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The following translation was found in File
2015, designated as Document No. 2710, certified as Exhibit "O"
in Doc. No.2687. The date
indicated, "1 August xxxx" appears to have the year
lined out with a pen. The year appears to be 1944 in the original
typing. The number "2015"
is penciled in the upper right corner. No other marks were noted
on the sheet. [NARA, RG 238 Box 2015]
Special Note: In RG 238 Box 2012 is a request "for suggestions
on how to dispose of all internees."
Document No. 2701 Page 1
(Certified as Exhibit "O" in Do. No. 2687)
From the Journal of the Taiwan POW Camp H.Q.
in Taihoku, entry 1 August 19xx
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1. (Entries about money, promotions of Formosans
at Branch camps, including promotion of Yo Yu-teku to 1st C1
Keibiin - 5 entries)
2. The following answer about the extreme measures for POW's
was sent To the Chief of Staff of the 11th Unit (Formosa POW
Security No. 10)
3. "Under the present situation if there were a mere explosion
or fire a shelter for the time being could be had in nearby buildings
such as the school, a warehouse, or the like. However, at such
time as the situation became urgent and it be extremely important,
the POW's will be concentrated and confined in their present
location and under heavy guard the preparation for the final
disposition will be made.
The time and method of the disposition are as follows:
(1) The Time.
Although the basic aim is to act
under superior orders, Individual disposition may be made in
the following circumstances:
(a) When an uprising of large numbers cannot be suppressed without
the use of firearms.
(b) When escapees from the camp may turn into a hostile Fighting
force.
(2) The Methods.
(a) Whether they are destroyed individually or in groups, or
however it is done, with mass bombing, poisonous smoke, poisons,
drowning, decapitation, or what, dispose of them as the situation
dictates.
(b) In any case it is the aim
not to allow the escape of a single one, to amilhilate [sic]
them all, and not to leave any traces.
(3) To: The Commanding General
The Commanding General of Military Police
Reported matters conferred on with the 11th Unit, the Kiirun
Fortified Area H.Q., and each prefecture concerning the extreme
security in Taiwan POW Camps."
3. (The next entry concerns the will of a deceased POW) |