Word: frudden
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Flanked by his British, Filipino and Korean colleagues, American Rear Admiral Mark Frudden of the United Nations Command (U.N.C.) took his place at the long table in the Armistice Commission conference room in Panmunjom. He looked up at Major General Han Chu-Kyong, his gray-uniformed North Korean counterpart, and came right to the point: "I have called this meeting for one purpose," he said, "to inform you that our side calls for punishment of those responsible for the murder of the U.N.C. officers...
...Frudden was expressing the U.S. insistence that the North Koreans take responsibility for the killing of Major Arthur G. Bonifas and Lieut. Mark T. Barrett in an argument over the trimming of a poplar tree (TIME, Aug. 30). The trouble was, there seemed no way to enforce that demand except by outright military action, a step the U.S. was unwilling to take. Already, it had ordered the carrier Midway into Korean waters and sent B-52s on simulated bombing runs near the truce lines. The most that had ensued was a statement from North Korea's Communist dictator...
...Major General Han simply ignored Frudden's demand. Instead, he proposed something the U.S. had suggested in 1970, namely that the military personnel of the two sides be separated by a demarcation line to avoid future clashes. As the 48-minute meeting adjourned, Frudden promised that the U.S. would study...
...hopeful that the U.S. would take a hard line toward Pyongyang, had by midweek accepted moderation as the only course. Thus about the only concrete result will be a separation of the opposing forces-assuming that the U.S. accepts Pyongyang's demarcation proposal. At week's end, Frudden was holding out for guarantees of safety for U.N.C. personnel before doing so. But both sides also agreed to hold tentative lower-level talks on the idea. Uneasy peace seemed about to resettle over the rice fields and barbed wire...
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