740.00116 PW/9–346
Memorandum by General of the Army Douglas MacArthur to the Civil Affairs Division, War Department6
AG 000.5 (31 Jul 46) LS–R
Subject: Status of Japanese War Criminals named by the Chinese Government.
1. Reference is made to War Department, Civil Affairs Division letter, file WDSCA 151–11, subject: “Second List of Major War Criminals named by Chinese Government,” dated 11 June 1946, and inclosure thereto.
2. Receipt is acknowledged of the photostatic copies of List of Major Japanese War Criminals dated 14 February 1946 from the American Embassy, Chungking.7
3. The status of the individuals in this second list of Major War Criminals named by the Chinese Government, is hereby submitted:
a. Japanese war criminals listed below have been interned at Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, Japan and are at present undergoing trial by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East:
| Minami, Jiro | General |
| Araki, Sadao | General |
| Hiranuma, Kiichiro | Baron |
| Koiso, Kuniaki | General |
| Shimada, Shigetaro | Admiral |
| Hirota, Koki | Foreign Minister |
| Togo, Shingenori [Shigenori] | Foreign Minister |
| Umezu, Yoshijiro | General |
| Matsui, Iwane | General |
b. As the result of their being classified as 1–A War Criminals, the following named Japanese have been apprehended and interned at [Page 442] Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, Japan pending trial by the appropriate agency:
| Kawanabe, Masazo (Interned as: Kawabe, Masakuzu) | Lt. General |
| Tani, Masayuki | Foreign Minister |
| Aoki, Kazuo | Foreign Minister |
| Nishio, Toshizo | General |
| Mutaguchi, Renya | Lt. General |
c. Foreign Minister Matsuoka, Yosuke died on 27 June 1946 at the Tokyo Imperial University Hospital. Up to the time of his death, Matsuoka was being tried by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.
d. Field Marshal Terauchi, Juichi, Commander Japanese Expeditionary Forces, Southern Regions, died of a cerebral hemorrhage on 12 June 1946 at Rengam Johore.
e. General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers has been informed that Admiral Suetsugu, Nobumasa is deceased.
f. The apprehension of General Abe, Nobuyuki was ordered by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. However, because of poor health, his arrest was postponed.
g. Those remaining on the list, namely, Admiral Yonai, Mitsumasa, General Yamada, Otozo and Arida [Arita], Hachiro have never been requested for apprehension. It is requested that the Chinese Government be so informed.
Colonel, AGD Adjutant General