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Answer: Chains were not put on.
State Prosecutor: In view of this answer by witness Tachibana, I request that the Court read
the second part of the already read Operations Order of the Kwantung Gendarmerie No. 224,
of August 8, 1939. That document is directly related to the question I have put to the witness,
and therefore I request that this document be read.
President of the Court: The Military Tribunal rules that this document be read. The
document will simultaneously be read in Japanese.
(The accused put on their earphones. The President
reads the Russian translation of the afore-mentioned
document. Simultaneously, the document is read in
Japanese and shown to witness Tachibana.*)
State Prosecutor: Well, witness Tachibana, perhaps, having seen the authentic document,
you will now confirm that when "special consignments" were sent, manacles and chains and
cord were used?
Witness Tachibana: This document is totally unknown to me. It is possible that manacles
were used in this case for special reasons. While I was there, no manacles were used.
*See pp. 185.86.
Question: You want to say that you sent people to certain death under torment, and,
whereas other gendarmerie administrations used manacles, the administration of which you
were in charge never used these manacles. Is that what you want to say?
(Sounds of indignation in courtroom.)
(Witness Tachibana is silent.)
State Prosecutor: What will you say in answer to this?
Witness Tachibana: When I was Chief of the Kiamusze Gendarmerie Administration
manacles were used, but chains were not put on the legs.
(Commotion in courtroom.)
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