11 FEB. 1946 Date and Time: 11 February 1946, 1400-1640 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, I want to make sure that the record shows the correct name for Ito who headed the Ito Commission. You gave me a name the other day which I do not think is correct. (Note by Comdr. Huggins, Interpreter: We now come into the peculiarities of the Japanese language whereby a character can be read in about eight different ways.) A. The name I gave you was Jusshi, but this can also be read Nebufumi. Q. General, will you tell us where the members of the Ito Commission that we have referred to in this interrogation are at the present time, if you know? A. I believe Ito is in Tokyo; either that or he is at his country home in Zushi or Hayama. Admiral Abe, as I told you the other day, is in Sweden, I believe. Col. Tasumi’s whereabouts, I do not know, but you should be able to locate him through the Central Liaison Office. Q. General, in our previous meeting you stated that you went to Italy around the middle of December 1938, to talk with Mussolini after Ribbentrop had not been successful in persuading Italy to come along. I don’t believe you told us when you returned to Berlin from your trip to Italy? A. I do not recall the exact date, but I went to Rome around the middle of December and returned after a short stay of three or four days. Q. General, was SHIRATORI, who was named Ambassador to Italy a military man? A. No. He is a career diplomat. 50