The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-13

day with a note asking that
1.-THE staff officers discuss
both date and conditions for
resuming the conference.
The Reds answered with a
new note Wednesday.
When he first announced that the
Officers would meet Young said
they would discuss the conditions.
He did not release the text OF
1.-THE Red note, but paraphrased ii
this way: 1.-THE Reds) agree to a
meeting .. to agree on the date
for political discussions regarding
a political (peace) conference"
Time Mentioned
When asked later about the alb.
lsence Of the word conditions" in
the paraphrase, Young said the
latest Red Lote did not mention
conditions" but only the time Of
the meeting.
Peiping radio said earlier the
Communist liaison officers were
prepared to discuss only the date
and not conditions for resuming
the preliminary talks. Peiping
said. . .-.1.
THE only condition required 10
reopen the discussion is that the
Americans come back to the con.
ference table. There can be no
other condition !. :"
No Details
The Allied note to the Reds did
not give any details Of what con-
ditions would be discussed.
When U. S. Ambassador Arthur
Dean broke off the preliminary
talks In December after six weeks
Of haggling, he said he would not
meet with the Reds again unless
they retraeted a charge Of Ameri-
can ''perfidy" (treachery).
The Reds have given no indica.
ton they viii apologize but sources
here have indicated the United
States might accept something less
than a full retraction in order to
get the talks started again.
Young said yesterday this is one
OF the things the liaison officers
would have to work out"
Meanwhile, the Korean repatria.
ton commission prepared to meet
tomorrow on a secret Indian pre-.
posa repeatedly designed TO solve
the touchy issue of releasing war
prisoners by turning them back
to the commands that formerly
held them.
Held To pesdIins
The Allies demand that al pris.
|oners be released after midnight
Jan. e under the armistice terms.
The Reds insist they be held until
e peace conference can discuss
their fate.
Swiss delegate Armin Daeniker
termed the Indian plan "the most
human proposal"
Sources here say the Swiss and
Swedish delegates probably would
vote for the Indian plan against
the Communist Czech and Polish
delegates.
In a meeting Of the Joint Mill.
tary Armistice Commission TO-DAY
the Communists charged that the
Y. n. Command is planning TO
abduct" the anti-Red Chinese and
Korean PoWs Jan. q and repeat.
ed demands that they be held
The Allies rejected the Red pro.
posal and repeated u. N. demands
for their release.
Peiping radio charged TODAY thst
the "U. S. armed forces win force
tte Indian custodian force 70 open
wide the neutral zone) compound
Gates" Jan. q for the anti.Red
prisoners.
Chinese POW Quoted
Quoting a Chinese POW turned
over to the Reds yesterday, PEI.
ping said camp 'sagentsp Womb
take control Jan. e and wouId
XII ION the SPOT any prIsoner
who tried to 60 back to the Reds.
The U. N. Command has SET un
facilities south o. tie raul fan.
to haadle the ex us OF pr soners.
wheh Is e1s = - T. > n.aee
with or without a.. oval o. the
repatriation comm.s. on. A mass
breakout Is considered almost Ger.
tain II the commission doesn't
agree to free the POWs.
The U. N. top commander. Gan
John Hull, returned to Tokyo TO-DAY
after . visit In Formosa and saId
ne plans to be In Korea for the