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Question: Who, in September 1941, ordered General Wakamatsu, Chief of Detachment
100, to begin manufacturing the germs just mentioned by you in Court, for purposes of
bacteriological warfare?

Answer: I, Takahashi, Chief of the Veterinary Administration. The order was given in the
name of the Commanderin-Chief of the Kwantung Army. I personally issued the order.

Question: Who was Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army at the time?

Answer: General Umezu.

Question: Thus, the order to prepare actively for bacteriological warfare came from
General Umezu?

Answer: Yes.

Question: And you, in your turn, transmitted General Umezu's order to Detachment 100?

Answer: Yes, I supervised its execution. According to Regulations the Commander-in-
Chief had to issue the order.

Question: Tell us, accused, what division of the detachment engaged in producing the
bacteriological weapons?

Answer: The 6th Section of the 2nd Division.

Question: Did Detachment 100 have its branches?

Answer: Yes, it did.

Question: What branches were these?

Answer: There was the branch at Rako Station and a small section in the town of Dalny.

Question: Were hippo-epizootic detachments or administrations formed in the armies in
1941?

Answer: Yes, they were.

Question: Please tell us where such hippo-epizootic administrations were set up.

Answer: In the towns of Tunan, Tungning, Koshan, Chining.

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