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DATE: TUESDAY, July 5, 1994                   TAG: 9407050038
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: TOKYO                                LENGTH: Short

JAPAN DESTROYED GERM WEAPONS AT WAR'S END

A former army officer disclosed Monday that he ordered evidence of biological weapon development destroyed on the day Japan surrendered in World War II, a news report said.

The former lieutenant colonel said he issued the order because he knew Japan's activities violated international conventions, Japan's Kyodo News Service reported.

- Associated Press

by CNB