Yale C. Maxon collection on General Hideki Tojo interrogation, 1946-1947.

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Yale C. Maxon collection on General Hideki Tojo interrogation, 1946-1947.

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Contains interrogation transcripts of General Hideki Tojo translated by Yale C. Maxon; General Tojo's notes and doodles made during the interrogation to clarify translation; case file of General Tojo entitled Evidential Facts Adduced from his Interrogations; and an affidavit of Togo Shigenori made by Yale C. Maxon for the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. Also includes background information on the collection.

1 box (.2 linear ft.)

eng,

jpn,

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International Military Tribunal for the Far East

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Historical Note The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE) was established by a special proclamation of General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP) on January 19, 1946. MacArthur thus implemented the Potsdam Declaration of China, the United States, and the United Kingdom (July 26, 1945), as accepted by the Japanese signatories of the Instrument of Surrender on September 2, 1945, that war crimina...

Tōjō, Hideki, 1884-1948

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Maxon, Yale Candee, 1906-

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General Hideki Tojo was a General for the Imperial Japanese Army and the Japanese Prime Minister during much of World War II. After the war during the Tokyo War Trials, also known as the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Tojo was interrogated by John W. Fihelly, translated by Yale C. Maxon, a translator for the United States Navy. Tojo was sentenced to death for war crimes and executed by hanging in 1948. Togo Shigenori was Japanese Minister of Foreign Af...

Fihelly, John W.

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Tōgō, Shigenori, 1882-1950

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