yokoyama this. Nakao or Komori said that one of the Prisoners in anteroom asked what he was being injected with. After war Hirao told Sato narcotic injection an overdose, enough" to be fatal.
Statement Title Statement of Yoshimura
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Statement of Yoshimura (16-23 June 1947) If Komori had permission as he stated, to perform PW experiments, it would have had to have come from Sato, air defense staff Officer and Officer in charge of Prisoners, or other personnel of authority.
Statement Title Statement of Nakamura
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Statement of Nakamura (30 June - 2 July 1947) On going to Yamamoto's of flee at War Demobilisation Offiee, Nakamura encountered Sato, who was in Yamamoto's office. Sato called Nakamura out to hall, told him to keep quiet about the University case.
Statement Title Statement of Jinnaka
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Subject of Statement
Statement Provided By Seichi Jinnaka

Statement of Jinnaka (420, 9 June 1947) The rumors concerning PW experiments became more widespread and Jinnaka suggested many times that Ishiyama resign, was probably about to in March 1946, when he came to Jinnaka, said that Sato had changed the Japanese army records to show that all the Prisoners taken from the plane crashed in the area of the headquarters had been sent to Hiroshima where they were killed by the atom bomb, that there was no danger of disclosure.
Statement Title Statement of Shizuko Ishiyama
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Statement of Shizuko Ishiyama wife of Ishiyama (2-5 June 1947) In February 1946 Sato came to see Ishiyama, had dinner; wife heard nothing about operations. This was the first time he ever came; wife did not know him. He came twice after that, but Ishiyama was not at home.