740.00116 P.W./11–1045: Telegram
The Acting Political Adviser in Japan (Atcheson) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 10—3 p.m.]
105. CA 54543. We are preparing for General MacArthur a list of major war criminals suspects we consider should be arrested at this time. Please telegraph urgently whether War Crimes Office has briefed or compiled evidence to form basis of trials on individuals named on its lists of September 13th, September 21st, and September 28th, prepared with Department’s assistance. While principal points of historical evidence sufficient for arrests are known to us in most cases, it would be desirable to have the supporting authority of the Government’s specialists in this matter and to know so far as possible the details of what those specialists consider the most important desiderata.