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Statement of Horiuchi (16 June and 30 July 1947) 8-9 civilian doctors were assisting WA Medical Department from KIU, Kumamoto Univ., and Nagasaki Univ. From KIU there were 4 doctors of surgery: Goto, Jinnaka, Ishiyama, Tomoda, and one professor of internal medicine: Misao. Ishiyama came to Horiuchi!s office 2-3 times; sometimes he would personally come to the office to get his train tickets and expenses, other times he would send one of his staff members.
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Statement of Hyakutake (31 July - 5 August 1947) Hyakutake remembers only faintly that he had met Ishiyama only once. Hyakutake does not believe that Ishiyama, as head of a Medical Section Department, had the authority to accept PWs from the military and use facilities at the University for experimental operations. In case of an emergency of a badly wounded person, Ishiyama could have used the facilities at the University without first asking permission of the dean, although the dean (Ohno) then would have to be apprized. Ishiyama had no authority to order Hirako to permit him the use of the facilities in the Anatomy Section for experimental operations. If Hirako had refused, Ishiyama could not have endangered his position in the University. No one in the army had the authority to order Ishiyama to operate on the Prisoners for experimental purposes. It would have to come through the Ministry of Education and then through Hyakutake, but this did not happen. If the army did order Ishiyama to perform operations on the PWs, he could have refused. If there had been an order, it would have gone through Hyakutake. Ishiyama might have dissected Prisoners against his will, afraid that the army might take over the hospital. Hyakutake feels confident that if Ishiyama had come to him, the incident would not have happened. |