Evening star., 1951-11-26
Allies and Reds.
Agree on Korea
'Cease-FireLine
Shooting. Will Stop if
; Other Points Are
Settled in 30 Days
BY the Assoeiofed Press


ton of a 145-mile line across
Korea where the shooting will stop
if an armistice is signed within 80
days.
Only signatures of the truce
negotiators are needed to complete
settlement of the second item on
the armistice agenda - fixing a
cease-fire line.
The subcommittee will meet in
Panmunjom tomorrow at 10 am.
6 pm. EST Monday to approve
the proposal. The full five-man
armistice delegations will open a
plenary session one hour later.
Formal adoption Of the buffer
zone clause is expected to be a
mere formality.
Then in a race against the 30
day deadline and while the fight
ing goes on, the negotiators will
work on three other points that
must be agreed on before a full
armistice can be signed.
There still is a possibility of an
armistice in Korea by Christmas,
but no one in an official position
at the U. N camp would risk a
prediction that a truce can be ne
pOtiated nv then
Both Sides Initial Maps.
The staff officers pinpointed the
last sector of the cease-fre line
at $50 pm. (4::30 am, EST
after marathon session lasting
almost 7l2 hours.
Before the agreement, censors
permitted identification of the
present battle line roughly as fol-
lows:
1t starts on the east coast 3
miles south of Kosong, more than
40 miles north of Parallel SO; NOV
ing westward it runs just below
Mundung which is 21a miles north
OF Heartbreak Ridge; then due
west to point Just south of Kun
song; southwest to a point 3 miles
north of Kumhwa: west to point
5 miles northwest of Chorwon;
southwest IS miles down to mouth
Of Imjim River where it joins the
Han south of the 38th Parallel,
then along north shore of Han to
the Yellow Sea.
The official U. N. command
communique said minor differ
ences cropped up after the off,
GERS reached general agreement on
the line of battle contact. All
were ironed out and the line was
drawn on two sets of maps which
both sides initiated.
There will be a new member
Iof the U. N. command armistice
delegation at Panmunjom. Rear
Admiral r. E. Libby arrived in
Munsan today to replace Rear
Admiral Arleigh Burke. Ad-
miral Burke has been a delegate
since the truce talks began July
10. He is leaving for a new as
| Isignment in Washington. Admiral
Libby, a native Of Spokane, Wash,
has been commander of Cruiser
Division 3 in Korean waters.
! The cease-fire line approved by
the negotiators will be the center
of a demilitarized buffer zone 21a
miles wide if an armistice is
signed within 80 days of the ap-
proval expected tomorrow.
Agreement After Four Months.
The fighting will continue until
an armistice is reached, and II
the negotiators fail to reach
agreement within the time limit
the line will be redrawn just be-
fore the truce goes into effect to
cover battle changes.
| After the buffer zone clause is
formally approved, the truce dele
cations first will try to agree on
measures for enforcing the armi-
stice, including inspections behind
the front lines.
Two other tough problems also
must be solved before an armis-
tlce can become effective. They
are the exchange Of war prison.
ers and recommendations to the
belligerent governments, Including
withdrawal of foreign troops from
Korea.
Agreement on the proposed
cease-flre line came four months
after armistice delegations first
tackled the problem-July 27.
Today's session was the long
est held by any group of truce
negotiators since the talks began
Helicopter Tour Called Off.
When the staff officers met
this morning there were 10 points
on the battle line still in dispute
When they recessed FOR lunch four
had been settled. Agreement was
reached on the other six in a FIVE
hour afternoon session.
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols
U. N. command spokesman, said
during the morning session the
Communists admitted the validity
of three Allied claims, while the
U. N. conceded one point to the
Reds because the area involved
now is in Communist hands.
For a time it looked as though
the staff officers might tour the
battle lipe by helicopter to check
on which side held the areas still
in dispute. A 'copter stood by an
hour before plans for the tour
we're called off.