SOUTH KOREA: Inspectors, Go Home

The farce of neutral "inspection" of divided Korea came to an end last week. It had always been one-sided. Teams of truce inspectors—Swedes and Swiss appointed by the U.N., Poles and Czechs named by the Reds—freely ranged South Korea, making sure that the 1953 armistice restrictions were meticulously observed. But in North Korea, where a buildup of men and materiel has gone on in defiance of the armistice, Communist team members obstructed inspection wherever violations occurred.

Irked by this state of affairs, the Swiss and Swedes privately suggested dissolution of the inspection commission. At last the U.N....

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