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Question: But you did not commit collective suicide?

Answer: Japan surrendered, and we received orders from the divisional commander and
surrendered in full order.

Question: Did any of your men commit suicide?

Answer: One man did.

Question: You admit that you were an active member of Detachment 731, a secret
bacteriological unit of the Japanese Army?

Answer: Yes.

Counsel Bolkhovitinov: Accused Nishi, did you join the army voluntarily, or were you
enlisted?

Accused Nishi: I joined as a volunteer.

Question: Under what circumstances were you assigned to Detachment 731, and to its
Branch 673 in particular?

Answer: In January 1943, I received an order of the Japanese War Minister appointing me
Chief of the Sunyu Branch. In July 1944, also by order of the War Minister, I was appointed
Chief of the Training Division, and from July 1945 on, parallel with this post, I also
performed the duties of Chief of the Sunyu Branch.

Question: Do you now realize the utter criminality of the ultimate aims of the work of
Detachment 731, and by its Branch 673 in particular, and do you now repent of your deeds?

Answer: I consider that the experiments on the people confined in Detachment 731's prison
were inhuman. I also realize that the rats and fleas bred by my branch were the cause of great
evil.

EXAMINATION OF ACCUSED KAJITSUKA

President of the Court: Accused Kajitsuka, what positions did you hold in the Japanese
Army?

Accused Kajitsuka: In 1915 I received the rank of Lieutenant of the Medical Service of the
Japanese Army. After this I worked in the 1st Military Hospital, and was then a teacher at the
Military Medical Academy in the city of Tokyo and Chief of the Sanitary Division of the
Medical Administration of the Ministry for War. In 1937 I was Chief of the Medical Division
of the Japanese Army in China. That same year I was promoted to the rank of Major General
of the Medical Service, and also in that year I was appointed Chief of the Medical Division of

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