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on the occasion of the 93rd anniversary of the "september 18th" incident, the exhibition hall of evidence of crimes of unit 731 of the japanese invaders and japanese scholar makoto matsuno jointly released a newly discovered historical document "list of senior army civil servants, army clerks, and army technicians".

the "list of army senior civil servants, army clerks, and army technicians" was found in the national archives of japan. it was compiled by the japanese army demobilization section in 1945 and contains 267 pages. it records in detail the basic information of the "technicians" of the japanese bacteriological warfare units from february 1944 to august 1945, totaling 100 people. among them, there are 57 people from unit 731, 16 people from unit 100, 11 people from unit 1644, 9 people from unit 9420, and 7 people from unit 1855. it clearly records their appointment time, promotion history, university of origin, and achievements.

"technician" refers to a person engaged in a specialized technical profession. he is a technical officer and core research force who enjoys the treatment of a senior official. he is incorporated into the army's military family sequence and mostly serves as the head of various research departments. he is mainly engaged in various bacterial experiments and medical research.

jin shicheng, deputy secretary-general of the harbin institute of research on the history of japanese bacteriological and poisonous gas warfare in china, said that the previously published list of 50 technicians of unit 731 recorded in this archive, and 7 more technicians of unit 731 were found. comparative study of the two documents can more clearly present the overall structure and personnel composition of unit 731. among the six major bacterial warfare units in japan, the list of the nanjing unit 1644 and the guangzhou unit 8604 has not yet been found. the archive published this time records the situation of the technicians of unit 1644, which is conducive to enhancing the understanding of its personnel composition.

jin shicheng said that the archives released this time are important evidence for deepening the research on the japanese bacteriological warfare system, and are of great significance for fully revealing the crimes of japanese bacteriological warfare. it is also an attempt by china and japan to jointly expose the crimes of japanese bacteriological warfare. in the future, more peace forces will be united to jointly expose the atrocities of japanese bacteriological warfare, remember history, and defend peace.

(reporter wang haiqiao and dong liang)