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Answer: Such was the rule when I served in the detachment, and that is what happened to
this woman too.
Question: Do you recall the visit paid to the detachment by Quartermaster of the Kwantung
Army, General Furuno, and Assistant Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army, General Ayabe?
Answer: I do.
Question: Did these high officers of the Kwantung Army Headquarters inspect all the
detachment's premises— in particular, its prison?
Answer: They did.
Question: What infectious diseases did the 1st Division employ most frequently in its
experiments on human beings?
Answer: Chiefly plague.
Question: Besides the experiments under laboratory conditions, did the detachment
perform other experiments on human beings?
Answer: Yes, experiments were made under field conditions.
Question: Where were these experiments conducted?
Answer: At a special proving ground at Anta Station. Question: Will you tell us all that
you know about these experiments?
Answer: Very soon after my appointment to Detachment 731, that is, in the summer of
1941, experiments were performed at Anta Station on the use of the Ishii porcelain bomb
charged with plague fleas.
Question: Continue your testimony.
Answer: The site used for the tests was very carefully guarded and no one was allowed to
pass through. Special sentry posts were stationed around it, which guarded the place so that
no unauthorized person could enter it.
The persons used for these experiments, fifteen in number, were brought from the
detachment'sinner prison to the experimental ground and tied to stakes which had been driven
into the ground for the purpose. Flags and smoke signals were used to guide the planes and
enable them to find the proving ground easily. A special plane took off from Pingfan Station,
and when it was over the site it dropped about two dozen bombs, which burst at about 100 or
200 metres from the ground, releasing the plague fleas with which they were charged. The
plague fleas were dispersed all over the territory.
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