TRUCE TALKS BROKEN OFF
U.N. Ultimatum To Communists
(H.z. Pres, Association— Copyright) (Rec. 11 p.m.) t*u t t *4. j tvt • SEOUL, October 8 ther armisto a™d’“^ , u O<,a> ? r ° ke °? tar ' go to Panmunjon again until the p. unced . rt would not Le of three Or 0 •
an< * CommuniB ‘ negotiators met today after a The talks are now adjourned indefinitely. proposals to**end the Tnh-' major kernel N^* Ons offered three the repatriation of sT b L° cklng an armistice— Communist propaganda broadcasts. 6 ° ffer WaS denounced in Harrison, emphasised" 1 that ' f ' e " eral Wi Uiam not ending the discussions hut st d Nations Command was would beta unWe Conrm„n Un f erBt <t Od that the te,ks
MM m S ‘? temen ‘._ General Harrison told the Communists: “It should now the United Nations Command wall never agree to any proposition which violates its basic principle o£ , < 2° forced repatriation. h P cP’X,J? I , lted . N ®‘‘. ons will not come “J?® merely to listen to abuse and raise propaganda.” K s .? id an \, solution offered to break the deadlock on the prisoner issue must be made in writing, through the liaison officers, before the United Nations command would consider returning to Panmunjon to discuss it. General Harrison told a news conference: “This does not mean that the talks are over. We are prepared to negotiate when there is something to negotiate ”
General Mark Clark, in a prepared statement, said: “It is now up to the Communists to show whether they “i? arrn *stice. The Communists
today have rejected our proposals. They still made no constructive proposal of their own, and have again continued to use the meetings at Panmunjon solely for vilification and false propaganda.”
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Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26857, 9 October 1952, Page 9
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