WAR PRISONERS EXCHANGE

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27011, 10 April 1953, Page 9

WAR PRISONERS EXCHANGE

Details Of Enemy Offer (N.Z. Press Association— Copyright) (Rec. 10.40 p.m.) SEOUL, April 9. hand over -,°^ e at P anm unjon today to hand over to the United Nations Command 100 sick and wounded prisoners a day, once the exchange agreethlv ha^e S nrn° That WOuid mean tha * th ® 600 thev have promised to return—including 150 nonda°ys eanS ~ W ° U d be eXchanged within the span of six to *" amen dments proposed by the mechanics of ». *” settl^| he but ar the S cMef e it**, proposed exchange was not Tdrniral . U . n,ted Nations Liaison Officer, RearAdmiral John Daniel, later told correspondents it was quite possible that the agreement would be signed tomorrow. Q ,J h . e '?' mmuaists have intimated that they would be begln exchang ‘ ng ten days after signing the

At today’s meeting of the liaisdn groups, the Communists also suggested increasing the number of security guards * n anm unjon area. The Communist amendments, which were confined to details, also would remove the restrictions the Allies want on the movement of the convoys carrying prisoners from their camps to Panmunjon. The Communists sought to delete an Allied request for advance notifica-

tion of where convoys would make their stops. The liaison groups met for 81 minutes today, the fourth day of the current talks, and will meet again tomorrow. The staff officers of both sides met later.