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State Prosecutor: In conformity with Art. 303 of the Code of Criminal rocedure of the
R.S.F.S.R., the State Prosecution requests that the Tribunal read a number of documents in
the case. In particular, the State Prosecution requests the Court to read the depositions of
witness Yamagishi (Vol. 2, p. 174) and of witness lijima (Vol. 6, p. 242).

Furthermore, I request that the Court read Operations Order of the Kwantung Army No.
659-Hei, filed in Vol. 15, p. 35. I also request that the Order of the Field Railway
Administration of the Kwantung Army No. 176, filed in Vol. 15, p. 37, be read.

Furthermore, I request that the Court read the excerpts from the stenographic record of the
meeting of the Central Defence Committee of so-called Manchukuo (Vol. 22, p. 3).

The State Prosecution requests that the Tribunal also read an excerpt, of material
importance as proof, from chapter three of the manual on sabotage raid warfare tactics issued
by the 2nd Land Forces Division of the Japanese Imperial Headquarters, dated January 20,
1944 (Vol. 22, p. 24). Lastly, I request that the Court certify that the instruction to employ
sabotage detachments, on pages 28-29, Vol. 22, issued by the Japanese Imperial
Headquarters, contains a reference to bacteria "pistol sprayers "of the fountain-pen type.

This is all that I apply for to the Tribunal as regards supplementary Court investigation.

(The Prosecutor's application is translated into
Japanese.)

President of the Court: The Military Tribunal rules that the depositions of lijima, who was
examined as a witness on October 20, 1949, be read. The accused may simultaneously hear
the witness' depositions in Japanese.

(Witness* depositions are simultaneously read in
Japanese.*)

The depositions of Yamagishi Kenji of October 21,1949, will be read. The accused may
also hear these depositions in Japanese through the transmitter.

(The depositions are read in Japanese.**)

The Operations Order of the Kwantung Army No. 659Hei will be read.

(The order is also read in Japanese.***)

The order of the Field Railway Administration of the Kwantung Army of July 26, 1940,
will be read.

State Prosecutor: I request that in this order the note to it be read stating that the waybill
shows the following route: Pingfan-Harbin-Hsinching-Mukden-Shanhaikwan-Tientsin-
Shanghai.

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