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Agreements Reached on Korean War MIA Remains Recoveries
Monday, June 10, 2002
United States Department of Defense

More than 8,100 American servicemen are missing in action from the Korean War.

No. 296-02
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
United States and North Korean negotiators agreed Sunday in Bangkok on a schedule of operations to recover remains of American soldiers missing in action from the Korean War.

Three operations, by 28-person teams and lasting about 30 days each, are scheduled to begin on July 20. The final repatriation of recovered remains would occur about Oct. 29.

The three-day talks, led by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW/Missing Personnel Affairs Jerry D. Jennings, were a continuation of discussions held in January, also in Bangkok. At that time, no agreements were reached.
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