Evening star., 1952-06-13
Koje Red Resistance
Definitely Ebbing,
Gen. Boatner Says
BY the Associated Press
KOJE AMI Korao .Tupe

KOJE ISLAND, Korea, June 10.
Gen. Hayden L. Boatner
said today he has cracked the
resistance of Koje Islands 10000
once-defiant Red war prisoners.
Communicated POWs knuckled
under four times today to United
Nations authority. Gen. Boatner,
the tough prison camp comman-
der. then suspended for two or
three days operations to break
up the large groups of prisoners.
This was to permit construction
of new Enclosures.
Gen.. Boatner would not 60 so
far as to say that all resistance
is ended. But it is definitely
on the ebb and believe the worst
is over" he told newsman.
Prepared for Incidents.
IT would not be at all surprised
at some future incidents :. but
I have plans to cope with them" F."
Three prisoner compounds bowed
meekly to Allied authority. Then
prisoners in another, No. IS, re-
Sponded to an ultimatum by Gen
Boatner. and surrendered 81 anti
Communist prisoners.
II want no speeches." the hard
bitten commander told five Red
compound leaders. Get back to
that compound and release those
men by S p.m.!"
At 4:55. the leaders delivered
the the 81 to the compound gate.
Three of the 81 dashed their Red
starred caps to the ground in what
has come to be gesture Of anti
communism on Koje.
Six Stockades Emptied.
Apparently Gen. Boatner got
the names of the 81 from II pris-
oners found tied up when tank
supported American infantrymen
swept the compound clear of Com
munist flags and signs last week.
Six of Koje's II stokades of
stubborn, Red-led prisoners have
been emptied during Gen. Boat
ner's operation breakup. Inmates
of a seventh today signified will
ingness to obey orders.
Gen. Boatner was assigned to
crack Red rule of the enclosures
after POWs seized his predecessor,
Brig. Gen. (now COLI Francis
Dodd, last month.
About 27,500 prisoners have been
dispersed into smaller stockades
of 500 each, or transferred to new
pens to await completion of
smaller enclosures. The II orig
inal compounds held up to 5000
or more inmates each.
$4,000 to Be Moved.
Gen. Boatner said about 10000
prisoners eventually will be moved
from Koje to other islands of
Korea.
Two compounds containing some
of the most fanatical prisoners
yielded to transfer today. A third
send Gen. Boatner word its pris-
oners would move when he Or
dered.
Gen. Boatner said he was
pleased with the orderly transfer
of $3.50 North Korean officers
and non-cons from Compound 66,
which had been considered a pos
sible trouble spot. The prisoners
sang Communist songs as they
marched five abreast in columns
|of $50 between shoulder to-
shoulder rows of British and
Canadian guards.
The inmates of Compound CO.
200 North Korean war crimes
suspects-also were moved peace
fully.
Ruins Shown to Leaders.
And the $500 North Korean
tcivilian and pro- Communist South
Korean internees of turbulent
Compound 81 sent word they were
ready to follow orders. This i.
where 80 prisoners and one Amer
ican soldier were killed in a riot
February 18.
Gen. Boatner indicated the 6,00l
North Korean prisoners Of Com
pound IS may be moved next. 4
tank infantry team forced re-
moyal of propaganda signs ant
flags there last week. Leaders o
IS today were shown the ruin
of Compound 76. the first to b,
bay to see how Joe was gettin,
along" He continued:
"They had decided that thre
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