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Answer: Yes, I knew that.

Question: Who headed Detachment Ei 1644 when Ishii left?

Answer: The Chief of the Nanking Detachment after Ishii was Colonel Oota, who also
served in the Ishii Detachment.

Question: What position did Lieutenant Colonel Onadera hold?

Answer: He was Chief of the General Division of Detachment Ei 1644.

Question: Let us now pass to the equipment of Detachment Ei 1644, which you headed.
Will you describe the equipment Detachment Ei 1644 possessed for the mass cultivation of
bacteria?

Answer: Of the equipment for the mass production of bacteria,1 consider it necessary to
mention the incubator room, whose dirmnsions were 5x5x2.5 metres, two autoclaves of
cylindrical form, 1.5m. in diameter and 2.5m. in length, and also about 200 Ishii cultivators.

Question: Did Detachment Ei 1644 in Nanking possess Koch boilers?

Answer: Detachment Ei 1644 had 50 Koch boilers. And another 10 in addition. Part of
them were at headquarters, but the branches also had boilers.

Question: What output of bacteria substance was the detachment's equipment designed for?

Answer: With all the equipment operating, the output of bacteria substance was 10
kilograms per production cycle.

Question: Do you confirm the testimony you gave on December 9, 1949, which is to be
found in Vol. 14, p. 302, to the effect that Detachment Ei 1644 in Nanking, which you
directed, dealt not only with prophylaxis and water supply, but also engaged in researches on
the mass production of bacteriological weapons? (This testimony is read out in Japanese.)

Answer: I do confirm it.

Question: Did Detachment Ei 1644 in Nanking engage in the breeding of fleas?

Answer: Yes, it did.

Question: Will you please tell us how the fleas were bred?

Answer: Detachment Ei 1644 bred fleas before I joined it, using for this purpose about 100
motor spirit cans.

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