Prisoners of War in Indochina, 1971-1972: Legal Issues, Policies, and Initiatives of Major Parties to the Conflict and Efforts to Secure Release Page: 2
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alleged bombing of nonmilitary targets demonstrate that the United
States has failed to adhere to the laws of war, and the U.S.intends
neither to withdraw overt support of South Vietnam nor to work
seriously toward the achievement of a negotiated settlement of -the
conflict. For its part, the United States rejects any classifica-
tion of U.S. pilots or other captured servicemen as criminal under
any provision of international law.
Beginning in 1969, the U.S. Government altered its previous
strategy of sole reliance upon private diplomatic efforts in behalf
of the prisoners to one of publicizing the reports of their mal-
treatment in order to exert pressure on the Communists to discuss
what 'has become an issue of grave concern to the United States and
its allies. In January 1972, the United States disclosed a sequence
of proposals to end the Indochina conflict through negotiated
settlement that had been offered in secret during' 1971 by the two
sides. Like the publicly announced proposals, the private plans
considered the issue of the prisoners. Some tied their fate to an
immediate cease-fire or to a more gradual withdrawal of military
forces; others rendered their release part of an overall military
and political settlement of' the war.
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Christopher, Luella Sue. Prisoners of War in Indochina, 1971-1972: Legal Issues, Policies, and Initiatives of Major Parties to the Conflict and Efforts to Secure Release, report, August 22, 1972; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc992608/m1/4/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.