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ARISUE SeizoName

errnanentAd—d7Q-333, Chashiuchi, Bibai-machi,Soramhi -gun, Hokkaido

Present Position PhotoFormer Lt. Gen., Intelligence type, positionunknownAssigned as Research Officer with Foreign Ministry

Physical Description

DOB & POB22 May 1895

Family

ucation

Subject is a graduate of both the Military Academy and the War College

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Previous Career

1917 - Subject graduated from the Military Academy, and was com-missioned a 2nd Lt.

1921 - Promoted to 1st Lt.

1923 - Subject graduated from the War College.

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Personality (Habits, use of Money, Hobbies, Literature, Vices, etc.)

Subject reportedly is well off financially, but there seems to be some doubt asto the source of his income. Subject is a man of almost incredible vitality,combining a boyish boisterousness with an extremely shrewd and able mind. He hasbeen characterized as an opportunist and as being a very clever turncoat, whoturned out as part of the welcoming committee for Gen. MacArthur, despite hisbitter anti-Allied attitude prior to and during the War.

lovea for ReleaseNAZI WAR CRIMES DISCLOSURE ACTL.by the Central Intelliger AgencyEXEMPTIONS Section 3 b uaut:

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• 1925 - Sub ect performed minor duties at GHQ.

1928 - Sub ect was sent to Italy for military study in the ItalianWar College.

1929 He ttended courses at the War College in Turin, Italy, from192 to 1931. During this peridd he was, from time to time,.att ched to various Italian Infantry Regiments.

1931 - Pro..ted to Major. He served as Commander of a Battalion.

1932 Priv te Secretary of Army Minister.

1935 - Assi ed to duties in the War Ministry, as a member Of theMili ry Affairs Section.

1936 . - Subj ct was assigned as Military Attache to Rome, as a Lt. Col.,.4***•-■

and served in this position until March 1939. WhileSubj ct was serving in Rome as Military Attache, KAWABE Torashiroheld the equivalent position in Berlin. The two developed a.clos association.

1938 - Prou•ted to rank of Col.

1939 - From 939 to 1940, Subject was a member of the Military AffairsBure of the War Ministry. He was active in bringing Japan intothe T ipartite Pact with Germany and Italy. . During thispen.. he served as Chief of Staff Section, Army Ministry forsix - . nths, and as a member of the North China Army Staff for sixMont

1941 - From 941 to 1942, as a Major General, Subject served as . a staffoffic r, and then as Deputy Chief of Staff of the North ChinaArmy rea Command.

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1942 - In uly Subject was assigned to G.H.Q., and in August he wase Chief of G-2, the Intelligence Section of the Japaneserial General Staff, and served in this capacity until

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1943 In Subject was Chairman of the funeral services for Lt.Gen. MORIIYA, the Military Attache to the Japanese EMbassyin land. Later in 1943, he was a Vice-President of theHove of Peers.

1944 - Subj ct was a representative at the Tripartite TechnicalCo ssion meeting at the official residence of PremierTOJO in April 1944.

1945 In eh, as a Lt. Gen., GHQ, he served as a representativewith the Atsugi and Yokohama Commissions. In Nay he was

of the funeral services ffbr Prince KANIN.Afte the war, from August to September, Subject headed ajoin committee of Army, Navy, Foreign and Home Ministeriespers nnel for liaison with the occupation forces, He set upan o fice in the Nippon Club, Yuraku-cho, Tokyo, to handleliai on between the American forces and the First Demobili-tati Bureau. It was also reported that since theoccu tion, Subject had been the senior military member ofthe panese Imperial Army and Navy Liaison Committee.From 945 to 1947, he worked in Mkarthur i s War HistoryEdit Office in the NYK Bldg., and worked in theHisto ical Material Section of the Demobilization Bureau.Dunn: this time HAYASHI Saburo was also employed in thesame ection, and worked with Subject.

