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How does this work? I've had it come up for signature several times already on the Politics screen --- signed off on it every time --- and I've yet to see any effects. Is it supposed to increase my conscript companies the next turn?

Confirming same problem and I completed the full campaign with it signed the whole time. Game ended with me still holding more than 50,000 POWs.

Maybe the other guy did not have any POWs to trade?

I don't understand this, I have won and lost battles were POW's have be taken. I'm north, it says CSA 1200, do I have them or the south? And no exchange's ever.

jimwinsor wrote:Maybe the other guy did not have any POWs to trade?

Hmmm, that's a possibility I hadn't considered.

Would be nice if after choosing to repatriate POW's you recieved a mailbox message stating "X amount of POW's returned", or "The USA doesn't agree to exchange, you recieve nothing". Some kind of feedback, either way, would be nice.

the AI can choose it, but not often. If the other side accepts, you get a message, if not you have to wait. As you can expect, the exchange can only proceed if both side are ok

The manual says you receive a small VP or NM bonus when an exchange is done. However, when signing the exchange order (on the first turn it is available), I immediately show on my planned balance sheet a negative balance of 1 NM and 50 VP. Yes, thats -1 NM and -50 VP just for signing the exchange order. Is this correct?

edit: NM, answered my own question... I guess its a "negative negative" so it looks like it really is an increase... just a bit confusing when you first see it.

the balance shows your expenses indeed, so a negative expense is an income

So then, POW Exchange only benefits VP and NM levels, no actual physical increase in the conscripts number?

no, by declaring you are willing to exchange prisoners, you get the NM boost. Then if the other party sign, you get the prisoners.