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SUBJRCTI ORODDRA, Major General Hake*. -- Biographical Skstah of.

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inciamml, Japanese Wartime Intelligence Adtivities in Nerthern IdydpelSM. SO Septmiber 1946; DS 94226.

The following report is based cc the interrogation of subieetthigseso Prison. Tokyo, fram 6 illy to 20 July 1946, by a representative of$RI. The interrogation was conducted in the Genaan language.

1. Personal. Elston!

011COIRA was barn 19 September 1897 at Maosmna.JUshi, Twate-Reni aspen.Father, 11210111LO; Mother IMMIX°. Both parents deoea ped. The fatherwas • property owner and an agronanist. Married magma TUkike. ThereSr. three ohildren - two eons, 15 and 17 years of age and one daughter,aged 115. The elder boy has boon in Japan throughout the ear. attendingcadet school. The daughter and the youngest son wore with their patents'in Stockholm. Both CDODEIA ad his wife are of noble birt ,.. Re refers Idhimself es .alcoat • baron'. comm.* had two brothers; both are deceased.Mrs. 0110DRRAle brother. Lt. Colonel ICRIDOIX Kiniya, is at present workingin the legal section of the Demobilisation Ministry, Tokyo.

2. Education and Idlitary Career .

1912-16 Looal owlet aohool in Sendai (Gorman &settee).1915.17 Central Cadet gehool, Tokyo.1917.19 Military Academy (fmfantry Course), Tokyo.1919 Commiesioned Second 14cJioaant, attached to

the 29th tnrghtry Reenact!, Sendai.1920 draddrated fres unitary Aosdemy where he

had luarned Russian.1.925 Praeoted to lit Lieutenant, Infantry, still

with tho 29th wintry Regiment, Sendai.1926 Appointed inittuotor in preparatory Military

loademy.1.925 Matrioulated at ilMr College. Amass:1927 Married.1920 Promoted to Captain. Graduated hailer Colbege.

Served as company commander in 29th InfantryRegiment. Sendai; later saved to Aim Wakmostsu.

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Mom. nay.193O-1T Suporintendont and instructor in oho exrimontol

aection of tho Army Infantry School. Chiba. Rioinstructorship WaS and ho had no teachingresponsibility.

a. Superior Officers

Commandant' Lt. General YtilOCTO,Touruishi (succeeded by L. Conoral MU:ADAKeilohi). Senior Researoa DireotoraColonel satmoyo, Nunoya (zuceeoded byCol. MUM foehishiro, Col. MATSUMOTOKenji, and Col. TSUTATA, Osamu). GDODERACorked directly under the orders and super-vieion of Major Canaria TCUIEU/ Macao, theleadiec JapanflOO nalitary authority on thoEuropean and Amorloon military systemo. Heretelved lastrudtions from Colonel KOBATAREToshiehito, an !apart in Passion militarynatters. OVODERA refers to him as theJapanese Arry t e loading genius and a groatstrntegiot.

b. Duties

The stiviy of Furopean - e,cecially USSR andCameo -military organisrtiono and strategy.with tho object of pl.mning Itorovemonts forthe Jepavsso army- OWDEIA studied Russianand Gerran ailitary rocoreo and data Cron rkich anew Japanese Infantry Drill Penual vac latorcompiled. 10 1930 ho nodc an inhpoction tourand topographicel study of torth !Irmchuria.In March 1931 ho took part in tact maneuvorswith tho lot ond 3rd =OE Divisions in Japan.

o. Aesooifttos

Associateo concocted with thin stork were --Directors of the Reooarch section: Lt. Col.ASAMO Kiehl, Lt. Col. YANC Otooaburo, Lt. Col.EWA Seised.

Instructor: Captain noun). Toohio. Hewee ONODERA'e closest rriend. DO subsequentlyserved in tho USS% and as MIODi3tA . 0 predecessoras Military Attache in Steakho/m. At the endof the oar an ft ghjor General, he directed theSpecial Intelligence Se,tion of Laporte' CenoralHeadquarters.

Aug Nay Army General Staff Headquarters, Deparboont II, RL:sclon1931.33 Soctiuo of the Ehropoon-Anerioan Division.

