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were conducted on the proving ground at Anta Station?

Answer: He told me that on the detachment's proving ground at Anta Station experiments
were being conducted in infecting human beings and animals with the help of a specially
designed shell placed at a definite distance away from them, and that as a result of these
experiments human beings and animals had been infected with anthrax. In other words, these
experiments in infecting human beings and animals were performed with the help of bombs.

Question: What was the nationality of the people who were experimentally infected with
anthrax?

Answer: Kitano did not expressly say what the nationality of these people was, but since
Ishii had told me that the people held for the experiments were Chinese, I inferred that they
were Chinese in this case too.

Question: I shall recall the testimony you gave at the preliminary investigation on
November 15, 1949 (Vol. 8, p. 139). On the subject of these experiments,you said the
following:

"According to Kitano, these experiments were performed on animals and Chinese. Special
bombs charged

with anthrax bacteria were used for the experiments.

The bomb was exploded from the ground, and after the explosion the experimental animals
and human beings

were found to be infected with anthrax bacteria."

Do you confirm this testimony?

Answer: I do.

Question: Do you confirm your testimony to the effect that the Chief of the Medical
Administration of the Kwantung Army exercised direction of Detachment 731 's research
work?

Answer: I do.

State Prosecutor: I request the Court to have read out the record of the confrontation
between accused Kajitsuka and witness Matsumura, former Major General of the Japanese
Army and former Chief of the Operations Division of the Kwantung Army Headquarters .The
record of this confrontation is to be found in Vol. 8, on pp. 265-67.

President of the Court: The Military Tribunal rules that the record of the confrontation on

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