PSYCHOLOGICAL STRATEGY BOARD STAFF STUDY ON REPATRIATION OF PRISONERS OF WAR IN KOREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R003200010025-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 8, 2008
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: October 18, 1951
• Content Type: STUDY

Approved For Release 2008/07/08: CIA-RDP80ROl731 R003200010025-3
NSC review completed
18 October, 1951
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STAMP STUDY ON REPATRIATION OF
PRISONERS OF WAR IN REA
I. THE PROBL114
From the standpoint of psychological strategy to recommend U.S.
policies governing the repatriation and exchange of prisoners ofJ?r in
Korea.
II. FAOTS BEARING ON THE PROBLEM
1. The U.S. is a signatory of the Geneva Convention Relative to the
Treatment of Prisoners of War of August 12, 1949, but h?as not yet
ratified the Convention.
2. Official views are set forth as follows:
a, View of the Joint Chiefs of. Staff.
(1) By memorandum to the Secretary of Defense, 8 August 1951,
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff indicated that-
from the mil itar,r point of view, no objection was r