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Statement of Wako (25 Aug -5 Sept 1947) 2 reports, one by the staff section and one by LS were sent to the Minister of War.. While 3 Prisoners were executed 20 June, there were 14-15-16 reported as having been killed in the bombing. Wako wondered about the above discrepancy, and several days after that a first Lt. Maekawa from the Medical Section visited the LS during or after lunch and said that some of the Prisoners were dissected somewhere. He would not say where it happened. |
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Statement of Matake (11-19 June 1947) Tozo Maekawa, formerly of WA Medical Section told Matake that PWs were operated on at KIU, that the matter was being investigated by the occupation forces, and they might all be called in for questioning. |
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Statement of Wako (28 Aug - 5 Sept 1947) In about late June, 1st Lt. Maekawa of the Medical Section visited the LS during or right after the lunch hour and said that some of the Prisoners were dissected alive somewhere; he would not say where this happened. |
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.