Evening star., 1951-08-12
Truce Conferees
Adjourn After
Stormy Words
Nam Calls U. N. Stune
Absurd; Joy Blasts
His Refusal to Yield
BY the Associated Press

LSdIIlS Ilet lOT one QOuF ana 4U
minutes today on the stormy is
sue of a buffer zone for Korea.
The delegates adjourned at
12:40 pm. t10:40 pm. EDIT, Sat-
urday). Results of the meeting
were not disclosed. Another con-
ference was set for II am.
Monday.
Today's brief meeting took place
in the shadow of harsh words
traded yesterday by the chief
delegates.
| North Korean 1t. Gen. Nam II
accused the U. N. team of "delib-
erately covering up the absurdity
and wildness of its proposal" "
Peiping radio quoted him as say
ing the U. N. team was demanding
buffer line deep in our terri
tory"
Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy ac-
cused the Reds of playing politics
in refusing to discuss any other
line than Parallel SO.
22d Meeting Held.
The meeting today was the 22d
since talks opened July 10. 1t was
the 18th given over to the problem
of drawing a demilitarized zone
across Korea.
Admiral Joy told the Reds they
had Slammed the door on every
attempt to make progress" He
added:
you did not come here to stop
the fighting. You did not come
here to negotiate an armistice.
You came here to state your price
your political price for which
you are willing to sell the people
of Korea a temporary respite from
pain"
Saturdays two-hour, Commute
session broke up without any
agreement, except to meet again
today
Nam Leaves in Huff.
1t. Gen. Nam II, chief Red dele
gate. left the conference house in
a huff.
Admiral Joy addressed his
/ strong remarks directly at Gen
Nam for the Red delegations
stubborn refusel to discuss a COM
promise on a demilitarized buffer
zone. Gen. Nam insists that the
military dividing line be Parallel
38-the old political boundary be-
tween North and South Korea.
The Allied delegation wants a
zone generally following the pres
ent battlefront, most of which is
inside North Korea. However,
Admiral Joy has told the Reds
the U. N. is willing to discuss
possible adjustments"
/ 1t was Nam Ms refusal to COM
ment on any adjustments that
precipitated two hours and II
minutes of unbroken silence dur
ing Fridays meeting.
Thus far agreement has been
reached on onlv one agenda item
approval of the agenda itself
The buffer zone issue is item Q
There are three others: A system
Of inspection behind rival lines,
exchange of prisoners Of war and
recommendations for eventual
withdrawal of foreign troops from
Korea.
Hits "UlteriOr Reasons"
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols,
Allied brief1ng officer, told corre-
spondents that Admiral joys
statement at Saturdays session
was a strong attack on "the ute
rior reasons" for Communist at
tendance at the truce talks.
Namely" he added, "the polit-
ical division of Korea even at the
cost of continuous suffering of
the Korean people-victims of the
Communist refusal to discuss a
military solution to a military
problem.
At the Saturday morning ses-
sion, Admiral Joy tried to get Gen.
Nam to indicate on a map the
Communists concept of demili-
tarized zone based on the present
battle line and the military stu
alton"
Gen. Nam "brusquely rebuffed'
the Allied delegation by suggesting
that Admiral Joy had only to look
at a map to see where Parallel SO
extends across Korea.
NJ Ala