Show I ! “THEY ! I i:im c0 II 1 1 II u E D except dramatic persuasion were used on our PW’s in Korea There were 3322 US Army prisoners repatriated from Korea but in only approximately 40 cases (plus those already tried) is there sufficient evidence of flagrant criminal acts to warrant the Army to authorize prosecution" And this alter exhaustive g beginning checking and with the processing investigators who acwhen companied the shiploads of they were coming back to the US and continuing through nearly two years of intensive investigation by all levels of the cross-checkin- cx-P- Army Actually this low parentage of serious offenders is a fine record but there la no reason to go easy on the gaQty ones — they flagrantly betrayed their fellow soldiers and tfcdr cmartry You have had sympathy for these men have you? Then you'd better get to know them a little better They range from privates to lieutenant colonels with educational backgrounds varying from grade school to West Point graduates Here are a few samples: kill him at the first opportunity Despite his protection he was severely beaten Tkmi Enlisted man whose record who been has corroborated by 160ex-PWHe Chief in was his camp Monitor were (Communist political indoctrinator) of his camp in charge of the ideological indoctrination of newly captured American prisoners He produced propaganda recordings articles and speeches wrote articles for the camp newspaper induced other PW's to sign surrender pamphlets by use of threats and harassment He was Chinese friendly with the five of the camp and he received special food clothes living quarters and medical treatment He was given special protection from other PW’s he gave the Chinese technical information intelligence and on the US Army During the PW Camp “Olympics" — athletic events — he mounted the reviewing stand of the Chinese general who commanded all PW camps in North Korea and gave a speech which ended with the words: g “I now stand in the ranks of the people of the world Long live the democratic people's Republic of Korea long live the people’s Republic of China" Cam ’f Red-slant- ed n speeches taught classes announced that the US was not his country informed on other prisoners lived in special quarters where he put photos of Red leaden on his walls Communist-indoctrinatio- Enlisted man accused by over from the camp A typical comment about him was: "This stinker is a liar a collaborator a traitor and a coward” He betrayed his fellow prisoners to the Reds He referred to the United States as his enemy was in charge of the camp's system for spying on American prisoners and actually put the linger on several fellow prisoners who were planning to escape This man had to be given special military police protection on the repatriation ship that brought him home because of the who informed shipnumber of 's board investigators that they planned to Cam Tw 300 ex-PW- ’s ex-PW- lin 1 I officer wrote and made speeches announced that the United States was not his country This anti-Americ- an top-rankin- order-of-batt- le peace-lovin- Cam Omi An officer accused by 180 PW's of having written and given anti-UJ- S pirr wflOL ItU reexi Enlisted man whom over 800 former PW’s charged and who admits that he helped train Red intelligence personnel to be censors He was one of the wont informers and words like “rat” “traitor" “skunk" appear frequently in statements of his former fellow prisoners rtTi An Army captain whose acts were reported by 1 10 former PW’s He was a member of the Central Peace Committee which ran the collaborationist program for the Reds and he campaigned to get the Job In many long interviews held with him he has at no time claimed any kind of torture or pressure Tie counseled other prisoners to collaborate with the enemy and he himself signed and circulated propaganda articles among the prisoners for their signature He is accused in a sworn statement of Cam abandoning his men while they were under lire Still think the Army then here is a breakdown of the crimes committed by 20 of the serious cases picked at random: Still sympathetic? is too tough? Well Five men prepared a series of surrender leaflets urging our soldiers to lay down their arms Five gave broadcasts over the Peiping radio parroting the Commie line that the war was being waged by MacArthur and Truman for personal Wall Street gain Fifteen prepared propaganda articles for a great variety of Communist publications Fifteen signed surrender leaflets and other documents Two gave Red propaganda speeches to fellow prisoners Two posed for propaganda pictures Ten informed on fellow prisoners contributing to the death of three men One gave intelligence information to the enemy He claims he was “tortured" into this The torture consisted of having to stand at attention for three hours Vkat Made Them Da It? Why did these men perform these heinous acts? Not one of than claimed that he was drugged hypnotized or subjected to real torture According to their own admissions they collaborated for better food more tobacco the possibility of getting better medical care from fear induced by threats mental duress and withholding food An officer who went into combat in Korea during the early days of the war was captured within a few hours Less than a week after that leaflets were dropped on our men urging them Jto lay down their arms and surrender These leaflets had been written by signed by and contained the photograph of that officer Now just how much could that man's brain have been “washed" in that short time? Another officer prepared and signed a surrender leaflet addressed to his own troops in the US lines with his photo on it This surrender leaflet said “Turn your I strongly appeal to you to guns aside surrender to the People’s Army at once" He gave as his excuse: “The Reds questioned me three times — the fast time for 15 or 20 minutes the second time for 40 minutes the third time for 13 or 20 minutes" Thus less than two hours of questioning caused an officer to sell out his country By his own admission he was neither threatened nor offered any inducements by his captors He was of cowse afeaU But bo were his buddies m the front Buie who kept fitting and £d not surrender their arms as he was begging them tu do As for the charge that the Army has d some of the soldiers whom it lured back with promises not to prosecute we have a tape recording of the actual broadcast made to those men It said this in effect: if you return we will not place charges against you for your pre- V double-crosse- non-repatriat- ed TU ! 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