DAILY JOURNAL 5 NOV - 10 NOV 1945

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00706R000100060003-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 9, 2013
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: November 11, 1945
• Content Type: REPORT

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NYK BUILDING
TOKYO
Daily Journal 5 Nov - 10 Nov 1945
5 Nov.
11 November 1945
1. Submitted Check Sheet for acouisition of complete file of Contemporary Japan
published by Foreign Affairs Association of Japan.
2. Called on Col. Burns and learned that dispatch had not yet been sent.
Billeting plan had not yet been submitted by ATIS and was in process of
preparation.
3. Major Stremlau called on Col. Mashbir and was informed that billets for
officers presented a problem since:
a. $0 officers from ATIS were already in their quarters on 4th floor
b. 105 newly.. commissioned officers were due from the States
c. 136 officers were due from ATIS Main
d. 15 Australian linguist officers requisitioned by ATIS
4. Lt. Graf visited the Bureau of Prisoners of War, Army Department,
Imperial GHQ, located about ten miles from Tokyo in a private school. British
and Australian officers were making use of the files but American agencies had
not yet been apprised of their existence. In charge of the files is a Major
TAKADA, Army Department, Imperial GHQ. Lt. Graf examined about twenty-five
files of reports from Japanese Prisoner of War Camps. The docutients are of
great value to Recovered Personnel Section and War Crimes Commission.
6 Nov.
1. Lt. Graf called on Col. Wood to report the delay in sending the
dispatch. He procured permission to investigate document target sites in
gth Army occupied territory. He received necessary forms to gain access
to document target sites. Also reported on the PW files examined on the
previous day. Lt. Graf renorted on the files to Col. Munson, then went
to AGO, Becovere4, Personnel Section and reported to Lt. Churchill. Lt. Graf
drew up recommendations: a. That security be posted
b. That a team of linguists from ATIS be requisitioned
to draw up a complete inventory of documents at that site
c. That upon completion of local exploitation
the entire file be evacuated to WDC, Washington.
Above recommendations were submitted to Col. Wood for action.
2. Lt. Graf went to gth Army Language Detachment and met Lt. Huiezenga
and Captain Gurin. Inventories of documents in situ are being prepared as soon
as language personnel become available for this work. Several important
target sites were to be investigated'at KOKUBUNJI, 1st Army Experimental
Stations. WDC procedure was outlined to Lt. Huienzenga and Captain Gurin.
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7 Nov.
1. Lt. Commander Reiersted went to Yokosuka with ATIS language personnel
to complete the screening of documents there. It was arranged with ATIS that
the documents be evacuated to WDC, Washington directly since naval transport
was available at the base. Inventories, however, will be filed with WDC (Adv)
for the information files.
2. Captain A. A. Jolliffe, CWS, of 5250 Tech. Intelligence Team called with
Major Moore (ATIS) regarding documents being inventoried at Narashino Army School.
Upon completion of inventory, Lt. Graf is to go with an ATIS officer and select
documents for evacuation to WDC (Adv). Capt. Jolliffe has specially trained
linguists with him and prefers to use them..
3. Examined 12 packets of documents from KOBE and one from OKINAWA. Documents
were screened by Lt. Graf. For lack of personnel, Inventory Lists were prepared
which will accompany the documents to WDC, Washington. For the present Form #1
cannot be used until an adequate staff is assembled.
4. Lt. Graf called on Lt. bol. R. V. Smith and consulted with him on Target
410 File he was preparing. It was agreed that identical forms will be used by the
Information Section, WDC (Adv).
5. Went to 1st Cay. Div. Hq at ASAKA and met Lieut. Wm. Miller, C.O. of the
Language Detachment there. Arranged for screening teams from ATIS and WDC to
work at KOKUBUYJI Experimental Stations to select and evacuate documents to Tokyo.
WDC procedure and War Department interests were explained to Lt. Miller and his
two Nisei assistants.
6. Twelve ATIS linguists were 'assigned to 1st Cay. Div., 6 to 1st Brigade
and 6 to 2nd to prepare inventories of documents in situ and to ferret out document
sites.
Nov.
4111. Received copy of order from Chief, NavTechJap assigned 10 Navy officers
to WDC (ADV) on temporary duty.
a. The naval linguists (Lts. jg) are: Cannon
DaSilva
Dean
Enking
Fine
Field
Gary
Hodes
Mahoney
Martin
2. Lt. Enking will be in charge of navy EM and will be assigned to WDC office
to take charge of administrative details for navy.
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Major Stremlau and Lt. Graf went to 1st Cavalry Div. Eq. at ASAKA, informed
Lt. Miller that language personnel were to be sent out the following week to
reinforce his linguists. Party went on to KOKUPUNJI, site of Experimental
Stations of 1st Army. Site consists of a number of warehouses and experimental
installations and it was ascertained that a great number of documents of
considerable value were there. We examined the ordnance installPtions in
detail.
WDC office procured from Lt. Huienziga (Sth Army Language Detachment C.C.)
a cursory index of blue prints of ordnance eouipment prepared by Japanese Army
personnel. This will prove of some hello in smotting items of value.
Col. Wood will furnish a specialist in ordnance to ast.ist in the selection of
documents.'
It is estimated that the job will take about six days with 2 linguists
from ATIS, a WDC language officer, the two linguists already assigned there,
and occasional reinforcement by Lt. Graf.
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3. Lt. Wm. Dozier, C. 0. Language Detachment, 97th Division at Kumagaya
called to have procedure explained. He will as far as his limited personnel
...allow prepare inventories of documents in situ.
10 Nov
1. 5 navy EM reported in from Guam. Temporarily they will be billeted in
the Finance Building until quarters are ready in the NIX.
2. Lt. Vandersall (NavTechJap) from Progress and Document Section called
on WDC office to learn disposition of processed documents. Heretofore originals
with extract or whole translations were returned to agency requesting translation.
It was recommended: a. Documents come to ATIS, NIX with translation or
whatever processing A9tument had undergone attached.
b. In tflose cases wherein agency wants original documents
a microfilm copy will be sent to ATIS, NYK.
3. Arrangements have been made by Lt. Commdr. Reierstad with Stuart Lillico
? of AMS to use their microfilming equipment.
4. Prepared Check Sheet listing newspapers and periodicals for WDC Library.
5. Received through Foreign Liaison Section all available copies of ?
Contemporary Japan from 1931 to present. Extracts of book titles and journal titles
are being made for submission to Foreign Liaison Section. Another attempt will be
made to procure copies missing from the file.
6. Plan drawn up to send 2 ATIS language men, 1 officer and 1 EM, a Navy
officer, Lt. Dean from WDC, and Lt. Graf to Kokubunji to reinforce two Nise4;
linguists there. .Documents will be screened and selected for direct evacuation
to WDC, Washington. Col. Mashbir recommended that proCedure, presumably because
of lack of personnel and transportation. TI party will leave 0g30 12 Nov.
7. Major Stremlau learned from Col. Burns, G-2 Administration, that the
*dispatch had been sent.
8. 11 Navy EM arrived from Yokosuka and are being billeted temporarily in
the Finance Building.
9. Arrangements have been made with ATIS billeting officer to allocate specific
quarters for WDC (Adv) personnel.
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