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Statement Concerning Maekawa

Statement Title S/D (Ja 48) ATIS #37552
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Tozo Maekawa
Statement Provided By

MAEKAWA

S/D (Ja 48) ATIS #37552

About October 1945 Defendant heart that 1st Lt. IKEDA was persistently asked by SATO to write a false death dertificate for a B29 airman for whom he was not responsible and which he refused. TSURUMARU said he advised Ikeda to refuse, which Defendant told IKEDA the next day also. IKEDA told Defendant that the airman was to he re­ported as dying outside WA juris.