6 MARCH 1946 Date and Time: 6 March 1946, 1335-1620 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. General, do you care to add anything to what you said yesterday relative to the matter of the meeting that Himmler indicated that he had with you on the 31st day of January 1939? A. Yes. I thought it over very carefully and dug back into my memory, and I have prepared some statements regarding this, which, if you will permit me, I would like to tell you at this point. Q. You may proceed. A. I thought the matter over very carefully and tried very hard to recall this alleged meeting with Himmler, but the more I thought about it the less remembrance I have of any such meeting having ever taken place. As a beginning to my story, it so happens that the occasions on which an Ambassador meets with any of the Ministers of the country to which he is accredited are very far and few between. It is protocol to go through the Foreign Minister whenever one wishes to see any of the other Ministers of State, particularly in Germany the German Government was very strict in this regard. I first met Himmler at the home of Captain Cannaris of the Navy during the summer of 1936. Himmler was a man who was interested in Japan and Japanese arts and our first meeting was mainly devoted to things of this sort. I met Himmler for the second time during the winter of 1936, at which time I invited him to come to my home for dinner. At this time a man by the name of Tanaka was in Germany and had come from the Home Ministry in order to make a study of German methods of combating Communism. I was requested to get Himmler’s approval and help in assisting this man. The third time I met Himmler was after I became Ambassador for the second time in March 1941. Beyond these three meetings I have absolutely no recollection of ever having met him. These three 184