Source: Xinhua Net
Chinese experts said that after the end of World War II, the US Fort Detrick base sent investigators to conduct secret transactions with the 731st Unit (referred to as Unit 731) of the Japanese army invading China, and the United States violated ethical and civilized norms to exempt members of Unit 731 from war responsibility as a condition, and spent 250,000 yen to obtain data and medical papers from Unit 731 for human experiments, bacterial experiments, bacterial warfare, poison gas experiments, etc., and used them to conduct biological weapons research.
Jin Chengmin, director of the Exhibition Hall of Evidence of the 731st Unit of the Japanese Army invading China, said that the study found that after the end of World War II, the United States was very interested in the biological weapons possessed by Japan and its number. In order to seek exclusive access to the data of bacterial warfare and human experiments of Unit 731, the US Military Fort Detrick Base has sent 4 investigators to contact the main members of Unit 731 and finally reached a deal.
In October 1947, Dr. Edwin Hill, who was sent from Fort Detrick to investigate Japan's germ warfare, recorded a 250,000 yen spent in a completed investigation report. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Jian
In September 1945, Sanders, a bacteriological warfare expert at the Fort Detrick base in the United States, investigated the situation of germ warfare in Japan. The "Japan Science and Technology Intelligence Investigation Report : Germ Warfare" completed by Sanders records the research scope, chain of command, responsibilities, personnel composition, organizational structure, overall scale, and annual production capacity of bacteria of Unit 731, and draws drawings of bacterial bombs produced by Unit 731.
Thompson, the second investigator sent by Fort Detrick to investigate Japan's germ warfare, interrogated Shiro Ishii, the first unit commander of Unit 731, and Masaji Kitano, the second commander of Unit 731. According to Yang Yanjun, a researcher at the Criminal Evidence Gallery of the 731st Unit of the Japanese Army invading China, Ishii Shiro provided Thompson with the "Outline of The Work of the Bungalow", that is, the research plan of the Headquarters of the Pingfang District of Harbin City of Unit 731, which includes preventive medicine, vaccine production, therapeutic serum, diagnostic antigen, diagnostic serum, and bacterial bomb research.
A copy of the human experiment report kept in the archives of the Department of Science and Technology of the Library of Congress. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Jian
Unit 731 provided investigators at Fort Detrick with research reports on germ warfare weapons and medical papers. In April 1947, Fer, director of the Plant Experiment Department at the U.S. Military's Fort Detrick base, traveled to Tokyo to continue investigating Japanese germ warfare. A summary report of the investigation completed by Fair, "An Outline of the Latest Information on Japan's Germ Warfare Activities", is preserved in The National Archives of the United States ii. The report covered 19 reports on bacterial warfare activities written by 19 members of Unit 731 and papers written by Shiro Ishii on the entire bacteriological warfare project, and Fell also received 8,000 pathological sections and more than 700 pages of printed materials provided by Unit 731, as well as human experimentation reports on anthrax, plague, typhoid fever, paratyphoid A and B, dysentery, cholera, and equine-gangrene.
In the years between September 1945 and the end of the Tokyo Trials in November 1948, a secret deal was reached between the United States and Japan, for which 250,000 yen was paid. In October 1947, Fort Detrick sent Dr. Edwin Hill and others to Japan to investigate germ warfare. Hill described in his completed investigative report this passage: "These data are all human infection rates obtained by inoculation with pathogens of bacterial infectious diseases, and because such human experiments are condemned by conscience, they are not available in our (American) laboratory." We spent 250,000 yen to obtain these data, but this is insignificant compared to the cost of the actual study. ”
Cover and part of the Anthrax Experiment Report preserved in the Archives of the Department of Science and Technology of the Library of Congress. Respondents provided
Investigators at Fort Detrick also obtained three human experimentation reports from Unit 731. The original archives of these human experiment reports are preserved in the archives of the Department of Science and Technology of the Library of Congress, including the "Anthrax Experiment Report", "Anthrax Experiment Report", "Plague Bacteria Experiment Report", a total of more than 1500 pages, detailing the human experiments carried out by Unit 731, including anatomical data, color anatomical maps, organ infection paths and infection degrees. On the cover of the report, there are the words "Research and Development Department of the Chemical Corps of the Biological Warfare Laboratory at Fort Detrick, Maryland." Kim Sung-min said that the three human experiment reports are the core information of the secret transaction between the Fort Detrick base and Unit 731.
According to experts, the "Anthrax Experimental Report", from pages 292 to 311, is the pathological change of the adenoid gland, and the words "Detrick" are identified in the descriptions of the microscope observation photos "m325" and "m54" cited in this part. Experts said that "Detrick" is now the US military's Fort Detrick base, and it can be concluded that the "Anthrax Experiment Report" was also preserved at the Fort Detrick base.
Fort Detrick sent Thompson, an investigator investigating Japan's germ warfare, to investigate photographs and displays of parts of the Thompson Report at Shiro Ishii's home. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Jian
The Hoover Institution Archives at Stanford University holds archival materials on U.S. biological weapons research and experiments. According to the archives, from 1943 to 1969, the research and development plan of the Fort Detrick site included research programs for Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus annida, Bacillus annida, Bacillus pestis and Cholera, and Bacillus tuberculosis. Moreover, the archives also show that from 1946 to 1972, military medical experts from Detrick Base published more than 1,600 reports and medical papers on biological weapons research.
Kim Sung-min said that the US military Fort Detrick base not only has an ulterior motive today, but also has been in existence since its inception, especially the dirty transactions with Unit 731 after World War II, which have been used after obtaining bloody data, and have been conducting research on viruses, and a large number of viruses that seriously threaten human security are still stored. Under the cover of the US military, the members of Unit 731, led by Shiro Ishii, were exempted from the prosecution of war criminals, which seriously affected the fairness and authority of the Tokyo trial and also reflected the double standards that the United States has always adhered to.