A committee of representatives of neutral countries was established to decide the fate of the POWs: The Neutral Nations' Repatriation Commission
Czechoslovakia, India, Poland, Sweden, and Switzerland
Many Chinese and North Korean POWs did not want to return to their life under communism; staged a violent protest
Decided that they could choose their own fate: either stay or return to their home land
September 1953: 88,559 POWs were exchanged
The Neutral Nations’ Repatriation Commission took custody of POWs that refused to return home