NO REPLY FROM COMMUNISTS
TENSION IN TOKYO
(Rec. 12.5 a.m.) TOKYO. July 1. Tne failure of the Chinese and North Korean Communists to acknowledge General Ridgway’s truce offer did not lessen the belief among headquarters officers in Tokyo that the enemy must eventually do so. The exterior calm around General Ridgway’s headquarters could not hide the tension which gradually mounted hour by hour as officers waited an indication from the Pyongyang radio or Peking that the Communists were willing to begin talks which could lead to an end of the Korean war. The United States radio system, the “Voice of America,” and 76 Japanese radio stations for the second day continued to broadcast General Ridgway’s offer to the Communists.
Officers in Tokyo said that if the Communists did not reply, pamphlets containing the offer would be dropped over the Communist lines in Korea.
There is still no official word about the composition of the United Nations truce delegation, but it is believed that General Ridgway is most likely to name the United Nations’ field commander. Lieutenant-General James van Fleet to head the delegation. General van Fleet would probably be assisted by Lieutenant-General Doyle Hickey, General Ridgway’s Chief of Staff.
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26462, 2 July 1951, Page 7
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