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Lieutenant Hirazakura for the purpose of investigating the possibility of infecting cattle in the
districts of North Khingan Province. I received no comments on the report from Yamada, and
I believe he approved the report.

In February 1945 I made a third report to General Yamada about the work Detachment 100
was doing in making bacteriological weapons. It was a very brief report. I informed him that
the work was continuing as before, and that there had been no change. I did not receive any
special instructions from Yamada on this report.

Question: Who financed the work of Detachment 100, and how?

Answer: The detachment was financed from two sources: the Japanese Ministry for War
assigned funds for the maintenance of the personnel of Detachment 100 and for preparing
substances for prophylactical work in the Kwantung Army.

Money for devising and making bacteriological weapons was provided out of the secret
funds of Headquarters of the Kwantung Army through the 2nd Intelligence Division.

Question: What sum was assigned for these needs?

Answer: I wejl remember that for the period April I, 1944, to April 1, 1945, the Japanese
Ministry for War assigned for the maintenance of the personnel of Detachment 100 and for
preparing prophylactical substances the sum of 600,000 yen. For devising and making
bacteriological weapons, the 2nd Division of Headquarters of the Kwantung Army assigned
for the same period the sum of 1,000,000 yen. This sum did not limit us in the least, however,
for if necessity demanded, all the money requested would have been granted. What sums
were granted before 1944, I do not remember.

Question: What do you know about the activities of Detachment 731 in preparing to
conduct bacteriological warfare?

Answer: In September 1941, former Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army, Umezu,
stated at a conference of chiefs of divisions and administrations of the Army Headquarters
that orders had been received from the General Staff of Imperial Headquarters that the
Kwantung Army prepare to conduct bacteriological warfare. At this conference Umezu
ordered the Chief of Detachment 731, Ishii, to start the mass production of the germs of
infectious diseases. From that time onwards I knew that Detachment 731 was preparing to
conduct bacteriological warfare.

Question: Who directed the practical work of Detachment 731 in preparing to conduct
bacteriological warfare?

Answer: In September 1941, Commander-in-Chief Umezu imposed the function of
directing and supervising the practical work of Detachment 731 in preparing to conduct
bacteriological warfare upon Chief of the Medical Service of the Kwantung Army, Kajitsuka.

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