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Appointed Commander of the Overall Army Command to succeed Field MarshalSUGIYAMA Gen who committed suicide 9/12/45. (Tokyo in Japanese 9/18/45)

Born: Aug. 1883, Okayama-ken; 2nd s. of DOIHARA Yoshinaga; m. Kayo, d. ofOKADA Kingo

Career: Grad. of Military Academy 19041904 Sub.-Lt.1912 Grad. of Military Staff College

On staff of General Staff OfficeCommander of 30th or 33rd Infantry !IA, =lents (Sources disagree on this

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June 1928 Engineered assassination of Marshal CHANG Tao Lin, Manchurian WarLord. (Tokyo Record, Tolischus)

1931 Rank of Colonel; Resident Officer at Mukden

Sept. 15, 1931 In Tokyo to attend conference with War Minister General HINAMI Jiro(aaw retired), Vice-Minister of War SUGIYAMA (the late Field 1.7.5rshalSUGIYAMA Gen) and the Chief of Staff and Vice-Chief of Staff;DOIHARA reported as saying that "There was no telling what mighthappen in Manchuria” (Asahi 9/01) (War and Diplomacy, Takeuchi)

Note: DOIHARA was a member of the "Saga group" led by Generals MUT°.ARAM and MAZAKI, which was to gain the upper hand by Dec. 13, 1931when ARAKI became Minister of War in IHUKAI Cabinet.The "Saga group" which later was known as the KODO HA (ImperialWay Faction) had as "the youngest representatives of the movement,who enjoy great authority among the young officers, ColonelISIHARA (See Series 5 - PERS TID Report No. 165, July 17, 1945.-Lt. General (retired) ISHIMA (or ISHIHARA ) Kanji (or Kwanji),Colonel DOIHARA, Colonel ITAGAKI (See GID Report No. 666 - PERS200, Sept. 18, 1945), Colonel MAMMA (See TID Series 5 - PERS.Report No. 113, April 19, 1945 - General OKAMORA Yasutsugu (orYasuji)"

Feb. 1932 Known as a Colonel in Japanese Intelligence Service in ManchuriaCommander of the 9th Infantry Brigade

1935 Rank of Major-General; Chief of Military Special Service Facilities inMUkden and Dairen (Japanese Intelligence Service)

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June 23, 1935 CHIN- DOIHARA Agreement

Note; As a result of the "Changpei Incident" which involved an overnightdetention for questioning of a group of Japanese officers, someof whom were members of the Special Service Mission resident atDolonor, the party set out on a trip through Chahar Province indirection of Kalgan without passports and were stopped forquestioning by local Chinese officials at Changpei June 5, 1935.Kwantung Army presented demands backed up with troop movements onChahar border. Nanking government, June 23, 1935, empoweredGeneral CHI! Te ..chun.to arrange settlement with Major-GeneralDOIUARA. Terms called an apology, dismissal of responsibleChinese officers, pledge that such incidents would not recur, anda guarantee of free and safe travel for all Japanese in Chahar; inaddition terms called for dissolution of Kuomintang organs inChahar, cessation of Chinese immigration into the province:,removal of 132nd Division from Changpei and demilitarization of abroad area of eastern Chahar, "all territory east of a linedrawn from Changping in Hopei to the Wall in east Chahar viaYenching and Talinpao, and south of another line drawn from apoint north of Tushihkan to a point south of Changpei." Forces ofthe 29th Route Army were to be withdrawn from the area, withinwhich order was to be maintained by a police force. (Japan inChina, T. A. Bisson)

Nov. 6, 1935 Major-General MTH:ARA, Chief of the Kwantung Army's Special ServiceSection, arrived in Tientsin. In his conferences dealt mainly with theleaders of the 29th Army and had several meetings with General SUNGChe-yurn...Everything seemed prepared for the coup de main that was todeliver the five northern provinces into the hands of Japan... addedpressure.. .Nov. 15, the Kwnntung Army dispatched four divisions fromChinchow, Manchuria, to Shanhakuan, and that night the headquarters ofNorth China garrison demanded accomodations for 15,000 troops from theTientsin authorities. Nov. 18, DOIHARA delivered a verbal ultimatum tochief negotiator on the Chinese side. DOMRA's ultimatum: if a

North China Autonomous Council was not announced on or before Nov. 20,DOIHARA stated that five divisions would be moved into Hopei andfour into Shantung. DOIHARA expected a favorable answer. The eveningof Nov. 19, 1935 CHIANG Kai-Shek wired North China officials to dropnegotiations with DOIHARA, since the whole problem of Sino-Japaneserelations was being taken up La Nanking. Nov. 20, DOIHARA quietly leftPeiping for Tientsin.China had agreed to have conversations concerningthe "Three Principles" of which HIROTA Koki, Foreioi Minister hadproposed in his final interview with the Chinese Ambassador in TokyoOct. 28.

