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Question: After a person had been infected with a particular germ, was he given medical
treatment in the detachment's prison, or not?

Answer: He was.

Question: And after he recovered, what happened to him?

Answer: As a rule, after he was cured he was used for other experiments.

Question: And this went on until the person died?

Answer: Yes.

Question: And every person who got into Detachment 731 's prison was bound to die?

Answer: Yes. I know that in all the period the prison existed, not a single prisoner emerged
from it alive.

Question: What was the nationality of the people who were subjected to these dreadful
experiments?

Answer: They were chiefly Chinese and Manchurians, and there were also some Russians.

Question: Were there any women among the prisoners experimented on?

Answer: There were.

Question: Did you see any women in the prison when you visited it in April 1941?

Answer: I did.

Question: What was the nationality of these women?

Answer: I think they were Russians.

Question: Were there any women with children among the prisoners?

Answer: One of the women had a baby in arms.

Question: She was brought to Detachment 731 's prison with her infant?

Answer: I heard that she gave birth to it in the prison.

Question: And this woman too was not destined to leave the prison alive?

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