4 FEB. 1946 Date and Time: 4 February 1946, 1000-1150 hours 1355-1600 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: “Do you solemnly swear, by Almighty God, that you will truly and accurately interpret and translate from English into Japanese and from Japanese into English, as may be required of you, in this proceeding?” Lt. Comdr. Huggins: “I do.” 4.1 4 Feb. 1946, 1000-1150 hours Q. General, at the conclusion of our last meeting we were discussing the secret pact entered into between Germany and Japan at the time the Anti-Comintern Pact was signed. I want to discuss that a little more at this time. You stated according to my memory, when Italy became a party to the Anti-Comintern Pact, there was no separate secret pact signed with Italy. I mean no separate secret pact, such as was signed by Germany and Japan co-incident with the Comintern Pact. A. Not only was Italy not in the pact, but it was not discussed with Italy. Q. And by that you mean the secret pact? A. Yes. Q. Who was the Japanese Ambassador to Germany at the time of the Comintern Pact was signed? A. Ambassador Mushakoji. This may take two or three minutes in regard to what we were talking about the other day - there is something I feel is fairly important and I would like to speak about it now. 26