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Statement of Suyama (20 July - 1 August 1947) These operations took place in May 1945, were from 3 days to a week apart. After the 1st operation Sato told Ishiyama that they were B-29 crew members who had raided Japan. Sato did say at the 1st operation that the Prisoner had raided Tokyo several times. 1st operation - Lung - One of the 3 army staff officers was Sato; they moved from place to place during the operation. Ishiyama talked to Sato during the operation^ telling him what was being done. 2nd series - brain operation - Sato came in when the Prisoner was brought in, talked to Ishiyama. 3rd series - stomach and heart - Sato was in back of Ishiyama and the other staff officers stood nearby. 4th series - Suyama believes the same people were present at this operation, (Ishiyama, Torisu, Hirao, Mori, Senba, Nogawa, Komori, Tashiro, Lin, Sha, Tei, Sato ?, Morimoto) |
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Statement of Inada (18-22 August 1947) When Inada arrived at headquarters, Sato Inada believes, reported to him about the plane crash survivors. Sato told Inada that until then all the plane crash survivors had been sent to Tokyo after a brief investigation, but that he had received a message from Tokyo that no more PWs would be sent to Tokyo, that it came from the person in charge of plane crash survivors at either General Staff Headquarters or Imperial Staff Headquarters. Before this they had been conducting a brief intelligence interrogation and then sending the survivors to Tokyo. He stated that a stockade had been built within WAH where they were held during their investigation before they were sent to Tokyo. In September or October 1945 Inada had heard that some of the captured air crash survivors held Prisoner at WA had been murdered. Because of this Inada ordered Sato and Fukushima to conduct an investigation. In December Sato showed Inada a chart regarding the number of Prisoners captured and the number of Prisoners sent away. At that time Inada noticed a discrepancy in the figures. Inada told him that some of the PWs were sent to KIU for treatment and had died, explained how the figures on the chart were falsified to cover up. Inada then did not question Sato since he thought the KIU incident was beyond "our control." In December Sato asked Inada to recognize his chart as official, which Inada refused. It was at this time that Sato told Inada that 5-6 Prisoners were sent to KIU. Sato was responsible for trying to hide the University incident. |