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". . . In order to ascertain the effectiveness of these poisons, experiments were performed
on animals and living people. ..." (Vol. 13, p. 48.) Accused Mitomo, who likewise served in
Detachment 100, admitted that he had himself killed a number of prisoners after performing
inhuman experiments upon them. (Vol. 12, p. 192.)

Mitomo testified:

"There was a case of a Russian on whom, in August

1944, various experiments were performed for two weeks.

His constitution having broken down, Matsui ordered

that he should be killed with an injection of potassium

cyanide. .. .

"On the pretext of giving him medical treatment, I made an injection ... of potassium
cyanide and the Russian died immediately. I made the injection in the solitary confinement
cell. ...

"At the beginning of September 1944, two Russians

were shot dead in my presence by a gendarme at the

cattle cemetery, and were buried there. This was done

on the orders of Lieutenant Nakazima. They were shot

because no more experiments could be performed on them

in view of their exhausted state and unsuitability for

further experimentation." (Vol. 12, p. 149.)

In addition to criminal experimentation in infecting

prisoners with plague and other severe infectious diseases,

Detachment 731 extensively practised inhuman experiments

in freezing the limbs of living people. Prisoners were made

to keep their arms and feet in special boxes filled with ice

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