The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-05
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political conference fail to settle
the problem, it would be referred
to the U. N. General Assembly
The Communist reply called fol-
the U. N. to drop the Assembly
provision.
| Observers in Panmunjom say
the proposal may have been in
corporated as trading point. They
say the U. N. Command may agree
to drop it if the Reds will agree
to time limit on postwar politi
cal conference which would con
slider the prisoners fate after the
Reds talk to them.
Another point of difference is
that the Red proposal would name
India executive agent of the five.
nation neutral commission as well
as chairman. The U. N. plan had
just called for India to be chair,
man.
Other nations nominated for the
commission are Sweden, Switzer.
land, and Communist satellites Po-
land and Czechoslovakia.
Two other points of difference,
as reported by South Korean
sources, were both regarded as
minor.
The Reds asked that the number
of agents permitted in prisoner
camps for explanations" be in.
creased three times above the los
North Korean and As Chinese rep.
resentatives provided in the u. N,
plan. The other point was the Com.
munist request that their represen.
tatives be allowed to use radio
communications while in South
Korea.
Under the plan, only India would
send troops-reportedly 1,000-tc
guard the prisoners.
Pyun warned that South Korea
will not allow Indian troops to
guard the prisoners nor allow the
Communists to send representa-
tives into the republic.
There will be bloodShed, nc
doubt about that" Pyun told Asso'
ciated Pess reporter Bill Shinn,
Pyun made the statement Thurs
day after he conferred with Rhee.
The meeting scheduled for Sat.
urday could produce the climactiC
moment in the prolonged talks.
/ Initially, the session will continue
in the secrecy that covered discus
sions of the meeting a week age
Monday and again Thursday.
But the possibility arose thai
| both sides now were ready to lif'
secrecy and make public the Off
cial terms.
A South Korean source said &
general review of the other armi
stice terms would follow fina
| agreement on the troublesome
prisoner repatriation issue.
The focal point of such a review
would be a possible revision of The
demarcation line that will separate
the opposing armies during
truce.
A line which conceded with thu
battleline was drawn up in No
vember, 1881, and since then there
has been little change, although
the Communists have captured ;
series of Allied posts in recen
weeks.
A truce now would leave Kores
divided roughly along the 3Sth Par
allel, the old political boundary
created after World War II.
Rhee has demanded that unfit
cation of Korea and withdrawal o.
Chinese Communist forces be
made part of the truce.
The u. N. Command has proceed
ed in the negotiations on the
assumption that these and otheI
matters would be referred to 1
political conference after an armi
Stice.
Only this week, Rhee said tina
to leave the Red Chinese on Ko
rean soil would amount to a ''deatl
sentence" for South Korea.
But Rhee also intimated that HI
would reluctantly accept a truce
and not fight on alone as his gov
eminent leaders have threatened.
| Rhee said Tuesday wisdom ant
common sense" require that Soutl
Korea cooperate with the UniteC
States at any cost and that ''W,
must accept anything the U. S
President wants"
One source close to the Rhel
government said South Kores
would maintain a "non-recognitios
without resistance" policy towarC
an armistice.
He said:
I'VE are weak. 50 what we car
do physically is limited. But ouI
/ spirit and struggle to achieve oul
national uniiieation for ourselves
/ and for defense Of the United
States and other friendly allies VII
never cease"
! Meanwhile. il London. prime
ministers Of nine British Common.
wealth states agreed the Allies
should try TO meet the Red OBJ.
lection 70 the u. N. assembly hav.
ing ultimate jurisdiction over balk
Ing prisoners.
They were reported 10 have con