Statement Concerning Otsuka

Case
USA v. Kajuro Aihara et al.
Statement Title Statement of Otsuka
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Fumio Otsuka
Statement Provided By Fumio Otsuka

Statement of Otsuka (15 Aug 1947)

46, a Tokyo internist, entered army in 1928, was transferred in 1937 to the Military Department, Bureau of Medical Affairs, assisting in prevention of communi­-cable diseases, was chief of Medical Service Section in 1943, made colonel in 1944, was demobilized in 1946. (Otsuka gives list of Medical Bureau personnel with duties).

Otsuka did not visit Fukuoka in April, May, or June 1945, didn't know of KIU incident until he read the papers in 1946. Army doctors could not get per­mission to conduct expermental operations on PWs, from the Medical Bureau of CO.