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.

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.

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.

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.

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