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Cbief. Prince patnal Shin,Deputy Chief: Lt. General SANAZAKI JinsabewbChief of Deportnont II. Mnj. Gen. NAG/TA TotsuyamaChief of 3nropoan -American fgli,isioniCol. EATS'IMOTO Kenji (Labor Military Attache inthe U.S.A.)• aucceeded by Col. In:um /Utak&Chief of Russian Scotian, Lt. Co]. KASAMILASato*, succeeded by Lt. Col. RATARIKO Schur°.

b. Duties'

Ressaroh in U$SR tontics and strategy.

o. Assooiates

Ukjor SMITS= Tose°• later Eilitery Attacheto Romania; Hajar KAMM Ondo, lator MilitaryAttache to the USSR. and Captain mum Etsuo,later on staff of Imperial Uoadquarters andMilitary Attache to the USSR and Germany; rollknonn in tho Japansaa Army ma an authority onthe USSR.

At thie tino orovERA oleo racolved rac.k rtvitef-at waj, Gen. GRATA Toshio, Chief of Department !II.

or Uay193243 Instructor of military scierce at the Az=y Caner:11

Staff College.

a. Superior offioor

Superiatendent: Lt, Con. usnixpa SadtoSecretory; ifej. Con. MAI fayoshi

b. Duties

Assisted in rtaff drills and highor headquarters14430VCOre. TILIICht tactics to the eir3.: yearstudents for ton hours.

o. associates

Colonel SOZUTI Shigasu, Co). SAKAI Koji, MajorSVTO Eijiro, Lt. Col. HOSOICUA Tedayasu, Lt. CO).TAKEUCTU Yutaka. Capt. 1tA/L1DA Juoic.

d. Former pupils

Co]. CAPIXo Uacatako, Inter Anaistact Militatl,Attache in Italy and kills'] aboard c U-bect ro-turning to Japan. Co). mml Nisachi ace Co).UlOVCRI, both later recideAt military of'icialsin Germany. Co). SRLUATSILIA Touncyuki, InterResident Unitary Official in Roumania.

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Ilay Hay Resident in Dormh lianchuria. Lived in larbin ond1933.34 stUdied Russian for future (orrice in Europe.

0110DERA says that he carried on no politicalbotivity, not did he have erg/ personal contactwith the RU.00111AG acids from hia languageteacher.

Do reported to the °amender of the KnantungAn!), Field Uarshall UDTO Dobuyochi. Theofficer diroctly In charge o: reeidonta vasColonel ICUATSUBARA iliChitaro, Chief of theHarbin Special Administration Agency. illsprincipal soqueintance among the reddentsme lieutenant KATO Yoshihido, later 1HliteryAttache to V4,nland-A.937-39. During thinperiod OIJOD,RA made a aurvoy of the follcVingpoints on the COSR-Unaohurian border, RUnchun(on the Korean border); Suifonho,

Win, the vicinity of Khabarolek,Tnagchieng, Sunghua River, Heiho, TsitaLhar,and Uanchuoli.

Sept 1034 Promoted to tom..

Hay Dee Member of the General Staff Roadguneoern,1934-35 attached to Departmont rr, China Seoticn.

ORODERA, s duties vire concornod only viththe USSR.

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iChief: Prince WA1110.1IYA (KAM HIYADE(KA)Accietant Chief: Comore SUGIVK,Ainier o Dopt. ::: 71ajor '70rorel *;C:Al

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Moneta:a. zteccodod by tej. Gen. CYXRJPA YasujiChief of China Seotion: Colonel Tr?it MtnChief of European and American Soction:Col. ITTRMA Yutaka, sucoeeded by Col. KAMA,

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Montane.Chief of Hilitary Geography Section, ChinaSeotical Lt. Gez. USUDA Kanto (later Designedto political work in China and succeoded by

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Lt, Col. MORI Takaji.)Chief of Russian and Postern Asia, SeotiontCol. KAMA lit/atone, succeeded by Lt. Col.KAKAUATA Dude.

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b. Duties

Cmpilation Of a military topographical ctudyfor use in operations in the USSR-Harchuriaborder urea.

In September and October 1934. MODERA aadea trip through Vladivostok, Iluiltarovsk,Blagovechchonck, Chita, rovosibirsk, andUoscow, to report on the topography and rail-way syrC4ems of the Per Enatern area of the USSR.

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Major TAMAOKA, Miohitnko, orport on USSR;iotaf nilitary attaoh6, UO300V; Captain1CO7AN1 Etsuo; Captain sArro pne.

