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The Transcripts of Proceedings

Apart from the IMTFE Judgment and Annexes, the Tokyo Trial Transcripts of Proceedings is perhaps the most widely held section of the IMTFE documents. It is also the largest single contributor to the size of IMTFE documents. Nearly 50,000 pages of verbatim records of the Tokyo Trial are included in the Transcripts. Very generally, this can be divided into four sections. The first, the “Preliminary Stages”, includes the Indictment, the pleas of the Defendants, and various procedural matters. The second, the “Prosecution Phase”, ranges from page 381 to 16997. The third, “Defence Phase”, encompasses pages 17004 – 37175. Finally, the “Final Stages”, includes the various rebuttals, sur-rebuttals, and the final addresses of the Prosecution and Defence, as well as a reading of the Judgment. The “Final Stages” section includes pages 37176 – 49858. The best way to investigate this group of trial documents is R. John Pritchard and Sonia Magbanua Zaide (eds.) The Tokyo War Crimes Trial: The Comprehensive Index and Guide to the Proceedings of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. New York & London: Garland Publishing Inc., 1987. The Macmillan Brown Library has a copy of this five volume set. It is as extensive as its name implies. Its call number is JX 6731 .W3 .I61 index. Pritchard and Zaide’s index gives page references to the Transcripts for a vast number of topics. The Northcroft collection divides the Transcripts into 138 Volumes.

Use the chart below to determine which volume is needed according to the page reference garnered from Pritchard and Zaide’s index. Request this volume from the librarians at the Macmillan Brown Library.

