Letter from Alfred Kohlberg to President Harry S. Truman with a Referral Memorandum

Prisoners FILED BY MR. HOPKINS AMERICAN CHINA POLICY ASSOCIATION, INC. JUN 11 1952 1 WEST 37TH STREET NEW YORK 18, NEW YORK TELEPHONE: President May 19, 1952 WISCONSIN 7-8477 WILLIAM LOEB Vice Presidents GERALDINE FITCH ALFRED KOHLBERG IRENE KUHN For DR. MAURICE WILLIAM Secretary and Treasurer EMMA DeLONG MILLS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Honorable Harry S. Truman The White House * ALFRED KOHLBERG, Chairman Washington, D. C. MARGUERITE ATTERBURY DR. ALEXANDER BAIRD JOHN EARL BAKER MAJ. GEN. DAVID P. BARROWS My dear Mr. President: WILLIAM E. BOHN RT. REV. JOHN P. BOLAND EDNA LEE BOOKER By unanimous vote of those present at a DR. KARL BRANDT WILLIAM HENRY CHAMBERLIN meeting of the Directors of the American China Policy BISHOP FREDERICK PIERCE CORSON Association, Inc., May 15, 1952, I have been instructed to GEORGE CREEL * FRANK R. CROSSWAITH thank you for a letter received from Mr Francis H. DR. BENEDICT J. DUFFY, JR. HON. GEORGE H. EARLE Russell, Director of the Office of Public Affairs, Depart- MAX EASTMAN REV. JAMES W. FIFIELD, JR. ment of State, which is in answer to a letter sent you by GERALDINE FITCH our Association, April 10, 1952. * VARIAN FRY REV. J. C. JENSEN LOIS BUTLER JENSEN REAR ADMIRAL I. C. JOHNSON Our letter asled about the possibility of REP. J. LEROY JOHNSON forced repatriation of POWs in Korea. Mr. Russell's REV. WILLIAM R. JOHNSON REP. WALTER H. JUDD letter called our attention to your statement of May 7th, * REV. WILLIAM C. KERNAN LUCIAN S. KIRTLAND in which you say "we will not buy an armistice by turning * IRENE KUHN over human beings for slaughter or slavery." * WILLIAM LOEB * EDNA LONIGAN REV. DANIEL A. LORD, S.J. CLARE BOOTHE LUCE By unanimous vote, our Directors in- DR. FRANK L. MELENEY structed me to congratulate you on the position taken in * EMMA DeLONG MILLS MRS. VICTOR MORAWETZ connection with those POWs who do not wish to return to HON. JAMES R. NOLEN * REV. RONALD NORRIS, C.P. Communism. In their opinion, your firm refusal to return * JOHN O'CONNOR a single POW who does not wish to go back to the Commun- F. GORDON O'NEILL JOHN S. POTTER ist dictatorship, will strengthen Asiatic confidence in DR. ROSCOE POUND DR. LELAND REX ROBINSON American integrity. MRS. JOSEPH SCHUMPETER GEORGE S. SCHUYLER DR. CHARLES ERNEST SCOTT Most respectfully yours, DR. AURA SEVERINGHAUS MARGARET PROCTOR SMITH * WILLIAM H. SMYTH * DR. FRED J. TOOKER * ASHLEY L. TOTTEN x previous * FREDA UTLEY DR. DONALD D. VAN SLYKE LOUIS WALDMAN AK:am Alfred Kohlberg, Kohebe Chairman DR. JEROME P. WEBSTER * DR. MAURICE WILLIAM * Executive Committee