https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/9c01d39acdeb9130a5f5105d39b97ed5.pdf dd42da6bd66223e35eba3ecdfa020042 PDF Text Text r Docume nt dis clos ed unde r the Access to Inform ation Act Docume nt divulgue e n ve rtu de la Loi s ur I'acces a /'inform ation V- ' DEPARTM ENT O F EXTERNAL AFFAIR S, CANADA. «*' (DUPLICATE) NUM BERED LETTER TO: iSLE UNDER- SECRETARY OF STATE FOR flptERNAL AFFAIRS , OTTAWA, CANADA. FROWSH&'SMADIA.N • EMBASSY-,. •TOKYO <•-JAPAN............. S e curit£QNEIDENT XAL..... Kore a . .Ncu. .173..-. No: Date:.. Apr.il. .6.,.. L9$*... Enclos ure s : Air or S urfa ce Ma il: Re fe re nce : • s a me *g • rn- Damiri- P os t File No; Ottawa File No, ‘ta rize d' 'Zone Re fe re nce s You have read about the tw o C anadian lads caught by the C om m unists on the w rong side of the D em arcation Line on M arch 17<» The m ilitary accounts . Ihave seen contained som e technical language, and as you have an interest i n the subject, I should ensure that you know the cause of the trouble as explained to m e by.our soldiers here, ' O ur boys are not supposed to go N orth of the D em arcation line but they are supposed to see as m uch as they can and naturally they tend to go as far N orth as they are allow ed to, i n fact to w alk along the Line i tsel fc Parts of the Line pass over a m ine fi el d and w hen the surveyors w ere m arking i t , the m ines had to be cleared i n front of them - The m ine sw eepers w hile . i n general follow ing the Line actually w eaved a good deal from side to side, som etim es as m uch, Igather, \ as a hundred yards each w ay, betw een the points w here stakes w ere to be driven. ZL, 3, „ Inte rna l Circula tion The result is l i ke thi s; C leared Path 4, I f a patrol stri ctl y follow s the line i tgets blow n up. I t prefers to follow the sinuosities of the cleared path, and m y inform ants say that both sides have custom arily done this w ith im punity. This w as w hat our tw o boys w ere doing and at a point (I think i tw as 70 yards) N orth of the Line the C om m unists chose to enforce the l etter of the law . * M y inform ant says the actual D em arcation Line 5° is now to be cleared of m ines. Dis tribution to P os ts 6, O nce granting the arrest, the C om m unists seem to have behaved w ell and the boys w ere soon hom e, w ith their pictures i n the papers and everything. M ajor Beer sent hom e the m inutes of the Joint O bservation Team , w hich also behaved sensibly - they m ake good reading, A 000412 \ .Ext.182C (Rev.2 /5£) I 'd �l Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en ve rtu de la to/ sur faeces a /'information V ! L 2 - O ^BfcjTficers seem not to take the incident seriously. • N either t.^^^nor the preceding incident (the only other one, so far as I-.: • bn our front) seem to give m uch cause for w orry. This i s relevant to your inquiry i n telegram 104- of 7. April.1 about the advisability of am ending the police rules. I don't see how either of these incidents w ould have differed i f there had been neutrals on the JO T or a neutral JO T. I f there had been neutral patrols, the f i rst lad w ould have been caught; the second incident w ould perhaps not have occurred, as the neutrals w ould probably have stopped the w eaving practice very early i n the gam e - the f i rst offenders m ight or m ight not have been l et off w ith a w arning. I don't see, how ever, why-; neutrals should be less l egal i sti c than non-neutrals. 8. As far as I know we have nothing, to com plain of i n either incident. I f your inform ation is otherw ise, I' d be glad to be inform ed. 9= To be sure, Ihave not seen their ow n report of their adventures. The Korean R epublic of M arch 23 says that the C anadians said they expected to be shot but w ere i n fact m erely questioned (in English) on C anadian “m ovies, l i f e at hom e, and books'". They w ere held together i n a bunker, but not perm itted to speak to one another. 10. Briga die r Alla rd's . vie w on ne utra l pa trols ha s doubtless been sought. (Sgd.) S. M orley Scott. P.S.t You w i l lhave seen the proposed "R evised G eneral R ules for the C ontrol, O rganization and Support" of the JO Ts i n M ajor Beer's 33rd-R eport. S.M .S. 000413 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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