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The article presents news related to world politics. The United Nations forces in Korea seemed certain to face further withdrawals under the pressure of the numerically superior and hard-fighting North Koreans. The main features of the U.S. President Harry S. Truman's Midyear Economic Report are discussed. The American economy is so highly productive that it can easily provide the goods for any war, big or little, Second, American civilians are already snapping up the goods produced so quickly that even the Korean war cannot be fought without diminishing their present rate of consumption.

The article features Chinese communist leader Mao Tse-tung and describes the capabilities of his Army in Korea. The leader is considered as the most successful warlord in China since Kublai Khan. The military power of the Chinese Red army is cited as the special creation and the pride and joy of Mao Tse-tung. One advantage of his army over the United Nations forces is its number.

On June 26, the United Nations (UN) celebrates its twentieth anniversary. In more ways than one Vietnam is today's Spain. It is a proving ground for the world's, foremost military power, with far more force at its disposal than all the Axis powers combined could boast in 1938. A large section of mankind is divided into two hostile groups. The UN machinery has worked when there was a general will to make it work, as in Cyprus and the Sinai Peninsula. Nowhere have its failures been total, not even in the Congo. But it cannot do the impossible, and in this respect Americans have a special responsibility.

The Allied invasion of Italy has sounded the alert throughout the Balkans. Under the vigorous leadership of Josip Broz Tito, the Yugoslav Partisan forces of the People's Liberation Army have surged down the Adriatic coast from Gorica to Split and the interior is flaming with revolutionary fervor. When the armies of the United Nations are ready to march through the Balkan gateway, they will find it open and the people ready for military action. The pillars of the satellite system, in fact, are swaying. Bulgaria, the only puppet state which has not declared war on the Soviet Union, will collapse at the first appearance of Allied soldiers at its borders.

The article details the start of the cease-fire talks between the Communists and United Nations (UN) forces in Kaesong, Korea, the first major South Korean town to fall to the North Korean invaders. The UN team will be headed by Vice Admiral Charles Turner Joy, and includes three colonels, namely, Lee Soo Ying of the South Korean Army, Andrew Kinney of the U.S. Air Force and James Murray of the U.S. Marine Corp. The members of the Communist delegation include Generals Nam II, Chang Pyong San and Lee Sang Cho.

This article offers news briefs for the week of November 27, 1950. The implementation of the U.S. Defense Production Act, involving Economic Stabilization Director, Alan Valentine, is discussed. The details of a report given by U.S. government official Gordon Gray, about the U.S. giving aid to other countries in the world, is discussed. The experiences of United Nations forces in North Korea are discussed.

The article reports that the U.S. and the U.S. Army Antiaircraft Command is facing strong opposition from several cities over its plan to set up net of Nike guided missile defenses in the country. As stated, the plan is behind schedule now and most of the blame for the delay in its implementation is being put on the public. The Army feels that much of the trouble has been caused by the public misunderstanding of how the Nike system would work.

Presents information on the United Nations Emergency Force troops also called Hammarskjüld's Afrika Korps, an international army, conceived in New York and born in Naples, Florida, and their deployment in Suez Canal, Egypt. Major reason behind the presence of the army in Suez Canal; Mission of the troops; Improvement of the troops as a paramilitary force; Explanation behind the desire of the troops to be deployed in the Gaza Strip.

The article focuses on the arrival of the 27th British Brigade composed of the Middlesex Regiment and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders battalions in Korea. The British army and the U.S. forces deployed tentative patrols to secure an undefended hill area. The British brigade established perimeter guards before making a move to obtain part of Pyongyang. It states that the brigade and the whole United Nations troops cautiously headed beyond Sinanju toward the border to reach Yalu.

