Return of American Prisoners of War who Have Not Been Accounted for by the Communists: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on the Far East and the Pacific of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Eighty-fifth Congress, First Session, on H. Con

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Considers (85) H. Con. Res. 140.

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Страница 1 - Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring) , That it is the sense of the Congress that the following Code of Ethics should be adhered to by all Government employees, including officeholders: CODE OF ETHICS FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICE Any person in Government service should : 1.
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Страница 1 - Following the extensive discussions of this matter before the subcommittee referred to above, the House of Representatives on July 9, 1957, passed unanimously this resolution (HR 292) : 'That It Is the sense of the Congress that the President, through his own offices, and those of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, should continue to make the return of, or a satisfactory accounting for, the 450 American prisoners of war, a primary objective of the foreign policy of the United States.
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Страница 3 - ... remains, if deceased. Our belief that the Communists should have knowledge of these individuals was based upon several sources of information : First, interviews with repatriated personnel who stated that they had seen certain named individuals who had not been repatriated, who had not been otherwise accounted for, and who had been alive and in Communist hands; secondly, Communist radio broadcasts giving the names of certain UN Command personnel and admitting that they were under Communist control...
Страница 16 - ... legation in Communist Hungary, a microphone was discovered in the fireplace of the room where Cardinal Mindszenty resides. The Communists had a wire recorder on the legation roof. We should, of course, continue to refuse recognition to Red China, and we should continue to press for the return of a satisfactory accounting for the four hundred and fifty American prisoners of war still held by Red China in violation of the Korean armistice agreement, as called for by House Resolution 292, unanimously...
Страница 6 - 3. Requests the Secretary-General, in the name of the United Nations, to seek the release, in accordance with the Korean Armistice Agreement, of these eleven United Nations Command personnel, and all other captured personnel of the United Nations Command still detained; "4. Requests the Secretary-General to make, by the means most appropriate in his judgment, continuing and unremitting efforts to this end and to report progress to all members on or before 31 December 1954.
Страница 2 - SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (MANPOWER, PERSONNEL, AND RESERVE) Mr. JACKSON. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Members of the committee, under the Korean armistice agreement each side agreed to repatriate or otherwise account for all POW's and deceased combatants of the other side of whose fate it had any knowledge. The efforts of the United States Government to get the Communists to fulfill their commitments in this regard have been continuous, persistent, frustrating, and largely unrewarding. Shortly after the...

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