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March 4, 1952	Cable from Mao Zedong to Zhou Enlai, 'Comments on the Discovery of Insects in the Suburbs of Fushun' Mao Zedong's comment on the preparation of vaccines for soldiers and civilians in the regions related to the supposed bacteriological warfare
February 28, 1952	Cable from Nie Rongzhen, 'Report on American Invaders Using Bacteriological Weapons and Our Responsive Action'
November 8, 1953	Cable from Mao Zedong to Kim Il Sung, 'Plans to Publicize the Confessions of Americans Prisoners of War on Germ Warfare' Mao Zedong explains to Kim Il Sung China's plan to issue a communique regarding germ warfare.
1952	Mao Zedong's 'Inscription on Smashing the Enemy’s Germ Warfare' An inscription made by Mao Zedong related to China's germ warfare allegations against the United States.
July 30, 1952	Mao Zedong, 'Comments on the Sanitation Services of the Volunteer Army' Mao Zedong's positive comment on the work of the Sanitation Services of the Chinese People's Volunteers.
May 14, 1952	Mao Zedong, 'Comments on a Report about the Situation of Anti-Germ Warfare Prevention Work' Mao's comment on the report concerning plague in North Korea and encephalitis in Northeast China.
March 16, 1952	Cable from Mao Zedong, 'On Copying the Organizational Methods for Preventing Epidemics of the Chinese People’s Volunteers' Mao orders several military districts in China to copy the organizational methods of the Chinese People’s Volunteers and carry out hygiene work.
March 11, 1952	Cable from Mao Zedong to Stalin, 'Request that the Soviet Union Dispatch an Air Division to Assist in Intercepting the Spreading of Bacteria by Enemy Planes' Mao's request to the USSR to dispatch an air division to Northeast China.
February 19, 1952	Mao Zedong, 'Comments on the Report concerning the Discovery and Handing of the Enemy Air Dropping Insects on the Korean Front' Mao Zedong's comment on a report from Nie Rongzhen on the dropping of insects over North Korea by the United States.
September 1997	Wu Zhili, 'The Bacteriological War of 1952 is a False Alarm' Wu Zhili's claims that bacteriological warfare allegedly conducted by the United States in Korea in 1952 was a "false alarm."