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--- - - ' 1,911 1 Friday, 5 July, 1946 2 - - - 3 INT ERNAT IONAL IHLITARY TRIBUNAL FOR THE FAR EAST 4 Court House of the Tribunal War Ministry Building 5 Tokyo, Japan 6 I ! 7 The Tribunal met , pursuant to adjournment, I I I~ 8 at 0930. 9 - - - 10 I I i I 11 Appearances: I 12 For the Tribunal, same a s before with the I 13 exception of HON. DELFIN JARANILLA, Justice, Member I 14 from the Commonwealth of the Philippines, who is not 15 sitting. 16 F:}r the Prosecution Section, same as befor e . 17 •• For the t Defense Section, same as before. 11 18 19 - - - I 20 I (English to Japanese and Japanese 21 to English interprat ation was made by I !I 22 SHIUhl10UCHI , To shiro and SHIMi~DA , Masakazu, 23 ' Sho Onodera acting as Monitor.) 24 I I 25 . 1:- ... 1,912 D u MARSHl.L OF THE COURT: The Intcrn<l tional d 1 Militcry Tribunel f or the Fnr E ~ st i s i n se ssion & ~ nd is r eedy t o hee. r e.ny me.ttcr brouf ht be f or e it. w THE PRES I DENT: All the e ccusec ~re pr esent h a except OKAr:.1. l' nd , I under s t <:' nd , HI Rf,NliLh . I hri ve 1 6 e been info rned by the Mc- r sh~ 1 that HIRJd\TtH~. i s too n 111 t o ettend. But we hPvc nc doctor' s cer t ificete; ~e should heve one. I t shoul C he the cer t ificete 1 of t he: Sugamo Prison ' s doctor . JO MR . OHT.h : I ~~ OHTA , counsel f or the I I de f e nd~n t DO~iI ~ ihHJ, . I shoul d l ike t o r.ut t \''O or ' -~ 1 thre0 questi<' ns on subj cc t s r.1hich we r e ovcrlo0ked I')' . ~ t our pr evious se ssi0n. ! I I I : . ~ :7 ,., ,, ., ' -··.. .! l ) ) -"·.· I __ ,' 1, 913 OKADA CROSS - --- - --·--- - ------------ ------- K E I S U K E 0 K A L A, callee as a wi tness 2 on behal f of the prosecution, resumed the stand an~ testified as follous : ·1 CROSS- t;XAMIIrATION (C :)ntinued) ', BY h2. OH'i.'A ; 6 ~. :r . "fitness, in your affidavit you ref er t o 7 t he incident of Lieutenant Colonel /... TZA' IA , and you , ' s s tate that despite your status as Pri ~e ~ i ni ste r you 9 ner e powerless to conauct the investigat i on of said 10 incident. The fact is , honever, that in l es s than a 11 year af ter the hear ing on t he c ~ s e, sentence wa s pr o­ !~ nounced on the third of July, 1936. THZ [O~ I T OR: Slight corr ection : You stated I 1 in your affidavit t ha t aespite t he f~ct that you wer e 15 frime ~iniste r at the time , you we r e powerless to i nves- ... 16 tigate the crime committed by a me r e offi cer i n the 17 army. Ho~ever , to you not confirm the fact that 1:) Lieutenant C olon e 1 4~ I Zi~··14·~ ·::a s inoicteG in l ess than a I 19 year, nnl on Jul y 3, 1936 , he was executed? 20 13. L ~ 3SE ? : Mr . Fresi dent , I ~ou ld l ike to 21 C:ir ect the Court ' s utt ent i on to the f net that this )} counsel has cond ucted cross- cxarnin3tion on one occa- 2) s ion previ ously. .? ·I I Tn£: P.rt::'.;3 I LEiiT ; I s t his not a cont i nu:.i t i on? You say this i s his second nttempt to cr oss- examine? I -- _,I j 1,914 OKADA CROSS II iiR . DArtS~Y: He concluded his pr evi ous cross- 1 2 examination. TM P?lESILENT; I ·;ms not aware of that. You 3 4 cannot cross- examine further . 1 ~. KR . HOZWI : I am HOZUNiI , counsel for the 5 I 6 I defendant TOGO . I CROSS- EXAl.iINAT ION (C ontinued) 7 I 8 I B1 t.