Yes. I quote:- . "I would like to outline to you the reasons why. in the opinion of the American authorities. these persons cannot. without presenting serious difficulties. be delivered for shipment to the Soviet Union. It appears to the appropriate American authorities. who have given most careful consideration to this situation. that the clear intention of the Convention." meaning the Geneva Convention of July 27. 1929. "is that prisoners of war shall be treated on the basis of the uniforms they are wearing when captured. and since the containing power shall not look behind the uniforms to question the citizenships." Senator JENNER. So our State Department then was aware that returning these refugees by force after 1945 was a violation of the Geneva Convention.
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