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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1950.

U.N. FORCES PAUSE ON NEW LINE Tokyo Talking In Terms Of Ultimate Complete Withdrawal Only Chinese Halt At 38th

Parallel Will Stop It

Tokyo, Dec. 6.

once

Chinese Com-

The_retreating United Nations Eighth Army, more out of contact with hotly pursuing munists, paused tonight on new defence line south of Pyongyang.

a

be- But military and diplomatic observers in Tokyo

cease-fire or a lieved that only Chinese acceptance of a halt at the 38th Parallel could Nations withdrawal from Korea.

ILSE KOCH

STILL FIGHTING

avert

a complete United

The Eighth Army's line, stretching some 40| miles inland from the west coast, was in danger of a new envelopment by Chinese massing on its flank near Koksan, 48 miles south-east of Pyong- yang.

Military sources admitted privately here that the line might be pulled back to just below the Parallel where there was a good defensive position along the Imjin River, some 48 miles south of the Tearfully but still showing Chinese spearheads at Koksan.

Augsburg, Dec. 6.

signs of fight, Ilse Koch, the red-haired "witch" of the Buchenwald concentration all wit- camp, today accused

including a Catholic nesses, priest, who had festifled so far in her trial before a German court here, of perjury.

This would bring the army! nearer the port of Inchon where

its main striking force landed RAF

in September and which would most likely be used for an evacuation.

It would also bring an answer The 150 spectators in the to the question whether the court reared a protest at this Chinese intend to push on south which brought a sharp reproval from the presiding judge, Dr George Maginot.

Koch, is charged with 45 murders and complicity in 135

more..

gence

reports

chief,

from

IN

CRASH Britain, photographed with his wife at their New York

SPAIN

Gibraltar, Dec. 6.

of the Parallel border between The ten people aboard the North and South Korea.

Royal Air Force Wellington General MacArthur's intelli-bomber, which crashed in Spain General yesterday, were today presumed Major - Willoughby, said ecently to have been killed,

prisonerrs The Wellington, which carried At the end of a heated ten. indicated that the Chinese might a crew of four or five, was one stop on the Parallel, leaving of eight which left Shawbury, morning minute passage with Dr

to Shropshire, yesterday Ma-rebuilt North Korean army

on a navigational training flight. ginot, Koch was sill maintain-continue the attack.

Rough weather included ing her original standoint that

The fighting on the north-thunderstorms and it was pre- she was a good family woman,

front, where three sumed here that the aircraft who had never left.. the Koch eastern

and two South was struck by lightning but villa in the middle of the camp, American

10th this has not been confirmed. except when she occasionally Korean divisions of the

encircle- Four of the aircraft landed at went with her two children to Corps face complete collect her husband, Karl Kech, ment by mass Communist for-Tangier, and three at Gibraltar.

The lost plane crashed the commandant, from

ces, also died down today.

Deniz on the Montgo mountain office.

STILL COMING IN range in the Alicante province.

Rescue parties which went out caught in a

his

Dr Maginot said: "No witness

ever said he saw you in camp Air and intelligence reports | yesterday, were with your children. Did you

said that Communist forces snowstorm.-Reuter. really take them or did you leave them behind because you were still pouring southwards wanted to spare them the sight of torture and suffering which was inevitable to be seen."

"The witnesses are lying," Koch said.

Manchuria.

from

near

across, the Yalu River Appeasement

United Nations warplanes continued their · non-stop at- tacks on rear areas and sup- ply bases as well as frontline

Maginot: "Do you mean that every witness who has spoken here under oath has perjured troops. himself?"

Out, Says Attlee

American pilots claimed that) Ilse Koch, flery and tearful, they had "largely destroyed" answered: "No" 18 times in suc- the town of Ambyon, some (Continued from Page 1) cession to a rapid fire of ques- three and a half miles from tloning by Dr Maginot. She the east coast port of Won- and different responsibilities denied ever having reported prisoners to the camp command-

san.

ant or having struck a prisoner Australian Mustangs reported with her riding whip, or having the complete destruction of ridden in the camp, or ever hav- Koksan, normally a town of ing carried a riding whip-5,000 population. Reuter.

