Evening star., 1953-05-13
Reds Are Cold
ToU. n. Plan
For ArImistice
Brood 11-Point Terms
Are Given Nam II:
Talks in Recess
BY the Associated Press

PANMUNJOM, May 13.-The
U. N. command today handed
the Communists a new blueprint
for an aruistice in Korea. It
was a sweeping 11-point plan
for exchanging prisoners of war,
last big roadblock to a truce.
The allies would free $4,000
North Koreans who refuse to go
home and-on certain conditions
give temporary custody of A.
500 balky Chinese to a f1ve-na-
tion commission made up of
Sweden, Switzerland, Poland,
CzechoSlovakia and India.
The Communists called the
proposal a "step backward" and
said the allied attitude threatens
the prospects of the whole ar
mistice negotiations
The broad plan-a counter
proposal to one advanced by the
CommuniSts-is based on the
long-standing allied position
that no prisoner will be sent
home against his will.
After the lengthy document
was read and the Communists
commented acidly. the truce
delegations recessed until II am.
tomorrow Go pm. EDIT,
Wednesday,.
Plan Given to Nam ii.
1t. Gen. William K. Harrison,
jr., senior allied delegate, pre-
Sented the plan to his
Communist counterpart, North
Korean Gen. Nam II. in a one
hour 40-minute session.
Briefly, the allies proposed:
l. Repatriation of prisoners
Immediately after an armistice.
except those refusing to go
home. Releasing to civilian
status all prisoners of Korean
nationality unwilling to return
to Red rule. Releasing all non-
Korean prisoners who persist in
refusing to return to Communist
control after so days in custody
Of a neutral commission.
2. Conditional acceptance of
the Communist nomination of
India, Poland, Czechoslovakia,
Sweden and Switzerland as
members of the custodial COM
mission-but only if India heads
the body and provides any
troops needed.
8. Rejection of the Reds pro-
posal that a political conference
determine the fate of prisoners
refusing to go home after being
in neutral custody.
No Objection to Explanations.
The allied plan voiced no OBJ
lection to the Red proposal that
representatives of the Commu-
mist governments be permitted
to explain things to reluctant
prisoners. The allies warned,
however, against any effort to
intimidate or force the priS-
onerS.
1T is an excellent basis for
an armistice," Gen. Harrison
told Gen. Nam. He asked the
Communists to study it lin the
same spirit of constructive nego-
tiations in which we have stud
led your eight-point proposal on
which it is based"
Gen. Nam observed coldly
that the allies had not accepted
the Communist proposal-the
Reds had put it on an "all-or-
none" basis-but was "a step
backward from the three-point
proposals put forward in the
letter of April Is by your side"
The allies had nominated
Switzerland as a neutral to
handle all reluctant prisoners.
Plan Would Be Charter.
Gen. Harrison told newsmen
the detailed allied plan would
constitute the charter" for the
neutral nations duties.
He said the U. N. command
found "a major portion" of the
Communist plan acceptable but
there were portions I'VE cannot
accept in their present form"
The allied counterproposal
rules out the poSt-armiStice po-
litical conference as a final
court to decide the fate of priS-
See TRUCE, Page A-18.)