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Statement Concerning Manabe

Statement Title Statement of Miki
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Sumako Manabe
Statement Provided By Akiye Miki

MANABE, SUMAKO  [Marginal Note: (KIU) ]

Statement of Miki                                 At Ishiyama surgery, Manabe in charge of dietetics.

First operation (lung), Miki went to the Autopsy room with Tsutsui, Drs. Tashiro and Nogawa, and Nurses Suyama and Manabe.

When American PW brought in, Suyama, Manabe, and Miki began talking about leaving because they thought something was wrong. Ishiyama said everything was all right, that they should stay and help. Group around operating table:

SUYAMA  0              0  MANABE

HIRAO     0              0  MIKI

KOMORI  0              0  ISHIYAMA

                         0 unknown 0 army officer

Manabe, Suyama and Miki talked about the operation the same day, were scared because of locale of operation, and because it was on a foreigner

2nd operation was about 4-5 days later. Tsutsui told Suyama and Miki they would help, told Miki to tell Manabe, and that it would be in autopsy room.

Suyama, Manabe, and Miki pushed cart from Ishiyama Surgery to Anatomy Bldg, in the PM, brought instruments over as before; cart let outside, instruments taken from cart into autopsy room.

About 7 days later (brain operation), Suyama, Manabe, Yayama and Miki took instruments down on cart as before.

Manabe passed instruments to Miki at liver operation, lung operation, 3rd operation.