Eisenhower says unaccounted POWs could have halted peace talks
Declassified documents reveal more than 900 POWs unaccounted for in 1953, prompting Eisenhower to question delaying the Panmunjom talks. Memoranda show Army and Air Force lists of missing personnel and a 1958 sense-of-Congress pledge to pursue 450 still-missing Americans amid broader negotiations with China and North Korea.
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