Evening star., 1953-07-27

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PanmunjOm.
armistice agreement. Such
recommended changes should
generally be those designed to
insure a more effective armi-
stice.
so. The Neutral Nations Su-
pervisory Commission, or any
member thereof, shall be au-
thorized to communicate with
any member of the Military
Armistice Commission.
Article III
Arrangements Relating to PriS-.
OnerS of war
81. The release and repatria-
ton of all prisoners of war held
in the custody of each side at
the time this armistice agree
ment becomes effective shall
be effected in conformity with
the following provisions agreed
upon by both sides prior to the
signing of this armistice agree
ment.
(A) Within go days after
this armistice agreement be-
comes effective each side shall,
without offering any hindrance,
directly repatriate and hand
over in groups all those pris.
oners of war in it's custody
who insist on repatriation to
the side to which they belonged
at the time of capture. Re-
patriation shall be accom-
plished in accordance with the
related provisions of this arti-
Gle. In order to expedite the
repatriation process of such
personnel, each side shall,
prior to the signing of the
armistice agreement, exchange
the total numbers, by national
tiles, or personnel to be di-
rectly repatriated. Each group
of prisoners of war delivered
to the other side shall be ac-
companied by rosters, prepared
by nationality to include name,
rank (if any, and intern
ment of military serial num-
ber.
CD Each side shall release
all those remaining prisoners
OF war, who are not directly
repatriated, from it's military
control and from it's custody
and hand them over to- the
Neutral Nations Repatriation
Commission for disposition in
accordance with the provisions
IN the annex hereto "terms of
reference for Neutral Nations
Repatriation Commission"
Co So that there may be
no misunderstanding owing to
the equal use of three Ian
guageS, the act of delivery of
a prisoner of war by one side
to the other side shall, for
the purposes of this armistice
agreement, be called "repa-
triation" in English, '"song
hwan" in Korean, and "sh,ien
fan" in Chinese, notwithstand-
ing the nationality or place of
residence of such prisoner of
war.
So. Each side insures that it
will not employ in acts of war
in the Korean conflict any
prisoner of war released and
repatriated incident to the
coming into effect of this
armiStice agreement.
SO. All the sick and injured
prisoners of war who insist
upon repatriation shall be re-
patriated with priority. Inso-
far as possible, there shall be
captured medical personnel
repatriated concurrently with
the sick and injured prisoners
of war, so as to provide med
ical care and attendance
enroute.
81. The repatriation of all
of the prisoners of war re-
quired by sub-paragraphs 81
CAD hereof shall be completed
within a time limit of so days
after this armistice agreement
becomes effective. Within this
time limit each side under
takes to complete the repatria-
ton of the aforementioned
prisoners of war in it's custody
at the earliest practicable
time.
SIS. Panmunjom is designated
as the place where prisoners
of war will be delivered and
received by both sides. Ad-
ditional place (s) of delivery
and reception of prisoners Of
war in the demilitarized zone
may be designated, if neces-
Sary, by the committee for
repatriation of prisoners of
war.