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Answer: At the time I was Appointed, Colonel Oota had charge of this division.

Question: Did engineer Tanaka take part in the division's flea-breeding work?

Answer: He did.

Question: Which division of the detachment had charge of the proving ground near Anta
Station?

Answer: When I was working in the detachment, the proving ground was not under the
direct charge of any particular division, but it may be said that it was attached to the 2nd
Division. At all events, experiments on the proving ground were conducted most frequently
by the detachment's 2nd Division, by its personnel.

Question: On whom were the bacteriological experiments at the proving ground near Anta
Station conducted?

Answer: The experiments at the proving ground were as a rule performed on human
beings.

Question: Did the detachment have its air unit?

Answer: It did.

Question: What types of planes did the air unit possess?

Answer: As far as I recollect, the detachment had two heavy bombers, one, or perhaps, two
—I don't quite remember—light bombers, two old-type bombers, and several other planes of
antiquated design, as well as transport planes.

Question: Which division had charge of the air unit and the detachment's airfield?

Answer: The 2nd Division.

Question: Which division made the porcelain cases for the bacteria bombs?

Answer: The 3rd Division.

Question: What did the 4th Division do?

Answer: The chief function of the 4th Division was to breed and cultivate microbes and, in
addition, to prepare vaccines and immunity serums.

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