[38] Ibid. [↑]

[39] Hist of Army Sec, Imperial GHQ, pp. 132–33, 135, 140, and errata sheet to above. [↑]

[40] Maj Gen Yoshiharu Tomochika, The True Facts of the Leyte Operation, p. 8, typescript of translation in OCMH. [↑]

[41] Ibid. [↑]

[42] Ibid., p. 9. [↑]

[43] Ibid., p. 8. [↑]

[44] Ibid. [↑]

[45] Statement of Lt Col Seiichi Yoshie, Circumstances Leading to the Relief of General Kuroda, 1 Oct 51, copy in OCMH. [↑]

[46] United States vs Tomoyuki Yamashita, Testimony of Yamashita, XXVIII, 3518–19, DRB AGO. [↑]

[47] Ibid., XXVIII, 3519–20. [↑]