The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 8, 1953, Page 3

COMMIES READY TO SEND 150 ‘AMERICAN SOLDIERS Plans For Permanent Peace Expected From Present Talks By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON ® — Plans to make a permanent peace for war- wrecked Korea and perhaps nego- tiate with the Communists on other critical Far Eastern issues are be- ginning to shape up here as truce prospects brighten. One idea receiving official con- sideration, it was understood to- day, is that any long-term peace arrangements should provide for a north-south dividing line. Under provisions already worked out, an armistice would become effective along this present line, However, some authorities here believe this wonld not make a workable division of the country over a long period. The battle line is generally al- ready north. of Parallel 38, which divided North and South Korea be- fore the Red attack. The Commu- nists presumably would object to any northward shift. The belief is that the South Ko- rean government would accept a border at the Korean waist since this would give it control over ap- proximately 85 per cent of the country. Such an arrangement would reduce the North Korean position to a minimum, just short of extinction. It would, however, leave a buffer zone between South Korea and .major Red Chinese and Soviet interests in Manchuria and Siberia. Hence there is some feeling that the Red governments of China and Russia—if not North Korea—might be. willing to move the permanent peace line north. No one hefe has any idea what kind of compensation they might bargain for, This and a host of other ques- tions are becoming of considerable importance bechuse of the Sovie ace offensive and the steps taken the Reds toward agreeing on an acceptable truce in Korea. Among the provisions of an ar- mistice worked out prior to the deadlock over prisoner of war re- patriation was one stating that the military negotiators should rec- ommend to the countries con- cerned a “political conference” to settle “the questions of the with- drawal of all foreign forces from Korea, the peaceful settlement of the Korean question, etc.” President Eisenhower said in a talk yesterday that American troops would have to remain in the region of Korea for a long time, This’ could include Japan, how- ever, and would: not necessarily mean indefinite manning of a truce line. Negotiation on withdrawal of United Nations and Chinese forces from Korea will unquestionably be Wednesday, April 8, 1953 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN one of the problems of the political conference. What authorities here are uncer- tain about is the implication of that “ete.” Under this heading the Reds may seek to bring up a se- ries of issues with which they would hope to confuse and divide the Allies. And the Eisenhower ad- ministration, hoping to get peace throughout the Far East rather than in Korea alone, may feel it has no alternative other than to broaden the conference. A conference restricted to Korea, for example, could not be expected to embrace efforts by the U. S. and its allies to end the war in Indochina and get the Reds to call off their guerrillas in Malaya. On the other hand, a conference widened to include such matters would also be open to questions the Communists presumably would like to raise, among them the status of Red China. Airline Pilot Is College Student EAST ORANGE, N. J. #—Burt B. Budlong, a junior at Upsala College here is an airline pilot—a nih captain for Allegheny Air- S. Budlong is 32. He spent time with both the Navy and Army Air serv- ices during World War II, and then put in a year flying in Alaska and three years for Trans-World Air- lines. He joined Allegheny in 1949 and | entered Upsala in June, 1951. He's | studying business administration and hopes to be graduated in Jhne, 1954. The most important thing to him is maintaining his status as an honor student. That way, he gets twice as many class cuts per se- mester as less industrious, non- honor students. So far, he has had no trougle in, keeping within the allowed number of class cuts, although he averages about three flights a week for the Newark block of Allegheny’s routes. Budlong says he hopes to go on to law school because he knows that airline flying—like baseball playing—puts something of a prem- ium on youth, and he can’t expect it to go on forever. Although human breath usually is germ-free, the act of coughing, sneezing, speaking or even whis- HOME By ROBERT 8. TUCKMAN MUNSAN, Korea (#—The Com- munists today said they are ready to send home 600 disabled _prison- ers of war—a figure that includes only 150 Americans and other U. N. soldiers. The chief Allied negotiator asked for a recouat, and added: “I have hopes we will get more.” Rear Adm. John C. Daniel told the Communists their figure was “incredibly small,” and asked “that you have these figures re- | viewed.” He said later, however, that “I have no reason to believe ; at the present time that they are | The U. N. Command offered to | return 5,800 sick ind wounded Com- } munists—5,100 North Koreans and hold. Both