Word: truce
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...leaves a weak and divided Korea, if it lets Red China into the U.N., it will serve notice on all Asians that the Communists are winning the struggle for Asia, and millions of Asians will drift to the Communist banner. But a Korean truce does not have to be that kind of truce, either in its terms or its enforcement...
...time of trucemaking is dangerous"-especially for those who sleep during the truce...
...days of lethargy, of card games and of leisurely manning of marker balloons and searchlights at the Panmunjom truce-talk site were over. The U.N. was taking seriously the Communist offer to discuss immediate exchange of "seriously sick and wounded" prisoners of war. Working like beavers, U.N. crews rapidly set up a processing center and a mobile surgical hospital. The hospital staff ran through a practice drill. In cases of malnutrition, the medical people were ready to stuff the returnees with calories and vitamins. Every available helicopter was standing by; two hospital ships, one U.S. and one Danish, were anchored...
...Collegiate Council for the U.N., will introduce delegates to their weekend agenda. Following the keynote addresses, delegates will split in four committees to debate the pros and cons of French colonialism, unification of Germany, the integrity of the U.N. Secretariat as an international civil service, and North Korean truce proposals...
MUNSAN, Korea, Monday, April 6--United Nations and Communist liaison officers met in the truce village of Panmunjom today and began talks on immediate exchange of sick and wounded prisoners of the Korean War--talks that could lead to the end of the 33-month-old fighting...