Title: Military Administration regulations; 11 November 1943; Vol. 3; The Military Administration Bureau of Malay Army
Author: The Military Administration Bureau of Malay Army
Date: November 11, 1943
File: The File of Internal Documents Concerning Internal Regulations of the Military Administration (June 1943 –June 1944)
Locations: Malaysia, Singapore
Keywords: Management and Supervision
Annotation Source: Northeast Asian History Foundation
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ANNOTATION
This document contains regulations to control “comfort” facilities and inn businesses which include the recreation, restaurant, and special “comfort” facilities. Comfort stations fall under special “comfort” facilities. According to the regulations, comfort station operators are required to put up signs indicating whether the facility is exclusively for the military’s use, which depends on its business categorization. Each comfort station is required to prepare the list of the names of the employees. The comfort station operators are required to submit a monthly statement of profit and loss to the military administration bureau by the 10th of each month.
These regulations indicate that the comfort stations were under the strict control of the military. Based solely on this document, it appears that the comfort stations were operated according to employment contracts and regulations, however, it would be important to understand how these regulations would’ve been actually enforced in reality.
Details:
Regulations regarding controlling “comfort” facilities and inn business
Regulations regarding employment contracts for geisha and prostitutes
Sources:
WAM Collection (Military_252)
Collection of the Asian Women’s Fund, Vol. 3, 21-43
Sourcebook by Suzuki, Yamashita, and Tonomura, Vol. 1, p. 433-439
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QUESTIONS FOR STUDENTS
After reading the annotation, please answer the following questions:
1. What kind of document is this?
2. Who wrote it?
3. What year was it created?
4. What was the historical context in East Asia during the time?
5. Where was it created?
6. What's the title of the document? What does the title tell you?
7. Who's the audience of the document?
8. Use one sentence to summarize this document.
9. What were the comfort station operators required to do?
10. Who was in charge of the comfort stations?
11. What does the last sentence of the annotation imply?
12. The "comfort women" deniers tend to claim that the government or military bears no legal or official responsibility for the "comfort women" victims. Based on this document, do you think the claim is defendable? Why or why not?
13. What other questions do you have for this document?
14. How/Where can you find the answers?
*Questions for Students section was designed by Jing Williams, Associate Professor of Social Studies Education at University of South Dakota.