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Alan Winnington writes from Korea

Released. POW’s have only one aim: J
Secure peace, return all POW’s home (7)

By ALAN WINNINGTON

KAESONG 1
29 The first group of United Nations prisoners of war to be repatriated arrived here with only one thought in mind—to ensure peace and get all
W Shome. I accompanied these men from the banks of the Yalu River and we arrived on Friday last week three hours ahead of schedule. This i
i iar Spite of intensive efforts by the U.S. Air Force to blast bridges and score a propaganda victory. Rice paddies and cottages suffered the most. iii

d The POW’s now being repatriated are being housed here in a museum which has been turned into a bright and cheerful place. Red banners
ped along the entire length of the interior walls read in English: ‘‘Farewell to captured officers and men of Britain, America, Canada, Australia,
—% Turkey, Netherlands, South Africa, Colombia and the Philippines. ‘

“Congratulations to you on your return home and reunion with your families. |

“| dD; Bon Voyage.” °
- US Pp ay OTF; J,Orce When I visited them the POW’s were happily smoking and chatting together and |

speculating how quickly they would be able to rejoin their families. They have been given
a thorough medical overhaul, wounds were dressed, bandages changed, and medicines (

ne ae “
ha r ks ope ning of issued. There-is no barbed wire around this reception centre. There are no armed i
. guards pushing the prisoners around,
|New Kk cal
—<wW Kenya triats

All the sick and wounded are handled by unarmed personnel,
mainly nurses. As one North Korean nurse put it: “We treat them
as sick and wounded. They will see how just is our policy.”

All along the route from the Yalu River clean, soft beds stood
waiting for the prisoners, and complete medical services were avail-
able both on convoy and stopping points.

The convoy left Pyoktong on Wednesday last week after a day
of celebrations and farewells which will never be forgotten by those i

With : NAIROBI

Week Unprecedented display of armed force, the trial began last

Dart 5 n ithunguri, Kenya, of 26 Kikuyus charged with having taken
the alleged Uplands “Mau Mau massacre” last month.

Ony, Baered rags, the 26 Kikuyus were manacled together in the leaving or by those who have to stay behind. It was a day full of
{ul hee which serves as a court while Judge Geoffrey Rudd, in surprises, interspersed with tea parties, banquets and speechmaking.
zion of ee But the most surprised of all the prisoners were those who |
i: gle salute. Charge dropped had from time to time reported having lost property at the time a
card MPrisoner carried a white be of capture or during their stay in the camp. Every item reported
his is @ number hanging from by Au strian gov "t was replaced. Wrist watches, gold rings, wallets, dollars, fountain
ish Dolicg Behind him was a Brit- ; pens and many other articles newly brought from China were
ed Sie. Seka gripping/a load- PRAGUE handed, to the bewildered prisoners. Sie A -
At e n. The Austrian government has The prisoners were given a new razor set an ot er tollet artic es,
ach e i ith 2 i for the journey, with
Sane So send narawm i aes ah meee rea ge eS. wp
Whigg", While three other British ireakOns, against eotes an tarang- Food included ae beef, pork, chicken, sweet biscuits, bread, 4
: Bins ,NeServists armed with Sten | weiner, eminent law authority and: sausace and frist.
Pats of the olvers sat in other) member of the Council of*the In- The happiness at returning home is allayed with some appre-
hy US entir court. ternational Federation of Demo- hensions.
x Police ae AGM phen ea es cratic Lawyers, for having gone to The repatriates thanked the volunteers and fellow prisoners for
foyp’ ifles ang A ae a Korea to investigate germ warfare the friendship and care that had maintained the sick and wounded
Staje EPS of the Githunguri | Charges as leader of an’ interna- prisoners in the best possible condition, and pledged that they would 4
i on je chine-guns were mount- | tional lawyers’ delegation. ALAN WINNINGTON work to end the Korean war and secure bo igenne of all se encea et
OWen. OP of 30. hi : - A Britis ooper, being re-
he 80-foot-high watch e : patriated because of dysenteric
lise Tlal, which ; : infection from which he suffered 'f
Perera, wecs, erected, ups macniner CX DOTLTS _ bevore being captured, told me: .
ermgcties t0-be hel a He the ed “We all think the new peace .
eNt ; = i. roposal of the Koreans and ;
tgp aD far 185 Kikuyus pe N D 2 fi I d Paihees wipes out every objection f
:
Py ergs sising from the to New Democracies tento le ie ap Rely
en 3 .
ep, : his, th
"e Brith a defense counsel, By RALPH PARKER MOSCOW home eae ai Poicnae sr
rey and two Indian. : : : ‘ g Manis gs ie
eq — all the accused had plead- In the past five years the Soviet Union has increased its exports of machinery to the People’s ee ts Se ie ee eae
three Suilty, the judge chose | Democracies tenfold. China’s imports of industrial equipment and components from the Soviet Union ed.”
Wey aa assessors out of ten the att ae Sete igatae than its imports of such equipment from all the capitalist countries in Sig Oe Ba gla ie
& S and h h € wor. erore . : : ict | tuberculosis, is nearly cured said:
; _ ut into anne yge In an article on the new world market, extending from China to Central Europe, the Communist Ps a weatontal coe a
woul seCUtion indicated® that:| Party Paper Pravda, giving the going home, but I don’t like leav-

