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SHIMOMITSU, Probationary Officer Statement of Murata - 6 January 1947 (420) A Prosecutor with Western Army Legal Section and present at the 20 June execution. |
This book documents the legal proceedings of the December 1949 Khabarovsk trial in which twelve members of the Japanese Army's covert biological warfare Unit 731 were prosecuted for their war crimes. The trial sought to hold key leaders in Japan's bio-weapons program accountable for atrocities after WWII.