CEASE-FIRE: While They Talk Peace

What are the Communist armies up to while the truce talks drag on? At a formal press conference, a Pentagon colonel last week told the U.S.: that the enemy has utilized the time since the Malik peace proposal to build up his strength tremendously. Items:

¶ Fresh Chinese troops have arrived in the line. ¶ A new North Korean army, twice as powerful as the one which attacked in June 1950 is ready for a new offensive. ¶ Enemy armor is rolling south; heavy artillery has been wheeled to the front.

The colonel...

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