Allied Translator and Interpreter Section ( ATIS ) , also known as the Allied Translator and Interpreter Service or Allied Translator and Intelligence Service , was a joint Australian/American World War II intelligence agency which served as a centralized allied intelligence unit for the translation of intercepted Japanese communications , interrogations and negotiations in the Pacific Theater of Operations between September 1942 – December 1945 . During the last few months of operation ATIS primarily focused on investigation of Japanese war crimes . The section was officially disbanded on April 30 , 1946
Japanese war crimes
Japanese war crimes
Allied Translator and Interpreter Section