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OKI, Ginzaburo, Col. Interrogation 604 - 2 July. Colonel Oki stated that Capt. Shinju Goiyama was in charge of feeding and general administration of POWs at Western Army Hqs-and informed him some time in January 1946 that In addition to the eight POWs killed 20 June 1945, five more had been sent to Kyushu University Hospital with sickness. Investigation has revealed that eight POWs were sent with no evidence of illness (this statement need clarification). Sato admitted to Oki that POWs were sent to Kyushu University for experimental purposes Involving a new drug taken from sea water. |
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.