1946 - On 16 April 1946, Mr. OHTA-of the Liaison Office, Ministry ofFinan 84 contacted the 441st Intelligence Detachment con-cerni g information on Subject.. He stated that he had heardrumor that , Subject had headed the ARISUE KIKAN, an ArmySecre Service organization during the war, and that thisorgan zation had a fund of 4100,000,000 which was hauled awayto a ecret hiding place just prior to the Occupation. Amembe of the Japanese Central Liaison Office reported thatthere had been many inquiries to and within his own organi-zatio as to why Subject "who was deeply involved in Japan's

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pro ess toward war" had not been arrested as a war criminal.He s ated that his habitual reply was that he had no doubtthat Subject would be asked to join his friends at Sugamo assoon as his useflaness to GHQ in connection with demobill-sati n had ceased. Subject reportedly was well . aware of thediff culties of his position and determined to make the bestout •f a very bad job. He considered that he was in a poilitionof k importance to SOAP, and he never lost an opportunityto ' lint out how useful he was in ironing. out difficulties ofproc dure, misunderstanding, and frictions which of necessitymost arise between the occupation authorities and the repre-sent tives of a conquered nation. He intended to strengthenhis ..sition and exploit it to the full. Subject is a soldierof at experience in both the military and political spheresand • eeply versed in Far Eastern affairs. At this time he hadcoil ' cted around him a group of men, all of Whom were veryexpe Jawed, active, and clear-minded. Subject belonged to thesame •.oup of high-ranking officers as General ITAGAKI, GeneralKAGES p General TANAKA, and General TOJO, in other words, tothe : , oup of military leaders who had forced their conceptionof J,.anese power, conquest and rule on the Far Best. Subjectnever mentione&the ideas and ideals of these men, but it wasclear from the way he spoke of them that he considered themthe fu lest minds of the Japanese Army. Subject also betrayedgreat anxiety over TOJO, and implies that TOJO I s case had beenprej uged.

1947 Subje t closed his office because the liaison work had goneinto ther channels. After the war he had assisted KAWABEToras iro financially after the war, and the two had strengthenedtheir friendship. _ Therefore KAWABE persuaded TATSUNI1 Eiichi,YOSHI AKA Water°, and American officers who opposed Subject toincl le him inAhe KAWABE Organization, and Subject joined this.Organ zation.

1948 Accor ing to another report, about the end of 1948, GeneralWILLO GHBY requested the formation of an intelligence organi-zatio which became known as the KAWABE Organization. It wascompo ed of the following: SHIMOMURA Sadamu, Advisor; KAWABE .

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To ashiro, Frontman; and three geographical heads, TATSUE2Si chi - Honshu, IOSHINAKA Natant - Kyushu, and Subjeot -Ho aido.

1951 - In eptember 1951, Subjectswaelisted as one Of the 22xid..subscribers. The Soviet Press was one of the daily news-

pap re published by the Soviet Press News Agency (SobietoPur su Tsushin She Kabushiki Keisha).

1952 - 1n oh &met (Vanguard),.a JCP magazine reported Subjectto one of the men directing the activitied of the KATOInt lligence Agency, a 0-2 group..KAWAHE Torashiro and

Hyukichl also worked with Subject in directing thisgro A report of April listed Subject in. a group ofJ ese military personnel connected with American organi-zati ns in Tokyo. He was working under 0-2, the KAWABE Organi-zati n (Kikan). He was also listed among the Japanese.mill ary personnel affiliated with party organizations, in agro • with TANAKA Shinichi, This group was believed to beconn cted with ASHIDA Hitoshi, who was affiliated with the-Pro essive Party.. Subject attended the inauguralmeet of the Sakurada Kai held on 8 May 1952, This was an

• org zation Of general officers from the Japanese MilitaryAced my graduating classes between the years 1913 and 1921.It w s stated that the purpose of the organization was to pro-mote friendly relations among the members."

'1959 - Assi d as Research Officer with the Foreign Ministry.Appli for visa to the U.S. to visit the Japanese EMbassy inWash ton for the purpose of studring econoelo and socialcondi 048 in the U.S. Plans to remain in the U.S. about 17days. Scheduled to leave Japan' 10 Sept 1959.