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I, Senior Lieutenant Korsakov, member of the staff of the Office of the Ministry for
"Internal Affairs of the U.S.S.R. for the Khabarovsk Territory, have interrogated as a witness
Matsumura Tomokatsu, born 1899 in the city of Tokyo, a Japanese, a Japanese subject,
higher education, before he was taken prisoner in 1945 was Assistant Chief of Staff of the
Kwantung Army, is married to Matsumura Hideko, comes from a family of a salaried
employee, formerly a Major General of the Japanese Army.

Witness Matsumura Tomokatsu was warned of the penalty for giving false testimony under
Art. 95 of the Criminal Code of the R.S.F.S.R.

Signed: Matsumura

Question: In what language do you wish to give your testimony as witness?

Answer: I will give my testimony in my native Japanese language.

Question: Your interrogation will be conducted through interpreter Mikhail Yakovlevich
Pakhomov. Do you have any objections?

Answer: No, I do not. I understand his speech very well.

Interpreter Pakhomov was warned of his liability to prosecution for deliberately false
interpretation under Art. 95 of the Criminal Code of the R.S.F.S.R.

Signed: Pakhomou

Question: Describe your service in the Japanese Army.

Answer: In 1928 I graduated from theMilitary Academy, after which I was a platoon
commander in the 34th Infantry Regiment for one year.

In 1929 I was assigned to the General Staff of the Japanese Army, where from 1929 to
December 1932 I worked in the Military Formations Section of the 1st Division, and from
1932 to 1936 I was abroad on a mission from the General Staff. Upon my return from abroad
I taught military history at the Military Academy during 1936.

From 1937 to October 1939 I worked in the Formations Division, and then, from October
1939 to October 1941, I worked in the Military History Division, first as a member of its
personnel and then as the Chief of this division.

From October 1941 to August 1943 I headed the 5th Russian Division of the 2nd
Intelligence Administration of the Japanese General Staff. In August 1943, by order of the
Minister for War, I was appointed to the post of Chief of the 1st Operations Division of the
Kwantung Army Headquarters, which post I held until March 1945. From March 1945 until
the day Japan surrendered in August 1945 I held the post of Second Deputy Chief of Staff of
the Kwantung Army.

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