This photograph bears the following caption: "December 16, 1937. Seventeen Japanese military police officers inspecting a large crowd of Chinese civilians so terrorized by the mass murder in the city that none dare raise any objection to the search (Central News Agency, Taipei)."

The provenance of this photograph, too, is known. It was taken by a Mainichi Shinbun photographer named Sato Shinju, and also appears in Source Material Relating to the Battle of Nanking, Vol. 2 published by Kaikosha. It can be found in the section entitled "Fair Weather on December 16 (Thursday) in the Nanking Safety Zone, Part 2." The caption reads: "Military police wearing armbands segregate Chinese soldiers who infiltrated the Safety Zone, from civilians."

This was a lawful procedure. Aside from the phrase "so terrorized by the mass murder in the city that none dare raise any objection the search," Chang's caption is accurate. However, in no sense does it have any connection with a "Nanking Massacre".