THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1951.
MEDIATION EFFORTS FAILURE Three-Man Cease-Fire Group Issues Its Report Unable To Recommend Any Solution At Present
Lake Success, Jan. 3. The three-man cease-fire group reported to the United Nations Political Committee today that it had failed to negotiate a cease-fire with the Chinese Communist forces in Korea.
Sir Benegal Narsing Rau, the chief Indian delegate to the United Nations and a member of the group, gave the Committee what he called a plain and unvarnished account of what the group had attempted to do since Dec. 14 of last year.
The basis for the negotiations which the group felt |
to be reasonable was:
1. The cessation of all acts ably feel that our
report is
of armed force in the whole of little more tham a record of Korea,
2.-The establishment of a demilitarised area across Korea about 20 miles in depth with the southern limit of the 38th Parallel.
Te-
3. All ground forces to main in position or be with- drawn to the rear:
Forces, including guerillas, to be moved to the rear of the de- militarised area.
4.-The cease-fire to be
supervised by a United Nations Commission which should have free access
· Korea.
to the whole of
5. No further reinforcements to be introduced by either side. 6.-Prisoners to be exchanged
on a one for one basis,
APPROACH MADE
Two auxiliary points: in the programme for the cease-fire negotiations included
appro- priate steps to ensure the secu- rity of the forces, the movement of refugees and the problems of civil government and policing in the demilitarised zone.
failure. But failure does not mean that the effort was not worthwhile or that We should not try it again.
were .
"If, by any chance, there another world war, history would record that we made all efforts to avert it.:
"A world war would mean the end of the United Nations as a world organisation.
effort to maintain peace even if "We should go on with every the first effort had failed."
Mr Jacob Malik, the chief Soviet delegate, followed im- mediately after with a long list of accusations against the United States and Britain for allegedly sabotaging the peace efforts in Korea.
He said: "It is quite clear from a number of official and unofficial statements in America and Britain. that the United States does not really want a cessation of the hostilities in Korea.
It was also proposed that the "On the contrary, it is clear General Assembly should con- that, the United States intends firm the cease-fire arrangement to press forward with aggression, which should continue in effect It has already categorically re- until
superseded by further jected all the resolutions which steps to be approved by the would have brought the with- United Nations.
drawal of troops and a peaceful settlement.
the
Sir Benegal Rau reported that United Nations Unified Command had accepted these
"The true intentions. terms as a satisfactory basis for ruling circles of the United a cease-fire.
States are to press forward with The group then attempted to their hopeless adventure." discuss the question
with the
Chinese People's Republic re- presentative in New York, General Wu Hsiu-chuan.
Nasrollah
"ANGLO-U.S. BLOC"
Mr Malik then cited a number
on Dec. 16 by Mr
dicated that the "ruling circles" Entezam, the President of the of the United States were seek- General Assembly and chair-ing war and not peace.
man of the group,
On Dec. 16 a request
was Govern-
New York and give him powers to negotiate.
Among these were the clamation of
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SEOUL
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were ordered to give up with- out a fight ground which they died taking”
COUNTER-ATTACK
Near
smouldering Uijongbu, on the central road 11 miles troops north of Seoul, 300 Australian mounted guns on 20 tanks and raced headlong into a counter-attack dreds of Communists on either killing hun-
side of the road.
Fifth Air Force planes in- flicted more than 1,200 casual- ties when they slashed back at the advancing Communist armies. Shooting Star jets killed or wounded about 200 about 1,000 Communists north-west of Uijongbu.
of
On the road from the north- west to Seoul the United Na- tions troops today abandoned Munsan, a road town on the southern bank of the River.
Imjin
Fighter bombers hit the area around Munsan, about 20 miles from Sequl.
In the mountainous east coast area wave after wave
of
An obviously loud and confident appeal for LBW is made by Lindwall with Washbrook, the England opening bat, poised in front of the wicket after the ball had hit his pads. An incident during England's first innings in the second Test Match at Melbourne, showing how Washbrook lost his wicket.-
Central Press.
Full Soviet Reply
In Moscow Papers
Without Comment
They indicated that these were "analogous" with the notes ex- and changed with the United States Britain after the Soviet proposal two months ago calling for four-Power talks on Ger- many,
Moscow, Jan. 3.
