DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF NORTH VIETNAM (DRV) 
Violations of the 1949 Geneva Convention 
RELATIVE TO THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR*
(To which the DRV acceded in 1957) 

ARTICLE 	REQUIREMENT 	DRV PERFORMANCE 
13 	PWs must be humanely treated, protected; reeprisals against PWs prohibited 	Paraded in the streets, forced to make statements; some torture 

21 	PWs not to be held in "close confinement" 	Many PWs held in solitary confinement for years

23 	Mark PW camps so as visable from air, give information on camp locations. 	No markings on camps; locations concealed 

26 	Provide sufficient food, prevent loss of weight, take account of normal diet 	Released PWs state that standard fare consists of pumpkin soup, rice, bread, pig fat. All PWs underweight and suffering from malnutrition

30 	Adequate medical care 	Much evidence of inadequate medical care (photos, released PWs); priosners dying in camps 

34 	Regular religious services 	Only evidence in films of some Christmas services 

70 	Write to family within one week of capture. 	Some have not written for five years

71 	Minimum of 2 letters and 4 cards a month 	Average of 2-3 letters per year (none at all for some) 

72 	Free receipt of parcels 	DRV states that PWs can recieve a package every other month. Evidence indicates delivery is irregular; parcels sent to "dead" not returned

109 	Immediate repatriation of the seriously sick and wounded. Release of PWs long held in captivity. 	No regular release of sick and wounded or long held PWs; state of health or duration of imprisionment has not appeared to be a determining factor in those releases which have taken place

120 	Advise of deaths in captivity, full official information on circumstances, cause, burial, grave identification  	Rare assertion of death through unofficial and irregular channels, no details. 

122 	Advise promptly names of all PWs held.  	Never released official or complete list 

126 	Neutral Inspection of all camps and interview of PWs without witnesses  	No Inspection, propaganda interviews only 

* Released by U.S. Ambassadors Bruce at December 1, 1970, press conference in Paris. 

REPRODUCED from the Department of Defense, Commanders Digest, 16 Jan 71