Evening star., 1953-07-27
Line 10 Be Marked;
Han River Opened
IOCiViIian Shipping

The State Department yes
terdGy made public this teEt-
it called Hno6fciGl-ot the Ko-
TeGn ArmiStice agreement:
Agreement between the COM
mander-in-chief, United Ma
tions Command, on the one
hand, and the supreme COM
mander of the Korean Peoples
Army and the commander OF
the Chinese Peoples Volun-
teers, on the other hand, con-
cerning q military armiStice
in Korea.
Preamble.
The undersigned. the COM
mander-in-chief, United Ma
tions Command, on the one
hand, and the supreme COM
mander of the Korean Peoples
Army and the commander Of
the Chinese Peoples Volun-
teers, on the other hand, in
the interest of stopping the
Korean conflict, with its great
toll of suffering and bloodShed
on both sides, and with the
objective of establishing an
armistice which will insure a
complete cessation OF hoStn-
tiles and of all acts OF armed
force in Korea until a final
peaceful settlement is achieved,
do individually, collectively,
and mutually, agree to accept
and to be bound and gov
erned by the conditions and
terms of armiStice set forth
in the following articles and
paragraphs, which said con-
ditions and terms are intended
to be purely military in
character and to pertain solely
to the belligerents in Korea.
Article I.
Military demarcation line
and demilitarized zone cthe
maps and the annexes referred
to below are not included In
the present document).
1, A military demarcation
line shall be fixed and both
sides shall withdraw two
kilometers from this line so as
to establish a demilitarized
zone between the opposing
forces. A demilitarized zone
shall be established as a buffer
zone to prevent the occurrence
of incidents which might lead
to a resumption of hoStilities.
2. The military demarcation
line is located as indicated on
the attached map (map -.
3. This demilitarized zone is
defined by a northern and a
southern boundary as indicated
ON the attached map (map ID.
4. The military demarcatio9
line shall be plainly marked
as directed by the Military
Armistice Commission herein
after established. The COM
manders of the opposing sloes
shall have suitable markers
erected along the boundary
hotveen the demilitarized zone
and their respective areas
The Military ArmiStice Com
mission shall supervise the
erection of all markers placed
along the military demarcation
line and along the boundaries
Of the demilitarized zone.
:. The waters of the Han
River estuary shall be open TO
civil shipping of both slaeS
wherever one bank is con-
trolled by one side and the
other bank is controlled oy
the other side. The Military
Armistice Commission shall
prescribe rules for the shipping
in that part of the Han River
estuary indicated on the at
tached map CMap p. Civil
shipping on each side shah
have unrestricted access to
the land under the military
control of that side.
6. Neither side shall execute
any hostile act within. from.
or against the demilltarlzeo
zone.
civilian, shall be permitted 10
cross the military demarca-
ton line unless specifically au-
thorized to do so by the Mill
tary Armistice Commission.
8. No person, military or
civilian, in the demilitarlzed
zone shall be permitted to en-
ter the territory under the
military control of either SIDE
unless specifically authorized
to do so by the commander
into whose territory entry is
sought.
9. No person, military or
civilian, shall be permitted TO
enter the demilitarized zone
except persons concerned with
the conduct of civil admins
tration and relief and per-
sons specifically authorized to
enter by the Military Armls-
tice Commission.
DemiIitorized Zone