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President of the Court: Accused Yamada, please sit down. Accused Kajitsuka, go up to the
microphone.

State Prosecutor: Accused Kajitsuka, will you tell us what uniform was worn by the
military personnel of Detachment 731? Was it the usual uniform of the Medical Service, or
ordinary army uniform?

Accused Kajitsuka: The personnel of the Army Medical Service working in Detachment
731 did not wear the insignia of their branch of the service.

Question: And what was the reason for this?

Answer: In order to keep the work of Detachment 731 secret.

State Prosecutor: In this connection, I would request the Court to have read out the circular
of the Kwantung Army Headquarters No. 1539, of June 30, 1938, contained in Vol. 21, pp. 3-
4. It is the circular about the establishment of a special military zone in the Pingfan area.

President of the Court: The Military Tribunal has ruled that the circular of the Kwantung
Army Headquarters No. 1539, of June 30, 1938, shall be read out. Accused Kajitsuka, please
take your seat.

(The President reads out the circular of the Kwantung Army Headquarters No. 1539, of
June 30,1938, "On the Establishment of a Special Military Zone in the Pingfan Area."*

The document is also read out in Japanese.)

Accused Kajitsuka, please go up to the microphone. Continue your interrogation, State
Prosecutor.

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