Evening star., 1951-08-30
Red Writer Says He Witnessed
|KoesongB BombingbyU. N. Plane

CAPty OAlICO NdtlOI1S mouse was
a shallow crater and nearby q
crumpled Napalm container,
Splashes of napalm lay around
Kinney sneered: is that q
bomb? That could be anything
I have seen enough. I've dropped
plenty of bombs myself. That's
nothing.
He called his interpreter and
said: Tell them. Tell them. II
this is the sort of thing they are
going to show us I am getting
Iimpatient-very impatient
"On a hillside about 200 yards
from the delegation headquarters
Col. Chang pointed to a crater
where bomb FMS lay embedded
What is it?' he asked. How did
it get there?'
kinney: You should know
better than T.
He turned to the bystanders
most of whom had relatives killed
by American bombs and said in a
most sneering and hectoring voice
Has any one here ever seen the
results of American bombing?'
No one replied.
Ten PAGES away, near the
Shrapnel-pitted rock, lay another
crater.
Its nothing. Let's get back,
Jim tThis to fellow-investigator
Col. Murray Murray mumbled {:
Wed better have q look
"Col. Chang said: We demand
that you continue this investiga-
ton
"'You what?' shouted Kinney,
Who gave you any rights? You
have no right to demand any,
thing
Verbal Protest Made.
Back at the conference site
Col. Chang registered the strong
est verbal protest and said: The
meetings for tomorrow are
Cancelled
Kinney said: I will relay your
ridiculous protest. and left.
Meanwhile, further napalm
had been found and Korean and
Chinese liaiSon officers went after
the Americans, who returned after
many objections about the rain
and the dark.
There was an acrid smell of
burned napalm, burned patches OF
grass and spots of unburned ma
palm. Kinney turned and twisted
the metal over and said: Flush
riveted-not our stuff
Kinney, cross-questioning q
Chinese soldier who witnessed the
bombing: Did the plane have its
lights on before or after it dropped
the bombs?'
Soldier: I saw two lights be-
fore
Kinney turned to his assistant
and dictated: The soldier says
that he saw the plane switch on
its lights before dropping the
bombs
"At this point Burchett. of Ce
Soir, interjected: The soldier said
he saw two lights, colonel, not
that the planes had lights
switched on. They could have
been from exhausts or'bomb bays.
Kinney: I'm not talking to
you, feller, you keep outta this
Distortion Charged.
"Burchett followed him as he
Stalked away: That was deliber-
ate distortion, colonel. The SOL
dier said he saw two lights, not
that the lights were switched on,
Kinney: You keep quiet or I
will order you out of the area
"Burchett: I have every right
to be here as journalist and eye
witness
Kinney called Col. Chang and
said, flashing his torch at Burch-
EFT: Colonel, remove this man
from the area. This one I'm shin
ing the f1ashlight on
Kinney added: I told you be-
fore, it's impossible to conduct an
investigation with newspapermen
around. I am going home. will
return tomorrow with our own
press"
1T was agreed in the interests
of continuing the investigation
that journalists leave the area.
Kinney said he would come
back the next day with American
|newspapermen and would tele-
phone to say what time he was
coming. He never telephoned."
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