英国与朝鲜停战谈判中的战俘遣返问题

作为美国的主要盟友,英国和美国一样主张战俘的"非强制遣返"。但是英国出于促成尽快停战,应对议会下院反对派的压力和确保英国及英联邦国家的战俘尽快安全获释的考虑,英国保守党政府不仅反对强制遣返,也反对强制扣留战俘。而且与丘吉尔首相过分强调战俘遣返问题的"人道"立场、政治价值及英美特殊关系不同,艾登主导的外交部主张抑制美国在战俘遣返问题上的僵硬立场,意欲灵活处理战俘问题,打开停战谈判僵局。英国既非强制遣返、也非强制扣留战俘的立场,以及其在东西方之间的斡旋,在一定程度上有助于战俘遣返问题的解决。

Britain and the Repatriation of POWs in the Armistice Negotiations of the Korean War

As the main ally of the United States,Britain shared American standpoint that the POWs of the Korean War might not be forcibly repatriated.The British Conservative government,however,did not agree that those POWs should be forcibly detained in order to promote an armistice in Korea,to play down the pressures from the opponents in the Commons,and to insure the safe release of the British and Commonwealth's POWs as soon as possible.Moreover,unlike the Prime Minister Winston Churchill,who overemphasized the so...