DRF CONTRIBUTION TO SE-24 : COMMUNIST CHARGES OF US USE OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE

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• Publication Date: March 17, 1952
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DRF CONTRIBUTION TO SE44: COW!UNIST CHARGES OF
US USE OF BIOLOGIC _--
jkroh x?, 1962
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. na1 Chinese ComM.mist and North Women PrSpakada oa Bagbsriol4gtoal Warfare
The' oarrent Communist oaWaign, charging the DS with large-scale
: b~< r .oxa os operations against north Korea and Co mist China, began
vi4h a Coosaaabint New China News Ageuoy report dated February 21 alleging
ti` .t the US had used bacteriological warfare. (Sri) against north ]Lassa in the
period .inns January 28. At this ttms no charge of BW against China itself
was published. (A listing of alleged "air violations" of Manchuria by the
US p2anoa during the first two months of 1952 broadcast by Peimpring an
February 20 made no mention of BY#, although it charged that several localities
in Manchuria were subjected to conventional bombing and strafing attao e.)
The initial charge of February 21 was given an unusual prominence for
a Communist charge of this type-on February 23 when Pak Honyong, the north
lorean foreign minister, issued a length protest against the alleged American
"atrocity." C the same day the various "democratic" groups and personages
began to
"ustoas-rily used is Chinese Commist propaganda oampaigns?issus "protests"
?against the alleged BIT operations. On February 26, Pei.p?ingre foreign minister
thou In-alai speoifioally seconded Pak Honyong"a protest,, Ths campaign was
quickly piolpad up in other satellite countries. In the Far East, the Vietminh
radio broadcast tho charges as early as February 24, although, to date? 'it has
not aWlified them into a major campaign.
A new and ominous note was injected into the charge a on Kroh 6. when the
Pbi.opsing radio charged that on February 29 the US had utilised bacteriological
xoapons also against Wanohuria? This charge became the basis for statements
by Chou alai and the official Pei-piling pee le?e Dam which charged that
the US was using BN against Jknohuria with the "obvious aim of wrecking the
arsdatioe talks in Korea? prolonging and expanding the aggressive war in Korean
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and the, instigating of now wars." These statements, subsequently asplified
by other propaganda sources, threatened that American air?foros psrsonael
captured while "invading" Chinese-territory would be dealt with as war
*rim orals, The statements called upon "peaoe??loving people" to "rise, up" sad
"-poo US "satellite" countries to protest against the "sinful designs" of the
M Govsrnnnt.
On March 14 the Pet.-p'ing radio extended its charges to China proper
byr alleging that the US had dropped Infested inseotsin Shantung Province
near Tsingtao on March 6 and 7, 19529 Charges of ON against China proper
have not been further amplified to dais,
Although Commomist.originated news dispatches have described epidemics
of various diseases, including types involved in the B charges, in several
north Korean provinces and in now areas of north, east, and central China,
at no time has an existing epidemic been specifically litiosd to the alleged
HK ossrpaign. The Com mist news dispatches give no indication :that the
described ?pidemios are more than those periodically. expected in China and
Following American proposals for an International Red Cross investiga-
tion, radio Aeimp'ing issued a strong denial that tay epidemics had been caused
by the alleged BVI, stating that "epidemics have so far been prevented by
the se1,Yt action of the authorities and the public." Pai.p' g accused the E
of trying to get the IBC into north Korea in order to "report on the effective-
nose of germ warfare" and organised an International body of Communists to
inspect and verify their charges.
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. Although the BR charges will have inevitable repercussions in the
erase--firs negotiations, there has been no major effort to tie the
charges into the propaganda concerning the talks, other than to charge
that the US is delaying the talks in order to complete its alleged 1W
experiseate and to state that the Chinese and Koreans must not bo dissuaded
frci octitinved efforts to striloe *still heavier blows" against the American
"aggressors." Nor has the Eff campaign been closely connected with the other
themes of Communist ,ropsganda in Asia* There has been no effort to
connect the B:: charges with the charges that the US is plotting ag,-ressicn
in southeast Asia, nor have the Btii charges been linked to the Sino-Soviet
alliance. The charges of Japanese complicity in American Bak research, that
were prominent in MY.propaganda campaigns in 1950 and 1951, have been repeated
but the Japanese have not been charged w th participating directly in the
actual dropping or infested vermin or insects. The only Chinese Commmist
propaganda statement that lialoed the 31 charges to the Sino-soviet alliance,
was one Issued on March 10 by the Sino?Soviet Friendship Association in
Pei-atiag,which stated that "under the unity of China and the Soviet Unica,
any treacherous American scheme will be completely crushed." The absence
of more prominent statements of this type in the present campaign is all
the more remarkable in view of the extravagant emphasis given by Pei.-p'ing
to the strategic aspects of the Sino-Soviet alliance on the occasion of the
anniversary of the Sin*-Soviet treaty on February ,14.
11+e Chinese Communist and north Korean propaganda has emphasised that
"preventive" measures are being; taken against the alleged BW campaign. Zr
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north Korea the Commist liilitary Cosffittee on February 80 and 29 designated
certain "danger sores" and Ordered widespread anti-epideado measures,
including quarantine, ianoenlations, and sanitation measures, with oommamioa-
tione priority for all "anti-epidemic information." In China "anti-epidemic
tcaas" for Korea were organised in major cities, the first of vhioh was reported
to have arrived in Korea on arch 3. Similar teams were apparently formed
locally for use in the areas of China and Manchuria subjected to the alleged
BN attacks. In addition a Chinese Commmist investigating commission
has been dispatched to Korea, headed by lte. 14 Tehoohuan (Mrs. Fong Yu-hsiang).
the Minister of Health of the Peiop?ing regime.
The BW charges have received what is probably the heaviest and
most continue propaganda coverage of any recent Chinese:Commanist propaganda
campaign. Almost a quarter of all recently monitored items on the various
regional Chinese radio services dealt with BPI charges. The treatment aooorded
the sub3eat tl Fei-p? ing has apparently been roughly the same, whether directed
at domestic or foreign audiences. The coverage in ntrth Korea has been
similarly intensiveo
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t RONOLOGY OF PRINCIPAL SINOrKOREAN PROPAGANDA BROADCASTS CZ
BACT1 RIOLOGIO&L WARFARE
February 21 First NONA"charge of 'BW used against Korea, itemising
alleged attacks between January 28 and February 179
February 23 Statement by Pak Honyong, north Korean foreign ministers
protesting against the alleged use of BW since
January 28 against north Korea.
First protests by Chinese Communist and pro.-Communist
organizations and individuals against the alleged Bffg
including the Red Cross Society of China.
Editorial on BN in the Pei ?in Peoples .Da..ilyY
Following this date, such protests became prominent
in all Chinese Communist propaganda media.
February 25 Statement by Chou En.2ai, Chinese Communist foreign
minister specifically seconding Pak6 prottest*
February 29 North Korean Military Committee published anti-
epidemic measures, including "Decision 65," adopted
February 20, 1962.
reportedly
iiaroh 3 First anti.epidswio teams/arrived in Korea from China.
March 4 First mention of 3W artillery in Korea.
March 6 First NCNA- report of alleged B< attack on Manchurian
1kroh a Chou Enmiai see 1e'e %117 atatremtants on BLit
attack on Yana aA
March" 12 SSFA issued protest on Bit with reference to Sinop
Soviet "unity" ??., only statement of this type to date.
arch 14 X4AA reported that diseaseoinfbated insects were
dropped in Shantung near Taingtao an birch 6 and
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