Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-15
Armisfice parIeys
Resumed as Reds
Accept U. N. Demands
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what extent the Communists had
carried out their agreement toll
neutralize the Kaesong area and
the road leading to the conference
city.
Military police at the ImjinI
River check point counted noses
and vehicles in the convoy andI
even checked Admiral joys yehi-
Gle before it was permitted toI
cross the 1mjin. Also in the adj
miral's jeep was Col. James c.
Murray, one of the preliminary
negotiators and now a staff adj
wiser.
Official Copy Delivered.
An official copy of the Commu-
mist reply to Gen. Ridgway's mes
sage was delivered this morning.
by two North Korean officials toI
an Allied liaison officer near Par
allel 38.
This cleared the way for the
third meeting of United Nations
and Communist negotiators.
The Allied liaison officer left
the peace camp at $40 am. to-
day (4:30 pm, EST. Saturday,
by helicopter. received the mes
sage and returned to the camp at
1870 am.
The message. asking for con-
sultation on other points, but
terming all the Allied demands
side questions. already had been
broadcast last night and this
morning by the Pyongyang and
Peiping radios.
The North Korean officers
handed the official reply to Amer
lean Col. Andrew J. Kinney at
Pan Nun JON, 6 miles east of
Kaesong. The message was writ
ten in Korean and Chinese. The
Korean Red officers translated it
for Col. Kinney. Gen. Ridgway's
headquarters made its own Eng
lish translation of the message.
Talks Halted Thursday.
The armistice talks began Tues
day but were suspended by the
Allies Thursday after Red armed
guards stopped an Allied truck
convey because it contained 20
news correspondents.
The Red reply to Gen. Ridgway
labelled the correspondent issue
'trifling"
A wave OF optimism swept
through the Allied Peace Camp"
at Munsan, % miles northwest Of
Seoul and IL miles southeast of
Red-held Kaesong
This marked one of few times
the Reds have acceded so fully to
United Nations demands. 1t was
viewed in Seoul as indicating the
Reds might be sincerely interested
In ending the war now in its seth
week.
The Red reply was signed by
Kim II Sung. supreme commander
of the North Korean army, and
Peng Teh-huai, commander of
Chinese Reds ir Korea.
Guards to Be Cleared.
They agreed to clear armed
guards from Kaesong and also
from the routes through which
your delegation and ours travel
to the area of the meeting place"
The reply added: 1
LAS to the size of the area of the
meeting place and other related
concrete questions, We propose
that these be left to the delega-
tons of both sides to settle at a
single session"
This referred to Gen. Ridgeway's
demands that Kaesong and a FIVE
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lied, and that each side be free
to send up to $50 personnel of its
own choosing.
The $50 would include cores
pondents. They would be per-
mitted where the talks have been
held.
Press Made Side Issue.
Thursday. after the 20 news
men were turned back by armed
Reds. Admiral Joy notified North
Korean Gen. Nam II, chief Red
delegate, that the Allied team
was prepared to resume the talks
if the correspondents were passed.
About the time Gen. Nam re-
jected the proposal, Gen. Ridg'
way issued his neutrality de-