Evening star., 1952-11-25
South Koreans
Insist on Truce
On Their Terms ;
Notice Is Served
On u. N. That Future
Is Their Business
BY the Associated Press

or ne ASSocioIeo FTeSS
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, Nov.
25.-South Korea announced to-
day it would not accept any truce
arranged by the United Nations
against its wishes. President
Syngman Rhee's foreign minister
indicated that his government be-
lieves Korea's future is nobody
else's business.
In a formal statement Minister
of Foreign Affairs Y. T. Pyun said !:
"The government of the Re-
public of Korea cannot and will
not accept, against its wishes, any
arrangement or agreement or
resolution in regard to the dispo-
sition of what it considers to be
its citizens or part of its historical
domain, made or reached or
adopted without it's official and
full participation with the unre-
Stricted voice sovereign nations
usually exercise in similar matters
of exclusive concern to them
selves"
The statement, which appeared
to rule out acceptance of a truce
worked out by the U. N. General
Assembly or the unified command,
was made on the eve of a sched-
uel trip to Korea by President
elect Eisenhower.
Not a Member of u. N.
Korea has gone all out to plan
welcomes for Gen. Eisenhower and
it appeared that the government
would attempt to put this view
over with him.
The general has already ex-
pressed general agreement with
the Truman administrations prin-
ciples for negotiating a truce.
South Korea is not a member
OF the U. N. nor is it taking part
in the negotiations at Panmunjom.
The South Koreans here issued
a booklet two weeks ago strongly
denouncing U. N. truce efforts and
calling for complete liberation of
both North and South Korea and
the creation of a u. N.-armed
force Of 2 million Koreans.
In speech to the U. MS Polit-
ical Committee, South Korea's
chief observer also said the only
end to the war which his govern
ment could accept was the liberia
ton of all Korea and the creation
of an international demilitarized
zone in Manchuria to protect the
border.
He denounced all resolutions
now before the committee for end
ing the Korean conflict.
38th Parallel Rejected.
Today's statement was signif1-
cant in three ways:
l. 1t reiterated the position that
the disputed prisoners of war
who the Communists say must be
sent home-are considered by the
Pusan government to be its
citizens.
2. It reiterated the South Ko-
rean demand that the U. N. con-
quer North Korea and reject a
truce line near the 38th Parallel.
3. It insisted on South Korea S
exclusive right" to make the final
decision.
The South Korean statement
was issued as U. N. delegates made
plans to get priority for an Indian
plan on breaking the prisoner of
war deadlock. The plans were
pushed despite Russia's fiat rejec-
ton of the Indian proposal.
Russia expressed deep disap-
proval Of giving the Indian pro-
posal priority when the commit
tee met this morning. New
Zealand said members needed
more time to study the revised
Indian draft before deciding on
priority. The committee ad-
journed until tomorrow without
making a decision.
Twenty-one powers. sponsors of
a resolution backing up the uni
fed commands refusal to return
forcibly those Red prisoners who
said they were afraid to go. sched-
uled a meeting for late today to
decide their attitude toward pri-
ority.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei
Y. Vishinsky yesterday crushed
the widespread hopes here that
India's v. K. Krishna Menon had
found at least a formula for end
ing the deadlocked POW issue
holding up a Korean armistice.
The Russian denounced the In
dian plan as unsatisfactory and
unacceptable" He said only his
own resolution calling for an i'm
mediate cease-11re followed by a
peace conference on prisoner re-
patriation and all other Korean
issues would stop the fighting.
United States Secretary Of State
Dean Acheson, who disagreed with
some points OF the Menon plan
as being too vague, said the United
States is wholly in agreement
with the spirit of this resolu-
tion."