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Parent | Doc. No. 1657 - Analysis of Documentary Evidence |
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Date | 21 May 1946 |
Language | English |
Collection | Tavenner Papers & IMTFE Official Records |
Box | Box 24 |
Folder | Selected Analysis Document Evidence - No Order |
Repository | University of Virginia Law Library |
International Prosecution Section
Doc. No. 1657
21 May 1946
Analysis of Documentary Evidence
Description of Attached Document.
Title and Nature: Log of Radio News Broadcasts Given on December 8 (Japanese time), Japan Broadcasting System (200 pp).
Date: 3 Dec 41 Original ( ) Copy (x) Language: Japanese
Has it been translated? Yes ( ) No (x)
Has it been photostated? Yes ( ) No (x)
Location of Original (also Witness if applicable) as of:
Source of Original: Radio Tokyo through Mr. Normile.
Persons Implicated: YOKOYAMA, Shigeto (Info. Bureau Chief)
Crimes to which document applicable: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Summary of Relevant Points (with page references):
First broadcasts at 6:00 a. m. Mention only propaganda by Britain against Japanese intention, which broadcast calls “without basis in fact.” State 5000 Australian troops ready to invade Thailand. Say rumors of Japanese using up money in Thailand in last splurge is false.
News of Declaration of War first given at 7:07, 7:18 and 7:38, Japanese time, according to log. Names of Information Bureau Chief and Assistants given.
/A.N. This document may be used as corroboration of the broadcast of Doc. #1633./
Analyst: W. H. Wagner
Doc. No. 1657