| Item title: | Meeting between General IMAMURA and Lieutenant General Eather regarding war crimes suspects |
| Title (romaji): | Sensô hanzai yôgisha kankei bunsho |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 2/105) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
| AJRP series: | AWM 82 captured Japanese documents |
| AJRP sub-series: | Post-surrender Rabaul material received from HQ 8 Military District |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM 82 2/105 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 2/- Post-surrender material received from HQ 8 Military District (Rabaul) |
| Item: | 2/105 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 5 pages, mimeographed copy |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Correspondence |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 4/1/1946 |
| Conflict code: | Post-war (related to WW2) |
| Keywords: | WAR CRIMINALS - SUSPECTS, WAR CRIMES TRIALS |
| Australian unit names: | 11TH DIVISION |
| Allied unit names: | |
| Japanese unit names: | South East Area Army |
| Names: | Eather, Maj Gen Kenneth W; IMAMURA Hitoshi, Gen |
| Sender: | Chief of Military Work Headquarters |
| Recipient: | Group leaders |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] |
| Content: | This document reports the statement made by General IMAMURA at the meeting with Major General Eather. IMAMURA appreciates the considerable fairness of the war crimes trials, but claims that the Australians should take the war circumstances into account when they make judgement. As for non-Japanese labourers (Chinese, Malays, Indians, Indonesians), he asserts that they were assisting Japanese forces with their own consent and with wages. Thus, judgement on the treatments of those non-Japanese labourers should be made according to Japanese law. IMAMURA urges that his trial should be held soon so that the reasoning and background of the treatment of the labourers will become clear. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | Meeting between General IMAMURA and Lieutenant General Eather regarding war crimes suspects |
| ATIS number: | |
| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Names: | Eather, Maj Gen Kenneth W; IMAMURA Hitoshi, Gen |
| Names (kanji ): | |
| Sender: | Chief of Military Work Headquarters |
| Sender (kanji): | |
| Recipient: | Group leaders |
| Recipient (kanji): | |
| Japanese unit names: | South East Area Army |
| Japanese unit names (romaji): | Nantô Hômengun |
| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | Rabaul Area |
| Date of acquisition: | |
Other information | |
| Notes: | |
| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:08:38 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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