Evening star., 1953-07-30
Red Violations
OF Truce Noted
On U. n. Radar
Planes Flown In
From Munchuriu
After DeudIine
BY the Associated Press

VASES dlIeI GIle C6dSe-IlTe QedQs
line Monday night. it was re-
ported today as the Reds COM
planned Of two more minor
United Nation truce violations.
United States Air Force Of
f1cers said the Red planes-pre-
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sumably MIG jets-were spotted
by a big allied radar station on
Cho Island. deep behind Com
munist lines off North Korea.
The story was delayed for "a
hours by cenSorS
An officer said the Communist
planes began taking off at dark.
apparently from Manchurian
bases safe from allied attack,
and were still landing at North
Korean fields after the 10 pm.
deadline when all arms and ar
maments shipments into Korea
were to have stopped.
Allied planes have bombed
North Korean air bases con-
tinually, but an Air Force officer
said apparently we didn't leave
the fields non-operational."
Armies Leave Buffer Zone.
Today two undefeated armies
allied and Red-walked away
from the Korean front. leaving
in silence a narrow strip that
only days ago roared in war.
Armistice terms required all
troops to be out of the 212 mile
wide belt at 10 O'Clock tonight
g am. EDT.
The 9th Army said the with
draWal actually was completed
by $50 pm. without incident.
The last elements to leave the
zone we're the I'd Battalion of the
Royal Australian Regiment and
the 1St Battalion of the Royal
FuSiliers.
The Army said only a handful
of allied soldiers remained on
the long, 150-mile front at sun
down. These were pulling back
after working feverishly to de-
stroy Notifications.
South Koreans Pull Back.
Allied soldiers - Americans,
South Koreans and other troops
of Is other lahds-started leav-
ing the battle line shortly after
the truce was signed Monday
morning. The guns fell silent
Monday night.
South Korean troops pulled
back in an orderly fashion from
the two-thirds of the front they
held.
Almost all fortifications were
destroyed.
At the southern edge of the
demilitarized zone, allied soldiers
strung barbed wire and set up
roadblocks to prevent any one
from entering.
Meanwhile, the Joint Military
Armistice Commission picked
Saturday as the tentative date
for the first face-to-face meet
ing of Swedish, Swiss, Polish
and Czech officers who will po-
lice the flow of men and arms
into and out of Korea.
Red Cross workers from six
nations convened at Panmunjom
to chart the role they will play
in helping repatriate nearly
10000 prisoners of war start
ing Wednesday.
Plans Mapped for Exchange.
Staff officers handling the
prisoner exchange met in Pan
munjom to put the finishing
touches on plans for the huge
operation as the first group Of
Communist prisoners landed at
Inchon en- route to camps where
they will await exchange.
Maj. Gen. Blackshear M.
Bryan, head of the five-man
U. N. team on the Joint Mill
tary Armistice Commission.
said today's meeting went very
well-quite smoothly"
But the Reds accused the Al
lies of two more truce viola
tions. Both involved U. N. air.
craft which allegedly circled
over the demilitarized zone.
A U. N. spokesman said Gen.
Bryan noted the allegations
and will deal with them the
same way as he did the allega-
tions made yesterday. We will
announce the results of our in
veStigationS later"
Yesterday the Reds accused
(See TRUCE, Page A-3D