[Torashirō Kawabe seated in witness box]

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Identifier2020-03-04_image_019SourceThe Robert F. Hardin World War II Japanese War Trials Photograph Collection (2020-03-04), Folder 1CreatorUnited States. Army. Signal CorpsDescriptionPhotograph of Torashirō Kawabe seated in the witness box during the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, War Ministry Building, Tokyo, Japan, October 14, 1946.

Caption on verso: "WPA-46-68231. 14 Oct. 46. Japanese Deputy Chief of Staff testifies to burning of secret documents: Lt. Gen. Torashirō Kawabe, ex-Deputy Chief of Staff, witness for prosecution’s phase, Relations Between Soviet Union and Japan in trial of 27 leading Japanese war criminals, testifies that, from the time Japan surrendered until Allied Forces prohibited it, innumerable secret documents were methodically burned. Photographer - Wegner."

Stamped on verso: "Photograph by Signal Corps U.S. Army."Creation Date1946-10-14SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945War crimes trialsInternational Military Tribunal for the Far EastInternational courtsTokyo Trial, Tokyo, Japan, 1946-1948Kawabe, TorashirōPlaceTokyo (Japan)JapanOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Robert F. Hardin World War II Japanese War Trials Photograph Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsNo copyright - United States

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