Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-02
Reds May Yield
On Truce Line,
U. N. AideSays
But Peipihe Radio
Declares Allied Stand
Has Been Regulated
BY the Associated Press

U. N. ADVANCE HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Korea, Aug. 3.-Beneath
the surface deadlock on where to
draw ceaSe-f1re line in Korea, a
high United Nations source today
saw hint that the Reds might
be preparing the way for con-
ceding the Allied demand.
The Allies want the fighting to
stop on the present line, generally
north of the 18th Parallel. The
Reds have been holding out for
a buffer zone centered on the
Parallel.
Possibly nudging the Commu-
nists toward more conciliatory
attitude, the United States 9th
Army reported its attacking
troops gained more than 2 miles
on the Central Korean front
Thursday against only small
groups of the enemy.
Repudiated by Red Chief.
The PepingS radio Thursday
night quoted 1t. Gen. Nam II,
North Korean chief of the Red
armistice delegation at KaeSong,
as saying he "repudiated the
buffer zone" proposed by the allies
deep across the 38th Parallel"
What Gen. Nam meant by
deep" was not explained, but the
North Korean radio at Pyongyang
declared the Allies were demand
ing a "top-shooting line" approx
mately halfway between the 38th
and seth parallels.
This, said a high u. N. source,
is "a lot of malarky." The Allies
have made no such northern
reaching demand. The line they
want is where their troops now
are, 10 miles or more south of
what the Reds say is being de-
manded.
Building Up for Letdown."
at appears they (the Reds) are
building UP the folks at home for
a letdown," the u. N. source COM
mented. "If they accept the
buffer zone below where they say
we are asking for it, then it will
look like a Communist victory"
Whether this reasoning was cor
rect only time would tell. AS the
negotiations now stand. Vice Ad-
miral G. Turner Joy, chief Allied
negotiator. told the Reds at the
most recent meeting that the Al
lies must hold a defensible line
because of the possibility of IAN
armstice violation by the other
side"
That was at Thursdays seventh
deadlocked meeting of the two
parties.
They will try again today at a
meeting scheduled for IL am. (9I
pm, EDIT, Thursday.
Admiral Joy Quoted.
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols,
u. N. spokesman, quoted Admiral
Joy as telling Red negotiators at
Kaesong:
''The United Nations command
has no intention of violating the
military armistice agreed upon,
but neither will the U. N. command
place itself in an indefensible po-
Sition in the event of an arrnistice
violation by the other SIDE"
Gen. Nuckols said Admiral Joy
read this prepared statement in
response to "a final question" by
Gen. Nam.
Gen. Nuckols did not disclose
the nature Of this final question.
But it was presumed here that the
North Korean had asked some
thing like the following question:
If you sincerely desire peace,
and intend to observe the armis-
tice, why are you talking about
defensive positions?
Question Was Anticipated.
Gen. Nuckols said the question
had been anticipated, and the
answer prepared in advance.
After making his statement
Admiral Joy asked:
do you or do you not agree
that the security of his forces
is a responsibility of each
commander during a military
armistice?"
Gen. Nam evaded a direct an
swer. Admiral Joy repeated his
question second and then a third
time. Each time Gen. Nam
avoided a direct answer.
When Admiral Joy put the
question for the third time, Gen.
Nuckols said, it caused a furry
on the Communist side. The two
Chinese in the fve-man Red dele
cation conferred with each other,
(See TRUCE, Page A-3O