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Later we decided that the livestock purchased by Hirazakura in 1945 be infected as
follows: sheep—by the injection of sheep-plague germs; cattle—with cattle-plague germs,
and horses with anthrax. The infected cattle, sheep and horses were to be dispersed in
different directions so that they should wander into the area of the operations of the Soviet
troops. I do not remember the details of all the measures we then decided on as it happened a
long time ago.

Question: What other veterinary units of the Kwantung Army besides Detachment 100
made preparations to conduct bacteriological warfare and sabotage against the Soviet Union?

Answer: Detachment 100 had two branches, one in Dairen and the other in Rako. In
addition, in July 1941, army epizootic detachments were formed in each army. All these
detachments, located in the towns of Kokuzan, Toan, Keinei and Tonei, were to serve as
special units for employing bacteriological weapons against the Soviet Union.

Question: Who trained the cadres of bacteriological specialists for these detachments?

Answer: The chiefs of the branches of Detachment 100 and of the epizootic detachments
were bacteriologist physicians; the rest of the personnel of these detachments were veterinary
surgeons who had no training in bacteriology. To train new bacteriologists and to improve the
qualifications of the old specialists, the personnel of these detachments went through special
courses organized by Detachment 100.

Question: What do you know about the experiments on living people that were performed
by Detachment 100 that was under your command?

Answer: I learned of this from the evidence of witnesses that was read to me during the
interrogation on November 24, 1949. I did not know that experiments were being made on
living people, but I do not deny responsibility, as Detachment 100 was subordinated to me.

Question: When and what did you report to former Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung
Army Yamada about the activities of Detachment 100?

Answer: I reported three times to General Yamada about what Detachment 100 was doing
in devising and making bacteriological weapons.

I made the first report to General Yamada in July 1944, a few days after I had officially
presented myself to him, the new Commander-in-Chief. I reported to him on the secret work
Detachment 100 was doing in making bacteriological weapons. In particular, I told him about
the mass production of cattle-plague, sheep-plague, glanders and red-rust germs by the 6th
Section of the 2nd Division of Detachment 100. In this connection I reported to Yamada the
quantity of bacteria produced by Detachment 100.

I made the next report to Yamada in November 1944, in the presence of Chief of Staff
Kasahara, his deputy Ikeda, Chief of the 2nd Division Sasai, Chief of Detachment 100
Wakamatsu and, I think, Chief of the lst Division Matsumura. I reported on the results of the
research work especially conducted by a group of members of Detachment 100 headed by

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