Deo Liar Military Attache in the Imporial.Japaneas1938-38 Legation, RIgn, Latvia. In April 1937, asouted

additional duties as Military Attaché aooroditedto 3ethonia mud Lithuania. ORODERA reachod Rigaabout 14 January 1936. He trmvollod by vaY orforce, Manshuria and the USSR. IT, stopped overin Monaco to contact the Japenaso MilitaryAtta9h6 Colonel HATA Mikooeburo and the AssistantMilitary Attaohes O7AIfl Etvuo and HORIBA Karimof the Hassey.

His predeceSsor at Riga was Lt. Colonel MITIT gutcseu, oho was killed in aotion as Chiof ofStaff of th0 Kamatsubara Divis ,.on at Nomenhnn.

NOV. a. Ccotacts with Porconnel of Japanoso 1937 /fission, in Hurope

Latvia

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Poland

Lt. General SAT/ADA Shigeru, Military Attache.Ware= mu, at the tine, to head office forJaparose intelligence aviast the USSR inEurope. Lithuania also cone under the ?tarsal',Military Attache. ° authori'zy.

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Assistant thlitary Attache':

Lt. Colonel TCMCOMIRA MactilaruLt. Colonel ISHII Masao%Lt. Colonel USUI ShigekiCaptain TOKOTAMA AkiraCaptain TAFAGATA Arimitsu(Bath of the latter warp aidesde -temp to thelasperor).

Finland

Military Attache: Lt. Colonel MAL% and hissuccessor Major KATO Yoshi:lido.

France

Military Attache' Major General KOLIODANaiad and his succoosor GeneralDOBASHI Taketoshi.

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Military Attaohe: Lt. Colonel TATSCIII iiichi.

Italy

Military Attache, Colonol Sets°.

USSR

Military Attache, Lt. Colonel HATARiAosaboro and hie tuccecoor Lt. ColonelLAMM Ondo.Assistant Military Attache, Captain!OTANI Steno.MOTE, Nis aloe'.: t friends emang the al,ovoeerie Lt. amora l Arrstx, Lt. General SAWADA,Lt. Colonel !ARCATA, and Captein !OTANI.

b. Contdets cmookroreica Unitory Attaches

lletonien, Lt, Colonel SAARSE7, later hoodof Department II, Eatonian Ccsoral star.

paten, closr Fella BRZIESMOSAT. laterMilitary Attaohe in Snedon.URA, Ilajor CURVIER.

Finnish, Uajer nyaLrus.

Lithuanian: Colonol YAECTIS, and hie succcs:orColenel W1SKAU3KAS.

Csochoslovnklan: Colonel FAISAI.

German, Colonel ROSS/NC.

French. Major CARNIVAL, Major ASEARAM, Lt.Colonel 110PENEAU.

USSR, Colonol mum.

Seedish, Lt. Colonel BRUESOE, najor LANDQUIST,Captain Von Ung.

British, Lt. Colonel PALE.

o. Personal Contacts

Latvia General ROSENSTEIN, ksaietent Chiefof Staff, Commandant of the Army GenovaStaff College. Kil1o4 by the USSR Amy in1939. Colonel XIKYNS, Chief of Doportnen ;., II.Latvian General 'Staff. A. Colonel FEfERSON,Chief of the USSR Section, DeparWent No. II,Latvian Gonerol Staff. Colonel ZERMINS•

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cuccosoor to It. Colonel PTAIRSOM. DIRZIFS,Minister of the Interior and COmnandor-in-Chief of the "Tolunteer Corp**.

SctOnia General RAIIRIA, Cansander in Chief.4137Fir REIRII, Chief of esarr.Colanal muno, Chief of Departnont II. into?Assistant Chief of Staff.Major RRISTIAD. Chief of the USSR Sootion,DepartmOnt II.Colonel JACOBSER: later Aesistant MilitaryAttache in Dsrlin.

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4. Duties

Study Of the USSR. ODODERA received abundantinformation :roe the Latvian and totonianGeneral Staff Intellimnce Services. Ro con -sidors this to have boon a most suocoosfuIassignmonb. There is no doubt that it yeaduring thoso years that ho made basic contactwith sane of hie moat imoortant nor -tiro tourc,e.

no made amonthly trip to Toni= mnd travolledin Rurope as follows g Several tiros to Berlin;once te Paris; ono* to PragUe; once to Budnpeat;several timos to Warsaw; Wilbo; once to Danzig.The gUrpose of these trips vac to study politicalconditions. OrODRRA contented White RUcslanautonemiete iunilno. Dansig, Prague. Ho was intouch mitt'. LARCHARKO. lost premier of the RopuSlicof nits Russia in Prague, end with Anntomm,secret society ohiof in Dantig. Re denies havin:participated in the plot with °hick thoso two wanwere connected.

