§ 112. Mr. Sorensenasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any proposal for an interim exchange of an equal number of prisoners of war from both sides in the Korean conflict has been considered by the United Nations.
§ Mr. NuttingProvision for a preliminary one-for-one exchange of prisoners electing repatriation was included in the proposals put forward at Panmunjom by the United Nations Command on the 2nd January, 1952, and later rejected by the Communists. The Communists also rejected a proposal put forward by the United Nations Command on 28th September allowing for the exchange of all prisoners of war desiring repatriation—an estimated 68,000 Chinese and North Koreans against 12,000-odd United Nations prisoners.