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Answer: I have realized that I committed a crime against humanity.

EXAMINATION OF ACCUSED KURUSHIMA

State Prosecutor: Accused Kurushima, when did you commence service in Detachment
731 of the Kwantung Army?

Accused Kurushima: In October 1944.

Question: In what capacity?

Answer: From October to November 1944 I served as a guard during manoeuvres.

Question: During the manoeuvres of Detachment 731? | Answer: Yes.

Question: Before arriving in Detachment 731, had you gone through any training?

Answer: Yes, I had a six-month medical orderly course in Branch 162.

Question: What did you study at this six-month course?

Answer: Methods of breeding germs.

Question: To the cultivation of what germs was most attention devoted?

Answer: Typhoid, recurrent typhoid, cholera and tuberculosis.

Question: Were you taught methods of bayonet fighting at this course?

Answer: We were taught methods of bayonet fighting in the 97th Regiment, which was
located near Harbin.

Question: Tell us briefly how you were taught methods of bayonet fighting.

Answer: I do not remember the name of the man who conducted the bayonet exercises, but
he was a junior lieutenant, and he said that Soviet men are tall and, therefore, it is necessary
to stab higher.

Question: Was it clear to you, even from these bayonet fighting exercises, that you were
being trained for war against Russian soldiers?

Answer: Yes, of course.

Question: On your arrival in Detachment 731, were ycu warned about anything by your

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