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Merged: What was the Tiananmen Square Massacre? — 8 sourced claims. A declassified British cable alleges injured female students were bayoneted, victims were crushed repeatedly… · According to the British diplomatic cable's source, the commander of the 27th Army during the Tiananmen crack… · Sir Alan Donald's source was an intermediary relaying information from a member of China's State Council who…
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A declassified British cable alleges injured female students were bayoneted, victims were crushed repeatedly by armored personnel carriers, and remains were incinerated and washed down sewers.
According to the British diplomatic cable's source, the commander of the 27th Army during the Tiananmen crackdown was Yang Zhenhua, nephew of President Yang Shangkun.
Sir Alan Donald's source was an intermediary relaying information from a member of China's State Council who was assessed as reliable.
A declassified British diplomatic cable authored by Ambassador Sir Alan Donald provided a minimum estimate of 10,000 civilian dead in the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
The official Chinese Communist Party death tally for the 1989 crackdown was 241.
Sir Alan Donald's casualty estimate was transmitted on June 5, 1989, and was roughly ten times higher than commonly accepted contemporaneous figures.
Independent and modern scholarly estimates place the death toll of the Tiananmen Square crackdown between 300 and 2,700.
Sir Alan Donald's June 5, 1989 cable is held in the UK National Archives and was first reported by the news website HK01.
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A declassified British cable alleges injured female students were bayoneted, victims were crushed repeatedly by armored personnel carriers, and remains were incinerated and washed down sewers.
A declassified British diplomatic cable authored by Ambassador Sir Alan Donald provided a minimum estimate of 10,000 civilian dead in the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
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The official Chinese Communist Party death tally for the 1989 crackdown was 241.
The official Chinese Communist Party death tally for the 1989 crackdown was 241.
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Independent and modern scholarly estimates place the death toll of the Tiananmen Square crackdown between 300…
Independent and modern scholarly estimates place the death toll of the Tiananmen Square crackdown between 300 and 2,700.
Labels: Inferred, Medium, known
A declassified British diplomatic cable authored by Ambassador Sir Alan Donald provided a minimum estimate of…
A declassified British diplomatic cable authored by Ambassador Sir Alan Donald provided a minimum estimate of 10,000 civilian dead in the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Labels: Contested, High, known
Sir Alan Donald's casualty estimate was transmitted on June 5, 1989, and was roughly ten times higher than co…
Sir Alan Donald's casualty estimate was transmitted on June 5, 1989, and was roughly ten times higher than commonly accepted contemporaneous figures.
Labels: Inferred, Medium, known
A declassified British cable alleges injured female students were bayoneted, victims were crushed repeatedly…
A declassified British cable alleges injured female students were bayoneted, victims were crushed repeatedly by armored personnel carriers, and remains were incinerated and washed down sewers.
Labels: Contested, High, known
Sir Alan Donald's June 5, 1989 cable is held in the UK National Archives and was first reported by the news w…
Sir Alan Donald's June 5, 1989 cable is held in the UK National Archives and was first reported by the news website HK01.
Labels: Inferred, Low, known
Sir Alan Donald's source was an intermediary relaying information from a member of China's State Council who…
Sir Alan Donald's source was an intermediary relaying information from a member of China's State Council who was assessed as reliable.
Labels: Inferred, High, known
According to the British diplomatic cable's source, the commander of the 27th Army during the Tiananmen crack…
According to the British diplomatic cable's source, the commander of the 27th Army during the Tiananmen crackdown was Yang Zhenhua, nephew of President Yang Shangkun.
Labels: Inferred, High, known