The purpose of the test circuit was to reverse bias the base emitter junction.
if you are seeing collector current with the circuit I drew, I think you can say the transistor is US.
The problem with these transistors is that they dont behave like normal transistors and I can tell you that normal sort of ohm-meter tests can be almost useless. one of the problems with these things is related to a partial failure of the transistor structure such that it just does not do what it has to do. As an RF amplifier, these things are base driven to almost saturation and then are cut off, and the actual structure of the device is changed permanently by failures in the material due to heat and excess voltage gradients.
these things are expensive and troublesome, and semiconductor designers go through many iterations to get these devices to be robust and fail proof.
I can't really help you more than I have, except to add that I have boxes full of high speed/ high power germanium switching transistors that dont switch properly because they are damaged. Ohm-meter testing doesnt really show up an obvious problem with them.
It is from this background that I offer my help.
I think your 1971 is cactused.