Defense Summation, Section L (Japan's Military Preparedness)

Defense Summation, Section L (Japan's Military Preparedness)

Date 15 March 1948
Language English
Collection Tavenner Papers & IMTFE Official Records
Box Box 6
Folder General Reports and Memoranda from March 1948
Repository University of Virginia Law Library
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Three page document that gives the page and line number along with an analysis comment regarding the defense summation, section L (Japan's Military Preparedness) prepared by Mr. Blewett and Japanese counsel. Mostly focuses on which claims cannot be verified, cited, or substantiated. Topics mentioned include: Powell's "Twenty-Five Years in China," size of the Soviet Army in the Far East, demand of the Japanese Army for steel in 1941, mobilization plan, production of war materials in Manchuria and not in Japan Proper, "Law of Account," misquotation of Nishiura's testimony, "Rainbow Operation" and "Orange Operation," Japan's aggressive intentions in Asia.