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2 Feb |
President Eisenhower ends the "neutralization" of the
Formosa strait. |
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5 Mar |
Soviet leader Josef Stalin dies. |
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28 Mar |
China
& North Korea accepts the UN proposal to discuss the exchange
of wounded and sick pows. |
|
20 Apr |
Operation Little Switch (exchange of sick and wounded
prisoners) begins. |
|
26 Apr |
Truce
talks resume at Panmunjom. |
|
7 May |
China
& North Korea accepts the UN proposal that prisoners unwilling
to be repatriated will be kept in neutral custody in Korea
rather than in a neutral nation. |
|
25 May |
South
Korean observers begin boycotting the truce talks on the order
of president Syngman Rhee. |
|
8 June |
Agreement reached on prisoner of war exchange. |
|
9 June |
South
Korean National Assembly reject the truce. |
|
14 June |
Chinese and North Korean troops launch major offensive in
eastern Korea. |
|
18 June |
South
Korean president Syngman Rhee order that 28.000 north
Korean prisoners be freed and returned to civilian life in
South Korea. |
|
20 June |
China
& North Korea accuses UN of complicity in the freeing of
prisoners and leave the truce talks. |
|
8 July |
China
& North Korea agree to General Clark's proposal that
the truce talks be held with out South Korean participation. |
|
11 July |
South
Korean president Syngman Rhee agrees to support the
truce. |
|
13 July |
Chinese and North Korean troops launch major offensive. |
|
27 July |
The
cease-fire agreement is signed and the Korean War ends. |
|
5 Aug |
Exchange of prisoners (Operation Big Switch) begins. |