It is believed that the Ameri- can Minister in Paris, Mr Charles Bohlen discussed the note
Office of- with Foreign ficials before he left for
Washington tonight.
fighters and bombers smashed of the
into the Communists trying to move southwards. Four Chinese Communist armies and two North
this Korean corps on
All Moscow papers today published the full front and in the centre may try to capture the important text of the Soviet reply to the Western note pro- communications centre of Won- The first attempt was made of facts which, he said, in-ju, 55 miles southeast of Seoul, posing "Big Four" talks, but without comment.
according to General Mac-
The papers devoted three The French reply to the Arthur's Intelligence Section. columns of their second pages, Russian note will be the same Fighting was reported at two the usual place for Foreign as that sent by America and places south of Hongchon, on Ministry communiques, for the Britain. the road from Churchon pro-
to text of the reply to France and made to the Peking
Wonj At a state of emer-
one place United the French note to the Soviet ment through the Swedish Em-gency
in the United States Nations troops cleared out 500 Union on Dec, 22. bassy to keep General Wu inobilisation plans for a "four- Communists blocking the rod
fold increase" in
south of Hongchen, military equipment,
United "the intensification
Nations air strikes of war hysteria and the military damaged or destroyed 79 Com- were claimed today to have aggressive plot hatched in Brussels," a number of "aggres- sive speeches by President Truman and Mr Dean Acheson, and the imposition of an economic blockade on China. The first news of the burning Mr Malik accused the "Anglo-city of Seoul came from corres- For this reason the Peking
American bloc" of having forced
pondents who flew from the Government cabled that Gen the United Nations to take an
emptying airfield to Japanese eral Wu had no cause to re-
"illegal and hostile” attitude bases
after their communica- main in New York.
towards the Chinese People's tions had gone dead. Subsequently
the group re- Republic,
Reuter correspondent Alex ceived from Peking, a copy of "It is time for the United Valentine said that long lines, of a 'long statement, first issued Nations to put an end to these men and vehicles were moving by Peking Radio on Dec. 22, in insults against the Chinese from the city. which the entire cease-fire ef- People's Republic," he declared. fort was branded as a "United Mr Malik reiterated that the capital. States. intrigue."
only possible terms for a settle- Sir Benegal then reportenment in Korea were: that, after receiving this state- 1.-The withdrawal of ment from Peking, the group foreign troops. had been forced to the follow- ing conclusion:
as
2
PEKING'S REPLY The reply from Mr Chou En- lai, the Peking Foreign Minister, was that
Communist Chinese representative had not taken part in the Assembly pro- ceedings these were regarded as "illegal and null and void."
munist-held towns-Reuter.
TERROR IN SEOUL
Tokyo, Jan. 4.
of
Observers here pointed out that the Soviet reply failed to mention the United Nations resolution about the desirability four-Power talks, referred to in the Western notes.
This, in conjunction with the Soviet rejection of New York as a suitable place to hold pre- liminary talks, is taken to signify a Soviet desire not to have the talks associated with the United Nations but confined to matters judged purely within the com- petence
Council sky Foreign Ministers.
Diplomatic circles here ex-
Terror spread in the doomed
"Buildings suddenly burst into flames, and from the red glow all spreading towards the
embers fell onto those who
of
the
the Soviet reply,
of
Diplomatic. quarters think that the Russians are anxious to engage in negotiations, or resume a more normal manner of diplomatic relations, but they felt that prudence on the part of the Western Powers in considering their reply is call- ed for-Reuter.
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2.--Allow the Korean people stayed until the last," Valentinepressed mingled feelings over. tries. $1.10 per month to settle their political problem | reported. "In these circumstances, and among themselves. in spite of its best efforts, the
The roads leading south from
· He then followed with group regrets that it has been lengthy
a the city were swarming with
There was guarded optimism account unable to pursue the discussion atrocities committed
of alleged refugees and troops.
in French and British diplomatic- by of a satisfactory cease-fire ar- United Nations forces in Korea, flames on the United Nations among American diplomats.
the The flaming capital ́and circles but little satisfaction rangement. «
quoting for this purpose from defences about ***It therefore feels that no re-
three miles The Russians may prove to a number of publications. commendation in regard to
north of Seoul threw into relief be more. conciliatory if
Printed and published by the cease-fire can usefully be matletical Committee adjourned un-fied from their thrice
On a British motion, the Poll the straggling refugees as they Deputy Foreign Ministers dis-William Alick Grinham for and
"libe- cuss
on behalf by it at this time. til Friday to allow the members rated capital.
for a four- an agenda
of South China DID THEIR BEST
Power to consult on the next measure
meeting, than a first Morning Post Limited at 1-3 News of the burning city reading of their note of Dec. Victoria in the Colony of Hong- Wyndham Street City at At the conclusion of the to be taken following the broke after a blanket of silence 31 might suggest, diplomatic group's report, Sir Benegal group's failure to negotiate a which covered the Seoul area quarters in Paris thought to- added: "Most people will prob- cease-fire, Reuter
during the day. Reuter.
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