WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Part 2

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Signal Corps ADC 6663 111 SOURCE: AFCF (A-3003) ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 757' ea Comp (Std) 6663 WAR CRIMES TRIALS Tokyo, Japan 19 Sept 1947 Defense counsel Aristindes G Lazarus making a statement on behalf of the accused Shunnoku Hata. This is an opening statement regarding the trial of the Doolittle fliers. Hata a former general was a member of the Supreme War Council, the War Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force in Central China from July 1940 to 1944. Judges Mei, Webb, and Cramer listening to Lazarus present an opening statement on behalf of Hata. Throughout Mr Lazarus' statement, General Hata was bitterly opposed to the Tripartite Pact and to the Doolittle fliers being brought to trial. Under Secretary of the Army William H Draper Jr seated in VIP Section. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave , LIC 1 NY ERBS/mle Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities