The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-09
REDS FALL
 BA(k,IR0N
 TRIANGLE
Two Ridges Captured by Allies Against Deueas-
 ing Red Opposition
By oLEN CLEMENTS


 Chinese Reds today began retreat ing from their main Korean strong hold the Korean Kumhwa- -Pyong- gang Iron Triangle" field reports said. ss,
 A pooled dispatch from the Vest ern front said the Reds were fall ing back toward Kumsong. IT miles due east of Pyonggang and about 28 miles north of the 38th Parallel
 Censorship obscured exact Allied positions. But the report said 9th U. s. Army forces captured two ridges against decreasing Red op- position. One Allied gain of more than mile was reported
 Pyonggang is the northern tip of the triangle, the building area where the Reds grouped forces for abortive offenses against the UN. s
 Chorwon and Kumhwa are the triangle's southern anchors. Both were directly threatened by the AL lies.
 The front line report quoted AL lied officers as saying the Reds probably were abandoning Chor- won to the Allies poised in the hills just south of the town. Loss for Reds D If Chorwon falls. the Commun- ists would lose vital east-west road and control of the long Pyong- gang valley Allied artillery and tanks could make the valley un- tenable for the Reds. and drive them as far back as Wonsan, about 85 air miles north of 38. The advancing Allies found ono pile of 278 dead Chinese soldiers. Some of them were wearing pieces of American uniforms and equip ment.
 The pooled dispatch said the Reds were defending the triangle with delaying forces and road crates used, as tank traps. 4
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 One LIN tank patrol, out in front of the 9th Army line. knocked out group of snipers while bulldozers filled in the craters.
 The Fifth Air Force was called in late in the day and blasted group of 200 withdrawing Reds on the Sanyang- -Kumsong road, cast of Kun.hwa.
 Allied warplanes also attacked other groups of retreating RedS bound northward. ~
 High Level Talks
 As the battle for the prized tri- angle heightened in fury. high ievef talks were held in Tokyo behind closely guarded doors. U. s. Defense Secretary George c. Marshall had two conferences with Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway. supreme Allied com mander.
 Some South Koreans feared Mar shall brought orders of cease-fire armistice on the 38th Parallel.~ v
 In Pusan, the Republic of Korea legislature asked It's foreign and de- fense ministers for an opinion oh the Marshall visit. N ss
 Cease-Fire: Danger Signal Pyun Yung Tai. foreign minister. said any cease fire order on the 38th would be "a danger signal to ths free world"
 He warned that such an order might give the Reds time to start a massive new offensive. or shift the battle-ground to whatever the ater they chose.
 President Syngman Rhee said Koreans would do something in desperation" if the LIN should make any decision contrary to our na- tional security" Just Inspection Trip
 In Tokyo, however, there was a general feeling that Marshall was merely on an inspection tour to sec how the new Allied high command was getting along.
 The drive against Kumhwa was made by troops northeast of Chipo. Light Communist resistance was re- ported by 9th Army headquarters.
 Farther east. some advances were made around the eastern tip of the Hwachon Reservoir and north of Inje. Communist artillery and mortar fire burst sporadically be- hind several sectors of the line dur ing the day. =