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9 Dec 1945

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TERAI, Yoshimori, Commander, I.J.N.

TERAI served 17 years in the regular Navy. At the beginning of the war he was an Air Attache at the Japanese Embassy, WASHINGTON. Repatriated on Gripsholm, TERIA was assigned duties at the Navy Department and Naval General Staff from June 1942 until the end of the war. His duties concerned training and allocations of pilots to the Naval Air Force through Naval Air Headquarters. TERAI answered questions frankly and directly. He was considered a reliable witness.

Air Attache, Japanese Embassy	WASHINGTON, D.C.	December 1941-May 1942
Navy Department and Naval General Staff		June 1942-August 1945

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Source(s):
United States Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific) Interrogation of Japanese Officials [OPNAV-P-03-100], courtesy of ibilio Hyperwar Project

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C. Peter Chen

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