Evening star., 1951-07-02
Red Koreans Claiming Victory
Call on Troops to Continue Fight
Appeals to Army
Follow Approval
OF Truce Purley
by the Associated Press

1oA I ", July %.-AHSu AAOA SeA
tonight urged its soldiers to fight
on while the world waited for
news of an expected armistice.
Pyongyang radio repeated Chi
nese and North Korean acceptance
of a United Nations proposal for
cease-fire talks.
But the Reds made this clear:
They are claiming victory in the
year-old conflict.
The North Korean Communist
station started each broadcast
with this statement:
The Anglo-American aggres-
sors have at last realized failure
of their sinister attempt and that
Is why they are seeking peace. :"
Between news items the Com
munist announcers inserted these
statements:
Soldiers on the front. fight
bravely and continue annihilation
of aggressorS, and "anti-aircraft
batteries, aim sharp and increase
the bag of enemy intruders."
Communist forces in North
Korea are sending very large
conveys of supplies to their
troops in the outh, Navy
spokesman said at today's press
brief1ng IN the Pentagon.
Navy aircraft, he continued.
have made a number of attacks
on these conveys in the past two
days, destroying a large num-
ber of trucks on the highways
near the east coast of North
KoreaD
Tone Stronger Than Usual.
japanese radio monitors, who
heard the Red broadcasts, said
the Communist tone was even
stronger than usual.
Peiping radio repeated the text
of the Communist acceptance
statement last night.
The Reds first announced over
the two stations last night that
they are willing to meet U. N.
representatives and discuss a.
cease-fire. They want the meet
ing held in the Kaesong area be-
tween July 10 and Is.
At a late hour tonight there
was still no announced American
answer to the Communist accept
ance of Gen. Matthew B. Ridg-
ways offer to talk peace.
Gen. Ridgway had proposed
Saturday that a meeting be held
aboard the Danish hospital ship
Jutlandia in Wonsan Harbor. He
said he would propose date if
the Reds agreed to the meeting.
Gen. Ridgway has not indicated
his reaction to the Red acceptance
message. 1t is presumed, how
ever, that the U. N will agree to
the Reds proposed place and time.
Business as Usual at Front.
The world talked of peace, but
it was business as usual on the
fighting lines. There were bitter
ground skirmisheS at scattered
points.
Allied warplanes threw another
heavy blow at the HWangju air
field north of SariWon in the
northwest. Other planes hit
supply centers, rail and road lines,
bridges, troop concentrations and
gun positions. B-29 Superforts
hit military barracks at Hungnam
on the east coast.
United Nations naval forces con-
tinued to blockade and pound the
North Korean east coast.
Heaviest ground fighting of the
day apparently was on the west
ern front. An Allied patrol
Stormed a hill north of Yonchon.
The foot troops killed 33 Reds
and captured four. The Allies
Withdrew and called down an air
and artillery barrage. Another
80 to 40 Reds were killed or
wounded.
There was no action reported
from Kaesong, the rubbed town
on the Western front where the
Reds want to hold the negoti-
ations. There have been reports
the town has been abandoned by
the Reds. The Kaesong area, is
the only place where the Reds
have a foothold south of Parallel
38.
On the West central front, AL
lied patrols pushed up to the crest
Of two strategic hills south of
(See PEACE, Page A-4.)