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AKITA, HIROSHI (COLONEL) Confined Sugamo. Statement of Sato (420, 26 April 47) In Nov. 1945 Yokoyama told Sato to keep secret the fact that he had personally issued orders, that Sato * and Fukushima should accept responsibility, which Sato agreed to, told Akita and Inada of facts. In 1st part of May Wako asked Sato for permission to execute flyers without trial. Sato said this must come from Yokoyama. Sato told Akita to ask Yokoyama and in 10 minutes he returned, said that Yokoyama agreed, and Sato so told Wako. In March 1946 Akita reversed his allegation of permission from Yokoyama. |
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Statement of Nakamura (30 June - 2 July 1947) Col. Akita was senior staff officer under Fukushima. If the matter concerned the adjutant section it would have gone from Jin to Akita and then up. If a secret medical matter, Nakamura conjectures it would go from Horiuehi to Akita to Fukushima and through Chief of Staff to CG. |
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Statement of Inada (18-22 August 1947) Inada cannot clearly remember if Sato said that he went directly to Yokoyama (re: executions) or that he went to Akita and Akita went to Yokoyama. At first Sato said that the CG gave his approval on the day of the execution, later he said it was 2-3 days before, later that it was quite a bit before the execution. Inada told Sato then that Akita was absent from the headquarters on the day of the execution and 2-3 days prior. Later on the same date as this interrogation, Akita said he had never received Yokoyama's approval for any executions. In late October Akita told Inada the results of his conversation with Sato, that Sato kept repeating that he had asked-Akita to get Yokoyama's permission for the execution, that Sato was lying. In mid December Inada sent Akita to the 1st Demobilization Bureau to have him request them to conduct an investigation on WA atrocities, feeling that WA was incapable of handling it. As a result Oki was transferred to Western Demobilization Bureau, replacing Ito, and was to conduct the investigation. |