Word: 38th
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Korean war will certainly come up for full-dress debate. Unless North Korean troops stage a comeback, the U.N. will probably be faced with the question of whether its forces are to occupy Korea north of the 38th parallel. Representatives of some nations which have so far supported U.N. action in Korea may propose that U.N. forces be halted at the old border...
...position to remind them that such action would permit the North Koreans to get ready for another invasion. The U.S. can and probably will argue for the unification of the Korean Republic-which will mean the destruction of Communist control north of the 38th parallel...
...Communists enter the war. All of the experts feared that war with Mac would be fruitless for both sides and Fairbank and Hopper feel that Chinese entry into the Korea fight is a possibility. Fairbank says there is still a danger of Chinese intervention if U.N. troops cross the 38th parallel. War with Red China, he said, would be a bleeding conflict in which "we could not beat them or they...
...fashionable, however, for U.S. commanders and correspondents to surmise that the Communists were running out of horsepower. U.S. intelligence reported two new North Korean tank brigades, ready for action but not yet committed, and equipped with 84 brand-new Russian T-34s. U.S. carrier-plane pilots, raiding behind the 38th parallel, reported damaging 35 tanks at Pyongyang-which seemed to indicate that enemy tank replacements were not drying up. Said General Walker: "I don't believe we're in great danger, but we may get a bloody nose. The enemy can still slug with both fists...
...question of Korea's future before the U.N. Assembly when it meets at Flushing in mid-September. Last week the word at Flushing was that the Assembly, not hamstrung by the veto, would probably recommend that the U.N. army in Korea 1) push beyond the 38th parallel, and 2) establish a unified regime for all Korea, under U.N. supervision...