About Bacteriological Warfare

About Bacteriological Warfare

This is series of documents that was obtained through intelligence efforts from the Germans. A German professor (Kliewe) had translated, with commentary, a number of Japanese documents about their biological warfare operations.

1945

Enryo Hojo discusses the practicality and dangers of biological warfare. He says the most important criteria in choosing an agent for use is productive capacity, resistance on the outside, ways of infection, germ carriers, and conditions of immunity. He believes there are ways to use biological warfare effectively and that the greatest risk is likely accidental self-infection. He also outlines every alleged use of biological warfare by the Chinese.