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The further Court investigation be conducted in the following order: examine the witnesses
Tamura and Furuichi, after which put the questions to the experts and then examine the
witnesses: Tachibana, Kurakazu, Hotta, Segoshi, Sasaki, Ozeki, Kanazawa, Mineoi, Saito,
Kuwabara, Sakurashita, Fukuzumi, Hataki, Mishina.

After this hear the findings of the experts and examine them.

President of the Court: Defence, what is your opinion about the order of conducting the
Court investigation?

Counsel Belov: The defence has no objection to the order of conducting the Court
investigation proposed by the Prosecutor and considers it acceptable.

The order of conducting the Court investigation proposed by the Prosecutor is translated
into Japanese.

The accused have no objection to the proposed order of conducting the Court investigation.

After conferring, the Military Tribunal ruled: to commence the Court investigation with the
examination of the accused in the following order: Kawashima Kiyoshi, Karasawa Tomio,
Yamada Otozoo, Nishi Toshihide, Kajitsuka Ryuji, Sato Shunji, Hirazakura Zensaku,
Mitomo Kazuo, Takahashi Takaatsu, Onoue Masao, Kikuchi Norimitsu, Kurushima Yuji.

After the examination of accused, to examine the witnesses: Tamura and Furuichi.

Then to put to the experts for settlement the questions of the Court, the State Prosecutor,
the defence and the accused, after which to examine the witnesses: Tachibana, Kurakazu,
Hotta, Segoshi, Sasaki, Ozeki, Kanazawa, Mineoi, Saito, Kuwabara, Sakurashita, Fukuzumi,
Hataki, Mishina.

After that to hear the findings of the experts and examine them in the established order.

The Court's ruling is translated into Japanese.

At 16 hours the President announced an adjournment until 19 hours.

EVENING SITTING, DECEMBER 25
EXAMINATION OF ACCUSED KAWASHIMA

State Prosecutor: At what period did you serve in Detachment 731? •

Accused Kawashima: I served in Detachment 731 from April 1939 to March 1943.

Question: In what capacity?

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