1. ISSUE OF GAS MASKS TO CHINESE COMMUNIST TROOPS 2. GERM WARFARE CHARGES AND INOCULATIONS IN NORTH KOREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013100220001-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 16, 2006
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 1, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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yongyang in February 1952, The leader said that) as a result, many
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COUNTRY Korea/China
s of the P''V,64,gyang area were stricken with the black plague art
SUBJECT 1. Issue of Gas masks to Chinese Communist
Troops
DATE OF
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
AND794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
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Germ Warfare Charges and Inoculations in North
Korea
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I.VApril 1952 the majority of the Chinese Communist soldiers1received gas
masks marked with characterq stating "Made inJapan, 12th Year of Showa"
(1937). All Chinese Communist forces which had not been issued masks in April
received masks by 15 May; the masks issued in'1y' bore some markings in
English.
By 30 March each C!,inese Communist soldier in Korea had received a.gauze
masker Instructions in the use of the mask stated that the"mask would protect
the wearer against gas and epidemic attack if the mask, covering the mouth.
and nose, were saturated with urine...
tea that United Nations aircraft dropped shells containing bacteria
rior to May, a leader of a Chinese Communist army newspaper study group
march, black lp ague; and 10 Nla, smallpox r
ino _U1&1aa ags.i, . the following: iseases. 15 February, eruptive typhus;
Members of the Chinese onmunist 559 Regiment, 187 Division, 63 Agri , were
Germ Warfare Charges and Inoculations
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After March 19 ,52 officials in the k'ukch'on 128- 40-15) (Dy-1+255 area
were 'being inocul.ated with a serum made in China. White powder in khaki-
colored tin cans cetipeters square and 15 centimeters h was being
mixed with 1 gram of,sterilized water to yield the serum,
y Persons re-
ceiving the injection suffered severe headac es and fever for approximately
3 da ysfollowing the injection,
n 10 Aril persons in the Wonsan area were inoculated for typhus on 2O
April for the black 1p ague, and on 10 May for air unknown disease., By
My-, persons in the Wonsan area carrying lice at the time of each monthly
health inspection were being required to pay a fine.
Comment. The reference is presumably to Chinese Communist soldiers.
serving in Korea..
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Comment, Possibly smallpox.. See paragraph 3,
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