sides administrative details of the ex- change. The U. N. Command ap-. pointed Col. Williard B. Carlock of Galveston, Tex.; Air Force Col. Douglas Kairns of Riverside, Calif. and South Korean Col. Lee Soo Yung. The Communists named North Korean Col. Lee Pyong Il and Chinese Col. Wang Ching. The staff officers went into ses- sion immediately after the liaison groups adjourned ior the day. Daniel asked the Communists for a complete revised text of the whole draft agreement on trans- fer of sick and wounded so the U. N. Command could consider any changes “in one package and ar- tive speedily to the items which are controversial.” The Commu- nists have agreed to the main points of Daniel’s plan, and said they will submit their versions of | the rest, The Allied protest on the Com- munist offer was the stiffest state- ment yet made in the three-day-old conference. It was the first note of discord in the otherwise smooth negotiations which Tuesday result- ed in agreement in principle to exchange disabled POWs. North Korean Maj. Gen. Lee Sang Cho told Daniel, “We have offered the figures of sick and in- jured prisoners of war only after we have checked the matter in detail. Accordingly, I cannot find any reason why the figures are incredibly small.” Daniel told newsmen the figure is “controversial.” “It depends on what category you put them in,” he said. ‘In| other words, how sick is a man?” | Of the 600 ailing prisoners the | Communists offered to return, 450 would be South Koreans. The rest | | would be Americans, British,; French, or other U. N. soldiers. | | U. N. sources said possible rea-| i \M. Cates, Jr., Is Promoted To Staff Sergeant | Mr. and Mrs, Myrtland Cates, }1014 Varela St., received a long distance call on Monday from their json Cpl. Myrtland Cates, Jr., of his promotion to Staff Sergeant on Saturday, March 28. Before being transferred to Fort Hood, Texas, last July he was graduaten from the Leadership not acting in good faith.” i 700 Chinese. This is 7 per cent of | the 83,000 pro-Communist prisoners | and 4 per cent of all prisoners } held by the Allies. The Communist / figure of 606 is 5 per cent of the f 12,000 to 13,000 U. N. and Korean } prisoners the Reds have said they | named lower- } level staff officers to work out i? Veteran Marine Hero To Speak To Amer. Legion First Lieutenant Birney A. Ad- ams, USMC, will speak at the Am- erican Legion Meeting tonight at 8 p.m. at the American Legion Home on Stock Island. nt ’ talk is entitled jthe U. S. Army advising them of | Ada s from a Foxhole.” He served one year in and the following decotations: Heart (3 stars), Letter of ean ition hen Combat V, Sil- ver % ‘ampaign Ribbon with 3 stars. Lieutenant Adams’ home is Seattle, Washington. He is married and has four children. He All Legionnaires are urged to at- yj tend this meeting and participa the activities of the Post a MYRTLAND CATES, JR. School in Fort Jackson, 8. C., as an honor student and a leader in the individual and specialized use of heavy weapons, instructing and tactics. At Fort Hood he was rated No. 1 in the class of Ranger Training, which specialized in hand to hand combat, Judo, physical fitness and demolition work with mines. For the past nine months he has been assigned as chief clerk typist to the Instructors’ office of the non - commissioned officers academy at Ford Hood. Sgt. Cates is a graduate of Key West High School, class of 1948. Before entering the Army he at- tended Florida State University for two arid a half years, At the completion of his Army service in August, he plans on en- tering Miami University to resume his law sthdies, FENCE POST TORPEDO Dwight, Il. ()—Francis Faa- rup, 21, a sailor, was “torpedo- ed” in his automobile recently by a fence post, As he drove his car along @ highway near here he fell asleep at the wheel. His car left the road and struck a guard rail, A post, torn loos¢ bythe impact, was driven through the front end of the car. The post rammed through the grill, over the mot or, into the body and hit the pering can spray germs for a con-! sons for the relatively few prison-|ftont seat, knocking it into the siderable distance. 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Some Allied estimates place the total at 65,000, More than a year ago, at Pan- munjom, the Reds explained the | discrepancy by saying large num- | bers of captured U. | Presumably South Koreans—were released at the front. Allied officers believe most of these men were drafted into the} | North Korean Army | Since any-disabled captives would | j hardly be drafted for war service, | the U, N. might reasonably expect | to find a higher proportion of sick and injured in the Red camps than | would be normal if the Reds had interned all their prisoners, If the Reds actualiy captured 50,000 more Allied troops than they have ever accounted for, the} United Nations—appiying the Reds” | own proportion of 5 per cent—/ | might expect to find about 2,500) j more disabled Allied soldiers than | | the 600 admitted by the Reds. | | The talks Wednesday lasted | slightly more than an hour. 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