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Division of the detachment, Lieutenant Colonel of the Medical Service Nishi. I was ordered
to go through a seven-day course in the detachment's Training Division. During that week,
under Lieutenant Colonel Nishi's direction, I studied the internal service regulations, and the
internal service regulations concerning Detachment 731.
Question: Did Nishi warn you about the character of the detachment's work?
Answer: Yes, he said that research work on bacteria was being carried on in Detachment
731 and that exceptional secrecy had to be maintained in relation to everything that
concerned the work of Detachment 731.
Question: Tell us precisely what premises and what branches you had occasion to visit
during your service in the Quartermaster's Section of this detachment.
Answer: During my service in the Quartermaster's Section of Detachment 731 I had
occasion to visit the detachment's lst Division, 3rd Division and the proving ground at Anta
Station. As regards branches, in February and March 1945 I visited the Sunyu, Linkow and
Mutankiang branches. At that time, together with the Quartermaster, Major Sato, I inspected
the stores, but in August 1945, I was promoted to Quartermaster of the Hailar Branch. In
addition, I had occasion to visit the Clinical Division, and the 3rd Division in Harbin, in the
Nantung district. Furthermore, when receiving stores, I, on two occasions, visited the
Transport Section of Detachment 731.
Question: Do you know what purpose was served by Detachment 731's proving ground
near Anta Station?
Answer: That proving ground wis intended for experiments in connection with
preparations to conduct bacteriological warfare.
Question: On whom were these bacteriological experiments performed?
Answer: I know that for these experiments prisoners confined in Detachment 731's inner
prison were used.
Question: Where was this prison?
Answer: This prison was situated inside the quadrangle of the detachment's three-storey
main building. These were two-storey buildings, numbered 7 and 8.
Question: From where were people upon whom experiments were to be made supplied to
Detachment 731?
Answer: I know that these people were supplied by the Japanese Military Missions and by
the Gendarmerie; in addition, people were supplied for the prison from among Chinese war
prisoners.
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