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Through the glassless windows of the conference house, the allied newsmen could see the delegates huddled over maps on a small round tea table. Several times laughter was heard and the spokesmen were seen to be talking off-the-cuff, two or more sometimes talking at once, which was a refreshing change from the stiff silences and the set speeches of the plenary sessions. When the meeting was over, General Hodes allowed himself to be photographed with his arm around North Korea's complaisant...
...Spokesmen. But peace, if it comes, will still find the Koreans. Said a U.S. Red Cross man: "I've seen the Korean starve to death. I've seen him freeze to death. I've seen him burned by napalm, mangled by bombs, crippled by bullets. I've seen doctors chop off his leg with only a cigarette to kill the pain, but I haven't heard a word of complaint yet. Accepting misfortunes without complaint or bitterness, he expects others to do the same. It can make him the most cruel creature in the world...
...failed dismally. Rather than risk government "persuasion" to join the army, many young men, particularly in the south, had taken to the hills. Last week, Peking announced it was launching a six-month-long, nationwide drive for money to buy war materials. The "volunteers" in Korea, warned government spokesmen, were in desperate need of more tanks, more guns, more cars, more clothing, more drugs. In a carefully detailed directive, the vast Resist America and Aid Korea Committee outlined the contributions that would be expected over the next six months from all Chinese. Contributions in gold, jewelry, dollars or any other...
...that the yacht would actually save Greece money: when the King goes visiting among Greece's hundreds of islands, he now requires a destroyer, which is more expensive to operate than a nice new yacht would be. But Peurifoy did not see it that way. This week, palace spokesmen announced sadly that King Paul had cancelled the purchase of his dream boat...
...dangerous fool "who did not realize that his suffering was due to class oppression," and who committed the grave error of turning for help to the rich. Besides, the movie showed him pleading during a peasant uprising: "Killing people-is that the right thing?" China's Red spokesmen, who believe that it is (see above) concluded: "Wu Hsun behaved in a quixotic manner. His course was not the course of the masses." Party organizations in every city which had shown the film were ordered to start "re-indoctrination" courses...