TOKYO: Peking Radio today [July 11] broadcast the text of a statement made by the North Korean General Nam II, Chief Communist delegate at the opening session of the cease-fire talks in Kaesong yesterday. According to the broadcast, he said: “The Commander of the United Nations forces General Ridgway on June 30 stated that he was willing to conduct negotiations for an armistice.

“We consider that in order to put an end to the Korean war such important problems have to be solved as a cease-fire and the withdrawal of the troops of both sides from the 38th Parallel, as basic conditions for the realisation of a cease-fire of hostility in Korea, and the withdrawal of foreign troops to ensure that the flames of war will not flare up again in Korea. …”

General Tung Hua, representative of the Chinese Peoples Volunteers, then … continued: “Together with the representatives of the Korean Peoples Army we shall discuss with the representatives of General Ridgway, Commander of the United Nations forces, the realisation of a cease-fire and armistice and other questions in Korea on a fair and reasonable basis. …”

Published in Dawn, July 12th, 2026