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United Nations command delega
ton, on instruction of the com
mander in chief of the United Ma
tions command. must therefor
insist that newsmen be admittet
to the area of this conferenc,
without further delay"
Gen. Nam II replied that tn,
meeting was being held under wa
conditions and that the agendi
had not been agreed upon and tn,
Communist delegation did no
consider the presences of newsmel
desirable at this time.
At a later time Admiral 10.
again raised the question and Gen
Nam II replied, Il don't mean tt
say I refuse the neWspapermen tt
come to the conference site area
but for the time being the matter
must be reserved"
Toward the end Of the session
Admiral Joy stated he had re.
ceived a dispatch from the com
mander in chief, United Nation!
command, which he read: II de.
sire that you inform the Com.
delegates as follows: Tht
presence of a selected number o1
newsmen at a conference of such
major Importance to the entire
world is considered an inherent
right by members of the United
Nations. Therefore, a selected
group of professional newsmen
photographers and newsreel cam
eramen, numbering approximately
20 will accompany and be an in
tegral part of the United Nations
commas delegation to any and
all future sessions beginning II
July"
Asked About Resuming Talks.
Thereupon Admiral Joy in
formed the Communist delegation
that if, by tomorrow morning
neWsmen are still unacceptable at
the site of the conference 1t Is re-
luested that we be informed by
1870 am. tomorrow on what date
it will he possible to resume the
with newsmen present
at the conference site.
Communications by liaison off,
GERS meeting at a halfway point
between the Imjin River and
Kaesong we're agreed upon. AT
7:30 am, July IL, Col. j. c. Muir
ray, in company with an inter-
prefer, landed at the enemy out
post at Pan Nun Jon to receive
the answer of the enemy delega-
lion. The spokesman of the enemy
delegation was a captain of the
North Korean Army, who stated
II have been instructed by our
senior delegate to inform you for
mally with regard to the question
0f correspondents that we are in
favor Of having newsmen from
both sides come to Kaesong at the
tinH.
Directed to Return to Lines.
When agreement is reached on
our negotiations we shall welcome
newsmen to come here to do their
press coverage. We wish that we
,an state definite date, and we
nope that such a date will arrive
very soon. but this depends on
the efforts made by both sides
Turing ,le conference and cannot
De determined by our side alone"
Col. Murray replied: "On the
assumption that you would not
allow the conference to be delayed
over the issue of admitting 20
leWsmen to the conference area
We placed our convoy on the road
TO arrive on time to prepare for
the conference at 9 am. This
convoy includes 20 newsmen. If
you refuse the convoy permission
TO proceed, the officer in charge
has been directed to return to our
lines"
The convoy reached the enemy
outpost at 1897 am. An armed
guard stopped the convoy and
noted the presence of the accom-
panying newsmen. The Commu-
mist officer in charge refused to
admit the convoy to proceed with
correspondents as an integral part.
Capt. McAllister, the convoy COM
stated that he would wait
until $3.50 am. at which time, if
his complete convoy, including the
20 newsmen, had not been passed
he would return to the lines of
the United Nations command. At
$3.50 am, the enemy outpost hav-
ing received no additional instruc-
tons, the convoy returned to the
positions of the United Nations
forces.