Evening star., 1951-07-29
Reports Persist
That Reds Wanl
.Cease-Fire Now
Conferees Recess
After 2-Hour Debate
On Buffer Zone Issue
BY the Associated Press

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Allied and Communist armistice
delegates debated for nearly two
hours today the touchy problem
of a cease fire buffer zone across
Korea. a
The meeting-13th since the
talks began-recessed until 3 pm.
u am. EDIT Sunday after one
hour and so minutes. 1t was the
longest unbroken session thus far
in the negotiations.
There was no indication of any
progress on the hard bargaining
for a buffer zone.
| The Allies want it to run along
the present battle-line, entirely inI
North Korea except in the west.
The Reds want the buffer strip
along the 38th Parallel which di-
videS North and South Korea.
Allies to Stand Firm.
Informed sources in Washing
ton SAID the Allied team has been
ordered to stand on its demand.
The talks began at II am. (9i
pm. EDIT. Saturday,.
When yesterdays meeting ended.
the Red and Allied negotiatorsl
were far apart on the buffer zone
There were overtones, too. of
other differences.
A Communist interpreter was
overheard referring at the con-
! ference to Allied "air and naval
power" and the bombing of
peaceful Korean villages"-a long
familiar Red propaganda twist for
air strikes.
Want Shooting Stopped.
This tended to underscore re-
ports that Reds want all the
shooting to stop right now, even.
while the talking goes on.
While ground fighting has been.
desultory ever since the talks
were first proposed, Allied planes
and warships have continued
daily attacks on the North Korean
military build-up areas.
The American State Depart /.
ment and Allied officials have en-
phasized that all terms of an ar
mistice must be settled before
cessation of hostilities.
There are four major points on
the agenda and the two sides
ALREADY are deadlocked over the
If1rst-the place and size of
demilitarized zone.
U. N. and Red delegates debated |
the problem for 212 hours Satur-
day and got nowhere.
Insist on 3S Parallel.
The Reds want the buffer zone
to be centered on the 38th Paral-
lei. That would require pullbacks
Of Allied troops ranging from 35
miles in Eastern Korea to 20
miles in the center.
The Allies want a buffer zone
based on the present battle line
we'll north of 38 except in the
west.
There are two reasons behind
the Allied stand:
l. The present positions, based
on ridges, are more defensible |
militarily than the 38th Parallel.
2. The parallel is where the Red
invasion began June 25, 1850. 1T
is viewed in many quarters as a
symbol of U. N. defeat and a set
tlement along that line is bitterly
opposed by the South Korean
government.
Up to 10000 residents of Seoul
paraded Saturday, protesting the
trend OF the KaeSong talks.
Parade More Than Hour.
The marchers, who stretched
for 10 blocks, carried banners
proclaiming mo peace on the 38th
Parallel"
For more than an hour thev
marched along the main streets
OF the ancient capital. Their
banners, mostly in Korean, but
some in English, displayed such
slogans as:
Down with the ,38th parallel
We reject armistice without uni
f1cation. Don't forget the union of
our country. Advance up to the
real border"
But the Reds at Kaesong were
insisting on a buffer zone at the
38th parallel, the old political
boundary for North and South
Korea during the Russian and
American occupations.
Each side stood so firm that
after the Saturday session an
| (See TRUCE, Page A-4.)