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might be resumed later in the
week.
Joy Ready to Resume.
Admiral Joys message to Gen
Nam made it clear the U. N. is
ready to go on with the cease-fire
talks. but insists on deciding fol-
itself who shall be in the Alice
party.
His message, dispatched imme-
diately after the convoy returned
read:
Subject: Termination of recess
of conference.
ITO: Gen. Nam II, North Korean
Army.
81. At os3o IL July 1851 G:3o
pm. EDIT Wednesday, my motor
convoy, proceeding along the
'Munsan-Kaesong road, bearing
personnel desired by me at the
conference site. was refused pas
sage to pass your control post by
your armed guards.
q. have ordered this convoy
to return to the United Nations
lines
"3. I am prepared to return
with my delegation and continue
the discussions which were re-
cessed yesterday upon notification
from you that my convoy, bear
ing the personnel Of my choosing,
including such press representa-
ton as consider necessary, will
be cleared to the conference site. !"
Army Reverses Self.
Army censorship second-guessed
itself in releasing Admiral joys
message. Eighth Army censors
approved a story containing the
text Of the message. Subse-
quently, Army censors at general
headquarters in Tokyo asked press
services to withhold the infor-
nation"
The officer asking that it be
withheld said he did so at the
request Of 9Th Army censors. The
story already had been broadcast
and set in type in the United
States. Informed of this, censors
withdrew their withholding re-
quest.
Almost. simultaneously, censor
ship agreed to pass stories that
Kaesong is in Communist hands.
Previously the official position was
that the city was no-man's land.
Communists have occupied the
Kaesong area all year. but prior
to the cease-fire talks a U. N.
patrol entered the town without
seeing any. Red troops inside it.
The present peace route lies
through unquestioned no-man's
land and a stretch of Red-guarded
road. The areas are divided by
the checkpoint where todays con-
voy was halted.
Confer for 3 Hours.
Gen. R1dgway, Admiral Joy and
1t. Gen. Sir Horace Robertson,
commander Of British Common
wealth troops in Korea, spent three
hours in conference after the con-
voy was halted. Their meeting
ended 80 minutes after the hell
copter returned from delivering
Admiral joys message to Gen.
Nam.
There was no explanation of
Gen. Robertson's presence.
At the time 1t. Gen. James A.
Van Fleet, whose powerful United
States 9th Army holds lines run
ming 20 and 80 miles into Red
Korea. was aboard the United
States flagship Eldorado off the
west coast. He appeared surprised
to learn that peace talks had been
interrupted.
But Gen. Van Fleet refused COM
ment. He said. That's their busi-
ness"
Today's developments brought
to a head request originally made
by Admiral Joy Tuesday that 20|
Allied press representatives be al
lowed in Kaesong, but not in the
conference room itself.
An Army announcement said
Gen. Nam at first accepted this
but later reversed himself on in
structions from the top Red COM
mand.
Yesterday Admiral Joy raised
the issue three times. In his first
statement he said the U. N. COM
mand must Insist that newsmen
be admitted to the area of con-
ference without further delay"
The U. N. announcement said
Gen. Nam did mt consirjer tba