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- 41 -
indicated a belief that we would not know the out-
come of the armistice negotiations for at least
six weeks.
North Korea
The Pyongyang radio said that a Soviet medical
team had arrived in North Korea and begun work to
prevent the spread of smallpox, typhus, and other
diseases.
R.O.K.
The R.O.K. Defense Ministry said 1,234 trainees
died last year, and 2,300 patients were still being
treated (see June 12, 15)
APCHIVES "NATIONAL RECORDS AND
July 31
ADMIN.
u. s.
Military
There was no important ground action. The
F.E.A.F. flew 300 sorties and claimed 30 enemy
casualties. Our planes hit 70 buildings, 20
vehicles, three bridges, one warehouse, and four
gun positions. The Defense Department listed 125
American casualties.
Cease-fire
The sicteenth armistice meeting began at 9:00 p.m.
Joy made a one hour and 13 minute statement. Follow-
ing the meetings the Pyongyang radio charged that
the "American ruling class opposed a cease-fire and
said that ir the negotiations failed, it was entirely
the responsibility of the Americans. The broadcast
stated that the United States had proposed a demar-
cation line from Kosong on the east coast to the tip
of the Ongjin peninsula and charged that we were try-
ing "to rob a large territory inside North Korea."
R.O.K.
R.O.K. Foreign Minister Pyong Yong-tse told the
National Assembly at Pusan that the R.O.K. would not
accept any of the cease-fire lines proposed at
Kaesong as a permanent border. He said, however, that
the government would accept an armistice along the
present battle line provided it were revised within
two months after the conclusion of the armistice.
Brayton Wilbur, chairman of the Committee for a
Free Asia, announced in San Francisco that his
organization had obtained 1,000 tons of newsprint in
Japan for shipment to Korea. The newsprint was
intended for use in printing new textbooks.
Ull
A UN subcommittee recommended that the burden
of economic sanctions against an aggressor be
"equitably shared" by UN members. It also urged
that the UN use specialized agencies and regional
organizations,