Post by EXO on May 17, 2016 14:33:08 GMT 8
17 May 2016 - Welcome to Harry, our new member AprilMay, who is a Japanese writer wanting to translate and use the document "Report of the Office of the Inspector General, No. 333.5 Japanese Atrocities, Headquarters XIV Corps, dated 9 April 1945" in a book.
Having obtained the text of the report from our Battle of Manila site, he is also attempting to track down copies of the exhibits to it.
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An extract of my correspondence in reply to him is as follows:
Having obtained the text of the report from our Battle of Manila site, he is also attempting to track down copies of the exhibits to it.
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An extract of my correspondence in reply to him is as follows:
Harry,
The text I placed on the website does not include the original statement exhibits because I have never had access to them. I cannot recall how I got the original
The report itself does mention that "disclosures and information revealed in this report that might jeopardize the safety of American and allied prisoners still held by the Japanese, and the names of women who testified to their having been raped by the Japanese, be held in the strictest secrecy."
The separation of the report from the original statement exhibits in 1945 is unfortunate, because it means that the exhibits must have followed another path. At the War Crimes Trial in Tokyo, document No 2726 consisted of 14,618 pages of sworn affidavits, each describing separate atrocities committed by Japanese troops. The Tribunal listed 72 large scale massacres and 131,028 murders as a bare minimum occurring within the Philippines alone. Thus a full account of all massacres of Filipinos by Japanese troops would fill several books.
Thus it would be a major project to obtain a copy of the evidence.
I do know that Manuel L. Quezon III, who is an Information Officer of the Philippine Presidential Museum & Library has gathered together a number of images (including some from me) of places where accounts of atrocities had taken place. You can see these at: malacanang.gov.ph/75083-briefer-massacres-in-the-battle-of-manila/
It is difficult when I try and google to obtain a full copy of the report because many of the links are to my own website.
If you have an iPad, a copy of my book is at: store.blurb.com/ebooks/522654-manila-1945-aftermath
If you should ever come across materials which you believe can be used for educational purposes concerning the issues we are discussing, I would be happy to host them at my website.
Regards,
Paul Whitman
The text I placed on the website does not include the original statement exhibits because I have never had access to them. I cannot recall how I got the original
The report itself does mention that "disclosures and information revealed in this report that might jeopardize the safety of American and allied prisoners still held by the Japanese, and the names of women who testified to their having been raped by the Japanese, be held in the strictest secrecy."
The separation of the report from the original statement exhibits in 1945 is unfortunate, because it means that the exhibits must have followed another path. At the War Crimes Trial in Tokyo, document No 2726 consisted of 14,618 pages of sworn affidavits, each describing separate atrocities committed by Japanese troops. The Tribunal listed 72 large scale massacres and 131,028 murders as a bare minimum occurring within the Philippines alone. Thus a full account of all massacres of Filipinos by Japanese troops would fill several books.
Thus it would be a major project to obtain a copy of the evidence.
I do know that Manuel L. Quezon III, who is an Information Officer of the Philippine Presidential Museum & Library has gathered together a number of images (including some from me) of places where accounts of atrocities had taken place. You can see these at: malacanang.gov.ph/75083-briefer-massacres-in-the-battle-of-manila/
It is difficult when I try and google to obtain a full copy of the report because many of the links are to my own website.
If you have an iPad, a copy of my book is at: store.blurb.com/ebooks/522654-manila-1945-aftermath
If you should ever come across materials which you believe can be used for educational purposes concerning the issues we are discussing, I would be happy to host them at my website.
Regards,
Paul Whitman