WAR CRIMES TRIALS (TOJO DEFENSE), TOKYO, JAPAN Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 6904 111 SOURCE: AFCF (A-2147) Card 1 of 2 ADC 6904-1 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 860' ea Comp (Std) WAR CRIMES TRIALS (TOJO DEFENSE) Tokyo, Japan 2 Jan 48 Spectators in VIP Section: 1 to r, Mrs Blewett, Gen W Schilling, unidentified cavalry Capt, Col W B Anguy, Maj Gen Wm Chase and wife, Mrs F F Shaw, Mr F A Gallagher, Mrs Wm Webb, Madame Shung, Mrs Myron Cramer. Camera on Keenan as Tojo speaks of the abrogation of the Commerce Treaty between Japan and the US which placed the former country under great pressure. HS, Keenan and Tojo during cross-examination. Sequence: cross-examination of Tojo by Keenan: "The accused speaks of the economic pressure being increased on Japan because of the abrogation of the Treaty of Navigation between US and Japan a year prior to July 43." The prosecutor says something about the only way the US could avoid a threat of that kind was to take all of its warships out of the Pacific. NOTE: (Sound on the latter part of this reel is distorted. Two dry scratches through the entire reel.) Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY FB/sj Signal Corps ADC 6904 SOURCE: AFCF (A-2147) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 860' ea Comp (Std) 6904-2 WAR CRIMES TRIALS (TOJO DEFENSE) (Cont'd) Tokyo, Japan, (Cont'd) 2 Jan 48 (Cont'd) Tojo gives the highlights of what he considers the encirclement of Japan such as the increase of armed forces in the Philippines, Malaya, Burma, and Dutch East Indies and the strengthening of contact among the powers. Furthermore there was a war existing between China and Japan to which the US and Britain contributed to the detriment of Japan by helping China. NOTE: (Sound on the latter part of this reel is distored. Two dry scratches through the entire reel.) ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY FB/sj 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