Chapter 60 Section VIII

Let's think about what the tie wrote: "As soon as Murakami took office as the chairman of the Sapporo committee, he felt disgusted with these party members who were born as intellectuals. He handed over the leadership of the factory branch, which is the life of the Communist Party, to Sato Naomichi, who has a strong trade unionist ideology. Let the outstanding student party members of Hokkaido University leave the school and form a "core self-defense force" with them and part-time workers, and find their emotional sustenance in the two. In this way, whether they like it or not, the party organization in Sapporo is destined to be dragged into the into the 'White Bird Incident'."

That is to say, it was Murakami's policy that dragged the party into this incident.Like it or not—what does that mean?This statement of fatalism is not an accidental wording.Did someone lead the party organization in Sapporo in this direction? Hiroshi Sato worked under Naomichi Sato, who "has a strong trade unionist ideology".Sato Naomichi did not appear before the authorities until the young Narita was found lying on the streets of Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture.Only then did the authorities begin a full-scale raid on the underground organization of the Japanese Communist Party in the Sapporo area.

Murakami was arrested under the raid of the reconnaissance squad.Nakagawa, Ishikawa, Shimizu, Murate and others were also arrested one after another.Tieping was arrested in Tokyo and brought to Sapporo, and then the authorities identified Hiroshi Sato as the real murderer.That is, the sequence is this: Narita was found——Arrest Sato Naomichi—(Arrest Murakami Kuniji)——Arrest Tie Yongjia——Determine Sato Hiroshi as the real culprit. It can be seen from this that the young Narita fell down on the streets of Ito and was taken in by a "kind-hearted inspection minister" has great significance.In fact, the discovery of Narita was the prelude to letting Sato Zhidao play, and Sato became the fuse to destroy the underground organization.Moreover, the authorities discovered Sato and came into contact with him in an extremely natural way of "taking in people who fell on the street" that was enough to confuse others.

That is to say, because Sato Naomichi was arrested, Hiroshi was arrested, and he said "according to Murakami-kun's instructions, Sato Hiroshi killed Section Chief Shiratori".After reading this order, I also feel a little strange. As mentioned earlier, because Murakami corrected the statement, the society began to form the impression that "the 'Shiratori Incident' was probably done by the Communist Party". Murakami is the spokesperson for the Hokkaido Local Committee of the Japanese Communist Party.On the day after the incident (January 22), he said: "The party has nothing to do with the 'White Bird Incident'. This incident was done arbitrarily by radicals who have nothing to do with the party."

But he then corrected himself by saying: "I don't know who the 'White Bird incident' was really about...but the killing of Shiratory was an act of heroism by patriots who resisted police repression, not an act of personal terror." This correction is a mystery.In fact, it was Sato Naomichi who forced Murakami to make this correction.This point was also mentioned in Sato's notes, "I read Murakami's statement in the newspaper, and I was very angry. When I read it, I felt that the statement's position seemed to say that the party had nothing to do with this matter. What must now be considered is how to develop this event politically, which, to put it this way, is tantamount to cutting off the seeds of the revolution. I myself was filled with indignation. I met the chairman of the committee in the street. The chairman also felt the same way and said I hope that I will approve it thoroughly from below. Therefore, when the branch secretary meeting and branch meeting were held later, I criticized Murakami's statement in a fierce tone. I remember saying something like this: "That guy doesn't understand the joys and sorrows of people who do practical work. , I only know how to idle around like a master. Whether it’s a rice cake shop or a daily necessities store, you can know what it sells by looking at the signboard. But his signboard is vague, and nothing can be seen .' At the local committee, Yukun Murakami probably also received severe criticism, so he later reissued the statement of the local committee."

That's it.It can be seen that Sato had forced Murakami to correct the statement to "the killing of Shiratori was a heroic act of patriots."Once such a statement is made, everyone will think that it was the Communist Party that killed Shiratori. This also created a strong atmosphere of linking the "White Bird Incident" with the Communist Party. Sato insisted in his notes that he had nothing to do with the case, but said that he did not do it, that someone did it, and clearly pointed out the reasons that prompted him to say that someone did it.And, for all he did, he was practically immune to any criminal penalties.

