Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-29
Big Truce Point
Turned Down
Fast by Reds
Outright Rejection
Of U. N. Custody for
POWs Reported
BY the Assoeiafed Press

By the Assoeiated Press
MUNSAN, May 29.-The Com
munists rejected outright at
least one major reported con-
cession Of a new allied truce
plan submitted in secret sessions
Monday at PanmunJom, 1t was
disclosed today.
The plan had been called a
"now-or-never" offer by many
sources and the Reds had been
expected to answer it at next
Mondays meeting, first after a
week-long recess.
The Communists turned down
on the spot an allied proposal
that ultimate disposition of any
Red prisoners who refuse to go
home be left to the United Ma
tions.
The allies had insisted previ-
ously that these prisoners be
freed if they still balk after a
limited. post-armistice period of
Red explanations"
Reds Dislike Both Plans.
However. excerpts of Mondays
meeting quoted North Korean
Gen. Nam II as saying the Reds
won't accept either proposal. He
made it clear the Communists
1on't like the new plan or the
old one.
Some 48,500 prisoners in Allied
camps have refused to 60 back to
Communism. The Reds have
proposed that the fate of those
unmoved by explanations" be
left to a poSt-armistice political
conference.
Gen. Nam II said it is 'incon-
ceivable" that the Allies propose
turning over any Red prisoners
to the U.N. which he labeled "a
belligerent itself"
Revealed in ChOi Letter.
The u General Assembly
on December S, 1852, approved
an armistice plan drafted by
India which provided that final
disposition of unwilling prison.
erS be left to the U.N.
The excerpt was revealed in a
letter which Maj. Gen. Choi Duk
Shin, South Korean truce dele
gate, delivered yesterday to the
senior allied delegate, 1t. Gen.
William K. Harrison. Although
not made public, the letter was
obtained from reliable sources
which cannot be identified.
1t was obvious that no final
decision has been made in
Communist capitals of the
whole Allied proposal. Not a
word has come from Peiping
radio denouncing the Allied
plan, which in the past always
has been the case when the
Reds prepared to reject an AL
lied offer. Peiping has not
even mentioned the new Allied
plan since it was proposed last
Monday.
Boycott Of Talks Threatened.
The allied plan, still under of
fetal secrecy. has ranked South
Koreans. Government officials
have threatened to boycott the
truce talks and possibly fight on
alone unless the plan is killed or
revised.
There were cries of "appease-
ment" of the Communists and q
"Sellout" of South Korea.
In his letter, Gen. Choi said
Gen. Mans statements disclose
fully well that the enemy at
tempts to realize indefinite cap
tivity and then forced repatria-
ton of the prisoners of war.
I'VE have no reason to shrink
from this insulting refutation."
Gen. Choi specifically called
on the U. N. truce delegation to:
l. Transmit to the policy
making authority" the opinion
and recommendations in his
letter.
2. Withdraw the latest allied
truce proposal and prepare a
new proposal after the talks are
resumed Monday.
3. Grant full consultation"
we'll in advance to the Republic
of Korea in the preparation of
the new proposal.
Gen. Choi went out of his way
to make clear that the letter
(See TRUCE, Rage A-3.)