Enemy Prisoners of War - 1971., 08/15/1971-12/29/1971

File — Box: 32, Folder: 23

Identifier: GAMMS440.16.983

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Materials on the Vietnam War during the latter days of the Johnson Administration.

Dates

08/15/1971-12/29/1971

Collection-level Access Restrictions

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Extent

From the Collection: 57 Linear Feet (50 boxes (originally 38 boxes) )

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Shelf Location

04/10/06

Container Summary

A copy of an earlier paper by John Thornton, this one focusing on VC and NVA prisoners of the South Vietnamese. "Untold truths of treatment of enemy prisoners of war" contends that well-observed policies of the South Vietnamese regimes and their allies provided for proper treatment of prisoners under the Geneva Convention, despite well-publicized exceptions.