Statements Concerning Sato

Statement of Tanamachi (420, 9 June 1947) A Col. Machida of WAHq lived at place on Daimiyo-machi, Fukuoka, where American Officers Club now is— was a very good friend of Col. Sato, who went there frequently.

Tanamachi doesn't like Sato, who came to his hospital with a broken rib, Tanamachi out as well as assistant, Sato, Mad, tried to procure hospital for army, but without formal order, so Tanamachi didn't give it up, Sato apologizing after war.

Statement of Maekawa (23 May - 3 June 1947) Komori told Maekawa on or about 20 May 1945 that he had been asked by Ishiyama to use the B-29 survivors for experimental operations, that he had then talked to Sato, and that they were going to proceed with it. Sato gave permission.

Maekawa asked Komori if Horiuchi knew about it. He replied that Hori­uchi should know about it because Sato had told him to go ahead with the experimental operations, because it was a decision of the Army.

Komori told Maekawa that he thought Horiuchi knew of plan because Sato said it was a decision of the CG and his staff.

Statement of Kishi (2 June 1947) It would have been necessary for Komori to have had the permission of Horiuchi and Sato, who was the head inter­rogator of PWs, to perform such experiments on PWs.

Statement of Kishi (10 July 1947)

Some time after 6 June 1945, Sato came to the Officers Club Hospital to - get an injection for, Kishi believes, gonorrhea, given by either Kishi or Komori. Komori asked him, "Did the poison medicine for bed bugs work?" Sato answered, "Thanks to you, they seem to have become quite scarce."

About the end of September or early October 1945, when part of the Offi­cers Club Hospital had moved to Futsukaichi, Shiokawa and Kishi were waiting for a bus in the street after they had finished taking a bath. Sato stopped his car, picked them up, said to Kishi, "After the war (he mentioned the date but Kishi doesn’t recall it) a Prisoner from a B-29 was executed. At the time of his capture, this Prisoner was very weak and probably would have died anyway. However, since he was executed, won’t you write a death certificate stating that he died of sickness? I have asked some persons from the Medical Section and the head of this section (Horiuchi), but they have said that they would not write it. Of course, if Komori were alive he would write it at once, but, since he is dead, won’t you write it?" Kishi refused because he didn’t see the per­son who died.