THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1950.
PEKING READY TO TALK PEACE Prepared To Stop At Parallel For Further Negotiations
Apparently Willing To
Discuss Their Own Terms
Lake Success, Dec. 10.
A meeting of the 13 Asian and Middle East nations who made the "Stop at the 38th Parallel" appeal to the Communists in Korea was called for today on an emergency basis. The meeting had been scheduled for tomorrow.
Vietnamese
Decide Not To
Evacuate
Paris, Dec. 10.
in
The Vietnamese Council of Ministers today decided against any measure of evacuation North Vietnam which "might
idea give a mistaken
of the extent of the imminence of any danger in the Red River Delta," Agence France Presse reported from Saigon.
The
evacuation of French women and children from the Tongking
"rice bowl" delta bridgehead in North Vietnam has been going on for several
days.
Council
of the the
The Vietnamese Ministers decided to send Armed Forces Minister to north to inspect the Vietnamese forces and take "measures in- posed by circumstances" in agreement with the French Command,
The Indian delegation, which has been taking the leading part in the negotiations here with the Chinese Communist delegation, received new instructions from its government today.
These were believed to have been sufficiently encouraging to warrant quick action.
that the Communists, in effect, agree to stop fighting to start negotiations.
India and the 12 other nations who made the appeal are ex- pected to call tomorrow for an immediate cease-fire in Korea: What the basis of those ne- Observers here believed that gotiations will be is still un- both sides in the conflict will certain, though reports reaching Indian sources said that the agree to heed the call.
Communist Govern- Tonight's inceting, which will Chinese be held
dis- in the home of Sir ment wanted an overall Benegal Narsing Rau, chief In-cussion of Asian problems by dian delegate, was called to put Britain, America, the finishing touches to the re- China. solution which it now appears be introduced into likely will the United Nations' Political Committee tomorrow.
"Russia and
NO QUIBBLES
Indian delegation circles here
The resolution, it was under-expressed the view that this is not the time to quibble about one without stood, is a short
any basis for negotiations but any preamble and containing
that the main task is to stop the fighting as soon as possible.
cease-
two main conditions:
immediate (1) An re on the 38th Parallei.
(2) Establishment of a de-
zone along militarised
the Parallel, pending negotiations. "ENCOURAGING” Usually well-informed sour- ces said that the last meeting here between Sir Benegal Rau It also decided that the Viet- namese Army should be formed and Mr Wu Hsiu-chuan. head without conscription.
The conference was attended by Bao Dai, head of the State of
spent Vietnam, who had
four days in Saigon, and the Gover- nors of North, Central and South Vietnam.
of the Peking delegation, was held in an "encouraging atmo- sphere."
Sir Benegal said yesterday that talks with Communist China indicated that she was giving "careful consideration" to the 13-nation appeal to halt her forces at the 38th Parallel.
an
The Peking Government was "desirous of bringing fighting to an end as early as possible", he
after reporters
80- told minute talk with Mr Wu.
Usually well-informed United Nations circles' said that the This also applied to a meet- Chinese Communist Govern- ing between Mr Trygve Lie, ment was prepared to attend a United Nations Secretary-Gen- roundtable conference with the eral, and Mr Wu yesterday. United States, Russia and Bri- Though the Peking Govern-tain, for an overall settlement Bao Dai flew back to Dalat, ment has made no direct his residence in Southern Viet promise yet that it would agree Eastern crisis-but only on
all the issues in the Far nam, after the conference, the to a cease-fire on the 38th French news agency said.- Parallel, there were strong in- footing of absolute equality.
tr dications
China was also reported Reuter.
many sides
want a "peaceful solution" of all issues, including Formosa as well as Korea,
from
Britain And America
May Be In Conflict
Over Peace Moves
Washington, Dec. 10. -
of
Yvonne spent her hollda y enticingly in the middle of the Spider's Web, catching the sun. She intended to become a school mistress, but she took to modelling and film work instead. Picture was taken at the Spider's
Web pool in Hertford,
A Breather Achieved
Kashmir Issue
Srinagar, Dec. 10. The Kashmir Chief Minister, Sheikh .Mohammed Abdullah, told a public meeting in the border town of Uri tonight that the decisions of the State Consti- tuent Assembly, proposed to be set up next year, would apply to Pakistan-held areas also.
