On The Issue Of War Prisoners In Korean Armistice Negotiations

The paper, which begins with the negotiation on the repatriation of prisoners of Korean War, is based upon the large reading of files and documents of the scholars both at home and abroad, reviews the entire course of the negotiation. Meanwhile, the paper also links up the international situation of US-Soviet Cold War, combines the interests of all countries involved in the negotiation with the International background, and probes into the root of war prisoners origination, procrastination and final solution.In addition to the introduction and conclusion, this paper is divided into four parts. Chapter I is an analysis of the circumstances of war prisoners in various stages and the reasons of the imbalance amount of prisoners of two parts in the Korean War, and discusses how the issue of prisoners of war comes into being. chapter II mainly introduces the first bout on the war prisoners' issue. And expounds the imagination of solving the prisoners' issue, the formal putting forward of it and the irreconcilable contradictions lead to negotiations interruption. Chapter IIIanalyzes the interests of all countries orientation that constrained by the Cold War and the roots of the war prisoners continuous engendering. Chapter IV demonstrates 3 milestones that resume the negotiation, that is, the United States tries to break the deadlock, Soviet adjusts policy after the death of Stalin's, as well as China, North Korea agreed to end the korea war. These finally result in the agreement making on the war prisoners, and ceasefire comes into being , so far the Korean War comes to its end.This paper follows the two basic principles of Marxism-Leninism, historical materialism and materialist dialectics, by analysis, I reckon that the two sides' decision-making of prisoner problems are constrained by the US-Soviet Cold War situation, and it needs not only to fight for achieving the greatest interests but also to avoid expansion of the breakdown of negotiations that lead to war. Negotiations delaying make the Korean War prolong for one year and a half, causing enormous manpower and material losses. The United States, the Soviet Union and China all should take their responsibilities for it. Reviewing this historic event, we can see that the Korean ceasefire is ultimately resolved through negotiations, despite long delay on the issue of prisoners of war. It means peace negotiation is an effective solution of international dispute, and also means that war can be evitable. In addition, the negotiation skills and strategies in Panmunjom negotiation is an important example for today's intergovernmental negotiations.