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Japan">Japanese</a> <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_the_Philippines#Japanese_military_governors_(1942–1945)" title="Governor-General of the Philippines">Military Governor of the Philippines</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />May 28, 1943 – September 26, 1944</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Hirohito" class="mw-redirect" title="Emperor Hirohito">Emperor Hirohito</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shizuichi_Tanaka" title="Shizuichi Tanaka">Shizuichi Tanaka</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/%E5%B8%9D%E5%9C%8B%E9%99%B8%E8%BB%8D%E3%81%AE%E9%9A%8E%E7%B4%9A%E2%80%95%E8%82%A9%E7%AB%A0%E2%80%95%E4%B8%AD%E5%B0%86.svg/100px-%E5%B8%9D%E5%9C%8B%E9%99%B8%E8%BB%8D%E3%81%AE%E9%9A%8E%E7%B4%9A%E2%80%95%E8%82%A9%E7%AB%A0%E2%80%95%E4%B8%AD%E5%B0%86.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="237" data-file-height="72" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant General">Lieutenant General</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Russian_Civil_War" title="Russian Civil War">Russian Civil War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Shigenori Kuroda</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">黒田重徳</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Kuroda Shigenori</i></span>, October 25, 1887 – April 30, 1952)</span> was a Japanese <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general" title="Lieutenant general">lieutenant general</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army" title="Imperial Japanese Army">Imperial Japanese Army</a> and the Japanese Governor-General of the Philippines during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shigenori_Kuroda&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kuroda was born in <a href="/wiki/Yanagawa,_Fukuoka" title="Yanagawa, Fukuoka">Yanagawa, Fukuoka</a> and graduated from the 21st class of the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army_Academy" title="Imperial Japanese Army Academy">Imperial Japanese Army Academy</a> in 1909 and the 29th class of the <a href="/wiki/Army_War_College_(Japan)" title="Army War College (Japan)">Army Staff College</a> in 1916. His classmates included <a href="/wiki/Tomoyuki_Yamashita" title="Tomoyuki Yamashita">Tomoyuki Yamashita</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shizuichi_Tanaka" title="Shizuichi Tanaka">Shizuichi Tanaka</a>. From 1917 to 1918, he was with Japanese forces assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Siberian_intervention" title="Siberian intervention">Siberian intervention</a>, during which time he was promoted to captain. In 1922, Kuroda served as <a href="/wiki/Military_attach%C3%A9" title="Military attaché">military attaché</a> in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> and was promoted to major. From 1935-1937, he served as military attaché in <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a>. In 1937, he was promoted to major general and given command of the <a href="/wiki/26th_Division_(Imperial_Japanese_Army)" title="26th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)">IJA 26th Division</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Battle_of_Wuyuan">Battle of Wuyuan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shigenori_Kuroda&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Battle of Wuyuan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wuyuan" title="Battle of Wuyuan">Battle of Wuyuan</a></div> <p>Kuroda commanded the IJA 26th Division in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wuyuan" title="Battle of Wuyuan">Battle of Wuyuan</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a>. The battle, which was part of the Japanese counterattack in response to the Chinese <a href="/wiki/1939-40_Winter_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="1939-40 Winter Offensive">1939-40 Winter Offensive</a>, resulted to a Chinese victory and Japanese retreat.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Japanese call it 第２次後套作戦 (English:The second battle of Wuyuan). Despite the loss in the battle, the Japanese had a strategic victory for making the Chinese fail their primary objectives.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pacific_War">Pacific War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shigenori_Kuroda&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pacific War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1941, with the start of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a>, Kuroda was appointed <a href="/wiki/Inspectorate_General_of_Military_Training" title="Inspectorate General of Military Training">Deputy Inspector General for Military Training</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was then under <a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> <a href="/wiki/Otoz%C5%8D_Yamada" title="Otozō Yamada">Otozō Yamada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From July 1, 1942 to May 19, 1943, he was Chief of Staff of the Japanese <a href="/wiki/Southern_Expeditionary_Army_Group" title="Southern Expeditionary Army Group">Southern Expeditionary Army Group</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Philippines">Philippines</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shigenori_Kuroda&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Philippines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jose_P._Laurel_with_Shigenori_Kuroda_during_the_Second_Philippine_Republic%27s_inaugural_session.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Jose_P._Laurel_with_Shigenori_Kuroda_during_the_Second_Philippine_Republic%27s_inaugural_session.jpg/220px-Jose_P._Laurel_with_Shigenori_Kuroda_during_the_Second_Philippine_Republic%27s_inaugural_session.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Jose_P._Laurel_with_Shigenori_Kuroda_during_the_Second_Philippine_Republic%27s_inaugural_session.jpg/330px-Jose_P._Laurel_with_Shigenori_Kuroda_during_the_Second_Philippine_Republic%27s_inaugural_session.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Jose_P._Laurel_with_Shigenori_Kuroda_during_the_Second_Philippine_Republic%27s_inaugural_session.jpg/440px-Jose_P._Laurel_with_Shigenori_Kuroda_during_the_Second_Philippine_Republic%27s_inaugural_session.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1228" data-file-height="898" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jose_P._Laurel" title="Jose P. Laurel">Jose P. Laurel</a> with Kuroda during the inaugural session of the Second Philippine Republic's National Assembly, October 14, 1943</figcaption></figure> <p>From May 28, 1943 to September 26, 1944, Kuroda was made military governor of the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, succeeding <a href="/wiki/Shizuichi_Tanaka" title="Shizuichi Tanaka">Shizuichi Tanaka</a>. He later became the first Commander in Chief of the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Fourteenth_Area_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Fourteenth Area Army">Japanese Fourteenth Area Army</a>, which were the merged elements of the Japanese 14th Army, <a href="/wiki/Thirty-Fifth_Army_(Japan)" title="Thirty-Fifth Army (Japan)">35th Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/Forty-First_Army_(Japan)" title="Forty-First Army (Japan)">41st Army</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> from July 28 to September 26, 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his rule in the Philippines, a <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Philippines#Second_Republic_(1943)" title="Constitution of the Philippines">constitution</a> was formed by the Preparatory Commission for Independence, consisting of 20 members from the KALIBAPI.