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...perhaps 1,000 of the 12,000 prisoners the Communists admit they hold. It was unlikely that more than 200 to 300 Americans would be returned. Close Study. On the surface, the Communist note seemed satisfactory. While it linked the exchange offer with a proposal for more truce talks, it apparently was not conditional upon any further negotiations. Nonetheless, the U.N. command was understandably leary. "We are going to study this offer very closely," said General Clark. "We want to be sure there isn't anything in it we don't understand...
International Poker. Like the skillful international poker players they are, the Chinese accompanied their new truce offers with strong ground attacks on the U.N. battle line. They gave no indication as to why they had extended the olive branch again. Bitter experience had convinced most U.S. observers that Communist concessions are always made in the hope of lulling opponents into dangerous relaxation. The lull the Communists were seeking this time, however, may come in any one of three handy sizes...
...Asiatic Size. Quick agreement on a Korean truce, designed as a prelude to another blow elsewhere in Asia...
...assault on Old Baldy, the heaviest and bloodiest of 1953, came just a few days before the Chinese made a surprise offer to settle the "one question alone" which prevents a Korean truce (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS). Thus, the Red right hand had struck while the left hand held out an olive branch. This familiar pattern of pugnacity mixed with conciliation undoubtedly had its place in the world strategy of the Kremlin's new management; within the Korean frame of reference, its meaning seemed fairly clear. The military attacks said, in effect: "Don't think, just because...
...skeptical of a "quick solution" of cold war problems, despite recent overtures of peace from Moscow. Even if an early truce is achieved in Korea, he said, "we would still have the Russians in Berlin, and we would still have the problem of Europe. We also would still have the Iron Curtain...