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June 23, 1953

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MORE CONCESSIONS OFFERED EAST ZONE; Communists Admit German Workers Have Complaints -- West Called Fomenter MORE CONCESSIONS OFFERED EAST ZONE

By Walter Sullivanspecial To the New York Times

Communists Central Com admits workers have complaints; issues plan expanding appeasement policy; holds foreign agents are parachuted into area to foment trouble; US repr ridicules charge; RIAS role in inspiring rioters hailed; Swedish Consul Gen repts he was held in E Berlin when he sought to aid 2 Swedish tourists

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ALLIES PRESS RHEE TO PROMISE A HALT IN TRUCE DEFIANCE; Seoul Chief Demands Chinese Evacuation, U. S. Guarantee and Peace Talk Limit CLARK VISITS HIM AGAIN U.N. Commander Cites Pledge by Korea Leader to Discuss Withdrawal of His Army ALLIES PRESS RHEE TO STOP DEFIANCE

By Lindesay Parrottspecial To the New York Times

Clark again conf with Rhee; UN seeks guarantees against further acts to block truce; Rhee still pressing for withdrawal of Chinese troops and security pledge from US; seeks 90-day limit on pol conf after which truce would be null unless satisfactory peace is reached; Robertson expected to tell Rhee of dangers facing SK if further defiant acts are committed; NK radio says Communists will refuse to budge on truce unless pre-release conditions are restored and Allies pledge no recurrence; Clark says he is authorized to sign truce without Rhee consent; admits implementation depends on Korean cooperation; says Rhee promised to consult him in event SK plans to withdraw forces from UN Command; encouraged by meeting with Rhee but warns on overoptimism; SK police return 57 of 107 Chinese escapees; Govt seen applying release order to NKs only; Cheju Is Chinese POWs again demonstrate; dispersed with non-toxic irritants; UN reptdly begins probe of escapes; Clark and Rhee reptdly agree on steps to guard against shooting frays between SK and UN troops; Clark and Murphy illus, Seoul

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BRITISH NOTE CALLS RHEE 'TREACHEROUS'; Churchill Tells Commons That U. N. Never Did Guarantee to Conquer All of Korea BRITISH NOTE SEES TREACHERY BY RHEE

By Clifton Danielspecial To the New York Times

GB, in note to SK, condemns release of POWs as 'treacherous' act; Churchill reads note to Commons; says Brit are not committed to conquering all of Korea and place it under authority of Rhee; silent on whether GB would back Rhee if he fights on alone; denies UN connived with SKs

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SOVIET TRAVEL BAN AGAINST OUTSIDERS EASED BY MOSCOW; U.S. and Other Embassies Hear Curbs Are Lifted in Many European and Asian Areas Moscow Eases Curbs on Travel By Foreigners Throughout Soviet

By Harrison E. Salisburyspecial To the New York Times

Govt repts curbs on foreigners, including diplomats, lifted in large areas of Eur Russia, Byelorussia, Ukraine, Caucasus and Central Asia; curbs in Moscow area to be eased; to be continued in Baltic states, certain sensitive areas

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Notable Births

Armen Sarkissian

1953Armen Sarkissian, Armenian physicist, politician and President of Armenia[†]

Armen Vardani Sarkissian is an Armenian politician, physicist, investor, businessman, and computer scientist who was the 4th president of Armenia from 2018 to 2022. He also was Prime Minister of Armenia from 1996 to 1997. He was the first president of post-Soviet Armenia born in the former Armenian SSR.

Notable Deaths

Albert Gleizes

1953Albert Gleizes, French painter (born 1881)[†]

Albert Gleizes was a French artist, theoretician, philosopher, a self-proclaimed founder of Cubism and an influence on the School of Paris. Albert Gleizes and Jean Metzinger wrote the first major treatise on Cubism, Du "Cubisme", 1912. Gleizes was a founding member of the Section d'Or group of artists. He was also a member of Der Sturm, and his many theoretical writings were originally most appreciated in Germany, where especially at the Bauhaus his ideas were given thoughtful consideration. Gleizes spent four crucial years in New York, and played an important role in making America aware of modern art. He was a member of the Society of Independent Artists, founder of the Ernest-Renan Association, and both a founder and participant in the Abbaye de CrĂ©teil. Gleizes exhibited regularly at LĂ©once Rosenberg's Galerie de l’Effort Moderne in Paris; he was also a founder, organizer and director of Abstraction-CrĂ©ation. From the mid-1920s to the late 1930s much of his energy went into writing, e.g., La Peinture et ses lois, Vers une conscience plastique: La Forme et l’histoire and Homocentrisme.

Historical Context for June 23, 1953

In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]