Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-28
South Koreans Attack
Truce Plan as Se|Iout
And Appeasement !
By the Associated Press

SEOUL, May 28.-Bristling
with charges of allied appeaSe-
ment and Sellout in Korea, the
South Korean government today
spelled out its opposition to the
latest allied truce proposal in q
note to the United Nations Com
mand.
Mai. Gen. Choi Duk Shin,
South Korean truce delegate, de-
livered the message late today to
1t. Gen. william K. Harrison.
senior allied negotiator, at the
allied truce camp at MunSan.
Contents of the note were not
made public. But a Republic of
Korea spokesman described it as
Every important" He said it
gave detailed expression Of the
ROK governments recommen-
dationS, but was in no way an
ultimatum.
Gen. Choi's trip came against
an increasingly thunderous drum
fire of opposition from leaders Of
this war-battered republic.
Minister Threatens to Quit.
South Korea's Foreign Minis
ter. Pyun Yung Tai, threatened
to resign if his government APP
proved the still-secret allied pro-
posal for breaking the prisoner
of-war deadlock submitted to the
Reds Monday.
While never revealed officially,
South Korean sources this week
disclosed most features of the
plan.
Referring to two Red satel-
lites-Poland and Czechoslovakia
nominated for a f1ve-nation
commission to handle prisoners
who refuse to go home, Mr. .Pyun
said:
Our country will fight troops
from such countries"
A few hours before delivery of
the government note, nine ROK
National Assemblymen met for
an hour with Gen. Harrison. An
allied spokesman said later they
expressed fears and aspirations
Of the South Korean people"
Withdrawal of Plan Asked.
The assemblymen said they
asked Gen. Harrison to with
draw the latest U. N. proposal.
They told a press conference
the South Koreans would keep
fighting if an armistice were
concluded on that proposal.
National Assembly Vice Chair
man Yoon Chi Yung said Gen.
Harrison was told the proposal
infringed on ROK sovereignty
because it was kept secret from
the ROK government until just
before it was presented to the
Reds. And. that if the U. N.
should go through with the pro-
posal. the United States would
be held responsible for a third
world war.
The asSemblymen said they
could not recognize India, which
has backed the new plan and
has been suggested to head the
f1ve-nation commission, as an
independent state"
One Assemblyman said Gen..
Harrison's only reply was an
implication that the ROK views,
should be directed to higher
levels.
The truce negotiations them
selves stood still.
The negotiators are scheduled
to meet at Panmunjom Monday
after a week-long recess. The
Reds are expected to answer
the U. N. plan then.
Allied and Communist liaiSon
officers met in the truce village
for two minutes today. A U. N.
spokesman would say only that
the session dealt with an admin
tstrative matter.
The meeting was called by the
allies. Presumably U. N. officers
delivered a written message to
the Reds without discussion.
This is usually the case in such
brief meetings.
In another development, United
States Ambassador Ellis o. Briggs
called on South Korean President
Syngman Rhee in Seoul for the
second time since the allies sub
mitted their proposal to the Reds
Monday. What went on was not
divulged and a spokesman for Mr..
Rhee would not confirm or deny
a report that Mr.. Briggs brought