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Preface

During December 25-30, 1949, twelve former members of the Japanese armed forces were
tried in Khabarovsk, charged with preparing and employing the bacteriological weapon.

The men brought to trial were: General Yamada Otozoo, formerly Commander-in-Chief of
the Japanese Kwantung Army; Lieutenant General of the Medical Service Kajitsuka Ryuji,
formerly Chief of the Medical Administration of the same army; Lieutenant General of the
Veterinary Service Takahashi Takaatsu, formerly Chief of the Veterinary Service of the same
army; Major General of the Medical Service Kawashima Kiyoshi, formerly Chief of a
division of Bacteriological Detachment 731; Major of the Medical Service Karasawa Tomio,
formerly Chief of a section of Detachment 731; Lieutenant Colonel of the Medical Service
Nishi Toshihide, formerly Chief of a division of Detachment 731; Major of the Medical
Service Onoue Masao, formerly Chief of a branch of Detachment 731; Major General of the
Medical Service Sato Shunji, formerly Chief of the Medical Service of the 5th Army;
Lieutenant Hirazakura Zensaku, formerly a researcher in Bacteriological Detachment 100;
Senior Sergeant Mitomo Kazuo, formerly a member of the same detachment; Corporal
Kikuchi Norimitsu, formerly probationer medical orderly of Branch 643 of Detachment 731,
and Kurushima Yuji, formerly laboratory orderly of Branch 162 of Detachment 731.

The case was tried in open court sessions by the Military Tribunal of the Primorye Military
Area consisting of Major General of Jurisprudence and President of the Court, C h e r t k o v,
D. D., and members of the Court: Colonel of Jurisprudence I 1 n i t s k y, M. L., and
Lieutenant Colonel of Jurisprudence V o r o b y o v, I. G. The Indictment was upheld by State
Counsellor of Jurisprudence of Third Class S m i r n o v, L. N. Defence Counsel were:
member of the Moscow Bar Association, Belov, N. P.—defending General Yamada; member
of the Moscow Bar Association; S a n n i k o v, S. E.—defending Lieutenant General of the
Medical Service Kajitsuka; member of the Moscow Bar Association, Z v e r y e v, A. V.—
defending Lieutenant General of the Veterinary Service Takahashi; member of the Moscow
Bar Association, B o r ov i k, N. K.—defending Major General of the Medical Service
Kawashima; member of the Moscow Bar Association, Bogachov, P. Y.— defending Major
General of the Medical Service Sato; President of the Khabarovsk Territory Bar Association,
Luklantsev, V. P.—defending Major of the Medical Service Karasawa and Major of the
Medical Service Onoue; member of the Khabarovsk Territory Bar Association,
Bolkhovitinov, D. E.—defending Lieutenant Colonel of the Medical Service Nishi and
Lieutenant Hirazakura; President of the Primorye Territory Bar Association, Prokopenko, G.
K.— defending Senior Sergeant Mitomo, Corporal Kikuchi and Kurushima.

The findings on matters of bacteriology and medicine were submitted to the Court by a
commission of experts consisting of: member of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the
U.S.S.R. Zhukov-Ver e z h n i k o v, N. N.; Colonel of the Medical Service K r a s n o v, V.
D.; director of the Department of Microbiology in the Khabarovsk Medical Institute,
Professor K o s a r y e v, N. N.; decent in the Department of Microbiology of the Khabarovsk
Medical Institute, L i v k i n a, E. G.; Lieutenant Colonel of the Veterinary Service
Alexandrov; N. A.; parasitologist Kozlovskaya, O. L.

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