Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-09
Indo-China BuiIdup
By Reds Adds Note
OF Caution on Truce

vi IduIlOn OF IIuCe
Reports of Chinese Communist
buildup near the Indo- China Dor
der added a note of caution today
to official comments here con-
corning the possibility of peace
from the armistice talks in Korea.
Several spokesman in State De-
partment, Pentagon and congress
sional quarters saw reasonable
hope that a Korean ceaSe-flre
would result from the Kaesong
meetings.
They nevertheless noted signs
of Communist concentration Of
planes in North Korea and Man
churia. They also showed con-
Germ as to where Soviet Russia
might move next. if and when
the fighting stops in Korea.
The reported Communist build
up of 1000 planes north of the
Korean fighting area ''is not to
our advantage" Air Secretary
Finletter said. He commended,
however, that the build-up could
not have been blocked by bombing
bases in Manchuria, as advocated
by Gen. Macarthur.
A matter of at least equal con-
Germ, according to State Depart
ment sources, is the Chinese Com
munist movement of about 200, 900
troops near the Indo-China border.
That presents a clear danger that,
IN event Of Korean armistice.
those Red forces could be sent
across the line to reinforce the
100000 or more o-Chinese
guerrillas led by Ho Chi Mimi,
officials said.
1ndo-China is continuing to re-
ceive arms from the United States.
OfflcialS have said that the Indo-
China government forces can
hold off the rebel forces unless
Red Chinese pour in either as
volunteers" or as formal in
vaders.
In the opinion of some State
Department officials Russia may
have decided against backing any
further military ventures for the
time being, and might make
diplomatic move, instead. That
conceivably could be acceptance
of an invitation by the United
States, Britain and France for
meeting of the Big Four foreign
ministers in Washington this sum-
mer
Whatever moves Russia might
make, State Department author
tiles repeatedly do not believe
there has been any basic change
in her aim to take aggressive &C.
ton either by military or diplo-
matte means in the East West
conflict.
While some officials indicated a
belief that Russia temporarily Is
on the defensive, members of Con-
gress were far from agreement on
the question of victory" by the
the United Nations in Korea.
Knowland, Benton Disagree.
Senator Knowland, Republican,
of California, declared in a radio
and television forum broadcast
last night, that a Korean peace
along the 18th Parallel would not
be a victory. He asserted that
AL the propaganda mills you
want can't make it victory"
Senator Benton. Democrat, of
Connecticut, conceded that we
have not won a great political
victory over which bells toll and
people dance in the streets" But
he maintained that the United
Nations have won a military VIC
tory by turning back aggression.
Senator Kerr, Democrat, Of
Oklahoma. contended that peace
in Korea will have prevented
World War III. the very thing
that Gen. Macarthur and the Re-
publicans said just a few weeks
ago we could never do" Senator
Cain, Republican. of Washington,
the fourth speaker on the pro-
gram, said the aim in Korea was
to crush the aggressors but we
now are admitting our inability
to do that"
Free Hand For Chang Urged.
Senators Case, Republican, of
South Dakota, and Humphrey,
Democrat, of Minnesota, in an
other radio discussion last night,
talked of means of preventing
further Communist moves in the
Far East. Senator Case urged
that Chang Kai-shek be given a
free hand in China. Senator
Humphrey suggested formation of
a Pacific pact of anti-Communist
nations.
The South Dakota Senator
warned against leaving the Com
munists in control of any part OF
Korea.
AS for the fighting iii Korea, a
Defense Department officer, Brig.
Gen. A. Robert Ginsburgh, said
Iran is preparing to send units. y
State Department and other de-
tense officials said they did not
know whether this meant ground
forces. Twenty-one nations cur
rently have ground and other
forces in Korea fighting the Chi
nese Communists.
Gen. Ginsburgh, assigned to the
office of the Defense Secretary
said on the "Pentagon Washing
ton" television program that the
United States furnished As per
cent of the ground combat effort
in Korea. He said the Republic
LOST.