Evening star., 1952-06-24

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British loborites Rop YoIu Attoeks as
Threatening to Extend War. Pose AS
joined Air Force planes from
dozens of Korean bases to hit the
shattered generating stations for
the second straight day. Navy
headquarters announced.
None of the planes returned to
the smouldering Suiho power plant
just south of the Yalu River
boundary. But the Air Force said
F-84 Thunderjets completed de-
struction" of two power stations
near Changjin Reservoir and two
on the Songchon River in eastern
Korea.
F-86 Sabre jet pilots exchanged
firing passes with five MIG-15
jets south Of the Yalu this after
noon, the Air Force said.
Patrol Action Increases.
The United States 9th Army
reported increasing patrol action
along the 155-mile battle front to-
day. One Allied patrol battled
for almost two hours with a Red
unit west of Chorwon, the scene
of bloody fighting during the
past two weeks.
About 20 Red troops were killed.
the Army said.
AS Allied experts evaluated de-
|struction in yesterdays raid there
were strong hints that more Red
targets are marked for attack.
Military officials in Washing
ton said yesterdays raid on Com
munist generating stations inaug-
lurated a new "get tough" policy
adopted as result of Red Stalline
in the armistice negotiations.
One spokesman who asked moi
to be identified said I'VE now
realize the best chance for break
ing the deadlock at Panmunjom
is to hit the enemy with all the
force at our command"
A study Of gun camera films
from the 500 Air Force, Marine
and carrier-based Navy planes
which took part in the attack
showed the strike was virtually
a 100 per cent success, the All
Force said.
Direct Hits on All Plants.
An official spokesman said di.
rect hits were registered on al
five targets, and the worlds fourth
largest hydroelectric plant al
Suiho was "a pile of junk" H,
described the 1,400-foot row o1
giant transformers and othel
equipment as a shambles.
Not one Communist jet chal.
lenged the attacking Allied planes
although Allied pilots said NOR,
than 200 MIG-15s were parked
on a Manchurian air base within
sight of Suiho.
The Air Force said all of it.
planes returned safely. The Nav,
said one carrier-based plane wa.
shot down by anti-aircraft fir
and four others were hit, but M
lpilots were lost.
No official at United Nation,
headquarters would say wher,
the order to bomb the power sta
tions originated. The plants hav,
been spared since the war begaI
1.-TWO years ago and observers sais
the decision to smash them ap
peared to be more political thar
military.
4 japanese Take Grave View.
Vice Admiral c. Turner Joy
who formerly headed the U. N
armistice team at Munsan, sale
at San Diego that he had krlowr
for some time a major strike wa.
planned unless an armistice wa,
ISigned soon.
i Japanese newspaper editor!
mostly took a grave view of thes
attack.
i "The U. N. has played a trumr
card and perhaps risked an all-ou
war with Communist China" on,
editor said.
i The big power development
along the Yalu was built by tn
Japanese when they controlled
, both Korea and Manchuria. I
was Asia's biggest hydroelectri'
project. About 60 per cent Of tn
power was diverted to Manchuria
The rest went to the North Korean
capital of Pyongyang and othel
lcities.