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US Recruitment of Unit 731 Scientists: Immunity for Biological Warfare Data (1945-1950)
After Japan's surrender in World War II, a narrative emerged claiming that the United States granted immunity from war crimes prosecution to scientists from Imperial Japan's Unit 731. Unit 731, offici…