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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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