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The intelligence services of the US and its Western allies have found new evidence of the reluctance of the Chinese authorities to disclose information about the spread of the coronavirus. In a joint report by five intelligence agencies of the Western world, published by the Daily Telegraph, Beijing is accused of destruction of materials from the laboratories of Wuhan and wanting to prevent data leakage about the real situation with the epidemic. American TV channel Fox News, citing its sources in the US intelligence also reports that the coronavirus could be established in Wuhan. Suspicions are compounded by the reluctance of Beijing to give the world health organization (who) to conduct an international investigation into the activities of the laboratories of Wuhan.Report of a reconnaissance of the Union “Five eyes”, prepared by the secret services of the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the UK, reproduces the chronology of the key events in Wuhan, China from December last year when it was announced the first cases of infection with coronavirus. Thus, the authors disavow the original version of Beijing of animal origin COVID-19.A 15-page document, released by Australian newspaper the Daily Telegraph, it is noted that already on January 3 on the orders of the National Committee of health of PRC in one of the laboratories of Wuhan was destroyed in it were samples of coronavirus. The Chinese authorities immediately imposed a strict ban on the dissemination of information from China, through “until January 20,” denied the transfer of the virus from person to person, although at the end of last year knew about modes of transmission COVID-19.The synthesis of coronavirus, derived from the bats and not treatable, was carried out by group of scientists from the Wuhan Institute of Virology under the guidance of renowned Chinese researcher Shi Jinli. The group Shi Jinli studying deadly pathogens from bats, at some stage even liaised with the Veterinary laboratory of Australia, developed at the Australian national Agency for science.However, the mechanism of attraction of China and the possible terms are not specified. Apparently, the next step could be an international investigation, which has called on the Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison.Part of the responsibility the authors of the report lay to the world health organization, which declared a pandemic until 11 March and in the first phase, persistently adhered to the position of China, although it is still 31 December, the authorities of neighbouring Taiwan has questioned the official version of China on the origin and spread of COVID-19. And who refuses to cooperate with the unrecognized the Republic of China on Taiwan and maintains contacts only with China.Meanwhile, in addition to the “Five eyes” another media salvo in Beijing has released the Fox News channel. Citing sources in American intelligence services, the authors of the material on the channel’s website indicate that “70-75% of the 17 intelligence agencies of the United States” agree with the conclusion of the “Five eyes”. A certain part of the us intelligence community is still reluctant to join the majority of colleagues in their assessment of the situation, insisting that overwhelming evidence against China are not yet available. This, in particular, reads the statement of the office of the Director of National intelligence, made on Thursday. The list American intelligence participated in the preparation of the report “Five eyes” media does not. Given the absence of full consensus within the U.S. intelligence community, the administration of President Donald trump has already hastened to declare that she’s not trying to get the intelligence evidences that can be used to put pressure on Beijing. “I can assure you that no one is exerting pressure on the intelligence community”,— said the press Secretary of the White house kaylie Makanani. So the new head of the press service of the President of trump commented on the article in the newspaper the New York Times, which stated that the White house allegedly forced intelligence agencies to “seek evidence”, confirming the hypothesis that the laboratory in Wuhan has become a source of proliferation COVID-19.Taking into account all the new accusations against Beijing to shed light on what really happened in Wuhan, would an independent international investigation under the auspices of the world health organization. As stated in an interview with U.S. television channel NBC Deputy foreign Minister of China Le Yucheng, Beijing “stands for broad international cooperation in the study of the origins of the coronavirus COVID-19”. The Chinese diplomat called unacceptable attempts to “put China in the dock without any evidence of guilt.”However, despite the fact that a filing with the US who has already received a reputation as a “Pro-Chinese” organization that Beijing is in no hurry to open her own laboratory. “Who would like to cooperate with foreign partners and at the invitation of the Chinese government to participate in the investigation of animal origin COVID-19″— said TASS representative who Tariq of Jasarevic. In turn, the head of the Chinese mission who Gauden Galea in an interview with British TV channel Sky News confirmed that the organization is unable to send its experts in Wuhan: “We know that there is a national investigation, but until we were invited to take part in it”.Sergey Strokan