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Answer: Nearly the whole of the 13th Army, and also separate units of the llth Army, the
Headquarters of which was located in Hankow. In addition, special units were attached.

Question: What do you know about the special bacteriological units that were attached to
units of the 13th Army?

Answer: To the 13th Army was attached a special bacteriological unit consisting of the
personnel of the Nanking Detachment Ei.

Question: When did the retreat of the llth and 13th armies commence?

Answer: The 13th Army began to retreat in August 1942. The llth—also at that time. These
armies began to retreat to their former positions.

Question: Tell us, when did Major General Ishii Shiro arrive in the area of hostilities?

Answer: Major General Ishii Shiro arrived in the area of hostilities on August 24 or 25.

Question: Was a conference called at the Headquarters of the 13th Army in connection
with the arrival of Major General Ishii Shiro?

Answer: After the arrival of Major General Ishii Shiro, a secret conference was held at the
Headquarters of the 13th Army, at which, besides Ishii Shiro, were present the Commander
of the 13th Army, the Chief of Staff of that army, and the Chief of the Operations Division of
the Headquarters of that army.

Question: Did Major General Ishii Shiro arrive in the area of the 13th Army alone, or with
a group of accompanying officers?

Answer: I remember that Major General Ishii Shiro was accompanied by two or three army
surgeons.

Question: After this conference, did Major General Ishii Shiro remain at the 13th Army
Headquarters, or did he leave?

Answer: Major General Ishii Shiro left that very day after dinner in an aeroplane for
Nanking, but the two, or three officers who had arrived with him at Army Headquarters,
remained.

Question: Tell us all you know about the employment of plague germs by the Japanese
troops during the Chekang operation.

Answer: As I have already said, the 13th Army began to retreat, in conformity with the
orders of the Commanderin-Chief of the Japanese Expeditionary Forces in China, on August
20. The Headquarters of the Army retreated from Chuhsien on August 31, but the officers

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