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member of the Hailar Branch of Detachment 731.

Mineoi: Mineoi Kioyashi, born in 1922, civilian employee of Branch 643 of Detachment
731.

Saito: Saito Masateru, born in 1917, civilian employee of Branch 643 of Detachment 731.

Fukuzumi: Fukuzumi Mitsuyoshi, born in 1924, SubLieutenant of the Veterinary Service,
physician in Detachment 100.

Kuwabara: Kuwabara Akira, born in 1927, civilian employee of Detachment 160.

Sakurashita: Sakurashita Kiyoshi, born in 1921, civilian employee of Detachment 100.

Hataki: Hataki Akira, born in 1924, civilian employee of Detachment 100, later joined the
army, served as infantry private.

Mishina: Mishina Takayuki, born in 1903, Colonel, Chief of Staff of the 39th Division.

The President explains to the witnesses their duties in the Court proceedings and then
warns them of their liability to prosecution under Arts. 92 and 95 of the Criminal Code of the
R.S.F.S.R. for refusing to give testimony or for deliberately giving false testimony, takes
their signatures in receipt thereof and instructs the commandant of the Court to remove the
witnesses from the Court.

The President announces that the Court had summoned the medicolegal experts: Member
of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the U.S.S.R. Zhukov-Verezhnikov, N. N.; Colonel of
the Medical Service Krasnov, V. D.; Director of the Department of Microbiology of the
Khabarovsk Medical Institute, Prof. Kosaryev, N. N.; decent in the same department,
Livkina, E. G.; Lieutenant Colonel of the Veterinary Service Alexandrov, N. A., and
parasitologist Kozlovskaya, O. L.

The President asks the parties whether they have any objection to make against the experts,
to which the State Prosecutor, counsel and accused answer that they have no objection to the
experts.

The President explains to the experts their duties in the Court proceedings, warns them of
their liability to prosecution -under Art. 95 of the Criminal Code of the R.S.F.S.R. for
deliberately submitting false findings and takes their signatures in receipt thereof.

The President asks the parties whether they wish to call additional witnesses and experts,
or to call for other proofs and documents.

The State Prosecutor and counsel stated that they had no such request at the present
moment, but requested that their right be reserved to make such application in the course of
the Court proceedings.

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