Scope and Contents Joseph Needham was appointed a member of the International Scientific Commission to assist with the investigation of alleged bacterial warfare by American forces in Korea and China. He arrived in China in June 1952. The first meeting was held on 23 Jun. 1952 and the final meeting was held on 31 Aug. 1952. The concluding 'Report of the International Scientific Commission for the Investigation of the Facts Concerning Bacterial Warfare in Korea and China' was published in Beijing in 1952....

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The negatives were found in a Rumbo Fabricas de Tabacos cigar box with Joseph Needham's inscription:'ME negs 49 China 52 negs'.

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir Cecil Hurst on subjects including the publication of a volume of his collected papers to mark his 80th birthday (3); Francis Vallat [Assistant Legal Adviser, Foreign Office] on the publication of HL's letter to Sir [William] Eric Beckett [Legal Adviser, Foreign Office] on recognition of China [see also LAUT 3/16]; Tien-Hsi Cheng [F T Cheng], Chinese Ambassador to Britain; Shabtai Rosenne [earlier Sefton Rowson], Legal Adviser to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, on...

Scope and Contents Notes, correspondence and source material on subjects including: treating crimes against Hungarian Jews, including deportation, as war crimes, 1944; HL's contribution to the law of war crimes; HL's graduation from the University of Lvov and family background in Ukraine; Raphael Lemkin; HL's (transcribed) draft of the opening speech by the Attorney-General [Sir Hartley Shawcross] at Nuremberg [see also LAUT 4/36-37]; human rights; the Holocaust at Nuremberg.Includes some original...

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These are public health posters relating to campaigns against pests (rats, flies, lice and mosquitos) and propaganda posters relating to accusations of the use of biological warfare (insects as disease vectors) during the Korean War.