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The translation refers to Capt. Yusei "WAMITSU". The name "WAMITSU" is also translated "WAKO". Wako came in to see Sato as to the advisibilithy of administering severe punishment to flyers and requested instructions. Sato accepted Wako's opinion, ordered disposition, and Wako and several others disposed of 8 flyers. (Sato responsible for this story). Wako sent a representative of public opinion to Sato stating that capital punishment would be the result of a trial and suggested disposing of the prisoners as if killed during the bombing of the previous day. (Wako's story not checked since in Occupation custody). |
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.