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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
On December 13, the 12th National Remembrance Day for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre, the Central Archives of China released a package of declassified archives provided by the Russian side, covering the period from May 11, 1939 to December 25, 1950, containing trial transcripts of Unit 731 members, investigation reports on the unit's crimes, and internal official correspondence of the Soviet Union authorities.
On August 19 of this year, the FSB Public Relations Center published declassified documents on its official website about criminal experiments on humans conducted by Unit 731 in China.
"When speaking about World War II, people in Russia often repeat, 'No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten.' This remains true as long as new generations are reminded of the heroism of those who fought fascism and the crimes of fascists, both European and Asian," said Yuri Tavrovsky, Deputy Chairman of the Russian-Chinese Friendship Society, in a written interview with china.org.cn.
"The publication of new declassified materials about Unit 731 is particularly timely on the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. It will help us better understand the scale of the catastrophe that was being prepared in the Harbin laboratory for the peoples of China, the Soviet Union, Korea, and other countries. Japan's aggression against China and the atrocities committed against the Chinese are crimes against humanity," he emphasized.
"While attending meetings of the Russian Military Historical Society, I've heard more than once about our experts' work on captured Japanese documents. I believe the publication process will continue as the scholarly preparations are completed. These documents, along with publications by Chinese military historians, will undoubtedly further strengthen the understanding of the shared historical destiny of Russia and China," he said.
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