This collection contains documents related to the problem of what to do about prisoners of war from North Korea and South Korea who did not want to be repatriated. Supporting materials include photographs and oral histories.
The Korean War: The Prisoner of War Issue and the Search for Peace
Documents
1950
- Telegram from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to the United States Delegation to the United Nations, December 15, 1950 (NAID: 301669249)
- Memorandum, Substance of Statements Made at Wake Island Conference on 15 October 1950, Compiled by General of the Army Omar Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, From Notes Kept by the Conferees from Washington, October 1950 (NAID: 229037072)
- Memorandum to President Harry S. Truman, World Reaction to the Wake Island Meeting, October 17, 1950 (NAID: 229037061)
- Report, Background of Possible Items for Discussion on Wake Island, October 1950 (NAID: 229036172)
- Memorandum, "Substance of Statements Made at Wake Island Conference", October 15, 1950 (NAID: 183392571)
1951
- Letter from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to Clarence E. Moullette, February 23, 1951 (NAID: 307013820)
- Letter from Clarence E. Moullette to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, January 19, 1951 (NAID: 307013817)
- Letter from John B. Moullette to Clarence Moullette, January 16, 1951 (NAID: 307013809)
- Letter from James T. Quirk to Elizabeth Quirk with Attachment, May 30, 1951 (NAID: 307013805)
- Department of State Memorandum of Conversation with John D. Hickerson and Others, June 28, 1951 (NAID: 301669270)
- Senate Resolution Number 140, in the Senate of the United States, May 17, 1951 (NAID: 301669265)
- Report, United Nations General Assembly, Intervention of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China in Korea, January 2, 1951 (NAID: 301669252)
- Memorandum, Far East, July 11, 1951 (NAID: 301668775)
- Memorandum from Wallace Carroll to Gordon Gray, December 28, 1951 (NAID: 296760531)
- Letter from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to Secretary of Defense George Marshall with Internal Notes, August 27, 1951 (NAID: 296760526)
- Memorandum from General Omar Bradley to General Walter Bedell Smith, with Attachment, August 8, 1951 (NAID: 296760521)
1952
- United Nations Press Release, India Explains Draft Resolution on Prisoner-of-War Issue in First Committee, November 19, 1952 (NAID: 301669326)
- Telegram from Acting Secretary of State David Bruce, November 17, 1952 (NAID: 301669323)
- Telegram from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to the Department of State, November 17, 1952 (NAID: 301669319)
- Telegram from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to the Department of State, November 15, 1952 (NAID: 301669314)
- Telegram from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to the Department of State, November 1952 (NAID: 301669307)
- Telegram from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to the Department of State, November 13, 1952 (NAID: 301669303)
- Telegram from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to the Department of State, November 13, 1952 (NAID: 301669298)
- Telegram from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to the Department of State, November 9, 1952 (NAID: 301669295)
- Telegram from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to the Department of State, November 8, 1952 (NAID: 301669292)
- Telegram from Warren Austin to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, November 6, 1952 (NAID: 301669288)
- Telegram from Warren Austin to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, November 4, 1952 (NAID: 301669285)
- Telegram from Chester Bowles to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, October 2, 1952 (NAID: 301669282)
- Telegram from Gross to John D. Hickerson, September 26, 1952 (NAID: 301669277)
- Department of State Intelligence Report Number 5775, Numbers of Various Categories of Prisoners and Internees Put Forward in the Cease-Fire Talks, January 30, 1952 (NAID: 301669274)
- Referral Memorandum from Matthew Connelly to Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett, with Attached Letter from Senator Francis Case to President Harry S. Truman, with Reply, October 1952 (NAID: 296761487)
- Letter from James T. Mayall to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from William D. Hassett (NAID: 296761484)
- Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Senator Paul Douglas, with Attached Letter, June 1952 (NAID: 296761478)
- Letter from Acting Secretary of Defense William C. Foster to President Harry S. Truman, June 12, 1952 (NAID: 296761476)
- Letter from Mr. and Mrs. George Ellison to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from William D. Hassett (NAID: 296761471)
- Letter from Alfred Kohlberg to President Harry S. Truman with a Referral Memorandum, April 1952 (NAID: 296761468)
- Letter from Judge Donald S. McKinley to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from William D. Hassett, May 1952 (NAID: 296761465)
- Referral Memorandum from William D. Hassett, with a Letter from William D. Hassett to Mrs. Ray D. Stewart, March 29, 1952 (NAID: 296761462)
- Referral Memorandum from William D. Hassett to Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett, January 4, 1952 (NAID: 296761460)
- Memorandum from Edmond Taylor to Mallory Browne, February 19, 1952 (NAID: 296760537)
- Memorandum from Paul C. Davis for the File, January 24, 1952 (NAID: 296760534)
1953
- Letter from Merritt Metzger to Former President Harry S. Truman, July 27, 1953 (NAID: 301669341)
- Memorandum, "Repatriation of Korean Prisoners of War" (NAID: 236688978)