SCAPIN-1685: APPREHENSION OF SUSPECTED WAR CRIMINALS

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
16 May 1947

AG 000.5 (16 May 47) LS-R
(SCAPIN - 1685)

MEMORANDUM FOR

IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.

THROUGH

Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.

SUBJECT

Apprehension of Suspected War Criminals.

The following named Japanese will be apprehended as Suspected War Criminals and delivered to the Commanding General, EIGHTH Army, at Sugamo Prison (Tokyo Detention Camp), at the earliest possible date.
NAME RANK OR TITLE PERTINENT DATA
ADACHI, Juro Maj Gen Comdr Hong Kong Defence, 1942 - 1943. Hong Hong Garrison, 1942, Comdr Nagoya District March, 45. Birth: Tottori-ken, 9 May 1888.
HARA, Eiji Lt 2nd Lt attached 77 Inf Regt, May 43. Lt Officer Commanding Gun Club Hill Hong Kong 1942 -1944. Supt of Stanley Military Internment Camp, Hong Kong, 1944 - 1945.
KOMINO, Seiji Sgt Gerdarmerie Hong Kong, 1944.
OKAMOTO, Toshio Lt Comdr Engineer Staff Officer HQ #10 Seletar Naval Base (Dai 10 Tokubetsu Kogeki Tai), Singapore March 1944 - Aug 1946. Probable Home Address: Okayama-ken, Kojima-gun, Tsubue-mura, Itsubu-ura 35.
SHIMIZU, Jutaro Lt Commanding Happy Valley Gendarmerie Hong Kong 1942 -1944.
WAKANABE, Tsunahiko Col Commanding Officer 2 Regt Garrison Troops, Kuala Pilah Negri Semibilan (Malaya) Aug 1942. Age: 45. Repatriated 42.
YONENO, Tadao Capt Gendarmerie Hong Kong. Attached to Governor General's Department Hong Kong Feb 1942. Commanding Officer Detachment Kwaurang M.P. Unit Aug 1943 Birth: Mie-ken, 14 Mar 1910. Age: 40, Height 5'5", slim build, pointed face, broad forehead and wears glasses.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

R.M. LEVY,
Colonel, AGD,
Adjutant General.