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56; C/S of "A from 13 April 45 to 17 Jul 45, then vice min. of War from 18 July to 1 November 1945. The WA could contact the War Min. Directly in administration matters. Matters going down re airmen would pass through 2A. Not until Defendant left did the 2A set up an order authorizing subordinate armies to try flyers. In early September 1945, Defendant thinks he heard from KAWAMURA and YOSHIZUMI of airmen killed at WA, that some were killed at Hiroshima. SHIMOMURA replaced YOKOYAMA with NISHIHARA to investigate the atrocities; there were 2 factions at WA, the one in Fukuoka, the other Yamae. Defendant was Chief of Central Investigation Council. |