Recording

Japanese officer served as chief intelligence officer and interpreter with 25th Army, Imperial Japanese Army in Malaya and Singapore, 1942; served as staff with 8th Area Army, Imperial Japanese Army at Guadalcanal, Soloman Islands, 1942-1943; served as staff officer with Headquarters, Burma Area Army, 1944; served as staff officer with General Headquarters, Far Eastern Command in Japan and during surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay, Japan, 1944-1945

REEL 1 Recollections of period as chief intelligence officer and interpreter with 25th Army, Imperial Japanese Army in Malaya and Singapore, 1942: reaction to Japanese success in Malaya and Singapore; opinion of British and Commonwealth forces; dropping of surrender leaflets on Singapore; preparations for surrender of British forces in Singapore, 2/1942; surrender negotiations; relations between Generals Tomoyuki Yamashita and Arthur Percival during surrender negotiations; reaction to sight of large number of British and Commonwealth prisoners; contrast between Japanese and Western concepts of surrender; attitude of Japanese towards those who surrender. Aspects of period as staff officer with 8th Area Army, Imperial Japanese Army at Guadalcanal, Soloman Islands, 1942-1943: nature of campaign. REEL 2 Continues: question of when tide had turned for Japanese during war; celebrations in Tokyo after fall of Singapore; opinion of British capabilities; question of Japanese treatment of POWs. Aspects of period as staff officer with Headquarters, Burma Area Army, Burma, 1944: question of prospects for success of operation against Imphal, India, 4/1944; shortages faced by Japanese during operations to take Imphal, India. REEL 3 Continues: contrast in British tactics employed in earlier stages of war and at Imphal, India; importance of Allied air superiority in Burma. Aspects of period as staff officer with General Headquarters, Far Eastern Command in Japan and during surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay, 1944-1945: reaction to surrender and meeting General Arthur Percival again, 8/1945; prior recollection of meeting with General Arthur Percival in Singapore, 2/1942.