~ . HOZUl..I; 9 I ~r . ~it ness , may I ~sk vou whe ther you r ecall 10 the f act that a pre limin~ r y conference on naval disar­ 11 mament ~as held in London in 1934 when you wer e Prime 12 l:inister? ' 13 A Yes , I recall that f act. 14 Ther e i s no mi stake in my statement then 15 I that at that confer ence the Japnnese navy proposed l6 1 as its count e r- p l ~ n the principle of the common upper 17 l imit in nav~l tonnage? I 18 1 A Yes, you ar e correct. Q Do you also r emember the fact th3t TOGO at I 19 I 20 I that time ~a s dir ector of the European-Asiatic Affair s 21 Bureau of the Foreign Office? 22 I A Yes , I r emember . 23 I Q Do you ~ l s o know of the f ~ct that TOGO , direc­ 24 I tor of this buren u, h~d 3n opposing opinion to the I 25 principle of the cornmo~ upper limit in na v~ l tonnage --- 1,915 OKADA CR OSS I I on the gr ound that such a pl an would obstruct t he sue- ... '' cess of the conference? A No, I am not aware of that f act. Q il h~ t i s your r ecollection of the fact that ) TOGO at tha t time h~d expr essed his opposing opinion 6 to the Pr i me ~ inist e r on the s ubject? 7 A I don ' t r ecnll thnt . 8 I ~· ·· ~ o vou r ecall the f 1ct th~t in the same year 9 the '!!ashington N~ vR l Tr eaty w1s r enounced? JO A Yes , i r ec 3ll th~ t . 11 Then, ~ hat about th ~ f 1ct that TOGO ~~s a l so 12 opposed to the abrog1tion of this ..! nshington Treaty? A I don 't r ecall thct . l ·l Then, 1:1 11.at ·'.1 .~s the opinion of the Prime Min- 15 1 i ster hir.iself? 16 A I w ~ s under the impres sion that the idea of ,,. 17 " fixing the common upper limit woul d be approved at .,.,. I l east by the United Stntes of America . TP..E t:Ofi ITOR: If ex!)l ained r1ell to them. 20 Q ~hnt ~ as the r e sult of th ~ t ? .! I A The r esult ~1 s not sotis f 1ctor y . .,., Q Could you , ~.~r . ··:itncss, expla in in concrete _1) ' I t erms the cont ents of your knoCT l cdge of the plot for 2·1 the Manchuri an Incident ~ hen you nere N ~ vy Minister ) C in t he SAITO C ~ bi ne t? -- _I 1, 916 OKADA CROSS ,------ -------- A I knev th ~ t it ~~ s carried out by s e ve r ~ l of 2 the younger off icer s of the Knantung Army. i,!y ') quest i on, Vi r . ··at ness , i s not the plot ti itself but th ~ pr ocess by •:1hich .you :lcqui r ed knowledge 5 of this plot . A I c"me to unGcr s t J nd f ull y ~bo ut t hnt mat t er 7 on t he str engt h of ~n investign t i on , ~s t he result of an i rl').e ztig,tion c ~ r ri e d out b~ the gover nment in 9 the pr evi ous yc~ r . IO n.l -. _·:;'I_, NiornToa ~ Correcti on : The gover nment cnr- 11 r i ed out the invest igat i on t he f c ll o~ ing year about the 12 inci dent tha t occurred t he pr evious ye~ r. Ther ef or e , I ', I l e3r ned 3bout t hi s . I I ~IB . DArtSE1: Ther e i s no r edi r ect , Mr . Pr esi- I I) I dent. 16 (' lher eupon , the ··: i tnes s i:;:l s excused.) A .. 17 l1:n. DARSEY: flny r:.r .. Sacket t pr oceed ''l i t h t he 18 I f ur ther production of a vic~n c e? 19 I i3. SACKETT : I:ny it ple~ s e the Court, the pr os ecution uou l~ l i ke to h ~ vo its document 490 marked 21 for i 00nt ifi c3t i on . I t is ~ l r e~d y in the hnnds of 22 t he Cler k, h~ v ing been de?ositad ther e pu r s u~ n t t o 2) nn order of thi s Court • .., . _1 CLZRK OF T!1£!: C O~T : It ·;1i ll be 1-;:>. r !ccd exhi bi t No. 177. '-· 1,917 1 (Wher eupon, the document nbove 2 r ef erred to ~n s mar ked prosecut ion ' s exhibit 3 No. 177 for id e ntific ~ ti~n.) 4 L~ . S ~ CKE T T: I mi ght sey th~ t this is ~ ~ book w:- itten by Hh SH II~OTO in 1940 , the ~ ccus e d 6 HASHI MO TO . The prosecuti on C: oes not cesire t o offer 7 in evi~ e nc e ths ent ire book ~ but me r el y an excerpt 8 from pages t wo, t hree enc f our.
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