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germs of typhoid and paratyphoid. Detachment 731 sent the expedition these germs, which
had been produced in large quantities by the 4th Division of this detachment. The bacteria
were put into peptone bottles and these bottles were placed in boxes marked "Water Supply."
These boxes were sent to Nanking by aeroplane.

Question: Well, what did you do with the contents of these boxes? •.]

Answer: On their arrival in the Nanking Detachment, we transferred part of the bacteria
from the bottles to metal flasks of the kind that are ordinarily used for drinking water. The
rest remained irj the bottles. All these flasks together with the bottles were placed in boxes
and then sent by. aeroplane to the place where it was proposed to make the attacks. The
attacks were carried out in the following way: the .flasks and bottles were thrown-into wells,
marshes and in villagers' homes. Some of the peptone bottles were used to breed bacteria in a
special bouillon. The composition of this bouillon I don't remember.

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Question: What did you yourself do during these acts of sabotage? , V'

Answer: I helped to throw the flasks containing bacteria into wells, marshes and the homes
of civilians.

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At that time there were at this place two camps for Chi nese war prisoners, numbering
about three thousand. Three thousand rolls were especially made; members of the. expedition
took part in making these rolls. A little later., these rolls were contaminated with bacteria
with the aid of a syringe. . , V

Question: Who contaminated these rolls with the aid of a syringe?

Answer: All the members of the 1st Section of the 1st Division taking part in the
expedition. ,:.. ;

Question: Did you, in particular, take part,in this?

Answer: Yes, I did. \ , .,

Question: With what bacteria were these three ...thousand rolls contaminated? V

Answer:The bacteria of typhoid and paratyphoid were used.

Question: What was done with the three thousand rolls after that?

Answer: After the rolls had been contaminated .with bacteria they were sent to the camp
and handed out to the Chinese war prisoners by interpreter Kasuga, who could speak Chinese.

I know that these rolls were given to the Chinese, if only from the fact that I saw a
photograph of a Chinese holding one of these rolls.

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