Office of the Historian

740.00116 PW/10–2045: Telegram

The Chargé in China (Robertson) to the Secretary of State
Chungking, October 20, 1945—5 p.m.
[Received October 20—8:33 a.m.]

1837. Foreign Office handed Embassy this afternoon following list 12 Japs which Gmo (Generalissimo)56 has approved for listing as major Japanese war criminals: (1) Honjo, Shigeru, (2) Doihara, Kenji, (3) Tani, Hisao, (4) Hashimoto, Kingoro, (5) Itagaki, Seishiro, (6) Hata, Rokujin [Shunroku,] (7) Tojo, Aiki [Hideki,] (8) Wachi, Takaji, (9) Kagesa, Sadaaki, (10) Sakai, Takashi, (11) Isogaya [Isogai], Rensuke, (12) Kita, Seiichi.

Foreign Office requests Embassy ascertain whether US Government has any objection to above Japanese being listed as major Japanese war criminals. If not, Chinese Government will telegraph General MacArthur as Supreme Allied Commander and request that these men be arrested and detained as major Japanese war criminals.

Foreign Office would appreciate reply as soon as possible.

Robertson
  1. President Chiang Kai-shek.↩