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Yale C. Maxon collection on General Hideki Tojo interrogation, 1946-1947.
BANC MSS 2007/148
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Title:

Yale C. Maxon collection on General Hideki Tojo interrogation, 1946-1947

Creator/Contributor:

Maxon, Yale C., creator

Creator/Contributor:

Fihelly, John W.

Abstract:

Contains interrogation transcripts of General Hideki Tojo translated by Yale C. Maxon; General Tojo's notes and doodles made during the interrogation to clarify translation; case file of General Tojo entitled Evidential Facts Adduced from his Interrogations; and an affidavit of Togo Shigenori made by Yale C. Maxon for the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. Also includes background information on the collection.

Date:

1946 (issued)

Subject:

Tōjō, Hideki -- 1884-1948 -- Trials, litigation, etc
Tōgō, Shigenori -- 1882-1950 -- Trials, litigation, etc
International Military Tribunal for the Far East.
Tokyo Trial, Tokyo, Japan, 1946-1948

Note:

Collection processed at folder level in 2007.
Yale C. Maxon collection on General Hideki Tojo interrogation, BANC MSS 2007/148, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Gift; of Josephine Maxon and David Yale Maxon; in 2007.
General Hideki Tojo was a General for the Imperial Japanese Army and the Japanese Prime Minister during much of World War II. After the war during the Tokyo War Trials, also known as the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Tojo was interrogated by John W. Fihelly, translated by Yale C. Maxon, a translator for the United States Navy. Tojo was sentenced to death for war crimes and executed by hanging in 1948.
Togo Shigenori was Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs at the beginning and end of World War II. He was tried and found guilty during the Tokyo War Trials and sentenced to 20 years in prison. He died while serving his sentence in 1950.
In English and Japanese.

Physical Description:

print
1 box (.2 linear ft.)

Language:

English
Japanese
Japanese

Identifier:

BANC MSS 2007/148

Origin:

California