Evening star., 1951-09-24

2. Red and Allied ground forces
are IN constant maneuver around
the smile KaeSong neutral zone.
3. Uncontrolled partisan groups,
responsible to neither command,
are active in the area and could
take action at any time which
would again cause a breakup of
talks.
Ridgway Proposals Cited.
The Reds called off the talks
August %. charging an Allied
plane tried to murder" the Red
ceaSe-flre delegation with a bomb
the day before.
1T is regrettable," the Allies said
that the Reds didn't accept the
original suggestion of Gen. Mat
thew B. Ridgway, supreme Allied
commander, that the negotiations
be he'd aboard the Danish hos
pltal ship Jutlandia.
Gen. Rldgway proposed some
other, more incident-proof site fer
the conference in note to the
Communists September s. He
since has made clear that he
wants better working conditions
established for negotiators before
he agrees to resumption of the
conference
U. n. and Red liaison officers
met III Kaesong this morning to
set up arrangements under which
talks. if resumed. could make the
most rapid progress possible.
Meet Again Tomorrow.
About six hours later the Reds
sent the Allies memorandum
contents OF which were not dis
closed by Allied headquarters.
The llaison groups are sched-
uled to meet again at 10 tonor-
row % p m. Monday EDIT.
Headquarters said the basic in
struction given the Allied liaison
officers was to try to arrange con-
ditions under which the armistice|
talks could make the most rapid
progress.
The Allied liaison team said,
From the viewpoint of the mill
tary aviator, the Kaesong neutral
zone is but few minutes removed
from the most important military
line of supply in your rear area.
Thousands of aircraft sorties are
directed against this line of sup
ply. The likelihood of an acci-
dental occurrence involving Kae-
song is obvious.
When the hour long meeting
ended, Red officer left the con-
ference room with a wide grin.
U. N. officers were poker-faced.
Later an Allied spokesman in
Munsan, the U. N. advance base,
said he did not know whether any
progress had been made.
During the meeting the U. N.
delegation handed the Reds a
memorandum. Its contents were
not divulged.
Earlier today the Reds said they
wanted to discuss only time and
date for resuming negotiations.
The meeting brought together
the same four men who met in
Kaesong July 8 to arrange the
first full-dress armistice confer
ence that began there two davsI
later.
Talks Interrupted 80 Days.
Air Force Col. Andrew ). Kin
ney and Marine Col. James C.
Murray represented the U. N. Red
delegates were North Korean Col.
Chang Chun San and Chinese 1t.
Col. TSai Cheng-wen.
The conference came 80 days
after the Reds broke off the talks
August %. They charged then
that an Allied warplane had
strafed Kaesong the night before.
Allied headquarters rejected the
charge. In the battle of invective
which followed the Reds aired
many similar charges. All but two
were denied by the U. N. COM
mand.
Today's meeting was scheduled
for Panmunjon, Red outpost on
the outer fringe of the Kaesong
smile neutral zone. The Reds
baked at waiting for the Allied
delegation to set up a tent. The
U. N. officers objected to holding
the meeting standing around on
the road. BY mutual agreement
they jeeped into Kaesong.
Col. Kinney and Col. Murray
returned to Munsan by helicopter
and Immediately sent report to
Gen. Ridgway in Tokyo.
Dentist Finds Frinnd Dnad