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At the meeting convened on April 25, 1971, a letter from the<br />

UNC/MAC Senior Member urging the NNSC to participate in an<br />

investigation of prisoners-of-war was discussed. Since the Czech and<br />

Polish members considered the issue to be outside the mandate, the<br />

demand was rejected. The Swedish and Swiss members were willing<br />

to raise the issue, but this could not happen without the consent of all<br />

the members. Afterwards, the UNC did not bring up the issue again.<br />

Later, on July 6, the Swedish NNSC member pointed out that he<br />

and some of his officers, when passing through the JSA, had been<br />

“disturbed” by visitors on the northern side who had “shouted slogans”<br />

against the Americans, although the North Korean guards had tried to<br />

stop them. On July 2, 3 and 4, the Swedish and Swiss NNSC delegates<br />

had been the object of the demonstrators’ attention. On those occasions,<br />

the crowd, in the presence of the Swedish delegation chief, had encouraged<br />

the American soldiers to kill their officers, including the<br />

Swedish officers; North Korean guards had failed to prevent them. On<br />

July 6, the Swedish member’s intention was only to raise the security<br />

issue. If necessary, he hoped to receive support to take measures via<br />

the MAC. The Swiss member agreed, but the Czech and Polish members<br />

argued that the issue was outside the mandate. The Czech member<br />

wanted to hold a vote to determine whether the discussion should<br />

continue or not.<br />

When the Swedish chairman of the meeting suggested a short<br />

break to allow time to consider the request, the Czech member demanded<br />

an immediate vote and was supported by the Polish delegate.<br />

mars 1971: Bilaga 2 (n. p., April 7, 1971), pp. 2-3. Original quotation marks.<br />

Neither Ahlström (ibid., pp. 4-5) nor Försvarets Läromedelscentral (ibid., p. 34)<br />

record the contents of the October 15 NNSC letter.<br />

244 Peace-keeping in the Korean Peninsula

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