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To: O C KIKAN
From : Chief of Staff Southern Army
Southern Army Staff-II
SIGNAL 66, 20th Aug. '45
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Announcement by
DOMEI NEWS AGENCY on
23rd August, 1945
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Statement issued by Information Service of
India-Tokyo. Published on August 24, 1945 in ASAHI SIMBUM
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"TOP SECRET"
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1. "T" while on his way to the
Capital (TOKYO), as a
result of an accident to this Aircraft at TAIHOKU at
14.00 hrs. on the 18th was seriously injured and
died at MIDNIGHT on the same day.
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1. Mr. Bose…left Singapore
on August 16 by Air for Tokyo for talks with the Japanese Government.
He was seriously injured when his plane crashed at TAIHOKU air
field.
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1. Mr. Chandra Bose…met
an air accident in the outskirt of Taipeh airport at 14.00 hrs
on
August 18 and sustained severe injuries.
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2. His body has been flown to Tokyo by
the Formosan Army.
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2. He was given treatment in hospital in
JAPAN where he died at midnight.
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2. He was treated at the hospital on the
spot but passed away at midnight on August 18.
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3. NO MENTION
SEATIC SECTION Intelligence Assault Unit
7th Ind Div ALF SIAM
24th September, 1945
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3. Lt. General TSUNAMASA SHIDEI was instantaneously
killed, and Col. Habibur Rahman…and four other Japanese
Officers were injured in the crash. |
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3. Col. Habibur Rahman, Mr. Bose's aide
who had been accompanying him, sustained a severe injury and
Lt. Gen. Shidei died instantly. Four Officers suffered serious
or otherwise minor injuries. |
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Contradictory statements of Dr. T. Youshini