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In the book Unit 731: Testimony, Hal Gold states on Page 88

In July 1948, the Soviet army newspaper Red Star carried an article by a Col. Galkin, special correspondent on the newspaper for Japanese biological warfare. According to the article, the Japanese were preparing to use biological warfare on a large scale, and they had a huge bacteriological center in Manchuria. Galkin's piece did not state that Japanese biological warfare was intended for use against his country, and instead specifically pointed out that it was for use against China, the United States, and Britain. The Red Star article also did not mention Soviet citizens as victims of human experimentation. Still more surprising, the Soviet article did not mention the imperial order which had allegedly led to the establishment of the labs. There was only mention of Prince Mikasa acting as the emperor's representative.

(Bold mine)

I am quite lost on how to find the Red Star newspaper that the book talks about. I would appreciate any links to this, that either

  1. Is the direct primary source, or
  2. Is a secondary source confirming the above
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    WIkipedia:RedStar has links to archives for the newspaper. Have you checked there? Where have you looked?
    – MCW
    Commented Aug 20 at 13:54
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    Does Gold not do footnotes? Knowing the publication date and/or page of the newspaper would help.
    – Brian Z
    Commented Aug 20 at 14:21
  • FAS footnote points to potentially helpful "261 Andrey Poleshchuk, “Interview With SVR Director Vyacheslav Trubnikov,” Nezavisimaya Gazeta, 18 December 1996, pp. 1-2; “Yeltsin Admits Russians Engage in Economic Espionage, Counterintelligence News and Digest, National Counterintelligence Center, Vol. 1, March 1996; Jeff Stein, “I, Spy Cold Warriors No More, Russian Spies Languish in Irrelevance."
    – MCW
    Commented Aug 20 at 15:41
  • Japanese War Crimes Documents might help
    – MCW
    Commented Aug 20 at 15:45
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    @MCW Unfortunately the official archive is extremely spotty.
    – SPavel
    Commented Aug 20 at 18:19

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