Evening star., 1952-06-11
House Group 10 Give
Congress More Detail,
On koje Uprisings
BY the Associated Press

A House subcommittee prom
ised to tell Congress today more
about Red uprisings in the Koje
Island prisoner-of-war stockades.
Presumably this will amplify
the Army's own public report sent
Ito the House yesterday. in which
Gen. Mark Clark, United Nations
commander in Tokyo, described a
year-old campaign by Communist
prisoners to control their 10000
fellow inmates.
Representative Skies, Democrat,
of Florida said his Army Appro-
priations subcommittee will tell
about the testimony Monday of
Defense Secretary Lovett and
Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Army
Chief of Staff. They cleared up
a number of points" for the sub
committee, Mr.. Skies said.
The House yesterday tentative
ly accepted the Army report on
the prison island. But it voted to
ask the State Department for
more details on what it knows
about Koje and about two Com
munist-inspired riots in Japan
last month.
Carefully Planned Campaign.
Gen. Clark reported to the
House that Red prisoner-o war
leaders started a carefully-planned
campaign June 8. 1851, "to gain
control over all the prisoners and
incite them to violence"
Between then and May I, he.
said. IA prisoners were killed and
313 wounded, including "a slain
and 20 injured by fellow prisoners.
One American and five Koreans
were killed and Is U. N. soldiers
were wounded, most of them
Gen. Clark said.
He said eight separate incidents
occurred during that period, in
Guiding an effort in September,
1851. to browbeat non-C Communist
prisoners.
Since then other incidents have
occurred on Koje. U. N. troops
now are breaking up large COM
pounds of several thousand pris- /.
oners into smaller, more easily
managed groups.
Gen. BOatner Praised.
Mr.. Skies, in a House. speech
yesterday. praised the efforts of
Brig. Gen. Hayden L. Boatner, /
present Koje commandant.
mo longer is there appease- /
Mr.. Skies said. mo longer /
do American generals wait upon 1
the demands of Communist pris- /
onegs. The Reds are now made /
to realize they are prisoners of 1
war and as such if there is trouble, /
it will be of their own making"
The legislator apparently re- /
ferred to the capture of Brig. Gen. 4
Francis T. Dodd by Red prisoners /
May Z and his release three days !;
later on terms called blackmail.
Gen. Dodd and Brig. Gen. Charles |;
T. Colson. who arranged the re- /;
lease. have both been denoted to !;
the rank of colonel.
Best Deal Possible.
In yesterdays report they said !;
they had made the Every best" /
deal possible. The alternative. /
they said. was widespread blood 1
shed which would have given the /
Reds more propaganda material. |
Col. Colson said prison leaders |
had threatened general breakout 1
attempt by the whole camp, un- 4
less their terms for Col. Dodd's re- 4
lease were accepted.
The report was issued in re-
sponse to resolutions adopted by
the House 10 days ago. These /
also called for a similar state
ment from the State Department. /
Secretary Acheson forwarded a /
letter declining comment on /
Koje, because he said it is mainly /
a military problem. He said Com /
munist-inspired riots in Japan /
May l and May 80 were less Sc
rious than first press reports indi- |;
Gated and were kept under con- |;
troll by japanese police.
Mr.. Acheson said he would try /
to get more information if needed,
and the House voted to ask for it. I;
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