The Hindu : dated June 19, 1953: Armistice Line in Korea

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dated June 19, 1953: Armistice Line in Korea

The U.N. and Communist negotiators had reportedly agreed on the truce lines to divide the opposing armies in Korea after an armistice. The agreement was reached at Pan Mun Jom. The U.N. American Corps Commander, Major General B. M. Bryan, was to supervise the truce and lay down the dividing line. Peking Radio indicated that the Pan Mun Jom truce negotiations were going smoothly. It reported that Staff officers of both sides had surveyed an open space presumably to pick a site for the truce signing ceremony. And a staff officers' meeting had apparently completed the demarcation line which would separate the two armies after a truce.

Meanwhile the U.S. and 15 other nations with troops in South Korea were to make a joint declaration assuring South Korea of their determination to defend it against violations of truce. President Eisenhower wrote to South Korean President Dr. Syngman Rhee (who had been opposing the truce) explaining the U.S. attitude towards armistice in Korea, and said that it was not weakening at all in its attempts to accomplish what it had wanted by going into the Korean War.

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