About orders to execute American PWs in the event of an American
invasion of Japan:

That didn't keep several Class B war criminals from getting their necks
stretched at Sugamo Prison for issuing the orders and sending them

Who?

I am curious how people could have been hanged for issuing an order
that (as I understand it) was never discovered. All that I have ever
seen published was the order as it was logged into one Japanese
command's headquarters.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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