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Question: Who was the initiator of forming such detachments?

Answer: The General Staff.

Question: What department of the General Staff?

Answer: The 1st Strategical Division.

Question: Tell us what functions were assigned these detachments.

Answer: In the event the Kwantung Army began bacteriological warfare, these
detachments were to wage it.

Question: That is, they were to be the bacteriological support bases of Detachment 100?

Answer: Yes, that is correct.

Question: Tell us, accused Takahashi, who trained cadres for the epizootic detachments?

Answer: Detachment 100 trained these cadres.

Question: Thus, Detachment 100 was not only a centre for devising and manufacturing the
means of bacteriological warfare, but also a centre for training cadres for this war, is that
right?

Answer: Yes, that is correct.

Question: Please tell us whether Detachment 100 devised means of bacteriological warfare
only for spreading epizooty among cattle or was research conducted also in the sphere of
infecting vegetation?

Answer: As far as vegetation is concerned, research was carried on in pathogenic germs,
but I am not an authority on this question and therefore cannot go into details.

Question: Was research conducted in mosaic disease or wheat rust?

Answer: At first research was conducted in red rust but when no headway was made in the
cultivation and breeding of germs we went over to mosaic disease.

Question: Thus, you decided on cultivation of the mosaic-disease germ instead of red rust
for purposes of bacteriological warfare?

Answer: Yes, that is correct.

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