Evening star., 1951-10-10
Korea Truce Talks
Site Chosen; Quick
Resumption Expected
BY the Assoeiated Press

MUNSAN. Korea, Oct. TO-
Liaison officers today picked a
site near Panmunjon for resum-
ing Korean truce talks.
The spot is six air miles south
east of Kaesong where cease-f1re
negotiations first began three
months ago today. The talks were
broken off by the Reds August %
Another meeting of Allied and
Red liaison officers at Panmunjon
was scheduled for 10 am. tomor-
row g pm. Wednesday EST).
There was no immediate an
nouncement of when the armistice
delegations would reopen their
talks-or even whether the time
had been set.
Preparations for a meeting Of
the full delegations were pressed
rapidly. The United Nations
truce team assembled in Korea.
Allied service personnel went to
Kaesong to move equipment left
there to the new site.
FOreSee Quick Resumption.
Everything indicated the United
Nations command expected an
early resumption of full-scale
efforts to end the shooting in
Korea. -.. -...
Wednesdays burst of activity
started with Communist accept
ance Of Gen. Ridgway's proposal
that haison officers meet at Pan
munjom to arrange for renewal
of negotiations.
The Reds note of acceptance
was delivered at am. at Pam
munjom. Two hours later six
liaison officers began their con-
ference.
They met for two fours and Is
minutes. In that time they walked
half a mile southeast to a bridge
where they spent half an hour
taking notes.
They appeared to have agreed
on an open air sitesnearby. The
spot is some eight miles by road
southeast of Kaesong and 13 road
miles northwest of MunSan. United
Nations command advance head
quarters.
Bridge Rebuilt Jointly.
The bridge across the shallow
Sachon River is memento of
Red and Allied cooperation. At
one time when the bridge was
washed out United Nations engi-
neers rebuilt one end with steel
girders while Reds repaired the
other with logs.
It is in a shell-pocked area on
the road travelled by United Ma
tions personnel during Kaesong
talks. The burned wreckage of a
Russian-type truck lies in a rice
paddy beside the Kaesong ap-
proach. Fifty yards away is the
wreckage of an American truck.
The liaison officers walked to
the spot from Panmunjom where
they met in a tent the Com
munists had set up. Whitewashed
stones marked the path to the
tent. The Allied officers had
brought along a tent of their own,
in keeping with a promise made
the day before. but it was not
needed.
Another large tent presumably
will house truce negotiators when
they meet again at the new loca.
ton.
Joy, Craigie Fly Back.
Vice Admiral C. Turner JOY.
head Of the U. N. command dele
cation, and Maj. Gen. Lawrence
C. Craigie few back to Munsan
Wednesday from Tokyo. The
other three U. N. delegates al
ready were in Korea. They are
Rear Admiral Arleigh Burke
Maj. Gen. Henry I. Hodes and
South Korean Maj. Gen. Paik
Sun Yup.
If and when they meet with the
Chinese and North Korean dele
cation again they still have to
settle the first major question of
the armistice-where to esablish
a military demarcation line across
Korea for the cease-f1re. The
Reds have been insisting on the
S8th Parallel, old political bound
ary between North and South
Korea.
The United Nations command
has been equally insistent on a
line in the area of present battle
lines. These have been pushed
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