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OSODBRA one succeeded by Major TAXATSUKI Tamotsuwho UK* subsequently transferred to tho forth ChinaExpeditionnry Forcos and killed by torroricts in 1040.

Itinerary of return to Japan: Berlin, Paris, London,Berms. Switzerland; Rome, Vaples, Suet Canal, IndianOcean, Kong Kong, Shanghai, Tokohmaa.

Jun Oct limber of the General Star:, Department II, Russian See -1968 tion, and Instructor in Military Science at the Army

General Staff College, Tokyo. The instructorship nosnooinal as he only gave three or four lectures on theUSSR (internal situatien, geogrrphy, and natural recourcee).

a. Superior Officers

Chief of Genoral Staff: His Imperial RighnocsPrince ROTCRITO.Aswistlint Chief of Staff; It. General TAD/.j Shun.

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Lt. Colonel YADATO Satochi. Uijor EtTANIEtsuo, Lt. Colonel SAITO Soto, Lt. ColonelUSUI Shigoki.

Oct June Attached to the Oporations Section of the Cx -193S -39 psdittonary Porce in Chinn. Political HisoiOn.

e. Superior Officers

Connandent: General HATA Shunroku, succeededby General YAHADA Otos°.Chief of General Staffs Lt. Genera). HAMSShoichi suoceeded by Lt. Genera YOSHIHOTOTeifehi.Assistant Chief of Genorel Staff: ilajorCeneral SUfUfl Shusaku.Chief of Departmont III Colonel TALULLSIIIYasushi, cuocsoded by Golonel /MAGI 'lake°.

b. Associates

xnutanA KunItobe, Chief of Section I.Though cosigned to Itilitarl Oporations, howas very helpful in political work. Lt. Col.TIAKAYAHA Yeauhito.

c. Duties

Intelligence concerning China's Ccammclist and .Rationalist movements, wit/. particular emphasison the C. C. group.

Organization' and Agents

(1) YOSHIDA Tosults alias ICASIIIIA Soiohiro, bueineooman.

(a) MAO, Assistant to YCGUIDA(b) CUD MG(o) icurc HAO

Shanghai representative of Cher Li Fu and Chan Tuo Fu,Isadore of tho CC Croup.

(2) xr-uRA Shire. Agriculturist; member of tho UaturolScience Resoerch Comeittee.

(a) LIN SRAO VE1G5 Porno= lawyer to 7ASED.A.(b) cr y. TSUM TE!, rum GSM°, ! MI Chinose

peoplos . Party (later movanemt in Shancha!).(0) TEH TAI MENG, HSU, connected rith the

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(3)(a) KATO Noboru, Japanese resident in China.(b) cur° itun(o) CIAO CUED PIDG, Chinon* otato socialist.(d) CIIEX CilIRG 19.I, appointed mitistors in

Wanc Ching Wei , ' regime. (b), (c), and(d) yere later assasninated by ;Tang'sterrorists.

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TAXAHLS11/ Klause, who gave information on the=MUM and =AR prose.(See "Historical Note on the Sino-JapanoseWar" -- SSG, 25 September 1946, DR #1226)

Jul Rev Instructor, Army General Staff College.1939-40

a. Superior Officers

Direotor, Lt. General 1111JRA linoru,speceodedby General FUJIC Keis-uko SSecretary: Lt. General BA TTU! Komtrjoahi succeededby Lt. Geoeral Issaku,

Set. 1939 PrOmoted to Colonel.

Nov. 4940 Appointed Military Attn.:the, le9crial Japanese leo-tion, Stockholm, Sneden. CRODH1A orrivod in Stockholm29 January 1941 vie ?swage, Pladivottok, Knobarousk,Chita, Uovocibirsk, Moscow. Lelincrad and Nalciald.Re stopped over in Ihmscon for sonvercatioma pithAmbassador TATSKABA, the Militlry Attache Col.UMACNA and the Ravel Attache ,lapt. nuanniu. Reelse stepped over in Helsinki see the MilitaryAttachè to FinLind, Col. =Cell.

Rid prodeoessor a. Military At%ache. Stookholm, wasCol. 11I51117JURA Toehio, an expeet on Russian andFinnish queetions, who had been his colleague in in-fantry sobeel and who later beeeme head of the SpecialIntelligence Seotion, Imperial General licadeuartere.

ONODERA was accredited only to the Swedish Governmentbut was noneidered responsible also for Ramey andDenmark.

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