On May 28, 1952, French communists marched in protest against a visit by American General Matthew Ridgway. The communists accused him of using biological weapons in the Korean War. During the Korean War, after a successful counteroffensive by United Nations troops under the command of General Ridgway, the international communist movement accused the United States of using biological weapons in Korea and in China. This accusation was false, and was contested by the United States Army, but nonetheless led to heavy criticism of Ridgway; the communist press called him "Ridgway the plague" ("Ridgway la peste") or the "microbe general" ("le général microbien").
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| - Manifestation contre le général Ridgway (fr)
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| - La manifestation contre le général Ridgway est organisée à Paris le 28 mai 1952 dans le contexte international de la guerre de Corée, en protestation contre la visite en France du général américain Matthew Ridgway, accusé par les communistes d'utiliser des armes bactériologiques en Corée. (fr)
- On May 28, 1952, French communists marched in protest against a visit by American General Matthew Ridgway. The communists accused him of using biological weapons in the Korean War. During the Korean War, after a successful counteroffensive by United Nations troops under the command of General Ridgway, the international communist movement accused the United States of using biological weapons in Korea and in China. This accusation was false, and was contested by the United States Army, but nonetheless led to heavy criticism of Ridgway; the communist press called him "Ridgway the plague" ("Ridgway la peste") or the "microbe general" ("le général microbien"). (en)
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| - La manifestation contre le général Ridgway est organisée à Paris le 28 mai 1952 dans le contexte international de la guerre de Corée, en protestation contre la visite en France du général américain Matthew Ridgway, accusé par les communistes d'utiliser des armes bactériologiques en Corée. (fr)
- On May 28, 1952, French communists marched in protest against a visit by American General Matthew Ridgway. The communists accused him of using biological weapons in the Korean War. During the Korean War, after a successful counteroffensive by United Nations troops under the command of General Ridgway, the international communist movement accused the United States of using biological weapons in Korea and in China. This accusation was false, and was contested by the United States Army, but nonetheless led to heavy criticism of Ridgway; the communist press called him "Ridgway the plague" ("Ridgway la peste") or the "microbe general" ("le général microbien"). On May 2, 1953, the Kremlin sent the Soviet ambassador to Beijing, V. V. Kouznetsov, to send the following message to Mao Zedong: The Soviet Government and the Central Committee of the CPSU were misled. The spread in the press of information about the use by the Americans of bacteriological weapons in Korea was based on false information. The accusations against the Americans were fictitious. (en)
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