VOLUME

PAGE RANGES

DATERANGES

1

1 – 374

29 April 1946 - 3 June 1946

2

375 – 717

4 June 1946 - 14 June 1946

3

718 – 1021

17 June 1946 - 19 June 1946

4

1022 – 1371

20 June 1946 - 25 June 1946

5

1372 – 1720

26 June 1946 - 1 July 1946

6

1721 – 2045

2 July 1946 - 6 July 1946

7

2046 – 2418

8 July 1946 - 23 July 1946

8

2419 – 2798

24 July 1946 - 30 July 1946

9

2799 – 3152

31 July 1946 - 2 August 1946

10

3153 – 3568

5 August 1946 - 8 August 1946

11

3569 – 3916

9 August 1946 - 15 August 1946

12

3917 – 4251

16 August 1946 - 23 August 1946

13

4252 – 4565

26 August 1946 - 29 August 1946

14

4566 – 4908

30 August 1946 - 4 September 1946

15

4909 – 5247

6 September 1946 - 9 September 1946

16

5248 – 5597

10 September 1946 - 13 September 1946

17

5598 – 5921

17 September 1946 - 19 September 1946

18

5922 – 6298

20 September 1946 - 24 September 1946

19

6299 – 6691

25 September 1946 - 27 September 1946

20

6692 – 7027

30 September 1946 - 3 October 1946

21

7028 – 7445

4 October 1946 - 9 October 1946

22

7446 – 7820

10 October 1946 - 15 October 1946

23

7821 – 8165

16 October 1946 - 18 October 1946

24

8166 – 8568

21 October 1946 - 23 October 1946

25

8569 – 9006

24 October 1946 - 30 October 1946

26

9007 – 9326

31 October 1946 - 1 November 1946

27

9327 – 9653

4 November 1946 - 5 November 1946

28

9654 – 9984

6 November 1946 - 7 November 1946

29

9985 – 10279

8 November 1946 - 12 November 1946

30

10280 – 10661

13 November 1946 - 15 November 1946

31

10662 – 11061

18 November 1946 - 21 November 1946

32

11062 – 11455

22 November 1946 - 27 November 1946

33

11456 – 11757

29 November 1946 - 3 December 1946

34

11758 – 12123

4 December 1946 - 5 December 1946

35

12124 – 12478

6 December 1946 - 10 December 1946

36

12479 – 12827

11 December 1946 - 13 December 1946

37

12828 – 13221

17 December 1946 - 18 December 1946

38

13222 – 13613

19 December 1946 - 24 December 1946

39

 13614 – 13982

26 December 1946 - 30 December 1946

40

13983 – 14303

31 December 1946 - 3 January 1947

41

14304 – 14683

6 January 1947 - 8 January 1947

42

14684 – 15106

9 January 1947 - 13 January 1947

43

15107 – 15452

14 January 1947 - 16 January 1947

44

15453 – 15864

17 January 1947 - 21 January 1947

45

15865 – 16260

22 January 1947 - 24 January 1947

46

16261 – 16599

27 January 1947 - 28 January 1947

47

16600 – 16995

29 January 1947 - 31 January 1947

48

16996 – 17354

3 February 1947 - 26 February 1947

49

17355 – 17759

27 February 1947 - 4 March 1947

50

17760 – 18078

5 March 1947 - 10 March 1947

51

18079 – 18462

11 March 1947 - 14 March 1947

52

18463 – 18783

17 March 1947 - 19 March 1947

53

18784 – 19128

20 March 1947 - 25 March 1947

54

19129 – 19471

2 April 1947 - 4 April 1947

55

19472 – 19841

8 April 1947 - 11 April 1947

56

19842 – 20199

14 April 1947 - 17 April 1947

57

20200 – 20571

18 April 1947 - 22 April 1947

58

20572 – 20908

23 April 1947 - 25 April 1947

59

20909 – 21279

28 April 1947 - 1 May 1947

60

21280 – 21718

2 May 1947 - 7 May 1947

61

21719 – 22133

9 May 1947 - 14 May 1947

62

22134 – 22546

15 May 1947 - 19 May 1947

63

22547 – 22955

20 May 1947 - 23 May 1947

64

22956 – 23345

26 May 1947 - 29 May 1947

65

23345 – 23774

2 June 1947 - 6 June 1947

66

23775 – 24163

9 June 1947 - 11 June 1947

67

24164 – 24572

12 June 1947 - 17 June 1947

68

24573 – 24866

18 June 1947 - 4 August 1947

69

24867 – 25256

5 August 1947 - 7 August 1947

70

25257 – 22617

8 August 1947 - 12 August 1947

71

25618 – 26062

13 August 1947 - 15 August 1947

72

26063 – 26395

18 August 1947 - 20 August 1947

73

26396 – 26753

21 August 1947 - 25 August 1947

74

26754 – 27137

26 August 1947 - 28 August 1947

75

27138 – 27515

29 August 1947 - 3 September 1947

76

27516 – 27923

4 September 1947 - 8 September 1947

77

27924 – 28314

9 September 1947 - 11 September 1947

78

28315 – 28715

12 September 1947 - 17 September 1947

79

28716 – 29019

18 September 1947 - 22 September 1947

80

29020 – 29390

23 September 1947 - 25 September 1947

81

29391 – 29715

26 September 1947 - 30 September 1947

82

29716 – 30152

1 October 1947 - 6 October 1947

83

30153 – 30459

7 October 1947 - 9 October 1947

84

30460 – 30878

10 October 1947 - 14 October 1947

85

30879 – 31312

15 October 1947 - 17 October 1947

86

31313 – 31643

20 October 1947 - 23 October 1947

87

31644 – 32058

24 October 1947 - 20 October 1947

88

32059 – 32431

30 October 1947 - 4 November 1947

89

32432 – 32773

5 November 1947 - 7 November 1947

90

32774 – 33168

10 November 1947 - 13 November 1947

91

33169 – 33539

14 November 1947 - 19 November 1947

92

33540 – 33880

20 November 1947 - 24 November 1947

93

33881 – 34285

25 November 1947 - 1 December 1947

94

34286 – 34602

2 December 1947 - 4 December 1947

95

34603 – 34932

5 December 1947 - 9 December 1947

96

34933 – 35273

10 December 1947 - 12 December 1947

97

35274 – 35652

15 December 1947 - 17 December 1947

98

35653 – 36048

18 December 1947 - 23 December 1947

99

36049 – 36362

24 December 1947 - 29 December 1947

100

36363 – 36727

30 December 1947 - 5 January 1948

101

36728 – 37101

6 January 1948 - 8 January 1948

102

37102 – 37499

12 January 1948 - 15 January 1948

103

 37500 – 37833

19 January 1948 - 20 January 1948

104

37834 – 38191

21 January 1948 - 23 January 1948

105

38192 – 38617

26 January 1948 - 30 January 1948

106

38618 – 38947

2 February 1948 - 10 February 1948

107

38948 – 39300

11 February 1948 - 12 February 1948

108

39301 – 39676

13 February 1948 - 16 February 1948

109

39677 – 40087

17 February 1948 - 18 February 1948

110

40088 – 40397

19 February 1948 (Part I)

111

40398 – 40705

19 February 1948 (Part II)

112

40706 – 41112

20 February 1948 - 24 February 1948

113

41113 – 41525

25 February 1948 - 26 February 1948

114

41526 – 41916

27 February 1948 - 1 March 1948

115

41917 – 42270

2 March 1948 - 3 March 1948

116

42271 – 42682

4 March 1948 - 5 March 1948

117

42683 – 43045

8 March 1948 - 9 March 1948

118

43046 – 43420

10 March 1948 - 11 March 1948

119

43421 – 43803

12 March 1948 - 15 March 1948

120

43904 – 44260

16 March 1948 - 17 March 1948

121

44261 – 44646

18 March 1948 - 19 March 1948

122

44647 – 45035

22 March 1948 - 23 March 1948

123

45036 – 45395

24 March 1948 - 25 March 1948

124

45396 – 45757

26 March 1948 - 29 March 1948

125

45758 – 46201

30 March 1948 - 31 March 1948

126

46202 – 46575

1 April 1948 - 2 April 1948

127

46576 – 46968

5 April 1948 - 7 April 1948

128

46969 – 47347

8 April 1948 - 9 April 1948

129

47378 – 47720

12 April 1948 - 13 April 1948

130

47721 – 48158

14 April 1948 - 15 April 1948

131

48159 – 48412

16 April 1948

132 (Judgment)

48413 – 48674

4 November 1948

133 (Judgment)

48675 – 48880

5 November 1948

134 (Judgment)

48881 – 49091

8 November 1948

135 (Judgment)

49092 – 49286

9 November 1948

136 (Judgment)

49287 – 49496

10 November 1948

137 (Judgment)

49497 – 49698

11November 1948

138 (Judgment)

49698A – 49858

12 November 1948