July 8, 1953

Kim Il Sung and Peng Teh-huai, in lr to Clark, accept UN proposal to resume plenary talks; Communist newsmen give copy of text to Allied newsmen; Peiping radio version denounces UN for 'conniving' with Rhee on liberating POWs, holds Clark explanation unsatisfactory; says UN must compel SK observance of truce, bear responsibility for recovering escaped POWs; implies recapture of POWs not a condition for resuming talks

SKs and Amers smash assaults by 6,000 Chinese, Arrowhead Ridge and Porkchop Hill; continue mopping up; map; Communists attack Berlin and E Berlin outposts; patrols clash elsewhere

McCarthy rejects Dem demand for Matthews ouster; says he has power to hire or oust nonprofessional staff members; McClellan disagrees

of racketeering in adm of union-mgt welfare funds

Laniel wins Assembly tests after threatening to resign