Gannan (Qiqihar)

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The district of Gannan ( Chinese  甘南縣  /  甘南县 , Pinyin Gānnán Xiàn , W.-G. Kan-nan ) belongs to the administrative area of ​​the district-free city of Qiqihar in the Chinese province of Heilongjiang . Gannan has an area of ​​4,384 km² and a population of 380,000. Its main town is the municipality of Gannan (甘南 镇).

In April 1952, the United States allegedly dropped voles infected with pest in the Korean War as biological weapons over the area.

Individual evidence

  1. Christoph Neidhart : Human experiments - The devil wore smock (Die Weltwoche, edition 31/06. Umschau)

literature

  • International Scientific Commission for the Investigation of the Facts Concerning Bacterial Warfare in Korea and China: Report of the International Scientific Commission for the Investigation of the Facts concerning bacterial warfare in Korea and China: (with appendices). - Beijing, 1952. - 665 pp.

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Coordinates: 47 ° 55 '  N , 123 ° 30'  E