Statement Concerning Tanaka

Box Number
14
Statements
Statement of Nogawa
By
Nobuyoshi Nogawa
About
Katsumi Tanaka

2nd series - Since Nogawa was not too interested in watching a stomach operation, he talked for awhile with Miki, who was sterilizing instruments. Nogawa also talked for awhile with Tsutsui. They told him that they were tired. Tanaka and 1-2 others he didn't know were doing something to the body that had undergone a lung and liver operation earlier. Tanaka was standing by the Prisoner's legs with a glass containing a yellow-brown liquid--Nogawa thought he might be injecting this fluid into the Prisoner's legs to preserve the body. Nogawa at this time stood in the vicinity of the wash basin and waited, did not watch too closely.

About the time Tanaka finished his work the stomach operation (2nd Pw) was completed--this was a period of about 50 minutes, then about 1730-1800, Nogawa walked back to the Surgery Clinic by himself carrying some of the operating instruments. ·

(During liver operation in 2nd series) Tanaka stood behind Komori and looked for a few minutes.

Statement of Suyama
By
Shizuko Suyama
About
Katsumi Tanaka

1st operation- About the time the incision in the lung was made, Tanaka and Makino came in.

After the ribs were cut out, Suyama noticed that Hirako had come in and was standing in back of Komori, and a short time later Suyama saw Makino and Tanaka, who had just come in.