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CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS-FEB. 10, 1970

[84 STAT.

Resolved by the House of Representatives {the Senate concurring)^ That it is the sense of Congress that on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of V - E Day, and the formal opening of the Omar N. Bradley historical collection, appropriate ceremonies be conducted at Carlisle Barracks under the direction of the Secretary of Defense in memorial tribute to the Allied victory in Europe and in memory of those who gave their lives to attain that victory, and expressing the gratitude of the American people to one of this country's greatest soldiers. General of the Army Omar N. Bradley. P a s s e d February 10, 1970. February 10, 1970 [H. Con. R e s. 497]

ADJOURNMENT-HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE

Resolved by the House of Representatives {the Senate concurring)^ That when the two Houses adjourn on Tuesday, February 10, 1970, they stand adjourned until 12 o'clock meridian, Monday, February 16, 1970. P a s s e d February 10, 1970.

February 18, 1970 [H. Con. R e s. 454]

TREATMENT OF AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, PROTEST

Whereas more than one thousand three hundred members of the United States Armed Forces are prisoners of war or missing in action in Southeast Asia; and Whereas North Vietnam and the National Liberation F r o n t of South Vietnam have refused to identify prisoners they hold, to allow impartial inspection of camps, to permit free exchange of mail between prisoners and their families, to release seriously sick or injured prisoners, and to negotiate seriously for the release of all prisoners and thereby have violated the requirements of the 1949 Geneva Convention on prisoners of war, which North Vietnam ratified in 1957; and Whereas the twenty-first International Conference of the Red Cross, meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, on September 13, 1969, adopted by a vote of 114 to 0 a resolution calling on all parties to armed conflicts to ensure humane treatment of prisoners of war and to prevent violations of the Geneva Convention; and Whereas the United States has continuously observed the requirements of the Geneva Convention in the treatment of prisoners of war; and Whereas the United States Government has repeatedly appealed to North Vietnam and to the National Liberation Front to comply with the provisions of the Geneva Convention: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring)^ That the Congress strongly protests the treatment of United States servicemen held prisoner by North Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, calls on them to comply with the requirements of the Geneva Convention, and approves and endorses efforts by the United States Government, the United Nations, the International Red Cross, and other leaders and peoples of the world to obtain humane treatment and release of American prisoners of war. P a s s e d February 18, 1970.

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