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(1) Positive aid by Nanking government to a scheme designed to placeSino-Japanese relations on a firm friendly basis.

(2) A formula for cooperation between China, Japan and Manchukuo indevelopment of North Ohina

(3) A program for a common front between China, Japan and Manchukuo toprevent the spread of Communism.

Nov. 20, Colonel TANaHASHI, military attache informed a United Presscorrespondent that "DOM:11A was in North China in a private capacityonly,-and not on any official mission". Nov. 21 TAKAlla&HI declared"Major-General DOINLRA has no authority to negotiate with Chinese

His larter scheme brought to halt, DOIHARA was as yet by no meansdefeated.Nov. 24, 1935 YIN Ju-keng, who had been raised to post of control ofEast Hopei demilitarized zone (since Nay 31, 1933) by the Japanese,issued a proclamation of autonomy for the East Hopei Area. In thedemilitarized zone, at least, DOIHaRA was able to move toward a:terealization of his plans.Nov. 27, 1935 DOIHalla visited General HO Fu-chu of Shantung and CGeneral FU Tso-yi, chairman of Suiyuan. Japanese forces effected atemporary occupation of the Fengtai railway junction Nov. 27, ostensiblyto prevent removal of rolling stock to the south. .Extensive 1apanesetroop movements in the Peiping-Tientsin area and the threat that afull division would be sent in from Manchuria, contributed to the generauneasiness.Nov. 30, General SUNG telegraphed Nanking that he could no longercontrol the growing "demand of the people" for autonomy.Dec. 25, 1935, the "East Hop:i Autonomous Council" gave way to the"East Hopei anti-Communist autonomous Government". Some monthslater the East Hopei area became the source of entrance for a vastillicit trade in Japanese goods that seriously affected the revenuesof the Central Government of Chinn. (Japan in China, T.a. Bisson)

1936 Promoted to Lt.-General; attached to "Remaining 1st Division"

1937 - Nov. 1939 Commander of 14th Division in North China

1938 "After fall of Hankow in Oct. 1933, the Japanese decided to make 311 Pei-fu the chief executive of Chinn's occupied territory. RD becameangry and spurned all Japanese emissaries. Japanese then sent theirarch conspirator DOIHLRL who finally forced his way into :Vs presence.'When as you Japanese have repeatedly done, you have violated ourterritorial and administrative integrity, it is obviously useless forme to talk to you about moral law. But you have no qualificationseven to warrant my speaking to you about the way of force. I amcompelled to speak to you about the ways of robbers and highwaa-aen.But even they are guided by principles which I do not discover in you.;That is the good of my talking to you at all? , Having thus deliveredhimself, the old general waved his sleeves and went into his innerchambers." (Biography of CHIANG Kai-Shek, CHANG, 1944)

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Nov. 1939 Apptd. member of Supreme War Council

Oct. 1940-June 9, 1941 Director of kilitary Academy and concurrently SupremeWar Councillor

April 1941 Promoted to full General

June 9, 1941-May 1943 Inspector-General of Army Aviation; post ranks aftor"Big Three" of Army; succeeded General YAMASHITA Hobun (or Tomoyuki);succeeded by Lt. General YASUDA Takeo

July 1941 DOIHARA warned that in case of war some hostile planes were bound tobreak through the defense line and that Japan must prepare for this.(Tokyo Record, Tolischus)

May 1943-Mar. 25, 1944 Commander-in-Chief of Eastern Army Command; concurrentlySupreme Tar Councillor; succeoded by General FUJIE Keisuke

Mar. 25. 1944-April 7, 1945 Assigned to undisclosed post

April 7, 1945-Sept. 12, 1945 Inspector-General of Military Education (one of the"Big Three" of the Army); succeeded Fi'eld Marshal HATA Shunroku

May 7, 1945 Apptd. to serve concurrently as member of Supreme War Council

Sept. 12, 1945 Apptd. Commander of Overall Army Command

Note: April 7, 1945, The home Ground Defense Commands were establishedwith Field Marshals SUGIY:.NA Gen and HAT,. Shunroku as commanders.No mention has been made recently as to Field Marshal HLTAts.position.

DOIBARA, referred to as a Japanese talent scout and as the "Lawrence ofUnnchUria7 by writers from the western world, is according to theJapan Advertiser 12/31/40 "a well known authority on things Chinese".Persistently the young colonel, loyal to ARAKI, has risen throughthe military hiearchy.

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