740.00116 PW/2–1446: Telegram
The Counselor of Embassy in China (Smyth) to the Secretary of State
[Received February 15—2:08 p.m.]
296. List No. 2 of major Japanese war criminals, named by Chinese Govt in Foreign Office note February 11, consists of following 21 names (first list major war criminals transmitted Embassy’s 1837, October 20, 194537): (1) General Jiro Minami, (2) General Sadao Araki, (3) Baron Kichiro Hiranuma, (4) General Nobuyuki Abe, (5) Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai, (6) [General] Kuniaki Koiso, (7) Admiral Shigetaro Shimada, (8) Koki Hirota, (9) Yosuke Matsuoka, (10) Shigenori Togo, (11) General Yoshijiro Umezu, (12) General Iwane Matsui, (13) Marshal Juichi Terauchi, (14) Lieutenant General Kadoya Mudakuchi, (15) Masayuki Tani, (16) General Otozo Yamada, (17) Hachiro Arita, (18) Kazui Aoki, (19) Admiral Nobumasa Suetsugu, (20) General Juzo Nishio and (21) [General Masazo] Kawanabe.
Foreign Office understands that with exception of Masayuki Tani who has already surrendered to Chinese authorities and Kuniaki Koiso, reported to have committed suicide,38 most of remaining criminals have been arrested. Foreign Office requests that list be referred to Headquarters Allied Forces, Japan, to investigate each case, arrest those not yet arrested, and have them dealt with in accordance with law. Despatch follows39 containing names in Japanese and charges.
- Foreign Relations, 1945, vol. vi, p. 948.↩
- General Koiso, Prime Minister from July 1944 to April 1945, did not commit suicide.↩
- Not printed.↩