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Answer: Quite correctly.

MORNING SITTING, DECEMBER 26
EXAMINATION OF ACCUSED KARASAWA

State Prosecutor: Will you tell us, accused Karasawa, from when and till when you served
in Detachment 731, and in what capacities?

Accused Karasawa: I served in Detachment 731 from December 1939 to August 1944,
chiefly in the 4th, or production, Division, at first as an ordinary member of its staff. Then I
was made Chief of one of the production units, and, then, after Major Suzuki, Chief of the
Production Section, left (this was at the end of 1942 or the beginning of 1943, I cannot say
exactly), I replaced him as Chief of the Production Section.

Question: Consequently, you served with Detachment 731 five years in all. Is that so?

Answer: Yes, approximately five years.

Question: Hence you were well familiar with the structure of the detachment and the work
of the division?

Answer: Yes, I knew the work of the 4th Division of Detachment 731 very well. Since I
worked in Detachment 731 so long, I have also a general knowledge of the tasks and
functions of its other divisions.

Question: What were the functions of Detachment 731?

Answer: Detachment 731's chief function was to conduct active preparations for
bacteriological warfare.

Question: For what purpose did the detachment systematically conduct experiments on
human beings?

Answer: For the study of germs and their employment in bacteriological warfare: studies
were made of the effectiveness of germs, methods of breeding them, methods of employing
them, methods of producing them on a large scale, and also the storage of germs.

Question: You also confirm that the detachment conducted bacteriological attacks in
China?

Answer: I do.

Question: Do you confirm the testimony you gave that the detachment's 4th Division was a
huge factory for the large-scale production of germs for use in bacteriological warfare?

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