Show ALUE REDS MAKE MAKEr MAKEI I f r I u. u N. N Restricts I I i M Side s SEOUL SEOUL Korea C July Ul 11 t. t Hi i fire Cease C e a as s e- e ef e f fir i r e representatives Wednesday made pro progress g res s stoward toward an agenda to discuss an armistice United Nations representatives representatives rep rep- es said Discussions will be resumed at 10 am a.m. Wednesday i 5 pm p.m. Tuesday MST l in Communist oc oc A issued by U U. U N N. Commander Gen Matthew i B B. B Ridgway's headquarters said the two opening sessions on Tuesday were vere held in an open and formal formal for for- mal atmosphere At the outset of the talks Vice Adm C C. Turner Joy head of the man five-man U U. N N. delegation announced announced an an- pounced discussions would be restricted to military matters in Korea He said the tine allies would not talk about anything else else no no politics no economics no n military mili- mili mili 4 li- li tary affairs elsewhere Ban U. U N N. Press PressA A All Allied 11 i e d war war correspondents were not p permitted in They will not be allowed to go Wednesday either as planned earlier Brig Gen Frank Allen chief of information announced that plans to send 16 correspondents to Wednesday were cancelled cancelled cancelled can can- celled because Gen Ridgway will do nothing to jeopardize the success of the conference He said newsmen would be besent besent besent sent to after artel the conference conference con con- ference is on the track and nd there is assurance it will ill stay on the tine track The report on Tuesdays Tuesday's sessions sessions ses ses- lions was given to the press by byan ah an Army officer who tho had not been at the tine hour four-hour meetings Designate House He lIe said Communists had designated designated designated des des- a United Nations house housein in the war ravaged city for the use of U U. N N. delegates The allies returned Tuesday night by helicopter to their peace cam camp at 1 without without with with- lOUt out comment Helicopter pilots had reported I the thc delegation was met by 15 jeep loads of Chinese including some bearing side arms They I said armed Chinese stood guard around the field where the Ule heli- heli I r See Sec Page PaJe 2 Column 1 I I I UI U N. N Reds See Progress On Peace Talks Agenda Continued from Page One copters were parked throughout the day The briefing officer said the American jeeps car carried r i cd the U. U Ns N.'s two admirals and three generals to U. U N N. House They traveled under armed Communist Communist fist escort Demand Withdrawal As the briefing officer was making his report the North Korean Communist r I radio a ad d i o 0 at ati i Pyongyang said that withdrawal of all foreign troops was one of oC the conditions of peaceful settlement settlement settlement settle settle- ment of the Korean war ar arThe The Red radio said eventual e solution of oC the Korean Korem problem should be left to the Korean Korem people themselves hes However the talks as the U. U N. N viewpoint was outlined outlined outlined out out- lined by Adm Joy Jor will be restricted restricted restricted re re- re- re entirely to military mat mat- In his opening statement he called on the five Red fled generals to show good faith in the negotiations negotiations negotiations and pledged the U. U N. N delegation would do the same This the admiral said would generate an atmosphere of con con- Hope for Success In such at atmosphere he said there is every ery reason to hope for success And he set strict limits to the subjects subject's of discussion Joy said the allies want a stable stahle peace but under no circumstances will they talk about 1 Political and economic matters matters mat mal tel's of any kind That includes the question of a United Nations I seat for Communist China I 2 2 f Military matters unrelated to Korea This ruled out Formosa Formosa Formosa For For- mosa and other trouble spots Joy said he and the other mili mil military military tary commanders comprising the U. U N N. delegation would discuss military matters in Korea necessary necessary sary to end hostilities in n Korea I under conditions which will twill assure assure assure as as- sure against their resumption Rule Out All Else The They wont won't talk about anything else Fighting will continue except in the neutral zone until a fire cease agreement is reached and an Clan approved armistice armistice armistice armis armis- tice commission is prepared to function t r The admirals admiral's statement was made at a brief session opening the negotiations Sources in Tokyo predicted the talks would last for weeks The 10 opposing commanders met from 11 a am a.m. m. m Monday l i MST l until 1231 pm p.m. Then they Then they recessed until 4 1 pm p.m. 1 am a.m. EST Military l releases made no mention mention mention men men- tion of what the Chinese and North Korean generals said in their opening statement Press releases by the U. U N. N were the only source for newsmen of the western world on what happened Agree on Zones The only announced agreement reached by the delegates in the opening session was that there would be no fighting in lIin those neutral zones agreed upon and through the route to In preliminary sessions Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day the Communists turned down downan an Allied offer to create a 3 neutral neutral neu- neu ral strip centered on 25 miles long and ten miles wide It 1 would I have nv stretched from base of the U. U N. N negotiators negotiators to in North Korea The Communists said slid they would rely on the U. U N. N com- com I mander in Gen Matthew B. B Ridgway not to launch any attacks at at- attacks tacks in the area Ridgway Ridgway Ridgway way previously declared a neutral neutral neutral neu neu- zone radiating five miles around The pro Communist Hong Kong newspaper Ta Kung Pai said the Sunday meeting showed clearly who the host and the guest were I Made all Plans I We I named the place made all I necessary preparations directed the landing of the helicopter guided American and South I Korean Pre President sid e n t S liaison officers to the II mc mating ting and feted them with food and arld wine The U. U N. N negotiators declined I Red offers of Vodka and beer ate their own rations I IThe The official Chinese Communist Communist I radio said merely that preliminary sessions concluded concluded con licon- eluded smoothly Admiral Joy and his four fellow negotiators left by helicopter helicopter helicopter heli heli- copter for the first formal armistice armistice armistice armi armi- stice session T Tuesday morning determined to lito do our part to bring about an honorable armistice armistice armistice armi armi- stice on terms that are satisfactory satisfactory satisfactory tory to the U. U N. N command Releases Copy Joy gave a copy of his statement statement statement state state- ment to correspondents It was written in pencil I Honorable was heavily un un- un- un General Ridgway in a confident confident confident dent mood wished his three generals generals generals gen gen- and two admirals good goodluck goodluck luck as the whirring blades of their five helicopters kicked up upa a dust cloud Then he visited division command posts on the western front and flew lIew back to Seoul SeO in mid afternoon j |