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go to the cattle cemetery. There, at a hundred metres from the road, was a Russian, he was
kneeling on the ground, and gendarme Mizuno killed him by shooting him in the back of the
head.

Question: Where did you bury the body of this Russian whom gendarme Mizuno had
murdered?

Answer: There, in the cattle cemetery, a pit had already been dug, and he was shot on the
edge of this pit.

Question: And you yourself buried his body?

Answer: It was thrown into the pit and I covered it with earth.

Question: Did you take part in the manoeuvres in infecting cattle on Detachment 731's
proving ground at Anta Station?

Answer: Yes, I did.

Question: Tell us what you saw at these manoeuvres.

Answer: I was in the barracks taking meteorological observations when an aeroplane flew
over the camp. The aeroplane dropped something of a yellow colour and at once flew off
again. I was not on the proving ground myself, so I don't know the details.

Question: The infection of cattle was conducted during the manoeuvres with the aid of
aircraft?

Answer: Yes, that's correct.

Question: And, finally, the last question to you, witness Hataki. You said that you worked
in Detachment 100 under the direction of a certain Mitomo. Is that right?

Answer: Yes.

Question: Now look at the defendants' box and tell the Court whether among the accused is
Mitomo, under whom you worked in the detachment.

Answer: Yes, that same Mitomo is there.

EXAMINATION OF WITNESS MISHINA

President of the Court: Witness Mishina, you have given the Court your signature to the
warning that you are liable to prosecution if you give false testimony. You must tell the Court
the truth.

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