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...behind. "We, the delegation from the United Nations command, are leaving for Kaesong fully conscious of the importance of these meetings to the entire world. We are proceeding in good faith to do our part to bring about an honorable armistice . . ." The word "honorable" was heavily underscored. Supreme Commander Ridgway accompanied the admiral to his 'copter. As the machine rose, Joy, responding to the correspondents' farewells, crossed his fingers and rolled his eyes heavenward. Ridgway said to the newsmen, with unaffected earnestness: "This is a historic moment...
...Matt Ridgway saw his opening and moved decisively. Over General Nam Il's head, he sent a crisp, soldierly message...
...conference table, Admiral Joy again demanded that allied newsmen be admitted to Kaesong. Replied General Nam: "The matter must be reserved." Then Joy read a sharp message from Ridgway: "The presence of ... newsmen at a conference of such major importance to the entire world is considered an inherent right by members of the United Nations . . ." Matt Ridgway had decided to force the issue. Joy told the Reds that a truckload of 20 newsmen would go to Kaesong next...
Third Day. As the correspondents started out next morning for the conference, Ridgway wished them luck. At the Communist check point north of the Imjin River, armed Red guards told the convoy commander that it could not pass. There was a wary and polite argument. The man who pretended to be in charge of the Red roadblock was a nervous young North Korean lieutenant. The man actually in charge was a small, pock-marked Chinese. As the dispute waxed hotter, the Chinese coached the young North Korean more & more openly...
...Reds, now rocked by General Ridgway's decisive reversal of the course of the truce conference, are not trying the full-blast victory theme in Europe - be cause they know that they cannot get away with it, and knew it even before Ridgway struck the issue. Instead, they are plugging the peace theme. Communist papers complain of Ridgway's truculence in breaking off the talks, represent the Communists as "patient," the U.S. as "power mad." The London Daily Worker printed a photomontage showing five smiling world leaders sitting around a conference table: Truman, Stalin, France's Schuman...