5 MARCH 1946 Date and Time: 5 March 1946, 1340-1555 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. General, the last time we met you indicated that you wanted to make a statement. You may proceed with this statement. A. I have told you so far of all pertinent matters up to the time that the war with the United States began. It is my belief that I have told you all that I know, withholding nothing. However, thinking it over, it seems to me that it might be better if I went ahead and told you a few other facts which occurred after the start of hostilities. This would add the tail to the dragon fly, as we way in Japan, and make it a full rounded story. Q. What I had in mind, General, was the fact that, as we were leaving the last time, you indicated that you were going to prepare a statement that night that you wanted to put in the record. Do you have that statement now? A. Yes, this statement deals with the matter of interpreting from Japanese into English and vice versa, and is addressed primarily to the Interpreter. (Attached hereto is statement and translation thereof, prepared by Interpreter.) Q. Now, you have indicated that you want to make an additional statement relative to the period subsequent to the commencement of hostilities. You may proceed with the statement. A. Before I proceed in my narrative, there is just one point that I would like to go into a bit further. That is about the dispatch Ott sent to Ribbentrop on December 5, 1941 - of which you told me. I believe you asked me whether Ott had consulted with the Japanese Government before sending this 175