2法庭风云远东国际军事法庭开庭的前一天,法庭做了最后一次隆重彩排。但就在这次彩排中,一场尖锐的冲突几乎差点儿毁掉即将开始的东京审判———冲突由远东国际军事法庭法官们的坐次安排引发。虽然法庭宪章没有明文规定,但法官座位的排列次序却极其敏感,法官会议曾有过激烈讨论 2 Court situation Far Eastern International Military Tribunal The day before the court session, the court made the last grand rehearsal. However, in this rehearsal, a sharp conflict almost destroyed the forthcoming trial in Tokyo - the conflict was triggered by the arraignment of judges of the Far East International Military Tribunal. Although there is no express provision in the Tribunal’s charter, the order of the judges ’seats is extremely sensitive and there was intense discussion at the judges’ meeting