ADENAUER

REJECTS

DUTCH PLANS

Bonn, Dec. 6.

there should be some differ- ences of emphasis."

RULE OF LAW

Mr Walter S. Gifford, new US Ambassador to Great

home. Mr Gifford, who succeeds Mr Lewis Douglas (who retired because of ill-health), is one of America's best business executives and held high executive posts under former Presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt.

British Public Men

Call For Cease-Fire

London, Dec. 6.

A Foreign Office spokesman said today that last night's 13-nation appeal to China and North Korea not to order their armies across the 38th Parallel was "at first sight a most helpful and constructive proposal.” .

The text of the proposal, made by governments in Asia and the Middle East, was being studied here, he added,

London evening papers gave front-page prominence today to the 13-nation appeal. They carried the statement on the appeal issued by the Indian delegates at Lake Success.

SUSPECTED POISONING

A 25-year-old woman Chie Yue-ping; a waitress at tho Ah Chow. Boarding House Pak Hol Street, Yaumati, was admitted to Kowloon Hospital at 3 am this morning when "found suffering from suspected poisoning.

The Washington · correspon- dent of the Star, P. H, Powell American State said that the Department seemed to think | she was well of the appeal and there appeared to be a "slight basis for hope of a compromise solu- tion in Korea."-Reuter.

In a letter published in the Times today, they said: "In our view, the United Nations forces have advanced beyond the posi- tions which the repelling of North Korean aggression de- manded."

"TIMES” LETTER

London, Dec. 6. A group of British public called for a cease- Mr Attlee said that the United men have

fire in Korea and an invitation Rumours here of a "Dun-States and Britain were two, kirk" led to the question members of the United Nations to Communist China to sit on "Where is the fleet?"

who, by their action in Korea, the Security Council. were asserting the rule of law. NAVAL SECRECY

"Our forces are fighting alongside yours and you may Complete secrecy has been be certain that in fair or foul maintained about the movement weather the British

flag will of the huge armada of warships fly beside yours," he said. and transports which landed Mr Attlee said that the pur-

The signatories to the letter the victorious army at Inchon 11 weeks ago

and then salled pose of the military operations included Lord Boyd-Orr, scien- by the United Nations in the Fortist, and Nobel . peace prize round to the east const.

East was to halt aggression and winner (9949), the author, J. B. The only news received has establish lasting conditions of

Priestly, and the Oxford been that a few Commonwealth peace.

economist, Mr G. D. H. Cole. a High Commissioner to control destroyers were blockading the.

bear in

They urged the United German troops in an Atlantic mouth of the Yalu River to mind that the peoples of the Nations to issuja statement of Pact army:

their Intentions, including a Such an appointment would prevent any Communist move- Far East have, some time or

declaration that if the Chinese ment by sea. "discriminate against the Ger

forces halted their offensive, no. man partner"; he said. Dr If General MacArthur decided we

further United Nations ativance Adenauer told a meeting of the to stand below the Parallel he troops

would be attempted.. Christian Democratic Party's could muster 200,000

force of All-German Committee here, against the potential that the hoped the Western 350,000 attributed to the Com- Alliez would soon make pro-munists of which only "250,000 estimated already com- posals for meeting the German bre wish for equality of rights.

The

The German Chancellor, Dr Konrad Adenauer, rejected. 10- day a Dutch proposal to appoint

mitted.

**We must

always

other, to live as neighbours and want them to be good neighbours." Mr Attlee de- clared.--Reutcr..

Desert Air Crash

Cairo, Dec., 6. The pilot: was reported killed prescat International But the United Nations would when a Royal Egyptian Air situation called for a revision of have armoured and artillery Force fighter plane crashed in desert near Caro Allied policy in Germany, he superiority as well as complete the Eastern

control of the air-Reuter.

today. Reuter. added.Reuter.

"No bombing operations; atomic or otherwise, should be launched by the United Nations in North Korea or Manchuria,

The immediate objective must be n cease-fire, followed by the creation of a neutral zone be- tween the contending_forces,”— Reuter.

She was discovered by a room boy about 2.30 am, in a semi-

conscious condition and a bottle of medicine was found beside her.

Her condition was reported to be fair.

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