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Question: And in particular to engage in bacteria research and its production on a mass
scale for purposes of bacteriological warfare? Is that also right?

Answer: Yes.

State Prosecutor: I have no further questions to the accused.

Counsel Bolkhovitinov: Accused Hirazakura, on whose initiative were you enlisted in
Detachment 100?

Accused Hirazakura: I was a veterinary surgeon at the time on the Japanese islands and do
not know on whose initiative this was done, but it was either by order of the Divisional
Commander or of the Minister for War.

Question: Were you mobilized into the army or did you volunteer for service?

Answer: I was mobilized.

Question: Do you condemn your activities in Detachment 100, and also the idea of
bacteriological warfare in general?

Answer: Yes, very much so.

EXAMINATION OF ACCUSED MITOMO

State Prosecutor: Accused Mitomo, when did you first join Detachment 100?

Accused Mitomo: I joined Detachment 100 in April 1941.

Question: In what division of Detachment 100 did you serve?

Answer: In the 2nd Division.

Question: In what sections of the 2nd Division?

Answer: At first in the 1st Section of the 2nd Division. When the 6th Section was formed I
began to work there.

Question: When did you begin to work in the 6th Section?

Answer: After April 1943.

Question: Tell us what activities were conducted by the 6th Section of the 2nd Division of
Detachment 100.

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