In short, people who are said to be "murderers" today, although they are in a situation where they seem to be criminals, there is no factor that is enough to confirm that they are real murderers.Although they seem to be the real culprits, no matter whether they look at the evidence concluding that they are the real culprits or listen carefully to the words of the so-called witnesses, it makes people feel that they are not the real culprits. For example, Murakami Kuniji said in his speech that he had nothing to do with the case, defended that he was not at the scene at the time, and denied the testimony of Gao Anheping.Murakami's defense appears to be genuine.Gao An said in his testimony that Murakami would issue the following instructions: "Kill Shiratori with a pistol. Start investigating Shiratori's actions immediately." But at what time and where did Murakami issue the order?Gao An's testimony was very vague on this point, and the tied testimony made people feel even more fabricated.

One basis for convicting Murakami Kuniye was that he would conspire with others to murder on January 4, Showa 27, that is to say, the authorities determined that they conspired for half an hour from 9:00 am on this day.Regarding this, Sato Naomichi testified: "At about ten o'clock in the morning on January 4th, all the standing committee members of the district gathered at my house and held a study session on 'organization and tactics'. Mr. Murakami always came early. He was not late for a single day, and stayed until evening.” On the other hand, Gao An’s testimony stated: “The conspiracy on January 4 or 5 took about two hours even for lunch. Besides, the fact that many other people attended the study meeting held at Sato Naoto's house since ten o'clock in the morning proves that the meeting is real.

However, the judgment of the Sapporo High Court stated: "It is admitted that Murakami participated in the study session from ten o'clock in the morning. However, there is no evidence to prove that he will not participate in the conspiracy that started around nine o'clock in the morning. If it started at nine o'clock, then It took him half an hour to complicate the murder, and half an hour to go from the location of the conspiracy (Kadowaki's house or Murate's apartment) to Sato Naomichi's house to attend the study session that started at ten o'clock. It can be assumed that this is not impossible .” However, the judge probably felt somewhat wronged to sentence Murakami to 20 years of heavy punishment based on such ambiguous speculation.In anticipation of reproach, they created the following far-fetched grounds for judgment:

"Frankly, making such an assumption may be criticized as using only data in its favor. However, such an assumption is not impossible..." Based on this, and the above-mentioned part where Zuo Xuebo shot the pistol wrapped in a handkerchief, the court judged Murakami guilty on the grounds that "individual parts are unbelievable, but overall it is generally credible". However, the denial of the above-mentioned specific facts is necessarily a complete denial of the equalization testimony.After negating the facts, it is judged as "roughly credible" based on the overall atmosphere of the incident-it cannot be considered that this is a judgment based on fact-checking, but it cannot but be said that this is a judgment based on concepts or imagination.In other words, this is a trial based on atmosphere alone.

