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EXCERPT FROM RECORD OP INTERROOATION
OF YAMADA OTOZOO
Noetmbet 17, 1949
Cilf of Kkaéanmk
.. . Among the units under my command engaf^ Ir
devisiní« and in the niass production of bacteriolosicil
weapons were Dctachment 731, Detachmcnt 100, aikl thdr
branclies.
. . . ConccminK the activitles of dctachments 731 «Ml
too ín tlic prcparations to conduct bacteriologicai w»rf«e,
it nuist bc said that Detachment 731 engaged In devi^f^
and producing baclcriological «Tapons íntendcd for (hl
Wholesale extn-mination oí human belngs. The actlvlti«
of Detachment 100, in thisrespcct, were cd someudiat niircnwr
acope, and were limited to devisíng and pruducing bactertologicat «rapons of Sabotage in tlic form of extermlnalli^
miimU and contaminatimr emos.
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. . . Detachn»nt 731 was reorganized in Í9OT-40 under
a special secret decree issued by Emperor Hirohito of Japan
in 1939. I was acquainted with this decree at the Kwantung Army Headquarters approximately in February 1940,
tigning a ptedge of secrecy.
Besides this, by one or perhaps fwo secret decrees, issued
^ Emperor Hirohito in IWO, four branches of Detachment
731 were set up additionally in the second half of that year,
to he located in the towns of Hailar and Sunyu, and at Hailin
' and Linkow stations, the dales of their formation being indicated. The appended tables of Organization, signed by War
Minister Tojo, showed that each of these branches had a per*
tcmnel of up to 300 men.
Orders issued by Japanese War Minister Tojo Inaccordance
with the emperor's decrees listed the hospitais and Detachinent 731 which assigned a definite number of army medical
specialists, non-commisstoned officers and privates. The
Orders also indicated that civilians might be employed, but
HO more than 30 per cent of the entire personnel
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Qoestion: From whom did the Idea of preparing for
P-. fcieterfobgical warfare originate?
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Aiwwcr: The idea of preparing bacterlological warfare
p - «rlginated from Ishil.
p ' ishil Shiro, bom around 1693 in the Prefecture of Chiba,
I; MiMt from the family of • wealthy landowner, and ln 1919-20
p, CnMluated from the College of Medicine of the Imperial
p : URlvenlty ln the town of Kyoto. He then entered the serv>' to of the Japanese Army as a votunteer. Soon after, tie
afpllod for enlistment In regulär army Service. Half a v< ar
Beginning with 1933 Major General Nagata, Qiief of
En 1935 et 1936, le Japon a mis sur pied deux
the Military AfFairs Division of the Japanese Ministry
organisations pour la fabrication des armes
fcM* War, supported Ishii’s idea, and beginning with
bactériologiques dans la Chine du Nord-Est.
1^, also Colonel Suzuki Yorimichi, Chief of the Ist
En 1941, pour raison de secret, ces organisaSection of the Strategical Division of The Japanese General
tions furent appelées “Détachement 731” et
Staff.
“Détachcment 100”. Le chef du “DétacheAll these circumstances, as well as the fact that Ishii
ment 731” était le grand criminel de guerre
was a big specialist, led to his being appointed Chief of Debactériologique japonals Shiro Ishii. Le
tachment 731, and upon taking up this post he began reChef du “Détachement 100” était Jiro
search on weapons of bacteriological warfare.
Wakamatsu.
As head of a division in the Medical Administration of
—Voir les documents sur le jugement des
the Japanese Ministry for War I went over the order drafted
criminels de guerre bactériologique
by the Appointmesnts Section of the Personnel Division apt
japonais au Tribunal de Khabarovsk.
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en haut—dépositions de 1’accusé Yamada Otozoo, ancien Commandant en Chef de 1’Armée
Japonaise de Kw^ntung.
à droite,—dépositions de 1’accusé Kajitsuka Ryuji, ancien Chef de l’Administration
Médicale de 1’Armée Japonaise de Kwantung
Ruines du Laboratoire Central
de Recherches des armes bactériologiques de l’usine bactériologique japonaise “Détachement
731”, à la Station de Ping-Fang,
aux environs de Harbin.
Pendant-la guerre de résistance
anti-japonaise, le “Détachement
731” japonais, a eflectué fréquemment des expérimentations
atroces en utilisant des citoyens
chinois, coréens et soviétiques
comme des cohayes humains.
Volci le four crématoire destiné
à brtller le corps des victimes.
En vue d’élever des puces porteuses de bacilles de la peste, le
"Détachement 731” japonais a
fait, sur une grande échelle,
1'élevage de rats. Voici ce qui
reste des cages à rats.
(Photos prises en avril 1950)
EXCERPT FROM RECORD OF INTERROOATION
OF YAMADA OTOZOO
Occembfr /. Í9-Í9
City of Khabaiavik
...Qu»Uon; Why was the produetkm of bacterioiogical weapons activized in 1945?
Answer: The proiluclion of liacterioloKical weapons by
detachnients 731 and lüO was activized at liiat time bivause
the preparatory period of tlie most elh-ctive baelerioloRical
ireapoiB that had beeil Icsicd liad ended. I have in mind
U» employment of tlic Ishii bactéria bonil», tlie spraying
of pUgiie-infccled Beas from aircralt, and methuds of baetcriolo|iic«l tabolage on fand, about which 1 had'learncd from tlie
fC|iorts of Oencfals KfUino and Takatiashi. and from other
pánona.
Ruines de l’usine bactériologique japonaise
du “Détachement 100”, à Mongatong,
Tchangtehoun.
(photo prise en Mars 1950.)
Spécimens des bombes bactériologiques en porcelaine “Ishii” conçues par le criminel
de guerre bactériologique Shiro Ishii. D’après les dépositions faites par Yamada
Otozoo, ancien Commandant en Chef de 1’Armée Japonaise de Kwantung, au Tribunal
de Khabarovsk, ces bombes étaient considérées en 1945 comme une des armes
bactériologiques les plus efficaces.
Photos: à gauche—^bombes bactériologiques “Ishii” fabriquées dans l’usine
bactériologique japonaise “Détachement 731.”
à
droite—extrait de la déposition de Taceusé Yamada Otozoo.
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