Statement of Makino

Statement of Noda (18 July - 4 Aug 1947) A Japanese army guard told one of the professors that the Prisoners to be operated on were captured American B-29 flyers. Noda was on his way to the latrine, located next to the autopsy room, overheard this. Noda believes this professor was Makino.

Statement of Hirao (28 Aug - ? Sept 1947) When they (doctors) finished washing after 1st series of operations, Hirao noticed Tanaka and Makino in the room, they being of the Autopsy Section. One of them prepared to remove parts of the bodies for histology classes from the 1st Prisoner, Hirao believes. Tanaka, and Makino had a bottle of what smelled like for­maldehyde and a few other bottles to put specimens in. All Hirao saw them take for a specimen was a small piece of skin.

2nd series - after operations, Hirao again noticed Tanaka, Makino and 1-2 others from the Autopsy Section had entered the room and were gathered around the Prisoner on the left side of the room. Hirao noticed -them when he re­turned from the latrine. As soon as the liver operation was over they started to take histology specimens of the body, putting them in the bottle of formaldehyde.

Statement of Hirako (26 Aug - 4 Sept 1947) Assistants in the anatomy sec­tion: Makino, Kanao Kito, Takeshige.

Hirako recalls having a conversation as to preserving a PW body with either Tanaka, Makino or Goshima during the time that PWs were being operated on. Probably talked to Tanaka and Makino.

Hirako told Tanaka, Makino, Goshima and Ryu that they could get specimens because Hirako knew they were working for degrees and could use them, (from PWs operated on). However, He told them to get the specimens from the operator, not to take them from the bodies. Japanese custom is that if a superior gives an order or permission, the inferior will report when he has done as ordered or suggested. Those men did not report to Hirako that they had gotten specimens,

They could dissect bodies of Japanese criminals since given to them, but Hirako could not tell them to personally take specimens from the Prisoner's bodies because those bodies did not belong to the anatomy section. If they did take specimens they did it without Hirako's permission, but Hirako was re­sponsible for them, will take responsibility for what they did.

Statement of Takagi (24 June 1947) Shortly before the airraid (19 June 1945) in May or June,'carried bodies of Americans to the crematory. Makino came out of the autopsy room, told Takagi to bring 2 coffins and leave them just outside the door of the autopsy room, then told him to leave the area.

Statement of Tanaka (3-15 July 1947) Makiho and Tanaka worked together, took out small specimens from the intestines, stomach, bladder, liver, kidney, supr renal gland. Having left earlier, Tanaka returned to see lung opera­ tion being performed, with Makino, in autopsy room.

Statement of Tanaka Cont’d ...... Makino removed specimens from the lung, heart, and possibly the esophagus and trachea. None of these specimens were larger than any inch each way. They wanted healthy specimens, and this Prisoner did not appear to be diseased. The organs from which Makino re­moved specimens were healthy.

Makino was leaving for home shortly after they took the specimens, and he said he would take some with him and leave the rest. Tanaka doesn’t know' what he did with them. Ryu injected Meuller Solution into a large blood vessel in the Prisoner’s neck, which ruined the rest of the body for speci­mens, and Makino and Tanaka left.

About 4 days later 3 more operations were performed, one an abdominal opera­tion, one a liver operation. Makino and Tanaka gain took specimens from the Prisoner subjected to the abdominal operation while the liver operation was still going on, and during which a 3rd Prisoner was brought in. Makino took the lachrymal glands and,-Tanaka believes, other parts of the head. They left while the operation was still in progress.

Later, in early June 1945, Tanaka was again informed of operations on PWs, went to the anatomy room by himself, saw 2 Prisoners, one already dead, and Makino and Goshima were taking specimens from the body. The other was being operated on. Makino was taking out spinal nerve ganglion and said he was going to take out the spinal cord, which is quite difficult; unless the head is cut off. Makino gave Tanaka a piece of the nerve gang­lion he had taken, then left, throwing these specimens away in Feb. 1946. Makino and Goshima were still there.

Statement of Takata (17-24 June 1947) About 1300 in April or May 1945, Makino told Takata to bring 2 coffins to the autopsy room, but not to come - into the room, that they were going to operate on some PWs.

After the operations were over, about 1700-1730, Makino told Takata to take the bodies to the crematory. Because of Alerts, the 3rd day Takata and a Pathology servant took the bodies to the crematory, unmarked and un­tagged, done on Makino's authority. Hirako was in charge of the crematory, could order bodies to be burned; Makino was under Hirako.

About a week after the 1st time, Makino again came to Takata and told him to bring 2 coffins to the autopsy room, which Takata did, and about an hour later a truck stopped in back of the Anatomy building, 2 blindfolded Ameri­can PWs and several Japanese soldiers got out, PWs were brought in and one was left in the hallway and guarded by a Japanese soldier. About 1800 Makino came to Takata, said "they are all done".

Takata knew these men were PWs because Makino told him.