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POWs in South Vietnam under Geneva protections described
The piece details how 38 000 captured North Vietnamese and Viet Cong prisoners in South Vietnam are processed under Geneva conventions with ICRC oversight. It covers camps, identification tests, food, medical care, communications with families, and the contrast with American POWs, plus controversies like the Can Son prison incident and Hanoi’s refusals to identify allied prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Vietnam
South
International Committee of the Red Cross
ICRC
JCRC
U.S
Vietnam
United States
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi
Pleiku
Bien Hoa
Can Tho
Qui Nhon
da Nang
Phu Quoc
Phu
Chieu Hoi
Cheju Island
Con Son
Far East
Geneva