Evening star., 1951-07-04
Peace
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mitted to question the officers
sent. Names of the officers have
not been announced. They will
go from Seoul by helicopter if the
weather is good; jeep if it is bad
There was no indication when
Gen. Ridgway would reply to the
latest message from Kim and
Peng.
The Chinese Reds Peiping radio
reported Kim visited the front
today. Kim, who is also North
Korean Premier, was accompanied
by his Foreign and Propaganda
Ministers. The broadcast said the
purpose was to congratulate "the
Chinese peoples volunteers" on
"the heroic victories they have
won."
| American front-line dispatches
said the Chinese completed with
drawing from mountains in the
iron triangle which they lost this
week at an estimated cost of 1.500
casualties.
| Chinese movements behind the
lines were watched constantly
from the air. This was the pri-
mary objective Of 364 sorties
flown by the 5th Air Force during
the day, although so fighters spent
two hours strafing and bombing
Reds on the eastern front.
Bearded American doughboys on
patrol duty celebrated the Fourth
by hurting grenades and ducking
Red sniper fire, but generally there
wasn't much doing on the ground.
Battle Action Quiets Down.
Without benefit of conferences,
battle action quieted today, AS
sociated Press Correspondent Nate
Polowetzky reported from United
States 9th Army headquarters.
He said the only shots heard at
Imidafternoon across the 100-mile
front were northeast of Inje on
the eastern front. There an ar
tillery barrage was laid down for
Ia few minutes.
Tht quiet followed fierce fight
ing yesterday in which U. N,
troops seized dominating heights
in the Chorwon-K -Kumhwa-Pyong-
gang iron triangle. A grenade
battle placed the Allies "a miles
north of the 38th Parallel and
within 4 miles of Pyonggang
That is the northernmost point
of the present line.
The air and sea wars continued
unabated. U. N. warplanes ham,
mered Red communication lines
today. Ninty-nine planes raided
the downtown air strip in the
heart of the Red capital of Pyong-
yang. Two U. N. planes were
shot down by ground fire Tues
day and another Wednesday.
Off the east coast the U. N
blockade fleet Shelled Communist
ports through fog and rain.
U. N. ground forces were ready
for anything-war or peace.
In Fourth of July statement
1t. Gen. James A. Van Fleet said
his 9Th Army "has become a pro-
fessional fighting team assigned
the responsibility of destroying
the aggressor. It has crippled
Red armies, he said, with high
powered punch"
Capacity to Recuperate.
The Chinese and North Koreans
he continued, have "the capacity
Iof recuperation-a convalescent
ability to rebuild should we relax
our pressure. However, feel con-
f1dent the 9th Army will deny him
(the enemy the respite he SC
earnestly seeks"
An armistice, the State Depart
ment's Voice of America declared
will mean "a victory of historic
proportions for the United Ma
tions.
The Communist radio Pyong-
yang said:
"The armistice and peace must
be based on a solution of the
Korean problem that will estab-
lish peace in the Far East and
prevent the outbreak of a new
world war. The Korean people
will fight for this basis to the
end"
North Koreans again spoke OF
the 38th Parallel, old dividing
line between north and south, as
the placs to draw the armistice
line. And South Koreans reit-
Grated they couldn't accept.
I'VE just hate to stop at the
38th," said P. H. Shinicky. chair
man of the South Korean Legis-
lature. "We would not mind q
cease-flre if the line was drawn
somewhere north of the triangle
area of Chorwon Kumwha-
lPyonggang."
The triangle lies entirely in
Red Korea. Most of it is occu-
pied today by U. N. forces.
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