Focuses on the role played by the United Nations (UN) during the socio-political crisis in Katanga, Congo. Criticism of attitude of the UN for solving the Congo crisis; Description of social condition of Elisabethville, a city in Congo, after military operation of the UN; Opinion that the U.S. State Department would not have supported the UN operation after looking condition of the city; Barbarian act of UN troops in Congo during the military operation; Views that the UN also tried to rule Katanga even while attacking it; Involvement of people, protected by the UN troops and kept in a camp outside Elisabethville, in robbing the town. INSET: Among the Findings of the van den Haag Mission.

The article discusses about the disarmament of the Soviet Union and the United States. A small first step toward disarmament should and could be taken. U.S. president Dwight Eisenhower could demonstrated to the UN General Assembly that this country was prepared to resume talks, if the Soviet Union would have given the word. The administration should re-examine the possibility of UN control of arms traffic. Renewed attention should be given by the U.S. to establishment of a permanent UN police force. Unless Armageddon intervenes, disarmament will remain of the agenda.

The article describes the continued fighting between the Chinese Communists and the South Koreans in the Iron Triangle area near Kumsong, Korea. A total of 17,000 Chinese Communists launched 26 assaults, captured a United Nations (UN) four-machine gun half-track and pushed back South Korean groups to about ten miles. The Chinese attacks petered out after UN planes bombarded the area with howitzers, machine guns and Long Tom 155 weapons.

Focuses on the steps taken by the labor unions of the world to have a say on the peace table after the end of the World War II. Support of the labor unions for full U.S. participation in a post-War world organization to preserve, the peace, with an international police force to do its will and for continuing responsibility on the part of the country for relief and rehabilitation and an improved standard of living for all people everywhere; Plan of UAW which talks about labor's role in the execution of post-War programs at home; Contention of the labor unions that abolition of the National Resources Planning Board was an error that must be corrected by creation of some new group to fill the gap; Entering of the AFL Electrical Workers, under the leadership of Marion Hedges, into an as yet unique labor-management-committee arrangement for post-war planning.

The article offers international economic and political outlook in 1960. It states that the relations between the U.S. and Europe have improved, considering U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower's drive towards a new fiscal balance with Western Europe. It says that United Nations (UN) soldiers in Leopoldville, Congo participated in a battle with the Congo Army for the first time. It adds that Charles de Gaulle, president of France, is working on a provisional government in Algeria.

Presents the explanation given by the author who is a member of the U.S. House from California, regarding his insistence on providing the United Nations with armed forces. Reason behind the failure of the League of Nations; Need of a common defense plan in Western Europe; Views of the U.S. Foreign Affairs Committee regarding the supply of armed forces to the United Nations; Criticism of the foreign policy of the Soviet Union; Merits of the Military Aid Program that has been proposed for providing security to Western Europe.

The article describes the fighting between United Nations (U.N.) forces and Chinese troops in Korea as of May 1951. U.S. forces have observed that Chinese advanced through U.S. minefields as if the mines were not there which resulted in heavy casualties. U.N. forces applied all lessons learned in fighting Communist forces using fragmentation bombs, searchlight and parachute flares. Despite the cowardice of South Korean troops, U.N. forces thwarted several Chinese offensives.

The article focuses on the condition of refugees in Korea and the responsibility of the U.S. toward them. The refugees fled from Seoul toward Pusan in the hope that United Nations (UN) forces will be able to protect them from communists. The Civil Assistant Command of the UN army and Korean officials failed to persuade the refugees to go to southwest Korea where it would be easier to feed them. The article points out the inability of the U.S. to help the refugees due to its military plight.

The article reports on the condition of the United Nations (U.N.) troops fighting in Korea after Chinese troops and Soviet MIG jets began to support the North Koreans. U.S. Air Force pilots have been advised not to use all their ammunition on ground targets because they might need it to fight Soviet planes. According to the article, it is not known how many Chinese troops had crossed the frontier. U.N. tactical withdrawals are reportedly conducted to create a better defense line.

