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Statement Concerning Tanaka

Statement Title Statement of Nogawa
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Katsumi Tanaka
Statement Provided By Nobuyoshi Nogawa

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 Title Statement of Suyama
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Katsumi Tanaka
Statement Provided By Shizuko Suyama

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.