1 Feb. 1946, 1000-1215 hours Q. How long did you stay in Germany as Military Attache? A. I was there as Military Attache until early October 1938, when I became Ambassador. Q. Did you return to Japan before you were named Ambassador? A. No. Q. Before you were named Ambassador you were promoted in rank, were you not? A. I am not sure of the exact date, but I believe it was in the spring of 1935 that I was promoted to Major General, and in April 1938 was again promoted to Lieutenant General. Q. You remained in Germany as Ambassador from 1938 until sometime near 1940, did you not, and then you returned to Japan? On what date did they recall you to Japan? A. I left Berlin in October 1939. Q. Did you resign as Ambassador or did your Government recall you as Ambassador, or what was your reason for returning? A. I resigned personally. Q. Thereafter you were again sent to Germany as Ambassador? A. I arrived back in Berlin in February 1941. Q. As Ambassador? A. Yes. Q. How long did you stay there this time? A. I was in Berlin until mid-April 1945, when I went to South Germany and was captured by the American forces around the 10 th of May. We were then kept in custody at Gastein. Q. Then what happened? A. Some of these dates may not be exact, but to the best of my recollection they are as near as I can come without looking them up. On 1 July 1945, the Ambassadorial staff consisting of about 33 members was taken by plane from Salzburg to LeHavre, where we stayed for two or three days and then boarded the West Point - this was on July 4, I am sure - we arrived in New York on the 11 th of July, from where we were taken to a camp on the Potomac, where I stayed for about one month and then went to Bedford, Pennsylvania, arriving, I believe, on 8 August. On November 16, we were again shifted and went to Seattle, where we boarded ship and arrived at Uraga on 6 December. Q. On what date were you placed in this prison? A. 16 December. Q. Do you have a diary or other record of your activities in Germany that you kept during those years? A. It was a very rough diary and I believe that it was once taken from me in Washington and returned to me again, and I have not brought it back with me. Q. If it was returned to you again in Washington what did you do with it? A. The diary was returned to me at Bedford and about that time a Swiss representative who was there suggested we leave all documents behind so that this diary was among those documents destroyed 14