The article reports on the final assault of the United Nations (UN) on the North Korean capital, Pyongyang in 1950. After UN commanders have entered the city, they found that many of the positions had been left unmanned, and most of the Red soldiers who had been assigned to defend Pyongyang quickly surrendered. Escape routes have been cut after UN pilots saw some 20,000 fleeing North Korean troops. The Communists fought, fled or surrendered and in one 24-hour period, UN forces captured 26,000 prisoners.

This article focuses on the police force of the United Nations (UN) in Egypt. The Bible of the Emergency Force in Egypt is UN Secretary Dag Hammarskjold's report to the UN General Assembly on November 6. The police action, he said, is of a temporary nature," and "there is no intent to influence the military balance in the present conflict and thereby the political balance." In moving slowly on Egypt Hammarskjold was applying the lessons of recent history. The Charter of the UN, as drawn up in 1945, contemplated a stand-by UN army made up of units of the national forces of member, countries, instantly available on call of the Security Council. These forces were to be organized by a Military Staff Committee, consisting of the chiefs of staff of the five permanent Security Council members.

This article focuses on the release of Chinese anti-Communist prisoners of war by the United Nations (UN) in China in 1954. The prisoners of war thanked UN soldiers for not letting them go back to Communism. They hold pictures of Chiang Kai-shek and Sun Yatsen, the founder of China's republic, waved their flags and chanted songs against Communism. They plan to go to the Nationalist island of Taiwan.

The article reveals how the Chinese Communist troops, who preferred to attack United Nations (U.N.) forces at night during the Korean War, were always beaten off during daytime. It says that the U.N. artillery, its air support and its air observation system are at its best during the day. But at night, it takes 20 minutes for its star shells and its flare planes to light up a combat area. Nevertheless, any night attack by the Reds are usually returned by a U.N. counterattack immediately at early dawn to prevent them from getting back to their dugouts.

The article reports on the latest developments in the war between the United Nations forces and the Chinese communists as of mid-June 1952. In Chorwon, North Korea, the soldiers of the U.S. 45th Division conducted an attack but also confronted a counterattack by the Chinese. The fighting was considered as the fiercest battle made in 1952. The opinion of British defense minister, Field Marshal Earl Alexander on the war is cited.

The article describes several military operations conducted by United Nations forces and Chinese Communist forces during the lull in the Korean fighting in December 1951. A party of British commandos and U.S. marines under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Ferris Grant attacked the Communist east-coast rail line. On the other hand, 1,000 Chinese forces captured three small islands off the mouth of the Yalu.

Presents information on several issues related to the United Nations. Report that the Heart Mountain, Wyoming, Relocation Project has sent the journal, credo of the Nisei, American-born Japanese, who are volunteering for service in the United States armed forces; Feedback of a reader that the exclusion of the press from the United Nations Food Conference sets a dangerous precedent; Comments of readers on the review of the book "Mission to Moscow."

The article reports on the military operations of United Nations (U.N.) troops in Katanga, Congo in 1961. It states that without warning to the residents in the province, the troops seized the region's radio studios and intercepted Belgian officers from their work. It notes that about 634 officers surrendered while 11,600 African troops remained passive.

The article reports on the demands of Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in the United Nations (UN) Assembly in Congo. It states that he demanded the UN to leave the country within 30 days and urged the UN troops to take Katanga President Moise Tshombe and Congolese Army General Joseph Mobutu into custody. He asked the Assembly to acknowledge the legitimate government of Antoine Gizenga of Eastern Province and denounce Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold for being a murderer and stooge.

A photograph of food supplies for the United Nations forces stationed in New Guinea is presented.

The article features the United Nations (UN) truce team that will attend the peace talks in Kaesong, Korea. Vice Admiral Charles Turner Joy is the U.S. Commander of the Naval Forces in the Far East while Rear Admiral Arleigh Albert is the Commander of the U.S. Cruiser Division 5. Major General Laurence Carbee Craigie is the vice commander of the Far East Air Forces while Major General Henry Irving Modes is the deputy chief of staff of the U.S. 8th Army.

