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近期，美国政府再次炒作新冠肺炎疫情起源一事，然而事实上，“贼喊捉贼”的却是美国自己。
最近中国媒体发表了一封中英文公开信，呼吁世卫组织调查美军德特里克堡生物实验室。德特里克堡又隐藏着什么秘密呢？
The US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Maryland, has long been enmeshed in a sordid deal with the infamous Unit 731 biological force, a Japanese Imperial Army unit.
美秘密设立细菌战研究基地
却命名为“实验田”
当年9月，美国派德特里克堡基地的细菌战专家桑德斯调查日本细菌战有关情况。此后几年，美国又陆续派出了汤普森、费尔等人，与包括731部队头目石井四郎在内的731部队主要成员进行接触，了解细菌战。而在此前，石井四郎曾命令炸毁731部队的实验设施、杀害被实验对象，以掩盖罪行。
Just before Japan's defeat in World War II in 1945, Shiro Ishii, commander of Unit 731, issued an order to blow up the unit's experimental facilities and kill the testees in a bid to cover up its inhuman atrocities. By that time, the US had learned of the base established in Harbin, China. From Sept 1945 to Nov 1948, the US repeatedly sent investigators from Fort Detrick to covertly investigate the unit.
Kenneth Porter: There was a big interest by the American government to try to figure out how much and what the Japanese knew about the biological weapons.
为获取实验数据，
美国包庇二战战犯
Kenneth Porter: MacArthur kept Ishii’s secret from the prosecutors. The prosecutors of the war crimes tribunal didn’t know of Ishii. So that MacArthur could take advantage of his knowledge.
美国以豁免731部队战犯战争责任为条件，得到了731部队进行人体实验、细菌实验、细菌战、毒气实验等方面的数据，并为此支付了25万日元。这些数据和资料，包括大量731部队的实验报告书以及8000多张有关用细菌武器做活人实验和活人解剖的病理学标本和幻灯片等。
A few years before the Tokyo Trial ended in November 1948, the United States even granted immunity from the prosecution of many of the unit’s members and spent 250,000 yen to obtain materials, including more than 8000 pathological specimens and slides that used bacterial weapons on living humans, to conduct weapons research. For this end, a backdoor deal was struck between the US and Japan.
我外交部：呼吁美方向国际社会澄清
德特里克堡实验室真相
"This open letter reflects Chinese people's aspirations. On this podium, we have also repeatedly called on the US to take an open and transparent attitude in telling the international community about the truth of Fort Detrick and its 200 plus bio-labs around the world."
According to US media, Fort Detrick stores large amount of viruses that severely threaten people's safety, such as Ebola, and it has poor safety records. In 2004, 2008, 2011 and 2015, US media gave multiple coverage on the safety risks at Fort Detrick. According to USA Today, an employee at Fort Detrick used safety loopholes of the lab to steal anthrax stored there and launched bio-chemical attacks which resulted in five deaths and 17 illnesses. The report also shows that other safety issues and risks exist in many US virus labs. In the fall of 2019, just months before the onset of COVID-19, Fort Detrick was suspended due to serious risks, according to US media including the New York Times.
“While clamoring for an investigation in other countries, the US has been refusing to open up its own bio-labs by citing national security as an excuse. How can the US convince the international community? ”
Besides Fort Detrick, the US has set up over 200 bio-labs in 25 countries and regions. There are many reports saying that the distribution of those labs is similar to the location where some dangerous diseases and viruses were first identified, such as SARS, EBHF and Zika virus. A USA Today Network investigation reveals that since 2003, hundreds of lab incidents have occurred in the US biological laboratories where humans had accidental contact with deadly pathogens. We would like to know when the US will give a reasonable explanation to the international community with regard to the above-mentioned doubts.
“But regrettably, the US side has never given any direct response. Is there any inconvenient secrets? We once again call on the US to respond to the concerns of the international community in an open, transparent and cooperative manner. ”
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