The Assembly is intended to decide "for ever" the issue of
London, Dec. 10. The Prime Minister, Mr Ole- ment Attlee, will come home early next week to expressions of approval from Western Europe for helping to avert what looked 10 days ago like Kashmir's accession to India or Pakistan if the United Nations a the curtain-raiser to World
Security Council had not resolved War III.
the Kashmir
The nations of Europe ex-time. cept for the Communists, wel- comed the results of the Truman-Attlee conference as a victory for their "no war with China" policy.
Sir Benegal tonight denied a news agency report in New India had received
The the Chinese from assurances
their Communists that
forces would Parallel.
not
Tcss the 38th
NO ASSURANCES
Sir Benegal said that he had received no such assurances from any source.
He confirmed previous re-
Attlee-Truman pro- not entirely nouncement had
some sections of Satisfied statesmen and the press, but there was general relief that a "breather" had been achieved.
This was underlined by the report that the Big Three diplomats in Paris had agreed to invite the Soviet Union into Four peace conference and that the Chiefs of Staff
Diplomatic officials here wanted to know to-ports to the effect that while a Big
the Chinese Communists had
day what price the Chinese Communists would de- mand if they agreed to halt their Korean offen- sive at the 38th Parallel.
The State Department declined to comment and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Mr Tom Connally, would not speculate on what might be in the wind.
dispute by that
Abdullah told peasants today that the Assembly would have reserved seats for representa- tives from Pakistan-held areas. -Reuter.
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not said that they would heed were meeting here on Tuesday come, should be addressed to the a cease-fire request from the to polish the plan for an Atlan- United Nations, India and the tic Army under General Dwight
Eisenhower.-United Press. 12 other
were Asian nations proceeding with a resolution for a cease-fire under the firm hope that such a proposal would halt at the Chinese Communists.
not
be unacceptable
Parallel would be to the made because official Chinese
acceptance of it might "weaken! Sir Benegal will confer to- our moral stand". The reply night with Mr Ernest Gross, to the appeal would be given second in command in the on the battlefield, General Wu tain and the United States over
American delegation to the was reported as saying. broad policy in Asia were made
United Nations, before he Sir abundantly clear in the joint meets at 11 p.m. GMT, of all Far
with statement lesued late Friday by the 12 other Asian delegates President Truman and Mr
on the question of drafting the Attlee.
cease-fire resolution.
Other sources noted that the Chinese are said to be demand- ing full discussion Eastern problems as a basis for settlement of the Korean war, demanding admission to the Ur.ited Nations and transfer The President and his Secre- of Formosa to the Peking gov-tary of State, Mr Dean Acheson, pre willing to negotiate only on
ernment.
at odds with the British, who think it only 'common sense" also to touch on Formosa and other problems in general talks.
There has peen no Indication of the purpose of the con- ference between Mr Gross and Sir Benegal.-Reuter.
WILLING TO HALT
NOTICE
THE SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING of
HONGKONG SOCIETY
FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN will be held in
reporters Benegal told yesterday that General Wu had THE informed him Peking was giving "careful consideration" to the appeal and was desirous to bring the fighting to an end as early as possible."
St. John's Cathedral Hall
General Wu gave Slr Benegal no iron-clad guarantees because several other diplomatic ques- Thursday, tions had to be resolved.
on
December 14 at 5.30 p.m.
All interested in Child Welfare are cordially invited
Diplomatic authorities, Korea itself. In this, they are thought this might create a difficult political situation in the United Nations by drama-
The Chinese "reply" was tising the differences between
Sources near to the Indian made with the tacit understand- States Britain and the United
It was thought that if delegation said the Chinese ing that the United Nations over long-range policy in negotiations actually materialls- Communist representative, forces would also respect the Asia.
ed, there was a definite pos- General Wu Hsiu-chuan, told Parallel line and not reinvade to attend. They speculated that the sibility the Anglo-American Sir Benegal Rau yesterday that North Korea. Communist agreement to "peace | differences might broaden the Peking government was The Indians indicated that discussions" might well aplit into disputes among coun- willing to halt troops at the the world organisation into two tries of the United Nations Parallel as a basis for negotia- conflicting bodies of opinion on which heretofore have main- tions. the question of just how "broad" | talned a generally united stand General Wu is reported to negotiations should be.
In the Korean affair-United have said that no formal reply The differences between Bri-Press.
to the 13-nation
appeal for a
the earlier appeal was drafted with this implication, and al- though no official Western reac- tion was available here, It was believed the West would abide by it.-United Press.
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