§ 16. Mr. S. Silvermanasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why he did not include in Command Paper No. 8596 the recent report of the Red Cross Commission into the United Nations treatment of Korean prisoners of war; 128W and whether he will now arrange to publish it as a separate White Paper.
§ Mr. NuttingThe report of the representatives in South Korea of the International Committee of the Red Cross related solely to one incident on Koje Island (the 18th February incident in Compound 62), and merely quoted statements by the United Nations Camp Commandant and by spokesmen of the prisoners without passing judgment on these statements. It was not, therefore, considered necessary to publish it in Cmd. 8596. As stated in paragraph 42 of Cmd. 8596, the report is available in the April edition of theRevue Internationale de la Croix-Rouge.
I do not consider it necessary to publish this report as a separate White Paper, but I am placing a translation of the relevant extract from this periodical in the Library of the House for the convenience of hon. Members.