Salt Lake Telegram | 1952-03-01 | Page 2 | Korea Truce Talks Enter Darkest Hour

Korea Truce Talks Enter Darkest Hour PANi I Korea March MarchI 1 I UP The UP-The The conference confer confer- ence entered its darkest hour hourIn hourIn hourin In six months Saturday when the Communists matched the United Nations ultimatum u 1 t i m 1 t u m against Russia as a neutral truce I Inspector with one of their own U. U N. N negotiators said there I I to be no uno prospect for foran foran foran an early armistice Reds Hurl Ultimatum A Communist staff officer told the U U. N. N command that the 1 14 day deadlock ck on Russia could be broken only if the U U. N. N either accepted the Soviet Union as a neutral inspector or permitted I her to lo belong to lo the commission without U U. N. N ratification Apart from these two Iwo sug sug- I said North Korean Col Cal Chang Chun San there will willbe willbe willi be no other solution in resolving this question I The Reds warned that they would eternally reject what the theAmes Allies Ames called the U U. Ns N.'s final and irrevocable opposition to Communist nomination of Soviet So So- iet viet Russia Hopelessly Deadlocked Prisoner exchange discussions appeared hopelessly deadlocked on methods of repatriating captives cap t tives ves and even relatively minor issues swelled grotesquely with uth bitter disagreement Truce negotiations have not been so near complete disaccord since last ast summer when the talks were broken off after a serIes of Communist violation charges I The talks were then deadlocked on the line issue SEOUL March l 1 CT United fl United Nations tanks Saturday rumbled into action on the muddy Korean Korean Korean Ko Ko- Ko- Ko rean warfront for the second straight day A tank infantry raiding unit unil backed up by intense artillery fire hammered Red targets south of on the central central central cen cen- front for more than an hour hourat at dawn Saturday Chinese artillery and mortar fire damaged two of the tanks The Thc tanks were pulled back to Allied lines 12 Tanks Des Destroyed royed That brought to lo 12 the number number num num- ber bel of Allied tanks destroyed or damaged Friday and Saturday Allied fighter bombers balanced balanced bal hal off part of this loss Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day afternoon The Mustangs i and Marine Corsairs caught a camouflaged Red tank convoy I north of and destroyed destroyed de de- de- de strayed three and badly damaged damaged dam dam- aged six U. U N. N infantrymen fought off offa a company of charging Chinese in darkness near on Chor on the central front in the small hours Saturday