Chapter 19 Section 18

Speaking of the jeep, the one that drove to Aida Kotaro's house near the Shiinamachi branch of the Imperial Bank, is there a need for further research?Because of suspected typhus symptoms at Aida's house, members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Health Department accompanied the occupying army soldiers in jeeps to disinfect, but the typhus was not contagious that time.Defenders have argued that Hirasawa's statement of when he saw the jeep was inconsistent with the facts.Not to mention the defender's point of view, would the occupying army soldiers come here on purpose just because a family had an infectious disease?Shouldn't this kind of thing be left to the staff of the Tokyo Metropolitan Sanitation Division?And there was a sergeant named Allen in the car.

If it was a large-scale disinfection work—for example, DDT was required to be sprayed on the homeless people living in the subway at Ueno Station—it would be understandable; a sergeant of the occupying army came here just because a household was sick. is doubtful. Besides, when the investigation of the "Imperial Bank incident" was launched against the old military system, the two lieutenants Parker and Cornett mentioned by the murderer were transferred back to their home country.As has already been said, it is impossible to imagine that the murderer mentioned the names of the two lieutenants by chance.Even if the murderer was not directly related to the two lieutenants in charge of epidemic prevention work, there must be some kind of relationship.Therefore, if the investigation starts from the two lieutenants, it may be possible to find out the real culprit.But for unknown reasons, the two lieutenants in charge of epidemic prevention were ordered to leave Japan.

Speaking of returning to the country, the soldier named Eli who was related to Hirasawa's whereabouts when the "Imperial Bank incident" occurred was also transferred away. Pyeongtaek's second daughter was very close to this Ellie at the time.On January 26 (the day when the "Imperial Bank incident" happened), Ellie visited Hirasawa's house in Nakano District. In the evening, Hirasawa returned home with briquettes in his handbag, and Ellie welcomed him in.If Avery testifies in court, it can be proved that Hirasawa could not have been to the Imperial Bank. The result of investigating the attendance sheet proved that January 26 was indeed Avery's public holiday.So the date is not wrong, Avery came to play.But shortly after Pyeongtaek was arrested, this Avery was also transferred back to his home country.In this way, the possibility of Avery testifying in court in Japan is gone.

The defender had asked for Avery in the United States to be notarized internationally, but the court refused to accept it. Therefore, it made people feel that Avery's return to China and the aforementioned transfer of the two lieutenants Parker and Cornett were all due to a purpose. So, which branch of the US military's general command does the murderer I imagine belong to? Three assumptions can be made: 1. The murderer may be an official member of the Ishii Group, an agency under the jurisdiction of the Active Combat Training Department, which is strictly confidential. 2. Although the department he belongs to cannot be said to have nothing to do with the higher-level organization, it is not a higher-level organization itself, and has no direct relationship with the secret operations (germ tactics) carried out after the war.

3. The murderer used to be the backbone of Unit 731 (Kwantung Army Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department, i.e. Ishii Unit) or Unit 100 (Kwantung Army Army Horse Epidemic Prevention Factory). "This poison, can also use it.He was aware of the secret postwar operation, but had no overt connection to it. The third hypothesis is the most likely.The following hypothesis is not unfounded: when the Metropolitan Police Department conducted investigations in this area, the US General Command, the "counterintelligence team" or the Public Security Section of the Intelligence Department made some hints to the Japanese side.

In fact, the Metropolitan Police Department has launched a formal investigation to relevant parties in the old military headquarters according to the original investigation outline. With the original strength of the Metropolitan Police Department, it will probably be able to approach the real murderer soon.But once the murderer is found out, it is tantamount to letting the Japanese side know that the secret operation is being carried out under the direct leadership of the Combat Training Department.Therefore, the United States probably felt the need to change the direction of the Metropolitan Police Department's investigation.The U.S. General Command exerted pressure and asked the Metropolitan Police Department to interrupt the main line determined according to the investigation outline.That's what I suppose to be the case.

At that time, from the south to the north, as well as the coast of the Sea of ​​Japan, the police agencies secretly investigated all doctors who practiced privately or in hospitals who had the above-mentioned experience. (See the section on the list in the Scouting Outline above.) The reason why the U.S. General Command is unwilling to let the Police Department extend its investigative hand to the murderer is probably because of the Ishii Group—one of the top secret combat plans of the U.S. General Command’s combat staff, that is, item C of the CBR plan ( Bacteria) - operations are top secret.If it were revealed what this group was doing under the scrutiny of the Japanese police, it would cause great difficulty.

As long as the existence of this group is revealed, there is a danger that the press—especially the United Press and the Associated Press in Tokyo—will spread the news all over the world.In fact, at that time, the U.S. General Command had asked Japan to resolve the "Imperial Bank incident" as soon as possible.On the surface, they were urging the Metropolitan Police Department to end this unprecedented tragedy as soon as possible. In their hearts, they probably hoped to arrest a "murderer" before the investigative hand reached the old military headquarters. Just at this time, Jukii's business card team, who had never been valued by the mainstream of the Metropolitan Police Department, arrested Hirasawa Sadomichi from Hokkaido.The man was already suffering from Kersackoff's disease, and his nerves were already a little deranged; he resisted the prosecutor's cross-examination for thirty days, but finally became semi-crazed and succumbed.For the U.S. General Command, the matter was resolved as it wished.

There is another thing that is beneficial to the US General Command: this Hirasawa Sadao has committed the Nihondo fraud case in the past.On the way to escort Pingze, the police were very cruel to him. The public opinion originally sympathized with Pingze and raised a protest against human rights violations.But once the fraud case was revealed, public opinion's sympathy for Pingze changed drastically, and they began to think that he was the real culprit.Here again, fraud and homicide are two crimes of a completely different nature.However, the procuratorial authorities played tricks on the concept of "perpetrators", so Hirasawa Sadomichi lost the lawsuit.