| Interviewee | DONIHI, Robert (b. ca. 1918) |
| Professions | Attorney |
| Interview ID # | OH 1283 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | Attorney. His role and experiences as a prosecuting attorney at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East [Tokyo War Crimes Trials], 1945-46. His early law career; acquaintanceship with U.S. Attorney General Tom Clark and appointment to the Tribunal; the organization of the Tribunal and comments about the representatives on it; his role with the International Prosecution Section; his account of the suicide of Prince Fumimaro Konoye; his role in the interrogation of potential war criminals; his investigation of thought control measures employed by the Japanese in preparing their countrymen for war; intrigue and rivalries among the American delegation; interrogation and trial of General Hideki Tojo; relations with the Soviet delegation; his personal observations about current official Japanese denial of their committing of war crimes during World War II. |
| Interviewer(s) | William J. Alexander |
| Physical Description | 107 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
