In Dai Dong two persons died after consuming a meal
of raw clams found in the mountains. The incident occurred
on May 17, before the International Scientific Committtee arrived in Korea. An allegation was made by the Chinese Commission that the US intended to
cause a cholera epidemc by dropping cholera infected clams
in Dai Dong water reservoir. By an "error of the pilot" the
clams landed 400 yards further.
Pracki was in Dai Dong after the two victims died,
but the quarantine was not lifted yet. He was told by Dr.
Chang Chen Mion, the Head of the Sanitary Crew that the
infected clams were dropped 1,300 yards yards from the
reservoir, thus an "error of a pilot" is improbable.
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The "proof" that the clams were dropped from a plane was - that their shells were cracked. The "proof' that the
clams originated in South Korea was - that they were
wrapped in straw.Both proofs are questionable.
According to Dr Chang Chen Mion several additional
packets of clams were found in the mountains. These were
sprayed with fuel oil and burned. Such suspected clams should have been examined bacteriologically, and burning them was an error. This error was "corrected" by the Chinese Commission (and repeated by ISC), who implied that clams found in the mountains were examined bacteriologically.
The person who found the clams was a young woman,
Young Dza, who prepared a meal of raw clams for herself and her husband. Despite widely advertised "excellence" of the
Antiepidemic Committee she (and Pracki) had no idea that
during epidemics raw shellfish should be excluded from
consumption.The Antiepidemic Committte spread
misinformation that she was active in education of the
population, and prevented epidemics by rigorous cleanup and
vaccination.
The sanitary map.
Pracki was admitted to a map in the secret repository of the
North Korean Ministry of Health, where the spots of the
"bacterial attacks" were marked in red. Multiple spots of
cholera were marked on the map, also spots of plague and
typhoid "bacterial attacks" were marked. It is strange that Pracki and
Meray were admitted to two cholera incidents only and to
nothing else. It would be useless to speculate why the two
journalists were not admitted to any more alleged
"bacterial attacks". The sanitary map was kept in great
order. The insects allegedly collected in the spots marked
on the map were stored in tubes identified by Latin and
Korean names. Allegations were made that the insects were
"anomalous" in Korea, and therefore they were dropped in US
attacks. The germs allegedly carried by the insects in
tubes, were displayed on slides. There is a discrepancy
between the information marked on the sanitary map and
the information of ISC mentioning attacks by dysentery,
paratyphoid and anthrax absent from the map.
Search for vectors.
The last oddity which I will mention in this page is search for vectors of germs in which Pracki participated
together with Chinese Volunteers. Massive searches were
organized after local newspapers advertised that American
planes flew over. The area of the alleged drops was
surrounded by a heavy rope with signs:"Area infected by the enemy".
Most insects collected in the search were destroyed, but samples were entrusted to Pracki for bacteriological
examination. Strangely the local hospital had no
bacteriological laboratory (neither had the Polish
hospital, which was brought to Korea later, but when the
biological warfare scare was still in effect). Several
scholars were wondering how a massive conspiracy in Korea
was possible? There is a possibility that bacteriological
examination was performed in
few trusted laboratories.
Pracki brought his insects to the Ministry of Health.
In proper time he was called for results. The
results were stained slides with Vibrio cholerae, allegedly carried by the insects he brought. To assure him that he
saw cholera germs he was shown pictures in books. There was no proof that he saw germs obtained from the insects he
brought.