The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-11
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Reds Building Up AifaCk
ing Forces Battlefront
UneasiIY Quiet
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Allied troops maintained hold
ing operation south of Womb on
the critical central Korean front
today while the Communists nassed
in the west The Reds were build
ing up a 285 ,000-m man force in an
| apparent bid to cut off the main
forces OF the us Eighth Army on
the road south OF abandoned Seoul.
| Eighth Army headquarters called
! the localized Allied counteratsack
-four miles south of Womb a sue
cessful operation A patrol Of
American. French and Dutch troops
left 2.l0O killed and wounded Red
Koreans ON the snow covered bat
tlefront.
Gen MacArthur's headquarters
said it was a counterattack aimed
al throwing the enemy off balance.
A seven hour battle developed
after tank-led us. Second Divi-
! sion patrol sneaked into abandoned
Woniu. a yita, communications hub,
and then vel .ntariiy withdrew
/ More thsh 1000 North Koreans
attacked the company size Allied
patrol outside Wonju on the read to
Chonelu Allied reinforeements
were rolled up and the Reds broke
of the battle Wednesday night
! Reds Attempt Attack
Amcricap s;ecQndf Division troops
chung stubbornly last night erhms-
day. TO a salient one and one-half
miles south of Womb OH the critical
central Korean front. but two Ko-
rean Red divisions We're attempting
a thanking move from the north and
east
spokesman with the Americans,
who were bolstered by French and
Dutch troops. identified the Reds
as about 10000 men of the North
Korean Sixth and Tenth divisions
The censorship withheld further
details of this action, which was
reported by AP Correspondent Will
liam c. Barnard in dispatch timed
at 10 pm. Thursday IS am, Thurs
day, psf and received in Tokyo
early Friday.
! Attack Beaten Back
A Second Division spokesman also
said Red force was beaten back
with 200 to 300 casualties when it
tried to encircle a Second Division
iunit five miles to the southeast on
the Woniu-C hechon highway
Otherwise, Barnard reported the
front was stabilized Thursday with
only some small-arms fire south OF
the wrecked and empty town Of
Wonju
On that front. SIS miles southeast
OF Seoul. the Reds lost an estimated
2.l00 troops in an earlier fight that
lasted seven hours
On Diplomatic Front
While the battlefront was uneasily
quiet, there were signs Of important
activity on the diplomatic front.
London sources said the British
Commonwealth nations have pro-
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the United States and Communist
China to discuss Korean settle
ment. The proposed talks would be
under United Nations sponsorship.
There was no indication whether
the us or China would accept the
suggestion of the Commonwealth
Prime Ministers.
The 60-nation Political Commit
awaiting developments OF the Com
monwealth conference.
Premiers Meeting
Earlier. the Commonwealth Pre-
miers were presented with state
| ment of principles by Britain's For
| eign Secretary Ernest Bevin The
principles, supported also by India,
are being reviewed by the other
Commonwealth leaders. They in
clude admission OF Red China to
/ the UN. reaffirmation Of the 1913
Cairo Declaration that said For-
mosa would be returned TO China,
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all foreign troops from Korea and
the seating of Red China on U.N.
group set up TO restore Korea po-
/ litically and economically.
Gen. MacArthur's headquarters
denied a news story by Reyes Beech
OF the Chicago Daily News that the
U.N, Commander had recommended
withdrawal OF UN forces from Ko-
rea. Beech said today his intorma-
ton came from authoritative
sources ana despite the denial he
would stand on The story.