Koichi Kido
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Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1940-45) · Japan
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“War Minister TOJO visited me after his retirement from the presence of the Emperor to report on the result of his investigation into the preparation of war against the U.S.A.”
English: IMTFE prosecution translation of the Kido diary (International Prosecution Section, 1946). Original-language text not found.
Entry five days after the Imperial Conference of 6 September 1941 that set a timetable for war preparations alongside diplomacy.
Diary of Koichi Kido, entry for 11 September 1941, in 'Extracts from Kido's Diary' (Tojo, Hideki section), IMTFE prosecution translation, Tavenner Papers, University of Virginia, reproduced as page images on famous-trials.com (Kido's Diary: Tojo Notes) Source
“I asserted that the most important things were the revision of the decision of the last council in the Imperial presence and the unity of opinion between the Army and the Navy. I offered the TOJO cabinet as a solution of these problems.”
English: IMTFE prosecution translation of the Kido diary (International Prosecution Section, 1946). Original-language text not found.
Entry for the day Kido, as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal, presided over a conference of former prime ministers (jushin) after the Konoe cabinet resigned. Tojo was ordered to form a cabinet the same day.
Diary of Koichi Kido, entry for 17 October 1941, in 'Extracts from Kido's Diary' (Tojo, Hideki section), IMTFE prosecution translation, Tavenner Papers, University of Virginia, reproduced as page images on famous-trials.com (Kido's Diary: Tojo Notes) Source
“I delivered to them in an ante-room the Imperial wish as follows: Deep consideration and careful attitude and freedom from the decision of the council on the 6th of September were things wished for in the establishment of the fundamental policy of this country.”
English: IMTFE prosecution translation of the Kido diary (International Prosecution Section, 1946). Original-language text not found.
From the same entry, recording a message Kido says he delivered, in an ante-room at the Palace, after the order to Tojo to form a cabinet and a visit by Navy Minister Oikawa. The 6 September decision was the Imperial Conference decision on war preparations and diplomacy.
Diary of Koichi Kido, entry for 17 October 1941, in 'Extracts from Kido's Diary' (Tojo, Hideki section), IMTFE prosecution translation, Tavenner Papers, University of Virginia, reproduced as page images on famous-trials.com (Kido's Diary: Tojo Notes) Source