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Statements Concerning Jinnaka

Statement Title Statement of Yoshimura
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Seichi Jinnaka
Statement Provided By

Statement of Yoshimura (16-28 June 1947) Present at the May 1945 meeting of WD Temporary Civilian Officials when Ishiyama discussed the PW ex­periments: Hisao (Hirao ?), Nakajima, Goto, Jinnaka, and 2-3 others.

Statement Title Statement of Tsuchiya
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Seichi Jinnaka
Statement Provided By Tsuchiya

Statement of Tsuchiya (420, 9 June 1947) Either Dr. Sawui (?) or Jinnaka was in the stage of getting pleurisy, and said at a surgical meeting in May 1945 to use the water drained from pleurisy patients as a blood substitute.

Statement Title Statement of Ishisawa
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Seichi Jinnaka
Statement Provided By Masao Ishisawa

Statement of Ishisawa (21 May - 2 June 1947) On 12-13 Feb. Ishisawa went to Dean Jinnaka to protest about rumors that he was involved in vivisection, and Jinnaka told him that he had heard that an American Prisoner(s) was oper­ated on in the Autopsy Room and that he was involved, suggested that there were more than one operation.

In Feb. 1946 the question arose as to who had granted Ishiyama permission touse the autopsy room, and Jinnaka had asked Ishisawa to find out.

Statement Title Statement of Maekawa
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Seichi Jinnaka
Statement Provided By Tozo Maekawa

Statement of Maekawa (between 20 and ___ June 1947, 2nd statement) At the first meeting of temporary civilian employees were Hisao, Jinnaka, Ishiyama from KIU.

Statement Title Statement of Horiuchi
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Seichi Jinnaka
Statement Provided By Horiuchi

Statement of Horiuchi (16 June - 30 July 1947) 8-9 civilian doctors were assisting WA Medical Department from KIU, Kumamoto Univ., and Nagasaki Univ. From KIU there were 4 doctors of surgery: Goto, Jinnaka, Ishiyama, Tomoda, and one professor of internal medicine: Misao. 

Horiuchi believes that Jinnaka came to his office 1-2 times--believes he came to get a train? ticket and traveling expenses, doesn’t recall his coining on a specific problem.