above figures, also mentions other
results of this new trade, which |
now exceeds 18,000 million roubles
annually.

ing the other prisoners of war and
the Korean people.

“It doesn’t seem right to be
going back to peace and leav-
ing this war as it is.

“In my camp all the prisoners

are very optimistic.

“They reckon that once this re-
patriation starts and the American
public knows how well we have
been treated and learn some of
the real facts, public pressure for
peace will get too strong and they
will ‘have to agree to the new
peace plan.”

“Excitement in the camp is

thessae PS call

Saya SSRg ating at least 25
wi that aa ile defense lawyers
ciel eneg “st 95 were listed to
Rey ri an, we Se Teak Pravda points to the new steel
ey” Rear the Kik fambu Ke-| mills in Poland and Hungary, to
tae l Tied ; ae Bulgaria’s chemical works, Al-
h 1 omo one, ae bania’s textile mills, Rumania’s
aq lg ast w ( achievements in manufacturing its

ete eek
Boe. to seven years own oilfield equipment as a result
‘ N : of the Soviet Union’s enlightened

trade policy.

chry Scores “The Soviet Union has every-

Wh thing necessary for its own econ-

omic development and for expand-

te policy ing trade with outher countries,”

nt the it says. terrific,” a British prisoner of war
Ode tic eee “The trade of the European: told me.

Wity ly sol 22 Auestion is not , ner - ‘

at Start ilvea then préparations Peoples’ Democracies in the new Our lads can’t eat or sleep,

world market rose by one-fifth in their spirits have been so lifted

0) :
hie War }.2 New kind of war

etw 1952 over 1951 .. . in three years, up by this news. There was no
ey Hoop] i Thats eo NG and 1950-52, the Soviet Union and || jealousy; we could not have a
At yacht saiq qt Prime Min- Peoples’ Democracies’ share in *| better send-off, they were all en-

’ nick Sald ih New Delhi
‘Sup ccettlers
1

China’s foreign trade rose from
26 to 72 percent.” :

ss thusiasm and gladness. 4
3 QO ‘ “1 told them at another send-
» Said Nehru, were ; off banquet: ‘If | can do any-
ay y Wh Mercilessly” African: e e ee ‘ ° l ° * q e . y'
dt, Whole é icans ns protest¥elections thing about it, | will meet you
tng Situatiggttiean continent Unionists J ailed Africa y ? at the dockside in three months

here was wors- LONDON : ‘: 7 r
; ica’ lored les must now t te of beer.’ Th
Of - Settlers ha ditica, he added,| In an appeal smuggled out of South Africa’s 10,000,000 Negro and colored peoples with a crate o er ere is

y

the -SPrac.: d ; ee $ . age a bitter struggle against the apartheid policies of Prime Min- great feeling down there. They i
ae gy essio , pa pote dered fae eer ager a. ister Daniel Malan‘s Nationalist government, returned to power rely on the public to get the :
dig st tho men” of HR petal iss aunt ane be Se of| in the recent elections despite its minority sat isa Here ee es i he ag A oe a
‘or Sands . : bee se disfranchised in their own country, are shown protesting the is the best chance yet of getting

of African peo- | trade unionists jailed by the Negu weg peace.”

ib regime.
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