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Question: You said, when replying to the President, that you had a scientific degree, and
were the author of scientific works. Do you consider it compatible with your work as a
physician and specialist to have shared the views of the advocates of bacteriological warfare?

Answer: I shared Ishii's opinions and ideas regarding the necessity for an antiepidemic
service, but I consider all the subsequent activity of this detachment villainous; and that I
myself was connected with this work and shared in it, I consider complicity in villainy, and
repent of it.

EXAMINATION OF ACCUSED SATO SHUNJI

State Prosecutor: Accused Sato, when were you appointed Chief of Detachment Nami
8604, and how long did you hold this position?

Accused Sato: I was Chief of Detachment Nami 8604 in the city of Canton from December
1940 to February 1943.

Question: To what post were you transferred from Detachment Nami 8604 in Canton?

Answer: I was transferred to the post of Chief of Detachment Ei 1644 in Nanking.

Question: How long were you Chief of Detachment Ei 1644 in Nanking?

Answer: Exactly a year, until February 1944.

Question: When were detachments Nami 8604 and Ei 1644 formed?

Answer: In 1939.

Question: How many branches did Detachment Ei 1644 in Nanking have?

Answer: Twelve.

Question: What was the size of the personnel of Detachment Ei in Nanking, together with
its branches?

Answer: About 1,500 men.

Question: What connection did Ishii Shiro have with Detachment Ei 1644 in Nanking?

Answer: When the detachment was formed, Ishii was its chief.

Question: You knew that Ishii Shiro was most active in research on bacteriological means
of warfare?

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