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    "ocrText": "-\nCONFIDENTIAL\nTOP SECRET\n6\nAPPENDIX B\nCOMMUNIST BW CAPABILITIES\nrectors of the principal laboratories, and as\nIN THE KOREAN AREA\nmany as 50 percent of the scientists and tech-\nnicians are reportedly Soviet. In addition, 120\nOFFENSIVE\nJapanese specialists from the former Kwan-\n1. There is no proof of Chinese Communist or\ntung Army BW units have been integrated\nNorth Korean biological research for the ex-\ninto the program by the Chinese Commu-\npress purpose of waging biological warfare.\nnists.\nAvailable intelligence on Communist BW\n5. Reported work of these facilities and scien-\ncapabilities in the Korean area is almost en-\ntists covers bubonic plague, typhoid, cholera\ntirely concerned with possible CCF activities,\nand other intestinal diseases. The Chang\nalthough it must be assumed that some tech-\nChun institute has facilities closely associated\nnical interchange takes place between the\nwith airfields; however, there is no evidence to\nChinese Communists and North Koreans.\nconfirm or deny actual employment of air-\n2. Intelligence indicates that the Chinese\ncraft in munition or agent tests. Likewise,\nthere is no evidence from the other research\nCommunist Government may have estab-\nlished a small basic and applied laboratory\ncenters to indicate pilot-plant or large-scale\nBW research program. This program is prob-\nBW production, field testing of agents, or de-\nably carried out in three scientific institutes\nvelopment and testing of BW munitions and\nlocated in North China and Manchuria. Re-\nequipment.\nsearch appears to be centered on enteric dis-\n6. Recent tests by the US Army Chemical\neases of man and selected food-crop-killing\nCorps have served to illustrate the ease with\nhormones.\nwhich limited area targets can be attacked\nwith BW agents. In view of the results of\n3. Top control of the BW research program\nthese tests, it seems probable that the Com-\nprobably rests in the \"Chinese Communist\nmunists could, in limited areas, sabotage\nMilitary Council\"; technical assistance is ob-\nSouth Korean crops, wells, municipal water\ntained from specialists in the various research\nsystems, and populated points with BW\ninstitutes. Control by the Council is exercised\nagents.\nthrough three main scientific institutes in\nNARA\nareas where the requisite laboratory facilities\nDEFENSIVE\nare already available for biological research.\n7. BW defensive capabilities are closely tied\nThe principal institutes are at Peiping (Pei-\nto the public health system, medical facilities,\nping Scientific Research Institute); Chang\nand medical supplies. In China and Korea\nChun (The People's Army Chemical Warfare\nall three are very poor. The Communists are\nSchool and Research Laboratory under the\nattempting to improve these in their basic\nNortheast Scientific Institute); and Peian\npublic health program and such improvement,\n(Paichia Special Diseases Research Institute).\nwhen realized, will be of value in com-\nOther institutes possibly connected with the\nbating BW.\nChinese Communist program are located at\n8. The Chinese Communist Government an-\nHarbin (branch of the Continental Scientific\nnounced in 1951 an expansion of epidemic\nResearch Institute); Mukden (Cattle Disease\ncontrol and prevention units and the expendi-\nResearch Laboratory); and Dairen (the Dai-\nture of large sums for medical and sanitation\nren Sanitary Research Laboratory).\nwork. Although inoculations against conta-\n4. The Chinese BW program, intimately re-\ngious diseases have been reported, it is doubt-\nlated to the CW program, is reported to be\nful whether a significant percentage of the\nclosely supervised and supported by the USSR.\npopulation has been protected. Many CCF\nNon-Chinese are prominent in the research\nPW's in Korea report that inoculations are in-\nprogram. Soviet personnel participate as di-\ncomplete or entirely omitted. The Soviets\nFOR SECRET\nCONFIDENTIAL"
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