Presidential Papers, Doc#241 To Jawaharlal Nehru, 12 June 1953. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower
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Document #241; June 12, 1953
To Jawaharlal Nehru
Series: EM, AWF, International Series
The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XIV - The Presidency: The Middle Way
Part II: Settling into "the long pull"; May 1953 to August 1953
Chapter 4: Striving for Unity

 

My dear Mr. Prime Minister: I thank you for your message received June 9 regarding the prisoner of war agreement reached at Panmunjom.1 I greatly appreciate your words regarding the part which the United States has played in this matter. It is my earnest hope that this agreement will speedily lead to an armistice and just peace in Korea, and to a relaxing of world tensions. India's participation in the work of the Repatriation Commission will make a further significant contribution toward these end[s].2 Sincerely yours

1 See no. 232. In a letter of congratulations on the POW agreement, Nehru had written (AWF/I) that the United States "under the leadership of the President has played a wise and generous part in these negotiations. I earnestly hope that this Agreement will lead to peace not only in the Far East but elsewhere."

2 According to the terms of the agreement signed on June 8, the Indian representative to the commission would serve as chairman, and Indian troops would be used exclusively to control those prisoners of war refusing repatriation ("Text of Agreement on Prisoners of War," U.S. Department of State Bulletin 28, no. 730 [June 22, 1953], 866-68). For developments see no. 493.

Bibliographic reference to this document:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Jawaharlal Nehru, 12 June 1953. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 241. World Wide Web facsimile by The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission of the print edition; Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, http://www.eisenhowermemorial.org/presidential-papers/first-term/documents/241.cfm

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