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January 2, 1954

Letter, K. S. Thimayya, the Chairman of NNRC, to the Commander in Chief, United Nations Command

K.S.Thimayya, the Chairman of Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission, requests United Nations Command assistance to implement the repatriation agreement.

January 4, 1954

Letter, General J. E. Hull to General Thimayya of Custodial Force of India

General J. E. Hull summarizes the United Nations Command views on the conclusion of the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission and release of prisoners of war to their destinations of choice.

January 1954

Letter, General J. E. Hull to Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission

General Hull responds to the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission request for assistance with repatriation of prisoners of war.

January 4, 1954

Letter, General Maxwell D.Taylor to Syngman Rhee

General Maxwell D. Taylor informs Rhee he will arrange for Korean MPs to observe verification of prisoner of war rosters.

May 4, 1953

Letter, General Duk Shin Choi to General William K. Harrison, Jr. on Civilian Internees

From April 20 to May 3 1953, Operation Little Switch allowed the exchange of the sick and wounded prisoners of wars between the United Nations, North Korea, and China. In this letter, Major General Choi informs General Harrison that the communist have failed to return hundreds of U.N. POWs because of their broad interpretation of the agreement. General Choi provides a series of steps to improve this agreement but most importantly he urges that the terms “civilian internees” and “displaced person” should be clarified in the Draft Armistice Agreement.

1953

Rules of Procedures Governing Explanations and Interviews by Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission

In 1953 the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission was created in order to deal with the repatriation of thousands of prisoners of war. For those POWs who wished to not to repatriate, a series of explanations and interviews were held in order to allow them to choose their side in a neutral setting. This is a list of the general provisions of the commission which clarifies and explains who, how, and where these interviews would be held.

February 3, 1952

Ciphered Telegram No. 709, Filippov [Stalin] to Krasovsky, for Mao Zedong

Telegram to Mao from Stalin approving of Mao's progress at the armistice talks and reminding him to have Polish and Czech included in the commission of observers.