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North Vietnam rejects Johnson’s prisoner exchange proposal - Dec 08, 1966 - HISTORY.com

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The International Red Cross announces in Geneva that North Vietnam has rejected a proposal by President Johnson for a resolution of the prisoner of war situation. He had proposed a joint discussion of fair treatment and possible exchange of war captives held by both sides. The International Red Cross submitted the proposal to North Vietnamese officials in July after Johnson first broached the plan on July 20 at a news conference. No solution was reached on the issue until the Paris Peace Accords were signed in January 1973. By the terms of the accords, all U.S. prisoners were to be released by the following March.

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LTC Stephen F.

Posted 8 y ago

Thanks for reminding us SP5 Mark Kuzinski that in 1966 the International Red Cross announced in Geneva that North Vietnam rejected a proposal by President Johnson for a resolution of the prisoner of war situation. He had proposed a joint discussion of fair treatment and possible exchange of war captives held by both sides. Fair treatment was anathema to the North Vietnamese.
I was interested to see Capt Seid Waddell's response which sheds light on another aspect - namely I don't wanna go home pleases by captured NVA soldiers.
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Capt Seid Waddell

Posted 8 y ago

In the '73 prisoner release many North Vietnamese captives didn't want to be returned to the North.

http://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/25/archives/210-held-in-south-refuse-to-return-to-north-vietnam-came-south-in.html?_r=0

210 HELD IN SOUTH REFUSE TO RETURN TO NORTH VIETNAM

210 Communist POWs, most of them reptdly N Vietnamese, refuse repatriation, Mar 25, in biggest mass defection since truce was signed Jan 27; 185 other POWs elect to return; 395 POWs were brought to Bien Hoa for transfer by US planes to release point in Quang Tri city; some defectors chant praises of Saigon Govt, denounce Communists; defectors will be returned to prison camp to get 'special treatment' until Saigon decides in individual cases on...

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SP5 Mark Kuzinski

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I remember that - thanks!

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Capt Seid Waddell

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SP5 Mark Kuzinski, one wonders what happened to them when the South fell. Probably not anything pleasant.

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SP5 Mark Kuzinski

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Capt Seid Waddell - I think that we both know what happened to them.

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SFC William Farrell

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SP5 Mark Kuzinski - Capt Seid Waddell they're probably not around now gentlemen.

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SFC William Farrell

Posted 8 y ago

Bastards they were SP5 Mark Kuzinski

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SP5 Mark Kuzinski

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Yep!!!

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