Branch 673 of Detachment 731 under my command had been involved in these criminal activities, on my orders all the branch’s service premises and living quarters, equipment, materials, and documents were destroyed by fire, and for the same purpose, on my orders, on August 14, 1945, poison in the shape of potassium cyanide was issued to the entire personnel (120 men) to be taken by them to commit suicide in the event of the danger arising of their being captured by the Soviet forces.”
