REPORT ON THE SITUATION WITH RESPECT TO REPATRIATION OF PRISONERS OF WAR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R003200010024-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 3, 2009
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: October 22, 1951
• Content Type: MF

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PSYCHOLOGI"kL STRATEGY BOARD PSB D-10
WAS I I VGTON, D. C,
October 22, 1951
MEMORANDUM FOR: THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT:
Respect to Rena
1. At the Senior National Security Council Staff Meeting
on September 27, in connection with the discussion of United States
courses of action in Korea, the Psychological Strategy Board was
asked to "undertake at once to prepare a preliminary report on the
position of the United States with respect to repatriation and to
exchange of prisoners of war". This problem was first officially
posed in a Joint Chief of Staff memorandum for the Secretary of
Defense dated August 8., 1951, Subject; "Policy on Repatriation of
Chinese and North Korean Prisoners."
2. In pursuance to this agreement, I had myy staff prepare
a staff study with recommendations on this subject. In the prepara-
tion of this staff study, PSB received the advice of Mr, Raymuod
Yingling and Mr, Arthur B. Enmons, Department of States Major J, D,
Mitchell, Office of the Secretary of Defense; Colonel Richard
Stilwell, Central Intelligence Agency, as well as the following
outside Consultants: Mr, Paul M, A, Linebarger and Mr,' Charles A,
H. Thomson.
3. During the period of preparation of this staff study,
the Secretary of State commented upon the Joint Chiefs of Staff
memorandum to the Secretary of Defense by letter of August 27, 1951,
and on September 25, 19;31 the Secretary of Defense addressed a
memorandum on this subject to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in which h.
requested the incorporation of additional views into a re-examination
of the problem by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The PSB staff study
took into consideration the views reflected in those coIim unications,
4. Subsequent to the completion of this staff study,, the
Joint Chiefs of Staff met (on October 12) to reconsider this subject,
''M'' % the basis of decisions taken at that meeting the Joint Chiefs of
Staff addressed a memorandum to the Secretary of Defenep, 15 October
1951, Subjects "Policy on Repatriation of Chinese and north Korean
Prisoners",, in which the Joint Chiefs of Staff indicated, among other
matters, that they now consider that the policy questions on this
issue can be resolved by the Joint Chiefs of Staff with the Department
of State and Defense without further reference to the National
Security Council,
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5. In view of the foregoing situation, it appears that 'toe
position of the United States with respect to repatriation and to
exchange of prisoners of war is now being satisfactorily resolved
between the interested Departments, without requirement for further
action by the Psychological Strategy Board, Copies of the PSB staff
study are being furnished to the Secretary of State, the Secretary
of Defense and the Director of the Joint Staff, together with a copy
of this memorandum for their information,
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X'-,, Gordon Gray
NSC review completed Director
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