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January 1954	Letter, General Maxwell D. Taylor to President Syngman Rhee General Maxwell D. Taylor reports a successful meeting on the return of non-repatriated prisoners of war.
February 17, 1954	Letter, General Maxwell D. Taylor to Minister of Foreign Affairs Byeon Yeong-tae General Maxwell D. Taylor, on behalf of General Hull, reports that the United Nations Command has no jurisdictions over North Korean ex- prisoners of war who choose to proceed to a neutral country.
June 15, 1953	Letter, John W. Staggers to Syngman Rhee John W. Staggers writes to Syngman Rhee about truce negotiations for the Korean War and issues he raised regarding Korean prisoners.
November 26, 1953	Letter, Syngman Rhee to John W. Staggers Syngman Rhee response to "Jack" of Phillips Associates regarding an offer of seed corn to distribute in Korea. He mentions issues with the Indian Custodial Force who were guarding prisoners of war following the armistice agreement.
December 3, 1953	Letter, John W. Staggers to Syngman Rhee John W. Staggers remarks positively about Rhee's meeting with Chang Kai-shek and refers to Syngman Rhee's frustration with having Indian troops guarding Korean prisoners of war.
December 23, 1954	Letter, Willard B. Cowles to UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold Willard Cowles forwards documents concerning the mission of a B-29 of the 581st Air Resupply And Communications Wing shot down during the Korean War. The Chinese claimed the plane was over Chinese territory on an espionage mission, which the United Nations denied.
January 6, 1955	Record of Meetings between UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold and Zhou Enlai Over a series of four meetings, Secretary-General Hammarskjold and Zhou Enlai discuss American prisoners in China, Chinese nationals in the US, and the US-Taiwan defense treaty.
February 22, 1972	Memorandum of Conversation between Richard Nixon and Zhou Enlai
September 5, 1945	Report from L. Beria to Cde. I.V. Stalin, V.M. Molotov, and Cde. G.M. Malenkov Beria reports on the progress of the rebel movement in Xinjiang at the end of August, including information on the locations of the rebels' active operations, their armed forces, Chinese prisoners of war, and recent rebel casualties. He also describes the Chinese Armed Forces' likely responses to recent rebel advances in the Ili District.
May 18, 1954	Cable from Zhou Enlai, 'Regarding Pham Van Don's reply to Eden' Zhou Enlai write Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, and report to the CCP Central Committee, regarding Pham Van Dong's reply to Eden and the issue of transporting wounded soldiers from Dien Bien Phu.