On August 1, 2005, Chinese historians released the newly discovered name list and detailed information for the first time about 21 "Tokubetsu Iso Atsukai", i.e. special transport or special deportation, which were transported to "Unit 731" for the purpose of bacteria experiments on humans by Japanese gendarme headquarters in northeast China.

The foreign victims are 15 soldiers and espionages of the former Soviet Union and six Korean special agents working for the Soviet Union.

Chinese historians discovered the name list and data of the foreign victims from a lot of dust-laden original Japanese archives that have not been destroyed by Japanese troops from the archives of Helongjiang and Jilin provinces as well as Central Archives Administration.

All these archives were signed and issued by the Japanese gendarme commander in northeast China, and were labeled with the words meaning "special transport (or special deportation)" and "confidential". The Japanese word "Tokubetsu Iso Atsukai" was a term specially used by Japanese aggressors in China to keep the "materials for germ tests on humans" secret.

Information of the victims such as name, gender, age, ancestral home, occupation, as well as place and reason of their arrests, applications of "Tokubetsu Iso Atsukai" by leaders of various military police corps as well as series member signed and issued by the commander can be found in these archives. For instance, four of the six Koreans came from Hamgyngpuk-do and Gangwon-do and there are also two photos of the victim named Lee Ki Soo.

By People's Daily Online