| Item title: | Letter from Vice Admiral KUSAKA to Commander-in-Chief of the 8th Military District |
| Title (romaji): | Dai 8 gunkanku shireikan ate Minseibu ni kansuru KUSAKA Chûjô no shokan |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 2/318) 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 2/318 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 2/- Post-surrender material received from HQ 8 Military District (Rabaul) |
| Item: | 2/318 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 16 pages, handwritten carbon copy |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Correspondence |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 13/4/1946 |
| Conflict code: | Post-war (related to WW2) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, LETTERS, WAR CRIMES, WAR CRIMES TRIALS |
| Australian unit names: | 8th Military District |
| Allied unit names: | |
| Japanese unit names: | South East Area Fleet |
| Names: | KUSAKA Jin'ichi, Vice Adm |
| Sender: | KUSAKA Jin'ichi, Vice Adm |
| Recipient: | Commander-in-Chief, 8th Military District |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | New Britain [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago] Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] |
| Content: | This item is a letter dated 13 April 1946 from Vice Admiral KUSAKA, Commander-in-Chief of the South East Area Fleet, to his counterpart in the 8th Military District. The main issue discussed in the letter is the function of the Public Welfare Office which governed indigenous people and civilians in the areas controlled by the Imperial Navy during the war. The purpose of the letter is to clarify the roles of the Public Welfare Office in relation to war crimes trials involving members of the South East Area Fleet. KUSAKA argues that the Naval Civil Administration was established to protect civilians and indigenous people from the danger of the war, and expresses his disbelief in the allegation that staff of the Naval Civil Administration were involved in war crimes. The document discusses the Administration's history and purposes, personnel, major duties, activities when the war in the area intensified, etc. KUSAKA explains that the Naval Civil Administration made every effort to ensure the safety of civilians and to protect their properties, after the start of Allied bombardments in the Rabaul area in February 1944. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | Letter from Vice Admiral KUSAKA to Commander-in-Chief of the 8th Military District |
| ATIS number: | |
| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Names: | KUSAKA Jin'ichi, Vice Adm |
| Names (kanji ): | |
| Sender: | KUSAKA Jin'ichi, Vice Adm |
| Sender (kanji): | |
| Recipient: | Commander-in-Chief, 8th Military District |
| Recipient (kanji): | |
| Japanese unit names: | South East Area Fleet |
| 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 10:07:19 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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