25 FEB. 1946 Date and Time: 25 February 1946, 1420-1620 hours Place: Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, Japan Present: General Hiroshi OSHIMA G. Osmond Hyde, Interrogator Lt. Comdr. F.B. Huggins, U.S.N.R., Interpreter Miss Lucille G. Brunner, Stenographer. Questions by: Mr. Hyde. OATH OF INTERPRETER Mr. Hyde: “Lt. Comdr. Huggins, the Interpreter, having been duly sworn on previous interrogations of General OSHIMA, now continues to interpret from English to Japanese and from Japanese into English, as required in this proceeding. Q. On Thursday we were discussing this map of Singapore that you obtained from the Military Attache and took over with you to the conference you had with Hitler. I believe you told us that this was a secret map. I am just wondering if it was proper for you to show a secret map to the head of another Government. A. The classification was not such that I could not show it to Hitler. Q. What does secret classification mean under the Japanese Army regulations? A. Within the Gokuhi (which corresponds to the United States Confidential Classification), it is up to the individual concerned in the Military to decide whom it can be shown to. Q. Does there have to be some written authorization to show such a document to someone else? A. No. Q. General, you were not in the Military at the time you took this map to Hitler? A. That is correct. However, I had asked the Military Attache to show it to me to take to Hitler. This was definitely not a tactical operations map. Q. But it was a secret map and would be subject to the regulation with respect to such documents under the regulations prevailing in your country, it would seem to me. A. It is still a matter of classification and this map I speak of had a much lower classification than 138