Statement Concerning Manabe

Case
USA v. Kajuro Aihara et al.
Statement Title Statement of Suyama
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Sumako Manabe
Statement Provided By Shizuko Suyama

Statement of Suyama (20 July - 1 August 1947) 1st operation - Manabe and Yayama were not at this 1st, or lung, operation. Suyama recalls no other operation performed that day.

2nd series

2nd operation - Manabe went with Suyama and Miki, when they took the instru­ments to the Autopsy Dissection Room.

Brain operation - Suyama set up 4 stools by the windows, put cans of gauze, sheets, and possibly lysol on them, assisted by Manabe— these supplies were used for both operations.

Brain operation - Manabe was at the operations, but helped on the other.

While the brain operation was going on, the stomach operation was started. . On Suyama's return from Surgery Clinic to get thread, the brain operations was still being performed, but Suyama went to the 2nd table and helped Manabe, bringing her instruments with a sterile pincer and took the Prisoner's pulse.

Before Suyama went after the thread, she stopped near Manabe, who was helping at the stomach operation.

Manabe passed instruments to Komori and his assistants.

After operation, Suyama believes that she, Manabe, and Miki were the last people in the room. The Prisoners were left on the operating tables just as they had been during the operations.

3rd series of operations - Liver - Manabe and Suyama stood in back of the instruments tables.

Stomach and Heart operation - The instrument table was at the Prisoner's feet. Manabe was behind the instrument table, on the side away from the operating table, moved from place to place.

Suyama, Miki, Manabe, Yayama, Komori, Ishiyama, Hirao, and the person with the watch, watched the heart incision.

4th series - Suyama believes the same people were present at this operation. Suyama doesn't know whether Manabe, Yayama and Miki were there. Suyama did not see them arrive.

After the war, Suyama came back to the University, saw Tsutsui, who told her that the Americans were investigating, that Suyama, Miki, Manabe and Yayama would not have to worry, that she would take the responsibility, and that they had just acted on the orders of the doctors.