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Answer: I cannot recall the exact figure, but I know that in 1940 the sum of 10,000,000 yen
was allocated for Detachment 731.

Question: Of these 10,000,000 yen, what sum was assigned for the detachment's
experimental work?

Answer: I don't recall that exactly either, but I think that about 5,000,000 yen were spent
on experimental work.

Question: What was the size of the detachment's personnel?

Answer: As far as I recollect, the emperor's order fixed the personnel of the detachment,
together with that of its branches, at about 3,000 men.

Question: Will you tell the Court what work Detachment 731 engaged in, what was its real
function?

Answer: Detachment 731 principally engaged in research work in preparation for
bacteriological warfare.

Question: On what facts, on what specific features of the work of Detachment 731, do you
base this conclusion?

Answer: I base this conclusion on the character of the personnel of the detachment, its
equipment and its practical activity.

Question: Was the detachment's work secret?

Answer: Yes, it was secret.

Question: How was Detachment 731 guarded?

Answer: By order of the Commander-in-Chief, Detachment 731 's site at Pingfan Station
was proclaimed a special zone of the Kwantung Army. No one was allowed to reside in or
near the territory of the detachment, and no unauthorized person was allowed to enter it. This
was permitted only to the detachment's personnel, and other persons were allowed to enter
the zone only with the permission of the Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army;
aircraft were forbidden to fly over the detachment's territory.

Question: Will you describe to the Court the structure of Detachment 731? Please'do so in
detail.

Answer: Detachment 731 consisted of its headquarters and its branches. I shall first speak
of the detachment's headquarters. The headquarters were divided into eight divisions, viz.: lst
Division, 2nd Division, 3rd Division, 4th Division, Materials Division, Training and

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