Evening star., 1953-04-18
Accord Starts
POW Exchange
Late Tomorrow
Liuison Officers
Also to Meet on
Full Peace Talks
BY the ASSocioted Press

CcIS IOudy dSrGcU CGIlIdClVely OH
time schedule for Mondays
historic exchange of disabled
prisoners of the Korean war.
And they completed arrange
ments for a meeting of liaison
200 Reds Beoten OFF by Allies in Trench
Bottle. Poee as
4 Red POWs Die. IS Hurt in Yoneho
lsIond Riot. Poee AS
officers tomorrow to set date
for resuming the suspended full
scale Korean armistice talks.
The tentative schedule calls
for the first exchange of sick and
wounded prisoners at 9 am.
Monday q pm. tomorrow, EST.
All five delegates of the U. MS
main truce team were in Korea
today. They could be in Pam
munjom, the weathered truce
talk village. in matter of hours
when the faSt-breaking develop
ments of the last two weeks add
up to a call to reopen the stalled
talks.
Harrison Comes From Japan.
1t. Gen. William K. Harrison,
head of the U. N. delegation,
and Air Force Brig. Gen. Edgar
Glenn, another member, flew
here from Japan today.
Gen. Harrison came to observe
the exchange of sick and wound
ed POWs, set to begin at PAN
munjom Monday, and to be
briefed on latest developments.
He told newsmen he has no OBJ
lection to talking truce with the
Reds in Panmunjom even while
an exchange of disabled prison.
ers goes on only a few yards
from the conference hut. He
would make no predictions. II.
just play it from day to day."
he said.
Already at this advance truce
headquarters of the U. N. COM
mand is a third team member,
Rear Admiral John D. Daniel.
He will head the liaison group
that will meet the Communists
at Panmunjom at II am. tomor-
row g o'clock tonight, EST
and discuss reopening the full
scale talks.
Other Delegates Near.
The two other truce delegates
are at army posts in Korea but
only a few minutes by small
plane from the armistice site.
They are Brig Gen. Ralph M.
Osborne, artillery commander
for the U. S. 3rd Division and
Brig. Gen. Lee Han Linn of the
Republic of Korea army.
The exchange timetable for
Monday offered by Red staff Of
f1cers today would start Opera
ton Little Switch at 9 am.
Monday q pm. tomorrow, E.
S. To.
Col. Douglas M. Cairns, U. N.
staff officer, said the proposed
times appeared reasonable" but
told the Reds: 1--WE would like
to make a thorough study of
them before definitely agreeing"
The Reds proposed that they
deliver captured allied troops to
the Panmunjom exchange point
in groups of Is at 9 am. $50
am, 2 pm. and 2:30 pm. The
Reds have said they will release
600 allied prisoners including $50
Americans and other non
Korean nationals. at the rate of
100 a day.
To Receive Own in Turn.
The Communists asked the
allies to deliver captured Reds
in four groups of Is each be-
tween 9 and $50 am: four
groups between 10 and 10:30
am; four between II and 1880
am; four between 2 and 2::30
pm, and four between 3 and
$3.50 pm. The United Nations
command is releasing $500 Com
munists, including TOO Chinese.
at 500 day.
Admiral Daniel will be Spokes-
man for the U. N. liaison officers
discussion tomorrow on reopen
ing the full armistice talks. They
were suspended by the U. N. last
October 8. The Reds will be
represented by North Korean
Maj. Gen. Lee Sang Cho.
The main business for the liai-
(See TRUCE, Page A-6.)