“ユネスコ記憶遺産に登録申請した「通州事件」から“
その２、東京裁判：通州事件に関する日本軍人の証言（３人）
① 天津歩兵隊長・支那駐屯歩兵第二連隊長 萱島 高 陸軍中将
「通州事件」の資料として重要なものの一つに、東京裁判で通州救援にかけつけた部隊の責任者三人の宣誓供述書があります。公式文書はカタカナ、旧カナですが、ひらがな、新かなに直してあります。なお、英文は、やはり東京裁判の公式資料となっているものを使っております。
今回は、天津歩兵隊長および支那駐屯歩兵第二連隊長で、７月２７日南苑戦闘に参加したのち、３０日午後通州に急行して法人救援に当たった萱島高証人の宣誓供述書（弁護士が読み上げ）です。
日本語原文：http://hassin.org/01/wp-content/uploads/Kayajima.pdf
英訳文：URL: http://www.sdh-fact.com/essay-article/786/
PDF: http://www.sdh-fact.com/CL/Kayajima-Affidavit.pdf
海外には、下記の通り英文で発信しました。
平成２８年８月２６日「史実を世界に発信する会」会長代行 茂木弘道拝
http://hassin.org
“Tongzhou Massacre” Series 2
Tokyo Trial’s Official Record
① Affidavit prepared by Lieutenant-General KAYAJIMA Takashi
This is the second of a series of articles pertaining to the Tongzhou Massacre, which has been submitted for inclusion in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register; affidavits were obtained from official records of the “Tokyo Trials,” the International Military Tribunals for the Far East.
Affidavit number one was prepared by Lieutenant-General Kayajima, who was Commander of the Tientsin Infantry Unit and Commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment, which was stationed in China.
On July 28, 1937, he engaged hostile forces in Nanyan, south of Peking, as regimental commander. He was ordered, at 3:00 a.m. on the 30th, to rescue Japanese residents in Tongzhou, where a disturbance had broken out. He hurried to Tongzhou at 3:30 a.m., at the head of the main regiment. His affidavit detailed what he saw at Tongzhou. (Translation into English was done by Defense Language Branch of the Court).
English translation: URL: http://www.sdh-fact.com/essay-article/786/
PDF: http://www.sdh-fact.com/CL/Kayajima-Affidavit.pdf
Questions are welcome.
MOTEKI Hiromichi, Acting Chairman
for KASE Hideaki, Chairman
Society for the Dissemination of Historical Fact