毫無疑問，李奇微是嚴格尊重事實的軍人。他得知誌願軍在第一次戰役後有優待俘虜並予以陣前釋放的行為，就公開地說了出來。但他也同時指出誌願軍想通過釋回戰俘的口進行宣傳以動搖聯合國軍的士氣。他很清楚這是不過一種戰術安排，絕非誌願軍的俘虜政策。而對於中朝軍隊凶殘虐待戰俘的惡行，李奇微了解得很多。他對這兩支軍隊的本質有很清楚的認識。
1953年12月，李奇微到國會就中朝軍隊虐俘問題作證。正式地說出了他的看法：
That the Communist armies-North Koreans and Chinese, participating in the Korean conflict are the most brutal and ruthless in the history of modern warfare is established by the overwhelming weight of evidence now on hand within the Department of the Army and in the Far East.
Brutality in actual combat can sometimes be expected, and, while it cannot be excused or condoned, its stigma can be somewhat lessened by the common knowledge of all military men that violent combat can stir the emotions of participants to the point where for a time they cease to control themselves. But a studied and calculated course of criminal misconduct, extending over a period of nearly 3 years and carried out with such callous disregard of human life and suffering as to indicate a design on the part of the Communist leadership to exterminate prisoners of war in one way or another, should not be expected, cannot be excused or condoned, and not a word can be said in defense or extenuation of it.
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