Gao An was also present when the bullets for the shooting exercise were found in Guomian Ridge.However, Chaping clearly stated that Gao An had only been to the training ground once. The original text is as follows, "While engaging in investigation activities day and night (referring to the operation of monitoring the white bird), he continued to conduct very strict training. By noon If you have time, Shishido will lead you to go to the depths of Yuanshan to practice pistol shooting. Gao An has only been there once." Only a few members of the "Core Self-Defense Force" centered on students from Hokkaido University participated in the shooting exercise.Then when we went to the scene to check, why did we only call Gao An, who had only participated in the drill once, to testify? Now that someone was there to testify, why didn't the procuratorate bring along other party members who had been there several times?For example, why not bring Murate and others who were arrested five or six months after Gao An was arrested to testify?Is it because doing so would inconvenience the prosecutorial authorities? ——In the first year, the scouts looked for bullets all day long like odd jobs. They even dug up the roots of grass and trees, but they couldn't find them; but this time when Gao An was present, how did they find them all at once?I'll just mention here that it's a strange thing. Gao An was judged separately.The defenders protested against this, because if Gao An was convicted in a separate trial, the charges against Murakami and other defendants would automatically be established. The bullets found in Horomi Pass and the bullets taken from Shiratori were fired from the same pistol-the process of confirming this has been explained earlier.But somehow, neither the tie testimony nor the high-security testimony spoke explicitly about what type of pistol was used on the practice range. "Single Prison" published by the "White Bird Incident" Countermeasures Committee said: "Actually, were the two bullets used as physical evidence sneaked up the mountain by someone who had nothing to do with Gao Anjun's testimony (of course, no one except the officials of the investigative authority could do that, of course)? Pretending to find it?" This suspicion was inspired by the following passage in "Harada Intelligence": "The authorities said that the bullets fired by the so-called 'core self-defense force' in the autumn of Showa 26 were found in the deep mountains of Horomi Pass more than two years later. Found it. In fact, it was a bullet fired during a target shooting in the warehouse of the Japan Refrigeration Company.” It is said that the Communist Party, based on this information, “confirmed this after its own investigation.” this point is very important.If the bullets found at Horomi Ridge were actually buried there from practice shooting, then it is more likely that Shiratori was shot by a party member; conversely, if it was shot by the police while shooting at the Japanese Refrigeration Company The bullet, that is the conspiracy planned by the authorities to falsely accuse the Japanese Communist Party members as murderers. "Harada Intelligence" also said that the pistol used in the shooting at the warehouse of the Japan Refrigeration Company was "a special police pistol found at the home of the Hatakeyama police department?". I don't fully believe in the so-called "Harada Intelligence", and there are indeed some incomprehensible things in it.However, it gave me the impression that part of its content may be close to the real situation and it is unknown.Judging from the above situation, I doubt whether the bullets found by the police team during the on-site search were actually the bullets fired during the exercise in the fall of Showa 26. It is also inconceivable that Sato Naomichi accidentally stood near the scene when Shiratori was killed. He said it was because he was waiting for a tie in order to question a party member.In his notes are the following passages: "At seven-forty past seven, I got off the tram at Minami-Rokujo Station; I looked at the clock and remembered this hour. I stood on the station, half toward the pharmacy, half toward the north, and waited for the tie. I stood For a while, I found myself immersed in wonderful associations when I was alone. At this time, I heard the sound of a pistol. I remember looking up at the roof of the house on the corner south of the drugstore and thinking: Well, since it is night, little Neither the birds nor the pigeons took off. At that time, I didn’t realize that it was a gunshot. Immediately after that, Mr. Taiping came over from the telegraph office on Nanliutiao Avenue on his bicycle.” Sato happened to be standing less than 100 meters away from the scene when the murder happened, and came after a while.Perhaps it was accidental, but it gave the impression of being inexplicable. Moreover, Sato Station is Minami-Rokujo Station, and the Shiratori Police Department and the murderer, who came on bicycles from the Masino area, passed by there.Sato Naomichi had been standing there since about 7:40, and it was impossible for him not to notice when the Shiratori Police Department and Sato Hiroshi who were familiar with him passed by. It was a time when there were few pedestrians, and the street lights were quite bright.Sato said straightly that he was waiting for a tie, so he would definitely look around.He said he was unaware of the two bikes passing by and that was the odd thing.Could it be that he didn't notice because he indulged in this meditation: "Well, because it's night, the birds and the doves don't take off"? Let’s talk about Shindo Jun who disappeared with Sato Hiroshi. As Taihei said, Shishido is an excellent organizer.As soon as the military policy was implemented, he was elected as the captain of the "Core Self-Defense Force".He is "smart" and once followed the American soldiers with a pistol in his pocket, ready to snipe.It was also Shishido who led the team to practice pistol shooting deep in Maruyama.In a sense, the one who turned the Japanese Communist Party in Sapporo into a militant force and encouraged them to take practical actions was probably Shindo Jun, right? After the incident, he "doesn't know whether he went up to the sky or went into the ground, and his whereabouts are completely unknown", but now it seems that the prosecutorial authorities are not keen on tracking down his whereabouts. Why is this? Whether it's the procuratorial authorities or the Communist Party, why didn't they further investigate Shishido as a problem?

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