646. Telegram 2105 to Geneva1
2105. For Johnson.
Your 551. Revised draft proposed letter to prisoners quoted below. Comment soonest. You will note we have deleted first sentence [Typeset Page 1037] paragraph former draft as you recommended. We have also amended latter portion same paragraph. Reasons for these changes will be evident to you from our 2099 and 2101.
QUOTE There is enclosed a copy of the Agreed Announcement issued at Geneva on September 10, 1955.
In the near future, you will be given an opportunity to state formally whether you elect to continue serving your sentence in the United States subject to prevailing regulations, or whether you prefer to be discharged expeditiously from prison for the purpose of immediate and direct deportation to Mainland China. The Government of the United States also gives you the option of immediate and direct deportation to Taiwan if the Government of the Republic of China will receive you. If you apply for parole or commutation of sentence for the purpose of being deported, the American authorities concerned will give prompt consideration to your application.
You will later be visited to verify that you have been informed of this opportunity to be deported, and to ascertain whether you elect to [Facsimile Page 2] be deported, so that the necessary arrangements can be made. The warden of the prison where you are confined will notify you in advance of the arrangements for the visit. END QUOTE
- Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.93/6–756. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Drafted by McConaughy.↩