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Statement of Sato - (420 - 25 Feb. 1947). Oya, Lt. Colonel, in Military Intelligence of the 6th Section GHQ,Tokyo. On 20 August Sato talked to him and told him of the KIU Incident and the plans for secrecy. Oya suggested the story that all prisoners were killed at the Hiroshima atomic bombing and offered to help him since he, Oya. was being transferred to the 2nd Central Army Hqs. On 25 August Sato went to Hiroshima and talked to Oya, and Oya took him to see a Colonel,who would not accept responsibility since he stated It would get General Hata In trouble. After 28 August, on a trip to Tokyo, Oya told Sato that he had asked Yoshlkawa to arrange with the Hiroshima Hqs. to hold to the story of the prisoners being killed. |