36, 2nd Lt. in adj. Sec. of 57 Army under NISHIHARA from April to October 1945; transferred with him as side de camp to WAH in October 1945. Defendant did not hear of any Prisoners at 57A. At WA Defendant heard of Prisoners being executed. On 12 November 1945 FUKUSHIMA, SATO and NISHIHARA went to Tokyo at a CG conference, accompanied by Defendant. On 13 November at 0800 they went to the War Ministry, took NISHIHARA home at 1600, this routine followed on the 14th and 15th. Defendant never heard of Geo HUCK. |
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.