KOREA: It Is Inhuman

When the explanations started at Panmunjom, the Communist explainers screened some 500 P.W.s in less than four hours. Last week they took eight hours to screen 136. This was the long-expected Communist move to sabotage the explanations that were costing them so much face in Asia. The go-slow tactics imposed a new strain on the P.W.s, but they did not seem to be swayed. Of the first 136, only two chose to go back to Communism.

The neutrals on the Repatriation Commission were also ready for any tricks by the Communists, whom they no longer trust. After one hour-long explanation,...