Evening star., 1951-08-11
Reds Slam Door
On Truce Effort,
..JoyCharges
Admiral Says Enemy
Bors Progress and
Seeks Political Gain
By the Assoeioted Press

MUNSAN, Korea. Aug. 11.-Vice
Admiral C. Turner Joy told Com
munists in strong terms today they
had Slammed the door on every
attempt to make progress" in the
kaesong cease-fire talks.
The senior United Nations envoy
aimed his words directly at 1t.
Gen.s Nam II. chief Red delegate,
for his inf1eXible stand on the 38th
Parallel as the only cease fire line
acceptable to the Reds.
You did not come here to stop
the fighting" Admiral Joy de-
clared.
you did not come here to nego-
tiate an armistice. You came here
to state your price-your political
price for which you are willing to
sell the people of Korea a tempo
rary respite from pain.
You have engaged in these con-
ferences only to present demands,
not to negotiate a solution"
Nam Appears Angry.
When Gen. Nam left the con-
ference room at the end of the
days session, observers said he was
apparently angry"
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols,
an official spokesman, said Ad-
miral Joy departed from his NOR
mally well-tempered. coldly logi-
cal phraseology" in his most "ve-
lhement" attack yet on the Com
munistS.
Gen. Nuckols said the negoti-
Iators wrangled for 2 hours and 20
minutes and reached only one
agreement: To meet again to-
morrow at II am. g pm, Sat-
urday. EDIT.
Admiral joys blast apparently
followed his failure to reach any
sort of compromise with the Reds.
The communique said the Reds
"brusquely rebuffed" Admiral
joys suggestion that they indi-
cate on a map their concept of a
buffer zone based on the pres
ent battle line and the overall
military situation"
Gen. Nam and his fellow Reds
stood pat on the single and in
flexible" demand that the line
be based on the 38th Parallel, old
political dividing line between
North and South Korea.
! The Allies have said they want
the line to follow the present
lighting front. Most of the front
is in North Korea, although the
lime dips below 38 on the western
front
The unyielding ENJOYS. held
their 21st meeting in a charged
atmosphere generated by yester-
days long session of wasted words
and stony silences.
| Gen. Mans demand that the
buffer zone follow Parallel 80 is
the same position he took yester-
day when he refused to discuss
any other possible line. and re-
fused even to bypass the prob
lem and discuss the next point
on the agenda.
131 Minutes of Silence.
His refusal yesterday took tbs
form of 131 minutes of silence,
during which he drummed new
ously on the table, smoked con-
stantly and refused to reply to
Admiral joys proposal.
Today, when Admiral Joy left
the former teahouse where ses-
sions were held, he took the cam
era of an American photographer
and went through the motions Of
taking the photographers picture.
But others who had been in the
conference room warned reporters
against drawing any conclusions
from the admiral's apparent good
humor. His actions were de-
scribed as "the only bright spot in
an otherwise dull and gloomy
day"
The U. N. team flew through
rain squalls and blustery weather
to today's meeting. American
jeeps, ferried across the flooded
Imjin River last night, met them
at the air strip and drove them to
the conference site.
Outside the conference room an
other verbal battle ragged between
(See TRUCE, Page A-3.)