WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 6740 SOURCE: AFCF (A-2117) 111 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 824' ea Composite (Std) ADC 6740 WAR CRIMES TRIALS Tokyo, Japan 15 Oct 1947 HS, defense attorney, Mr Logan reading a section of Mr Kido's affidavit which states that he and the rest of the cabinet were indignant at the actions of the military government in acting contrary to the central authority in the matter of Indo-China. Mr Kido, in his statement also says that he agreed with the Prince's (Konoye) desire of foreign policy based on cooperation with Great Britain and the US. Continuation of the reading of Kido's statement which again stresses the belief on the part of Kido that he still hoped for peace with the US before the outbreak of Pearl Harbor, that because of Communistic elements in China, Japan found it necessary to keep troops there. Communistic elements were endangering the welfare of both China and Japan, Kido adds. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY FB/mle Record Group Ill 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