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given the opportunity to express their preference on repatriation,
the interview to be done by one or a combination of the folg:
"(A). ICRC.
"(B). Teams from impartial nations.
"(c). Joint teams of mil observers.
"(D). Red Cross representatives from each side.
"Either one of these proposals, if accepted by your side,
would have allayed any legitimate fears you might have had that
the POWs were being coreced into rejecting repatriation to your
side and would have produced an Armistice. Your summary rejection
of these proposals is an indication that your so-called reasons
are only excuses. It can be assumed only that you have ulterior
motives for contg the war in Korea and that you are not con-
ducting these negotiations with honesty or sincerity."
Part 2. "I now present to you 3 additional alt proposals,
any one of which will lead to an Armistice if you truly desire
one. I ask that you give careful consideration to them because
they represent the only remaining avenues of approach on which
our side can agree to an Armistice. All of these proposals are
based on the prior formal acceptance of an Armistice by both
sides, with the disp on non-repatriates to be determined
thereafter according to one of the folg procedures:
"(1). As soon as the Armistice agreement goes into effect
all POWs in the custody of each side shall be entitled to
release and repatriation. Such release and repatriation of
POWs shall begin in accordance with the provisions of part 3
of the Armistice agreement. Both sides agree that the obliga-
tion to exchange and repatriate POWs shall be fulfilled by
having them brought to an agreed exchange point in the
demilitarized zone. The POW shall be identified and his name
checked against the agreed list of POWs, in the presence, if
DA IN 186885
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