December 23, 1954 Letter, Willard B. Cowles to UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold
Digital Archive digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org International History Declassified December 23, 1954 Letter, Willard B. Cowles to UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold Citation: “Letter, Willard B. Cowles to UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold,” December 23, 1954, History and Public Policy Program Digital Archive, United Nations Archives and Records Management Section, Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold (1953-1961) , Political - China - Secretary General's visit to Peking 15455 - basic documents - Korean Prisoners of War, S-0846-0002-04. Obtained by Ole Jakob Skatun http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/122622 Summary: Willard Cowles forwards documents concerning the mission of a B-29 of the 581st Air Resupply And Communications Wing shot down during the Korean War. The Chinese claimed the plane was over Chinese territory on an espionage mission, which the United Nations denied. Original Language: Korean Contents: Scan of Original Document ,- J THE< tCGAL ADVISER DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON December 23, 1954 Dear Mr. Secretary-General: In Mr. Phleger's absence from Washington, I am forwarding to you with this letter-copies of certain materials which, it seemed in the course of Mr. Fhleger's and Mr. Robertson's discussion with Mr. Stavropoulos and yourself last week, would be relevant and use ful in connection with your responsibilities under the General Assembly's resolution of December 10. There are enclosed tvIO affidavits by the Director of Plans of the United States Air Force concerning the status of the Arnold B-29 crew and of the four jet pilots as members of the United Nations Com.-rnand, and concerning the missions on which they were engaged v7hen captured.
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