Korean War Truce Talks Derailed After Release Of North Anti-Red Prisoners

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Synopsis: Thousands of North Korean POWs who have no love for Communism or desire to be repatriated back to the North are released by South Korean President Syngman Rhee effectively derailing the current Korean War truce talks for now...(read more)

Date: 1953
Duration: 00:01:26
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: Korea

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Korean War Truce Talks Derailed After Release Of North Anti-Red Prisoners

Korean War Truce Talks Derailed After Release Of North Anti-Red Prisoners

With the release of twenty-five thousand anti-Red Korean prisoners under orders of President Syngman Rhee, truce talks which seemed near success are once again adjourned. Scenes of almost empty prisoner of war (POW) camps in South Korea. Sign reads “Enclosure U.N.C P.W. Camp 9”. Shows fires at Inchon, South Korea after bombing raid on gasoline storage tanks by Reds.

History Note:

ROK President Syngman Rhee remained adamant that the war should not end until Korea was unified under ROK rule and the POW issue was settled. President Syngman Rhee pressed the United States for permission to release Korean People's Army (North Korean) POWs because he feared that Communist officials would take advantage of the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission and coerce non-repatriates to return home. In protest of the proposed settlement it was reported Rhee unilaterally ordered the release of 25,000 anti-Communist North Korean POWs which “broke out” of the POW camps unopposed by ROK guards.