Oe ete mo Koje exposes big lie of ¢ voluntary repatriation’ U.S. seeks to prevent return of POW’s WINNINGTON PANMUNJOM In six months of negotiating the prisoner-of-war issue here, the American negotiators haye on no occasion shown any interest in the return of their own prisoners, Had they stuck to the Geneva Convention. all prisoners could have rejoined their families long ago, but every proposal of the Americans flatly reversed this By ALAN convention, which they signed only three years ago. From the first day they have shown their intention to detain as many Korean and Chinese prisoners as possible, Their own briefing officer, Brigadier Nuckols, told newspa- permen that the Americans had no intention of giving back more prisoners than they received. Every Korean prisoner was an enemy to the Americans and Syngman Rhee and had to be thrust behind barbed -wire. This idea was to be sold to the Western public on strictly com- mercial lines —- the Americans held 170,000 prisoners and the Koreans and Chinese held just short of 12,000. Why the dis- parity? The great majority of Korean prisoners were taken when the Americans landed at Inchon, cut- ting off huge forces of Koreans, many of whom fell captive. On the other side, the reverse was true. Almost every Korean was an enemy of the Americans and of Rhee, a fact being proved decisively once more by the pre- of Rhee’s “sovern- b sent crisis ment.’ anks, Shame ‘AE ony anks, Flamethrower Triumph Over Spears By GEORGE BARRETT . New York ‘Times Service KOIKE, June 10° (Tuesday). — The toughest Cuiimunist icompound on this prison island fell today after a fanatic last, ditch stand ape US! paratroopers who smashed they “The Americans have won a bully’s ephemeral triumph and have earned the hatred and. contempt of all mankind,’ is the London Daily Worker’s comment on the shameful story told in this headline. ‘ ‘Land of terror’ says British Lawyer after South African visit ‘A land of terror, where thousands are living in the open. driven from their homes and begging for bread, and thousands of profes- sional people are living “under sentence of economic death... . This is how D. N. Pritt, world- renowned British lawyer, just back from Johannesburg, describ- ed Premier Daniel Malan’s South Africa at a meeting called here by the National Council for Civil Liberties, to protest suppression U.S. sends atomic weapons to Korea LONDON Alarm has been causéd ‘here by reports’ that the U.S. now has tactical atomic weapons, of ‘the ‘paby” type recently tested -in Nevada, ready for use in Korea. U.S. troops in Korea recently ‘en- gaged in an “Operation Mush- room” to accustom them to atomic weapons. LONDON of liberty in Africa. “T went to South Afirca to try to help one man, Dr. Naidoo, not to lose his livelihood,” said Pritt. “T found in Johannesburg an en- tire people threatened with losing their livelihood.” Describing the ‘“‘complete com- mon front formed by the Africans, Indians and coloured community” to fight Malan, Pritt said: “They plan to launch a mass campaign of civil disobedience .on June 26, They do not in- tend to use violence. I wonder if Malan and his ‘Natsis’ can ‘Say the same?” As soon as he arrived, he was presented with the first issue of the Clarion—new paper fighting the discrimination laws in place ‘| reportedly present of the banned Guardian. Alexander receives protest on Koje from British POW’s PANMUNJOM [British prisoners of war in North Korea sent British Defense Minister Lord Alexander statements expressing their impatience at the delay in reaching an armistice, protesting at the massacres on Koje Island and urging British representation at the truce talks when he arrived in Korea, The statements say: We, the undersigned British prisoners, re- spectfully wish to address the following statement to Ear] Alex- ander, British defense minister, in South Korea, ‘ We wish to express our im- :: patience at the continued de- lay in reaching an agreement in the armistice talks, reportedly be- cause of the refusal of one side to agree to the release and re- patriation of all war prisoners, as provided for in the Geneva Con- vention. We wish to protest at the i reported massacres of Kor- ean and Chinese war prisoners by American and South Korean troops and the belated despatch of British troops to Koje Island in an attempt to shield those re- sponsible for the situation there. i ‘We believe our interests and those of the British people would be better served if a Brit- ish representative is immediately included in the delegation con- ducting armistice talks at Pan- munjom. In view of the reported, mas- sacres at Koje Island, we can understand that our families may fear that reprisals have been car- ried out against United Nations war prisoners. We wish to as- sure them that no reprisals have been carried out in this camp, and our peaceful life here has been undisturbed by the incidents at Koje. We are disturbed, how- Hot dog!’ “Hot dog! Hot dog! Look at them coming out,’’ gloated U.S. Brig. General Haydon LL. Boat- ner as his troops, led by flame- throwing tanks, smashed into Koje Island compound 76, set- ting. fire to wooden buildings and tents. While the general from New Orleans watched, the troops hurled teargas and con- cussion grenades at Korean and Chinese POW’s and then charg- ed them with bayonets, shout- ing Confederate battle cries. ever, at the effect of these events on delaying agreement at Pan- munjom. Clergyman , old ladies shocked when vets invade shareholders’ meeting Malayan rubber shares ‘stained. with blood’ LONDON Ten veterans burst into the an- nual meeting of the Dunlop Rub- ber Company in London recently to point out to assembled share- holders that their profits were stained with the blood of British soldiers and Malayan patriots. The demonstrators achieved complete surprise and were able to distribute leaflets, exhibit posters, tell the shareholders a few home truths, and walk out again before the officials had re- covered their wits. About 60 of the shareholders had assembled in London’s Piceca- dilly Hotel. London, in comfort- able plush-and-gilt surroundings, far removed from the “perils” of Communism, They were typical shareholders —a clergyman, some elderly ladies in flowered hats, and busi- nessmen, mostly over middle age. Their properties include rubber estates in Malaya worth $12 mil- lion. At 12 noon. the board.of direc- tors filed in, led by the chairman, Sir Clive (Baillieuf one of Brit- ain’s biggest businessmen, He had the satisfactory task of telling the assembled compan that his company, which has a share capital of more than $50 million and $95 million in re- serves, would pay a dividend of 15 percent and a bonus of 2% percent to its ordinary sharehold- ers. But no sooner had he called Most of the shareholders were too dazed to do or say anything. When they -had withdrawn from the meeting the demonstra- tors paraded outside the hotel. In his speech, Sir Clive Baillieu declared his support of the Tory government and his admiration for the policy of repression being pursued in Malaya by Oliver Lyt- telton, colonial secretary. He revealed that the company has a fleet of over 60 ‘armored on the secretary to read the notice calling the meeting than the de- monstrators walked in, brushing aside the officials who asked them to sign the shareholders’ register. Two of the men were prisoners of war of the Japanese on the terrible Siam railway. They threw out leaflets show- ing 2 British Marine Commando holding the severed head of a murdered Malayan patriot, and unfurled posters saying ‘‘Stop the War in Malaya” and “Bring Brit-| cars and personnel carriers and insh Lads Home.” its own force of armed constables, “Millions in profits out of Brit- |’ Expenditure by the company on ish boys’ lives,’’ they shouted. | ‘‘security meastires’’ against the “Why don’t you go and fight the] guerillas was nearly $700,000 last War yourselves? ‘| year, but nevertheless, he admit- “Your money is made out of | ted, the company’s operations had British lives.” — been severely hampered, When the Korean People’s Army raced south, gathering tens of thousands of prisoners. who gladly threw down thei arms, they had neither n nor time to do more than shake their hand, tell them the tue facts about the war and offer them a choice of going home oF anywhere they wanted. The Americans disclosed thei! hand with their first proposal that prisoners should be exchanged head for ‘head. It was soon cleat that they could never get away with this medieval slave tradiDé but they clung to it as long 4 possible. On February 3 , the Koreans and Chinese took the last plank out of the American cattle tradils proposal by proposing that all prisoners should be paroled n0t to fight again. ; The Americans had argued that the return of disparate numbel® would give the North Koreans # military advantage, On Koje Island; America agents from Formosa and south Korea had speeded up theif schedule of tattooing and blood petitioning in readiness for th® Americans’ next device, whi wore the noble-sounding uae ot ‘Voluntary Repatriation.” The Americans’ timetable 4 this time is significant. On February 6 the prisonets question was passed to staff of ficers to discuss. Next day General Ridgway ™ sued his notorious and unsucces™ full order to United Nations new papermen to cease having contac with ‘Communist journalists” from whom they had been getting their only reliable news each What was being cooked up ™ Koje during those days pecameé apparent when a’ series of ma sacres of prisoners culniinated in the mowing down of more tha? 300 prisoners by gun-crazy Aur erican ‘‘Wolfhound’’ torops. This almost wrecked the 26% stage of the American plan, & pecially when the new massacre ° March 13 was also disclosed have occurred because prisone resisted forcible ‘‘screening.’ On April 10 a fresh slaught! occurred which the world W only to hear about six wee later, FI On April 13 the Koreans ap Chinese said they were ready resume talks, A week passed and then thé Americans, unable to subd? other prisoners, in desperati® said that about 70,000 prison® “elected’’ to return and were Koje Island. 1a The remaining 100,000 Bie prefer death” to going home, tB® said, and these had been rem0Y to the mainland. — It was a showdown. ng The Americans hurriedly a up the foreign ministers in me ain and ‘Canada and got ready carry through their biggest prone )ganda campaign of the whole Admiral Joy was instructé tbe fling down an ultimatum to t Koreans and Chinese to ceed’ 70,000 or else—meaning that ae war would go on and exte? China. ‘This was on May 7- Joy But even while Admiral pe had been speaking the prisoné set on Koje who arrested Brig@® it Dodd made the Americans # if their forcible screening and pari’ massacres and secured @ proms of “humane treatment in futur From that moment prove”, a tions and the big lie have preva ed, ripped apart: only because 9 the courageous stand~ made the POW’s on Koje Island. PACIFIC TRIBUNE — JUNE 18, 1952 — PAGE ?