<sup id="cite_ref-josep_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-josep-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Preparatory Commission, led by <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_P._Laurel" class="mw-redirect" title="José P. Laurel">José P. Laurel</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-philpres_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-philpres-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> presented its draft Constitution on September 4, 1943 and three days later, the <a href="/wiki/KALIBAPI" title="KALIBAPI">KALIBAPI</a> general assembly ratified the draft Constitution. </p><p>By September 20, 1943, the <a href="/wiki/KALIBAPI" title="KALIBAPI">KALIBAPI</a>'s representative groups in the country's provinces and cities elected from among themselves fifty-four members of the Philippine <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_the_Second_Philippine_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic">National Assembly</a>, the legislature of the country, with fifty-four governors and city mayors as <i>ex officio</i> members.<sup id="cite_ref-josep_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-josep-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Three days after establishing the National Assembly, the <a href="/wiki/Second_Philippine_Republic" title="Second Philippine Republic">Second Philippine Republic</a>'s inaugural session was held at the pre-war Legislative Building and it elected by majority <a href="/wiki/Benigno_Aquino,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Benigno Aquino, Sr.">Benigno S. Aquino</a> as its first Speaker and José P. Laurel as <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Philippines" title="President of the Philippines">President of the Republic of the Philippines</a>, who was inaugurated on October 14, 1943 at the foundation of the Republic.<sup id="cite_ref-josep_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-josep-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_return_and_postwar_life">American return and postwar life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shigenori_Kuroda&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: American return and postwar life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By early 1944, the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army_General_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Japanese Army General Staff">Imperial Japanese Army General Staff</a> anticipated the return of American forces to the Philippines.The weight for preparing against an American landing fell to Kuroda. Kuroda planned to concentrate the bulk of the Japanese forces in Luzon, but his plan was never considered by the Imperial Army General Staff. The staff instead devoted only five of his ten divisions in Luzon, which was said to have no experience in any of the past Japanese campaigns.<sup id="cite_ref-leyte_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leyte-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After being denied of his ideas for the defense of the Philippines, he was accused to have been lax in his duties and was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Tomoyuki_Yamashita" title="Tomoyuki Yamashita">Tomoyuki Yamashita</a>, his former schoolmate in the Army War College, who was touted as a "superb and excellent tactician",<sup id="cite_ref-leyte_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leyte-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after the fall of his patron <a href="/wiki/Hideki_Tojo" title="Hideki Tojo">Hideki Tojo</a> from power. Kuroda returned to Japan in disgrace in October 1944 and entered the reserves in December of the same year. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Masaharu_Homma_and_Shigenori_Kuroda.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Masaharu_Homma_and_Shigenori_Kuroda.jpg/170px-Masaharu_Homma_and_Shigenori_Kuroda.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Masaharu_Homma_and_Shigenori_Kuroda.jpg/255px-Masaharu_Homma_and_Shigenori_Kuroda.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Masaharu_Homma_and_Shigenori_Kuroda.jpg/340px-Masaharu_Homma_and_Shigenori_Kuroda.jpg 2x" data-file-width="440" data-file-height="565" /></a><figcaption>Masaharu Homma (left) and Shigenori Kuroda (center) in U.S custody</figcaption></figure> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan" title="Surrender of Japan">surrender of Japan</a>, Kuroda was arrested by <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Commander_of_the_Allied_Powers" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers">American occupation authorities</a> in 1946 and held in Yokohama Prison. In October 1947, he was extradited to the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of the Philippines">Republic of the Philippines</a> during the Manila Trials was and condemned to <a href="/wiki/Life_imprisonment" title="Life imprisonment">life imprisonment</a> as a Class B war criminal due to <a href="/wiki/Command_responsibility" title="Command responsibility">command responsibility</a> for the actions of his troops in the Philippines, for the deaths of nearly 3000 American and Filipino civilians.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His lawyer at the time was Lieutenant Colonel Jose Lukban. He disguised Kuroda by putting a mole on his face, and removing that at the end of the trial to discredit the witnesses thrown at the Japanese general.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was pardoned in 1952 by Philippine president <a href="/wiki/Elpidio_Quirino" title="Elpidio Quirino">Elpidio Quirino</a> and repatriated to Japan, where he died the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kuroda's chief defense counsel was Pedro A. Serran, Col. USAFFE who was named the "Liberator of Zarraga, Iloilo in Panay Island". Ironically Col. Serran, as a commissioned officer and practicing Lawyer, fought the Japanese in combat as a Captain. Leading attacks against the Japanese garrisons and collecting intelligence for the US military's return. A professional lawyer believing in democracy and due process, he became the chief attorney who represented Kuroda in his defense. Col. Serran was anti-corruption and became a US citizen after the war, he died at age 86 in the San Francisco bay area.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shigenori_Kuroda&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/26th_Division_(Imperial_Japanese_Army)" title="26th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)">26th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_Fourteenth_Area_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Fourteenth Area Army">Japanese Fourteenth Area Army</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shigenori_Kuroda&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFGeorge_Barry_O'Toole,_Jên-yü_Tsʻai1941" class="citation book cs1">George Barry O'Toole, Jên-yü Tsʻai, ed. 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