The article describes how Chinese and North Korean forces stalled the United Nations (U.N.) offensive at Kumsong. Communist positions were overrun by U.N. armored forces, but as U.N. tanks closed in on Pyonggang, Chinese forces swarmed two U.N. columns prompting the allies to retreat. The Communists' tenacious stand indicates that the war would not end soon as the enemy's fill to fight was not broken by U.N. forces.

The article reports on the failure of the second phase of the Chinese spring offensive in 1951 to achieve its intended goals. Chinese forces have suffered an estimated 50,000 to 60,000 in dead and wounded. On the other hand, United Nations (U.N.) forces relinquished unimportant ground, but suffered light casualties. Despite Chinese setbacks, U.N. officers still anticipate Chinese offensives.

The article reports on some kind of epidemic discovered by the United Nations (UN) command in Korea in March 1951. Brigadier General Crawford Sams, UN Army Chief of Public Health & Welfare, revealed that the Communists were suffering from an epidemic of hemorrhagic small pox. Learned of Sams' mission, the Communists broadcast that the U.S. had planted germs in North Korea.

The article reports on the attack launched by Communist forces against United Nations (U.N.) forces in the area of the Hwachon Reservoir dam in South Korea. The offensive prompted U.N. forces to pull back 12 miles to protect the Imjin bridgehead. Despite an intense artillery fire. A Chinese division made a breakthrough south of Kumhwa. Heavy damage was inflicted by allied planes on the Communist air force.

The article focuses on a statement issued by U.S. General Douglas MacArthur about the status of the Korean war as of March 1951. MacArthur has vowed that the United Nations (UN) forces will never be dislodged by the communists but stressed that additions to UN strength are needed. He also raised the issue of using air and sea attacks against bases in China to stop the war. It points out that the U.S. administration is concerned about the implication of making war against Chinese in China.

The article provides information on the field commanders for the United Nations (UN) in the Korean War in March 1951. It includes Lieutenant General John B. Coulter, who is the deputy commander of the Eighth Army and commander of IX Corps. It also mentions Major General William M. Hoge, the commander of IX Corps who led the 9th Armored Division unit in capturing Remagen Bridge in 1945. The author adds that Major General Charles D. Palmer is now the division artillery officer of the 1st Cavalry Division in Korea and Japan.

The article reports on the important role played by U.S. artillery in countering Chinese Communist forces during the Korean War. The close and plentiful artillery support and airpower of United Nations (UN) forces have been performing well against the vast manpower superiority of the Communists. The advantages of artillery over an air strike include its availability in any weather and its mobility.

The article reports on the latest battle between the Chinese forces and the United Nations (U.N.) armies at the Han River in South Korea, as of February 1951. The advance of the U.N. forces was halted by the resistance of Chinese forces on the so called Hill 431. The American company headed by Captain Lewis Millett of Massachusetts, however, was able to neutralize the enemy. The report by Associated Press journalist Stan Swinton on the war is also cited.

The article reports on the military assistance received by the United Nations (UN) forces to work in its war efforts in Korea. Some of the countries that cooperated with the UN include France, Australia and the Philippines. The arrival of Belgian infantryman in the Korean region is noted and the significant military contributions of the French battalion are described.

The article reports on the dissatisfaction of U.S. Air Force Major General Emmett O'Donnell with the United Nations (U.N.) police action in Korea. He criticized the failure of the U.N. to clearly identify Chinese Communist forces in Korea as aggressors. O'Donnell also expressed his support for dropping atomic bombs on targets in China.

The article offers an outlook for the prospect of the United Nations (UN) forces of stopping the advance of the communists in Korea. It mentions that the U.S. might stand to fight delaying actions in the lines above Chonan and Chungju and above Taejon. The Eighth Army is expected to harass the enemy if they halted to regroup and resupply. The need for the U.N. forces to hit the vulnerable supply lines of Red China is stressed.