Pentagon Claims No POWs Taken to Soviet Union During the Korean War

Here is an update on the search for American Korean War POWs taken to the Soviet Union:

Pentagon officials leading efforts to recover missing American service members told their Russian counterparts in May there is no evidence that U.S. prisoners of the Korean War were brought into the Soviet Union, dismissing intelligence reports and eyewitness testimony compiled over the last two decades.

American officials made the claim during a May meeting of the U.S.-Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs, and experts say it could undermine the Defense Department’s efforts to recover further information about the more than 7,800 military personnel still unaccounted for from the Korean War of the 1950s.

Michael Linnington, who until recently directed the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, or DPAA, told Russian officials participating in the forum that the Pentagon has “no evidence” that missing troops ended up in the Soviet Union by way of China.

Linnington’s comments angered experts who say the move will signal to the Russians that the U.S. government is no longer interested in pursuing a lead that it has chased for decades.  [Free Beacon]

You can read more at the link, but there has been pretty convincing evidence shown over the years that Korean War POWs were taken to the Soviet Union for intelligence gathering of American aircraft technology.  The book American Trophies provides a detailed look at the evidence of these POWs being taken to the Soviet Union that is discussed in the rest of the article.