英文原文：
http://wikileaks.org/cable/1990/03/90SHANGHAI2272.html
来源：
据一份维基解密（WikiLeaks）网站於8月30日公布的美国外交电文指出，一名曾参与1989年⑥④屠杀事件的共军士兵透露，中共军方当年确实曾下达格杀令，同时以士兵遭学生杀害为由诱骗奉调天AN门的士兵开枪，造成上千名无辜百姓丧生。
这份由美国驻上海领事馆於1990年3月26日建档的电文表示，一名领事馆职员在返回位於浙江省农村地区的家乡时，听一位同村的母亲转述其从军的儿子亲身经历的⑥④屠杀事件。
电文引述这名母亲的话说，她的儿子是第38军的士兵。1989年6月4日，其子与同胞原本在天AN门广场的东南隅朝空鸣枪示警，后来部队中传来口信说，他们有100人失踪，据推测已遭学生们杀害。该部队迅速清查人数，确认少了100多人。
电文说，该士兵与同胞对此感到相当不悦，以致於接到上级的开枪命令时，他们启动机关枪朝前方的人群扫射。当此一暴行结束时，有超过1,000人死在街头，他们几乎都是一般的平民。士兵们随后以汽油焚烧尸体，后有直升机将尸块运走。
该士兵原单位不久就被移往北京郊区，而且被限制离开营区。部队长官告诉他们不要想什麽时候可以离营，暗示他们在服役期间可能无法返回平民生活。
电 文指出，尽管被威胁取消奖金，该士兵还是坚持回乡探望母亲，并於1989年9月被准假离营。他母亲听到他口述当天的屠杀事件后，强迫他连续20天到附近的 教堂告解，请求赦罪。该士兵相当痛苦，他完全没想到原来被告知已失踪的100名同胞，后来全都出现了。他觉得被欺骗，进而对手无寸铁的平民开枪。
该士兵在休假期间，其服役单位透过地方官员传达命令，要求他不得在村中对任何人谈及军中的事情。他母亲也被告知要保持沉默。
英文原文：
http://wikileaks.org/cable/1990/03/90SHANGHAI2272.html
C O N F I D E N T I A L SHANGHAI 02272 BEIJING PASS CHENGDU E.O.12356
ECL:OADR TAGS: PGOV MCAP CHSUBJ: BLOOD AND BITTERNESS: A SOLDIER'S TALE OF TIANANMEN
¶1. CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.
¶2. SUMMARY: A SOLDIER ATTACHED TO THE 38TH ARMY REPORTEDLY TOLD VILLAGERS IN HIS HOMETOWN HE WAS TRICKED INTO FIRING ON UNARMED DEMONSTRATORS ON JUNE 4, 1989, IN BEIJING. WE REPORT THIS STORY, TOLD TO US THIRD-HAND, AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF TIANNNNNNNANMEN TALE CIRCULATING IN RURAL EAST CHINA NEARLY TEN MONTHS AFTER THE BEIJING MASSACRE. END SUMMARY.
¶3. A LONG-TIME (NON-DSB) SERVANT OF A SHANGHAI CONGENOFF (PROTECT) TOLD US THE FOLLOWING STORY UPON HER RETURN FROM VISITING HER NATIVE VILLAGE DEEP IN RURAL ZHEJIANG. -------------------- THE BEIJING MASSACRE --------------------
¶4. OUR SOURCE MET AN OLD FRIEND WHILE IN HER NATIVE VILLAGE WHO CONFIDED THAT HER SON WAS IN TIANNNNANMEN ON JUNE 4, 1989, WITH THE 38TH ARMY. HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES WERE ALL SHOOTING IN THE AIR UNTIL WORD WAS PASSED THROUGH THE RANKS THAT ONE HUNDRED OF THEIR NUMBER HAD DISAPPEARED--PRESUMABLY KILLED BY STUDENTS. A QUICK CHECK CONFIRMED THAT OVER ONE HUNDRED WERE MISSING. THE SOLDIER AND HIS COLLEAGUES THEN BECAME SO UPSET THAT, WHEN ORDERED TO SHOOT INTO THE CROWD (THE STORY PLACES THE SOLDIER AT THE SOUTH- EAST CORNER OF TIANNNNNANMEN--NO TIME GIVEN), THEY OPENED FIRE WITH MACHINE-GUNS INTO THE HUMAN WALL BEFORE THEM. WHEN THE RAMPAGE WAS OVER, THERE WERE OVER ONE THOUSAND DEAD ON THE STREETS, ALMOST ALL ORDINARY CIVILIANS. THE SOLDIERS THEN POURED FUEL OVER AND BURNED THE BODIES, WHICH WERE LATER FLOWN OUT BY HELICOPTER.
¶5. THE SOLDIER'S UNIT WAS SOON REMOVED TO THE BEIJING COUNTRYSIDE, AND CONFINED TO ITS CAMP. OFFICERS TOLD THE MEN NOT TO THINK OF WHEN THEY MIGHT LEAVE THE PLA, IMPLYING THAT THEY MIGHT NOT BE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO CIVILIAN LIFE FOLLOWING THEIR TOUR OF MILITARY DUTY.
¶6. THE SOLDIER INSISTED ON SEEING HIS MOTHER AND--DESPITE THE THREAT OF LOSING BONUS MONEY--WAS GIVEN LEAVE LAST SEPTEMBER. HIS MOTHER (THE STORYTELLER) SAID THAT, UPON HEARING HER SON'S TALE, SHE FORCED HIM TO GO TO A NEARBY CHRISTIAN CHURCH FOR TWENTY STRAIGHT DAYS TO BEG FORGIVENESS. THE YOUNG SOLDIER IS BITTER. HE DOES NOT BELIEVE NOW THAT HIS 100 COLLEAGUES DESERTED FROM THE RANKS, ONLY TO ALL SHOW UP LATER, AS HE WAS TOLD. HE FEELS HE WAS TRICKED INTO FIRING ON DEFENSELESS CIVILIANS.
¶7. WHILE ON LEAVE, ORDERS FROM HIS UNIT WERE PASSED THROUGH LOCAL OFFICIALS THAT HE WAS NOT TO TALK TO ANYONE ABOUT HIS MILITARY SERVICE WHILE IN THE VILLAGE. HIS MOTHER WAS ALSO APPROACHED AND TOLD TO KEEP QUIET.
¶8. COMMENT: WE DON'T DOUBT OUR SOURCE IS REPEATING THE STORY AS IT WAS TOLD HER, BUT CLEARLY ENOUGH TIME HAS LAPSED TO ACCOUNT FOR SUBSTANTIAL EMBROIDERY. WE PRESENT IT HERE LESS AS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE "EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNT" LITERATURE THAN TO DEMONSTRATE THAT GRISLY TIANNNNANMEN STORIES CONTINUE TO CIRCULATE THROUGHOUT THE LAND. END COMMENT. WARDLAW
