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MIYAMOTO, GENSO [Marginal Note (KIU) ] Statement of Miyamoto (23 July 1947) 45, now a clerk at Hiroshima R.C. Hospital, was in army from 1924 to 30'October 1945, transferred 17 January to WAH as a civilian attached to the army for 6 months, as head of Administration Office of OCH, had such duty from 10 January (??) to 10 June 1945. The head of OCH was Shichiro Matake, who succeeded Yoshimura of the Medical Section in about mid March 1945. Matake left the hospital about a week before Miyamoto to join the army, and Miyamoto believes Yoshimura then did the work of hospital head. Matake left about 1-2 June. Miyamoto then recalls that Matake left shortly after the middle of May, returned in early June for a visit for a period of about 4 days, came each day to OCH, each day ate lunch there. Either the 2nd or 3rd time, a dinner was given for him. Human liver was never served at any of these meals. At the meal given for Matake, fish, tomatoes, rice and sake were served by the nurses. Kanehisa gave a toast to Matake, who stood up and said that at Oita-ken they ate snakes because of a lack of food. Present at this meal: Komori, Matake, Kanehisa, Ito, Shiokawa, Reiko, Takechi, Kishi, Shinno, Asamizu, Momota, Tsurumaru. This was not an ordinary lunch, but a party given for Matake. |