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April 14, 1953	Explanatory Note from Lieutenant Selivanov to L.P. Beria Selivanov, student at the S.M. Kirov Military-Medical Academy and former adviser to the Military-Medical Department of the KPA, describes how he falsified an outbreak and blamed it on American bacteriological weapons.
April 18, 1953	Explanatory Note from Lt. Gen. V.N. Razuvaev to L.P. Beria Razuvaev explains the steps taken to make it appear that Americans are using biological weapons in the Korean War. China initially sent reports of such weaponry, and soon after Korea, led by Soviet advisors, joined in the falsification of biological attacks by creating false plague regions with the help of the Korean Ministry of Health. After visits from two international delegations, Korea eventually abandoned its plan to falsely accuse America, while China continued to advance the story.
April 21, 1953	Memorandum from L.P. Beria to G.M. Malenkov and to the Presidium of the CC CPSU Question regarding Soviet role in falsifying evidence of American biological weapons.
April 21, 1953	Memorandum from V.M. Molotov to Members of the Presidium of the CC CPSU On false claims of the use of biological weapons in the Korean War.
May 2, 1953	Resolution of the Presidium of the USSR Council of Ministers about Letters to the Ambassador of the USSR in the PRC, V.V. Kuznetsov and to the Charge d’Affaires for the USSR in the DPRK, S.P. Suzdalev Cease the publication of false evidence accusing the US for using biological weapons in North Korea; punish Soviet Workers involved.
May 11, 1953	Telegram to V.M. Molotov from Beijing from the USSR Ambassador to the PRC, V.V. Kuznetsov Results of a conversation with Mao Zedong, on 11 May 1953, regarding the falsification of evidence proving US use of biological weapons.
June 1, 1953	Telegram from the USSR Charge d’Affaires in the DPRK, S.P. Suzdalev to V.M. Molotov North Korea’s response to Soviets about falsification of evidence concerning American use of biological weapons.
April 1, 1953	Explanatory Note from Glukhov to the Ministry of Public Security of the DPRK Soviet Union’s role in fabrication of evidence blaming the US for using biological weapons in North Korea.
April 24, 1953	Protocol No 6 of the Meeting of the Presidium of the CC CPSU about the MVD Note on the Results of the Investigations into the Reports of Former Advisers to the Ministry of State Security and DPRK Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cdes. Glukhov and Smirnov Response of USSR to false allegations that Americans used biological weapons in North Korea calls for both dismissal of V.N. Razuvaev from his posts as Ambassador of the USSR to the DPRK and military adviser and the commission of Molotov to address the allegations and send his resultant report to Mao Zedong and Kim Il Sung. This protocol also authorizes the removal of Ignatiev from the CC CPSU.
April 13, 1953	Explanatory Note from Glukhov to L.P. Beria Explanation of the North Korean attempts to falsify evidence of US Biological weapon use.