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.

VolumePage RangesDate Ranges
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