Evening star., 1951-09-05
Enemy Chiefs Await
Reply From Ridgway
On Resuming Par|eys
BY the Asseeiated Press

time IN days no notes were ex-
changed today between the
United Nations Command and
Communists on the suspended
Korean war cease-fire talks.
Even the Red radios, usually
loaded with accusations and de-
nunciationS of the Allies, were
comparatively quiet.
1t was believed that Gen. Mat
thew B. Ridgway, u. N. COM
mander, had completed a message
he is due to send top Red COM
manders. It will reply to North
Korean Premier Kim II Sung and
Chinese Gen. Peng Teh-Huai.
Sunday they demanded that Gen.
Ridgway either stop "instigating
provocations" in the Kaesong neu-
trail zone, where the negotiations
were held, or call them off.
May Propose New Site.
There was no hint of what Gen.
Ridgway would say.
RumorS persisted that the U. N.
commander might propose the
conferences be resumed at new
location. These recurrent stories
say he would propose an incident
proof site. Official efforts have
failed to Squelch the persistent
rumorS.
Gen. Ridgway originally pro-
posed that truce talks be held
on the Danish hospital ship Jut-
landia of besieged WonSan on
the Korean East Coast. The Reds
suggested Kaesong, in territory
they hold in South Korea.
Every break in truce negotia-
tionS has resulted from an Incl
dent-real or manufactured. The
Reds broke OF talks August %. |
charging a U. N. plane bombed |
the Kaesong armistice site. The
U. N. said the Reds manufactured
the incident. The Communists /
subsequently have charged numer-
GUS other violations. The Allies I
have rejected every complaint.
Clears With Joint Chiefs.
Gen. Ridgway's reply to Kim
and Peng presumably was being
cleared by the Joint Chiefs of
Staff in Washington.
It was not announced when it
would be delivered. One source
said the tip-of would be the re-
turn to Korea of Vice Admiral C. |,
Turner Joy, head of the U. N. |,
armistice delegation. and two fell
low negotiatorS who are here with I
him.
This informant said he took it
for granted" Admiral Joy and ,
Gen. Ridgway conferred again
Wednesday. L
The quiet that surrounded the
disrupted truce talks Wednesday 4
was reflected on the Korean
battlefield. 1t was as though both |.
Allies and Communists were wait
ing to see what happened at the
japanese peace conference in San |,
Francisco before making their,
next move.
Linked With Peace Talks.
The Reds actions since they
broke of armistice negotiations
have been linked repeatedly with
the San Francisco session. Some |,
observers suggest the Communists
are deliberately stalling to
strengthen the Soviet hand at San
Francisco.
Presidents Truman's address
opening the peace treaty sessions Il
was broadcast over the japanese
radio. Clusters of Japanese gath
cred in the streets to hear Mr..
Truman's words.
No emotion was evident on their (,
faces as they listened. Their ex-
presslonS did not change when
he spoke of an independent Japan
and its need to remain a friend of ].
the West. Or when he told of fan
taStic weapons the United States
has under construction that could
wipe out civilization"
Mr.. Truman'S remarks about
fantastic weapons revived old and
unconflrmed reports that the
United States has tried out some
of these new weapons, including
some sort of atomic artillery, on
the Korean battlefront.
Some quarters in Tokyo took !
special note of a statement from
Gen. Ridgway's headquarters d.
Tuesday that the Reds might 4
launch a new offensive with 4OI..
divisions, backed by large numbers )
of Soviet puppet troops" and !
q 1000 plane >"puppet air force"
These persons expressed fear
that if the Reds launched an all
out attack with such forces it 7
might become impossible to con- !
tain the war within the Korean {
peninsula. Il