Date of letter:1992-10-21
Address of author:Dalian City, Liaoning Province
Date of event:Not mentioned
Location of event:Jilin Province
Name of author:Chehua
Name(s) of victim(s):Chehua’s grandmother and aunt
Type of atrocity:Biological/Chemical Warfare(BC）
Other details:At that time, in order to cut off the backing of the Communist Party, the Japanese soldiers planned to get rid of residents. Each year they gave these villagers an injection of typhoid bacteria, so many villagers died an unnatural death, including my grandmother and aunt.
Comrade Tong Zeng,
Hello!
After reading the article “History has not forgotten” in Reader’s Digest, our whole family felt very excited, as victim’s family members, we will try our utmost to support the compensation claim activity against the Japanese government initiated by you.
My grandmother, great grandmother and an aunt who was less than one year old all died under the bacteria weapon of the Japanese Army, my grandmother was less than 30 year old when she died, back then the Japanese troops wanted to cut off logistics support of Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army, and they planned to totally eliminate residential tribes in the mountainous regions in Changbai Mountains, each year they regularly injected “typhus fever” living bacteria into the body of these villagers, many villagers died unnatural deaths, my father was one of the survivors of that time, he now works at Changchun Municipal National Security Bureau, and has just retired, it is he who supported me to contact you, and actively take part in activities of this civilian organization, we request you to give us instructions out of your busy work schedule, for which we will feel much appreciated.
Our Contact address:
Che Dongjun
No. 145 A Xian Avenue, Changchun city, Jilin Province
Changchun Municipal State Security Bureau
Postal code: 130062
Thank you!
Che Hua
1992.10.21
