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Statements Concerning Matake

Statement Title Statement of Tsurumaru
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Shichiro Matake
Statement Provided By Tsurumaru

Statement of Tsurumaru July 1 & s, 1947 - 1-5 May 1945, 1250, went to Officers Club Hospital dining room to visit after finishing lunch at Headquarters dining room, where there mere seated Komori. Kishi, Kanehisa and Ito, perhaps also Matake. [Marginal Note: human liver was served ]

Statement Title Statement of Sada
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Shichiro Matake
Statement Provided By Masato Sada

Statement of Sada. 7 June 1947 - 6 May 1945 Soda went to Hakata Sta­tion to see Matake, Komori also there to send off Matake who was being sent to O̶f̶f̶i̶c̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶C̶l̶u̶b̶ ̶H̶o̶s̶p̶i̶t̶a̶l̶ Oita

Statement Title Statement of Yoshimura
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Shichiro Matake
Statement Provided By

Statement of Yoshimura. 16-28 June 1947 - Matake, army civilian, also held this position for a time, (director of Officers Club Hos­pital). Matake became a capt. while there, was head for a short time. During latter part of Matake's stay, he was a civilian, but army per­sonnel were assigned to Kokura Army Hospital.

Yoshimura first heard of PW operations 24-27 April one PH while going to headquarters via road passing Officers Club where he met Matake, head of Officers Club Hospital, who said that he had heard from someone on administration staff that enemy air craft flyers were forced down, that they were going after them in a truck and wanted a doctor to accompany them since one wounded, and so Matake was sending Komori, who told Matake that he wanted to treat the wounded Prisoners.

If Komori had permission, as he stated, it would have had to have come from:

Matake, head of Komori9s Hospital

Inada, chief of staff

Jin, senior adjutant

Sato, air defense staff officer and staff officer in charge of PWs.

Col. Akita

Maj. Gen. Fukushima

Lt. Gen. Yoshinaka

Lt. Gen. Yokoyama

Statement Title Statement of Kanehisa
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Shichiro Matake
Statement Provided By Takuya Kanehisa

Statement of Kanehisa (28 May 1947) Komori1 s best friend was probably Shiehiro Matake, who was not at the hospital at the times of the opera­tions. While Matake was at the hospital, he was an army civilian, then called into army sometime before operations, (and presumably left.)