Captain Inuzuka (who spoke English) informed me
that he had been sent by Tokyo to enquire inte informa-
tion received by his Government from German sources in Tokyo that this American Masonic organization was political
and requested me to give him all information and produce
all documents of a political nature.
I spent many
hours endeavouring to convince him that his Government had
been misinformed, that no information or documents of a
political nature existed and therefore could not be pro-
duced.
Captain Inuzuka insisted that his Government could
not be misinformed and stated that unless I could prove
to the contrary he was prepared to requisition all records
(which he eventually did) and arrest all Members in Shang-
After I had made explanations of our aims, and
hai.
after a number of photographs had been taken of us in
conference, he and his staff took their departure, appar-
ently satisfied.
However, shortly after his departure a
Lieutenant K. Inoue, Secretary to Captain Inuzuka, arrived
at the American Masonic Temple and took away a filing
cabinet containing membership records and sealed the
offices.
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, following this
interview, I was constantly being called to Captain
Inuzuka's Headquarters, Suite K. Cathay Hotel, for further
information, or else taken under Guard to the American
Masonic Temple and all records were confiscated by them.
My telephone at my apartment in the Bank had been tapped
and I was obviously being watched, and while out one after-
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