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KOREAN TALKS
NEUTRAL OBSERVER
TEAMS WANTED
TOKYO, Wed.-The Communists today rejected
thq United Nations idea of joint inspection teams to
see that the Korean armistice is enforced, and insisted
that such observation must be carried out by
"neutrals."
The Communists said that
Czechoslovakia, Poland, Swit
zerland, Sweden and Denmark
would be satisfactory neutrals
for the ins ection.
They toldlthe United Nations
armistice negotiators at Pan
munjom that they wanted to
defer the appointment of ob
servers until after agreement on
the conditions for policing a
truce.
The Allied briefing officer
(Lieut.-Col. H. Levie) said
that the Communists also
made it clear that no person
on either side should be per
mitted to inspect behind the
lines of the other side.
He said that the Communists
still had not given any indica
tion whether they would per
mit observers to inspect any
areas other than ports of entry.
nor did they modify their strict
opposition to United Nations
troop rotations.
The negotiators today spenjt
2* hours on the exact meaning
of the Communist proposals.
Over half the time they were
discussing one point-the defi
nition of the Communists'
phrase "port of entry."
Quiet Front
The United Nations com
munique today announced that
the Korean warfront was again
all quiet yesterday, with activ
ity confined to reconnaissance
patrdls.
The Air Force. reported sight
ing 1,200 Communist supply
vehicles during the night.
In South Korea behind the
United Nations lines South
Korean forces tightened a net
round more than 2,000 Com
munist-led guerillas in the
Chiri Mountains.
Naval units continued their
bombardment of Communist
coastal installations.
British and U.S. Marines on
Monday night, for the second
time in two days, made a dar
ing raid behind Communist
lines south of Songjin, on the
north-east Korean coast, the
Navy announced today.
The two raids apparently were
designed to cut the enemy's
main east-coast supply road
connecting Songjin and the big
port of Wonsan.
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