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Writer's Ruse Got Papers Past Reds
Rejrinning tomorrow,
'The Advertiser' will
publish a series of arti
cles hv the London 'Obser-
ver correspondent rmnp
Deane. describing his expe
riences in Korea, where he
was interned for nearly three
years bv the North Koreans.
Dispatches from Deane]
giving a broad outline ofi
what he saw and suffered!
have already appeared in
'The Advertiser' and some;
people have wondered how
he has been able to write
about his captivity in so
much detail.
The 'Observer' explains
that Deane brought out with
lim an almost complete day
jy-day record of his experi
;nces. As soon as he was
;aptured. he began to think
&rhat he would write, when
md if he were freed. He
was strenethened in his de
termination by fellow pri
soners, who urged him on
in this task: those who were
prisoners in the last war will
lenow what close comrade
ship imprisonment can en
gender.
At first, he used a bor
rowed pencil and scraps of
:oarse paper. Later he man
aged to steal better paper
and a oen nib from his Rus
sian indoctrinator. He wrote
in Greek, or in English,
using Greek lettering, to de
crease the chances of de
ciphering. On one quarto
sheet of paper, he contrived
to fit 6,000 words. Sometimes
he wrote between the lines
of the Russian propaganda
literature which his captors
supplied.
He brought out his docu
ments bv making them into
curved pads and fitting them
into his clothes at his back
and round the calves of his
legs. At the North Korean
frontier, he staged a hys
terical scene when some
other papers, mere exercises,
were taken from him, as he
had intended, and this diver
sion proved successful.
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